Chapter 79: Entering the Array, Refining the Sun True Fire

The moment he stepped into the array, Su Chen's expression changed.

A wave of indescribable scorching heat surged from all directions, as if he had fallen into a pill-refining furnace.

A burning sensation spread across his skin, and even his bones felt as though they were about to be roasted away.

This was merely the aura leaking out after being suppressed by the array, yet it was already this terrifying.

Su Chen did not dare to be careless; he immediately sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Primordial Jin Dan within his dantian. The Jin Dan, spinning steadily, emitted a gentle, nourishing magic power that enveloped his entire body, making him feel slightly better.

He looked up and saw that the fist-sized cluster of Sun True Fire was floating quietly less than three zhang away from him.

That golden flame looked so brilliant and beautiful, yet it brought with it a fear that originated from the depths of his soul.

It felt as if, should he get even a little closer, he would be burned until his primordial spirit was extinguished, leaving not even a trace of ash behind.

"So this is the origin of the Sun True Fire..." Su Chen felt both awe and burning desire in his heart.

This was the power left behind by the Demon Emperor Di Jun, one of the most supreme flames in the Three Realms.

As long as he could refine it, the fire-attribute aspect of his Primordial Jin Dan would instantly reach perfection, and his cultivation base would advance by leaps and bounds, allowing him to break through to the Earth Immortal realm in one go!

Outside the array, Chang Xi's cold, clear eyes were watching Su Chen quietly.

Seeing that he was ready, she flicked her slender fingers, forming several profound hand seals.

"Hum..."

The entire "Taiyin Locking-Yang Array" emitted a soft hum, and countless silver runes lit up, forming chains visible to the naked eye that bound the cluster of Sun True Fire layer by layer.

The originally violent Sun True Fire, under the suppression of this array, had its aura restrained significantly, becoming somewhat more docile.

"This palace has already pushed the array to its limit to suppress ninety percent of the Sun True Fire's power for you," Chang Xi's cold voice echoed in Su Chen's ears. "The rest depends on your own fortune."

"Many thanks, Star Lord!" Su Chen was extremely grateful.

He knew that without Chang Xi's help in suppressing it, let alone refining it, he wouldn't even be able to get close to this Sun True Fire.

With all preparations complete, Su Chen did not waste any more time.

He closed his eyes, his mind sinking completely into his dantian, using all his focus to control the Primordial Jin Dan.

"The 'True Explanation of the Primordial Jin Dan' uses the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth and the Yin-Yang Qi as provisions to temper the Jin Dan and evolve the Primordial..."

The mental formula of the cultivation technique flowed slowly through his heart.

"Come!"

With a thought, Su Chen carefully drew out a golden flame-tip, thinner than a strand of hair, from the suppressed Sun True Fire.

Even this insignificant flame-tip, the moment it left the main body, erupted with terrifying heat.

Su Chen felt as if his primordial spirit had been pricked by a needle, an incomparably sharp pain.

Enduring the pain, he used every ounce of his energy to control this golden flame-tip, slowly, ever so slowly, guiding it toward his Primordial Jin Dan.

This process was perilous to the extreme.

Su Chen felt as though he were provoking a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.

One slight mistake, and it would be a fate of total destruction.

Because his primordial sense was being scorched by the Sun True Fire, fine beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, and his face turned pale.

Finally, after exhausting his utmost effort, that golden flame-tip was successfully guided to the side of the Primordial Jin Dan.

"Refine!"

Su Chen let out a low shout in his heart, and the Primordial Jin Dan spun violently, generating a suction force that swallowed the golden flame-tip.

Boom!

The moment the golden flame-tip entered his body, Su Chen felt as if his Primordial Jin Dan were about to explode.

An indescribable, excruciating pain erupted from the depths of his dantian, instantly sweeping through his entire body!

"Urgh!"

Su Chen couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

He felt as if his internal organs had all been set ablaze.

It was too tyrannical!

The power of this Sun True Fire was simply too tyrannical!

"Guard your heart and mind, return to the origin!"

This was the only thought remaining in Su Chen's mind.

He gritted his teeth, desperately circulating the Primordial Jin Dan, mobilizing the power of the dan itself to wear down and fuse with the violent power of the Sun True Fire.

This was an extremely painful and long process.

Su Chen felt as if he were placed inside the Eight-Trigrams Furnace of Taishang Laojun, enduring unimaginable torment every minute and every second.

Time, in this moment, seemed to have lost all meaning.

He did not know how much time had passed before that heart-tearing pain finally began to slowly subside.

The strand of Sun True Fire that had been swallowed into the Jin Dan, under the grinding of the Primordial Jin Dan, was finally completely refined, turning into a strand of pure fire-attribute origin power that merged into the Jin Dan.

Hum!

Su Chen's Primordial Jin Dan shook violently.

He saw that on the surface of the Jin Dan, the area representing the fire attribute, which had previously only glowed with a faint red light, was now injected with new power, becoming much brighter.

A breath of power, far stronger than before, radiated from the Jin Dan.

Su Chen could clearly feel that his magic power had surged significantly in this moment.

"Success!"

A surge of wild joy rose in Su Chen's heart.

Although the process was incomparably painful, the harvest was equally immense!

Merely refining this single strand of Sun True Fire had allowed his cultivation to make such an obvious leap.

If he could refine the entire cluster of Sun True Fire, what would that be like?

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and did not rush to continue refining, instead carefully checking the changes in his body.

His cultivation had grown, his magic power had become purer, and the fire-attribute origin of his Jin Dan had strengthened.

Everything was developing in a positive direction.

However, just as Su Chen was preparing to draw out the Sun True Fire again for a second round of refining, his brows suddenly furrowed.

"Something is wrong, very wrong."

Su Chen stopped his movements, his mind completely immersed in his dantian, carefully observing the Primordial Jin Dan that had just grown stronger.

The surface of the Jin Dan was brilliant and colorful, and the part representing the fire attribute glowed with red light, full of power.

Everything looked normal.

Yet, the unease in Su Chen's heart grew increasingly intense.

"Where exactly is the problem?"

He scanned his Jin Dan with his primordial sense over and over again, not letting go of even the slightest change.

Finally, he discovered the root of the problem.

Inside his Primordial Jin Dan, besides the five-colored brilliance representing the Five Elements, there was an extra strand of extremely faint, yet pure, golden power.

This golden stream of energy was not fire-attribute power, but a more tyrannical force.

It was filled with an aura of supreme Yang and supreme rigidity, as if it were the embodiment of the sun itself.

"This is the power of the Sun!"