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In the valley.
"Congratulations, Master, the Death Life Flame has stepped into the Dou Zun level!" Ah Da congratulated.
"Hahaha~" Wei Yang also laughed heartily, his face unable to hide his joy.
With a flip of his palm—
Whoosh~
A mass of black flame surged and roared upward. The surrounding temperature instantly skyrocketed.
Around the black flame, the very space was visibly twisting, collapsing, and being burned into nothingness.
The Death Life Flame had finally broken through into the Dou Zun realm!
Its power had increased by more than tenfold!
And this power belonged entirely to Wei Yang, fully under his perfect control. Because the Death Life Flame was his life-bound flame, their lives linked as one.
In other words, Wei Yang's combat strength had multiplied more than tenfold overnight!
Now, if he were to face old-generation Dou Zun experts like Bing He or Old Ghost Yin again, Wei Yang truly wouldn't be afraid of a one-on-one battle anymore. At last, he had finally stepped into the ranks of the top-tier combatants of Central Plains.
After a moment, Wei Yang slowly calmed his mood, then flipped his hand and withdrew the black flame.
Just then, Du Jiao walked over, leading the Black Demon Ape along.
"Great Master." Du Jiao bowed respectfully.
Behind him, the Black Demon Ape was trembling uncontrollably.
Wei Yang glanced at the Black Demon Ape lightly, his tone carrying an unspoken meaning as he said, "This black ape… seems to know quite a lot, doesn't it?"
Du Jiao and Ah Da's gazes also turned toward the Black Demon Ape.
Bang!
The Black Demon Ape shivered violently in fear, immediately kneeling down as he stammered, "Three Lords, this little ape's mouth is sealed tight! I can swear to the heavens—I promise I won't say a single word!"
Du Jiao, however, extended a massive hand, grabbing the Black Demon Ape's head and slowly tightening his grip as he lifted him off the ground.
All it would take was one word from Wei Yang, and he would crush the ape's skull instantly.
"M-Master… Three Lords… this little ape truly swears… promises… I won't… won't… say a single word…" Dangling mid-air, his head clutched tightly, the Black Demon Ape didn't dare resist at all and kept trembling as he begged for mercy.
"Forget it." Wei Yang waved his hand and said faintly, "He's been obedient these past days. Let's spare his life for now."
Only then did Du Jiao loosen his grip.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The Black Demon Ape fell to the ground and immediately kowtowed repeatedly. "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Lords!"
"Heh, let's go." Wei Yang took a step forward, and in a flash, his figure appeared at the edge of the valley. In the next instant, he vanished without a trace.
This valley was no longer suitable for staying.
Du Jiao quickly followed after him.
Only Ah Da lingered briefly. Before leaving, he extended a slightly translucent finger and lightly tapped the Black Demon Ape's forehead, saying, "I'm planting a restriction inside you. Behave yourself… otherwise… hehehe~"
With his eerie laugh echoing, Ah Da's figure disappeared as well.
For a long moment, silence filled the valley.
Only after confirming that those three terrifying beings had truly left did the Black Demon Ape's body go limp, collapsing to the ground, his fur drenched in cold sweat. Just now, he had really taken a stroll at death's door.
He quickly got up, glanced around the valley one last time, then flashed away and disappeared into the distance. He was going to find a new territory—this place was no longer his.
Deep within the vast, boundless forest.
Inside a cave mansion carved out of a cliffside.
A few moonstones were embedded into the walls, releasing a faint, soft glow. On a flat stone platform, Wei Yang, who was seated cross-legged with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes.
Glancing at Ah Da, who had been quietly waiting nearby, Wei Yang gave a slight nod and said, "Let's begin."
"Yes." Ah Da immediately bowed, then waved his palm.
A corpse covered in frost shot forward and hovered before Wei Yang. This corpse belonged to none other than Bing He, the former Valley Master of Ice River Valley.
Staring at the floating corpse before him, Wei Yang once again carefully reviewed every intricate detail of the body-refining method in his mind.
After a moment—
He waved his hand, and a surge of black flame emerged, instantly sweeping up and enveloping the corpse completely.
Under the terrifyingly high temperature of the black flame, the ice covering the corpse rapidly melted and eventually evaporated into mist.
"Give me a strand of your soul power," Wei Yang said in a deep voice as he watched the frost dissipate swiftly.
Upon hearing this, Ah Da, who had already prepared himself, immediately separated a strand of soul power from the center of his brows, which floated gently toward Wei Yang.
Catching this strand of soul power, Wei Yang directly infused it into the corpse and said, "Take out the Bone Growing Blood Fusing Pill and swallow it. When I give the signal later, do not hesitate—immediately enter the body."
"Yes!" Ah Da nodded gravely, his expression tense yet filled with anticipation. Without any hesitation, he took out the Bone Growing Blood Fusing Pill and swallowed it directly, a faint gleam of excitement flashing in his eyes.
Seeing that Ah Da had already consumed the pill, Wei Yang quickly retrieved a jade bottle from his storage ring and uncorked it.
Inside the bottle was a mass of deep purple-red blood, from which an astonishingly violent energy surged outward. This was the essence blood of the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast.
Tilting his palm, Wei Yang aimed the bottle's opening at the corpse.
Under his control, the mass of blood floated out from the bottle, guided by his soul power, and was then sprinkled onto the corpse wrapped within the black flames.
Chi~
The moment the blood touched the corpse, a sizzling sound erupted sharply. Almost instantly, the skin of the corpse began to rot at an alarming speed.
At the same time, wisps of toxic gas were burned out of the corpse, curling upward in pale streams.
This sudden change made Ah Da, watching from the side, twitch slightly, his expression showing a trace of heartache.
Wei Yang, however, remained calm. With just a faint glance, he immediately manipulated the black flame, causing its temperature to rise abruptly.
As the black flames grew hotter, the blood clinging to the corpse's surface began to slowly seep into the body in an eerie manner.
The skin and muscles, which had been pale and lifeless, gradually regained vitality under the fusion of the essence blood, becoming subtly infused with energy.
About twenty minutes later, the tightly shut eyelids of "Bing He" suddenly snapped open.
Within those empty eyes, faint ripples of vitality began to stir.
Of course, this vitality did not belong to Bing He himself—Bing He's soul had long since been extracted and destroyed.
This faint vitality came from the strand of Ah Da's soul power that Wei Yang had just infused earlier.
The instant "Bing He's" eyes opened, Wei Yang spoke in a deep voice: "Ah Da, enter!"
Ah Da, who had been ready and waiting, trembled slightly upon hearing the command. In the next moment, his black robe rippled, his storage ring fell, and his soul form instantly separated from his body. Like a phantom, his soul shot toward the corpse.
Whoosh!
Ah Da's soul pierced directly through the black flames, plunging headfirst toward the corpse enveloped in faint purple-red light.
Just as his soul was about to make contact with the body, a strange surge of deep crimson ripples erupted from the center of Ah Da's brows, instantly spreading across his entire soul form.
This was the medicinal power of the Bone Growing Blood Fusing Pill, now fully activated.
Boom~
As the crimson ripples spread, Ah Da's soul collided violently with the corpse. This time, however, his soul was not repelled. Instead, it began to merge slowly into the body.
"Death Life!"
Seeing Ah Da's soul successfully fusing with the body, Wei Yang immediately activated his mind.
In an instant, the black flames' color shifted dramatically, transforming into a vivid emerald green.
Its attribute, too, changed—from destruction… into boundless life force.
Inside the stone cave, the green flames roared, blazing brightly.
Wei Yang's fingers danced rapidly, forming complex hand seals as he controlled the temperature of the emerald flames, a faint smile curving on his lips. He was cleverly using one Heavenly Flame… as if it were two.
By manipulating the Death Life Flame, he could wield two entirely opposite attributes— One for destruction. One for creation.
"Ah Da, you must now endure the burning of the Heavenly Flame and gradually seize control of this body," Wei Yang said softly as he manipulated the green fire. "Only then can you truly achieve rebirth through fire."
This next step… was the most critical.
If Ah Da failed to withstand the burning of the Heavenly Flame, not only would this body be destroyed, but his soul itself would suffer irreversible, fatal damage.
"This can also be considered an advance trial," Wei Yang added lightly, "An opportunity to experience firsthand the agony of being burned by a Heavenly Flame. If you endure this, you'll find refining the Nine Serene Wind Flame in the future far easier."
He paused slightly, his tone calm yet carrying an edge of reassurance.
"But you don't need to worry—before this flame, which represents the power of life itself, even if you wanted to die, you couldn't. At most, you'll just… suffer a little."
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