Form Creation Realm Great Accomplishment, Five-Seal Talisman Master!

Flame City's bustling streets teemed with voices and crowds.

Liu Yuan stood amid the crowd, surrounded by unfamiliar faces and prosperous sights, yet his mind was completely removed from all this worldly clamor.

His attention had been utterly drawn to the system notifications in his mind.

[Ding!]

[All-Map Strongest System loading complete!]

[Beginning scan of data for the current map, "Flame City"...]

[Data comparison complete! Issuing map-exclusive rewards!]

Liu Yuan's heartbeat involuntarily quickened.

The next second.

The system's cold yet pleasant mechanical voice exploded in his mind like heavenly music:

[Map "Flame City" detected. The strongest Martial Artist in the current area, Stone City Lord, is at: Form Creation Realm Initial Stage.]

[System judgment confirmed!]

[Congratulations, Host! Your martial arts realm has been forcibly raised to: Form Creation Realm Intermediate Stage!]

Boom!

As the notification fell, Liu Yuan felt a vast and terrifying surge of primal energy, as immense as the sea, erupt from nowhere within the Dantian Qi Sea in his body!

Origin Core Realm Minor Perfection... Origin Core Realm Great Perfection... Form Creation Realm Initial Stage...

The rate of advancement was outrageously fast. In merely one breath, the primal energy within him underwent a qualitative leap and directly stabilized at the terrifying level of Form Creation Realm Intermediate Stage!

Feeling the immense power within him, capable of stirring the world's primal energy with every gesture, Liu Yuan could not help clenching his fist.

"This is... the Form Creation Realm?"

"A realm where one can freely shape primal energy, even begin borrowing the power of heaven and earth..."

"Awesome!"

However, the surprises were far from over.

The system's reward notifications continued:

[Map "Flame City" detected. The strongest Rune Master in the current area, Master Yan, is at: Four-Seal Talisman Master.]

[System judgment confirmed!]

[Congratulations, Host! Your Spiritual Power realm has been forcibly raised to: Five-Seal Talisman Master!]

Buzz!

Within his Mud Pill Palace, a Natal Talisman Seal formed directly and began trembling violently.

Liu Yuan's Spiritual Power swelled and condensed at an unbelievable speed.

Before long, his Spiritual Power cultivation directly broke through to the realm of Five-Seal Talisman Master!

[Map "Flame City" detected. The highest-grade Martial Arts that has appeared in the current area is: Fifth-grade martial art.]

[System judgment confirmed!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the sixth-grade Martial Arts—Great Demon Shattering Fist!]

[Map "Flame City" detected. The strongest Spiritual Power secret art that has appeared in the current area is: Qi Level Initial Stage.]

[System judgment confirmed!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the Qi Level Intermediate Stage Spiritual Power secret art—Sky Flame Ancient Formation!]

[Map "Flame City" detected. The highest-grade Cultivation Method Manual that has appeared in the current area is: second-class manual.]

[System judgment confirmed!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the first-class Cultivation Method Manual—Demonic Body!]

The string of reward notifications struck Liu Yuan's heart again and again like blissful heavy hammers.

And that was not all.

[To ensure the Host's daily expenses and quality of life on the new map:]

[Gift for Host: New-map startup funds: ten thousand Sun Primal Pills!]

[Gift for Host: ten rare Pill recipes!]

[Gift for Host...]

When the final notification faded, Liu Yuan felt as though he were floating.

Standing by the street, he took a deep breath and tried to calm the surging emotions in his heart.

"Whew..."

"This system really delivers!"

Liu Yuan could not help praising it inwardly.

What did it mean to be the strongest across the entire map?

This was what it meant!

Others came to Flame City for experience, for opportunities, for that slim chance to break through amid life-and-death battles.

But when Liu Yuan came to Flame City...

He was instantly boosted straight to the map's level cap!

Form Creation Realm Intermediate Stage martial arts cultivation, Five-Seal Talisman Master Spiritual Power, along with a full set of top-tier equipment and Martial Arts far beyond the current level...

It was no exaggeration to say that if he wished, he could find a place to enter seclusion, fully absorb all the benefits the system had granted this time, then emerge again and sweep away any force in Flame City by himself!

"Not bad, not bad."

Liu Yuan nodded in satisfaction, sinking his consciousness into the system space to take stock of his gains.

The ten thousand Sun Primal Pills were piled like a mountain, emitting alluring energy fluctuations. They were enough for him to buy anything he wanted in Flame City.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the ten newly acquired Pill recipes.

"Let's see what Pill recipes they gave me..."

Liu Yuan flipped through them casually.

Most were common Pills for assisting cultivation or healing injuries. Though none were low-grade, he had little need for them at present.

Until—

His gaze settled on the final Pill recipe, which emitted a faint chill.

Five ancient, imposing characters were written across it:

Ice Cold Fiend Control Pill!

"Hm? This is..."

Liu Yuan's heart jolted, and he hurriedly examined the detailed introduction of the Pill recipe.

[Ice Cold Fiend Control Pill.]

[Effect: Developed specifically for those with an Extreme Yin Constitution, such as the Demonic Body or Profound Yin Body.]

[After consumption, its medicinal power can penetrate deep into the bones and marrow. Not only can it perfectly neutralize and control the violent Yin Sha Qi within the body, preventing it from backlashing against its owner, it can also guide the Yin Sha Qi to temper the Physical Body and help the user completely awaken their constitutional talent!]

[Note: This Pill's medicinal power is tyrannical. Those without a Demonic Body, Profound Yin Body, or similar constitution must not consume it!]

After reading the description, Liu Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted, only for wild delight to surge into his eyes!

"Ice Cold Fiend Control Pill..."

"This is good!"

The Crimson Sun Suppression Pill he had before was, frankly speaking, only a temporary solution.

It could only passively suppress the cold when it flared up. It could not cure the problem at its root, and as the cold within Qing Tan grew stronger year by year, its suppressive effect would only become weaker.

But this Ice Cold Fiend Control Pill was different!

It controlled fiends!

It guided them!

It awakened them!

Once Qing Tan consumed this Pill, she would no longer have to endure the bone-piercing agony of the cold. She might even turn disaster into fortune, completely gain control of that terrifying Demonic Body, and see her cultivation advance by leaps and bounds!

"Wonderful!"

Liu Yuan could not help slapping his thigh, the joy on his face impossible to conceal.

Liu Yuan cared deeply for his woman.

The little girl still could not control her special constitution. Every attack left her baring her teeth in pain, and it broke Liu Yuan's heart to see it.

Now that there was finally a solution—and one even better than the Yin Pill from the Original work—he naturally had to help Qing Tan resolve this as soon as possible.

With that in mind, Liu Yuan immediately began carefully examining the ingredients required to refine the Pill.

"Main ingredients: Extreme Cold Ice Spirit Fruit, Extreme Cold Heavenly Snow Lotus..."

"Supporting ingredients: Cold Marrow Branch, Ice-Congealing Grass..."

Seeing the string of medicinal ingredient names, Liu Yuan's brow furrowed slightly.

These ingredients...

Not one of them was cheap!

In particular, the main ingredients—the Extreme Cold Ice Spirit Fruit and Extreme Cold Heavenly Snow Lotus—were rare Spirit Medicine that grew in places of extreme cold. Even in prosperous Flame City, they were likely priceless treasures unavailable on the market.

"Looks like I'll have to search for them."

Liu Yuan rubbed his chin and turned his gaze toward Flame City's most prosperous central district.

Within Flame City, if there was any place where he could obtain such strange and precious medicinal ingredients, aside from the Myriad Gold Merchant Association that controlled the economic lifeline of the entire city, there was probably nowhere else.

Besides...

He had heard passersby mention earlier that an auction was being held today.

He could go there and try his luck...