Despite having experienced it once before, Xiao Yu still found the pain unbearable. After all, it directly affected his soul. The veins on the back of the hand clutching the ground bulged, and his entire body hunched over as he convulsed nonstop.
It felt as though a century had passed before the pain in Xiao Yu's mind finally faded. Coming back to himself, he lay on the ground and gasped for breath.
"System, can't this pain be avoided?"
Ding! It cannot. To increase soul power, the host's soul must be sublimated. The power directly strikes at the source of the host's soul.
Ding! Detected that the host has advanced to Da Dou Shi. The origins of the Heavenly Flames within the body are merging.
"Hmm?"
Having just recovered from the increase in soul power, Xiao Yu was pulled back to reality by the system's voice.
"The origins of the Heavenly Flames are merging?"
As the system's voice rang out, Xiao Yu discovered that he was viewing his own body from outside, as though he were a third party. Countless dense specks of light emerged from the meridians and bones within him.
White, purple, and green specks of light were scattered throughout Xiao Yu's body.
"These are... the Bone Chilling Flame, Purple Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame?"
Sensing their familiar auras, Xiao Yu spoke in astonishment. Were these the origins of the Heavenly Flames that had remained within his body?
As Xiao Yu's gaze swept over them, he discovered that the specks of light were slowly moving toward his dantian. Whenever specks overlapped, they fused together, grew slightly larger, and continued moving toward his dantian.
Once all the specks reached Xiao Yu's dantian, they transformed into a black flame-shaped form that seemed to be burning.
The next instant, Xiao Yu's