Among all the heavens, I, Xiao Yan, did not use any cheat codes.

Chapter 70 [Bonus Chapter] Only when one's fate is in one's own hands can one cultivate a golden lotus in fire. Dao Palace!

Outward from Xiao Yan's body, boundless flames surged forth, as if igniting the life essence within the entire stone chamber. In the blink of an eye, the place transformed into a sea of ​​fire, filled with vibrant flames that threatened to turn it into a world of flames.

In the center of the sea of ​​fire, Xiao Yan, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly floated up. As the flames of life surged, a golden wheel appeared on its own behind his head, shining brightly and dazzlingly.

The life force within the fire is terrifyingly immense.

Fire, pure fire. Within the flames, countless strange phenomena arose and vanished, including plants, animals, a sealing technique, a giant fire ruler, and a Buddha statue standing in the past—everything that Xiao Yan controlled was condensed and dissipated within it, transforming into pure divine power that made the divine might within the flames even more magnificent.

Xiao Yan kept his eyes closed, but the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm in his dantian was shining brightly, as if it was nurturing something.

Finally, when the divine fire reached its peak of multiplication, and its life force was almost enough to bring people back to life, streams of turbid and heavy energy condensed from it.

Within the stone cave that had long been burned to nothingness by flames, a piece of land miraculously materialized out of thin air.

Flames burned upon it, imbuing it with an increasingly profound aura of tempering, as if it could bear the weight of all things. After a long while, once it reached another peak, the flames suddenly trembled.

From the earth a boundless, sharp energy burst forth, breaking through layers of earth's constraints and revealing the supremely hard and solid divine metal within. Even under the refining power of endless flames, it did not melt in the slightest, but instead grew even sharper, as if it could pierce through the heavens.

Layers of sweet rain fell from the golden surface, crystal clear, and the breath of life overshadowed the endless sharpness. The vitality within was even more concentrated than the fire that seemed to have been at the beginning of humanity, the source of all things.

Sweet rain fell on the earth, and all things revived. A seedling, under the burning flames, shot straight into the sky in the blink of an eye, standing like a divine tree that reached the heavens and the earth.

Countless strange phenomena emerged from the fire, and Xiao Yan frowned, yet something always seemed to be missing.

Finally, as the divine tree was rekindled and the five elements interacted and rotated, Xiao Yan suddenly opened his eyes. The crimson-gold divine light seemed to pierce through the nine netherworlds, shooting out a full three zhang.

Xiao Yan suddenly transformed into a ball of flames. This was not an ordinary transformation of his Dharma body's essence, energy, and spirit, but rather a direct ignition of his physical body, which contained boundless life essence. His essence, energy, and spirit merged with the surrounding phenomena. In an instant, this sea of ​​fire was exactly the same as the scene in the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm, with the life spring steaming, the divine bridge spanning across, and his location being the other shore.

As Xiao Yan completely merged himself into it.

"Boom!"

Five beams of light, each a different color—black, white, cyan, red, and yellow—soared into the sky from the sea of ​​fire, revealing five wondrous heavenly palaces above them. Then they vanished, replaced by a divine might that shook the heavens and earth.

The heavens and earth trembled!

From within the flames, a pair of eyes opened, and Xiao Yan's scattered form reassembled in the fire. His blood and qi shone as brightly as the sun, and his aura had risen by more than one level compared to before.

The flames formed solely from the body's vital energy burned through the mountain, which was several tens of feet long.

Most importantly, it is that spirit that transcends life and death.

"Only when my fate is entirely in my own hands can I cultivate a golden lotus in the fire!"

With a long cry, the raging sea of ​​flames manifested instantly surged, and a crimson-gold fire lotus slowly rose from it.

Within the lotus platform, Xiao Yan's body solidified completely, becoming a fully formed physical body. His skin and flesh were as clear and lustrous as glass, gleaming brightly, as if a sleeping god had awakened.

At this moment, Xiao Yan's body no longer needed to deliberately transform into an energy body or a spiritual body as before. The true self that had manifested in Douluo Continent was once infinitely close to turning the illusory into the real, but now all those fancy things have been completely returned to their original simplicity.

Sensing the change, Xiao Yan raised his sword fingers and slashed fiercely at his right arm, creating a wound from which a drop of crimson blood shimmered with golden light dripped.

The drop of blood, seemingly weighing a ton, contained boundless power, smashing through the ground below and then erupting into endless flames.

As Xiao Yan's right arm lashed out fiercely, light flowed in his palm, and crimson-gold divine light suddenly slashed down. His left arm, which even cultivators of the same realm could not break through with their full strength, was directly severed, and blood gushed out. However, before it fell, the blood and the severed arm had already transformed into dazzling divine fire and merged back into Xiao Yan's body.

In the blink of an eye, his body was back to normal, completely unharmed.

With every gesture, a three-thousand-foot-high sea of ​​fire unfolds and is then withdrawn at will.

Previously, those who blindly pursued flashy and elaborate designs failed to achieve the desired power.

His physical body should be incredibly strong, yet his head could be easily severed. Even with the transformation into fire and Xiao Yan's lack of resistance, he shouldn't be so weak and powerless.

It wasn't until just now that Xiao Yan realized the problem: he hadn't gone astray, but rather he hadn't realized that he should take another step forward.

However, now that the superficial aspects have been stripped away, what we have obtained is a more advanced mechanism and pure numerical values.

They have all the abilities they once possessed, and have even gained the great power that they were rightfully entitled to.

The Undying Body of Ten Thousand Fires may only now be considered a truly special physique, rather than just a method of body refinement.

Just like the Reverse Rebirth Triple, if Xiao Yan was able to survive in the universe before because he had a spacesuit and oxygen tanks that could be manually replaced, then...

Now you can completely let go of everything. Breathe directly in the universe.

Transform acquired skills into innate ones, and skills into instincts.

Besides, the greatest gain from reaching the peak of the Wheel Sea Realm is—two extraordinary phenomena!

The sea of ​​fire is boundless, and can also be called the endless fire domain.

Golden lotuses grow in a sea of ​​fire.

The two phenomena complement each other and can be used individually or in combination.

Or rather, the second one is actually the second stage of the first one.

With a thought, Xiao Yan condensed the entire sea of ​​fire into the golden lotus, and the two phenomena merged into one, supporting his golden lotus and condensing into a small palm-sized form.

However, the terrifying divine power contained within it was far stronger than even the multiple self-destructions Xiao Yan had experienced before.

The manifested phenomenon was swallowed by Xiao Yan. Without lingering for long, Xiao Yan launched a full-scale attack on the Dao Palace Secret Realm.

Within the strange phenomenon, he had already manifested the five elements of fire, and the secrets of the Dao Palace were completely unobstructed.

The five elements and five energies that had been restrained once again soared into the sky.

Although the five Dao Palaces were not in any particular order, Xiao Yan had no reason to hesitate and directly chose the Heart Treasury of the Fire Attribute.

Within the Dao Palace, there is a nascent divine form waiting for him to nurture. Essence is the foundation of humanity, and within the Dao Palace, it transforms into spirit, nurturing a deity.

If a person can nourish their spirit, they will not die. The five spirits will always be present, connecting with the five elements, linking heaven and earth, and continuing endlessly, existing forever in the world.

The innate essence transforms into gods, while the acquired essence nourishes the gods.

After entering the Heart's Divine Treasury, an immense amount of essence and vitality exploded within Xiao Yan's body, causing his essence, energy, and spirit to rise continuously and undergo a rapid transformation.

He has officially reached the first level of the Dao Palace!

However, at this moment, another strange change occurred within the Dao Palace.

Originally, Xiao Yan's mind was just a ball of flame that resembled a physical object. However, in the next moment, a natal fire containing the shape of ten thousand beasts separated from the ball of flame in the center of the crowd and entered the mind's spiritual realm.

boom!

In an instant, something unexpected happened!