I Collect Skill Fragments in the Demon World

Bing Forty-Eight respectfully bowed to the Golden Armor Divine General guarding the area.

Although everyone here was a Golden Armor Divine General, there was a stark hierarchy that separated them like a chasm.

As he spoke, Bing Forty-Eight took out a token, and after the Golden Armor Divine General examined it, he nodded and looked at Zhang Chen with a kind expression: "Brother, come with me."

"You can follow him inside, little brother. The fiery furnace is a crucial place, and I cannot enter. I can only escort you this far." Bing Forty-Eight said, looking at Zhang Chen.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen respectfully bowed to Bing Forty-Eight, and then followed the Golden Armor Divine General guarding the area toward the canyon.

"You may call me Jia Shiwu," the Golden Armor Divine General said to Zhang Chen, his voice full of warmth.

Zhang Chen was granted the name Jia Shiba by the Queen Mother, naturally placing him on equal standing with Jia Shiwu.

"Brother Jia Shiwu," Zhang Chen called out sweetly.

Hearing this, Jia Shiwu was pleased with Zhang Chen’s form of address, and a smile appeared on his golden face. He then walked ahead of Zhang Chen and spoke to him in a tone of one with experience: "The fire-forging golden body is the final step in our Golden Armored Warriors’ cultivation. Once the golden body is transformed, all exercises are completed, and you transform into a golden body, becoming indestructible, with the power to move mountains and overturn seas."

"What exactly is the fire-forging golden body?" Zhang Chen asked curiously as he stepped forward.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s question, Jia Shiwu replied, "Our bodies are cultivated to have copper skin and iron bones, and only through the sacrificial refining of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit can we transform into a golden body. Once transformed, our strength will reach another realm. Though we can’t capture stars and grasp the moon, moving mountains and overturning seas is not a problem. In the future, as long as we continue to achieve merits and complete tasks assigned by the Queen Mother of the West, we can obtain spirit medicines that extend our lifespan, achieving immortality and roaming the world freely."

Only then did Zhang Chen understand what the fire-forging golden body entailed. Upon hearing the explanation, he showed a hint of astonishment: "Brother, you mentioned that after we undergo the fire-forging golden body, it’s the last step in cultivation? Can we not break through afterward?"

Upon hearing this, Armored Warrior Five nodded: "Theoretically, yes. Once the fire-forging golden body is complete, the Queen Mother of the West does not bestow any further techniques. However, I’ve heard that Jia Yi once made great merits and was exceptionally taught three movements of the golden body technique by the Queen Mother, making Jia Yi the strongest among all the Golden Armor Divine Generals, tasked with guarding the Peach Garden of the Queen Mother and overseeing all affairs of Kunlun Mountain."

Hearing this, Zhang Chen fell into contemplation. It seemed that the Queen Mother of the West intends to control the power of the Golden Armor Divine Generals. Yet, he wondered why the Queen Mother wanted to limit their strength. Wouldn’t it be better for her if her Golden Armor Divine Generals were more powerful?

While thoughts swirled in Zhang Chen’s mind, an inexplicable force stirred in the distance, a burning heat swept forward even though his copper skin and iron bones could still feel the intense heatwaves rolling in.

After walking a few hundred meters more, they turned a corner to behold a vast, red-hot sea of magma spread out before them.

The magma sea extended for 3,000 square meters, bubbling and boiling with countless eruptions, the scorching air twisting the void with its heat.

"The Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit is suppressed beneath this magma, which creates this wonder. The fire-forging golden body process involves jumping into the magma pool and being tempered by the power of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit, undergoing final transformation from being hammered and refined," said Jia Shiwu.

Zhang Chen’s expression changed upon hearing this, feeling the intense heat from the air. Even with his copper skin and iron bones, standing at the edge of the cliff, it seemed as if the residual heat waves from the magma pool could melt him. If he jumped into the pool, where would there be a path to survival?

"Brother Jia Shiwu, you must be joking. If I were to jump in, even with copper skin and iron bones, I would be melted down to molten iron," Zhang Chen feigned a look of panic.

Upon hearing this, Jia Shiwu laughed heartily: "You’re quite amusing. With the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit suppressed beneath the magma, not even Jia Yi, who has mastered three more movements than us, would be reduced to nothing but molten iron if he jumped in."

"Then how do we complete the fire-forging golden body?" Zhang Chen asked, relieved it didn’t involve jumping directly into the pool.

Hearing the question, the Golden Armor Divine General smiled faintly and then took out a fist-sized golden-yellow jar from his sleeve. The jar was brilliant and golden, with mysterious energy fluctuating inside, as if it held the sun, moon, and stars within it: "To complete the fire-forging golden body, you must smear this divine oil all over your body, enabling you to withstand the heat waves from the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit and complete the transformation."

The Golden Armor Divine General opened the lid, revealing the jar’s fiery red, viscous liquid. Jia Shiwu then said to Zhang Chen, "Take off your clothes, stretch out your hands, and then apply this fire oil all over your body."

Zhang Chen, hearing Jia Shiwu’s words, reached out his hand, and then watched as Jia Shiwu poured fire oil onto it, after which Zhang Chen spread the oil over his body.

As Zhang Chen applied the oil, a cool sensation surged into his heart, seemingly isolating him from the external scorching heat, making that moment feel like transitioning from a blistering summer to a refreshing autumn.

Jia Shiwu helped Zhang Chen apply the oil on the parts of his back that he couldn’t reach, then said to Zhang Chen, "You can jump in now. As long as you endure the pain of transformation, you can complete the transformation of refining your Golden Body. Remember, the longer you endure in this magma, the better the transformation will be."

"How many days did the other Golden Armor Divine Generals endure?" Zhang Chen tentatively inquired.

Jia Shiwu replied, "I’ve heard that Jia Yi endured for five days, while the others only managed three or two. As for myself, I managed a full seven days back then, making my transformation the purest among all the Golden Armor Divine Generals. If not for Jia Yi cultivating the follow-up Cultivation Techniques, he would absolutely not be my match."

Zhang Chen looked at the self-satisfied Jia Shiwu with some thoughts, then saw Jia Shiwu say to him, "Jump down and complete the transformation of refining your Golden Body. Remember, the more thorough your transformation, the more you’ll gain the Queen Mother’s attention. The duration we endure affects the purity of the Golden Body; do not take this lightly."

"Thank you, big brother Fifteen, for the reminder. Little brother will go now." Looking at the boiling magma, Zhang Chen didn’t hesitate and jumped right in the next moment.

"Hey..." Seeing Zhang Chen impatiently jump in, Jia Shiwu was startled and quickly shouted, but his call was already too late. The magma splashed up, and Zhang Chen had already disappeared without a trace.

"This fool! Everyone who enters the magma does so cautiously, bit by bit; who jumps in all at once like that?" Jia Shiwu scratched his head, "This time he’ll probably suffer a bit."

Upon jumping into the magma, the Fire Extinguishing Pearl hidden deep within Zhang Chen’s Primordial Spirit flickered, absorbing all the scorching heat. Although surrounded by flames, he still felt cool, even more so than outside.

"My Fire Extinguishing Pearl can actually resist the Flame Power emitted by the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit?" Zhang Chen floated amid the magma, a look of delight appearing on his face.

"However, with the Flame Power blocked by the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, I cannot complete the transformation of my Golden Body." Thinking of this, Zhang Chen restrained part of the divine power of the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, and in an instant, the terrifying heat surged in, making his entire body glow like a red-hot iron, emitting a bright flame hue.

The terrifying Flame Power forged his body, continuously purifying the impurities within.

The iron juice and copper pills Zhang Chen had consumed in the past naturally left impurities in his body, which were now being refined away by the heat, bit by bit, into nothingness.

An intense pain struck, but Zhang Chen had already refined his Primordial Spirit, severing the pain perception between it and his physical body, allowing the scorching Flame Power to temper every part of his being.

At this moment, Zhang Chen even had the thought to observe the changes in his Primordial Spirit, noticing that his Sun True Flame Power, when encountering the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit’s power, retreated as if a cat encountering a mouse, falling into a dormant state as if suppressed by Heaven and Earth, not daring to vie with the external Flame Power.

"Such powerful Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit, even the Sun True Flame has to bow before it." A look of disbelief emerged in Zhang Chen’s eyes.

He was aware that he hadn’t truly come into contact with the power of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit and was only enduring the residual heat conducted from the magma.

"How terrifying must the true Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit be?" Zhang Chen’s eyes were filled with a blazing glow, "If I could refine or subdue it..."

Zhang Chen felt that with the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, he might just be able to give it a try.

"I just don’t know if the Fire Extinguishing Pearl can withstand the power of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit." Zhang Chen’s eyes showed a hint of contemplation, and after some hesitation, he turned and continued to dive deeper into the magma.

"I’ve already acquired the Authority of Water Element, Authority of Gold Element, Authority of Wood Element, and Authority of Earth Element, but I still haven’t found a chance to grind out the Fire Attribute Authority. The power of this Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit is so domineering; for me, it’s an opportunity. If I can acquire the Fire Attribute Authority, I can then gather the Authority of the Five Elements, which will surely bring about a major transformation. Moreover, with the Queen Mother’s strength, if I have the chance to subdue the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit, I might have the opportunity to stand against the Queen Mother. If I don’t strive for it, I’ll have no ability to resist her."

Considering this, Zhang Chen continued to dive towards the depths of the magma.

Trying to grind out the Fire Attribute Authority is extremely difficult for Zhang Chen, after all, with the protective Sun True Flame, it’s almost impossible for any fire in this world to harm him. If the fire can’t harm him, it naturally cannot stimulate his Golden Finger to grind out the corresponding Authority. Therefore, the appearance of the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit presents him with a great opportunity.

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