Xiao Xue's eyes turned dark gold.
Her Soul Power poured out frantically, then quickly condensed, beginning to restrain the Bone Chilling Flame within her body.
As her Soul Power poured out frantically, the pale white flames erratically darting through her Meridians actually began to slowly move along the path Xiao Xue guided.
Xiao Xue cautiously controlled the Bone Chilling Flame. Everywhere it passed, the ice layer formed by the ice spirit cold marrow was continuously melted and then re-solidified.
And when passing through some Meridians, other Bone Chilling Flames were also gradually attracted.
Utilizing the mutual attraction between the Bone Chilling Flames, Xiao Xue controlled this wisp of Bone Chilling Flame, making it circulate through the Meridians in her body.
Those wisps of other Bone Chilling Flames scattered throughout her body also began to slowly, once again, be brought into Fusion.
When the last wisp of Bone Chilling Flame was painstakingly collected by Xiao Xue, the pale white flames gradually merged.
A moment later, it actually condensed into a lifelike white skeleton.
Xiao Xue took a deep breath. She knew that the main event was next.
Fusion of the Heavenly Flame!
Without spirit storage, she had to fully integrate the Heavenly Flame into herself, and then assimilate it into a Water Attribute "Water Origin."
In Hanxia's Five Elements theory, wood corresponds to the liver, the heart corresponds to fire, the spleen corresponds to earth, the lungs correspond to metal, and the kidneys correspond to water.
The Five Elements theory also explains the physiological functions of the five Zang organs through their classifications.
Therefore, the most suitable place to accommodate the Heavenly Flame's seed and transform the "Water Origin" is actually... the kidney.
However, integrating the Bone Chilling Flame into the kidney, would that cause kidney stones? (Not really)
So, Xiao Xue ultimately didn't target her kidney, but instead chose her heart.
The heart corresponds to fire among the Five Elements, and it also functions like a pump, responsible for blood supply.
Using the heart to accommodate the Heavenly Flame was also a good choice, equivalent to constantly helping her temper her Dou Qi.
Even if she didn't have the Fallen Heart Flame, the amplifying effect wouldn't be too different.
Soul Power wrapped the Bone Chilling Flame layer by layer, then slowly began to make contact with her heart.
She had to use her heart!
Wisps of Bone Chilling Flame, under Xiao Xue's extremely careful control, slowly integrated into her heart.
If Yao Lao were here, he would definitely curse Xiao Xue as a madwoman.
Allowing the unrefined Bone Chilling Flame to directly contact the heart was no different from suicide.
But Xiao Xue, precisely, made this impossible possible!
The Flame Mantra Dou Qi has the effect of stabilizing various Heavenly Flames, and the Water Transformation Art that Xiao Xue Cultivates can also Evolve.
In some aspects, it has similarities with the Flame Mantra. Even the ice-fire attribute Bone Chilling Flame can be restrained somewhat!
Xiao Xue's Soul Power is also extremely strong, so this seemingly reckless action was actually the best approach right now.
The energies of the Bone Chilling Flame and the ice spirit cold marrow, in their mutual pulling, actually began to slowly merge.
Her heart, which originally couldn't withstand the Bone Chilling Flame, maintained a delicate balance within it, and even became stronger due to this misfortune.
The only problem now was that due to the energy pulling, Xiao Xue began to feel an unbearable itch.
In a physical sense.
The burning of the Bone Chilling Flame caused her heart pain, while the Fusion of energy made her incredibly itchy.
Between the pain and the itch, Xiao Xue felt as if she was experiencing both ecstasy and torment. In a trance, she vaguely saw her mother.
"Damn it, if this continues, this Bone Chilling Flame will completely mess me up!"
If it were pure pain, Xiao Xue would have endured it. After all, who hasn't felt pain growing up?
But this alternating pain and itch, both striking simultaneously, tormented her to the point of questioning life.
"No, I have to find a way to relieve it."
After another cycle, Xiao Xue felt as if she was about to lose consciousness.
The energy of the Bone Chilling Flame and the ice spirit cold marrow was too vast; she could only keep a portion.
If all of it were placed in her heart, it would be ruined.
"Right, my fox tails should be able to help me share some of the pressure."
Xiao Xue gritted her teeth, and four fox tails appeared behind her.
A Heavenly Fox gains an additional tail with each rank Upgraded.
And Xiao Xue, having obtained the Heavenly Fox Bloodline, now possessed four fox tails.
However, for various reasons, perhaps out of concern for exposing Ah Li's existence, or perhaps because her opponents were too weak to warrant it;
In any case, this was Xiao Xue's first time using her fox tails.
The time she showed them to Qing Lin doesn't count.
After summoning her fox tails, Xiao Xue, without a moment's delay, urged the excess energy from the Bone Chilling Flame and ice spirit cold marrow to surge into the four fox tails behind her.
As the energy poured in, the originally soft fox tails instantly tensed, and each smooth strand of fur became as hard as an ice needle.
Medusa, on the side, was dumbfounded.
She didn't know what happened, only that after Xiao Xue swallowed the bone spike and ice spirit cold marrow, her face suddenly turned pale.
Then, an extremely cold aura erupted from her body, followed by her suddenly "bristling."
However, Medusa had no experience with refining Heavenly Flames and couldn't help at all.
She could only anxiously pace around Xiao Xue, and only slightly relaxed when she saw the situation alleviate somewhat.
On the other side, Xiao Xue quickly took a deep breath, trying to relax her body and concentrate her mind.
However, there were only four fox tails after all, and the rampaging energy quickly returned to Xiao Xue's body.
Immediately after, another slow and agonizing wave of Fusion occurred.
Whenever Xiao Xue felt her heart couldn't take it anymore, she would guide the energy to her fox tails or other Meridians throughout her body.
After countless cycles, the Origin Heavenly Flame seed of the Bone Chilling Flame finally slowly integrated into Xiao Xue's heart.
From now on, it would still be the Bone Chilling Flame, but in Xiao Xue's body, it might not manifest in the form of flames.
After the Bone Chilling Flame integrated into her heart, Xiao Xue's Dou Qi also gained its extreme heat and extreme cold attributes.
Xiao Xue's Bloodline also seemed to have undergone some changes, its color appearing slightly lighter.
Her body, which had been tempered multiple times, was probably no weaker than a fifth-rank Demonic Beast, and the strength of her fox tails had increased significantly.
The refinement of the Bone Chilling Flame could be said to be a complete Perfection.
At this moment, Xiao Xue felt as if the Origin Heavenly Flame seed of the Bone Chilling Flame was a part of her heart.
Although it still contained terrifying temperatures, it would not cause any harm to herself.
And that heart, after several transformations, seemed to have become something similar to spirit storage, capable of enduring and restricting the Heavenly Flame.
Her Dou Zhi Qi cyclone also turned white, and her Dou Qi crystal transformed into a beautiful white gem.
Noticing Xiao Xue's stable condition, Medusa let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a sense of gratitude for surviving the ordeal.
If something had happened to Xiao Xue, she and the Snake-People Clan would probably be finished, no matter the reason.
Medusa herself didn't realize the subtle upward curve of her lips.
Xiao Xue, at this moment, naturally wasn't distracted by the outside world.
Exhaling a mouthful of turbid Qi, she immediately devoured the Bone Chilling Flame on the spot, Evolving her Cultivation Technique.
Currently, the Water Transformation Art is only Profound Tier Low-Grade.
And the gap between Profound Rank and Earth Rank is undeniably large.
But the eleventh-ranked Bone Chilling Flame definitely has that qualification!
In the original work, Xiao Yan used a Green Lotus Core Flame, after Medusa had consumed most of its energy, to Evolve the Flame Mantra from Yellow Rank Intermediate to Profound Rank Intermediate.
What she refined this time was an almost complete Bone Chilling Flame!
As the devouring proceeded, the Bone Chilling Flame slowly advanced through her Meridians along the Cultivation Technique's operational route.
Now, perhaps calling it "Bone Chilling Water" would be more appropriate.
After successfully devouring the Bone Chilling Flame, the Water Transformation Art, without surprise, reached Earth Rank.
Then, Xiao Xue began to circulate her Cultivation Technique, frantically absorbing the surrounding Heaven and Earth energy.
Before refining the Bone Chilling Flame, Xiao Xue was already a Seven-Star Dou Ling.
And her current goal is the Dou King!
Xiao Yan's refinement of the fourteenth-ranked Fallen Heart Flame directly soared him to the Peak of Dou King; wouldn't it be unreasonable for her not to Upgrade?
However, most of the energy Xiao Yan absorbed during his Upgrade was from the Heavenly Flame space.
And in her case, there certainly isn't any Heavenly Flame space energy.
Even if there were, she wouldn't be able to absorb fire attribute energy.
As for the Bone Chilling Flame's energy, she also couldn't directly extract it for her own use.
It's like carrying a powerful bomb in your pocket, but you have no way to absorb the bomb's energy.
The benefits brought by refining a Heavenly Flame are long-term and subtle.
In the years to come, the more skilled she becomes at controlling the Heavenly Flame, the greater the benefits she will receive.
However, during this process of refining the Heavenly Flame, she also gained considerable advantages.
The next moment, Xiao Xue's aura surged dramatically.
Medusa, on the side, was once again dumbfounded.
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