Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

The ice attribute yin flame had bloomed first; hence, there was the appearance of the 1,000-meter unfreezing pool and also why the entire 100 miles of the lake was frozen.

 Dongfang Bingling's mystic qi had recovered due to the blooming of the yin flame. The overwhelming energy was completely unmatched.

 After the yin flame bloomed, the freezing ice started to thaw, and the unfreezing water had lost its terrifying chill.

 Just as everyone a.s.sumed that the Million Spirit Demon Flame had finished blooming, the true Million Spirit Demon Flame bloomed.

 Dongfang Bingling's Mystic Flame was a Million Spirit Yin Flame, and it was formed with a million grieving spirit's yin qi.

 The Million Spirit Demon Flame that came after was the combination of the East Parting Gra.s.sland's fire attribute energy and a million grieving spirit's divine senses.

 How powerful was it? It was very obvious.

 The true Million Spirit Demon Flame was unlike other Mystic Flames. It was extremely proud, horrific, and bizarre.

 The other Mystic Flames would need to attract martial artists to provide their mystic qi and divine senses. But the Million Spirit Demon Flame would search for its own host.

 The true Million Spirit Demon Flame was proud and arrogant. It wouldn't allow others to devour it and would choose the martial artist instead.

 It first went to sense Dongfang Bingling before it quickly left and ultimately chose Yang Dingtian.

 The reason was very simple. It was because Yang Dingtian had the Nine Yang Mystic Meridians. It felt that only such mystic meridians would be worthy for it to reside in.

 One could say that even if Yang Dingtian were unconscious now, it would be useless even if there were someone else trying to consume this Million Spirit Demon Flame. This demon flame would still choose Yang Dingtian, and it would still enter Yang Dingtian's body.

 As such, the Million Spirit Demon Flame was destined to reside in Yang Dingtian's qi vessel, and it was an undeniable fact.

 In fact, during the entire process, Yang Dingtian was unconscious.

 When the Million Spirit Demon Flame split into countless grieving spirit flames and entered his body, he was in an unconscious state.

 The Million Spirit Demon Flame was automatically refined in his mystic meridians. It then slowly entered the qi vessel, but Yang Dingtian was still unconscious.

 In fact, Yang Dingtian was still unconscious when he was constantly having breakthroughs!

 If there were a pair of eyes watching, that person would be able to see clearly that Yang Dingtian's body was blazing like a flame. Countless streaks of red light were flowing into his qi vessel from all parts of his body.

 His entire body was already extremely dazzling, but his qi vessel was so dazzling that it was the same as the sun in the sky. No one would be able to look at it directly.

 When his qi vessel was s.h.i.+ning at its brightest, it felt as though his body was going to be burned into ashes in an instant.

 “Boom…”

 The qi vessel burst out with radiance.

 It was the same as the explosion of a guided missile. The entire s.p.a.ce was plunged into a blinding white light.

 The crystals' s.p.a.ce was s.h.i.+ning with extreme brightness. Thus, nothing was visible.

 This was the moment Yang Dingtian's qi vessel broke through.

 Of course, he was still unconscious while Dongfang Bingling was still in deep hibernation. Therefore, no one saw this amazing scene.

 Just like that, countless streams of light continued to gush into his qi vessel from all parts of his body.

 The qi vessel was getting brighter and brighter until it reached the limit again.

 There was another boom, and a burst of white light, causing everything to become shrouded in radiance as Yang Dingtian broke through again.

 Just like that, Yang Dingtian's body would burst with radiance at intervals.

 In the beginning, there would be an explosion every hour.

 Afterward, there was an explosion every two hours.

 Then it was once every half a day.

 Once every day.

 Once every two days.

 Once every four days.

 Once every eight days.

 Once every half a month.

 Once every month.

 When Yang Dingtian was still unconscious, the intervals of the breakthrough would get longer and longer.

 As the qi vessel constantly broke through, the flaming light on Yang Dingtian's body would fade.

 The Mystic Flame in his mystic meridians wouldn't just enter the qi vessel, it would also gradually disperse as time elapsed.

 When the Mystic Flame wasn't in the host's body, it had a short span of life, and it was only a few minutes.

 Even if it entered the body, it could only flow in the mystic meridians. Even when in the mystic meridians, it would only survive for a short moment.

 Those with stronger mystic meridian talent would give the Mystic Flame a longer lifespan. Those with weaker mystic meridian talent would naturally give the Mystic Flame a shorter lifespan.

 According to a martial artist that had 8th-grade mystic meridian, the Mystic Flame would only survive in his mystic meridians for over one month.

 But once the Mystic Flame entered the qi vessel, it would exist forever and would share the host's lifespan.

 Therefore, a martial artist with superior mystic meridian talents would be able to allow more Mystic Flame to enter the qi vessel and also at a faster rate. The lifespan in the mystic meridians would also be longer, allowing more time to refine the Mystic Flame before entering the qi vessel.

 A person with superior mystic meridians would only be able to refine a 1/1,000th of the Mystic Flame energy.

 Yang Dingtian had the Nine Yang Mystic Meridians!

 As Yang Dingtian was completely unconscious, countless flames were surging into his mystic meridians, automatically refined, and had entered the qi vessel.

 Multiple consecutive breakthroughs were happening again and again.

 Time elapsed day by day, and it was unknown how much time had elapsed.

 Finally, Yang Dingtian woke up!

 He was perplexed at first as he couldn't remember a lot of things. He could only remember that countless sinister flaming faces enveloped him while his ears were filled with horrific wailing and sobbing sound.

 Immediately after, the flame continued to split into countless flaming faces, which turned into streams of light that rushed into his body. It was very indistinct, and it felt like everything happened in a dream.

 As for the Mystic Flame refinement and the qi vessel breakthroughs, Yang Dingtian only had a faint impression.

 As a result, when he woke up, everything seemed to have happened yesterday or even a few minutes ago.

 Because everything happened so quickly, and it felt like he had fainted before waking up again.

 Of course, he instinctively knew that a lot of time had pa.s.sed.

 “Master, how long have I been unconscious?” Yang Dingtian asked.

 Dongfang Niemie didn't immediately reply. He was in silence for a moment before replying, “Half a year… You have been unconscious for half a year.”

 “What?” Yang Dingtian was surprised.

 It felt as though he had only fainted for a few minutes. How was it possible for half a year to have elapsed? This was too shocking.

 This was the true meaning of time flying.

 If half a year had elapsed, it meant that the city lord martial contest was happening soon.

 “I have another shocking thing to inform you.” Dongfang Niemie said.

 “What is it?” Yang Dingtian asked.

 “During the past half a year, your body has refined the Mystic Flame on its own. Your cultivation has gone through an unbelievable breakthrough. You will not be able to guess how many levels you have broken through.” Dongfang Niemie stated.