Refining the Heavenly Flame

After exchanging a few simple pleasantries with Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, Xiao Ling turned and headed toward the residence on Lingyue Peak.

Before long, he stepped into the Training Room. The space was broad and bright, its four walls inlaid with patterns that gathered the energy of heaven and earth. A faint spiritual mist drifted through the air, and the silence held nothing but the soft whisper of moving currents.

Xiao Ling immediately found a spot in the center of the Training Room and sat down cross-legged once more.

The Green Lotus Platform beneath him lit up in response. Soft, warm light flowed through the overlapping lotus-petal patterns, slowly spreading like moonlight and casting a gentle halo over the entire space.

Once he had settled himself, Xiao Ling raised his hand and rested the diamond-shaped ice crystal containing the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire in his palm.

The ice crystal remained as clear as before. Inside, the sinister deep-red lotus flame was still restless, leaping faintly from time to time. The flames struck the crystal walls and scattered fine sparks of red light, only to be met by an even denser flow of icy-blue radiance across the surface.

Clearly, after being sealed throughout the journey, the Karmic Fire's struggles were far less violent than they had been at first, though it still stubbornly refused to submit.

Sensing Xiao Ling's gaze, the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire within the crystal seemed to realize that it was about to be refined. Its originally faint flames suddenly grew frenzied.

It slammed wildly against the crystal walls, its scarlet flames surging again and again as it tried to break through its restraints. Yet the icy-blue radiance outside the crystal was like an impregnable fortress. No matter how it struggled, it could only watch its flames