When Ye Tian approached the ox-bodied, human-faced demon god to take the fire, the moment he drew close to those azure flames, the immortal energy protecting his body completely dissipated under the terrifying heat. Even his body had shown signs of melting away.
This was the key!
The recovery had happened at that time, but Ye Tian's attention had been focused on taking the fire and fleeing for his life. He had not noticed something so important at all.
Before the terrifying Fire of Punishment, his immortal energy had been directly burned away, and his dormant Immortal Physique had melted as well.
It was also because, in a stroke of uncanny chance, Ye Tian had judged the distance perfectly. Had he been slightly farther away, the Immortal Physique would not have melted to that extent. Had he been slightly closer, it would inevitably have suffered utterly irreversible harm.
But this was merely one crucial prerequisite for recovery.
Afterward, while Ye Tian was fleeing, the ox-bodied, human-faced demon god let out a roar. Coupled with the influence of Ghost Cry, his soul nearly perished completely. At the critical moment, Zhong Wan pulled his soul back from the brink of despair and soothed it.
It so happened that his Immortal Physique had previously melted under those exceedingly harsh and mysterious conditions. Once his soothed soul returned, it directly completed the most crucial fusion.
Only when all these key factors came together did they result in his strength recovering by more than half.
"Recovering amid such terrifying flames... perhaps this could be called rebirth through fire?"
Feeling his powerful immortal body and the vast, surging immortal energy within him, as boundless as the sea compared to the pitiful thread of immortal energy he could wield before, Ye Tian felt rather moved and silently