Red Lotus Karma Fire blazed around his entire body.
That flame seemed to come from hell.
What it scorched was not the flesh, but the soul.
"I, Nezha..."
Nezha opened his eyes.
Three pairs of eyes flashed with a hint of scarlet at the same time.
"Born with a rebellious bone."
"Cutting my flesh to return it to my mother, scraping out my bones to return them to my father."
"Reborn through lotus roots..."
"Along this road, I rebelled against my parents, against Heaven's will, and against this damned cycle of reincarnation!"
His voice carried anger suppressed for a thousand years.
"They all said I was born rebellious, destined for a wretched death."
"But I refuse to accept it!"
"Why?!"
"Why was I born with my fate already arranged?!"
"Why must I obey those so-called heavenly laws?!"
"I refuse!!!"
He threw his head back and let out a long roar.
His roar was filled with boundless unwillingness and defiance.
"Today--"
"I shall use this defiance of Heaven to prove my Saintly Dao!"
"Red Lotus Saintly Art, Demonic Pill Reversal!--"
"Rebirth through Nirvana!!!"
Boom--!!!
The Red Lotus Karma Fire around his body suddenly surged backward!
It completely devoured his entire body!
Within the flames.
A bone-chilling sound rang out.
Bones shattered.
Flesh reformed.
This was not destruction.
It was nirvana!
With fire as the guide and defiance as the bone!
Reforging the Saintly Body!
Condense the Sacred Soul!
The flames burned for the time it took an incense stick to finish.
At last.
They slowly dispersed.
A figure walked out of the flames.
He still looked like a youth.
With red lips, white teeth, clear brows, and handsome features.
Yet between his brows, there was now a hint of the vicissitudes of countless ages.
The aura around him--
Saint Realm!
And