Chapter 888 - 132: Being Alive Is Enough
Within the fire cave, the Cyan Li True Flame continuously surged out, beginning to flow into Lin Chen’s body with the circulation of his Immortal Technique.
However, after a few breaths, Lin Chen frowned.
The Cyan Li True Flame entered his body and was instantly absorbed and completely assimilated by the other three Innate Fires within him.
Something’s not right!
Previously, when he absorbed the Golden Crow Radiance Flame and later the Illusory Sea Heart Flame, the sensations of these Innate Fires entering the body were different but shared one aspect: they were all rebellious and domineering, carrying the power to burn everything.
But the Cyan Li True Flame entering his body felt more like energy.
What defines Innate Fires is not their arrogance nor their strength, but their spirit!
The book "Ten Thousand Flames Origin Flow Chart" given by Elder Zhuang of the Ten Thousand Flames Sect states this sentence, which is a common trait of all Innate Fires.
Yet Lin Chen couldn’t sense any spirit in the Cyan Li True Flame absorbed into his body.
If it had spirit, it wouldn’t be so easily absorbed as a nutrient by his Innate Fires!
"Cyan Li True Flame: formed by the fusion and condensation of three Innate Fires - Earth Vein Melting Heart Flame, Cyan Wood Fire, and Vast Ocean Cold Flame."
[Earth Vein Melting Heart Flame: Nurtured deep within the earth’s core, it is the culprit behind earthquake and mountain shaking.]
[Cyan Wood Fire: Born from Celestial Thunder striking vegetation, causing forest fires. It has a chance to be created, absorbing essence from plants and nurturing vitality.]
[Vast Ocean Cold Flame: Born in extremely cold regions, capable of turning everything into liquid.]
Lin Chen recalled the records in the "Ten Thousand Flames Origin Flow Chart" about the Cyan Li True Flame and the three Mother Fires that formed it.
It is precisely because of the power of these three Mother Fires that the Cyan Li True Flame has an advantage in alchemy.
Yet the Cyan Li True Flame before him is completely different from what he imagined. Where is the problem?
While Lin Chen was contemplating, the three Innate Fires within him suddenly became extremely active, no longer content with passively absorbing the Cyan Li True Flame pouring into his body, but actively surged along his fingertips towards the depths of the underground magma.
In the depths of the earth, a cyan flame flickered gently like a gentleman, surrounded by a void.
Boom!
The three fires of the Golden Crow Radiance Flame reached this place, with the Golden Crow Radiance Flame leading the charge, violently striking forward with primitive ferocity.
The void rippled under the impact of the Golden Crow Radiance Flame, but it couldn’t breakthrough the void to approach the cyan flame at the center.
After the Golden Crow Radiance Flame’s failure, the Innate Li Fire also joined in, appearing not as strikes but in sheets burning away the void, slowly consuming it.
The Illusory Sea Heart Flame didn’t enter the void, but its peculiar movements created twists in the void with every leap.
All three Innate Fires used their methods to consume the void, trying to awaken the cyan flame within it.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths...
Hundreds of breaths later, a crisp sound echoed from the void, like countless pieces of glass shattering.
Boom!
A terrifying energy wave swept out, instantly pushing the three Innate Fires hundreds of yards away, as a rune-filled light shield emerged around the cyan flame.
...
Yet at the moment the rune barrier appeared, a patch of ghostly blue appeared inside the light shield. Although it dissipated within moments, it triggered a massive change.
The cyan flame, which had been flickering quietly like a gentleman, suddenly shuddered!
As if awakening from a long winter slumber, a vast, gentle yet profound wave of spirit surged like a giant stretching its body, erupting suddenly!
The cyan flame rapidly expanded, transforming into a giant cyan fire tree in a few breaths, breaking through the light shield.
In the Beta-3 Alchemy Room, a middle-aged man was focusing on Core Formation, his technique about to fall, when the top-grade Pill Furnace in front of him suddenly vibrated dramatically. His expression changed drastically as he tried to control the flames, but it was too late.
Pang!
The entire Pill Furnace exploded, scorching dregs and remnants of pills flying everywhere.
Beta-2, Beta-3...
Gamma-1, Gamma-2...
Multiple alchemy rooms experienced furnace explosions at this moment.
"What’s going on? Why is the Cyan Li True Flame different from just now?"
"The Cyan Li True Flame can automatically perceive the refining status of herbs. How can the furnace explode?"
Many alchemists were shocked, clueless about what had transpired.
In the Beta-4 Alchemy Room, Lin Chen’s gaze sharpened. Below in the fire cave, he sensed a unique energy fluctuation, a terrifying pressure mixed with endless vitality, combined with a distinct wave of extreme cold.
Rumble!
The ground suddenly began shaking. Without hesitation, Lin Chen realized that he did not know what was happening below, but if he wanted to refine the Cyan Li True Flame, now might be the only chance.
With the operation of the Immortal Technique, the cyan fire tree, like a general commanding an endless cyan flame below ground, seemed to sense a summons and moved towards the Beta-4 Alchemy Room; its terrifying energy instantly overwhelmed the arrays of two nearby alchemy rooms.
Outside the Fire Storage Pagoda.
Several elders’ expressions changed, and in the next instant, they appeared at the front of the pagoda.
"The Fire Pagoda is shaking; this has never happened in tens of thousands of years. What is going on?"
These elders were all in the Innate Fourth Realm, yet even though they stationed here for decades, they had never seen the Treasure Pagoda tremble before.