Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

It was still manageable at the edge of the furnace. Although the flames were scorching, Chen Tian could endure it. But as he flew further down, the temperature inside the furnace suddenly rose sharply, igniting the clothes on Chen Tian's body.

Chen Tian was shocked and quickly mobilized the spiritual power within his body to protect himself.

However, the temperature inside this furnace was extremely high, and Chen Tian needed to expend a large amount of spiritual power to prevent his clothes from burning.

Watching the spiritual power within his body dissipate like flowing water, Chen Tian gradually began to feel overwhelmed. Just then, Chen Tian seemed to suddenly think of something. After shaking his head with a wry smile, he withdrew his protective spiritual light.

Without the protection of spiritual power, the clothes on Chen Tian's body were immediately devoured by the raging fire, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

However, Chen Tian didn't care. He swam naked in the furnace. Without the constraint of clothes, he felt even more free.

As Chen Tian swam like a fish in the fierce flames, a faint golden light suddenly appeared about thirty feet below him.

Seeing this light, Chen Tian's face immediately lit up with excitement, because he was sure that this was the pseudo-immortal pill.

So Chen Tian waved his hand, dispelling the raging flames in front of him, then swung his tail and swam towards the source of the light.

Unlike when Chen Tian first saw it, the patterns on this pseudo-immortal pill were now clearer, and a refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted from within.

Chen Tian only took a whiff from a distance, and the spiritual power in his body began to riot uncontrollably.

After finally suppressing this riot, Chen Tian revealed an extremely excited expression: "As expected of a pill that is infinitely close to the level of an immortal pill, it is indeed extraordinary."

Chen Tian couldn't hold back any longer, so without any delay, he swayed his body and continued to fly towards the pseudo-immortal pill.

"Roar..."

But at this moment, a loud dragon roar suddenly sounded from behind Chen Tian. At the same time, an extremely terrifying high temperature rushed towards his back.

"Not good!"

Faced with such an anomaly, Chen Tian was shocked. He didn't fly towards the pseudo-immortal pill, but instead turned around quickly and dodged to the side.

Just as Chen Tian dodged, a huge fire dragon suddenly emerged from behind him. The terrifying high temperature was coming from its body.

Although the temperature inside the furnace was already high, it was still within Chen Tian's tolerance range. But as soon as this fire dragon appeared, the temperature inside the furnace soared uncontrollably, reaching an extremely frightening level in a short time.

Although he couldn't estimate it specifically, Chen Tian believed that the temperature around him must have exceeded 100,000 degrees.

A temperature of 100,000 degrees was something even the old monsters of the凝海境 (Ning Hai Realm) were extremely afraid of, let alone Chen Tian, who was only at the聚灵期 (Ju Ling Realm).

Chen Tian naturally understood this, so he didn't dare to be arrogant anymore. He quickly mobilized the spiritual power within his body, forming a blue light罩 (zhào, cover/shield), sheltering him inside.

Even so, the scorching aura spewed out by the fire dragon still penetrated the light罩 (zhào, cover/shield) and hit Chen Tian's chest.

Chen Tian's clothes had been burned off, so when he was hit by this heat wave, a red burn mark immediately appeared on his chest.

A sharp pain shot straight into Chen Tian's mind, making him grimace in pain. But even so, Chen Tian didn't even frown, staring coldly at the huge fire dragon in front of him.

Chen Tian guessed that this fire dragon was born from the high temperature inside the furnace. It was the 'fire spirit' of this place.

In fact, everything in the world, once it reaches a certain level, can develop intelligence and transform into a spirit. The flames in this alchemy furnace are the same. Because the '精地火脉 (Jing Di Huo Mai, Essence Earth Fire Vein)' originally belonged to extraordinary things, coupled with the constant absorption of the essence spiritual energy that escaped from the heavenly materials and earthly treasures during alchemy, the flames in this furnace had long become a spirit, turning into a 'fire spirit'.

Fire spirits are different from ordinary flames. Not only can they think about simple things, but they can also cultivate like human cultivators, absorbing more spiritual energy to increase their strength.

The size of the fire dragon in front of Chen Tian and the high temperature of the flames it emitted were both superb, obviously not an ordinary fire spirit. It was no exaggeration to call it the 'king of fire'.

Such a fire dragon, although not as intelligent as humans, and has not learned any powerful spells, its own strength is already equivalent to a凝海境 (Ning Hai Realm) cultivator.

Therefore, when Chen Tian saw this fire dragon, in addition to being extremely surprised, he also had deep fear.

This fire dragon seemed to have just woken up from a deep sleep. Although it knew that Chen Tian was an intruder, it didn't have the interest to entangle with him. Instead, it blinked its lazy eyelids, opened its mouth, and then re-coiled its body into a ball, falling asleep again.

Originally, the fire dragon sleeping was an extremely favorable condition for Chen Tian, but at this time, Chen Tian was not happy at all, but fell into deep depression.

Because when this fire dragon coiled up its body, it also embraced the pseudo-immortal pill, with its huge dragon head facing the immortal pill.

In other words, if Chen Tian wanted to obtain the pill, he had to pass through the fire dragon's body.

Time was tight, and Chen Tian couldn't hesitate any longer, so he gritted his teeth and slowly flew towards the fire dragon's body.

However, as the 'king of fire', even though the fire dragon was asleep, it still emitted bursts of extremely terrifying high temperatures from its body.

Just approaching within thirty feet of it, Chen Tian's hair began to emit puffs of blue smoke, and his skin cracked due to rapid dehydration.

Chen Tian's mouth also felt dry, and his throat was as uncomfortable as if it was on fire.

But Chen Tian didn't care at all, and continued to approach the fire dragon.

Fortunately, this fire dragon seemed to be extremely sleepy and did not notice Chen Tian's approach.

After such a cautious and slow flight for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Chen Tian finally arrived next to the pseudo-immortal pill. At this time, everything was going smoothly, and there was nothing unusual.

Chen Tian was overjoyed at the sight, and then reached out his hand, wanting to take the pseudo-immortal pill.

However, just as Chen Tian's fingertips touched the surface of the pseudo-immortal pill, a dazzling light suddenly flashed on the pill, illuminating the inside of the furnace incomparably brightly.

In this light, the sleeping 'king of fire' was instantly awakened!