Jiang Yuan smiled faintly and said, "Perhaps. After all, what defeats us is not only our opponents, but also ourselves! The path to transcendence is lonely, and who wants to live in solitude forever?"

"My transcendence needs no one else!" The expression of the Goddess of the Nine Heavens remained unchanged.

“Alright, after this battle, I will fight you to the death and prove you wrong.” Jiang Yuan said with full confidence.

"You have no chance, because after I kill you, I will go to the source and bring out another you."

After saying this, Jiang Yuan was subjected to a scorching, earth-shattering divine fire.

The unsealed golden gate was filled with boundless flames, reaching hundreds of millions of degrees high enough to vaporize all mortal objects, including Jiang Yuan.

As Nirvana began, Jiang Yuan's true spirit transformed into specks of fire and fled in all directions. After all, fleeing was his only option; otherwise, staying would only become nourishment for the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

He could feel his true spirit dwindling. In terms of realm, his true spirit, which was originally at the Profound God Realm, was constantly declining. From the Profound God Realm to the Heavenly Spirit Realm, then to the True Spirit Realm, and finally to the Void Spirit Realm, the speed of this decline was unbelievable.

But this is Nirvana. Apart from beings with phoenix blood, the success rate of other beings undergoing Nirvana is less than one in ten thousand.

Nirvana is not merely a transformation of the physical body, but also of the soul, will, and so on; it is a major baptism in the realm of life.

Watching Jiang Yuan recklessly undergo Nirvana, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden could only clench her fists tightly. "You arrogant fool, do you think you can make me let you go with just a few words? My transcendence doesn't need anyone, and it certainly doesn't need you!"

In her anger, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's attacks became three times more ferocious, but only at the beginning. After her anger subsided, she focused more on reclaiming the divine fire. As for stopping Jiang Yuan's Nirvana, she herself did not know why she deliberately let Jiang Yuan achieve Nirvana. If it were in the past, she would definitely have ruined what Jiang Yuan wanted to do.

The scattered true spirits roamed freely in the sea of ​​fire at the Golden Gate, feeling the unique flames and vitality. Jiang Yuan finally understood why Nirvana required the profound meaning of fire at the Sovereign Realm. Here, if your fire attribute hadn't reached the Sovereign Realm, you wouldn't have the chance to deeply analyze any single spark. This was a place only top-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivators could come to; to exaggerate a bit, this place was the domain of demigods.

Life is like a candle, burning itself to gain immense energy, but life has an end and cannot burn forever, while Nirvana eliminates this problem.

Each rebirth is an opportunity to elevate one's life level, making the lamp of life burn brighter and last longer.

As insights into the mysteries of fire continued to flood his mind, Jiang Yuan had forgotten his original body; he was now a wisp of flame in a sea of ​​fire.

"Integrate into it, become it, replace it."

Jiang Yuan's thoughts were now completely focused on the Golden Gate. The Golden Gate supplied energy to most of the Eastern Emperor Star all by itself. What did it rely on?

The answer is obvious: it is an exceptional level of energy. To reach that level, one must comprehend the energy attributes of the Golden Gate.

"Nirvana!"

"Eight Gates Body Technique!"

Jiang Yuan's countless wisps of consciousness, drifting amidst the sea of ​​fire, all received the same answer at this moment: he would master the Eight Body Techniques during Nirvana.

The Eight Gates Body Technique is not a cultivation method, but a gradual self-release process of life level. The eight gates seal the microcosm within the body. The opening of each gate means a temporary improvement in life level. Therefore, even the Eight Gates Body Technique was enough to make Jiang Yuan and the Heavenly Mirror Temple clash fiercely.

It truly lives up to its name as the ultimate expression of ancient martial arts and the pinnacle of physical skill.

"The first door—open the door."

Jiang Yuan's scattered thoughts all turned to the northwest direction of the sea of ​​fire, where the answer he was looking for would be found.

"Great indeed is the Qian Yuan, the origin of all things, the ruler of all under Heaven!"