The first plan treated the symptoms. Wherever there was injury, that was where treatment would be applied—using pills and acupuncture to repair the damaged meridians and internal organs.
During the treatment, medicinal herbs that nourished the body would be added, gradually strengthening the little princess's physique so that it could adapt to the Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body. The advantage of this method was its reliability: proceed step by step, without haste or impatience.
But its drawback was equally obvious—extreme danger. If the dosage of any medicine was even slightly off, the little princess's Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body could not be suppressed when it erupted. Yet if the medication was too strong, the princess was still young and had limited ability to withstand its potency; it might instead damage her very foundation.
Moreover, this treatment would inevitably take a long time—at least several years. If further complications arose during that time, things would become troublesome. Still, no matter what, this could be considered one solution and kept as an alternative.
Li Bufan then began studying the second plan: using the Spring and Autumn Needle Technique to draw out the little princess's Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body origin in its entirety and make up for its flaws.
As far as Li Bufan knew, he had once seen cases regarding the awakening of the Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body in the Songhe Gate's records. Those cases stated that cultivators who awakened the Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body were born with a strand of innate fire accompanying them.
As they grew older, the host would gradually form a connection with that innate fire, their minds becoming one, thereby forging the Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body.
This was the most perfect method of awakening the Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body. But judging from the files, the princess was suffering from