In my twilight years of cultivating, I became a Supreme Daoist of the Longevity Path-Chapter 1340 - : 516: Bathed in fire, the spirit is burnt! The Taoist Body is accomplished! The aura of calamity is seized! Is the great calamity truly me?

Phoenix Dao Fire burns everything; its lethality towards Soul Ghosts, a yin spiritual body, is unquestionable.

Many cultivators, after death, become Soul Ghosts, fearing even sunlight. The midday sun could massively harm Soul Ghosts, and only those at the level of Day-wandering Ghosts can be fearless.

Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit, of course, does not fear sunlight, nor does it fear many fire-based Skills. Even Phoenix Real Fire may not necessarily cause much damage to his Divine Soul now.

But the difference between Phoenix Dao Fire and Real Fire is extreme.

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Now, as Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit comes into contact with the Phoenix Dao Fire swirling around the exterior of his Dao Body, by merely touching slight edges, he immediately felt an intense, heart-searing agony.

He quickly drew back his Divine Spirit after a brief attempt.

However, the Phoenix Dao Fire clung to his spirit like maggots in bones, incinerating his Divine Spirit and growing stronger, continuously feeding off the burning spirit.

The agonizing pain instantly engulfed his entire Divine Spirit.

The power of Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit weakened at once, suffering unbearable pain. The danger of both body and spirit being destroyed, which had unfolded before, was looming once again.

And this time, the crisis was one he brought upon himself.

Such a bold move also made Dongfang Huayuan, a man of extremely firm resolve, feel terror-stricken, fearing for Chen Dengming’s reckless courage.

He could perceive the underlying meaning of Chen Dengming’s actions, but if you ask him, he would never dare to take such risks.

This Chen kid, when desperate, turns absolutely ruthless, even towards himself.

Yet, the so-called still waters run deep, the truly skilled are bold.

Based on his understanding of Chen Dengming, if he took such an action, he likely had some preparations and confidence.

Indeed, as he anticipated.

At this moment, although Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit continued to weaken amid the Phoenix Dao Fire, as a stroke of luck converged into an auspicious sign hanging high, the Phoenix Dao Fire burning the Divine Spirit gradually extinguished.

This was a rare probability when blessed—Phoenix Dao Fire also had a chance to extinguish, with weaker Dao Fire having a higher probability to die out.

The Phoenix Dao Fire that ignited Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit at this moment was relatively weak. With Luck Shines High, having collapsed into a low-probability event, the Dao Fire suddenly extinguished.

“Thank goodness… The protective effect of Luck Shines High still works on Phoenix Dao Fire; otherwise, I would have had to enter the Seven Nihilities to avoid it, which would have been much trouble.”

Chen Dengming breathed a sigh of relief, then waved his hand to summon numerous Soul Flowers from his storage bag, crushing them into juice for his Soul Body to absorb, aiding quick recovery of his Soul Power.

Ten days later, once his Soul Power was nearly restored, Chen Dengming once again attempted to contact the Phoenix Dao Fire with his Divine Spirit.

This second time, his Divine Spirit endured longer in the burning of the Phoenix Dao Fire, with the burning pain slightly reduced, showing that his attempts were effective.

Seeing Chen Dengming stable and methodically reconstructing his Dao Body, Dongfang Huayuan also eased his worries, knowing Chen Dengming was confident, and after guarding for a while, he left.

…

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

Over these three years, the disaster-affected areas in the Three Realms increased but let’s not dwell on that.

During these three years, Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit underwent Phoenix Dao Fire Soul Refinement hundreds of times, depleting countless Soul Flowers and other powerful soul nourishing treasures.

Even later, when resources were insufficient, he still relied on Mini Array Spirit and Chu Xun Starfall to continue searching.

Unexpectedly, during this time when he needed resources, beings like the Nine Nether Ghost Kings and other Ghost Monarchs actively approached him, bringing a substantial amount of resources to assist him in solving a large part of his resource problems.

Chen Dengming considered their voluntary flattery, and it was highly likely for the sake of the Ghost God Tao System.

He accepted all of it as it came; the Ghost Monarchs and Ghost Kings needing the Ghost God Tao System would be a matter for the future.

He intended to pass the entire Ghost God Tao System to the Mini Array Spirit, who would then spread it among the Ghost Shades.

This would herald a new era for the Ghost Shade, no longer under the Ghost Emperor but under the era of the Queen of Shadows.

Hundreds of Soul Refinements over three years essentially completed a reformation-like cleansing of Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit.

Now, if he were merely to come into contact with some Phoenix Dao Fire, the damage inflicted by the Dao Fire on his Divine Spirit had significantly reduced.

The initial sun-like burning pain had lessened to a very mild degree. Now, it only felt like someone soaking in quite hot water, not unbearable.

In this state, after dozens more trials, Chen Dengming realized further improvement was difficult to achieve, even minor progress was hard, indicating it was time to continue constructing the Dao Body.

With his current Divine Spirit’s resistance to Phoenix Dao Fire, although not entirely unscathed, it was much stronger than before.

Combined with the protection of Luck Shines High, if he were to encounter Phoenix Cry Dao Monument in the future, it wouldn’t be so easy for the opponent to annihilate his Divine Spirit with Phoenix Dao Fire.

“Three years of intense fire refining the soul, laying on straw mats and tasting bitterness, now I can proceed to the next step…”

Chen Dengming’s Divine Spirit returned into his body, looking at the Dao Body quietly burning within the Underworld River.

After three years of continuous burning by the Dao火, the area within several dozen meters around the Dao Body had become a dry, cracked sandy land without any River of Styx water approaching, transforming from eerie to full of scorching heat, as if a desert had formed at the bottom of the Underworld River.

With the Ghost Shade’s suppression of non-self Dao Force, the Phoenix True Blood had also tightly integrated with the Dao Body formed by the five Inheritance Immortal Halls.