Daqin Zhentiansi

Above the sky.

The endless, churning demonic flames and miasma retreated frantically as if encountering a king, revealing the long-hidden lead-gray sky.

"boom--"

The void trembled, and an enormous, chaotic fire lotus phantom bloomed out of thin air!

The lotus petals are layered upon each other, formed by the most primordial chaotic energy, with flame patterns of dark red, golden red, and chaotic colors flowing along the edges.

At the heart of the lotus, a warm, resilient flame of humanity, seemingly capable of piercing through the eternal night, burns fiercely.

Although its light was not dazzling, it shone in all directions like a stabilizing force, suppressing all the demonic flames and filth within a radius of a thousand miles, causing them to retreat like the tide and tremble in fear!

This extraordinary phenomenon, magnificent and awe-inspiring, was formed from the chaos of nature.

"It's done!"

The Vermilion Bird stood at the edge of the Ancestral Ruins, its golden-red eyes bursting with dazzling light.

Gazing at the chaotic fire lotus, feeling its domineering principles that resonated subtly with his own fire path yet were entirely different, his heart was filled with excitement.

Zhang Yuan opened his eyes, his gaze filled with a chaotic swirling light, as if a spark had been extinguished and reborn.

He looked towards the outside of the Ancestral Ruins, where Clan Chief Jinran and the ten Qiongqi Elders, including Lieyan, were waiting anxiously.

"Lieyan, do you dare to give it a try?"

Zhang Yuan's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable power.

In Lieyan's enormous amber eyes, there was not a trace of hesitation, only a resolute determination and an infinite yearning for new life: "Lieyan, I am willing to go first for my people! I will not hesitate to die a thousand deaths!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Yuan stepped out of the Ancestral Ruins and instantly appeared at the core of the wasteland he had already chosen.

The power of the Chaos God-Demon Body erupted with a roar, and its two feet slammed heavily onto the ground!
"Buzz—Rumble—!!"

The earth vein power of the entire Burning Bone Wasteland was forcibly activated and gathered!
Countless beams of earth-yellow divine light, like giant dragons, surged from the ground, instantly intertwining and forming a massive array covering dozens of miles beneath Zhang Yuan's feet!
The array pattern is formed by the interweaving of chaotic runes and flame traces.

At its core, it ignites magma to form a furnace.

At the edge, it draws in the fierce winds of the heavens as a fan.

It was Zhang Yuan who set up the Myriad Fires Demon Refining Array, using the Chaos God and Demon Body as the central hub and the Primordial Earth Veins as the foundation!

"Enter the battle!"

Zhang Yuan snorted softly.

With a low roar, Lieyan stepped into the core of the array without hesitation.

The other nine Qiongqi elders, whose auras were the strongest, followed closely behind, surrounding Lieyan and forming a protective formation.

They understood that Lieyan was the first and crucial one; its success or failure would determine the fate of the entire clan!
Zhang Yuan raised his hand, and golden flames shot into the sky.

The formation activated instantly!

"boom--"

The raging magma was extracted and purified by the power of the array, transforming into the essence of lava.

The fierce winds of the nine heavens were restrained and compressed, transforming into an invisible hammer of wind and fire.

The temperature in the entire array space suddenly soared to its extreme, and space itself began to distort!
What kind of power is this?

Outside the great formation, even the divine beast Vermilion Bird had a solemn expression.

The fiery Qiongqi raised their heads, their bodies writhing uncontrollably in demonic flames.

This is the suppression of the power of fire.

"Activate the 'Purifying the World and Burning Demons Sutra'!"

Zhang Yuan's voice was like the grand pronouncement of the Great Dao, directly imprinted into the depths of Lieyan's divine soul.

Lieyan's massive body trembled violently, and the dim demonic flames on its surface erupted as if doused with boiling oil!
But this time, it was no longer an unconscious rage.

Instead, he endured the excruciating pain that burned his heart and bones, and following the guidance of the "Purifying the World and Burning Demons Sutra," he transformed this pain, this hatred and despair that originated from the depths of his blood into the first kindling to ignite the lamp of his heart!
"Roar--!"

Lieyan let out a roar of extreme pain, not from the burning of his body, but from the tearing sensation deep within his soul!

Demonic flames surged forth!

The Illusion of Inner Demons has descended!

"Ugh—!!!"

It felt as if his entire skull had been cleaved open!

The scene before my eyes suddenly distorted and collapsed.

It was no longer a scorching wasteland, but an abyss burning with endless dark red demonic flames.

The pungent smell of burning and the thick, pungent smell of blood were so strong that they suffocated him.

This is purgatory!

Before Lieyan could turn around, a roar came from ahead.

"Roar……"

From all directions, there were countless familiar yet distorted faces!
Those were uncles who had been skinned alive and had their tendons pulled out while under the chains of the Patrol Guard for three hundred years!

He was a brother who was forced to mine ore until he died from exhaustion!
Their shattered souls tumbled and struggled in the demonic flames, emitting heart-wrenching, never-ending screams, like red-hot steel needles piercing into the brain of the fiery writh!

The sounds converged like a tide, crashing against the crumbling dam of his will.

"You, you..."

Lieyan murmured to himself, his eyes bloodshot.

The demonic flames on his body were boiling.

In the corner of my field of vision, a small, curled-up flame suddenly exploded!

In the blinding flames, there was his blood-related cub!

The tender scales instantly carbonized and peeled off under the licking of the demonic flames, revealing the scarlet flesh beneath, which then instantly turned into scattered black ash!
Before the cub's innocent amber eyes completely vanished, they were frozen with incomprehensible pain and terror, deeply imprinted in the depths of Lieyan's pupils!
That silent accusation shattered his spirit more than the most vicious curse!

"Yuan Tong..."

"Do not--"

Lieyan roared, trying to charge forward.

Further ahead, the pool of blood surged!
The two elders of his clan, whom he regarded as brothers, were being controlled by an invisible demonic force, like puppets on strings.

Their claws dug deep into each other's chests, and scalding, demonic-flame-infused golden blood splattered onto each other's contorted, pained faces!

Behind them floated the cold face of the patrol envoy, holding a small jade bottle containing a few drops of the so-called "Clear and Turbid Spring."

That faint, cool scent is now the cruelest mockery of this fratricidal conflict!
Lieyan could clearly "hear" their souls, their silent roars and desperate cries amidst the demonic flames! Three hundred years!
Three hundred years of enslavement!

Three hundred years of whip marks!

Three hundred years of blood tax!
Three hundred years of humiliation!

All the pain, hatred, and helplessness that had been forcibly suppressed and buried deep in their hearts were now completely ignited by the raging demonic flames within their bodies!

It's like billions of volcanoes erupting simultaneously deep within the soul!

The illusion is no longer an illusion.

It carries the weight of real, undeniable blood and tears accumulated over three hundred years, transformed into a chain with barbs.

Layer upon layer, they tightly bound and constricted his soul, trying to drag him into that boundless abyss of despair from which he would sink forever!

"Roar--!!!"

In the center of the array, the massive body of Lieyan, as large as a mountain, suddenly arched up and let out a shrill, miserable howl that was not like a beast's roar!

His eyes were bloodshot, almost dripping with tears of blood. Every muscle covered with dark red scales was convulsing and twitching wildly, as if countless poisonous insects were biting and crawling through his bones and flesh!

The demonic flames that had been barely guided on the surface of his body went completely out of control, like billions of dark red venomous snakes breaking free of their restraints, violently spewing, darting around, and backfiring!
The scales shattered under the scorching of the demonic flames and the tearing of its own muscles, oozing scalding golden blood droplets, which were instantly evaporated into a foul-smelling blood mist by the high temperature!
The flame of the heart, symbolizing the last vestige of reason, flickered violently under the dual onslaught of the boundless, venomous illusion and the raging demonic flames, its light dimming like a candle flickering in the wind.

It was about to go out completely.

His last vestiges of consciousness were dragged into eternal darkness and madness!
All our efforts were in vain!
Right in front of you!

The nine elders looked solemn, but were powerless to do anything.

Such mental and physical training is almost impossible for outsiders to interfere with.

At this critical moment!
"Certainly!"

Zhang Yuan shouted, and the "Nirvana Stone" in his palm suddenly lit up!
A wisp of pure, golden-red fire, imbued with the indomitable will of the Zhu Yan progenitor, acted like a stabilizing force, ignoring space and instantly injecting into Lie Yan's collapsing sea of ​​consciousness!
The Zhu Yan Fire Seed acted like a warm harbor, temporarily isolating the most intense inner demons from its impact and stabilizing Lie Yan's crumbling soul essence.

"The Purification and Demon-Burning Sutra! It draws in demons to forge bones!"

Zhang Yuan's voice, like a resounding bell, once again echoed through Lieyan's divine soul.

Seizing this moment of clarity, Lieyan frantically circulated the scriptures!
It poured all its pain, all its hatred, and all its indomitable will into the heart lamp!

That single lamp of the heart, ignited by the flames of life and stabilized by the essence of Zhu Yan, shone brightly!

Wherever the light of the Heart Lamp reached, the raging demonic flames within the body seemed to encounter a true sovereign, and began to be forcibly restrained and guided!
Driven by the will of the Fiery Blaze, the demonic flames that had once burned its flesh and blood and tormented its soul began to surge back like the most loyal soldiers, frantically flowing into its bones, tendons, and internal organs!
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!"

The sickening sound of smelting emanated from Lieyan's body!
The dark red demonic flames, like the most domineering forging hammer and carving knife, under the guidance of the "Purifying the World and Burning Demons Scripture," used the boundless pain it endured as its energy source to begin the most cruel and thorough tempering and reforging of its muscles, bones, and flesh!

Lieyan's bones shattered in the demonic flames, then fused and regenerated under the will of the Heart Lamp, imprinted with profound dark gold runes!
The meridians are widened and strengthened, like a riverbed flowing with lava!
The scales peeled off, and new, thick scales covered with a dark gold color and with edges flowing with a molten gold luster broke through the body!

The entire transformation process was extremely painful and extremely slow.

Lieyan's body sometimes curled up like a dying beast in the formation, and sometimes stretched out, letting out a roar that shattered the void.

The color of the demonic flames on its body is changing from a chaotic dark red to a deep, restrained, yet destructive dark gold!

at last!

"boom--!!!"

An unprecedentedly terrifying pressure, like a ferocious god who had been sleeping for thousands of years, suddenly erupted from the core of the array!
The light of the Myriad Fires Refining Demon Array was instantly suppressed!

Dark golden demonic flames shot into the sky, forming a ridge of light that tore through the heavens!

The transformed Lieyan stood proudly in the formation!

Its body appeared even more robust, covered entirely in thick, dark gold scales with lava-like crimson patterns flowing across the plates, exuding a dual aura of indestructibility and the power to incinerate everything.

Most strikingly, on the center of its enormous forehead, there is an ancient "Zhu Yan" divine pattern that is clearly outlined by pure golden-red flames, shining brightly!

At this moment, Lie Yan's aura was as violent as an abyss, and his ferocious power was overwhelming. The intensity of his power was comparable to that of the top-level Venerables of the Heavenly Palace, such as the Earth-Splitting and Absolute-Sharpness Venerables!
Even stronger!
It simply stood there, and the dark golden demonic flames it emitted caused the surrounding void to continuously collapse and annihilate!
Lieyan looked up and let out a long roar that pierced through gold and shattered rocks, filled with three hundred years of accumulated energy and new life power!

It suddenly raised one of its front paws and casually tore at the thick, leaden clouds above the wasteland!
"Sizzle—!!!"

Five enormous claw marks, burning with dark golden demonic flames, appeared out of thin air, stretching across the sky!
Wherever it passed, space was easily torn apart like a rag, revealing the dark void behind it!

The turbulent spatial currents were sizzling and crackling as they were burned by the dark golden demonic flames, and could not be healed in a short time!

The power of a single claw can tear the sky and cleave the clouds!

"It's done! Elder Lieyan is a success!"

"That is... the Zhu Yan Sacred Mark!"

"God bless my people! God bless my people!"

Outside the Ancestral Ruins, all the Qiongqi who were watching, including Chief Jinran, were so excited that they trembled all over and their eyes were filled with tears!
An even more shocking scene then unfolded!
Just as Lieyan successfully transformed, grew the Crimson Sacred Mark on his forehead, and roared to the sky, the meaning of the "Purifying the World and Burning Demons Scripture" imprinted deep within the bloodline of all Qiongqi was like a lit fuse, completely ignited by the light of Lieyan's "heart lamp" as the first successful one!
"Buzz—!!!"

An invisible wave, centered on Lieyan, swept across the entire Burning Bone Wasteland in an instant!

next moment--

"Ow—!"

"Roar--!"

"Waaaaah—!"

No matter where they are in the wilderness or what kind of pain they are enduring, the "heart lamp" ignited by the flames of life within the 100,000 Qiongqi suddenly shines brightly!
The demonic flames flowing in his blood seemed to have found a channel for release and control!

The pain remains.

But the unbearable, soul-crushing pain that was once unbearable and could only be passively endured has now transformed into a source of power to drive the demonic flames under the guidance of the Purification and Demon-Burning Scripture!

For the first time, the raging, unruly, and ever-revengeful demonic flames on their bodies began to subside, condense, and transform under the forceful restraint of their own will!
Although it is far from turning completely into dark gold like Lieyan, its color changes from chaotic dark red to deep red and dark purple. Its ferocity is greatly reduced, but its controllability increases a hundredfold!
"Form ranks—Incinerate the heavens and boil the seas!"

As Lieyan sensed the changes in its blood-related kin, it let out a deafening roar!

No complicated instructions are needed; the resonance in our blood and the guidance of the Purification Sutra are the best commands!

Across the desolate plains, ten thousand Qiongqi roared in response!
Instinctively following the pull of their bloodlines, they moved swiftly, with dark red and deep purple demonic flames erupting from each individual. However, these flames were not scattered, but rather converged and intertwined wildly in the sky above the wasteland, like rivers flowing into the sea!
In the blink of an eye, an unprecedentedly vast and terrifying array of demonic flames, composed of 100,000 controlled demonic flames, covered the entire Burning Bone Wasteland.

The Heaven-Burning and Sea-Boiling Array—suddenly formed!
The great formation rotated, and the dark red and deep purple demonic flames, like a boiling, raging sea, hung upside down in the sky!

The intense heat distorted vision, and the space itself groaned under the strain!

The once terrifying Soul-Devouring Fire Miasma melted away like ice and snow under the influence of this great array of demonic flames!
The moment this formation took shape, the destructive power it unleashed caused the world to lose its color!

It was as if with just a slight movement of the formation, it could burn the entire world and boil the four seas dry!
Its power and might are more than a hundred times greater than before!

Ten thousand Qiongqi, in one day transformed, their ferocity overwhelming!

As Zhuque gazed at the ferocious formation that scorched the heavens and boiled the seas, she felt the terrifying power of the "Purifying Demon Flame," born from endless suffering.

Then, looking at Lieyan, who was covered in dark gold and had holy markings on his forehead, at the core of the array, his gaze finally fell on Zhang Yuan, who stood with his hands behind his back at the center of the Myriad Fires Refining Demon Array, as if he were in charge of the pivot of creation.

For the first time, a look of "shock" appeared in her golden-red eyes.

This is no longer just turning the tide; it's...creating a new world! (End of Chapter)