The shards of ice, like icicles, continuously rushed towards Lin Chen.

With a flick of his wrist, Lin Chen unleashed a wave of heat that vaporized the ice, and his body, like a bolt of lightning, shot into the pink flames.

"Ah!"

A cry of agony echoed from within the cave.

From that roaring cry, Lin Chen could feel that Li Mengli was suffering immense torment.

When Lin Chen charged into the cave, his expression instantly turned grim.

Li Mengli's entire body was engulfed in pink flames, her clothes already burnt away to almost nothing.

At that moment, she was curled up on the ground, her fingertips deeply embedded in the icy cave floor.

Seemingly sensing Lin Chen's arrival, Li Mengli lifted her head, her hair disheveled, her face as pale as paper, her body covered in blood.

Due to the outbreak of the Nine Yin True Fire within Li Mengli's body, the ice cave had already doubled in size from being baked, and the entire ground had cracked into a web-like pattern.

Seeing this scene, Lin Chen's face twitched slightly.

He had experienced such pain before, so he deeply empathized.

"Mengli, how are you doing?" Lin Chen asked worriedly.

"I... I can endure it." Li Mengli gritted her teeth and responded.

But just then, the Nine Yin True Fire within Li Mengli's body suddenly erupted again.

"Damn it!" Seeing the eruption of the Nine Yin True Fire, Lin Chen's expression changed.

This Nine Yin True Fire was actually evolving, which meant it was about to evolve into a Tier 3 Spiritual Fire.

With Li Mengli's cultivation level, she couldn't possibly withstand a Tier 3 Spiritual Fire.

The final outcome could only be what Lin Chen feared most, that Li Mengli would be burnt to nothing, not even leaving ashes.

"Ah, ah, ah!"

The re-eruption of the Nine Yin True Fire made Li Mengli scream even more wretchedly, pushing her to the brink of collapse.

"No, it can't go on like this." Lin Chen gritted his teeth and rushed towards Li Mengli.

"No, don't come closer." Li Mengli was already in despair; she could feel the power of the Nine Yin True Fire, something she couldn't resist.

Watching Lin Chen rush towards her, her mind suddenly flashed back to a scene from her childhood when her father plunged toward her mother.

"No, no..." Li Mengli was full of tears, crying desperately.

She didn't want her parents' tragedy to repeat on her, she couldn't let Lin Chen be burned to death trying to save her.

But Lin Chen didn't hesitate at all, his body enveloped in a golden-purple flame, he held Li Mengli tightly in his arms.

Li Mengli felt like she was about to melt, but just as she was about to lose her clarity, she felt a sudden warmth on her lips.

"So comfortable!" Li Mengli felt clarity return to her mind swiftly.

Their clothes instantly turned to ash from the flames.

After all, both were young, and such bodily contact quickly sparked a fire.

The two flames tightly fused as one, amidst the flames, two figures fused water and fire, intimate sounds emanating from the fire.

It was unknown how much time had passed, but inside the ice cave, a five-colored fire floated, illuminating the cave with brilliance.

...

In the ice cave, Lin Chen's eyes were slightly closed, lying beside him was a young girl.

The girl was covered with a blanket; perhaps the fusion of the Spiritual Fire along with her and Lin Chen's turbulent battle left her exhausted, so she slept for an entire day and night.

Lin Chen felt no abnormalities in his body, releasing a long sigh of relief.

A beam of sunlight shone into the cave, and Li Mengli finally opened her eyes.

The piercing sunlight made her squint slightly.

"Awake?"

Lin Chen said with a smile from the side.

Li Mengli nodded, suddenly recalling what happened amidst the flames yesterday.

Lin Chen chuckled awkwardly, "I had no choice yesterday; that was the only way to save you."

Li Mengli's pretty face turned as red as a ripe apple; she had thought she would certainly turn to dust like her mother, and when Lin Chen lunged at her, Li Mengli had decided to become this man's woman, so she didn't resist much when they later fused water and fire.

"I know, thank you." Li Mengli said softly.

"It's nothing, after all, I also took advantage!" Lin Chen said with a wry smile.

In reality, Lin Chen had gained a big advantage this time; their fusion not only helped Li Mengli integrate the Spiritual Fire, but he had also absorbed the Nine Yin True Fire.

Now, the lotus within him had produced another pink leaf, completely transforming into a five-colored lotus.

Li Mengli thought Lin Chen was referring to that incident, so her face flushed red.

"Did I succeed?" Li Mengli suddenly changed the subject.

Lin Chen smiled, "Why don't you check yourself through introspection?"

Li Mengli nodded, directing her senses within her body.

At that moment, to her surprise, she found her meridians enveloped in a faint pink, and looking through her meridians to her abdomen, she saw a pink flame burning there.

What shocked Li Mengli more was that her cultivation had leaped to the peak of the Demigod Realm.

Oh my God, the fusion of the Spiritual Fire had such miraculous effects.

Staring blankly at the pink flame within her, Li Mengli felt as if she were in a dream.

With a thought, she attempted to channel her inner qi, and a wisp of pink qi instantly flowed from within her, forming a pink flame in her palm.

Within this pink flame, Li Mengli could feel the potent energy contained within.

"It really succeeded." Li Mengli was overjoyed.

Lin Chen smiled, "Congratulations, you're now a peak Demigod Realm power."

Li Mengli nodded, the flame rapidly gathering in her palm, then clenched, and struck fiercely against the ice wall behind her.

"Boom!"

With a crisp thud, the ice wall behind her was directly penetrated by the pink flames, cracking like a web.

"Idiot, do you want to bury us under the ice mountain?" Lin Chen said with exasperation, pulling Li Mengli out of the cave.

Their figures had just left the cave when a rumbling sound echoed behind them.

The ice mountain had collapsed from Li Mengli's punch.

"Did I do this?" Staring at the collapsed ice mountain behind them, Li Mengli gazed at her fist in disbelief.

"If not you, then who else?" Lin Chen said with a slight annoyance.

"Well, it's done. We can return to Capital City now, or else Elder Zhang will become anxious." Lin Chen chuckled lightly.

Just as Lin Chen was about to leave, Li Mengli suddenly called to him.

"Lin Chen, between us..."

"You are my woman from now on; rest assured, I'll always protect you and won't let anyone bully you." Lin Chen declared domineeringly.

"This guy." Li Mengli was stunned for a moment, then a happy smile appeared on her face.