Inside his heart, flames flowed through his blood, setting it alight as it rushed through his veins!
Ren did not care that his blood was burning. His attention was on the mass of Sword Aura inside his heart!
The condensed Sword Aura had once made his heart ache. But as the flames gathered, his heart grew stronger, and the pain faded. The flames themselves seemed to be tempered by the Nirvana Flame!
He felt comfortable, without any searing heat.
Smiling, Ren continued absorbing the Nirvana Flame, eager to refine the remaining Five Elements materials as soon as possible!
Time passed. The Nirvana Flame had long since vanished!
Now Ren was frozen inside a shell of black ice!
All that black ice came from a single drop of blood essence: the Black Tortoise Blood Essence!
The Black Tortoise Blood Essence represented water, and water could naturally turn to ice!
Ren had refined the Nirvana Flame, then the Kirin Pearl and the White Tiger Skeleton. Only then had he begun refining the Black Tortoise Blood Essence to repair his last organ, the kidneys. But the process had left him frozen solid!
The cold of the Black Tortoise Blood Essence was fierce. Even Ren felt its chill!
Yet despite the cold, Ren could clearly feel his body growing stronger, along with his internal organs!
As the black ice melted, he faintly heard roars from within his body and felt a sharp aura spreading through it!
After an unknown length of time, the ice encasing Ren disappeared completely!
Clang...
The instant the ice vanished, a sword's cry rang toward the heavens and swept through the entire cultivation chamber!
Ren could not help throwing back his head and roaring, "Roar..."
As he roared, the Sword Aura grew sharper. Even the sound waves of his