Just then.
A disturbance suddenly arose deep within Liu Bai's dantian.
A blue-gold Flame Martial Soul that had originally been burning quietly suddenly surged after sensing the aura of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
It was not rejection.
It was a... primal yearning.
Liu Bai's mind shook.
According to the original plan, this step should have involved using the Spirit Absorber to store the Heavenly Flame within it.
Yet just as he was about to take out the Spirit Absorber, an extremely powerful intuition suddenly arose in his heart.
Something was wrong.
This Heavenly Flame... was not resisting his Martial Soul.
It was even... responding to it.
Liu Bai suddenly gritted his teeth.
"Since that's the case..."
"Then I'll gamble on it!"
He gave up on the Spirit Absorber and instead fully activated his Flame Martial Soul.
The blue-gold flames suddenly swelled, directly merging with the green magma-like flame!
Boom—!
An unimaginable agony instantly drowned out everything.
These were two source flames fusing within his body.
The blue-gold color gradually faded away.
Green slowly took the lead.
At this moment, the form of the Flame Martial Soul underwent a complete transformation.
When the last trace of blue-gold vanished, it was replaced by a quietly burning—green flame.
All its violent nature had withdrawn.
The Heavenly Flames had become one.
Liu Bai slowly opened his eyes.
A wisp of green flame quietly flashed through the depths of his pupils.
He could clearly feel it—
The Green Lotus Core Flame was no longer an external object.
It was his Martial Soul.
His power.
A part of him.
His life.
After cultivating peacefully for a while longer, Liu Bai finally let out a slow breath.
"I really didn't expect to skip the final fusion step entirely. The Green Lotus Core Flame fused directly with