114: Living Medicine

The golden light staircase was a path to heaven leading to both power and despair!

Lin Chen left the Heaven-Patrolling Goddess, the Myriad Flower Palace Master, and his other Soul Transformation female slaves to guard the Central Province Imperial City. He knew that bringing them along would only provoke that Void Refining Realm Empress even faster! More importantly, he needed the posture of venturing into danger alone to find a sliver of a chance for a reversal.

In this world, there has never been such a thing as absolute invincibility!

Dressed in a black robe, Lin Chen stepped onto the golden light staircase filled with supreme Laws and strode forward!

With every step, he felt that invisible Void Refining Might squeezing his human emperor divine kingdom! The entire Divine Phoenix Heavenly Palace was shrouded in an extremely oppressive female venerable rule! This rule was not a simple suppression, but a fundamental denial of the existence of 'masculinity' and 'imperial power,' attempting to completely assimilate and melt Lin Chen!

Finally, Lin Chen stepped into the Divine Phoenix Heavenly Palace!

Inside the Heavenly Palace, it was magnificent. Halls paved with countless ancient divine jades stretched endlessly, and the air was filled with top-grade Spiritual Qi so dense it had almost liquefied! Every decoration here contained Dao Laws above the Soul Transformation Realm, displaying the Divine Phoenix Empress's extreme pursuit of power and aesthetics!

However, the Heavenly Palace was empty! There were no maids, no guards, only that Void Refining Realm pressure surging from all directions!

Just as Lin Chen found his footing, the surrounding scenery changed violently!

The great hall he was in disappeared instantly, replaced by a closed, massive bronze space! The four walls were carved with ancient Phoenix totems, emitting a scorching and heart-palpitating Dao charm!

This was a massive Pill Furnace! — The Nine Revolutions Phoenix Furnace!

"Giggle, giggle..."

A crisp, lazy, yet indifferent female voice drifted from the void outside the Pill Furnace! The voice was filled with a haughtiness that viewed all things as dust.

"How is it, little toy? This is the show of force I prepared for you."

Lin Chen's face darkened instantly! His Divine Thought probed inside the furnace and shockingly discovered that this furnace was not used for refining ordinary pills, but was a Peerless Murderous Weapon used to temper living bodies and extract their Origin!

"You really do want to kill me!" Lin Chen shouted sternly!

"Kill you? No, such an interesting toy would be a waste to kill." The Empress's voice carried a hint of playfulness, "You are a toy, and also... a great medicine!"

"In the Lower Realm, you devoured so many special Physiques, fused the kingdom Origins of four Soul Transformation experts, and even plucked the essence of that ten-thousand-year miraculous flower, the Myriad Flower Immortal Body, to forge your unique Human Emperor Origin!"

"This extreme pure Yang power is simply a gift from heaven for me!"

"As long as I completely refine you and extract your Human Emperor Origin, I can break through to the Late Stage of the Void Refining Realm in one fell swoop!"

BOOM—!!!

As soon as she finished speaking, a magnificent and deadly sea of fire instantly rose from the bottom of the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Furnace!

This flame was no ordinary fire, nor was it a spirit fire; it was the Divine Phoenix Strange Fire condensed from Void Refining Realm Laws! Countless tiny Phoenix phantoms flew within the sea of fire, each phantom containing a terrifying power that could instantly vaporize a Peak Spirit Transformation expert!

"You want to refine me? In your dreams!"

Lin Chen roared! His black robe was instantly vaporized by the Divine Phoenix Strange Fire, revealing his Peak Spirit Transformation Physical Body that had been tempered countless times by the many children many blessings system!

His skin had a healthy luster nearly like bronze, and every muscle was like the most finely carved stone sculpture, full of explosive power! His chest was broad, his waist and abdomen were tight, and his lines were sharp—the ultimate embodiment of strength and beauty!

However, facing the Void Refining fire, the surface of this body was instantly scorched red, and even wisps of green smoke rose!

"Chaos Dragon Elephant Physical Body, fully activate!!"

Lin Chen bellowed! The countless chaos dragon elephant particles within his body were ignited in an instant! An ancient, primal power surged from the depths of his bones!

Chaos Runes filled with the marks of time rapidly surfaced on his body! These runes formed an invisible defensive barrier, emitting a Dao charm from the Beginning of Time!

The Divine Phoenix Strange Fire crashed against this layer of Chaos Runes, only producing a sizzling sound! These Void Refining flames, capable of incinerating all things, were actually unable to advance even a fraction further!

Lin Chen gritted his teeth and sat cross-legged without retreating a single step in this extremely scorching sea of fire! His broad back was held straighter than the hardest mountain peak!

"Since it's fire, then it shall be the nourishment to temper my divine kingdom!"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Lin Chen's eyes! Not only would he endure it, but he would also counter-devour it!

He opened a tiny gap in his human emperor divine kingdom, and the terrifying devouring characteristic of the many children many blessings system instantly activated!

Endless Divine Phoenix Strange Fire was forcibly sucked into his human emperor divine kingdom!

Flame Laws of the Void Refining level should have been a deadly poison for a Peak Spirit Transformation divine kingdom! However, within the overbearing furnace of the human emperor divine kingdom, these Divine Phoenix Strange Fires were actually forcibly unraveled, digested, and absorbed by that Origin power of Imperial Dominion!

Not only was Lin Chen's human emperor divine kingdom not incinerated, but under the tempering of this extreme Void Refining fire, it began to undergo a startling transformation! The boundaries of the divine kingdom became more solid, and the Law power within was compressed into an even purer liquid!

This scene looked less like the Empress refining Lin Chen and more like Lin Chen using the Empress's furnace fire to temper his own Human Emperor Great Medicine!

In the highest bedchamber of the Divine Phoenix Heavenly Palace.

The Divine Phoenix Empress was leaning lazily on a cloud couch, her stunningly beautiful face carrying a hint of boredom as she waited to see Lin Chen's miserable struggle in the furnace.

However, when she saw that Lin Chen was not only unrefined but was actually stealing the essence of the Divine Phoenix Strange Fire, a look of shock—one not seen in nine thousand years—finally appeared in those beautiful eyes!

"This... what kind of Physique is this? To actually be unharmed within the Divine Phoenix Strange Fire?"

The Empress's slender fingertips lightly tapped the jade armrest, and a hint of surprise entered her lazy voice: "This ancient aura... it's actually the legendary Chaos Body!"

"Interesting!"

She suddenly began to laugh, her voice crisp and pleasant, yet carrying an extremely dangerous charm!

"Refine him? It seems that directly refining this little fellow would be far too much of a waste!"

BOOM!!

The sea of fire within the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Furnace was extinguished in an instant! The deadly scorching sensation rapidly receded, replaced by a refreshing coolness that gladdened the heart!

The furnace doors slowly opened with a rumbling sound!

The black robe on Lin Chen's body had been completely vaporized. He stood with his upper body bare, every muscle as if forged from divine iron, emitting golden light and a powerful masculine aura! He looked like an Ancient Demon God stepping out of a sea of fire!

He strode forward with his head held high, stepping out of the Pill Furnace and directly into the depths of the supremely majestic Divine Phoenix Heavenly Palace!

At the highest point of the hall, that lazy and beautiful Divine Phoenix Empress finally came clearly into Lin Chen's view!

She was tall and curvaceous, and even her golden imperial robes could not hide her soul-stirring beauty and mature charm! Those beautiful eyes were more brilliant than the stars and colder than the wintry moon, and for the first time, they were truly looking directly at this intruder, Lin Chen!

Lin Chen came to a halt before her, his tall and robust body still radiating the overbearing aura of the Chaos Dragon Elephant! He looked at the high-and-mighty Empress who wanted to refine him and let out a cold, provocative laugh!

"Your Majesty."

His voice was deep, carrying the pride of a conqueror.

"This heat... seems to be not quite enough!"

The Divine Phoenix Empress's eyes narrowed slightly. She seemed to be shaken by Lin Chen's incomparable arrogance! This was a man who dared to stand naked before a Void Refining Realm expert and mock the Dominator in return!

"Very good." The Empress finally spoke, much of the laziness in her voice disappearing, replaced by a playful excitement.

"Since I cannot refine you..."

She extended a slender, jade-like finger and lightly tapped her chin: "Then I shall keep you!"

"Such a sturdy little toy shall be my... Imperial Consort!"