Chapter 32: I, Ye Liangchen, am a genius!

After an hour.

Crack!

Crack!

The seal on the Bone-chilling Netherfire began to shatter continuously.

Ye Yan mobilized Quasi-Emperor power to suppress the Bone-chilling Netherfire's power, carefully suspending it before him and began to observe it closely.

His emotions were excited.

This is the heaven-and-earth's strange fire!

He had also sought the heaven-and-earth's strange fire before, but unfortunately his fate was insufficient, and he had never encountered it.

Now seeing the Bone-chilling Netherfire right before his eyes, Ye Yan's breathing became rapid.

After a moment.

He gathered his mind and began to examine this strange fire.

You must know that Ye Chen is only at the mid-stage of the Great Xuan King Realm; he cannot directly withstand this strange fire's power!

He not only needs to inform Ye Chen in advance of what to watch out for, but also needs to stand beside him as his Dharma protector!

Soon.

With his extraordinary mastery of spiritual fire, he discovered some points to note when devouring the strange fire.

Ye Yan will tell Ye Chen these points one by one.

"Next, although I will cover you, the entire process of devouring the strange fire will be extremely painful; if you persevere, you will devour this strange fire; if you cannot persevere, you will be burned to ashes here."

"The Bone-chilling Netherfire appears icy cold, but in fact possesses another layer of scorching power!"

"So, when you devour it later, there will be two transformations."

"The first transformation is the icy cold power of the Bone-chilling Netherfire's exterior; you will fall into endless cold!"

"And the second transformation is the scorching power within the Bone-chilling Netherfire; you will be engulfed in endless flames!"

"If you can endure these two transformations, you will completely devour this strange fire, and it will merge with your body!"

Ye Chen listened attentively, silently committing it to heart.

Ye Yan asked solemnly, "Ye Chen, are you ready?"

Ye Chen said, "I am ready."

With a thought, Ye Yan caused the Bone-chilling Netherfire to drift slowly toward Ye Chen.

"Hiss!"

Ye Yan flicked his sleeve, his spiritual technique shifting, and the seed of the Bone-chilling Netherfire directly entered Ye Chen's dantian.

Instantly, a frigid icy source surged wildly from his dantian toward his limbs and bones, sweeping through his inner world like white torrents.

Only a few breaths.

Frost formed on Ye Chen's body; his hair, brows, and face all froze stiff.

This room was like an ice cellar, piercingly cold!

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, his consciousness continually being frozen by this terrifying cold.

His flesh was already frozen!

His soul was already frozen!

Ye Chen had nothing left but his obsession to sustain him.

Ye Yan frowned deeply; at this point he could not intervene.

Whether he could enter the second transformation depended entirely on Ye Chen's fate.

Beside him, Lu Xuan remained calm, not worried at all.

You must know that Ye Chen possesses the bearing of a Great Emperor!

Definitely a protagonist template!

How could he fail to overcome this trivial challenge of the strange fire?

Ye Yan was somewhat surprised, "Peak Master Lu, aren't you worried?"

Lu Xuan smiled lightly, "If my disciple cannot even devour the strange fire's seed, then I have misjudged him."

Ye Yan's face twitched, and he turned his gaze toward Ye Chen.

Ye Chen's body trembled.

The cold power seemed to have invaded his memory!

Images flashed in Ye Chen's mind...

Over seven years.

"The Ye family's trash, what face does he have to stay in the Ye family?"

"To let this trash recover, the ancestor knows not how much cultivation resources were wasted, all to no avail! What can Ye Chen use to repay?"

"Ye Chen should be expelled from the Ye family!"

But this was not what hurt him the most.

Deep in his heart lay a dust-covered affection.

Nangong Bai Xue!

In the past, the Ye family's forefather and the Nangong family's forefather survived a deadly secret realm together, advancing and retreating as one; thus, when Ye Chen was still an infant, they betrothed him to Nangong Bai Xue.

At that time, Nangong Bai Xue lived in the Ye family for several years.

They played together, cultivated together; Ye Chen once thought Nangong Bai Xue was his destined dao companion.

"Ye Chen elder brother, your cultivation speed is so fast!"

"Ye Chen elder brother, I still don't understand this cultivation method; can you teach me?"

Nangong Bai Xue always looks at him with admiration, and she often needs to be punished.

The so-called punishment is to pout, plant a quick kiss on his face, then run off.

Ye Chen always indulged in stroking Nangong Bai Xue's silky black hair, and at that time his heart was filled with tranquility.

Until seven years ago.

His cultivation fell, and his father tried every possible method, but none could solve it.

The Old Ancestor also consumed vast treasures, but it was of no use.

Nangong Bai Xue disappeared.

At that moment, Ye Chen's heart felt a slight pain.

Gradually, the Ye clan's endless mockery rang in his ears.

Until one day, Nangong Bai Xue appeared before him again.

Her gaze was filled with pity, she was pitiable.

"Click!"

Ye Chen's heart shattered.

"Ye Chen, I spent the best years of my life with you, and you have let me down terribly."

Saying this, Nangong Bai Xue left, as if she had made a firm decision.

Then the scene shifted to a few days prior.

In his room, his father broke into tears.

Ye Chen suddenly noticed that his father had grown old, his hair turned white.

His father wept for him.

Ye Chen's heart shuddered with pain once more, agonizing to the core!

A man may suffer two great pains in his life.

One is the betrayal of the woman he loves.

One is his father's tears.

This painful obsession incessantly burns in Ye Chen's heart.

Ye Chen roared in his heart, "Could it be that my life is really just like this?"

"No!"

"I am unwilling!"

The power of obsession turned into a raging flood, surging toward Ye Chen's inner world.

Like mighty rivers!

Meanwhile, the insight into the spiritual fire that Yao Yan imparted to Ye Chen was also subtly taking effect!

Barely holding on at his limit, Ye Chen summoned it forth!

In an instant, Ye Chen's inner world condensed a strand of ardent spiritual fire, which began to reverse the icy power of the Bone-chilling Netherfire.

"Click!"

"Click!"

All the frost on Ye Chen's surface shattered.

Seeing this, Yao Yan exhaled slowly in relief.

One day passed!

Ye Chen finally survived the first transformation of the Bone-chilling Netherfire!

Next.

It was the second transformation of the Bone-chilling Netherfire!

Instantly.

The icy and blazing forces inverted, Ye Chen's body ignited, drenched in sweat, trembling uncontrollably as if he could no longer endure.

Unlike the ice that sealed his senses, this blazing force relentlessly struck every nerve and pore!

It felt as if his whole body, inside and out, were engulfed in flames!

Even.

Even his eyes flickered with twin flames!

Two hours.

Four hours.

……

One day passed.

Ye Chen still persevered.

Yao Yan grew anxious, for each breath Ye Chen might not be able to endure.

If he cannot endure, his cultivation will be ruined and Ye Chen will burn himself to ashes here!

He murmured, "Obsession is the last weapon of a cultivator! For Ye Chen now, it is a clash of wills!"

Lu Xuan nodded.

He could see that Ye Chen had given his all, leaving only the strength of his obsession.

Obsession endures!

Though the Bone-chilling Netherfire is mighty, it is ultimately a lifeless thing!

At this moment, within Ye Chen's inner world, his obsession continually opposes the Bone-chilling Netherfire's tyranny and arrogance, as he gradually devours it!

Ye Chen sensed that, in the process of devouring the Bone-chilling Netherfire, his body had reaped immense benefits.

His bones and blood, even his meridians and even his soul, from inside to outside, were as if placed in a terrifying fiery furnace, constantly scorched, baked, and tempered.

Vast, surging power continually erupted from his dantian.

The spiritual energy within his body had turned into a crimson stream, constantly boiling; those impurities were continually annihilated, striking at the site of his divine repository.

No one knew how much time had passed.

The insight into spiritual fire that Yao Yan gave to Ye Chen began to take effect!

Ye Chen naturally began to control the spiritual fire within his body!

Gradually.

Outlines of spiritual fire appeared around Ye Chen's body!

Like an invisible domain, it was reflected in this small world; if not for the formation Lu Xuan had set up blocking it, it would surely have rushed straight out of the room and condensed into a phenomenon.

Another half day passed.

Suddenly, an incredibly fierce divine radiance burst forth from Ye Chen's body—it was the power of Bone-chilling Netherfire, like ice and fire in two layers, crimson and cold white intertwining, shooting straight up into the heavens.

Seeing this, Yao Yan was instantly shocked, immediately moved to act, wanting to block this soaring phenomenon.

But it was already too late!

The towering phenomenon directly shattered the formation Lu Xuan had set up.

Yao Yan paled with shock; Ye Chen's swallowing of this heaven-and-earth alien fire was of great importance, and now was not the time to expose it.

"Lord Lu Peak Master, what should we do now!? A heaven-and-earth phenomenon has already appeared!"

Lu Xuan gave a light smile, "It's fine!"

He had a One-Star Emperor Experience Card in his hand.

Even if the Ye family's old ancestor appeared, what then?

Yao Yan's heart eased slightly, he lifted his gaze toward the void.

The spiritual art in his hand shifted, directly activating quasi-emperor power to conceal the source of this heaven-and-earth phenomenon.

"Boom!"

Only seen, above the Ye family's void, a tremendously vast sea of spiritual fire suddenly condensed; the cold-white spiritual fire power and the crimson spiritual fire power were clearly distinct, continually evolving terrifying patterns, for a moment even the sun seemed somewhat dimmed.

These two powers continually merged, like two rivers converging, erupting with power that pierced the heavens!

The might of Burning Heaven and Boiling Sea!

In an instant.

The entire Green City was immediately stirred!

Heaven-and-earth phenomenon!

Was someone in the Ye family cultivating an unparalleled technique, or had someone gained some sudden insight?

And at this moment.

Coincidentally, Ye Liangchen had a realization; he excitedly sent a mental transmission to the Great Elder, "Father, I've realized it! I've realized it!"

The Great Elder was greatly startled, immediately falling into a fit of wild joy, "What? My son Liangchen, you know? You've already triggered the heaven-and-earth phenomenon!"

Ye Liangchen blinked slightly, "Heaven-and-earth phenomenon?"

He felt he had not triggered any heaven-and-earth phenomenon!

Was it him who triggered it?

The Great Elder chuckled, "No wonder I'm your father! I just observed that a fierce stream of spiritual fire shot out from your room; I never expected that in the blink of an eye, a technique would condense a phenomenon above the void!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Liangchen burst out laughing, "Hahaha!"

That's right.

Besides him, does the Ye family have any other geniuses?

This is the heaven-and-earth phenomenon he condensed!

He never expected that, after casually gaining a bit of insight, a heaven-and-earth phenomenon would actually appear!

"I, Ye Liangchen, am a genius!"

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