Blood flames resembled a massive red eggshell, completely enveloping Chen Yuan. The surrounding Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi coalesced into a vortex around him, using himself as a fulcrum, constantly absorbing and devouring it.

The surrounding magma churned more and more terrifyingly, more and more violently. The scorching aura completely obscured him, as if he existed within a huge furnace.

The Vermillion Bird Divine Blood, its power was naturally unimaginable. It was an unparalleled treasure that was absolutely no less than the Azure Dragon Dragon Essence. Previously, although Chen Yuan had devoured it, he had only contained it within his body and had not fully activated its power. Now, with the expansion of the Furnace Cave Heaven, the Vermillion Bird Divine Blood had completely bloomed with its most powerful force.

The blood flames grew increasingly intense, and their power became even stronger. Accompanied by a cry, a divine Vermillion Bird phantom condensed above the blood egg, wanting to refine Chen Yuan alive.

Survive it, and the Vermillion Bird Divine Blood would merge with him, his strength would skyrocket. Fail, and the Nirvana would fail, his divine soul would be annihilated!

Every breakthrough was a dangerous opportunity, especially for Chen Yuan, who forcibly devoured treasures to improve himself, the danger was naturally even more terrifying.

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While Chen Yuan was struggling and devouring the Vermillion Bird Divine Blood deep within the lava at the bottom of Flame Mountain, all parties in the human world were experiencing a huge change.

When the news of Chen Yuan's great defeat of the Demon Race's million-strong army and several Demon Gods before Zhennan Pass reached beyond the East Sea, the entire Dongying (Japan), was shocked and terrified.

In terms of strength, although Dongying had unified the overseas countries, it absolutely could not mobilize a million-strong army and several Demon Gods to attack the Central Plains of Shenzhou.

Now, even the powerful Demon Race had been defeated, so what could Dongying do?

If they delayed any further, Dongying would not even have a chance to appear on the stage.

Therefore, under the leadership of the three major forces of Dongying, led by Dongying Immortals, they began to prepare for war, wanting to occupy part of the Central Plains treasure land, starting from the Martial Emperor City of Dongzhou.

The news spread to Dongzhou, causing a huge shock. Countless Donghai (East Sea) forces were furious. The Dongying dwarfs whom they had always looked down upon dared to bare their fangs at the land of Shenzhou, it was simply courting death!

Countless martial artists were filled with righteous indignation and shouted the bold words of conquering Dongying, destroying their race, exterminating their kind, enslaving their people, and occupying their land.

The Martial Emperor City Lord of Donghai Martial Emperor City, Ming Wang (Bright King) Ye Xiangnan, announced to the world that he would coexist with Dongzhou and would never allow Dongying dwarfs to occupy even an inch of the land of Shenzhou.

The powerful force of Martial Emperor City was also revealed to the world. In just a few days, it directly pulled out a powerful force of an elite army of two hundred thousand.

They directly deployed troops to the Donghai border, intending to fight to the death with the Dongying dwarfs!

The situation in Liangzhou was not good either. The Gujin Royal Court, led by, with the other two Royal Courts as supplements, had already begun a great battle with the Beiliang Army under the command of Liang Wang (Liang King) Wei Jinfeng!

Every day, tragic casualties were reported to the Central Plains.

In the West, the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, under the call of the Holy Land of Ling Mountain, gathered an army of over five hundred thousand and defeated the original Lanzhou forces in one fell swoop, their power soared for a time.

The master of Liangshan in Xuezhou (Blood Province), Xiang Qianqiu, raised the Xiang family's banner, and the palace master of the Tianmo (Heavenly Demon) Palace, Dongfang Sheng, sent troops of one hundred thousand, changing course from Jiaozhou, and blocked the Western Regions army at the border of Lanzhou.

Some busybodies in the Jianghu (Martial World) also referred to Chen Yuan, Xiang Qianqiu, Ye Xiangnan, and Wei Jinfeng as the Four Kings Defending the Borders.

There were enemies in the east, west, north, and south, and strong men blocked them.

And the hinterland of the Central Plains was also in a chaotic mess.

Since the end of the Zhennan Pass battle, the remaining forces joined forces to target Chen Yuan, but people's hearts were fickle, and they all had their own plans. In addition, Tianxu Daoren (Taoist) stirred up trouble in it.

In fact, this so-called alliance was not implemented in place, only someone targeted them in the general direction, but in reality, they were all harboring ghosts, thinking of annexing others.

Because Chen Yuan was not in Shuzhou, and after the great battle at Zhennan Pass, Chen Yuan's side appeared very low-key, only training troops and preparing for war, and never taking the initiative to attack.

Of course, the main reason for this was actually that Dongying and the Western Regions took action one after another, which involved their own forces, and this gave Chen Yuan a chance to breathe.

Otherwise, they would have probably already fought.

However, even so, Chen Yuan's side still did not dare to take it lightly, because Xuezhou only separated a part of its strength to block the Western Regions army.

In reality, the main army was still stationed on the border of Xuezhou.

The two sides were constantly testing each other every day, investigating each other's strengths and weaknesses.

And in Nanjiang (Southern Border), earth-shaking changes also occurred.

The great changes in the Wan Yao (Ten Thousand Demons) Divine Palace directly affected the situation of the entire Demon Race. Mo Ying stepped into the Undying Realm and had completely surpassed the remaining three Demon Gods.

Forcing them to submit to him.

Although the strategy adopted was a gentle one, since the three great Demon Gods had already expressed their attitudes, it was only a matter of time before the remaining hundred clans submitted to Mo Ying.

The reason why it has not been completely resolved now.

One is that within the three great demon clans, there have always been voices of dissatisfaction, colluding with other demon clans to cause trouble for the Chi Ming (Crimson Dark) Blood Tiger clan, slowing down its progress.

As for whether there was any instigation from the three Demon Gods, no one could say for sure.

After all, although they expressed their support for Mo Ying to become the Demon Emperor, they were not controlled by him. They also had their own arrogance, but they had to retreat under the great pressure of strength.

The human world was noisy and bustling, with endless strife. In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed...

The ninth year of the Great Jin Dynasty's Jingtai era also passed at this time.

What followed was the new emperor Sima Ke's new reign title, Jianye.

The first year of Jianye, on the fifteenth day of the first month, inside Flame Mountain, within the lava.

The rolling Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was still gathering, but because it was deep under the ground, it did not cause much impact on the outside world.

The red lava churned incessantly, and the scorching temperature became higher and higher.

The blood egg that enveloped Chen Yuan was almost reaching its limit.

At this time, the blood flames had completely solidified, and it had really turned into a huge blood egg, flowing with strands of bright red luster and mysterious Vermillion Bird divine patterns.

Chen Yuan's aura had weakened to the extreme, almost imperceptible.

Even, if someone was protecting Chen Yuan, they might think that he had already fallen here, and was refined to death by the Vermillion Bird divine fire.

Time passed unnoticed. Inside the blood egg, Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a flash of clarity flashed in his eyes, and what he saw was a red world of flames.

"Dong..."

A powerful and forceful heartbeat resounded, like soldiers fiercely beating war drums, the clear sound constantly echoed within the ten-thousand-zhang underground.

"Dong..."

Thirty breaths later, another muffled sound rang out.

"Dong, dong..."

The frequency of the heartbeat became faster and faster. At the end, it still beat once every three breaths, evenly and with a strong life force.

A ray of light came out from the heart of his flesh, then, the second ray, the third ray...

Chen Yuan's five viscera began to roar, five-colored brilliance scattered in the world of the blood egg, the five elements rotated, endlessly, and Chen Yuan's arms and legs also underwent no small changes.

At this moment, they were perfectly integrated!

Organs, blood vessels, limbs, meridians...

The Vermillion Bird divine fire was terrifying. The scorching temperature made it difficult for him to bear at the beginning. Fortunately, he relied on the Furnace Cave Heaven to constantly absorb the power of the divine fire. Otherwise, he would definitely be reduced to ashes under this divine fire.

After all, this was immortal fire.

Even by slowly devouring its power, Chen Yuan was still scorched by the divine fire to the point of near annihilation. He was able to preserve himself by relying on a strong will and terrifying bloodline.

If it were anyone else, even a demon saint who had achieved great success in supernatural powers, there would definitely be only one way to fall!

Chen Yuan took advantage of this opportunity to completely condense his flesh again. Without destruction, there would be no establishment. He was reborn from Nirvana and turned a crisis into an opportunity.

He passed this extremely critical step.

"Break!"

Chen Yuan opened his mouth and uttered a word. The next moment, a cry resounded through the underground. On the shell of the blood egg, the light flowed, turning into a red Vermillion Bird hovering above the blood egg.

Then, a crack appeared on the surface of the blood egg.

"Crack..."

"Crack..."

The cracks became larger and denser. In just a moment, the blood egg, which had been perfectly integrated, suddenly had cracks all over its surface.

The luster of the blood egg became brighter and thinner. The illusory Vermillion Bird hovering above its head accommodated all of its power, and then, it plunged directly into Chen Yuan's Furnace Cave Heaven.

A dignified dragon roar came from within the Furnace Cave Heaven. It was the divine pattern left over from when Chen Yuan devoured the Azure Dragon Dragon Essence. It had been hidden before.

But with the smelting of the Vermillion Bird divine fire, everything in Chen Yuan's body was smelted out.

A dragon pattern and a Vermillion Bird divine pattern occupied one side each, echoing each other.

"Boom!"

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed, and a sharp light shot out from his eyes. He no longer suppressed his own power, and blue veins appeared on his flesh. His flesh directly roared.

At the same time, a powerful aura quickly rose from his flesh.

The peak of supernatural powers! The peak of the flesh!

At this time, Chen Yuan's flesh had almost reached the realm of perfection, flawless, perfectly integrated, and the solidity of his flesh was even more terrifying than ordinary divine weapons.

It was definitely a great weapon of destruction on the battlefield.

Sensing the surging power coming from within his flesh, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Chen Yuan's mouth, confident, arrogant, and domineering!

The Yang God had reached its peak, and his flesh had now devoured the Vermillion Bird Divine Blood and reached its peak. The increase in strength it brought him was absolutely enormous.

Except for not yet comprehending Intent, Chen Yuan was now almost no longer lacking anything.

And his strength, although he had not yet fought anyone to verify it, he estimated that he could definitely rival those in the top three of the Heaven Ranking.

Even, the chance of suppressing the opponent was not small.

After all, no matter what, the power of rules was just a kind of power, which had a huge increase for martial artists, but if they were strong enough to resist the rules themselves, then they would naturally not be afraid of anything.

The power brought by dual cultivation of martial arts was not as simple as one plus one equals two. Chen Yuan now even felt that, without the appearance of immortals, who could do anything to him?

Thinking of Xiang Qianqiu, who said he would give him a year at Liangshan, Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed. He now wanted to see the other party, and knock him down from the nine heavens to the mortal world.

To tell him that giving him time to cultivate was definitely the stupidest decision he had ever made in his life.

No one could match him in terms of cultivation speed.

Give him time to catch up, until he could no longer see Xiang's back.

Xiang Qianqiu and Manjusri, these were all people with Destiny, and were also on his must-kill list. Before, he did not have the strength and needed to restrain himself.

But now...

Chen Yuan no longer had any fear!

The battle at Zhennan Pass had greatly damaged his power, and he had to suspend his northward expedition, but he always knew that it was only temporary, and the day of the northward expedition would eventually come.

Now, it was about time.

He had many thoughts, and Chen Yuan's mind drifted far away. Until the end, he laughed to himself, shook his head slowly, and thought that no matter how much he thought, it was not as important as doing one thing.

Abandoning his chaotic thoughts, Chen Yuan closed his eyes again and began to breathe.

About half a day later, he woke up leisurely. The first thing he did was to take out the Heavenly Book and contact Jiang He and others to ask them about their current situation.

It was also under their narration that Chen Yuan realized that he had been in seclusion for more than half a month, and the world had ushered in a new round of chaos.

A king of chaos was born. For him now, this was definitely the best opportunity, an opportunity not to be missed.

Without too much hesitation, Chen Yuan cut off the connection, preparing to return to the Central Plains and truly start the northward expedition. With his strength, he was already qualified to gain a foothold and annex the world.

Changing back into his royal robe, Chen Yuan once again restored his previous handsome appearance. Looking at the withered Vermillion Bird corpse in front of him, based on the principle of not wasting anything, he put it into the Heavenly Book.

Afterwards, he looked around and soared into the air!

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About a day after Chen Yuan left, the void above the magma was suddenly torn apart, and a figure in a black robe quickly stepped out of the void.

It was none other than Mo Ying!

Sensing the surroundings with his divine sense, Mo Ying's face suddenly changed, becoming unusually ugly, and he muttered to himself with anger:

"Who is it that found the Vermillion Bird one step ahead of this seat! Damn it! Damn it!"

"This should have been a huge help for this seat... Ah..."

Mo Ying was full of unwillingness. After the incident in the Ten Thousand Demons Divine Palace, he searched all the magma in Nanjiang, and after so long, he finally sensed this place from one of its fire feathers.

As a result, he did not expect to be preempted by someone else, how could he be willing?

"Huh?"

While he was angry, suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he sensed a very familiar aura from the surrounding world.

"Chen Yuan, it's you!!!"

Mo Ying would never forget Chen Yuan's aura. Back then, on the ninth floor of the Demon Suppression Tower in Shushan, he wanted to seize his body, but was annihilated by an supreme force.

After that time, he completely remembered Chen Yuan.

Later, it was precisely because of this that he successfully severely injured Tian Lan with Chen Yuan's method, and successfully devoured a Demon God whose soul had been mostly annihilated.

Of course, this could not be called gratitude, all he had was fear of this person.

"This seat will see where you can run to!"

Mo Ying took out the central token of the Wan Yao Divine Palace and said in a low voice:

"Pass on this seat's order, the Demon Race from top to bottom, fully pursue and arrest Chen Yuan!"