Deep underground.
Inside a newly excavated cave abode.
Waves of heat rolled through, baking the stone walls a glowing red.
Xu Xuan sat cross-legged at the formation's nexus, his expression more grave than ever.
Before him floated a mass of crimson-gold blood that constantly twisted and churned.
This was the Spirit Body embryo he had spent years forming from his own vital essence blood, combined with his understanding of Nirvana Bloodflame.
Cultivating this Bloodflame Spirit Body.
Was a hundred times more perilous than forming the Greenwood Spirit Body had been.
The Greenwood Spirit Body had longevity wood as its foundation and also embodied the intent of life and creation.
The entire cultivation process had been relatively gentle, like spring rain silently nourishing all things.
The Bloodflame Spirit Body, however, was filled with savage power.
Focus the mind!
Draw in the flame!
Forge the spirit vessel!
Xu Xuan shouted inwardly, threading his spiritual sense carefully into the Bloodflame Spirit Body embryo.
Boom!
The instant his spiritual sense touched it, the Blood Flame embryo began to burn.
Xu Xuan felt his sea of consciousness shudder.
A scorching sensation surged back along his spiritual sense, straight into the depths of his soul.
An endless sea of blood-colored flames instantly filled his vision.
The crackling explosions of burning blood and vital energy rang in his ears.
He could even smell a trace of something scorched.
This was the most perilous hurdle in cultivating this Spirit Body.
Only by using his soul as a guide to ignite the Blood Flame could he endow the Spirit Body with "spirituality."
Yet this was no different from playing with fire and setting himself ablaze.
Should he grow the slightest bit careless and lose control of the flames.
The Blood Flame would turn on his soul, using it as