Panlong's Transcendental Fire

Chapter 35 Battle and Ascension to Godhood in the Monster Mountain Range

The golden rays of the setting sun bathed the edge of the Monster Mountain Range as Lin Tian and his companions flew out of this training ground. On the way back, Potter and Lauen frequently exchanged insights from the battle with Lin Tian, ​​who in turn shared his new understanding of the profound mysteries of the fire element. The laughter of the three echoed in the air, tinged with weariness but filled with the joy of their accomplishments.

Lin Tian soon returned to the palace. The palace walls were majestic, and the glazed tiles gleamed warmly in the morning sun. The familiar atmosphere instantly relaxed Lin Tian's tense nerves. He first bid farewell to Potter and Lauen, and then went straight to his father and mother's bedroom.

"Father, Mother." Lin Tian pushed open the palace door and saw Hubble and Nicole sitting by the window discussing matters. He quickly stepped forward and bowed.

Lehab put down the dossier in his hand, his eyes flashing with surprise: "Lin Tian? You're back! It seems you've gained a lot from this training trip." As a level nine expert, although he had not reached the Saint Realm, he could clearly feel the increasingly refined and integrated flame aura on Lin Tian's body.

The Empress hurried forward, took Lin Tian's hand, and lightly brushed away imaginary dust from his sleeve with her fingertips. Her eyes were full of heartache: "It's good that you're back. Sit down and rest. I heard from Father that you went to the Monster Mountain Range. You must have suffered a lot."

Lin Tian sat down with a smile and told them that he had already advanced to the Saint Realm. Then, he floated up. When Hubble and Nicole heard what Lin Tian said, their first reaction was disbelief. But when they saw Lin Tian floating in the air without relying on any energy, they were very shocked. Nicole had tears of excitement in her eyes.

Hubble paused for a moment, then spoke first: "Lin Tian, ​​you are now at the Saint Realm, which puts you among the top experts on the Mayan continent, but you must not be complacent. You must know that the Leo family has been able to survive for thousands of years, and there are more than a dozen god-level experts within the family. The Saint Realm is considered top-tier on the Mayan continent, but there are still many gods above that level."

"Father, I understand," Lin Tian replied. "On this trip, we first went to Huoshenshan Hospital and met our ancestor, Leo I. Grandpa Potter also showed me about our family's heritage."

Hubble was even more excited after hearing this. As the founder of the Leo family and the strongest person on the Mayan continent, Leo I never lacked admirers, especially Leo family members like Hubble who grew up listening to stories about Leo I.

Hubble said happily, "Good! Good! Well done, Lin Tian. You are much better than me. I am proud to have a child like you."

Nicole interrupted Hubble's excited expression with a smile, saying, "Alright, it's rare for Tian'er to come back, let's not talk about this now. I've had your favorite food made, let's eat first, and we can talk while we eat."

Before long, the table was filled with exquisite dishes. Nicole kept serving food to Lin Tian and asking about his daily life at Huoshenshan Hospital. Hubble occasionally chimed in, asking about the recent situation at Huoshenshan Hospital and news of Leo I. The atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

After the meal, Lin Tian returned to his palace. He declined the servants' service and sat alone in his cultivation room, closing his eyes. The battle scenes from the Monster Mountain Range flowed through his mind: the subtle fluctuations of fire element quietly annihilating as the Emerald Vine Python's vines regenerated; the energy ripples created by the collision of fire element with the Thunder Qilin's lightning as it tore through the air… These scenes eventually converged into a dancing flame, resonating with the fire element within him.

In the days that followed, Lin Tian secluded himself to cultivate every day. He no longer deliberately pursued combat skills, but instead calmed his mind to feel the essence of flames—the notes he saw in the Scripture Pavilion, his sparring with powerful Saint-level experts, and his life-and-death battles with magical beasts. All his insights, like streams flowing into the ocean, gradually settled and merged in his heart.

He would sometimes transform into flames, moving freely through the palace and feeling the rhythm of the elements flowing; at other times, he would sit in meditation, letting his consciousness sink into the core of the flames and experience the contradictory power that could both destroy everything and give birth to life. He discovered that flames were never simply "destruction".

That morning, the first rays of sunlight streamed through the window and shone on Lin Tian, ​​who was sitting cross-legged, surrounded by a faint glow of fire. Suddenly, a thought struck him—all his past insights suddenly became clear: the fire elements residing in the vines, the flames that neutralized the lightning, the lightness he felt when transforming into elements… they all pointed to the same truth.

"I am the flame, and the flame is me."

The moment the thought arose, Lin Tian's consciousness seemed to merge with all the fire elements in the world. He was no longer a cultivator who controlled flames, but the flames themselves; the flames were no longer the power he mobilized, but an extension of his body and a manifestation of his will. He could clearly "see" the magma surging in the earth's veins beneath the imperial city; he could "hear" the roar of flames colliding with rocks deep within distant volcanoes; he could even "touch" the faint fire elements ignited by sunlight in the clouds on the horizon.

Just as this realization of "I am one with the flame" reached its peak, the sky suddenly darkened. Thick clouds gathered, the laws of heaven and earth flowed within them, and a vast and powerful pressure enveloped the entire imperial city.

"This is... the descent of the laws?" Deep within the palace, the emperor pushed open the window, gazing at the strange phenomena churning in the sky, his eyes filled with shock and ecstasy. "Tian'er... is he going to become a god?"

A sudden inspiration struck Lin Tian, ​​and he naturally sensed that he had crossed the boundary between the Holy Realm and the Divine Realm.

Lin Tian opened his eyes and looked up.

"Buzz—"

A vast, soul-shaking force of the laws of heaven and earth suddenly descended, completely enveloping Lin Tian. The surrounding space instantly distorted, forming a domain of rules that isolated everything, and Lin Tian's body slowly and uncontrollably floated up.

The power of the laws of heaven and earth invaded his soul, instantly revealing the profound mysteries of the fire element that he had comprehended throughout his life.

"Boom!"

The boundless power of fire-elemental laws gathered and compressed wildly above his head, finally condensing into a single point—

A rhombus-shaped divine core, entirely fiery red and imbued with the profound mysteries of the fire element, quietly took shape.

The moment a god takes form, an innate bond is formed between him and his soul.

At the same time, a cold, icy sense of rule directly entered his soul:

"Choice: Divinity, external or internal?"

"To become a god outside the body, one can cultivate multiple divine avatars and gain an extra life; to become a god inside the body, the divine personality and soul merge, resulting in a greater understanding of profound mysteries, and the physical body and divine personality live and die together..." Harry's words echoed in my ears.

Lin Tian did not hesitate for a moment. From the moment he chose to focus on the fire element, from the moment he transformed into flames to evade attacks in the Monster Mountain Range, the answer was already predetermined.

A thought flashed through his mind: "To become a god within one's body."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fiery red divine spark instantly transformed into a stream of light, piercing straight into his brow and merging into the deepest part of his soul.

"laugh--"

The divine essence entered his body, and endless fire-elemental divine power erupted instantly, sweeping through his limbs, bones, meridians, internal organs, brain, and even the very origin of his soul.

Every minute structure of the muscles and bones is being reconstructed in a revolutionary way, strengthened hundreds of times every second, cells break down and recombine, impurities are burned away, and the mortal body is transformed into a pure fire-type divine body.

The soul and divinity are perfectly integrated, with no more barriers. The profound mystery of the fire element is like instinct; with a single thought, one can ignite the flames of heaven and earth.

After a long while, the light faded.

Lin Tian hovered in mid-air, his black hair moving without wind, his aura as deep as an abyss, and his eyes no longer held the immaturity of a saint, but only the majesty and serenity of a god.

He, a lower-level fire god, became one.