(I originally wanted to write three chapters, but I hit writer's block, guys, so I won't pad things out. Tell me what you want to see next.)
(Don't tell me to have Huo Yuhao leave. He'll leave as soon as the tournament is over. Right away!)
The pitch-black cave remained as deathly still as ever. Deep within it, a conspicuous mass of silver-white flame burned fiercely, and the naked Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged amid the flames, his eyes closed in deep meditation.
The fusion of the two heavenly flames was slow and lengthy, but no matter how slowly it progressed, there would always come a moment when it reached its end. Then, the butterfly would break free of its cocoon, and the fish would leap forth to become a dragon.
Suddenly, a faint, unusual sound came from Huo Yuhao's dantian. As it rang out, the Flame Mantra soul power that had been surging ceaselessly through his meridians abruptly stopped.
Slowly opening his eyes, Huo Yuhao first looked around in slight bewilderment. Then, with a shift of his mind, the scene within the dantian in his lower abdomen appeared before him.
Inside his dantian, the original mixture of silver and icy-white flames had vanished completely, replaced by a radiant silver-white flame. It flowed slowly, looking at first glance like mercury, yet it carried a terrifying aura of incomparably fierce heat.
"Did it... work?"
He stared blankly at the silver-white flame. Only after a long while did Huo Yuhao finally draw a deep breath, wild joy flooding his mind.
How long had I waited to absorb these Silver Heavenly Flames?! And now, I finally have a second heavenly flame!
As the roar in his heart slowly faded within him, Huo Yuhao's surging emotions gradually settled as well. Using his spiritual power, he