Boom!
The dazzling Flame Lotus Seed had barely entered Xiao Yan's body when endless, berserk energy erupted within him.
Within a few breaths, Xiao Yan's originally vast and highly developed meridians, like an intricate network of highways, had been completely filled by this incomparably immense energy.
Extremely pure energy overflowed from his meridians, surging madly toward his limbs and bones, toward every corner of his body, even showing faint signs of filling him to the brim once more.
All of this happened in the span of a lightning flash. Xiao Yan did not even have time to react.
"The Ancient Emperor Inheritance truly is terrifying. This is practically like a peerless expert empowering me."
With no time for further thought, Xiao Yan immediately formed a cultivation seal and shouted, "Flame Mantra, circulate!"
Bzz! Bzz!
The Flame Mantra, which had already faintly surpassed the limits of Heaven-Tier techniques, immediately began operating at full force, desperately driving the energy that had begun accumulating in his meridians along its circulation route. Ten cycles, twenty cycles, thirty cycles...
Finally, with a muffled bang, Xiao Yan's body exploded, turning into a skyful of blood mist that scattered in every direction.
What remained in place was a soul body wrapped around the dazzling Flame Lotus Seed.
The facts proved that even the Heaven-Tier high-grade Flame Mantra circulated too slowly. Xiao Yan's body had actually been instantly burst apart by the immense energy.
"'If the heart is as steadfast as stone and a single thought remains, one may remain undying.' What Tou She Ancient God meant was simply this: as long as one possesses an imperishable true spirit, one's consciousness can endure forever, and one may then strive further for an eternal body."
"An imperishable true spirit? Of course I have one. I went through untold hardships