Inside Chen Ba Tian's cave abode on Water Flame Peak.
As time passed, the heavenly phenomenon gradually dissipated, leaving only some raging flames swirling around Chen Ba Tian.
Yet the form of these raging flames was somewhat strange. They were the same color as the Reverse Five Elements aura they had seen in the Tianhang Ore Vein, gradually turning a reddish-brown.
Moreover, although the flames were clearly burning, they gave off no scorching heat. Instead, they radiated a chill, as though containing a devouring power.
The surrounding plants withered in an instant, the vitality within them devoured and refined, and they turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.
Even though Qiu Hai Ping activated the array for protection, more than half the flowers, grass, and trees on the mountain still withered. Countless spirit herbs perished, all their vitality drained away.
That vitality became nourishment, transforming Chen Ba Tian's immortal puppet body on one side while nourishing the Reverse Five Elements Power on the other.
Once the Five Elements Array had completely reversed and all spiritual energy had been converted, his meridians were filled entirely with reddish-brown Reverse Five Elements Power.
The false spirit roots originally evolved from Five Elements Power unexpectedly gave birth to true spirit roots under the influence of Reverse Five Elements Power, completely merging with Chen Ba Tian.
Yet these spirit roots differed from ordinary ones. They had mutated, containing that strange devouring power evolved from Reverse Five Elements Power.
At this moment, it was more fitting to call them Mutated Reverse Five Elements Spirit Roots.
Gradually, as the immortal puppet's body completely transformed into a Reverse Five Elements Body and the mutation ended, all the reddish-brown flames containing Reverse Five Elements Power withdrew into his body.
Chen Ba Tian slowly woke. A trace of