A shocking surge of spiritual power spread out from within Lu Xiaotian. It nearly knocked his mind loose.
The instant he refined the Zizi Nether Lotus, Lu Xiaotian seemed to see a mirror within the lotus heart. Within that mirror, what appeared to be his own shadow was reflected.
Fully refining the lotus armor outside the main lotus of the Zizi Nether Lotus took even longer than Lu Xiaotian had anticipated.
It took Lu Xiaotian more than two hundred years. The Wuxiang Profound Fire Pillar within him had long since recondensed, and with the help of the Blazing Yang Fire Spirit, its power was even greater than before.
However, as the refinement of the Zizi Nether Lotus reached its later stages, Lu Xiaotian felt as if he were walking on thin ice, lest the lotus's spiritual power erupt all at once and spiral out of control.
Only now did a crystalline spirit lotus slowly circulate within his dantian, wrapped in the flow of his magical power and radiating an utterly captivating luster.
The Bodhi Star Spirit—or rather, the Bodhi Moon Spirit—whose body was now barely three inches tall and whose brow bore a crescent-moon mark, also emerged from the Demon-Suppressing Tower and curiously sized up the Zizi Nether Lotus before it.
Lu Xiaotian did everything he could to restrain the fluctuations of the Zizi Nether Lotus's spiritual power. Even at his current realm, he had to exert every ounce of strength he possessed. It felt even more torturous than the time he had exchanged spells with Ye Qianxun's Lotus Avatar.
By the time the Zizi Nether Lotus had stabilized completely, the sweat pouring from Lu Xiaotian's body had already soaked his clothes through.
However, when he saw the crystalline, profound spirit lotus floating within his dantian, he felt that everything