The True Life Spirit Fire?

Within his sea of consciousness, the gray soul bead that had lain dormant for so long began to emit a gentle glow. Then, Electrolux's figure slowly condensed into form.

Though he was still somewhat illusory, he was clearly in far better condition than before.

Seeing this, Lin Yan was both shocked and delighted. "Elder Yi! You're finally awake!"

Electrolux smiled at his words, his gaze settling on the Prajna Heart Lamp occupying the center of the sea of consciousness. "I was able to awaken so quickly this time thanks to your Heart Lamp."

"As expected of a supreme treasure that surpasses divine artifacts. You ignited the Fire of Wisdom several times recently, and merely by being exposed to a trace of its afterglow within your sea of consciousness, the speed at which my divine sense recovered increased severalfold."

After giving a brief explanation, Electrolux's gaze seemed to pierce through the sea of consciousness and see the Mystic Ice Fire Core Flame within Lin Yan's body. His expression carried a trace of amazement. "You truly are fortunate to have encountered even such a Heavenly Flame of heaven and earth!"

Lin Yan gave a bitter smile. "Elder Yi, please stop teasing me. I don't believe you can't see it. If this keeps dragging on, I definitely won't last until the moment I successfully refine it."

Meeting Lin Yan's pleading gaze, Electrolux laughed heartily. "Don't worry. Now that I've awakened, if I still let you fail in refining it, then the title of Holy Necromancer would be wasted on me!"

Before Lin Yan could continue, Electrolux asked, "You still have that piece of Gold of Life on you, right?"

Lin Yan was already quick-witted, and he understood instantly upon hearing that.

That's right!

Since Electrolux had awakened, purifying the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife would naturally be an easy task.

And with the immense life force of the Gold of Life supporting him, refining a Heavenly Flame afterward would be effortless!

With that thought, Lin Yan nodded at once. Without the slightest hesitation, he guided a wisp of Soul Power into his storage ring with a thought.

The next moment, the entirely black Spirit-Devouring Fierce Knife, wreathed in sinister evil aura, slowly floated before Lin Yan.

After taking out the engraving knife, Lin Yan looked again at Electrolux within his sea of consciousness and said solemnly, "Elder Yi, I'll have to trouble you with what comes next."

"Boy Yan, to purify this engraving knife, I'll need to borrow your body to act later. So first, you must remove this lamp's suppression over your sea of consciousness."

Electrolux pointed at the Prajna Heart Lamp. After speaking, he calmly watched Lin Yan.

Lin Yan replied without the slightest hesitation, "No problem. I'll be counting on you, Elder Yi."

At the same time, as Lin Yan's words fell, the Prajna Heart Lamp instantly withdrew all its might, removing its protective suppression over the sea of consciousness.

Seeing this, Electrolux smiled!

At that moment, he truly felt Lin Yan's trust in him. It was also at that moment that Electrolux genuinely began to acknowledge the young man before him from the bottom of his heart!

Outside, Lin Yan's tightly shut eyes slowly opened again. However, the faint dark red in his pupils had now been stained entirely gray!

Endless deathly stillness surged within those gray eyes, yet deep within that stillness hid an unprecedented sacred aura!

The next instant, Electrolux's voice slowly echoed through Lin Yan's sea of consciousness. "Injecting evil thoughts and curses into the Gold of Life—only its creator could have thought of something like that."

"He merely sensed the immense energy within the Gold of Life, yet he had no understanding of how to unleash its true wonders."

"Purify, Gold of Life. Drive away all filth and bloom with your purest light of life!"

As Electrolux's words fell, the color of Lin Yan's eyes changed once more. The deep gray gradually faded, transforming into flawless pure white, pristine as jade and brighter than snow.

At the same time, his spiritual power instantly transformed into pure white purifying light and swept toward the Spirit-Devouring Fierce Knife!

The Spirit-Devouring Fierce Knife floating before Lin Yan seemed to sense the approaching danger and began a futile death struggle.

Thick black smoke suddenly burst forth, gathering in midair into a vicious, twisted ghostly face. It shrieked madly as it tried to strike back, attempting to devour the slender white light flying toward the engraving knife's body!

"Ah—!"

The purifying light landed on the engraving knife's body like snow falling into boiling oil. In an instant, more than half of the ghostly face formed from black smoke became translucent!

Its vicious outline rapidly blurred, and the remaining portion did not last long before completely evaporating and dispersing within the purifying light!

Soon, as the final wisp of black aura on the engraving knife was thoroughly purified, the entire Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife emitted a clear blue-green radiance, clean as water and devoid of any impurity. Its originally pitch-black blade had transformed into something like verdant crystal!

The instant the purification was complete, the white in Lin Yan's eyes slowly faded, fully returning to their original color.

At the same time, within the sea of consciousness, Electrolux manifested his illusory figure once more. "Boy Yan, you now have two choices."

"The first is to fuse with the Gold of Life using your sea of consciousness as the main body. The second is to fuse with the Gold of Life using your physical body as the main body."

Lin Yan did not rush to choose. Instead, he asked, "Elder Yi, what exactly is the difference between these two fusion methods?"

"And which method can solve my current problem and help me successfully refine the Heavenly Flame Core Flame?"

Seeing Lin Yan ask this, Electrolux nodded. "I'll answer your second question first. No matter which fusion method you choose, it will be more than sufficient to help you refine the Core Flame."

"A living being represents one life, but a piece of Gold of Life represents an entire world. One can only imagine how immense the life force of an entire world is!"

"Before such immense life force, no matter which fusion method you choose, the portion of life force that overflows will be entirely sufficient to sustain your consumption while refining the Core Flame."

"Moreover, the sea of consciousness and the physical body are not mutually exclusive. They depend on and support each other. Therefore, no matter which one you choose as the main body, the life force that enters your body can circulate and be allocated again in the future."

"If there is truly any difference, it is merely that whichever one you choose as the main body will receive greater nourishment from the life force and improve more quickly in the future."

"Furthermore, the main body that fuses with the origin of the Gold of Life will develop certain miraculous abilities after the fusion."

"For example, if you choose the sea of consciousness as the main body, I can open an Eye of Life for you. If you choose the physical body as the main body, then after the fusion, your body will most likely awaken an innate divine ability."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Yan looked up at Electrolux and asked, "Elder Yi, other than these two methods, could there be a third fusion method?"

Electrolux looked at him with slight confusion.

Seeing this, Lin Yan continued explaining, "Our world is different from the one you came from. Aside from the physical body and the sea of consciousness, there is actually another possible main body."

"You mean—your martial soul?"

Meeting Electrolux's thoughtful gaze, Lin Yan nodded. "That's right, my martial soul!"

"More precisely, though, what I want to use as the main body for fusing with the Gold of Life is this Life Spirit Fire of mine!"

As Lin Yan's words fell, the Life Spirit Fire he had once refined from the Green Forest Luan Bird immediately separated from the Emperor Flame and appeared within his sea of consciousness!

Drawing the emerald-green Life Spirit Fire before him, Electrolux extended his divine sense into it, carefully sensing its essence as he began deducing the feasibility of this fusion method.