Chapter 586: Middle Stage of Golden Core and Domineering Plunder

After a moment of thought, a rough idea emerged in his mind.

He took out a blank Jade Scroll and began to record his thoughts. Bit by bit, the rough idea took shape, becoming clearer and more detailed.

This process lasted for nearly a month.

A flash of crimson appeared in the room. Following his finalized plan, dozens of Spiritual Materials fused one after another, transforming into the corresponding medicines.

In the end, all that remained suspended before Chu Mu, aside from the ethereally beautiful and bewitching Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame, were several emerald-green Elixirs and a few translucent, light-blue spheres of water.

The Elixirs were called Vein-Protecting Pills, created specifically to protect the Meridians. Their purpose was to shield his Meridian and Dantian, preventing any backlash from the Refinement from causing fundamental injury.

As for the translucent, light-blue spheres of water, they were the Bright Light Spiritual Water. This was the product of an Ancient Pill Recipe from the Alchemy Skill scroll passed down by the Immortal Dao Sect. Its primary effect was to purify Magical Power, while also being capable of suppressing violent surges of it.

Using it for the Refinement of the Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame was undoubtedly a perfect match.

Chu Mu closed his eyes and regulated his breathing for several hours before slowly opening them. His gaze swept over the two Spirit Medicines before finally settling on the ethereally beautiful and bewitching Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame.

The cyan lotus had eight petals. Eight cyan petals surrounded the cyan hue at its center, as beautiful as a perfect piece of naturally formed cyan jade.

At a glance, besides its ethereal translucence, it possessed an allure that tugged at one’s Heart Spirit, making one feel like sinking into it and becoming lost.

But if one blocked out their vision and perceived it with their Heart Spirit, it gave a sense of serene tranquility, as if the sky could collapse without causing alarm, and no dust could ever stain it.

It was utterly bizarre, utterly bewitching.

At this moment, the cyan lotus swayed with the flickering flame. With every dance of its petals, the impossibly dense Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy in the room rippled.

This Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame seemed to be breathing, greedily and crazily absorbing the impossibly dense Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy in the room.

In a daze, the cyan lotus just floated amidst the billowing Spiritual Qi, like a rootless water lily adrift on the vast sea.

It seemed as though this were all just an illusion.

Chu Mu watched for a moment, a slight ripple in his gaze. He naturally knew that it wasn’t wrong to call all of this an illusion.

‘The cyan lotus is born in the core of a Fire Vein deep within the earth. It is a product of heaven and earth’s creation, taking a thousand years to take root, a thousand years to take form, and ten thousand years to become a lotus.’

‘This Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame is, without a doubt, a true cyan lotus.’

‘In other words, it has achieved Great Success in becoming a lotus.’

‘If it had not been picked and was allowed to continue growing over long ages, then as they say, “all things have a spirit.” It might have even developed true Spirituality and transformed into a life with Spiritual Wisdom.’

‘But since this lotus has been picked, it means that this process of gaining sentience has been completely cut short.’

‘No matter how much Spiritual Qi it breathes or devours, it can only maintain its own existence. It can no longer grow in the slightest, let alone have the opportunity to become a life with Spiritual Wisdom.’

‘In the end, it is just… a rootless water lily with no future potential…’

And now, the fate of this rootless water lily was about to come to a definitive end.

‘The devouring of a Spiritual Fire is a plunder centered around my Great Sun True Flame!’

‘I will plunder everything from the Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame, turning it into the foundation for my Great Sun True Flame. This will trigger a transformation in the Great Sun True Flame, which in turn will cause the Great Sun Scripture to transform as well.’

The emergence of these transformations would inevitably prompt a beneficial transformation within himself as well.

After all, his Fire Attribute Magical Power and his Cultivation at the Middle Stage of Golden Core were all built upon this Great Sun True Flame and this Great Sun Scripture.

Chu Mu’s eyes closed slightly. After just a few breaths, when he opened them again, they were as deep as the starry cosmos, as if they could see through all the mysteries and secrets of the world.

The sky could fall without causing alarm; no dust could ever stain him.

With a slight thought, one Pill and one sphere of water entered his stomach. As his Magical Power surged, a vibrant yet gentle Medicinal Power, like a spring current, instantly flooded his entire body.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the cry of a saber exploded. A bright saber’s edge lay across his Sea of Consciousness, its sharp, fierce aura crisscrossing the space. It was as if countless flashes of saber light flickered within, and any external interference that wished to disturb his Heart Spirit would first have to break through this endless sharpness.

And to do that…

It would probably be easier to just kill him directly.

A vast Divine Sense surged out, enveloping the Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame. A wisp of Great Sun True Flame emerged and, guided by his Divine Sense, began to absorb and plunder all the mysteries of the Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame.

As if sensing its impending fate, the once-calm cyan lotus began to churn violently.

As the cluster of flame flared and roiled, conspicuous traces of distortion actually appeared in the space around it!

At the same time, the cyan flame abruptly erupted, completely engulfing the Secluded Meditation Chamber in the blink of an eye.

The flames roared and churned with a HISSING sound. The surrounding air was burned into nothingness by the scorching cyan fire. Even the extremely dense Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy in the room was ignited by the cyan flames, turning the entire chamber into a sea of fire.

The door, walls, wooden window, and even the Array Prohibitions spread throughout the Flying Boat began to SIZZLE. Even the seawater outside the Flying Boat sizzled, as if everything could be incinerated and annihilated at any moment.

Chu Mu’s breathing grew slightly ragged. Veins bulged on his forehead as sweat dripped down; he was clearly under immense pressure.

This was a pressure he had undoubtedly never experienced when he refined the Earth Spirit Flame back then.