Myriad Stars Flame Scripture

Fire was the spirit of heaven and earth, the beginning of all things... It drew in starlight and moonlight, merged earthly fire with heavenly essence, forged ten thousand flames into one furnace, and transformed a thousand changes into a single form...

This art did not focus on cultivating a single flame, but on control, transformation, evolution, and creation...

Upon reaching perfection, a single thought could bring Star Fire into being or extinguish it, with all phenomena following in its wake...

After hurriedly skimming through it, Qin Han's heart pounded wildly.

This was not purely a Cultivation Method at all. It was more like an art of controlling fire.

It was a supreme fire-attribute scripture that systematically explained how to manipulate, command, and evolve countless flames, ultimately reaching the realm of "Myriad Forms Return to One."

The instant Qin Han eagerly etched the final line of inscriptions into his mind, a sudden change occurred!

The ancient characters that had been quietly engraved upon the furnace's inner walls seemed to awaken, lighting up with gentle green starlight. They then peeled away from the walls, floated upward, and transformed into green trails of light like fireflies before entering his brow.

Boom!

It was as though a Nebula had exploded in his mind. A massive torrent of information, mixed with countless profound insights, surged toward him.

This was not merely the written record of the Myriad Stars Flame Scripture, but also the most essential cultivation insights left behind by generations of Fallen Fire Sect sages!

How to sense the power of the stars and moon, how to reconcile the violent properties of different flames, how to control fire and transform it into countless forms...

Countless experiences and techniques that could only be understood but not expressed in words poured into him like enlightenment, branding themselves directly into his mind.

"Damn... I hit the jackpot..."

Qin Han swallowed, his heart overflowing with joy.

He immediately descended from the air and sat down cross-legged.

The Myriad Stars Flame Scripture suited him exceptionally well, and it had come at exactly the right time.

Previously, relying on the [Myriad Flames Compendium], he had indeed been able to take shortcuts in recording and merging flames. But that fusion had been more like an instinctive and brutal "kneading" together.

Xiao Yan had an extraordinary Cultivation Method like the Fen Jue as the foundation for fusion, allowing him to create a Killing Move like the "Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus," which unleashed the power of fused flames to the utmost limit.

As for Qin Han, at most, he had simply kneaded two flames into one giant fireball and hurled it out. The fused flame was powerful, but it was difficult to achieve an effect where one plus one far exceeded two, let alone perform precise control or derive further transformations.

He lacked a refined method of control. He possessed a mountain of treasures but did not know how to carve them.

And this Myriad Stars Flame Scripture had arrived at precisely the right moment.

Qin Han's consciousness completely sank into that cluster of green radiance containing both the Cultivation Method and its insights.

Changing to a new Cultivation Method meant opening up new pathways for Dou Qi circulation within the body.

Especially when advancing from a low-rank method to a high-rank one, the number of pathways that needed to be reshaped increased almost geometrically.

When cultivating the Devouring Flame Technique, Qin Han had opened only seventy-two main Dou Qi pathways within his body, supplemented by several smaller branches.

Yet a mid-level Earth Rank Cultivation Method like the Myriad Stars Flame Scripture contained Star Flame Meridians comprising a full three hundred and sixty-five Main Acupoints, corresponding to the number of days in a year. They were linked together through profound trajectories, while countless tiny meridians interwove and connected around them, making the entire network whole and endlessly self-sustaining.

According to the records left by the Fallen Fire Sect's predecessors, one did not need to open all the meridians to cultivate the Myriad Stars Flame Scripture. Opening the most basic one hundred and twenty-eight acupoints counted as an initial grasp of it.

But for Qin Han, one hundred and twenty-eight was far from enough. The two Heavenly Flames within his body were each voracious gluttons, not to mention that he would need to replicate even more flames in the future.

Looking at the complete network of meridians that made his scalp tingle, Qin Han took a deep breath and began with the branch meridians at the very bottom.

The process of opening them was a hundred times more difficult than when he had cultivated the Devouring Flame Technique.

Opening each "Star Aperture" was like forcibly digging it out of his tough flesh and Meridians with Dou Qi and Soul Power.

The process was slow and agonizing. Every excavation came with swelling pain in his meridians, forcing him to constantly adjust the intensity, attributes, and frequency of his Dou Qi.

In one burst of effort, Qin Han opened nineteen branch meridians in succession. At last, the first Star Aperture was gradually forced open and stabilized.

Dou Qi streamed in from all directions along the meridians. In an instant, an acupoint glowing with a faint luster lit up within his body.

Qin Han wiped the sweat from his forehead. Looking at the Star Flame Meridians, of which ninety-nine percent remained dim, he gritted his teeth and poured all his consciousness and Dou Qi into them once more...

Time quietly passed during this tedious yet crucial process of laying the foundation.

There was neither sun nor moon underground, only the gurgling of magma.

After who knew how many failures and adjustments, and how much consciousness and Dou Qi he had expended, the final acupoint was successfully opened and lit up, completely connecting with all the previous meridians into a single whole.

Buzz!

A clear, resonant sound like the cry of a star seemed to ring out within Qin Han's body, audible only to him.

All three hundred and sixty-five Main Acupoints trembled faintly at once, radiating gentle Star Fire brilliance like countless specks of dust in a galaxy.

Surging Dou Qi raced through the meridians at a speed far beyond before, naturally beginning to absorb and refine the incomparably dense energy of the earthly fire around him.

Qin Han looked toward his Dantian. At the center of the Star Flame Meridians, what seemed like a miniature Nebula vortex had formed.

Its capacity for storing Dou Qi had undergone an earth-shattering transformation!

If his Dantian Qi Whirlpool had previously been like a pond filled with water, then that pond had now been widened and deepened. Connected to the many newly opened Star Flame Acupoints throughout his body, it had formed a Dou Qi Lake.

Qin Han slowly awakened from his deep cultivation. The moment he opened his eyes, Star Fire seemed to flow through them before vanishing in a flash.

"As expected of an Earth Rank Cultivation Method. This Dou Qi reserve... it must be more than six or seven times what it was before!"

Qin Han stretched lazily, and his body's bones let out crisp cracks of comfort.

"Finally, I've successfully refined it..."

However, this was only the most basic refinement of the Cultivation Method. Qin Han had yet to thoroughly study the most precious fire-manipulation techniques of the Myriad Stars Flame Scripture—the four realms of Control, Transformation, Evolution, and Creation.

Mastery of fire manipulation could not be achieved overnight, and Qin Han was in no hurry.

What mattered most now was escaping first.

Qin Han had long had a plan for escape, but before that, he had to squeeze Old Thing Yun Qianhang dry.

However, when Qin Han opened his eyes, Yun Qianhang's presence had already vanished.

All that remained was a shriveled corpse where he had been.

Above the corpse, a cluster of Emerald Green starflame twisted and flowed, emitting a faint glow.

The Myriad Stars Flame was now ownerless.

Qin Han clenched his hand from afar, and pure Starflame Origin came whistling over, obediently winding around his palm and between his fingers.

Though he had already replicated a wisp of Starflame Origin, its development level was only 10%. The cluster in his palm, however, contained the complete power of the Starflame Origin.

It was enough to rapidly raise the development level to its limit in a short time.

"Infuse."

Qin Han sat down cross-legged once more, and the surging power of the Starflame Origin poured toward the Nebula pattern of the [Myriad Flames Compendium].

12%... 15%... 20%...

At the same time, Qin Han's aura steadily soared...