As his words fell, a suction force erupted from within Xiao Yan's body of its own accord.
Whoosh!
Under this terrifying suction, wisps of the origin flame seed within the Nine Nether Wind Flame poured into Xiao Yan's body even faster.
Agonizing pain surfaced once more, but the damage to Xiao Yan's flesh was steadily diminishing.
Besides having developed a certain resistance to the Nine Nether Wind Flame, the more important reason was that Xiao Yan's body had grown increasingly powerful through this tempering.
If Xiao Yan's physical strength had previously rivaled a Five-Star Dou Zun's, it now almost matched a Seven-Star Dou Zun's. More importantly, this tempering had yet to truly end.
"Though it hurts like hell, at least all this suffering comes with plenty of rewards..."
Xiao Yan looked at the vortex of black flames around him. With a stir of his mind, the Flame Mantra Dou Qi within him formed a terrifying vortex and slowly began absorbing the surrounding black flames.
Buzz!
Wisps of black flame passed through Xiao Yan's flesh, bones, and even meridians, bringing waves of knife-like pain before finally falling into the Flame Mantra's Dou Qi vortex.
Once those wisps of black flame entered the Flame Mantra Dou Qi, the Dou Qi-which had already evolved to Heaven Tier-swarmed them, directly enveloping the scattered Nine Nether Wind Flame.
It then carried these origin flame seeds through Xiao Yan's meridians.
The origin flame seeds struggled desperately throughout the process, but such tiny wisps were virtually powerless against his current Flame Mantra Dou Qi.
As though sensing the danger coming from inside Xiao Yan's body, the spinning Nine Nether Wind Flame briefly faltered before whirling even more wildly, seemingly trying to escape his control.
"It hurts!"
As the Nine Nether Wind Flame accelerated, Xiao Yan's face twisted