Destruction and Rebirth

White light suddenly exploded into countless dazzling rays.

The last illusion trial had left a deep impression on Mu Feng. Just as he was still pondering it, the martial soul behind him changed first.

The Holy Flame on the angel wings gathered together and transformed into a beam of light. With a thunderous boom, it enveloped Mu Feng. Logically speaking, after absorbing the Infernal Delicate Apricot, Mu Feng should have become immune to both ice and fire.

But this was no ordinary fire. It was the Angel Sacred Flame, divine fire belonging exclusively to the inheritor—and, more importantly, the power of Celestial!

The overwhelming Holy Flame distorted the air around Mu Feng, enveloping him from head to toe.

Pain. Excruciating pain!

Within the divine fire, the heat itself became an insignificant sensation. The Angel Sacred Flame was not burning the surface of his skin, but his flesh and bones.

Pain that penetrated to the marrow came from all directions. Mu Feng could feel the flesh beneath his skin carbonizing inch by inch, while his bones crackled in the high temperature and split under the roasting heat.

This was destruction, but also rebirth.

The mass of Holy Light and the Life Gold in the Mental Sea kept Mu Feng clinging to his last breath, maintaining the final vestiges of his consciousness.

Mu Feng gritted his teeth. The muscles throughout his body were first destroyed, then purified, and finally reforged.

Every part of his body had to undergo these three stages of tempering, putting Mu Feng through unbearable torment. At the very heart of the inferno's agony, all he wanted was to pass out immediately. Then, when he opened his eyes again, the trial would already be over.

Time passed second by second, yet Mu Feng remained conscious, gritting his teeth through