Pale pink flames slowly flowed through every limb and bone in Xiao Jin's body, finally gathering at his dantian and forming a pink lake.
At the center of the lake, a dazzling Dou Crystal shone within it like the sun in the sky, radiating brilliant light.
As more and more of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's essence merged in, the water level continued to rise, drawing closer and closer to the Dou Crystal.
After an unknown amount of time, when the last wisp of demonic flame essence was absorbed into Xiao Jin's body, the surface of the lake finally made contact with the Dou Crystal.
It was like scalding magma being poured into clear water. The originally calm pink lake instantly began to boil.
More and more pink liquid surged madly toward the Dou Crystal like sharks that had smelled blood.
At the same time, waves of knocking sounds came from within the Dou Crystal.
It was like a chick about to break out of its shell, and also like a seed struggling to push aside the soil and grow strong.
Attacked from inside and out, the hard Dou Crystal finally could not withstand the impact of the two forces, and a fine crack appeared on its surface.
What Xiao Jin did not know was that just forcing open this one crack had taken a full ten days.
Fortunately, the beginning was always the hardest. With the first crack there, what came next was much easier.
Cracking sounds rang out again and again. On the surface of the hard Dou Crystal, more and more cracks appeared one after another.
At first, there were only a few scattered cracks, but as time passed, these cracks slowly connected into lines.
Finally, the first piece of the Dou Crystal shattered and peeled away,