Li Dao sat cross-legged at once and swept his hand, dispelling the formation surrounding the Black Fiend Lotus.
The next moment, far more essence began spilling from the Black Fiend Lotus, and its petals curled up even faster.
Without the slightest delay, Li Dao drew it in with his divine power. The Black Fiend Lotus immediately became a streak of light and flew into his mouth.
He slowly closed his eyes. The Blood Furnace within him swallowed the Black Fiend Lotus, its runes flickering as it absorbed and refined the streams of essence radiating from the flower.
Rumble, rumble, rumble-
As the Blood Furnace began spinning rapidly, however, the rate at which it refined the Black Fiend Lotus increased dramatically.
Strands of pure energy flowed into every part of his body, and Li Dao once again felt himself being filled to the brim.
As strands of pure energy poured in, the strange dao patterns coiled around his bones emitted rays of wondrous light.
Seven Cave Heavens slowly emerged behind him, their rootlike dao patterns releasing strands of profound and mysterious dao aura.
Beside them, another Cave Heaven was taking shape, as though an entirely new universe were being gestated. Time hurried past, and Li Dao's cultivation in the cavern gradually approached its end.
A brand-new Cave Heaven slowly formed behind him, and the imposing aura radiating from Li Dao grew stronger once more.
Outside the cavern, Black Tiger lay on the ground. As the imposing aura emanating from Li Dao inside grew ever stronger, Black Tiger's desire to leave grew ever weaker.
Li Dao sat cross-legged in midair, streams of starlit radiance flowing from the Cave Heavens behind him and veiling his face.
A mysterious aura suffused him, making him seem like a divine being who had existed since the