The sudden turn of events left all the girls stunned.
Hadn't they said they were going to unseal the bloodline?
How had Xiao Jin disappeared the moment they started?
"Brother Xiao Jin!" Xun Er's voice was already choked with sobs. She never would have imagined that things would turn out this way.
She had just been about to leave her stone platform when a terrifying force instantly pinned her in place.
Li Que's eyes were filled with worry as well, but she forced herself to remain calm. "Don't worry. This is a normal part of the process. Don't just stand around, either. Now is the best time to refine the Origin Emperor Qi!"
Cai Lin's eyes were vacant as she shook her head woodenly.
"Senior, Xiao Jin already... already... How can this be called normal?"
Li Que explained, "Do you know what the Heavenly Flame that Jin Er fused with is called?"
When Xiao Jin had first attempted to fuse Heavenly Flames, after combining the Three Thousand Burning Flame and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, he had told the Pill Tower Ancestor that the name of the newborn Heavenly Flame seemed to have been carved into his bones and blood. He had been able to call it out without even thinking.
Reincarnation Nirvana Flame!
"If it is reincarnation and nirvana, do you still not understand what that means?" Seeing the girls' blank expressions, Li Que continued explaining, "Jin Er's body is too frail to withstand such an enormous amount of energy. Although this energy is not yet enough to let him break directly through to Dou Emperor, with his Peak Nine-Turn Dou Venerate cultivation, trying to contain enough energy to elevate someone to High-Level Dou Sheng is still far too difficult."
Cang Yuan also explained, "Since his body is frail,