The moment Qin Chen stepped out of the Core Disciple Hall, his expression shifted.
Gone was the calm, composed demeanor he had shown in front of the elders and disciples.
Instead—
A fiendish grin spread across his face.
BOOM!
In a blur of golden-purple flames, he vanished—his speed tearing through the sect grounds like a flaming meteor.
Disciples turned in shock as a blazing figure ripped through the air, sending gusts of heat in his wake.
"W-Was that Qin Chen?!"
"How fast was that?! I couldn't even see him move!"
"He looks like a beast that's been starved and just found a feast!"
Qin Chen didn't care about their reactions.
He had one goal.
And within seconds, he had arrived.
BOOM!
He landed at the center of his Core Disciple Residence, flames still flickering wildly around him.
His entire body buzzed with unrestrained excitement.
131,200 SP.
A Mythical Lottery Spin.
An Unknown Hidden Reward yet to be revealed.
Infernal God's Scripture.
It was a ridiculous haul.
The Mythical Lottery Spin tempted him more than anything.
After all—the last time he had spun one, he had been given the Fire Sovereign Dao Body itself.
But—
Qin Chen clenched his fists.
No.
The Eternal Flame Baptism had to come first.
His Fire Sovereign Dao Body had evolved once, but after absorbing the Sovereign Flames in the trial, he knew that it still had one more transformation left.
If he didn't complete this step now, he might waste his future gains.
His golden eyes flashed with determination.
Ding!
[Would you like to undergo the Eternal Flame Baptism?]
[Warning: This process will refine and evolve your Fire Sovereign Dao Body permanently.]
[There is no turning back.]
Qin Chen's smirk widened.
"As if I'd turn back now."
"Do it."
Ding!
[Initiating Eternal Flame Baptism…]
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A pillar of golden-purple fire erupted from Qin Chen's body, shooting straight into the sky.
The entire peak trembled, the very air distorting under the pressure of his flames.
Qin Chen instantly felt it—
A violent, uncontrollable firestorm surging through every fiber of his being.
It wasn't just refining him.
It was rebuilding him.
His meridians burned, his bones cracked, his blood turned to molten gold—yet he felt no pain.
Because this wasn't destruction.
This was evolution.
His Fire Sovereign Dao Body had never been fully complete before.
Now?
It was being reborn.
A portion of the energy from the baptism flooded his dantian.
BOOOOOM!
The golden-purple flames shifted—darkening, deepening, turning into something even more profound.
Qin Chen's eyes snapped open, his vision filled with endless flames.
Ding!
[Congratulations! Your Fire Sovereign Dao Body has evolved!]
[Your flames have fully ascended to the next level: Purple-Gold Sovereign Flames.]
[All fire-related abilities have been greatly enhanced.]
[You have advanced to Foundation Establishment Stage 9!]
Qin Chen felt it instantly.
His flames weren't just stronger.
They were absolute.
If before, his flames dominated other fire-type cultivators—
Now?
They would incinerate them entirely.
BOOM!
His flames surged once more, forming a golden-purple phoenix-shaped aura around him.
A pressure unlike anything before spread through the entire Core Sect.
The other Core Disciples—all in the middle of cultivation—suddenly felt it.
Some gasped, their flames instinctively trembling.
Some had their own fire techniques forcibly extinguished, unable to resist his presence.
"What… what is this pressure?"
"What the hell is he doing?!"
Qin Chen, still immersed in the baptism, took a deep breath.
Everything had changed.
He flexed his fingers, watching as threads of purple-gold fire danced between them.
His Fire Sovereign Dao Body was one step closer to its true completion.
And now?
He was ready to truly step into the heavens.
Ding!
[Eternal Flame Baptism Complete.]
[You have set foot on the true path of a Fire Sovereign.]
Qin Chen's smirk widened.
The world wasn't ready for him.
And now—
It was time to see what the Mythical Spin had in store.