With a thought from Yun Ying, the offshoot flame fell toward her, then swiftly set her body ablaze.
Beside her, Little Capybara was also enveloped in Chaos Fire. Towering flames surged from both of them, Chaos energy gushed forth, and the surrounding void twisted.
One month... two months... five months... ten months...
In the eleventh month, a blaze of crystalline flames surged from the blue-red blood pool. The flames shimmered brilliantly, sacred and majestic, as though formed from the mingling of millions of kinds of divine light of the Great Dao, dazzling beyond compare.
Endless sword light arose, like the gathering of heavenly light, yet it contained great worlds within it, as though embracing all the heavens.
Within the blood pool, crystalline divine light radiated from Yun Ying's entire body. Even her purple hair was tinted with that crystalline hue, and she looked as beautiful as a Goddess.
Sword light encircled her, divine sounds of the Great Dao rang out, and great worlds revolved one after another, making her look like a supreme sovereign, or a female Celestial Emperor reigning over all, suppressing the heavens as the Great Dao bowed its head.
Beside her, a pure white stream of energy rose and fell. Crystal clear and as thick as an infant's arm, it circled her like a white dragon, its radiance dazzling and the presence of the Immortal Dao spreading outward.
Immortal Aura!
This was something only peerless prodigies who had forged their own paths could cultivate, a mark of supreme talent.
One such strand of Immortal Aura alone was enough to double one's combat strength. Two strands increased it by twice its original amount, and three by three times. According to ancient records, one could cultivate no more than three strands.
Just then, gray mist seeped silently from the