As the spirit blood entered his stomach, Chen Xuan realized it needed to be refined; it could not be absorbed directly.
This was a blow from which he would not soon recover.
He was already struggling to withstand the scorching heat of the nine pillars of fire, and now he had to divert his supreme immortal energy to refine the spirit blood. Caught in a pincer move between external heat and internal turmoil, Chen Xuan felt a suffering worse than death. Yet, his willpower was formidable. He chose to let his skin burn, shielding his body with only a thin layer of immortal energy, so that he could dedicate all the remaining energy to refining the drop of blood in his gut.
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