Ice Lotus Heart-Burning Flame

Yao Chen gazed at the Green Lotus Core Flame blazing atop the stone lotus platform, like a sinister blue flower blooming in hell, and prepared to begin absorbing it.

Yao Chen's expression was solemn. He drew a deep breath and steadied himself.

The air around him had grown unbearably hot from the Green Lotus Core Flame, as though everything would melt.

He slowly extended both hands and circulated the powerful white Dou Qi within him, forming a protective barrier before inching closer to the Green Lotus Core Flame.

The instant his hands touched the flames, a violent force surged toward him, trying to knock him back.

Yao Chen gritted his teeth and forcibly resisted the force, guiding the Green Lotus Core Flame into his body bit by bit.

The flames spread along his arms. His clothes were instantly scorched black, and his skin was roasted red.

But Yao Chen didn't give up. Relying on his iron will and profound cultivation, he engaged the Green Lotus Core Flame in a fierce struggle. Blue flames leaped across his body, as if trying to break free of his restraint.

As time passed, Yao Chen gradually gained the upper hand, and the Green Lotus Core Flame began to be drawn slowly into his body.

His body radiated dazzling blue light, illuminating the entire underground cavern.

At last, Yao Chen successfully absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame!

Yao Chen slowly opened his eyes, gazing delightedly at the flame seed in his palm.

"So this is the flame seed of the Green Lotus Core Flame. I need to hurry and use the Flame Mantra to devour it, or it'll repel the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Then I'll explode."

After his initial delight, Yao Chen feared the Green Lotus Core Flame might clash with the flames inside him and cause his body to explode, so he quickly began using the Flame Mantra.

Yao Chen formed hand seals and chanted under his breath as the Flame Mantra circulated rapidly within him.

The aura around him grew violent, and the surrounding space trembled faintly.

Using the Flame Mantra, he wrapped the seed of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and slowly brought it toward the seed of the Green Lotus Core Flame. With each inch it drew nearer, he could feel the two scorching forces colliding.

Just as the seed of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame was about to touch the seed of the Green Lotus Core Flame, the blue seed suddenly pulsed. As if sensing a threat, it unleashed a powerful force to resist the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's approach.

Yao Chen didn't back down. He increased the circulation of the Flame Mantra, and the white chill around him collided with the blue flames of the Green Lotus Core Flame, making a sizzling sound.

For a moment, light shimmered across the magma, blue and white interweaving.

Yao Chen transformed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame into a pair of hands, trying to grasp the Green Lotus Core Flame.

The instant the hands formed from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame touched the blue flame seed, the seed seemed to summon every ounce of its strength and knocked them away.

At once, Yao Chen felt a sharp pain inside him. His clothes instantly turned to ash, and his skin was scorched red.

Yet Yao Chen continued gritting his teeth and circulating the Flame Mantra, driving the Bone Spirit Cold Flame toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Suddenly, Yao Chen forcibly used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to drag the Green Lotus Core Flame into his body. The blue flames thrashed wildly like a furious dragon, struggling with all their might.

Yao Chen's body began to tremble, and pain showed on his face, but his gaze remained unwavering.

The instant their edges collided again, they hissed, ice and fire intertwined, and dazzling light burst forth.

White and blue coiled around each other like two dragons fighting, gradually merging.

As they fused, the flames' color kept changing, now blue tinged with white, now white streaked with blue.

The powerful energy sent the magma surging into wild waves, and the space trembled beneath its force.

At last, the two Heavenly Flames completely merged, forming an entirely new flame.

It was both bone-chillingly cold like the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and fiercely scorching like the Green Lotus Core Flame, radiating a powerful aura that made one's heart tremble.

Yao Chen gazed at the fused Heavenly Flame, a relieved smile appearing on his weary face.

"Finally, they've fused!"

As the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame finished fusing, the aura around Yao Chen began to soar.

In the blink of an eye, Yao Chen broke through the barrier of an Eight-Star Dou Emperor and reached Nine-Star Dou Emperor, but his cultivation didn't stop there. It continued to surge.

It finally stopped just shy of breaking through the barrier to Dou Zong. Yao Chen had now reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor.

With this fused Heavenly Flame, a Heaven-Tier Dou Technique, and Flying Thunder God, Yao Chen could now easily defeat an ordinary five-star Dou Zong powerhouse.

Although his strength hadn't yet recovered to what it had been in his previous life, when he was a Nine Revolutions Dou Venerable, barely more than a month had passed, and he had gone from One-Star Dou Wang to his current peak as a Dou Emperor.

This rate of cultivation was nothing like what he'd managed before being reborn.

"System, it's great having you!" Yao Chen was filled with gratitude toward the system for the tremendous surge in his cultivation.

"Of course. With the system around, nothing's a problem."

As soon as Yao Chen finished speaking, the system replied in a slightly smug voice.

"Hahaha!" Hearing the system's smug reply, Yao Chen burst into hearty laughter.

"Let me see what level the Flame Mantra has evolved to."

After he finished laughing, Yao Chen remembered he hadn't checked how the Flame Mantra had evolved. Perhaps it had reached High-grade Earth Tier. He was full of anticipation.

"Ding! Host's current cultivation: Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor. Heavenly Flame: Ice Lotus Blazing Heart Flame. Cultivation technique: Middle-grade Earth-tier Flame Mantra. Weapon: Dragon Abyss Star Sword. Dou Techniques: Middle-grade Heaven-tier Star Annihilation Sword; High-grade Earth-tier Gale Shadow Step; Early Earth-tier Flame Splitting Wave Ruler..."

As the system's voice rang out once more, Yao Chen said with a touch of disappointment, "The Flame Mantra only evolved to middle-grade Earth Tier. It only went up two levels."

But then Yao Chen reconsidered. After all, the Green Lotus Core Flame ranked only nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. A two-level increase was still pretty good.

"That's not bad."

"So the new Heavenly Flame formed by the fusion is called the Ice Lotus Heart-Burning Flame. That's a lovely name. I wonder how powerful it is."

After saying that, Yao Chen decided to test the new Heavenly Flame's power and moved beyond the reach of the Green Lotus Core Flame's light.

Suspended in the scorching magma, Yao Chen watched as it churned around him, radiating suffocating heat.

Yao Chen's expression turned solemn. He swept his hands through the air, and a mass of pale-blue Ice Lotus Blazing Heart Flame appeared in his palm.

As soon as the flame appeared, the surrounding magma was suppressed, its temperature plummeting until even a thin layer of rock formed on its surface.

He thrust the Ice Lotus Blazing Heart Flame forward, and it instantly spread through the magma.

The once-raging magma quieted, like a beast that had been tamed.

Blue flames darted through the magma, solidifying it wherever they passed and leaving behind strange patterns.

As the Ice Lotus Blazing Heart Flame burned, the entire magma region was enveloped in an uncanny atmosphere where cold and heat intertwined.

Yao Chen felt the power of the flame and looked satisfied.