The Three Thousand Great Daos roamed behind him, but in the next instant, each turned into a wisp of Dao fire and fell directly onto him.
The Three Thousand Dao Fires fused together, burning straight through the void and leaving even the Blue-Stone Steps dotted with scorch marks.
The moment his body touched the Three Thousand Dao Fires, the point of contact underwent Dao transformation, leaving a bloody hole.
Through that hole, his beating heart was clearly visible. Even the runes he had blended into his flesh and blood were burned out.
Shi Qingyun felt a burning sensation that came from his very soul. Starting off by roasting himself with the Three Thousand Dao Fires was still too much.
Seeing this, he could only burn himself slowly, first allowing his body to adapt before gradually increasing the intensity.
Sure enough, after he reduced the number of Dao fires, his body was no longer burned through, though the pain remained extraordinary.
"With the Three Thousand Dao Fires as fuel, kindle the Great Dao Furnace."
"Refine me, refine the true, refine the Great Dao."
As the true fire of the Great Dao refined him, a blurry Yin-Yang Dao Diagram rotated above his head.
As time passed, the Yin-Yang Dao Diagram above him grew increasingly distinct, and the profound Dao resonance spilling from it became ever clearer.
"He is smelting a hundred Daos in a single furnace to temper his own Yin-Yang Dao. Such talent truly is terrifying."
"But the cultivators still climbing behind him are suffering for it. Far fewer cultivators will make it past these Three Thousand Bluestone Steps this time than in previous years."
"That brat is utterly vile. He obstructs others' paths of cultivation-he deserves to die!"
"Heh, kill him? Once that Cloud Emperor comes out, he'll probably slaughter