Fellow Daoist, I gladly accept this heaven-defying opportunity.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the secret volcano crater.

Ren Chongran rushed to the crater, only managing to catch a glimpse of Xu Mofeng's figure disappearing into the lava in the last moment.

"Damn it!"

In a fit of rage, he punched the volcanic rock beside him, and the hard rock instantly shattered, creating a deep crater.

He didn't care who Xu Mofeng was, nor was he interested in knowing the other party's identity. All he knew was that the opportunity that was crucial for his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage had been squandered by some inexplicable kid!

Ren Chongran's face was as black as ink. His eyes darted around several times but he couldn't utter a single tough word. He simply flung his sleeves and sat cross-legged on the crater, his teeth grinding together.

"I refuse to believe this nonsense! If the Fire Spirit can be born once, it can be born a second time! I'll stay here and wait until it reappears. We can afford to wait!"

"Well……"

The young man in the red robe stared at the suddenly silent volcano, still reeling from the shock of Xu Mofeng jumping into the lava, unable to close his mouth for a long time.

"That bastard... he's just gone like that?"

He couldn't accept it. One second he was so irritating that you wanted to punch him, and the next second he just disappeared into the scalding lava, probably leaving not even ashes behind.

He felt a strange emptiness in his heart, as if he had lost a nemesis he argued with every day, and he felt an indescribable awkwardness.

hot!

pain!

These were the only two thoughts that remained in Xu Mofeng's mind after he plunged into the magma.

The ancient Vermilion Bird blood that had just been swallowed exploded inside the body, like a sun rampaging through the internal organs.

The ancient fire essence in his arms was as hot as a red-hot branding iron. Combined with the surging magma around him, the triple scorching heat caused his robes to turn to ashes in an instant, not even lasting half a breath.

Before jumping down, he had already covered his entire body with spiritual power, but this protection was no different from paper in the lava, and it shattered after only a few breaths.

The scalding lava licked directly onto the skin, causing the flesh to sizzle.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, the ancient Vermilion Bird blood finally exerted its power, and a surge of boundless fire element flowed throughout his limbs and bones, slowly tempering his flesh, essence, blood, and bones...

But this speed was still too slow. The flesh and blood that had just been tempered were burned to a crisp by the lava again, and the cycle repeated itself, causing people to almost faint from the pain.

Xu Mofeng was a ruthless man. He made up his mind that he was going to die either way, so he might as well fight to the end and take the fire spirit down with him!

He opened his mouth and bit directly into the ancient fire essence in his arms, sucking it in with all his might!

The taste was no different from swallowing a spoonful of boiling molten steel; my mouth and throat were almost carbonized.

The fire spirit in his arms let out a sharp, miserable scream, desperately trying to break free from his embrace.

Xu Mofeng held his arm tightly, as if he were holding a priceless treasure, not letting go even a little.

Driven to the brink of despair, the fire spirit frantically extracted fire elements from the magma to protect itself. The magma surrounding Xu Mofeng grew brighter and brighter, eventually turning into a dazzling gold, and its temperature doubled.

Xu Mofeng completely gave up, since he was already dead anyway, he might as well swallow one more plant and refine them all at once!

He took out the Crimson Lotus he had just acquired from his storage ring, and without even looking at it, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.

Both inside and outside his body, he was completely enveloped by the purest fire elemental power.

Consciousness gradually blurred amidst indescribable pain, and I could only feel that every inch of my skin and every strand of flesh was rapidly transforming and reshaping.

Instinct compels him to lower his head and inhale deeply the fire essence every now and then.

The fire spirit went from screaming in fury at the beginning, to its voice trembling and pleading for mercy with a sob, and finally it fell silent and was completely drained.

In a daze, Xu Mofeng seemed to have fallen into a pure world of flames, where a small, aloof, crimson bird was fluttering its wings and dancing gracefully before him.

[Congratulations, host, on successfully transforming your destiny! You have received the following reward: Ancient Vermilion Bird Essence Blood x1]

The system notification suddenly jolted Xu Mofeng awake from his daze. This was the reward he received from converting Ren Chongran's opportunity!

Another drop of ancient Vermilion Bird essence blood?

Without a second thought, Xu Mofeng extracted it and swallowed it whole.

The surging fire element mixed with the strange power of his bloodline flowed into his limbs and bones, making him feel so comfortable that he almost groaned, as if he were soaking in a warm, thousand-year-old spiritual spring.

and many more!

Xu Mofeng suddenly shuddered.

Wait a minute! Aren't I in lava right now?!

Hmm? Why don't I feel any pain?

Without the intense, fiery sensation of physical contact, could it be that my soul has left my body?!

He snapped out of his daze and looked around, only to find himself inside a huge, dark red eggshell.

The eggshell is harder than iron and looks like it was formed from cooled and solidified magma.

After carefully reviewing the cause and effect, Xu Mofeng suddenly realized, "I won this gamble!"

Within his body, the bright red blood, shimmering with golden light, surged like a river, a significant leap beyond his previous level of minor body refinement after consuming the ten-thousand-year-old Blood Spirit Mushroom, where his qi and blood were like mercury.

The bones gleamed with a warm, reddish luster, like the finest crimson jade.

Every inch of skin and every strand of flesh carried a faint hint of fire, as if the whole person had been reborn and transformed.

Within his dantian, a crimson flame burned quietly, constantly tempering his dantian and spiritual power.

Xu Mofeng took a deep breath, and the eggshell around him shattered with a crash.

A large amount of magma poured in instantly, and he instinctively shrank back, only to quickly realize that the temperature of the magma posed no threat to him at this point.

Soaking in lava is no different from soaking in a hot spring; the continuous flow of fire elemental power automatically penetrates the body.

"A breakthrough?!"

Xu Mofeng felt a surge of joy.

His breakthrough is not just about his cultivation level.

His cultivation level jumped directly from the seventh level of the Golden Core stage to the ninth level. Along with it, his powerful spiritual body also broke through from the high-level spiritual body to the top level, and every move he made exuded a scorching aura.

"This spirit is different from before; it's no longer appropriate to call it the 'Kengqiang Spirit'."

Xu Mofeng stroked his chin thoughtfully, "From now on, we'll call it the Resounding Fire Spirit Body!"

Based on its original spiritual form, it now possesses the characteristics of a fire-attribute spiritual form, causing its power to increase dramatically.

"His physical strength has also increased significantly, directly reaching the power of ten dragons!"

Ten jiaos make one dragon, and the power of ten jiaos is the power of a whole dragon, a force of a million jin!

Imagine how terrifying it is to concentrate the force of a million pounds into a single punch.

"My spiritual power and divine sense have also undergone a complete transformation!"

Xu Mofeng felt increasingly delighted.

His Purple-Gold True Qi had just broken through to the seventh level not long ago, and now it had directly surged to the ninth level.

The spiritual energy was as thick as mercury, and each drop was equivalent to a hundred or even a thousand drops of spiritual energy from an ordinary martial artist.

"Now, a casual strike from me is dozens of times more powerful than a typical tenth-level Golden Core cultivator!"

In a sense, Xu Mofeng has already broken through the limits recorded in the "Purple Gold True Qi" technique.

Starting from the seventh level, his spiritual power underwent a strange transformation after being tempered by flames. Although he still used the cultivation method of Purple Gold True Qi, the effect of the tempering far exceeded the original limit of this technique by several times.

Looking at the divine thought again, it's clear that the suffering it endured in the magma for so long was not in vain.

"Fifty li! The range of divine sense reconnaissance has directly reached fifty li!"

Xu Mofeng took a deep breath, feeling somewhat moved himself.

With his divine sense spreading out, Ren Chongran, who was sitting on the edge of the crater, could see clearly that the red-robed youth was still there even further away.

"How long exactly did I stay in the lava?"

Xu Mofeng shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.

In addition to these, he also unexpectedly comprehended the martial arts concepts of fire and rolling lava, reaching a level of 20% comprehension!

This was a completely unexpected delight.

"Indeed, the greatest terror between life and death is most likely to unleash a martial artist's potential. This time, I truly faced death head-on!"

After familiarizing himself with all the changes in his body, Xu Mofeng smiled and said, "It's time to go out and see some old acquaintances."

Ren Chongran was sitting upright on the edge of the crater, silently absorbing the rich fire spiritual energy of the crater to cultivate, while waiting for the fire spirit to be born.

"Um?"

Ren Chongran suddenly frowned and opened his eyes.

"Why is my fire elemental power getting thinner and thinner..."

He cultivates the Purple Cloud Profound Technique, a traditional martial art of the Purple Cloud Sect, and is particularly sensitive to fire elemental power.

In the past few days, he had clearly felt that the fire elemental energy released by the volcano in front of him was becoming weaker day by day, several times thinner than the volcano he had stayed in before, as if the volcano was about to go out.

But that was impossible; he watched as the fire spirit fell into the crater.

With the presence of the fire essence that has existed for ten thousand years, even a dormant volcano can be revived, let alone extinguished.

Just as Ren Chongran was completely baffled, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the crater.

boom--

A pillar of magma shot into the sky from the crater, and a human figure could be vaguely seen within it.

"The Fire Spirit! The Fire Spirit has been born!"

Ren Chongran was so excited that he almost roared to the sky.

Persistence pays off. After waiting patiently for many days, he finally witnessed the rebirth of the Fire Spirit!

But when he saw the figure leaping out of the pillar of lava, he froze on the spot.

He was a tall, upright young man with a natural aura. He was completely naked, stepping out of the fire, yet he seemed to be a darling of heaven and earth, radiating dazzling brilliance.

A figure flashed through Ren Zhongran's mind in an instant, and he exclaimed in disbelief:

"It's you?! You're still alive?!"

Who else could it be but Xu Mofeng who stepped out of the fire?

Not only Ren Chongran, but also the red-robed youth who had been guarding the place for some reason in the distance, widened his eyes instantly when he saw Xu Mofeng.

"That bastard! He's really not dead?!"

The red-robed youth's face was filled with shock, followed by a hint of joy that he himself didn't even realize.

Soon, the joy turned into embarrassment.

He screamed "Ah!", raised his hand to cover his eyes tightly, and turned around abruptly, his ear tips turning bright red.

You bastard...you're not wearing any clothes!