"A-Huang, enough with the nonsense. Are you going to agree or not?" Qian Xunji gripped Huang's hair with his left hand and slapped her with his right. Her fair skin immediately flushed red.
"Qian Xunji, you bastard! I really want to beat you to death." Bracing herself with one hand, Huang swung her right hand at him.
But she'd tried to steal a chicken and lost the rice instead. Not only did she miss Qian Xunji, but he caught her right hand, too.
At that moment, Huang was like a lone boat tossed on raging waves, teetering on the brink of capsizing.
"A-Huang, are you going to agree or not?" Qian Xunji asked again.
"Qian Xunji, I give up. I'll agree, all right?"
"But let me make one thing clear first. I'm going to kill the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, no matter what. If you dare stop me when the time comes, don't blame me for turning against you."
"Once I've killed the Golden Dragon King, I'll go after the Silver Dragon King. You can decide for yourself how long you'll wait."
"Don't worry, A-Huang. Just give me some time. Once I've finished a few experiments, I won't stop you from killing her."
"After all, we're a couple. Of course I'll take your side!" Qian Xunji agreed for now. He could deal with the future when it came. Huang wouldn't have an easy time killing the Golden Dragon King, after all, and the Deities of the Divine Realm weren't just sitting around doing nothing.
They feared that the Golden Dragon King and Gu Yuena might one day reunite and become the Dragon God again. But when they saw Huang, they would surely be wary of her, too.
Because Huang was a Soul Beast as well!
"What a vicious curse!"
"But luckily, I don't have to be held in check by someone else."
When they were done, the two parted, and Huang transformed back into Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
It burst into flame without fire, its black petals gradually burning away to reveal their original golden-red color.
In the end, even that golden-red hue was consumed by the faint black flames.
From that moment on, Lovesick Heartbreak Red ceased to exist in the world. Only A-Huang remained.
She revealed her divine soul. Her features were breathtakingly beautiful, but they weren't Xiao Rou's face.
Qian Xunji asked, utterly baffled, "A-Huang, you have a face of your own. Why borrow Xiao Rou's appearance?"
"Because I want to. Is that a problem?"
"Do you still want to learn the Ancient Phoenix Method?" Huang asked, firing off two questions in a row.
"Yes, yes, I do," Qian Xunji replied at once. This was how he'd be able to do as he pleased while keeping a low profile on Douluo Continent in the future. How could he not learn it?
He had no desire to go to the Divine Realm and be ordered around by other Deities.
"I'll teach you now. I hope you're not too stupid and don't waste too much of my time."
"I'll leave my mark on you first. Come here." Huang beckoned to Qian Xunji.
Still looking down on me.
Just wait until you get your true body back. I'll show you.
Since he needed Huang's help for now, Qian Xunji walked over, secretly vowing that once he was strong enough to beat this haughty woman, he'd make her sing "I Surrender" in front of him.
Only he knew what pleasure that would bring.
They stood less than half a centimeter apart, their noses almost touching.
Huang's divine soul rose slightly and kissed Qian Xunji on the forehead. Flames flickered through her divine soul.
When Huang lifted away from his forehead,
a mark had appeared there.
It was a black phoenix, poised to spread its wings and soar at any moment.
The mark was tiny, no bigger than the tip of his little finger.
So the black phoenix didn't diminish Qian Xunji's handsome looks. Instead, it gave him a hint of wicked charm.
As the mark settled into its final shape, the system's voice rang in Qian Xunji's ears once more.
"Detected a change in the host's body. Automatically collecting information."
"Information collection complete. The mark has been identified as a beneficial imprint—Ancient Phoenix Seal. A Beneficial Effects section has been added to the system interface."
[Beneficial Effects: Ancient Phoenix Seal (Incomplete)]
Incomplete again?
Qian Xunji curiously opened it.
[Ancient Phoenix Seal (Incomplete): Lacks the source divine power needed to activate. Its full effects will become available only after activation.
There are two ways to activate it.
One: The imprint's giver regains her Deity-level cultivation, activating it automatically.
Two: The host breaks through to the Deity realm and activates it with his own source divine power.]
So that was how it worked.
As Qian Xunji came to understand, Huang began teaching him how to cultivate the Ancient Phoenix Method.
He had excellent comprehension and had learned the method by dawn.
Once Qian Xunji mastered the Ancient Phoenix Method, the Cultivation Method section of the system interface changed as well.
[Cultivation Method: Ancient Phoenix Method]
[Ancient Phoenix Method: Increases cultivation speed tenfold. It can fuse rare flames from across the world into the cultivator, forging a body and soul capable of Nirvana Rebirth.]
What a treasure.
Seeing that Qian Xunji had learned the Ancient Phoenix Method, Huang prepared to leave.
Before she went, however, Huang gave Qian Xunji a few warnings.
First, the Ancient Phoenix Seal couldn't yet block the Divine Realm's rules of detection. Huang would have to regain her Deity-level cultivation before it could do that.
Therefore, Qian Xunji couldn't become a Deity before she did.
Huang also promised Qian Xunji that she would definitely regain her Deity-level cultivation within five years.
Her second warning was that after Qian Xunji became a Deity, the early stages would be fine. But once his divine power grew in the later stages and he reached the First-Level God rank, he should avoid fighting whenever possible.
If he did fight, he had to kill his opponent in a single move and leave no survivors, especially when dealing with Deities from the Divine Realm.
If those Deities managed to report back to the Divine Realm, Qian Xunji's good days would be over.
Qian Xunji listened carefully, committed her words to memory, and agreed to everything. After all, it all directly affected him.
"You stingy, greedy little man. I'm leaving, so don't miss me too much!" Huang's divine soul slowly faded away.
Qian Xunji felt as if he'd just woken from a dream. But when he touched the black phoenix on his forehead, he knew it hadn't been one.
Fuse rare flames from across the world, and forge a body and soul capable of Nirvana Rebirth.
Qian Xunji decided he couldn't keep wasting his time like this. He had a system, sure, but he still needed to set aside time to cultivate.
He thought of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well's fire spring.
Could the flames left behind after the Fire Dragon King's death count as rare flames?
After all, the Fire Dragon King had been a God King.
For the next five months, Qian Xunji traveled back and forth between Sunset Forest and Spirit City.
Five months later, Qian Renxia, Qian Renwei, and Qian Renting had all turned six. It was time to awaken their Martial Souls.
Over those five months, Qian Xunji's strength had made a tremendous leap.
[Family Prosperity System]
[Host: Qian Xunji]
[Martial Soul: Six-Winged Angel]
[Divine Position: None]
[Body: 100 (Divine Body, currently at the limit)]
[Soul: 99.50 (Halfway to Divine Soul Transformation)]
[Soul Power: 100 (Divine Power, currently at the limit)]
[Cultivation Method: Ancient Phoenix Method]
[Beneficial Effects: Ancient Phoenix Seal (Incomplete)]
[Overall Evaluation: A man one step away from becoming a Deity.]
Using the Ancient Phoenix Method, he had fused the divine power flames left behind by the Fire Dragon King into himself. He was still far from attaining Nirvana Rebirth, but his body and Soul Power had reached the levels of a divine body and divine power.
All that remained was for his soul to transform into a divine soul. Then he could use the Ancient Phoenix Method to fuse the Fire Dragon King's Godhead and forge a divine position of his own, becoming a Deity.
Before that, however, Qian Xunji needed to wait for A-Huang to become a Deity first.
He had no desire to be summoned to the Divine Realm by Asura or the Sea God and made to do backbreaking labor.
Douluo Continent, Spirit City.
Saintess Hall.
"Daddy finally came!"
"Daddy, hurry and awaken our Martial Souls!"
"We want to go to school and play with our big sisters, too. They said school is so much fun." The three little girls, Qian Renxia, Qian Renwei, and Qian Renting, crowded around Qian Xunji as soon as they saw him.
Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang watched the excited little ones from nearby, giggling.
"All right, my sweet daughters. I'll awaken your Martial Souls right now."
Qian Renxia and Qian Renwei were the daughters of Bibi Dong and Leng Lingyuan, respectively. Both had red aptitude ratings and were undoubtedly born with Innate Soul Power at level ten.
Only Qian Renting, Xue Ying's daughter, had a black aptitude rating. They wouldn't know her Innate Soul Power or Martial Soul until her awakening.
By the standards of ordinary Soul Masters, Xue Ying's aptitude was exceptional. But compared to his, Leng Lingyuan's, and Bibi Dong's, it wasn't very good.
Her Innate Soul Power was only level seven, and her Martial Soul was a mutated Healing Swan.
But with his genes, Qian Renting wouldn't turn out too poorly.
Besides, with the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well at their disposal, any weakness from her birth could be made up for later.
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