Innate Patterns, Saint Spirit Furnace!

Strands of origin power intertwined and burned, even drawing upon the power of heaven and earth to trace tiny Innate Patterns across the Living Flame's origin.

Ji Hao unconsciously activated his Martial Dao Heavenly Eyes, staring fixedly at the newly formed Innate Patterns.

This was an unimaginable great opportunity. Innate Patterns that could usually only be glimpsed within certain Fortune Source Grounds or heavenly tribulations had actually been born within the Living Flame.

The Living Flame, which Ji Hao had completely mastered, was practically equivalent to having Innate Patterns carved 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 fell into his sea of consciousness, enlightening his wisdom.

The laws of fire combined with the faint radiance emitted by the Bodhi Tree sapling, transforming into a spark of wisdom within his sea of consciousness.

Ji Hao seemed to enter an endless Fire Domain. Looking around, all the mysteries of "fire" were laid bare within his heart.

The five realms of the Dao Palace also changed. Within the Heart Dao Palace, patterns were carved one after another, rumbling loudly.

Flames rose one after another, seemingly transforming into a world of fire.

Yet they quickly vanished. They had not truly disappeared, but merged into heaven and earth.

For a moment, the realm of the Dao Palace seemed to become a real world, truly gaining life.

In only a short while, three Innate Patterns had been traced upon the Living Flame's origin.

They were 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 burst forth with boundless divine light. Countless flames within the Fire Domain bowed in worship, as though paying homage to the emperor of fire. Even the Five-Colored Flame on the level below was affected.

A strand of purple appeared within the golden and cyan flames, positioned along the outer layer, while the center remained golden and cyan.

With the Innate Patterns completed, Ji Hao also awoke from the endless Fire Domain.

When he opened his eyes, a beam of divine light pierced through the sixth level, Purple Qi Comes from the East, only fading away upon reaching the seventh level.

Ji Hao stretched out his arms, producing a thunderous rumble as faint cracks appeared in the Void.

"Ah, that felt good!"

"It was like taking a hot bath."

Ji Hao withdrew the divine light around him and said,

"These Innate Patterns really are a tremendous opportunity. I only just entered the Four Extremes, and I'm already about to reach the next level."

Little stars appeared in Ji Hao's eyes again.

"Keep going. There are still four layers of flame left. No matter what, I should evolve another one or two times."

Ji Hao acted as soon as he spoke. The evolved Living Flame wound around him as he ignored the flames of the sixth level and headed straight for the seventh.

Upon reaching the seventh level, Five-Colored Flame appeared. Even Ji Hao found it somewhat unbearable. The flame energy was simply too terrifying, capable of raising its power by an entire tier. Fortunately, he had just comprehended the Innate Patterns of fire, greatly improving his resistance to flames. Otherwise, this wave would have burned his skin.

Ji Hao once again summoned the small furnace formed from the Living Flame and inverted it overhead. Its powerful suction devoured all the Five-Colored Flame.

The area within dozens of miles was left completely empty. The might displayed by the evolved Living Flame was impossible to estimate.

The Five-Colored Flame boiled endlessly within the furnace, like a fire dragon soaring through it. For a moment, it seemed difficult to suppress.

"Refine!"

Ji Hao struck out nine Emperor characters in succession, embedding them into the furnace lid. They instantly suppressed the restless Five-Colored Flame, which was obediently refined.

Another portion of origin was added. Unfortunately, while 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. Divine light streamed down from it, isolating the flames, and Ji Hao then proceeded step by step toward the next level.

Ji Hao's expression turned solemn. Ahead, seven-colored mist threads swirled about. They looked peaceful and tranquil, yet contained incomparably terrifying heat, seemingly capable of burning away all the heavens.

If Ji Hao had been alone, then even if he revived his Emperor Blood to its utmost limit, he would not have been able to endure within it for long. Of course, that only referred to his physical body. If he used his phenomenon and divine power, he could even enter the ninth level.

The tenth level was worlds apart from the others. After all, the remaining nine levels were flames born from the residual warmth of Immortal Fire.

Ji Hao strode forward without hesitation. With the Lihuo Divine Furnace, he feared nothing but the Immortal Fire of the final level.

The seven-colored threads resembled hazy, delicate mist. They wrapped around Ji Hao in succession, only to be blocked by the Lihuo Divine Furnace's protective barrier.

He sat cross-legged deep within the eighth level, the Living Flame circling around him. Two divine furnaces hovered above and below him, radiating faint divine light that made Ji Hao seem like a deity descended into the mortal world.

Strands of seven-colored mist were drawn into the divine furnace formed from the Living Flame. Even though that furnace was now no weaker than a great cultivator's magical artifact, it still struggled somewhat against the Seven-Colored Divine Flame.

Ji Hao frowned and urged the Lihuo Divine Furnace to not only protect him, but also suppress the seven-colored mist.

He directly scooped it all up and crammed it into the divine furnace formed from the Living Flame.

Ji Hao sat cross-legged in the Void as the Lihuo Divine Furnace autonomously emitted a faint glow to protect him.

He considered whether he could forge the Living Flame into a special "artifact."

After all, without immortal gold, his two artifacts were not very useful. In the Big Dipper, he needed a weapon that suited his hand.

"It should be possible to forge the Living Flame into an artifact."

Ji Hao pondered. "Although the Living Flame began at a relatively low level, after being tempered by Emperor Blood and engraved with Innate Patterns, it has long since undergone a complete transformation."

"Moreover, there are still two kinds of flame in the Fire Domain that have yet to be absorbed. It should at least be able to transform once more."

Its potential was extraordinary!

"Feasible!" Ji Hao came to his conclusion.

Using the power of the seven-colored fire within the furnace, he tempered it from both inside and out.

Ji Hao imitated the shape of the Lihuo Divine Furnace, repeatedly hammering the Living Flame with divine power while tracing divine patterns identical to some of those within the Lihuo Divine Furnace.

The divine furnace formed from the Living Flame became increasingly exquisite. A flash of divine light bloomed as a divine pattern connected with the Innate Patterns in its origin and came into being.

"I need to give it a name. I can't keep calling it the furnace formed from the Living Flame."

"It has to be imposing without losing depth, understated without losing luxury."

Ji Hao thought for a moment. "I'll call it the Saint Spirit Furnace!"

Once he found a Saint Spirit to put inside the furnace someday, it would truly live up to its name.

As he tempered the Saint Spirit Furnace, he inscribed the Hengyu Emperor Script upon it.

The sound of metal being forged rang out through the Fire Domain. The Saint Spirit Furnace was being tempered, with seven-colored fire surging within it in dazzling splendor.

As it was hammered without pause, the seven-colored fire continuously merged into the Saint Spirit Furnace's origin, making it ever more abundant.

One day, two days, three days... seven days, eight days, nine days. It was only on the ninth day that this stage of tempering was considered complete.

It was not truly complete, but the seven-colored fire within the Saint Spirit Furnace had been exhausted.

Ji Hao held the Lihuo Divine Furnace overhead and headed toward the ninth level, the second-to-last level of the Fire Domain.

The Nine-Colored Divine Fire drifted in wisps. Its temperature was even greater than that of the previous eight levels combined. Even through a layer of light, Ji Hao felt parched and dry.

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