I must not kneel!
If I kneel, I lose!
Iron Egg gritted his teeth and forcibly activated the Profound Ability Nine Luminaries Return to True through his bloodline instincts. Using the Crimson Radiance Nine Luminaries Sun-Devouring Nirvana Sutra as his foundation, he tried to devour the power of the Great Sun before him and steady himself.
"Foolish."
As the indifferent voice rang out, a series of sharp cracks erupted from Iron Egg's limbs-the sound of his bones shattering.
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Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Beneath the supreme radiance of the Great Sun, it was not just his bones. All of Iron Egg's flesh sizzled, turned to charcoal, then released a cloud of black smoke.
Iron Egg keenly sensed something unusual.
His flesh and bones were clearly being annihilated, and his physical body was about to disappear, yet a growing exhilaration rose within him, as though he were breaking out of a cage. He could even clearly hear the roaring deep within his bloodline.
After a moment's hesitation, faced with the choice between complete annihilation and fully merging with that bloodline, Iron Egg's gaze hardened. He decisively chose the latter.
In an instant, the brilliant Great Sun that occupied the heavens, enduring since time immemorial, suddenly dimmed a little.
It dimmed not because its own radiance had weakened, but because a more dazzling presence had appeared in this world.
"Not bad."
The Sun-Devouring Divine Lord's divine projection nodded slightly. He stopped pressuring the bloodline within Iron Egg and instead remained in the heavens, quietly watching its transformation. One month!
Two months!
Three months!
As time passed, a faint layer of golden sun markings gradually emerged along Iron Egg's back.
These sun markings connected to heaven and earth above and creation below, imbuing Iron Egg's fur with an indescribably special Dao Resonance. Then they