Three-star Dou Zong, heading deeper into the realm.

Deep within the magma, a vacuum zone.

Shen Wen's refinement had reached the final critical moment.

Inside his Dantian, that colorless flame, originally the size of a human head, had now been refined and compressed to the size of a fist, quietly floating beside his Dou Crystal.

The flame remained colorless and transparent, but the violent crimson and vengeful black Qi that had originally filled its interior had largely dissipated.

Under the continuous washing of the scriptures from the Past Amitabha Sutra, the remaining baleful Qi was like a candle in the wind, flickering unsteadily, ready to be extinguished completely at any moment.

The Chaos flame, formed by the Flame Ancestral Symbol and the Crimson Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi, acted like the most loyal guards, circling the Fallen Heart Flame, continuously nourishing and refining it, smoothing out and straightening its violent energy bit by bit, and branding it with Shen Wen's mark.

The devouring ancestral talisman, like a tireless furnace, devoured and converted the energy leaking out during the Fallen Heart Flame's final struggle, continuously injecting it into Shen Wen's limbs and bones.

Shen Wen could clearly feel that his Dou Qi was growing and condensing at an astonishing speed.

The Bottleneck for the Three-Star Dou Zong had long since loosened.

Now, under the infusion of this massive energy, that barrier was becoming thinner and thinner.

"The last wisp of resentment, dissipate."

Shen Wen chanted silently in his heart, and the golden scriptures in his Sea of Consciousness shone brightly!

"Thus have I heard... With no attachments in the heart, because there are no attachments, there is no fear, and one is far from inverted dreams..."

The warm, vast, and compassionate power of the scriptures, like a final tide of purification, completely submerged that last bit of stubborn, vengeful black Qi at the core of the Fallen Heart Flame.

"Pop..." A barely audible sound, as if something invisible had shattered.

In an instant, the Fallen Heart Flame in Shen Wen's Dantian trembled slightly.

Immediately after, an unprecedentedly docile and pure consciousness was transmitted from that colorless flame.

No more violence, no more hatred, only a newborn-like innocence, and... an instinctive closeness and submission to Shen Wen.

The refinement was complete!

At this very moment—"Rumble!!!"

Within Shen Wen's body, the torrent of energy that had accumulated to the extreme finally broke through the final barrier!

Three-Star Dou Zong, Breakthrough!

A massive Aura erupted from his body, forcing the surrounding magma back several meters once again!

He opened his eyes, a wisp of colorless flame flashing through them before vanishing; deep within his profound pupils, it seemed as if a flame that could see into the human heart was quietly burning.

With a slight thought, a docile, colorless flame leapt from his palm, burning quietly.

This flame appeared gentle, but the "Soul-forging and heart-refining" ability contained within it was purer and more controllable than before.

The Fallen Heart Flame had become another powerful trump card in his hand.

Shen Wen slowly stood up, all the Aura around him receding, and returned to calmness.

Having successfully refined the Fallen Heart Flame and broken through to Three-Star Dou Zong, Shen Wen was not in a hurry to leave this magma world.

For him, the most important goal of this trip had yet to be completed—that pure, juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.

Just now, while refining the mature form, he had used the Flame Ancestral Symbol and the keen perception of his Heavenly Realm Soul to catch a weak but distinct "heart-fire" fluctuation in the deeper, hotter core of the magma earth vein.

Tender, naive, and untainted by the world, it was exactly the "new tower heart" he had promised to leave for Jia Nan Academy.

"A simple task, I might as well finish it while I'm at it."

Shen Wen thought to himself, and the massive Chaos Dou Qi around his body flowed slightly, isolating the remaining waves of magma heat.

He didn't even need to use the space ancestral talisman to open a path; relying solely on his strong Physical Body and Dou Qi protection as a Three-Star Dou Zong, he dove straight down toward the direction he had sensed, like a fish swimming.

After diving down about a hundred meters, the color of the surrounding magma became increasingly dark, and the temperature was high enough to instantly vaporize an ordinary Dou Huang.

But the Chaos halo around Shen Wen was as steady as a rock, isolating all the heat and pressure.

Suddenly, his gaze tightened.

In the deep, dark red, surging magma ahead, a strange vacuum zone had actually appeared!

A pale white, nearly transparent energy barrier, like an overturned bowl, repelled all the magma within a radius of ten meters.

The interior of the energy barrier was empty and clean, without a trace of magma intrusion, forming a sharp contrast with the violent magma world outside.

And in the center of that energy barrier, a grey-white skeleton that looked like jade sat cross-legged.

The skeleton was preserved extremely well, and one could even make out its sitting posture while alive.

A layer of warm, gentle light flowed over the surface of the bones, faintly emitting a faint pressure that had survived through the ages, immortal.

Even though it had died countless years ago, the residual energy fluctuation in the skeleton still made Shen Wen feel a hint of solemnity.

"The remains of a Dou Zun expert..." Shen Wen realized.

The Dou Zun realm was already transcendent and holy; its flesh and bones had been tempered by the energy of heaven and earth, so even if it died and the Dao dissipated, the remains could survive in extreme environments for a long time without rotting or decaying.

Just like the ancient Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse they had obtained before, the remains of such experts were rare treasures in themselves.

Whether used for Artifact Refining, forming arrays, or extracting the residual energy essence, they were worth a fortune.

His gaze passed over the skeleton and landed not far in front of it.

There, a soft, milky-white flame, only the size of a fist, was floating quietly.

The flame leapt gently, emitting a pure and weak "heart-fire" fluctuation; it was of the same origin as the mature one refined above, but it lacked some of the violence and had more of a newborn-like innocence and peace.

"So that's it." Shen Wen instantly understood the key, "This juvenile Fallen Heart Flame was not entirely nurtured naturally by the earth vein... I'm afraid it was mostly because this fallen Dou Zun expert had controlled the Fallen Heart Flame during their lifetime, and the residual power and Soul fragments combined with the earth vein's fire energy over the long years to re-nurture this 'newborn' Heavenly Flame."

The identity of this Dou Zun was also becoming obvious.

That expert who was called "Venerable Skyfire" in the original work, who had also controlled the Fallen Heart Flame.

Just as Shen Wen realized this and was preparing to approach to observe the energy barrier and the skeleton carefully, "Hiss!"

A cold and ferocious malice struck from the side and behind without any warning!

It was extremely fast and completely blended into the flow of the magma; if not for Shen Wen's keen Soul perception, it would have been almost impossible to detect!

Shen Wen didn't even turn his head, let alone dodge. His face was calm, and he just waved his right fist backward casually.

The movement seemed understated, but on the fist covered in purple-green Dragon scales, Chaos Dou Qi and massive blood energy erupted!

"Bang!!!"

Wherever the fist force reached, the thick magma in front was forcibly blasted open, creating a huge vacuum channel!

A red shadow that had attempted to sneak an attack didn't even have time to scream before it instantly exploded under the violent fist force, turning into a burst of sparks and dissipating in the magma.