CHAPTER 1810: CHAPTER 670: QUICK ACTION, JIAO EMPEROR LIU JUN

Han Zhan’s words were like a wake-up call.

The burning enthusiasm within Luo Chen instantly felt as if it were doused with cold water, uncontrollable shivers running through him.

"It seems you’ve finally realized now."

"How could it be so?"

"It actually should have been this way. I intended to comfort you after you failed to devour the Fourth-Order Sky-Burning Fire. Unexpectedly, you succeeded. Watching you try to emulate the past and walk the path of great devouring, I had no choice but to remind you."

Luo Chen glanced towards Vermilion Bird Mountain and then found a place where Spirit Qi was scarce, sitting cross-legged.

He calmed his mind and focused inward.

Within the Sea of Qi, the Lifebound Golden Core and Second Prime Elixir were still spinning incessantly, especially the former, enveloped by the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

Additionally, a wisp of Green Flame was actively dancing, with the flickering flames forming an illusion of a small tree, appearing extremely vivid.

Luo Chen indeed sensed a faint consciousness within!

In other words, his Original Source True Fire had become enlightened!

This was a massive cause for celebration, yet in this moment, it felt like a sword hanging overhead, a steel nail piercing flesh, making Luo Chen uneasy.

Han Zhan’s voice drifted in, "The place of the Sea of Qi, abode of the Golden Core, in the future becomes even the dwelling of the Nascent Soul in the Purple Mansion. But your Original Source True Fire, enlightened ahead of time, begins to transform the Sea of Qi to better suit its habitation. What then of the future of your Nascent Soul?"

"One mountain cannot house two tigers!"

"And this is just the distant concern; the immediate worry has already manifested. As the Prosperity and Decline True Fire becomes enlightened, it controls a power stronger than your own body. Should it turn against you, how would you resist?"

Survey the brain with the phrase "Usurping the throne".

Luo Chen was drenched in cold sweat upon hearing this, utterly unprepared for such hidden dangers beneath great fortunes.

He said hoarsely, "Why didn’t I notice this earlier, even feeling I had excessive strength?"

"That was your powerful physique giving you an illusion!"

In an instant, Luo Chen, now clear-minded, understood the reason.

Humans have the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit, condensing into the Three Flowers Gathering at the Head, the body of the Nascent Soul.

Now, this Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit usurps the Sea of Qi, comparable to the most vulnerable Nascent Soul.

Luo Chen’s ’essence’, namely his physical body, is sufficient to bear the Prosperity and Decline True Fire’s existence.

But his ’spirit’, or Divine Soul, might not be capable of subduing the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit!

If he continues recklessly, devouring more Sourceless Fire to strengthen the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit, a situation where the master is weak and the servant is strong, the subordinate overthrows the superior will occur.

The best outcome, as Han Zhan said, would be "he no longer being Luo Chen, but rather the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit"!

Moreover, there’s a chance of being assimilated by the Blazing Refinement Prison and becoming one of the countless fire spirits here.

Having understood all this, Luo Chen showed a bitter smile.

"Truly, it is my physique that establishes me and also ruins me, almost trapping me in a place of eternal torment."

Han Zhan offered consolation, "Actually, it’s not your fault. Even the owner of this place probably did not anticipate that a Golden Core Cultivator could rely on a powerful physical body and special Cultivation Technique, along with a High-Order True Fire, to accomplish the feats only a Nascent Soul True Master can."

"Only a Nascent Soul True Master can do this?"

"Indeed, the Nascent Soul of a True Master can subdue the Fire Spirit and even take the opportunity to glimpse the power of the Fire Series laws. However, your Divine Soul is relatively weak."

Luo Chen fell silent.

Divine Soul Endowment was always a source of pride for him, once trumping the strength of his physical body.

This was related to his cultivation of the corresponding Refining God techniques during youth, taking Tongyou Pill, and overcoming several Heart Demon obstacles.

But after advancing to the Golden Core Period, the enhancement of Divine Soul Endowment lacked external support, relying only on realm ascension and natural growth driven by time.

Though inherently strong, with each change exceeding common limits, now at the sixth layer of Golden Core, the strength of his Divine Soul Endowment is merely comparable to those at the Golden Core Eighth Layer.

This is why he possesses the illusion technique "Mirror Flower, Water Moon" as a lethal move, yet rarely uses it against Great Cultivators.

Not that it is ineffective, but it’s highly susceptible to backlash!

In combat, if the Divine Soul suffers backlash, the consequences are unimaginable.

Luo Chen cannot afford it!

Though seemingly absurd, clearly having a Divine Soul strength far beyond his realm, yet being so ridiculously modest.

From Luo Chen’s perspective, this is quite reasonable, because once his physique reached the Primordial Fourth Order, his opponents became Nascent Soul True Masters.

Compared to Nascent Soul True Masters, there is an immense gap that is hard to negate.

Especially as the Lan Ke Black and White Chess, which protects the Divine Soul, was destroyed.

Seeing Luo Chen in silence, Han Zhan continued, "Of course, it’s not just any Nascent Soul True Master that can achieve what you’ve done in this Blazing Refinement Prison. The Original Source True Fire’s strength is not something an average body can bear, and it also requires the Doctrine to devour Sourceless Fire, your ’Phoenix Nirvana Sutra’..."

"Enough."

Suddenly, Luo Chen rose slowly.

"The matter of devouring Sourceless Fire stops here!"

Luo Chen gazed into the distance, a faint regret in his tone.

Such a place of opportunity, yet unable to advance further, is truly lamentable.

Han Zhan laughed, "Seeing you understand that is naturally the best, avoiding the heartbreak of watching you be consumed by the fire spirit, a hundred years of cultivation brought to ruin."

Luo Chen tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Oh, by the way!" Han Zhan suddenly spoke again, "Mind your mindset!"

"What is it?" Luo Chen furrowed his brows slightly.

Han Zhan said gravely, "Haven’t you noticed, ever since entering the Blazing Refinement Prison and absorbing the first wisp of Sourceless Fire, you’ve become less calm and composed than