He opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the three drops of essence blood that shimmered alternately in blue, red, and silver.
As the three drops entered his stomach, a scorching sensation rose within him.
The energy in this Ancient Heavenly Phoenix essence blood was far more violent than that of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Pill. After all, he had refined the pill's energy, whereas he had done nothing to temper this Heavenly Demon Phoenix essence blood.
At its peak, even if the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix had fallen short of pinnacle Dou Sheng such as Zhu Kun and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, the gap had probably been slight. Its essence blood contained tremendously vast energy.
Had an ordinary Dou Sheng swallowed so much essence blood in one go, they would likely have burst apart and died.
But Xiao Yan's strength was no longer what it had once been. Even without the nine-colored Jing Lian flame, he would have suffered little harm, much less with its help.
Under the terrifying heat of the nine-colored Jing Lian flame, the three drops of Heavenly Phoenix essence blood struggled for only a moment before being refined into streams of exceptionally pure energy that flowed into Xiao Yan's body, where they were converted once more into immense Dou Qi.
As the vast energy within the three drops of essence blood was steadily refined into streams of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan's aura began rising again.
Within his body, a raging sea seemed to roar. Dou Qi as deep as an abyss and vast as an ocean raised towering waves, battering endlessly against that final bottleneck.
An unknown length of time passed. When the last drop of Heavenly Phoenix essence blood had been fully refined, a muffled, thunderous rumble sounded within Xiao Yan.
The next instant, a