The Fire Kirin's intelligence wasn't high, but after all, it had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years. It couldn't just be a ferocious beast that only knew how to kill. It could sense the greed in Chen Yuan's eyes.

He... wanted to devour it!

The Fire Kirin instinctively wanted to dodge, but under the confinement of the magic net, it couldn't move at all. It could only tremble and stare at Chen Yuan in horror, hoping he would stop.

Chen Yuan looked at the Fire Kirin, a faint smile appearing on the corner of his lips.

The more afraid it was, the more excited he became.

When he reached a distance of thirty feet from the Fire Kirin, Chen Yuan stopped. A flash of light appeared in his hand, and a jade brocade box appeared. He gently opened it, revealing its true appearance.

It was the Ice Marrow Divine Jade!

Even in such high temperatures, Chen Yuan could sense a hint of extreme coldness emanating from the Ice Marrow Divine Jade, making him feel refreshed.

Reaching out to pick up the divine jade, Chen Yuan didn't hesitate and put it in his mouth.

The Ice Marrow Divine Jade melted instantly upon entering his mouth. It didn't feel like jade at all, but like a ball of extreme ice water. Just by entering his mouth, it expelled all the heat from his body.

Hiss!

Chen Yuan gasped.

With his terrifying physique, he actually felt goosebumps all over his body. The ice water entered his heart through his throat, and a layer of frost formed on the corners of his mouth.

Cold! Extreme cold!

This was the first time Chen Yuan had experienced such powerful coldness, but only such extreme coldness could resist the divine flames on the Fire Kirin.

He didn't choose to refine it, because the Ice Marrow Divine Jade wasn't for refining. It was to resist the flames on the Fire Kirin. If he refined it, Chen Yuan felt he wouldn't have the means to resist the flames.

Perhaps, as Mo Luo had said before, when the Ice Marrow's cold energy and the Kirin Divine Fire collided completely, they would naturally merge into his limbs and bones.

With the divine jade in his mouth, Chen Yuan's first step was completed. Next was the second step: opening a hole in the Fire Kirin's body.

Chen Yuan gripped the Emperor Slaughtering Blade tightly and instantly hurled it, slashing towards the Fire Kirin with a powerful force. The Fire Kirin's eyes widened in surprise, and it spat out a mouthful of divine fire that had been brewing for a moment.

If it were ordinary treasures or spiritual weapons, they might be directly reduced to ashes by the Fire Kirin's mouthful of divine fire, but the Emperor Slaughtering Blade wasn't an ordinary weapon.

It was a divine weapon!

And a very powerful divine weapon!

A Sixth Tribulation peak divine weapon was definitely a rare treasure even in the whole world. Besides, the Emperor Slaughtering Blade was also an unparalleled fierce weapon with monstrous ferocity.

A dragon's roar echoed throughout the cave. The Emperor Slaughtering Blade forcefully withstood the Fire Kirin's divine fire and directly pierced its neck!

The Fire Kirin was actually quite aggrieved. It had originally wanted to resist, but it couldn't resist at all under that power, and the divine fire in its mouth couldn't burn the Sixth Tribulation divine weapon.

Everything Chen Yuan had seemed to be restraining it!

No, not seemed. Chen Yuan had prepared so much precisely to restrain it and then devour it better!

With the Emperor Slaughtering Blade stuck in its neck, drops of bright red Kirin blood flowed out along the blade. This was also the place Chen Yuan had chosen. The neck was generally where the essence blood was most abundant.

Having achieved the two necessary conditions, Chen Yuan appeared on the Fire Kirin's body like a phantom the moment the Emperor Slaughtering Blade entered its body.

As soon as he got on, a layer of flames completely enveloped him.

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed. Thanks to the coldness of the Ice Marrow Divine Jade, he could barely withstand it for a moment. Without hesitation, he immediately lay on it, pulled out the Emperor Slaughtering Blade, aimed at the wound, and swallowed a large mouthful of Kirin blood.

Hot, very hot!

With a mouthful of Kirin blood, Chen Yuan felt like he had swallowed a mouthful of hot lava. The veins on his face bulged, and his eyes turned red. His whole body felt like a red-hot iron!

With such terrifyingly hot blood, Chen Yuan simultaneously activated the three major techniques of Daoism, Buddhism, and Demonism. The Xiang Clan Divine Blood was also stimulated, and the power of the Ice Marrow Divine Jade, which had been completely activated, finally managed to barely resist the Fire Kirin's blood.

And this was just the beginning!

Since it had started, it couldn't be stopped until it was over. Chen Yuan glared angrily, his eyes bloodshot, and his hands tightly gripped the Fire Kirin's restless horns, desperately absorbing the Kirin blood.

No madness, no life!

To succeed, you must fight!

Kirin blood was a necessary hurdle for Chen Yuan. If he couldn't overcome it, there was no need to talk about the great cause of conquering the world.

He knew this, so he wouldn't back down.

But he also truly felt the heat and dominance of the Kirin blood. No wonder Mo Luo told him to find the Ice Marrow Divine Jade. If he didn't have this to protect his heart, he would definitely not be able to resist the Kirin blood with his own physical strength alone.

The Kirin blood was being swallowed mouthful by mouthful, and the temperature on Chen Yuan's body was also rising bit by bit. Even his body hair was almost completely burned away, followed by his hair...

Chen Yuan didn't care about anything. No matter what damage he suffered, he didn't retreat even half a step.

Within his spiritual platform, the purple Nascent Soul sat cross-legged. The temperature had also reached the spiritual platform. Chen Yuan, who was originally some distance away from breaking through the Refinement of Spirit realm, was actually undergoing a new change.

The Fire Kirin angrily turned its head to look at the humanoid creature lying on its body, a trace of anthropomorphic mockery flashing in its eyes.

For thousands of years, although its whereabouts were elusive, it had come into contact with humanoid creatures, fought with some humanoid creatures, and roughly knew the source of their strength.

It was the Nascent Soul!

And as long as the Nascent Soul hadn't passed through the Thunder Tribulation and become an existence at the same level as it, the Nascent Soul would be extremely fragile, especially the humanoid creatures at the lowest realm.

The Kirin blood on its body was unbearably hot and could ignite the inner fire in warriors.

The two flames combined would burn the Nascent Soul to ashes.

Its goal was achieved. On Chen Yuan's Nascent Soul, a strange, illusory flame suddenly ignited from his body, engulfing his whole body and causing his pupils to shrink abruptly.

Not good, the heart fire was ignited ahead of schedule by the power of the Kirin blood!

He hadn't reached the Consummate Nascent Soul realm for a long time and had only just stabilized his realm. Refining the spirit at this time was already very dangerous, let alone with the Kirin Divine Fire adding fuel to the fire.

Adding oil to the fire, he knew the danger.

But it seemed unavoidable now. He could only guard his mind and rely on his powerful Nascent Soul and Consummate state of mind to overcome this hurdle of heart fire spirit refinement.

Spirit refinement was divided into wind and fire tribulations. Although most people went through the wind tribulation first and then the fire tribulation, sometimes it wasn't certain. When the time came, no one could completely control it.

Chen Yuan's mind was completely immersed in the pain of the heart fire burning his spirit, completely unaware of Mo Luo's change not far away.

At this time, when Chen Yuan was going through the tribulation, Mo Luo had a new change.

The black-clad Mo Luo, who was originally monstrously ferocious and demonic, rapidly faded, turning into a coexistence with white, with the Ksitigarbha and Mo Luo each occupying half of his body.

The white-clad Ksitigarbha said faintly:

"Chen Yuan inherits great destiny and is favored by Heaven. You and I have already witnessed it. Why bother watching it again?"

The black-clad Mo Luo chuckled:

"This seat helped him suppress the Fire Kirin. He must pay some price for it. Besides, don't make it sound so reluctant. You didn't object when I proposed it."

The white-clad Ksitigarbha: "That's because I knew that Chen Yuan would definitely be able to overcome this hurdle of heart fire spirit refinement."

They had long anticipated that Chen Yuan might encounter the scene of the Kirin fire igniting his heart fire in the process of devouring the Fire Kirin, but due to various considerations, they didn't say it in advance.

Besides, even if they had said it in advance, Chen Yuan might not have retreated.

"How can you be so sure?"

The black-clad Mo Luo muttered to himself.

"An unprecedented ten-inch Nascent Soul, completely reaching consummation, and even giving rise to the supernatural power of solidifying the void, a consummated state of mind that has experienced hundreds of thousands of living beings, and three instances of purple energy coming from the east filling the sky. These are enough to prove Chen Yuan's strength," the white-clad Ksitigarbha said softly.

When Chen Yuan used Void Stasis to kill Guan Hai, he was actually somewhat awake and personally witnessed the terror of the entire void being sealed.

That was a powerful force similar to the rules!

"This kid is pretty strong, much stronger than you were back then."

Mo Luo and Ksitigarbha were coexisting as one, so their memories were naturally connected.

"Otherwise, why do you think I would place my treasure on him? Chen Yuan has the demeanor of the founding emperor of Chu and has the opportunity to become that kind of unparalleled martial god in the future."

"Yes."

"The reason why I didn't stop you, besides Chen Yuan's own conditions, was also because of one thing."

"What is it?"

"You said something very right. The Refinement of Spirit realm is very important. Ordinary heart fire spirit refinement is not enough to further advance Chen Yuan's Nascent Soul potential.

If there is the blessing of the Kirin Divine Fire, it's different. It will definitely completely solidify his Nascent Soul and truly stabilize his Consummate Nascent Soul.

Moreover, he is now facing too many difficulties. His opponents are almost all Yang God True Monarchs. He must have the strength to match the Yang God in the shortest amount of time.

Relying solely on the physical body's Supernatural Power realm is not enough. If he adds a Nascent Soul tempered by extreme heart fire, it's probably about the same," the white-clad Ksitigarbha smiled faintly.

Entering the Sixth Realm was not that simple. Although Chen Yuan's potential would greatly shorten the time for him to break through to the Sixth Realm, the time was still too long, at least a hundred years.

However, he couldn't wait that long, and those so-called immortals wouldn't wait that long either. Therefore, Mo Luo, as someone who had been through it, decided to help him.

With his various means and the mysterious power of Heaven's favor, there would basically be no mistakes. Therefore, when the Demonic Aspect proposed to test Chen Yuan, he acquiesced.

It was also an opportunity to let the Demonic Aspect see that the person he valued was not that simple.

It was worth their planning for him, and not simply acting as a protector.

"Then let this seat see just how strong this successor of the founding emperor of Chu is," the Demonic Aspect said solemnly.

"You will see."

Mo Luo chuckled.

Then, he transmitted his voice:

"Guard your mind. Refining your spirit with dual divine fires is extremely beneficial to you. You have great ambitions and want to conquer the world. This is just an insignificant hurdle on your path to growth."

Chen Yuan was muddled by the heart fire, clinging to clarity. He suddenly heard Mo Luo's words and cursed Mo Luo as a cunning bastard in his heart.

It was obvious that he had known this would happen for a long time. Although it was for his own good, he should have informed him in advance so that he could be mentally prepared!

As a result, he was ignited by the heart fire so abruptly...

"Understood, thank you for your guidance, Senior."

He cursed in his heart, but he was still humble and polite on the surface.

"I know what you're thinking. Actually, the Demonic Aspect also wanted to see your abilities, but I'm definitely not trying to harm you. You have the Xiang Clan Divine Blood, which is already extremely magical, but its power has not been fully activated all along. Now, through the Kirin Divine Fire and your own divine fire, you can take this opportunity to tap into its magic..."

Mo Luo continued.

"Okay, I understand."

Chen Yuan immediately responded.

He wasn't afraid of anything. This spirit refinement was indeed more terrifying, but as the saying goes, the greater the danger, the greater the reward. Even if he knew it in advance, he would still give it a try.

If he missed such a good opportunity, he didn't know if there would be another one in the future.

With Mo Luo's guidance, Chen Yuan quickly gained confidence. With a thought, the Xiang Clan Divine Blood, hidden deep in his bloodline, was completely activated, and ancient and mysterious patterns covered his entire body.

Together with the Ice Marrow Divine Jade, they suppressed the sudden flames.

Deep within the spiritual platform, the Nascent Soul, with its purple glow, remained motionless. When the heart fire burned to its peak, a wisp of purple energy rose from the Nascent Soul's body.

The mysterious purple energy seemed to have a spirit, filling his Nascent Soul and fighting against the heart fire within the spiritual platform.

Because he was refining his spirit, Chen Yuan had stopped absorbing Kirin blood at this moment. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the Fire Kirin's huge body, enduring the pain with a flushed face.

And a trace of triumph flashed in the Fire Kirin's eyes.

Even if it died in the hands of another person today, it would be a good choice to drag a humanoid creature down with it before it died. In any case, the Fire Kirin clan would not be cut off.

After its fall, a new Fire Kirin would be born somewhere in the world's fire veins.

It didn't even struggle at this moment. It wanted to witness the annihilation of the Nascent Soul of this guy who was sucking its blood before it died.

The vast cave was silent, with only the sound of flames and lava churning.

Chen Yuan's state had also reached its most dangerous moment. His own unique Xiang Clan Divine Blood completely covered his entire body, making it extremely mysterious under the reflection of his red body.

The three techniques of Daoism, Buddhism, and Demonism, although Chen Yuan didn't control them, could operate on their own due to his previous experience. After all, they were already mature techniques.

The Xiang Clan Divine Blood was inherited from the unparalleled martial god, the founding emperor of Chu. It was a true great divine power left as a backup for the descendants of the Xiang Clan. As long as the bloodline was sufficient and the talent was enough to surpass the world,

What spiritual body, holy body, or Dao body were all nothingness under the Xiang Clan Divine Blood.

The Kirin blood was domineering, but it was only the divine blood of the Fifth Realm. Not a single member of this clan had been able to break the shackles, break through to the Sixth Realm, and become a divine beast.

How could it eliminate the Xiang Clan's divine blood?

Even though Chen Yuan's divine blood hadn't been completely activated, it was not inferior at this time, forcefully blocking the Kirin True Fire contained within the Kirin blood.

And the purple energy was resisting the heart fire.

Chen Yuan's realm at this time seemed to have entered a sage's realm again. No matter how the divine fire and heart fire burned, he remained unmoved and even gradually improved.

Let the wind blow and the fire burn, I stand still!

The Fire Kirin under him seemed to have guessed this point as well, and a look of surprise flashed in its eyes, as if saying:

"How is this possible?"

It was already prepared to watch this humanoid creature completely annihilate, but its aura became more and more stable, completely exceeding its expectations. For a moment, it was stunned in place.

However, the Fire Kirin quickly reacted and actively mobilized the essence blood in its body, wanting to add more fire to this guy and burn him to death.

The majestic Kirin blood seemed to be poured on Chen Yuan, completely dyeing him blood red. The blood soaked into his skin and merged into his limbs and orifices, and the flames rose again.

However, the stronger the Kirin blood, the stronger the Xiang Clan Divine Blood was activated.

Chen Yuan kept his eyes closed, but after sensing the situation, he wished the Fire Kirin would give him more. The stronger the True Fire Refinement of Spirit, the better!

The black and white Mo Luo quietly watched this scene, without stopping it or reminding him of anything, because Chen Yuan had basically passed the most difficult point of this hurdle.

As for the rest, no matter how much fire the Fire Kirin added, it couldn't make Chen Yuan enter danger again.

"Not bad, not bad," the black-clad Mo Luo praised.

The white-clad Ksitigarbha smiled faintly:

"If there were not so many preparations, how could I have let him really fall into danger?"

The black-clad Mo Luo continued:

"Ksitigarbha, what do you think of this kid's physical body?"

"What do you want to do?" the white-clad Ksitigarbha asked.

"The physical body suppressed in Mount Lingshan is difficult to retrieve. If you seize this kid's physical body, you can recover faster," the black-clad Mo Luo incited.

"Since you have this idea, why not try it? I will never stop you."

"I'm saying, let *you* try it," the black-clad Mo Luo said solemnly.

The white-clad Ksitigarbha chuckled softly and muttered to himself:

"How can a person with great destiny be so easily seized? Besides, I follow the path of compassion and will not do such a thing, which violates my Dao heart."

"Hypocrite. Have you also guessed something?" the black-clad Mo Luo continued.

"Hehe, I don't know what Fellow Daoist means."

"You Buddhists are hypocritical, never speaking your mind directly. If you don't say it, then I'll say it for you. This kid is much more terrifying than he appears on the surface.

You weren't recuperating in his spiritual platform back then. You probably sensed a fatal danger when you possessed him during the Imperial City battle, right?"

The white-clad Ksitigarbha smiled without saying a word, and said faintly:

"He has broken through."

"Hmm?"

The black-clad Mo Luo turned his eyes and just happened to see the iron-like redness on Chen Yuan's body rapidly fading away, and this could only prove one thing.

Chen Yuan had already entered the Refinement of Spirit realm!

Their senses were not wrong. Chen Yuan had indeed ended the heart fire spirit refinement. More than an hour had passed, and it was almost time.

Within the spiritual platform, everything was clear and bright, and the heart fire had completely disappeared!

The purple Nascent Soul seemed no different from before, but after this refinement, it was essentially different from before.

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