Immortality Cultivation

Chapter 286: Subduing [2]

The roar and killing intent of the Soldier Soul were like tangible ice picks, fiercely stabbing into Fang Hao’s back.

Inside, the violent clash between the Earth Core Flame Fire and the soldier fiend spirit fire turned Fang Hao’s Physical Body into a powder keg that could explode at any moment.

With external threats and internal worries, trapped in a desperate situation, the shadow of death had never been as heavy as it was at this moment.

However, just at the instant when his consciousness was about to be completely submerged by the excruciating pain and Chaos, Fang Hao’s hardened and iron-willed determination erupted with astonishing power.

He endured the extreme pain of his Divine Soul threatening to shatter and his Physical Body on the verge of disintegration, desperately holding onto the last sliver of clarity in his mind, and poured all his focus into the frantic operation of the Chaos Derivation Art!

"Evolve all things, encompass and store... Fuse for me!!!"

The silent roar in his heart exploded like a thunderclap in his Sea of Consciousness!

Within the Dantian, that mass of Chaos Spiritual Power, which had been rotating steadily, suddenly accelerated like an enraged vortex, erupting with unprecedented suction and encompassing power!

The grayish Chaos Spiritual Power was no longer carefully wrapping and harmonizing; instead, like a raging sea, it carried a domineering, unquestionable will and violently charged into the two spirit fires that were fiercely clashing.

Chaos is the Origin of all things; it can encompass everything and evolve everything!

At this moment, Fang Hao was using his own will to urge the power of the Chaos Origin, forcibly trying to knead, devour, and evolve the Earth Core Flame Fire and the soldier fiend spirit fire into one!

Hum—!

The confrontation between the Earth Core Flame Fire and the soldier fiend spirit fire suddenly stalled under the brute intervention of the Chaos Spiritual Power.

The Chaos Spiritual Power itself had no attributes, yet it could simulate and transform into all attributes.

It was like the most domineering solvent, forcibly penetrating and neutralizing the distinct and violent attributes of the two spirit fires.

The extreme heat of the Earth Core Flame Fire and the sharp Evil Qi of the soldier fiend spirit fire began to show a faint sign of Fusion under the erosion and harmonization of the Chaos Spiritual Power.

The edges of the crimson-yellow and dark-red platinum flames were no longer just devouring and clashing with each other; instead, they began to develop a faint grayish, Chaos-colored border, like a rough, nascent, and brand-new flame core.

However, the backlash and pain brought about by this forced Fusion reached an extreme!

Fang Hao felt as if his Meridians were being pierced, cut, and burned by countless red-hot steel needles and sharp blades simultaneously!

His internal organs felt as if they had been thrown into a furnace and a meat grinder!

The Chaos vortex in his Sea of Consciousness was trembling violently under this violent energy collision and will impact, showing faint signs of instability!

Even more fatal was that the Qi, blood, and bone marrow inside his body—which had been boiling due to the previous "Golden Qi Marrow Cleansing" but had not yet reached full Perfection—were now, under the internal and external pincer attack of these two violent fires and the stimulation of the extreme operation of the Chaos Spiritual Power, like boiling water thrown into hot oil, completely out of control and running wild!

Originally, the "Golden Qi Marrow Cleansing" was just a sliver away from completely refining the Geng Metal Origin and integrating it into the depths of his bone marrow to achieve true marrow cleansing and rebirth.

At this moment, under the extreme pain, the pressure of life and death, and the violent impact of the two exotic fire powers (especially the sharp Geng Metal Evil Qi contained in the soldier fiend spirit fire), that last sliver of Geng Metal Origin, which had been dormant in the depths of his bones and not yet fully refined, seemed to have received the most intense stimulation and erupted with a boom!

Sss, sss, sss!

All the bones in Fang Hao’s body emitted a teeth-grinding sound of friction and vibration!

Beneath his skin, the originally restrained platinum patterns surfaced uncontrollably once again, and they were clearer and brighter than any time before!

The patterns seemed to come alive, wandering beneath his skin; wherever they passed, his flesh and Meridians felt the excruciating pain of being pierced and tempered by countless fine golden needles.

The eruption of this last sliver of Geng Metal Origin was not for tempering, but rather like a desperate, frantic counterattack before death, aiming to completely tear apart and destroy this "container" of his!

"Pfft—!"

Fang Hao spat out a mouthful of blood again; this time, it was not bright red, but blood with a dark golden hue, as if it had melted fragments of gold and iron filings!

His aura weakened at a visible rate, and fine cracks even began to appear on the surface of his Physical Body, like a piece of porcelain about to shatter.

Attacked from both inside and outside, a true desperate situation!

The confrontation between the Earth Core Flame Fire and the soldier fiend spirit fire, the forced Fusion of the Chaos Derivation Art, plus the uncontrolled backlash of the last sliver of Geng Metal Origin from the "Golden Qi Marrow Cleansing"... the combined destructive power of these three was enough to instantly tear any Golden Core Cultivator, or even a Nascent Soul Cultivator, into pieces, destroying both body and Soul!

Behind him, the Soldier Soul’s broken axe, filled with killing intent, had already been raised again; the grayish-black Evil Qi axe radiance tore through the air and, with the determination to not stop until he was hacked into ten thousand pieces, it crashed down!

This time, Fang Hao had no defensive means left; he was severely injured and on the verge of death, his consciousness blurred, and he was completely unable to dodge!

It appeared to be the end, with his death and the dissolution of his Dao, turning everything into nothingness.

However, just at this critical moment between life and death—

"No! I cannot die!"

"Hundred Refinements Golden Body Art, Golden Qi Marrow Cleansing, reach Perfection for me!!!"

In the deepest part of Fang Hao’s consciousness, which was almost swallowed by pain and despair, a sense of unyielding defiance, unwillingness, and an extreme yearning for the Peak of the Dao, originating from the depths of his Soul, erupted with a boom!

This will, like the last spark in the darkness, ignited all his potential!

Driven by this unyielding will, and under the extreme pressure of the internal and external pincer attacks and the verge of collapse, the operation of the Chaos Derivation Art reached an unprecedented, frantic speed!

That grayish Chaos Spiritual Power was no longer just harmonizing and fusing the two spirit fires; it split off a portion, like the most brutal torrent, and fiercely charged into Fang Hao’s Physical Body that was about to collapse, charging into that rampant, last sliver of Geng Metal Origin!

Chaos Spiritual Power encompasses all things; it can evolve, and it can also... devour and refine!

At this moment, Fang Hao made an extremely bold, or even crazy, decision!

He no longer tried to forcibly fuse the two spirit fires that were still clashing, nor did he try to suppress the rampant Geng Metal Origin; instead... using the Chaos Derivation Art as the guide, his own Physical Body—which was on the verge of collapse—as the furnace, and his unyielding will as the fire, he forcibly pulled all the rampant, conflicting, and destructive forces within his body—the extreme Yang power of the Earth Core Flame Fire, the sharp Evil Qi of the soldier fiend spirit fire, and that last sliver of rampant Geng Metal Origin—all together, and incorporated them into the operational trajectory of the fourth stage of the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Art, "Golden Qi Marrow Cleansing"!

He wanted to use this extreme pressure of internal and external pincer attacks, this moment of life and death, and the conflict of these several violent forces to complete that last bit of marrow cleansing, pushing the fourth stage of the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Art to absolute Perfection!

He even wanted to go a step further and attempt to integrate these two exotic fire powers into his own path of Body Refining!

Seek life in death! Break through and then rebuild!

Boom—!