Chapter 695: Thunder Fire Intertwined, 2 Daos Forged

Chapter 695: Chapter 695: Thunder Fire Intertwined, 2 Daos Forged

To his left, the face of the Anger Aspect was savage, its Evil Qi surging skyward.

It held the Star Spirit Banner, upon which the Stars of the Celestial Sphere flickered unpredictably.

At this moment, the Great Brightness Infinite Dao Fruit, which Xu Yunfan had long since refined within the banner, was activated.

A pure, vast, and holy radiance flowed out from the banner, acting like the toughest harmonizing agent and buffer layer, forming a resilient barrier of light at the core of the collision between the Thunderbolt and the Red Sun.

This barrier was, in truth, an aura of Yin-Yang Harmony. It constantly soothed the destructive energy turbulence caused by the clash of Thunder and Fire, neutralizing its violent nature. At the same time, the Star Spirit Banner drew upon the vast fire Essence Qi from the Earth Vein Fire Eye on Divine Sky Mountain, ceaselessly replenishing Xu Yunfan’s consumption of Magical Power and sustaining the foundation of this protracted refinement.

As for the Ice Desert Aspect on his right, its expression was cold and detached, the very picture of Supreme Forgetting Emotions.

Arcane Runes flowed endlessly at its fingertips as it formed the Linn Character Seal Technique.

After a Golden Core True Monarch manifested their Dharma Aspect, Xu Yunfan could isolate and enter the Linn Character State. It acted as an external Heart and Spirit, equivalent to an external supercomputer. His consciousness transcended the material world, granting him microscopic control over his body and the Imagery that diffused from him, thereby indirectly controlling the surrounding domain.

In this state, he discarded all emotional interference. His Heart and Spirit became the most precise of calculating tools, and with near-cold rationality, he flawlessly regulated the output of every strand of Magical Power. He controlled the angle and timing of each descending Thunderbolt, the fluctuating intensity of the light barrier, and the absorption rate of the Earth Vein Fire Essence and the Nine Heavens Thunderfall.

He ensured the entire refinement process maintained a violent intensity sufficient to melt the Dao Fruit, yet never lost control and backfired on him.

Every minute energy imbalance was instantly detected and corrected.

The entire space of the Earth Vein Fire Eye was fantastically illuminated.

Outside, golden-red lava roiled, while inside, purple-gold Thunder Serpents and crimson tongues of flame, emanating from Xu Yunfan, intertwined and coiled around him.

The deafening roar was not an external sound. It was the terrifying resonance of the Dao Fruits colliding and merging within his body, echoing through the void day and night without cease. It was as if he were forging a star with dual attributes of thunder and fire.

Time passed swiftly, and the years flew by.

In this Melting Furnace at the heart of the world, isolated from all else, Xu Yunfan forgot the conflicts of the outside world. He poured his entire Heart and Spirit into this refinement, a process fraught with both peril and opportunity.

One year, ten years, thirty years...

The resistance from the orb of Red Sun light, initially wild and fierce, gradually became sluggish and weak.

Beaten by billions of Thunderbolts, the brand of ownership belonging to Red Sun True Monarch within its Origin was slowly ground away and purified, erased by the Power of Destruction inherent in the Divine Sky Thunderbolt.

During this process, Xu Yunfan could clearly feel the vast amount of Merit he had accumulated being consumed, and the favor of the world’s energies seemed to diminish.

If it could be quantified, it had dropped from eighty to about seventy-five.

In the forty-seventh year of refinement, the crimson orb of light finally ceased its physical struggles. It transformed into a docile, flowing, golden-red liquid that contained an incredibly pure Pure Yang fire intent and a portion of the Law of Light, resembling molten solar gold.

At this moment, the refinement entered its most critical stage.

A deep fusion began, Thunder and Fire generating one another.

The Divine Sky Thunderbolt no longer focused on destruction. Instead, it drew upon the power of creation, seeping strand by strand into the golden-red liquid.

Simultaneously, guided by the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture, the pure Li Fire Essence and Great Brightness Qi within the liquid actively nourished and strengthened the creative force within the Thunderbolt’s Origin.

Within his Dantian, the seas of purple-gold thunder and golden-red fire no longer clashed distinctly. Instead, they began to slowly rotate and merge. A phantom image of a Thunderfire Golden Core gradually became clear: it had the Divine Sky Dao Fruit at its core, was wreathed in Red Sun Power, and was far more condensed and incandescent. Its power soared, revealing a purple-gold surface marked with crimson patterns.

The fiftieth year.

"HUMMM!"

A clear, resonant Dao-cry, as if from the dawn of creation, rang out from within Xu Yunfan. It instantly spread throughout the Earth Veins of Divine Sky Mountain and threatened to expand beyond, but a series of invisible Grand Arrays activated, continuously suppressing and concealing the spreading aura.

The figure seated in the void snapped his eyes open. A Purple Gold Divine Light erupted from his pupils, and deep within his left eye, a cluster of golden-red Red Sun True Flame flared and vanished in an instant.

A vast and majestic, yet terrifying pressure, carrying the divine might of the Thunderbolt and an aura capable of incinerating the world, erupted like an awakened Ancient Fierce Beast.

The lava within the entire Earth Vein Fire Eye space instantly grew calm, as if suppressed by an immense, invisible force.

The purple-gold, crimson-patterned thunderlight surrounding his body slowly receded, eventually withdrawing completely within him.

Xu Yunfan slowly rose to his feet, his figure as straight and tall as a divine pillar supporting the heavens.

The aura around him was harmonious and flawless. Faint purple-gold arcs of electricity and Red Sun True Flame could be seen flowing beneath his skin. Every gesture seemed to contain the great power to shatter the heavens and split the earth.

Most importantly, within his Grotto Heaven, the Light-Departing Flame Burning Red Sun Dao Fruit had been completely tamed. It was now his to command, flying in tandem with his Divine Sky Dao Fruit.

As a result, his Grotto Heaven grew even more violent due to its dual attributes of Thunder and Fire.

Although the resilience of his Grotto Heaven had reached a new level, Xu Yunfan knew in his heart that if his next Dao Fruit was not a Yin-aspected one to achieve Yin-Yang Harmony, refining another Yang-aspected Dao Fruit would surely cause him to burst apart.

As for the Great Brightness Infinite Dao Fruit, Xu Yunfan had already expended it as single-use fuel during this refinement process.

He was very satisfied with the result.

It had served its purpose as a lubricant, so to speak.

With a flicker of his thoughts, the information from his Attribute Panel materialized in his consciousness.

’Daoist Cultivation: 2600

(Note: The theoretical peak for the Early-Stage Golden Core Realm is approximately 3000-3500, depending on one’s foundation and Cultivation Technique.)

Current Realm: Early-Stage Golden Core (Approaching Perfection)’

"Two thousand six hundred..."

Xu Yunfan stared at the number on the panel, feeling the Magical Power in his body, which was now several times more potent than before his seclusion, and his more condensed and powerful Dao Fruit Origin. He couldn’t help but be inwardly astonished.

Moreover, thanks to the Attribute Panel’s function of permanently solidifying his progress, he could perceive the various mysteries of the Golden Core Realm with each step he took forward.

With his current strength, he could easily take on two of his former self at once.

"This is incredible... But I wonder where the true peak of the Early-Stage Golden Core Realm lies. It seems I still haven’t touched that invisible threshold."

He could clearly feel his Daoist Cultivation continuing to grow slowly as the powers of the Thunder Fire Dao Fruit merged and circulated within him. He had yet to encounter any so-called bottleneck.

According to the information revealed by True Monarch Dong Ming and his own insights, the true peak of the Early-Stage Golden Core Realm was a theoretical threshold for one’s Daoist Cultivation Value. It could not increase any further without breaking through to the next realm.

This undoubtedly meant he was still a considerable distance from that limit.

"No wonder the path of Cultivation truly becomes more difficult the further one goes. Advancing through each major realm is like crossing a celestial chasm."

The span of Cultivation within a single Golden Core small realm was already so vast.

He could only imagine what the Mid-Stage and Late-Stage Golden Core realms would be like.

Xu Yunfan sighed with emotion, but he was also filled with a longing for higher realms.

He retracted his aura and, with a single step, returned from the Earth Core Fire Eye to the deepest hall of the Divine Sky Palace.

The news of Xu Yunfan emerging from seclusion was not deliberately publicized. However, the vast aura that had briefly erupted before being swiftly retracted—though contained within Divine Sky Mountain by the Grand Array—was enough for all the disciples on the mountain to sense it, filling them with an inexplicable excitement.

The Divine Sky True Monarch seemed to have grown stronger again.

The True Monarch’s advancement in strength meant that the foundation of Divine Sky Peak was more stable, and their patron was even more powerful.

That was how things were in the Primordial Sect. People were transparent about their interests and not overly hypocritical.

Several days after emerging from seclusion, Xu Yunfan was in his hall, sorting through the gains from his fifty years of cultivation and devising a plan for his next step: journeying to the Sea of Suffering Reincarnation to seize the Taiyin Nether Dragon Fruit.