After temporarily suppressing his opponent, Jiang Yun chose a relatively safe spot to sit cross-legged, then began absorbing the energy it released little by little.
The World-Ending Flame's source was far too vast. Moreover, it could connect to the earth veins of the entire Red Flame Continent, making its power virtually inexhaustible. Even Jiang Yun could not swallow it whole in a short time; he could only subdue it through this slow grinding process.
"But this means I'll have to stay here for ages!" After refining a small wisp of the World-Ending Flame's Child Flame, Jiang Yun sensed the increase in power within him and estimated how long fully refining it would take. It was rather long-even going all out, he would need ten years.
That far exceeded the time he had agreed upon with Zi Yan and the others. Besides, Jiang Yun had arrangements on both the Tianluo Continent and the Red Flame Continent; he could not disappear for a long stretch just as things were getting started.
Moreover, his father-in-law had gone to the True Dragon Clan, and he had no idea how things were going there. He needed to look into that too. In short, he had plenty to do; it was not yet time for him to enter prolonged secluded cultivation.
"Then this is the only way!" After a long while, a gleam flashed through Jiang Yun's eyes, and he slowly spoke.
The next moment, Jiang Yun raised his hands and formed a seal suffused with an ancient air.
Hum!
As his seal took shape, a wondrous sound wave seemed to ring out between heaven and earth, then spread.
"One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones!"
Jiang Yun's voice carried an inexplicable resonance. Then spiritual light gushed from the crown of his head, churning ceaselessly before