Just as Xu Yi gradually pierced through layer after layer of thin membranes, the seventh Incense Spirit Essence Bead ran out, and his body changed from pure gold to colorless.
Xu Yi knew the most critical moment had arrived.
In the next instant, his colorless body collapsed, turning into a mass of turbid airflow. The moment the turbid airflow was about to disperse under the tug of the lofty will of Heaven and Earth, Xu Yi's original corpse turned into a stream of air and plunged into the golden airflow.
At that moment, the Incense Spirit Essence began to deplete at a dramatically faster rate.
The two interwoven whirlwinds wound tighter and tighter, while wisps of smoke curled away.
As the wisps of smoke drifted off, the golden airflow formed from the corpse gradually turned colorless and clear. Yet even as it grew clear, it began to show signs of dispersing.
"Incense quenching a true immortal!"
Huang Mei was thrilled. Watching from nearby, he saw it all clearly: this was the most critical step. If Xu Yi's corpse weren't strong enough, it might well collapse while the incense purified it.
As it turned out, Huang Mei had worried for nothing. Xu Yi's corpse was exceptionally tough. No matter how the incense purified it, each time it seemed about to disperse, it quickly restored itself.
At last, when the ninth Incense Spirit Essence Bead ran out, no more wisps of smoke drifted away. The corpse Qi, once pure gold, had become a clear stream.
Just then, the clear stream spread out, transforming into a phantom in Xu Yi's likeness. Meanwhile, the corpse of the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey turned into golden airflow and flowed toward that turbid stream, instantly winding around it.
The entire purification process was exactly the same as