Chapter 1665: Clearing the Fetal Toxin (Part 2)

Knowing this was not the time for doubt, Zhang Xuan suppressed his dizziness and continued to look at the stone platform before him.

The black shadow now seemed to have undergone the same experience as him. Heavenly fire continuously fell from the sky, clusters of flames burning it until it was as black as the bottom of a pot, charcoal-dark, and its aura was no longer as strong as before, as if it might die at any moment.

Just when its aura had sunk to an imperceptible level, a faint force slowly grew from within its body, like a seed beginning to sprout, quickly transforming into a towering tree.

Growing stronger and stronger, although the black shadow did not move, it gave the impression that it could tear through space and leap away at any moment.

“Is this… breaking down to rebuild, breaking down to be reborn?”

His mind shook.

Autumn wind sweeps fallen leaves; when autumn arrives, the scene of all things flourishing is submerged, eventually becoming lifeless. But when spring comes, all things revive, spiritual energy returns, and what seemed dead before blooms with new life again.

This is the law of nature.

Clearly, the black shadow before him had used this method.

“This kind of heavenly fire, the more fiercely you resist, the more violently it burns. Conversely, if you weaken your power, the temperature will also drop. After the body is tempered by low-temperature flames and its strength increases, continuing on, it becomes bearable…”

Suddenly enlightened.

This supreme heavenly fire, like a lightning tribulation, the stronger your cultivation and the more profound your accumulation, the greater the power of the thunder. Conversely, the weaker your accumulation, the smaller the latter becomes…

The urgent task was not to resist head-on; otherwise, even a soul at the Golden Body realm would not withstand it and would fall into a coma. Since that was the case… it was better to feign weakness first, and after the body’s power advanced, gradually increase it.

“Winter comes, all things perish!”

Understanding this, Zhang Xuan stopped resisting the flames within his body. In an instant, it was as if he had ceased breathing; his entire mind left his body, as if entering winter, with heavy snow covering everything, all things dead, not a trace of green vegetation in sight.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

Sure enough, as his power completely quieted, the heavenly fire seemed to lose its opponent, and its temperature dropped rapidly.

In this situation, true qi is like gasoline. Using gasoline to block flames only makes them fiercer. But if you lock it away, keeping it from contact with the fire, as time passes, the flames lose their driving force and will gradually extinguish, eventually disappearing.

With true qi not resisting, his entire being fell into stillness, appearing like an ordinary person. The power of the heavenly fire weakened, the pain lessened, and it became bearable.

The flames scattered within the cells, burning, and streams of black qi were burned out. His physical body gradually advanced toward a golden hue.

Having cultivated the Heavenly Dao Golden Body, Zhang Xuan knew that these black qi were impurities in the body, which could not be completely removed even through repeated tempering.

It was like bathing; no matter how thoroughly you wash, you can still rub off dirt.

Spiritual energy has impurities; thus, spirit stones are divided into many grades: supreme, top-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade.

But even the purest supreme-grade spirit stone is not one hundred percent pure. If even the absorbed spiritual energy is like this, one can imagine the impurities in the human body.

Heavenly fire is precisely what burns these things to ashes and expels them from the body, making the cultivator stronger.

Gold is the metal with the fewest impurities. Through continuous tempering, the physical body will become like it, emitting a golden radiance—this is the origin of the Golden Body.

As more and more black qi was released, the golden light on Zhang Xuan grew increasingly intense.

Previously, only his soul was being burned; now, his physical body and true qi were also undergoing a golden transformation.

With a light tap, his body emitted a metallic hum, like a divine weapon yet to be quenched.

“I can raise the temperature of the flames now…”

Seeing that, as the tempering progressed, the previous pain had disappeared, Zhang Xuan knew the flames were no longer such a threat. His aura began to increase rapidly.

In an instant, all things revived, ice and snow melted, and the vitality within his body burst forth.

Rumble rumble!

As if sensing his condition, the heavenly fire felt mocked and became furious. Thick bolts of flame descended once again.

This was exactly the result he wanted. Zhang Xuan moved his mind, and countless forces surged into his body.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak!

The heavenly fire that had been unbearable before now roamed within his body without causing much pain; it was acceptable.

Black qi continued to disperse, and his Golden Body grew even more dazzling.

His body was unharmed, but the floor where he sat, under the scorching of the heavenly fire, turned black and took on a vitreous luster.

Exactly the same as the one he had seen before.

“Time to deal with the fetal toxin!”

After burning for a while longer, feeling that his body had fully adapted, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and focused his gaze.

It was time to resolve the hidden danger of the fetal toxin.

Before, it could hide within his physical body; this time, where else could it hide!

Taking a deep breath, he fixed his gaze and suddenly rushed into the sky, entering the dark clouds.

Since he wanted to eliminate the fetal toxin, he would leave it no escape route. Relying solely on the heavenly fire descending with the thunder was still too little.

Last time, although his soul had entered the dark clouds, it hadn’t gone deep enough, allowing that thing to escape.

This time, it would be different.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

As soon as he entered, he immediately felt countless black flames swarming toward him, engulfing him.

Without dodging, he opened all the acupoints on his body and began to absorb them madly.

The black heavenly fire entered his meridians and, under the control of his spirit, surged toward the direction of the innate fetal toxin.

Squeak squeak squeak!

The fetal toxin had been lazily curled up, not expecting him to bring heavenly fire into his physical body so quickly, and such fierce flames at that. It let out a terrified shriek and turned to flee.

“Think you can escape?”

Having been tormented by this thing for so long, how could he let it have its way? Before the fetal toxin could run far, it saw that the meridians ahead were also flooded with a mass of flames.

In the blink of an eye, all escape routes were sealed off.

Knowing this thing was fast, he had prepared in advance. Now, his entire body was covered in heavenly fire, turning him completely black like a coal ball. If he still couldn’t burn this thing clean, he might as well just bang his head and die.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak!

Completely surrounded, the innate fetal toxin could no longer escape. The heavenly fire quickly enclosed it in the center. In the scorching flames, a spirit-like cry of agony, sharp and piercing, grew fainter and fainter until it disappeared.

“Finally eliminated…”

He couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With both soul and physical body tempered by heavenly fire, his entire being’s essence, energy, and spirit had reached their peak. No matter how cunning that thing was, it could no longer escape.

Fearing that the fetal toxin might cause trouble, even after adapting to the heavenly fire and the sounds had ceased, he did not stop. He continued to absorb flames and burned for nearly ten more minutes until the dark clouds in the sky had weakened considerably before stopping.

Pushing aside the flames, he couldn’t help but extend his spirit inward. The moment he looked, his pupils involuntarily contracted.

“This… what is this?”

Zhang Xuan stood frozen in place.