544: Chapter 544 Refining Karmic Fire, Karmic Fire Red Lotus

As Huo Zhi refined the origin of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, a blood-colored fire lotus condensed outside her body, slowly unfurling.

Every petal was crystal clear, with blood-colored flames burning upon them.

In the center, Huo Zhi was like a sleeping infant, yet a terrifyingly high temperature resided there, making one's soul tremble.

The veil on her pretty face had long since been burned away, revealing a countenance that could make the heavens and earth lose their color.

At this moment, Huo Zhi's cheeks twisted as waves of pain swept through her entire body; the Earth Fire originally on her body's surface...

...all became dim and lusterless.

Clearly, it was intimidated by the Red Lotus Karma Fire. One must know that the Red Lotus Karma Fire is ranked eighth on the Heavenly Fire Ranking, a king among flames.

The Earth Fire was extremely fearful. In Hun Tiandi's memory, there were three known types of Heavenly Fire.

Elder Dan's sixth-ranked Ziwei Heavenly Fire, Liu Ling's third-ranked Sun True Fire, and his own fifth-ranked Taiyin True Fire.

The red dress on Huo Zhi's body was incinerated once more, revealing an alluring body; the intense pain coming from within her body was enough to drive one mad.

The Dou Qi within her body frantically collided with the Karma Fire origin before wrapping around it and beginning to circulate according to the Yan Clan's cultivation technique path.

Even with the Body of the Li Tripod, refining such a Heavenly Fire was still extremely difficult.

Fortunately, Huo Zhi's strength was not weak; otherwise, even if she resisted the karmic burning, refining the Karma Fire origin would not be so easy.

Outside the Blood River Ruins.

Liu Ling and Tian Xin waited patiently, looking worriedly at the experts on the periphery.

"Liu Ling, Hun Tiandi still hasn't come out. Could something have happened..." Tian Xin said worryingly.

"Miss Tian Xin, have faith in His Majesty's strength. Don't worry for now; take this medicinal pill to recover from your injuries!"

Liu Ling said helplessly. Ten days had passed, and this was already the three-hundredth time Tian Xin had asked.

On the other side, the experts of the Burning Flame Valley still hadn't given up on the Red Lotus Karma Fire, waiting for an opportunity to see if they could seize it.

"Saintess, this Red Lotus Karma Fire is extremely terrifying. I'm afraid it has already fallen into the hands of Huo Zhi and Hun Tiandi..."

A red-robed elder spoke in a low voice, his aura powerful.

"Hmph, even if it is with Huo Zhi, I will still snatch it!" Tang Junyao was extremely unwilling; if not for her fear of the karmic fire burning...

...she shouldn't have fled earlier when the Red Lotus Karma Fire erupted.

Some top-tier forces of the Central Plains, knowing the Karma Fire likely already had a master, no longer waited.

They departed one after another.

Only some rogue cultivators or unwilling experts remained at the scene, still waiting...

...such as Tang Junyao of the Burning Flame Valley.

Within the ruins, only blood-colored flames rose around Huo Zhi's body; the original Earth Fire origin had long since been swallowed whole.

As the cultivation technique within her body circulated, she also began to refine the origin. The energy of the surrounding blood river surged toward her body, and the blood river began to churn.

The meridians, muscles, and bones within her body... were like a hungry Taotie, frantically devouring the endless energy.

Washing every inch of her body over and over, her aura was rising!

Buzz!

Suddenly, a cluster of mysterious runes emerged from Huo Zhi's body, wrapping around her and imprinting themselves upon her form.

The speed of absorbing and refining the origin increased once again.

Seven days later, Hun Tiandi woke from his seclusion and opened his eyes. Deep within them flickered an indelible fatigue; he had finally perfectly integrated that wisp of Red Lotus Karma Fire origin into his clone.

After refining the Karma Fire origin, the clone had finally reached the Great Success level.

Back at the bottom of the Tianshan Blood Pool, he had successfully tempered it to the Entry level. A Great Success Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body possessed the same strength as the original body.

Looking at the soul clone before him that seemed almost physical, a sense of joy rose in his heart.

With a thought, he stowed away the clone. Once he returned to the Imperial Capital, he could implement that plan.

"As expected, this woman doesn't play fair, refining the Karma Fire origin a step ahead of me..." Hun Tiandi smiled bitterly.

However, his goal this time was not the Red Lotus of Karmic Fire, but the lost Blood Lotus before him.

The Blood Lotus he had casually refined while making the Emperor Pill in the Central Plains back then seemed too crudely made by his current standards.

In that case, let's begin!

Buzz!

Vast blood-colored Dou Qi surged from his body, wrapping around the hundred-zhang-wide Blood Lotus. He slowly closed his eyes, recalling the sacrificial refining method recorded in the Blood Scripture.

"The Red Lotus of Karmic Fire, a great treasure to suppress the Nether Blood Sea; this is the final missing piece of the Blood Scripture!"

Hun Tiandi was excited. Once he successfully refined the Red Lotus of Karmic Fire to suppress the Blood Sea, he would truly be the Nether Blood God.

Soul power surged out, wiping away the crude runes on the Blood Lotus with the force of a hot knife through butter, turning it into an ownerless object.

"Blood as sacrifice, soul as seal, the Primitive as the method, refine the Red Lotus!"

His hands formed mysterious seals, striking the Blood Lotus with the method of the Blood Scripture. Immediately, endless runes were imprinted onto every petal of the Blood Lotus.

Using his soul as a runic seal, he merged it within. Simultaneously, Hun Tiandi also applied the Primitive Artifact Refining Method to the Blood Lotus.

If anyone were present, they could see wisps of light resembling blood-colored flames constantly emerging from the Blood Lotus, with profound patterns being etched upon it.

In fact, these emerging flames were nothing else but the Karma Fire that Huo Zhi was refining.

Red Lotus Karma Fire!

What Hun Tiandi was refining was the Red Lotus of Karmic Fire. Within the Blood River Ruins, this Red Lotus Karma Fire was also nurtured from the Blood Lotus.

Given enough time in the future, it wouldn't be impossible to nurture another Red Lotus Karma Fire.

As time passed, the Blood Lotus before him changed completely. A blood-red lotus appeared with twelve petals, and a strange blood-colored divine flame flickered at its heart.

A month later, Hun Tiandi finally succeeded in the sacrificial refining.

The 12th grade red lotus of fire!

With a thought, the 12th grade red lotus of fire turned into a blood light and landed in his palm. A hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

He stowed it away with a flip of his hand and looked at Huo Zhi, who was wrapped in the flame lotus, shaking his head slightly.

"Blood river return to the source, merge into the Blood Sea!"

With a low murmur, Hun Tiandi circulated the Blood Scripture within his body, activating the Source of the Blood God. A terrifying devouring force erupted from him.

The blood river flowing on the ground seemed to be drawn, pouring upward.

A blood-colored vortex formed on his body, and the surging blood river poured into it, falling into the Source of the Blood God, where monstrous blood waves rose.

The originally thousand-zhang Blood Sea expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His entire body was wrapped in the Blood Sea. After the blood river was devoured, countless natural treasures were revealed within the Blood River Ruins, such as Blood Spirit Flowers and Soul Devouring Grass...

If the Alchemists of the outside world saw this, they would surely go mad. This was no dangerous place; it was clearly a place of great fortune.

It took seven days to finally devour the entire blood river.

Sinking his mind into his body, the Blood Sea within the Source of the Blood God had reached ten thousand zhang in size. It could now be called a Ten-Thousand-Zhang Blood Sea.

But there was still a long way to go before it became the Nether Blood Sea.

After withdrawing his mind, he looked at the entire Blood River Ruins, and a crazy idea formed in his heart: to devour it.

To strengthen the Nether Small World.

Taking a deep look at Huo Zhi, he no longer hesitated and activated the Nether Small World. A rift opened before him, frantically devouring the Blood River Ruins.

Rumble!

In an instant, the entire Blood River Ruins began to shake, being devoured by the Nether Small World. Space collapsed, and the ground cracked.

It was like an apocalyptic scene.

Within the Nether Small World, the elements of earth, wind, water, and fire were being derived. Fortunately, there were the Bodhi Ancient Tree and the World Tree sapling to organize the laws of heaven and earth.

The space expanded frantically. This speed of world creation was simply unheard of.

Chaotic Qi transformed into Innate Origin Qi, filling every inch of the Nether Small World.

When the Blood River Ruins were completely devoured, the Nether Small World was a full hundred thousand miles large, ten times its previous size.

Opening his eyes, which flickered with a sharp light, Hun Tiandi could be said to be the biggest beneficiary of the appearance of the Blood River Ruins.