Phoenix Nirvana and Body Snatching, Rebuilding the Body! Soul Power Level 30?! (Please Read!)

All that remained was a warm, empty shell, with only the faintest breath and heartbeat.

Ma Hongjun had now become a vegetable, utterly devoid of consciousness.

Without even the slightest chance to resist, every trace of his existence had been erased from this world.

Looking at the body on the bed, still alive but with its soul extinguished, Huang Yan showed not the slightest pity.

The strong preyed on the weak. It was the iron law of the Douluo Continent—and indeed, the entire Soul Beast Realm.

Huang Yan took off the Storage Ring and casually placed it on the wooden table.

That ring contained all his possessions.

Immortal Herbs and Soul Bones.

They were the resources he needed to rise to power.

The body snatching and cleansing of his meridians that came next—

would bring an extremely violent surge of primordial energy. He didn't want these treasures caught in the slightest bit of it.

Having finished his preparations, Huang Yan took a deep breath.

He turned back, and his golden eyes suddenly gleamed.

He fixed his gaze on the body on the bed.

"The impurities and Evil Fire in this body are truly nauseating.

"But it doesn't matter. Once I cleanse it thoroughly with the primordial fire of the Bright Phoenix, it will become a flawless vessel for a divine beast!"

The instant the words fell—

BOOM!

Huang Yan's originally tall, slender human body suddenly disintegrated in a blinding flash of light.

It transformed into a mass of exceptionally pure, golden primordial fire, radiating a sacred aura!

Within the golden radiance, the faint silhouette of a Bright Phoenix soared with wings outstretched, crying out.

Whoosh!

Without the slightest hesitation, the golden light blazed brighter and shot straight into Ma Hongjun's brow!

The body snatching had officially begun!

Hummm—!

The golden primordial fire plunged unhindered into Ma Hongjun's brow and instantly descended into his Spirit Sea.

This sea of consciousness was cramped and barren.

Even its corners were filled with wisps of murky, dark-red, depraved thoughts.

But before Huang Yan's divine-beast soul, vast as an abyss, this Spirit Sea couldn't stir up even the slightest ripple.

A sweep of brilliant golden divine light—

and this unclaimed territory was completely refined with ease, like a dead branch snapped beneath a cartwheel!

The body on the bed abruptly opened its eyes.

In its formerly unfocused pupils, a beam of majestic, noble golden light suddenly burst forth.

Huang Yan tried clenching his fist, feeling the sensation at his fingertips.

There was no stiffness and no rejection.

At this point, the so-called "body snatching" had already been completed to perfection.

He had taken complete control of every part of this body.

But how could Huang Yan stop there, given the grandness of his plan?

Was he supposed to conquer the continent in this bloated, obese shell, with its clogged meridians and impurities everywhere?

That would be utterly laughable!

"This body is too filthy, too weak."

Feeling the feeble flow of Soul Power within him, Huang Yan's lips curled into a cold smile.

With a thought, he stopped deliberately suppressing the intense desire for transformation deep in his soul.

"Phoenix Nirvana, begin!"

BOOOM!!!

With Huang Yan's low command from within—

the primordial power of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Bright Phoenix—

detonated deep in Ma Hongjun's dantian!

In an instant, golden divine fire blazed from his body, enveloping his entire obese frame.

Under cover of the barrier, it was as if a dazzling golden sun had risen inside the wooden hut!

The golden flames formed a colossal cocoon of light.

At Huang Yan's command, they began to reshape and transform the body thoroughly, from the inside out!

His bones were incinerated inch by inch, their impurities purged.

Then, nourished by the divine beast's primordial power, they reformed into golden divine bones, smooth as jade;

his blocked meridians were forcibly widened, torn apart, and reassembled.

They became broad rivers capable of bearing an immense flow of Soul Power;

the excessive fat and flesh of his bloated body were burned away by the Flame of Radiance.

In their place appeared perfect muscles, brimming with explosive strength!

This was true metamorphosis—a complete cleansing and remaking of the body!

As his body underwent its frenzied transformation—

the Martial Soul hidden deep in his bloodline, the Evil Fire Phoenix,

was forced out by this terrifying primordial power.

"Creee!"

A weak, pained cry, tinged with agitation, rang out. A clouded, dark-red flame appeared in midair.

This was the mutated Evil Fire that had tormented Ma Hongjun, driving him nearly mad with desire.

Yet before the pure primordial power of the Bright Phoenix, this so-called "Evil Fire" was like an ant facing its natural enemy!

Whoosh!

The golden Flame of Radiance surged forth like a tsunami and swallowed the dark-red phantom in one gulp.

There was no violent clash, nor any prolonged struggle.

Under the terrifying cleansing force of the Hundred-Thousand-Year divine fire—

the murky, lewd, frenzied mutated Evil Fire had no chance to resist.

It was effortlessly purified, vaporized without a trace!

The brilliant light faded.

Huang Yan slowly opened his eyes.

His dark-golden pupils were calm and majestic.

Not a trace of Ma Hongjun's lecherousness or muddiness remained.

Huang Yan slowly stood and casually stretched his limbs.

A crisp series of rumbling pops, like beans crackling in a pan, rang out from within him.

He felt the terrifying explosive power held in every limb and bone—

and his light, immaculate body, with its broad, resilient meridians.

A deeply satisfied smile curved Huang Yan's lips.

"Perfect."

Huang Yan murmured softly.

Using Ma Hongjun, a mutated, impure-blooded phoenix, as "raw material," he had finally taken this crucial step!

He had transformed himself completely from a Spirit Beast into a true human!

Huang Yan's soul had always been human.

Now, under the reshaping power of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Bright Phoenix's primordial force, this body had cast off the constraints of a Spirit Beast and been cleansed of all impurities.

Now, his soul was human, and his body was human too.

He was a pure-blooded human through and through!

He no longer had to worry about the period of weakness that followed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's transformation into human form, nor fear having his true identity seen through by a Titled Douluo.

The plan had succeeded brilliantly!

With a thought, Huang Yan closed his eyes and began to examine himself.

With the primordial power of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Bright Phoenix merging into him without reservation—

this body's Soul Power Level had soared like a rocket from Ma Hongjun's original level of 26.

It had broken through the bottleneck and settled firmly at level 30!

If he hadn't lacked a third Spirit Ring to draw it onward, preventing his Soul Power from advancing further—

this immense energy could certainly have pushed his level higher.

However, Huang Yan didn't care in the slightest.

The increase in Soul Power was merely the least significant "bonus" from this Phoenix Nirvana and bodily transformation.

The true value of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Bright Phoenix's primordial power lay in completely transforming and tempering this body.

Besides, an immense amount of primordial power still lay dormant deep within his dantian.