"Damn it, I knew that woman was up to no good!"

Jiang Yuan regretted it. He guessed that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden would not let him obtain the essence of the sun so easily, but he did not expect that the essence of the sun was actually a young golden crow.

The Golden Crow race does not rank high among the three thousand races, but this ranking is only because of their small numbers. Their individual strength is beyond doubt. Moreover, this young Golden Crow was obviously left behind by the Great Sun God, and the energy contained within it is something that even a god cannot control.

The Golden Crow was struggling, and the black flames seemed to be burning Jiang Yuan's palm to ashes. Jiang Yuan was now relying entirely on his glass transformation to hold on.

"Little Golden Crow, you can let that woman control you, but you won't let me control you. Are you looking down on me?"

Jiang Yuan went all out, activating the Devouring Starry Sky to its fullest extent. The Devouring Starry Sky devours everything, including the essence of the sun.

After activating the Devouring Starry Sky, Jiang Yuan did feel a significant reduction in pressure, and the Golden Crow's resistance gradually faded.

However, when Jiang Yuan activated the Devouring Starry Sky, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden guarding outside revealed a smile.

She achieved her goal. She believed she knew Jiang Yuan well enough and guessed that he would not give up the essence of the sun, so she let him go in to retrieve it. However, she did not know one thing: the Great Sun Fire Seed needs to be nurtured by a genius. In other words, in the eyes of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Jiang Yuan was the Great Sun Fire Seed she wanted.

"By merging you into my body, I think you should be able to let go now!" The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden spoke to herself with a touch of coldness.

Originally, she only wanted the essence of the sun, but since Jiang Yuan had delivered it to her doorstep, she might as well use Jiang Yuan's power to forge her own divine fire.

His talent was enough to ignite an unprecedented divine fire. Most importantly, Jiang Yuan had become an inescapable inner demon in her heart. If he had died in Nancheng, everything would have remained the same, and she would have forgotten everything. But unfortunately, Jiang Yuan came out alive and kept bothering her. So as long as Jiang Yuan lived, she could not escape his torment.

At this moment, Mount Shenshi is close to a full-scale eruption. The scene of lava spewing onto the earth is like the end of the world. The dark clouds in the sky have been replaced by crimson, as if a new sun is about to be born.

"Oh no! The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden wants to use her husband to ignite the divine fire!"

Having reached the mountainside, Liu Zhaodi suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. Although Jiang Yuan had crushed his way here, his understanding of the word "god" was extremely lacking. He did not know that the birth of a god meant endless death, so the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, who had always wanted a divine position and transcendence, would inevitably target him.

"Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, if you dare to touch him, even if you are a god, I, Liu Zhaodi, will drag you down with me!"

With murderous intent, Liu Zhaodi gripped her weapon and charged straight to the mountain peak. Even as countless flints flew around her, each one was fortunate enough to merely brush past her.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan, who was locked in a stalemate with the Golden Crow, made great progress. He had mastered the essence of the sun by relying on the Devouring Starry Sky, but he also discovered that while he was absorbing the power of the Golden Crow, flames ignited within him.

Furthermore, the flames on his body grew ever stronger, even engulfing the entire Samadhi Flame Sea. Countless Samadhi flames rushed into his body one after another, making him like the most perfect combustible material in this world, becoming the most sought-after object for all flames.

"Damn it, this woman thinks I'm some kind of spark of hope!"

Even if he was slow to realize it, Jiang Yuan immediately understood that something was wrong. He wanted to take the essence of the sun and the Great Sun Fire Seed and fly away, but he never expected that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden would be even more ruthless. She directly regarded him as the Great Sun Fire Seed and actually wanted to sacrifice him to achieve her own godhood.

However, he was now in a dilemma, because just when he was about to release the essence of the sun, he found that the golden crow was clinging to him and wouldn't let go.

Having no other choice, Jiang Yuan used all his strength to extract the essence of the sun from the void fire.

However, misfortune never comes singly. He was struck by bad luck again when the solar essence he had brought out came out along with the Void Life Fire, which then spread directly throughout his entire body.

Holy crap!

Jiang Yuan felt an urge to curse, but the only good news was that as long as he held onto the essence of the sun, the Void Life Fire couldn't take his life. However, there was only one possible outcome: under the assimilation of the essence of the sun, everything about his Demon God Body would become a seed of the Great Sun Fire, and eventually be absorbed by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden as divine fire.

"You bitch, wait till I get out of here, I'll smash your head off!"

Jiang Yuan cursed fiercely, then turned his gaze to the Samadhi Flame Sea before him.

He now has only one option: to take a gamble and absorb the entire area.