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His sinews swelled and bulged. Then came unimaginable agony. It felt as if every bone in his body were being crushed, then glued back together, only to be crushed again. The violent pain began to torment his Yin Soul.

At last, an immense flood of True Qi surged in, whirling into a storm within his Qi Sea and spinning rapidly around the Vengeful Embryo.

The Vengeful Embryo was swept into a frenzied dance, until gradually only a phantom remained.

The raging True Qi was like a millstone, grinding away at the Vengeful Embryo bit by bit, as if stripping husks from grain. The infant's head at its crown split first. A dazzling red light instantly illuminated the entire Qi Sea, then, in the next moment, burst apart in a blaze of searing brilliance.

The Vengeful Embryo shattered completely. Dazzling red light spread everywhere, like mercury spilling across the ground. It was the Gang Malice of Fire Xu Yi had absorbed.

The raging True Qi was swallowed in an instant by the crimson Gang Malice. An endless sea of red spread through the Qi Sea.

The intense pain—the hollow ache deep in Xu Yi's soul, the pain so severe that the little figure in his spiritual platform seemed on the verge of splitting apart—all of it stopped in an instant.

Suddenly, the boundless red gathered slowly, like clouds on the horizon, growing thicker and thicker.

The little figure that had stood solemnly in his spiritual platform all along suddenly grinned toward the Qi Sea. In an instant, the red clouds, thick as stacks of cotton, liquefied.

Red rain poured down from the sky, gradually forming streams. The streams swelled into rivers and seas, until a boundless, immeasurable river filled the entire Qi Sea.

"Finally!"

Xu Yi's soul leaped with joy.

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