Shenyou Fire-Refining Art

Night fell, and everyone returned to their own quarters.

Inside his room, Su Baichen sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, his figure especially tranquil in the hazy light. He slowly closed his eyes, withdrew his focus inward, and let his consciousness enter his sea of awareness.

Hidden here was Su Baichen's greatest secret in this life—the indispensable treasure of every transmigrator, and the foundation upon which he survived.

System!

"System, open my panel." Su Baichen looked at the ball of white light and issued the command with a thought.

Light flowed and shifted as the orb transformed into a panel. The information on it appeared clearly:

[Name: Su Baichen]

[Dou Qi Level: One-Star Dou Zun]

[Soul Power Level: Early Heaven Realm]

[Physical Body Level: Early Dou Zun]

[Alchemy: Early Eighth Tier]

[Flame: Liuli Burning Heaven Flame]

[Weapon: Tianxuan Sword]

[Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Book]

[Dou Technique: Seven Star Soul-Slaying Art (High Earth Tier), Nine Soul-Slaying Swords (High Earth Tier), Star Moon Soul-Turning Art (Unranked)...]

[Items: Nameless Cultivation Technique (Fen Jue), Tianxuan Cauldron, Tianxuan Bead, Cultivation Technique Optimization Scroll, eight seventh-tier medicinal pills, twelve sixth-tier medicinal pills...]

His gaze passed over each item that represented decades of arduous cultivation and accumulated opportunities. A faint, almost imperceptible satisfaction flickered in Su Baichen's eyes. Every entry on this panel recorded his path of rising from obscurity.

His thoughts drifted back. When he had first arrived on the Douqi Continent, he had actually become an eight-year-old child—and one with no special background whatsoever. At the time, Su Baichen's heart had gone cold.

Had the system in his mind not awakened in time and bestowed upon him that heaven-defying "Novice Gift Pack," Su Baichen would likely have long since become a mound of dirt in this cruel world.

The cultivation technique called the Heavenly Book had been part of that Novice Gift Pack from the system, and it was his greatest reliance.

Its contents encompassed everything and were profound beyond measure, far beyond ordinary cultivation techniques. It even included body refinement, the sword path, formations, and a unique inheritance of alchemy.

It was precisely through the Alchemy recorded in the Heavenly Book—which far surpassed the pill-refining arts of this world—that the pills he refined possessed pure, surging medicinal potency and effects far beyond others of the same tier. This allowed him to rapidly accumulate resources, befriend Yao Chen, Xuanyi, and others, and ultimately establish himself within Danta.

Aside from its initial gifts, his system mainly possessed only two major functions: the Breakthrough Lottery and the System Shop.

Whenever he advanced to a major realm, the Breakthrough Lottery gave him one chance to draw a rare treasure.

The Tianxuan Sword, Tianxuan Cauldron, Tianxuan Bead, Liuli Burning Heaven Flame, and even the Cultivation Technique Optimization Scroll he was preparing to use now had all come from it. They were important aids to his strength.

As for the System Shop, it had its own activation condition, one that Su Baichen had fulfilled not long ago.

His own cultivation had to reach the Dou Zun realm!

As for what exactly was inside, Su Baichen was in no hurry to look. It was not going anywhere, after all.

Moreover, although he had encountered opportunities over the years, he had also proceeded cautiously at every step. Only then had he been able to enjoy this relatively peaceful period of cultivation.

Forget it.

He warned himself once more, Before reaching the Half-Saint realm and gaining sufficient power to protect myself, I must never use this ability of random transmigration lightly.

Gathering his thoughts, his gaze finally settled on the "Cultivation Technique Optimization Scroll" in the item panel. After a moment of silence, he sighed softly, as though he had finally made a decision he had weighed for a long time.

"System, use the 'Cultivation Technique Optimization Scroll' on the 'Fen Jue.'"

[ Ding—! ]

The system prompt immediately sounded, cold and swift.

[Special item 'Cultivation Technique Optimization Scroll' detected. Target locked: Nameless Cultivation Technique (Fen Jue)...]

[Optimization process initiated... Beginning comprehensive analysis of cultivation technique structure... Deducing optimization path...]

Within his sea of awareness, the sphere of light representing the Fen Jue was wrapped in countless profound runes. It began to churn and reorganize violently, as if undergoing a deep transformation.

Su Baichen could clearly sense a more exquisite and harmonious essence taking shape within it. In particular, the portion concerning the integration of refining Heavenly Flames and tempering the physical body had been significantly enhanced. Some of the obscure and perilous aspects of the original technique had also become much smoother.

After roughly the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the phenomenon gradually subsided.

[ Ding! Fen Jue optimization successful! ]

A completely renewed jade slip of light, radiating an ancient and profound aura, appeared within Su Baichen's senses.

With a thought, he quickly skimmed through its contents.

"Just as I thought..." Su Baichen nodded slightly. The optimized Fen Jue retained and strengthened its core characteristics of devouring Heavenly Flames and evolving the cultivation technique. More importantly, it gained the miraculous effect of simultaneously and efficiently tempering and refining the body while refining Heavenly Flames, greatly reducing the dreaded risk of backlash from the flames during the process.

The circulation route of the entire technique was more exquisite, its energy efficiency had improved, and its potential limit still pointed toward the legendary realm of the Dou Di.

"Devour Heavenly Flames, strengthen oneself, and now temper the body as well, with vastly reduced danger... This technique has been completely transformed. It is no longer suitable to call it the Fen Jue." He murmured softly, tapping the glowing slip with one finger and giving it a new name. "From now on, you shall be called the Shenyou Fire-Refining Art."

As he named the new cultivation technique, a delicate and lively figure with extraordinary talent in alchemy appeared in his mind—his personal disciple, Cao Ying.

This Shenyou Fire-Refining Art has immense growth potential. It can pave Ying'er a path to becoming strong.

Su Baichen made up his mind. He himself possessed the even more mysterious Heavenly Book, which pointed directly toward the origin of heaven and earth. Though the Heavenly Book had no explicit rank, its core lay in the word "comprehension." Its cultivation progress might not be as swift as the Shenyou Fire-Refining Art's devouring of Heavenly Flames, but its foundation was more solid and its prospects broader, making it better suited to his Dao heart. Therefore, the Shenyou Fire-Refining Art was more useful to him as a reference. Giving it to Cao Ying would allow it to be put to its fullest use and would not waste the effects of the Optimization Scroll.

As for the Heavenly Flames needed to cultivate this art, he had long since made plans. Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame... I have roughly grasped the whereabouts or methods of obtaining these Heavenly Flames. I can begin preparing them for Ying'er.

As for the remaining Heavenly Flames... I can make plans later, when the time is right—especially when that ancient Dou Di Cave Mansion opens.

With his mind made up, Su Baichen's consciousness slowly withdrew from his sea of awareness.

Inside the room, he opened his eyes, a sharp light hidden within them. His plans for what came next had already become clear. With a flip of his hand, he stored the glowing slip containing the Shenyou Fire-Refining Art inside an empty Storage Ring, intending to pass it on to Cao Ying another day.

The night was still deep, yet he seemed already to see a road leading into the future growing ever clearer beneath the moonlight.