Strange Fire Condensing Ring

The Life Spirit Fire had originally been a part of the Emperor Flame. Even after undergoing nine successive transformations, that fundamental nature could not be changed.

Thus, when it completed its transformation and returned to the Emperor Flame, everything happened naturally, without the slightest obstruction.

At the very instant the Life Spirit Fire returned to its place, the Emperor Flame itself underwent a complete sublimation!

Previously, the Emperor Flame had been crimson at its foundation, with nine-colored radiance flowing through it.

Now, its most obvious change was that the original crimson base had faded away, replaced by a warm, translucent jade-green hue.

Upon that jade-green foundation, layers of nine-colored flowing light overlapped and shimmered brilliantly!

As for its rise in fundamental grade, if the Emperor Flame's level when it had first entered Ultimate Fire were defined as "Ultimate First Transformation"—

With each transformation increasing exponentially, the Life Spirit Fire after nine transformations had already reached the Fourth Transformation level in both its Ultimate Life and Ultimate Fire attributes!

After the Emperor Flame fused with it once more, it naturally rose to the realm of Ultimate Fourth Transformation as well!

As for the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire still within him and not yet refined, by this standard, both its Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice attributes should be below the Third Transformation.

On the surface, the two differed by only one transformation, but in terms of the essence of their power, a single transformation was the difference between heaven and earth!

For that very reason, facing the greatly empowered Emperor Flame and the still ocean-like vitality within Lin Yan's body, the once-unruly Core Flame of the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire nearly lost all ability to resist. The speed at which it was refined suddenly increased severalfold!

Time slowly passed as the Core Flame source of the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire was gradually worn away and refined beneath the Emperor Flame's enveloping force.

At the same time, the incomparably pure energy contained within the Core Flame continuously poured into every limb and bone of Lin Yan's body as the refinement accelerated.

This returning torrent of energy contained not the slightest impurity. With a thought from Lin Yan, it was swiftly refined and directly transformed into his own cultivation!

At that moment, even with his dual Ultimate attributes compressing and condensing both the quality and quantity of his Soul Power with all their might—

His level still began to soar wildly!

Level 33... Level 35... Level 38...

In less than half a day, Lin Yan forcibly crossed a full eight levels and entered the realm of a Level 40 Soul Ancestor in one stroke!

What was even more terrifying was that, after being tempered and compressed by Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Life, the Soul Power within him was now as dense as mercury and as heavy as lead. Every trace concealed frightening energy!

Yet this was far from the limit of the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire!

At that moment, an endless torrent of energy was still surging through his meridians and into his dantian.

However, limited by the lack of a fourth Spirit Ring, no matter how abundant his Soul Power was, Lin Yan could not truly make another breakthrough.

But that did not matter. This dormant Soul Power would not simply disappear.

Once he obtained his fourth Spirit Ring, all the Soul Power that had sunk deep into his martial soul today would erupt once more!

Another half day passed quietly.

As the final wisp of Core Flame source was completely devoured and fused by the Emperor Flame, the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire was successfully refined!

Yet just as Lin Yan thought everything had settled, an unexpected change erupted without warning!

The extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire, which should have completely fused into the Emperor Flame, suddenly split away from it and transformed once more into a stream of ice-blue flame!

Immediately afterward, drawn by the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire, the jade-green, nine-colored Emperor Flame abruptly manifested outside his body.

Seeing this, Lin Yan was startled and instinctively tried to control the Emperor Flame to suppress it again.

But the moment that thought arose, his martial soul sent him a clear tremor.

Sensing the faint guidance, Lin Yan hesitated briefly before ultimately stopping. He chose to watch the subsequent changes for the moment before deciding what to do.

The next instant, the energy between heaven and earth seemed to answer an invisible summons. Like countless rivers returning to the sea, it crazily poured into the icy flames!

Fed by that vast energy, the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire, originally only the size of a fist, instantly surged into a sea of blue flames!

Seeing this, Lin Yan immediately knew something was wrong. With a hurried thought, he rapidly opened the Ice Lotus that had remained closed.

Crystal-clear petals of ice bloomed layer by layer, and Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan, who had been anxiously waiting outside, immediately looked toward the lotus heart.

Upon seeing Lin Yan standing there safe and sound, both women let out heavy sighs of relief.

But before either could step forward, the surging sea of icy flames suddenly spread outward, forcibly halting their advancing steps.

Seeing the change in their expressions, Lin Yan quickly called out, "Sister Lexuan, Nannan, don't worry."

"I've already refined it successfully. Just wait peacefully for a moment!"

Hearing Lin Yan's voice and seeing that his complexion was rosy and his breathing steady, clearly not suggesting any problem, the worry in their hearts finally eased somewhat.

While Lin Yan spoke, the heaven-and-earth energy pouring crazily into the icy sea of flames seemed to finally reach a critical threshold.

The blue icy flames filling the sky suddenly contracted, beginning to condense and collapse inward in an incomparably mysterious rhythm!

Once all the icy flames had withdrawn, a Spirit Ring, glowing blue all over like cold jade, slowly emerged from the gradually fading firelight!

Looking at this magnificent Spirit Ring condensed from the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire, a look of amazement immediately appeared on Lin Yan's face!

Before Lin Yan could recover from his shock, the luminous blue Spirit Ring, still wreathed in faint icy flames, instantly transformed into a streak of light and merged into his body without the slightest obstruction!

At the instant the Spirit Ring fused with him, the bottleneck at Level 40 shattered with a boom!

The immense Soul Power that had been dormant deep within his martial soul erupted in an instant like a volcanic eruption!

In the time of a single breath, Lin Yan's Soul Power Level began to surge madly once again!

Level 41... Level 43... Level 45...

By the time all the accumulated Soul Power had been completely released, his Soul Power Level had soared all the way to Level 47!

Although his cultivation had risen again, Lin Yan's expression suddenly darkened.

Because this Exotic Flame Soul Ring had been condensed from the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire he had completely refined, its aura shared the same origin as his. It was absorbed by him instantly without undergoing any refinement process at all!

And that meant he had not been given any chance to choose a Soul Skill for himself!

And that meant he had failed to choose his own Soul... Skill?!

Wait!

No!

A Soul Skill?

Where the hell was my huge Soul Skill?!!

At first, Lin Yan had still been regretting that he had wasted a chance to choose a Soul Skill for himself.

But when he sank his consciousness into the brand-new fourth Spirit Ring with mixed feelings, intending to sense what Soul Skill he had gained—

He discovered in astonishment that the Exotic Flame Soul Ring was completely empty. No Soul Skill had formed at all!

Fortunately, in the next second, as a stream of information flowed from the Spirit Ring, Lin Yan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that although Heavenly Flames possessed spirituality, they were not true living creatures after all. Therefore, this Spirit Ring condensed from a Heavenly Flame could only be considered a "semi-finished product."

To truly take shape, it still needed an additional portion of soul power.

In other words, only after Lin Yan absorbed a normal soul beast Spirit Ring in the future and allowed the two to merge and complement each other could this Exotic Flame Soul Ring truly become a complete Spirit Ring.

As for what kind of Soul Skill would be born then, it would be jointly determined by the absorbed soul beast Spirit Ring and this Exotic Flame Soul Ring.

At that thought, the regret on Lin Yan's face instantly vanished, replaced by a grin he could hardly suppress!

He could already choose his own Soul Skills. If the power of the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire were added atop his selection, just how heaven-defying would the resulting Soul Skill become?

This was truly... something to look forward to!

Heh heh heh!

Just as Lin Yan's grin grew increasingly unrestrained, another change arose!

As Lin Yan absorbed the Exotic Flame Soul Ring, the source of the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire finally fused completely into the Emperor Flame.

The next moment, the Emperor Flame underwent another brand-new transformation!

As the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire, possessing both Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, fused completely with it, the Emperor Flame not only truly developed Ultimate Ice as a secondary attribute at the Third Transformation level—

The power of its primary Ultimate Fire attribute also rose accordingly, increasing by another step!

Although it ultimately still did not enter the Fifth Transformation level, it could be called half a step into Fifth Transformation Great Perfection!

As the martial soul completed its transformation, the feedback to his soul and body swept over him once again in an instant!

The first change occurred in his sea of consciousness.

Above the once-clear sea of consciousness, snow suddenly began to drift across the sky without warning.

But upon closer inspection, how could those possibly be snowflakes?

They were clearly tiny fragments of extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire, still quietly burning despite their minute size!

This sudden "Fire Snow" fell ever more heavily. Before long, the vast sea of consciousness was shrouded in a boundless snowstorm.

Immediately afterward, a layer of Ultimate Ice burning with icy flames rapidly condensed along the boundary of his sea of consciousness.

At the instant that layer of ice completely formed, the entire sea of consciousness violently trembled!

The next moment, a mysterious aura was born, and the stability of the entire sea of consciousness increased by several times over in an instant!

As the icy barrier formed, the wind and snow that had originally raged across the sea of consciousness abruptly changed direction and surged northward together.

The vast white Fire Snow poured down. In only a short while, the northern region of the sea of consciousness transformed into an eternal world of ice and snow!

Compared to the earth-shaking grandeur within his sea of consciousness, the feedback from his martial soul's transformation to his physical body was far more "gentle."

At that moment, a projection of the extremely cold Mystic Ice Fire quietly emerged within Lin Yan's kidneys.

The powers of ice and fire slowly arose and circulated between his two kidneys, beginning to echo from afar with the Life Spirit Fire burning and pulsing within his heart.

The next instant, cold power sank deep like an abyssal spring, slowly cleansing the meridians throughout his body and washing away every lingering ailment and impurity; while the wisp of true fire concealed deep within the icy flames followed close behind, burning every cleansed impurity into nothingness.

One cold, one fire—intertwining and entwining, with his twin kidneys as the core, they formed a Human Body Furnace where yin and yang embraced one another, and water and fire existed in harmony!

Under the repeated tempering of these twin forces of ice and fire, the sinews and bones throughout his body gradually became tougher and denser, marrow fluid filled and flowed through his bones... Lin Yan's physical vitality and foundation grew ever more profound!