Strands of Origin Power intertwined and burned, even drawing upon the Power of Heaven and Earth to carve tiny Innate Patterns into the Origin of the Living Flame.
Ji Hao unconsciously activated his Martial Dao Heavenly Eyes, staring fixedly at those newly born Innate Patterns.
This was an unimaginable opportunity. Innate Patterns that could normally only be glimpsed within certain Fortune Source Grounds or during Heavenly Tribulations had appeared within the Living Flame.
The Living Flame, completely under Ji Hao's control, was practically equivalent to having Innate Patterns inscribed and demonstrated within his Sea of Consciousness.
Every pattern seemed to represent the Great Dao of fire between Heaven and Earth.
Ji Hao watched, utterly entranced. The Bodhi Tree sapling emitted endless Divine Light that descended into his Sea of Consciousness, enlightening his wisdom.
The Dao Principle of fire merged with the faint glow emitted by the Bodhi Tree sapling, transforming into a spark of wisdom-fire within his Sea of Consciousness.
Ji Hao seemed to enter an endless Fire Domain. As far as he could see, all the mysteries of "fire" were explained within his heart.
Within the five worlds of the Dao Palace, the Heart Dao Palace also underwent changes. Pattern after pattern was inscribed, releasing rumbling sounds.
Blossoms of flame rose up, seemingly transforming into a world of fire.
Yet they soon vanished. They had not truly disappeared, but merged into Heaven and Earth.
For a time, the Dao Palace world seemed to become a real world, genuinely gaining Vitality.
Before long, three Innate Patterns had already been outlined upon the Origin of the Living Flame.
They were extremely fragmented, like a corner of a Dao diagram, yet also like some strange rune.
They were far too incomplete to reveal anything at all.
Suddenly, the Living Flame bloomed with boundless Divine Light. Countless flames within the Fire Domain bowed in worship, as if kowtowing before the emperor of fire. Even the Five-Colored Flame on the level below was affected.
A trace of purple appeared within the gold-and-cyan flames, situated along the outer edge, while the center remained gold and cyan.
The Innate Patterns had been fully inscribed, and Ji Hao awoke from the endless Fire Domain.
His eyes opened, and a beam of Divine Light pierced through the sixth level, Purple Qi Comes from the East, only dissipating upon reaching the seventh level.
Ji Hao stretched his arms, producing a rumbling sound as faint cracks appeared in the Void.
"Ah, that feels good!"
"It feels like taking a hot bath."
Ji Hao said as he restrained the Divine Light around him.
"These Innate Patterns truly are a great opportunity. I only just stepped into the Four Extremes, and I'm already about to advance to the next level."
Little stars appeared in Ji Hao's eyes again.
"Keep going. There are still four layers of flames left. I should at least evolve another one or two times."
Without further hesitation, Ji Hao set off. The evolved Living Flame coiled around him, and he directly ignored the flames of the sixth level as he headed toward the seventh.
Upon reaching the seventh level, Five-Colored Flame appeared as well. Even Ji Hao found it somewhat unbearable. The flame energy was too terrifying, directly rising by an entire tier. Fortunately, he had comprehended the Innate Patterns of fire earlier, greatly increasing his resistance to flames. Otherwise, his skin would have been burned in this wave.
Ji Hao once again summoned the small furnace formed by the Living Flame and inverted it overhead. Its powerful suction swallowed all the Five-Colored Flame at once.
The area for dozens of miles around became empty. The might displayed by the evolved Living Flame was impossible to measure.
The Five-Colored Flame boiled endlessly within the furnace, like a fire dragon soaring inside it. For a moment, it seemed difficult to suppress.
"Refine!"
Ji Hao fired out nine Emperor Characters in succession, embedding them into the furnace lid. They immediately suppressed the restless Five-Colored Flame, which obediently began to be refined.
Another portion of Origin had been added. Unfortunately, although the Five-Colored Flame was powerful, it was not enough to make the newly evolved Living Flame evolve again.
Ji Hao summoned the Lihuo Divine Furnace above his head. It cast down streams of Divine Light that isolated the flames, and then Ji Hao walked step by step toward the next level.
A grave expression appeared on Ji Hao's face. Ahead of him, seven-colored mist threads swirled about. They appeared peaceful and tranquil, yet contained incomparably terrifying heat, as though they possessed the power to burn away the Heavens.
If Ji Hao were alone, even if he revived his Emperor Blood to its utmost limit, he would not be able to endure within for long. Of course, that was only with his Physical Body. If he used his phenomenon together with Divine Power, he could venture even into the ninth level.
The tenth level was vastly different from all the others. After all, the remaining nine levels were all flames born from the residual warmth of Immortal Fire.
Ji Hao strode forward. With the Lihuo Divine Furnace, he feared nothing except the Immortal Fire on the final level.
Seven-colored strands, like hazy fine mist, curled around Ji Hao in succession, but were blocked by the protective barrier of the Lihuo Divine Furnace.
He sat cross-legged deep within the eighth level, with the Living Flame circling around him. Two Divine Furnaces hovered above and below him, their surfaces emitting faint Divine Light that made Ji Hao resemble a god descending into the mortal world.
Strands of seven-colored mist were drawn into the Divine Furnace formed by the Living Flame. Although the furnace formed by the Living Flame was now no weaker than a Great Ability Artifact, it still struggled somewhat when facing the Seven-Colored Divine Flame.
Ji Hao frowned and urged the Lihuo Divine Furnace not only to protect him, but also to suppress the seven-colored mist.
He simply swept it all away and crammed it wholesale into the Divine Furnace formed by the Living Flame.
Ji Hao sat cross-legged in the Void while the Lihuo Divine Furnace autonomously emitted a faint glow to protect him.
He was considering whether he could forge the Living Flame into a special Vessel.
After all, without Immortal Metal, his two Vessels were of little use. In the Big Dipper, he needed a weapon that suited his hand.
"Forging the Living Flame into a Vessel has a certain degree of feasibility."
Ji Hao pondered. "Although the Living Flame's starting point was rather low, after being tempered by Emperor Blood and inscribed with Innate Patterns, it had long since undergone a complete transformation."
"Furthermore, there are still two types of flame in the Fire Domain that have yet to be absorbed. It can at least transform once more."
Its potential was extraordinary!
"It can be done!" Ji Hao concluded.
Using the seven-colored fire within the furnace, he tempered it from both within and without.
Following the appearance of the Lihuo Divine Furnace, Ji Hao continuously hammered the Living Flame with Divine Power while inscribing Divine Patterns, some of which were identical to the Divine Patterns within the Lihuo Divine Furnace.
The Divine Furnace formed by the Living Flame became increasingly exquisite. A flash of Divine Light bloomed—it was born from a Divine Pattern connecting with the Innate Patterns in its Origin.
"I should give it a name. I can't keep calling it the furnace formed by the Living Flame."
"It has to be domineering without losing depth, understated without losing luxury."
After thinking for a while, Ji Hao said, "I'll call it the Saint Spirit Furnace!"
Once he found a Saint Spirit to put inside the furnace someday, its name would truly fit.
As he tempered the Saint Spirit Furnace, he inscribed the Hengyu Emperor Script onto it.
The sound of hammering echoed through the Fire Domain. The Saint Spirit Furnace was being tempered, with seven-colored flames surging within it in dazzling brilliance.
Throughout the repeated hammering, the seven-colored fire continuously merged into the Origin of the Saint Spirit Furnace, making it increasingly profound.
One day, two days, three days, seven days, eight days, nine days—only on the ninth day was this stage of tempering considered complete.
It was not truly finished; rather, the seven-colored fire within the Saint Spirit Furnace had been exhausted.
With the Lihuo Divine Furnace above his head, Ji Hao headed toward the ninth level, the second-to-last level of the Fire Domain.
Threads of Nine-Colored Divine Fire filled the air. Its temperature was higher than that of the previous eight levels combined. Even with a Light Screen separating him from it, Ji Hao felt parched and dry.