Zhao Sheng knew that these splendid and variegated lights were all transformations of the Power of Incense, containing the Ten Thousand Spirit Desire Poison within.
In an instant, Red Light patterns bloomed from between his eyebrows, and a strand of Red Light detached and flew out, circling one turn in mid-air before suddenly expanding a hundredfold, turning into a huge Red Fire Lotus.
"Gods, return to your places, rest!"
With a low shout from Zhao Sheng, the five great Vengeful Spirits leaped into the center of the Fire Lotus, took positions according to the Five Elements, and then sat cross-legged in the Void.
Boom!
The Karma Fire Red Lotus burned fiercely, tongues of flame licking the Five Venerable Chang Gods. As the bizarre and splendid Divine Light of Incense was scorched by the Karmic Fire, it immediately refracted even more dazzling and magnificent colors.
At the same time, strands of "colorful impurities" began to rise, and as soon as they left the splendid Divine Light, they vanished without a trace into the Void.
Zhao Sheng concentrated fully, lifting his spirit to its utmost extent, meticulously controlling the Red Lotus Karma Fire, refining the Will Power of all beings bit by bit.
The Power of Incense was very difficult to refine. Even with Zhao Sheng's superb fire control skills, it took him forty-six days to barely refine all of the Power of Incense into Will Power.
That night, Zhao Sheng showed signs of fatigue, yet the Divine Light in his eyes was even more radiant.
At this moment, in the center of the Red Lotus, the Five Venerable Chang Gods had shrunk by more than tenfold, displaying red, white, green, black, and yellow colors, their bodies free from the "colorful" filth, but a thread of intangible "smoke" was connected to them.
The "smoke" was the concrete manifestation of Will Power projected in Zhao Sheng's mind.
In fact, with his current level of cultivation, he should not have been able to sense Will Power.
Zhao Sheng had taken a shortcut, indirectly "seeing" the Will Power through the close connection between the Vengeful Spirits and Will Power.
Looking at the five Divine Spirits in midair, Zhao Sheng's gaze was solemn. He formed a peculiar Spell Seal with his hands and shouted, "Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, heed my call, Five Passes Chang Gods... return to your positions!"
As his voice fell, Five-Colored Divine Light descended from the heavens, flashing into Zhao Sheng's body in an instant.
In a flash, inside his body, the lights of the heart, liver, lungs, stomach, and kidneys shone brightly, with the Five-Colored Divine Light circulating, faintly revealing the illusions of five "Divine Spirits."
With the Five Gods in place, Zhao Sheng felt an infinite vitality surge through his entire body, his fatigue vanishing.
Seizing the opportunity, Zhao Sheng waved his hand and threw the Ghost King Soul Core into the Karmic Fire.
The Fire Lotus released surging Red Spiritual Fire, turning into vast expanses of Fire Cloud, dragging the Soul Core upward.
The Soul Core tossed and turned within the Fire Cloud, spinning incessantly and emitting layers of black light, trying to resist the burning of the Karmic Fire.
Zhao Sheng's mind was as calm as still water, patiently controlling the Karmic Fire to ceaselessly refine the Soul Core.
During the three months of refining, fine strands of pure Will Power between the five viscera began to induce a slow transformation in the flesh under Zhao Sheng's command and allowed his Spiritual Power to automatically leap towards a higher tier.
One day, three months later, the scorching sunlight baked the earth, and Nuanyu Peak Mountain was shrouded in thick Cloud Mist. The Five Passes Temple remained firmly closed.
Ye Tianyun stood guard outside the door, with five great spirit beasts appearing and wandering into the depths of the Cloud Mist deep within the mountains, constantly monitoring all movements within the mountains and slaying any intruder who daringly trespassed.
After nearly half a year of waiting, Ye Tianyun grew impatient and restless, and if it weren't for the strong fluctuations of Divine Sense and Spiritual Power continuously emanating from the temple, he would have liked to break in and explore.
On this day, as the sun set, a great wind began to howl, and the thick Cloud Mist enveloping Nuanyu Peak started to disperse with the wind.
The nature's spiritual energy from hundreds of miles around began to converge towards the Divine Temple at great speed from all directions.
Boom!
A dull rumble sounded in the sky, and Ye Tianyun's face changed drastically as he looked up.
Above, the winds and clouds changed suddenly, and large swaths of dark clouds gathered out of nowhere.
In the blink of an eye, the clouds loomed overhead, turning the skies dark as night. An indescribable destructive force was accumulating within the clouds, ready to burst forth at any moment.