With his Heavenly Flame Dharma Body active, Xiao Yan was practically the Heavenly Flames' own father. The ocher Wind Fury Dragon Flame had no power to resist him at all. He easily absorbed it into his body, incorporating it bit by bit into the Flame Mantra's circulation path.
In barely fifteen minutes, Xiao Yan's translucent, flame-like form underwent a tremendous change.
Before absorbing the myriad beast spirit flame, his body had been pure red. After refining it, his Dharma Body had initially turned blood-red. Once he had brought the myriad beast spirit flame entirely under his control, his Dharma Body had become scarlet.
Now, however, ocher flames could clearly be seen flowing within his scarlet body.
And gradually merging.
Following the Flame Mantra's circulation path, he carried the two utterly different heavenly flames through one full major circuit before finally gathering them into the vortex in his dantian. With that, the wind fury dragon flame was successfully refined.
As early as his first use of Heavenly Flame Disintegration, when he had radically modified the technique into the original Flame Mantra, the Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body had ceased to exist as either gas or liquid. Instead, it existed as flames.
This held true in both his normal state and his Dharma Body form.
Once the refining was complete, Xiao Yan's aura also underwent an earth-shattering transformation, wildly drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy. The instant the wind fury dragon flame disappeared, the sandstorm that had been on the verge of dissipating seemed to find a new center.
Even the energy in this previously undisturbed space gradually grew chaotic. Xiao Yan seemed to have truly replaced the wind fury dragon flame at the heart of the sandstorm, frantically drawing in all the energy it contained.
Within his tightly closed eyes,