Xiao Yan's Predicament

Within the vast lava lake, Xiao Meng sat cross-legged like an old monk in meditation, seated within a strange flame that seemed intangible yet possessed a tangible quality. Something appeared to be slowly flowing within the immense flame, like a sprite.

Fallen Heart Flame ranked as high as fourteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, far stronger than the nineteenth-ranked Green Lotus Core Flame. At first, Xiao Meng had been burned terribly, but he gradually adapted, and his cultivation entered the proper track.

The last time he had used the Green Lotus Core Flame for cultivation, his focus had not primarily been on his physical body, but on the Origin Force within him. Through extreme means, he caused the Origin Force to undergo a qualitative transformation and evolve into True Essence. Therefore, while cultivating within the Green Lotus Core Flame last time, he had continuously circulated Origin Force throughout his body to nourish his physique.

This time, however, his main goal was to transform his physical body and give rise to mysterious patterns resembling the laws of the Great Dao. Once such patterns emerged, Xiao Meng would no longer need to cultivate in the future. His body would actively absorb the energy between heaven and earth to strengthen itself. As the saying went, within heaven and earth, the body was the furnace, absorbing all things for one's own use.

At this moment, Xiao Meng had already entered a state of self-forgetfulness. The Eternal Undying Art circulated at its fastest speed. The cultivation technique was like a catalyst, while the extreme environment outside served as the accelerant. His body was like a blossoming tree, waiting to bear fruit.

The terrifying invisible flames tempered every part of his body, every cell. This transformation began with the cells themselves. As the saying went, survival