"A Body Tempering... inheritance from the Flame Emperor?"
Xu Taiping's mind shook violently.
This inheritance from the Flame Emperor had truly come so unexpectedly that he had been given no time to prepare himself.
Just then, he heard the blurred figure speak again:
"This inheritance can only remedy the flaws in your current Body Tempering Dharma Method. At most, it can bring this physique of yours to the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm of this world."
"If you wish to advance further, you must obtain the three Body Tempering Objects within this inheritance of mine."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately bowed his head in thanks:
"Thank you for your gift, Flame Emperor."
The blurred figure said gently:
"Strictly speaking, I am not the true Flame Emperor, merely a lingering obsession he left in this world."
"Though we established the Heavenly Court back then, we failed to truly eliminate that seed of calamity. That was also the root of this obsession the Flame Emperor developed."
At these words, Xu Taiping's heart gave a sudden tremor.
He felt as though he had once again touched upon this world's hidden secrets.
Rumble...
Suddenly, accompanied by a faint rumbling as heaven and earth trembled, the Flame Emperor's blurred figure began showing signs of collapse.
Xu Taiping turned to look and found that the phantom images of the battle generals behind him were turning back into stalks of Jade Bone Grass, one after another.
Carried by gentle breezes, those stalks of Jade Bone Grass gathered beneath the Human Sovereign Sword in the blurred figure's hand.
The blurred figure merely raised his hand and gently closed it, and the Jade Bone Grass gathered into a sword tassel hanging from the Human Sovereign Sword's hilt.
Then the Flame Emperor continued:
"Rather than let them suffer through the cycle