Myriad Beast Spirit Flame!

It was as if he had personally lived through it all once before; those memories were so vivid and real. With this inheritance, as long as he cultivated step by step, becoming an Emperor-tier alchemist was practically guaranteed.

Of course, that was on the condition that he could break through to the Dou Di realm.

But that was still an exceedingly distant matter. What he needed to do now was thoroughly absorb the foundational portions of these memories and familiarize himself with those fire-control methods and alchemy techniques.

As for the other two rewards, the Scarlet Origin Heaven-Burning Art and the Fire Spirit Battle Halberd, he had also gained a rough understanding of them within half a day.

The Scarlet Origin Heaven-Burning Art was a cultivation method tailored specifically for a Fire Spirit Body. It began at the high Earth tier, and more importantly, it could gradually rise in rank alongside the growth of the Fire Spirit Body.

If someone without a Fire Spirit Body forcibly cultivated it, its power would only reach the low Xuan tier, and it would be unable to grow. Prolonged cultivation could even lead to backlash due to incompatible meridians.

It could be said that this cultivation method had been made specifically for Su Zhao.

The Scarlet Origin Heaven-Burning Art also came with two matching Dou Techniques, the Crimson Origin Heaven-Burning Palm and the Creation Heaven-Burning Seal. They were likewise growth-type Dou Techniques whose power increased with the strengthening of one's source flame.

As for the Fire Spirit Battle Halberd, its entire body was crimson, as though forged from lava. It felt heavy and warm in his hand, and mysterious flame patterns were carved along its shaft, faintly resonating with the source flame within his body.

With this battle halberd, he had finally made up for his lack of a suitable weapon.

This time, the system had filled all his shortcomings in one go.

Time passed quietly, and another half month went by in the blink of an eye.

During this half month, Su Zhao successfully converted his cultivation method from the Red Flame Art to the Scarlet Origin Heaven-Burning Art, while also practicing those two Dou Techniques.

Though he had yet to master them, they had already begun to take shape.

At the same time, he used his spare time to begin trying out the basic alchemy techniques from the Alchemy Emperor inheritance. Of course, he had only familiarized himself with the methods. He did not even have an alchemy furnace yet, so naturally, he could not begin refining pills.

On this day, everyone gathered inside the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave.

Su Zhao stood on the rocky ground deep within the cave, looking down with an unfathomable gaze.

The last time he had come here to collect the Companion Purple Crystal Source, he had sensed a mysterious force deep beneath his feet drawing him in. Now that he had broken through to the Dou Master realm and completed the conversion of his cultivation method, it was finally time to investigate properly.

"I sensed something down below drawing me in the last time I came here."

Su Zhao spoke as he turned his gaze toward the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

"Amethyst, is there anything unusual about your cave? You've lived here for so many years. Have you noticed anything abnormal?"

Amethyst was the name Su Zhao had given the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. He could not keep calling it the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King forever, could he? The young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had a name as well, though Little Doctor had given it one: Little Purple.

Amethyst shook its massive head, its voice low. "I chose this place as my cave because the fire-attributed natural energy here is extremely dense, far more abundant than elsewhere in the mountain range. But I have never investigated whether there is anything unusual deep underground."

Su Zhao nodded and placed one hand against the ground.

It felt warm to the touch, completely different from ordinary rock.

He withdrew his hand and gestured to Su You. "Su You, open a passage down."

"Yes, Young Master."

Su You stepped forward in response. A small azure vortex of wind gathered in his palm before he fiercely blasted it toward the ground.

Though small, the vortex contained an utterly terrifying cutting force. It spun rapidly like a drill, shredding the hard rock layer by layer and sending it flying as it continued extending downward.

Fragments of stone and dust scattered in every direction as the passage expanded downward at a visible speed.

After excavating roughly several dozen zhang, a dull boom suddenly rang out from the bottom of the passage, followed by an echoing emptiness below.

At the same time, an even more scorching heat surged up from beneath, far hotter than the cave's original temperature.

A sharp gleam flashed in Su Zhao's eyes.

Just as expected!

The source of that pulling force was below!

Without hesitation, he leaped down into the passage.

Su You followed closely behind. Little Doctor rode Little Purple down after them, while the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King shrank its massive body somewhat and barely squeezed into the passage, following close behind.

Before long, everyone landed at the bottom of the passage.

A faint azure glow lit up at Su You's fingertips, illuminating their surroundings.

This was actually a vast underground cavern, several zhang high and spanning dozens of zhang in every direction.

A thick stench of blood and a chilling aura of decay filled the air. Su Zhao swept his gaze around, and his pupils shrank slightly. The floor of the cavern was covered in densely packed beast bones, piled layer upon layer like mountains. Who knew how many years they had accumulated there?

That pulling force grew even stronger.

Su Zhao began walking toward the depths of the cavern, with Su You following at his side. The wind-glow in Su You's palm gradually drove back the darkness ahead.

After roughly several dozen steps, a flash of crimson suddenly entered their sight.

Within a depression at the deepest part of the cavern, a crimson flame burned quietly.

The flame was not large, roughly the size of a washbasin. Crimson threads of dark patterns ran through it, and as it rose and flickered, countless beastly silhouettes vaguely appeared above it: roaring giant tigers, soaring flood dragons, winged giant birds. The phantoms of innumerable Magic Beasts flickered within the firelight, as though ten thousand beasts were charging across a sea of flames!

Su Zhao's pupils abruptly widened, and then he burst into wild laughter!

"Hahahaha! It really is you—the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame!!"

His voice echoed through the empty cavern, filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.

The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame ranked twenty-second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. It was born from the accumulated essence blood and remnant souls of countless ancient Magic Beasts over the course of countless years.

When the flames rose, myriad beastly phantoms appeared within them. It contained violent power of the beast path and could resonate with Magic Beast bloodlines. It could burn the flesh and strike at a cultivator's soul. In the original story, Xiao Yan had summoned it during the battle between the two Dou Dis. Though its source traits leaned toward savage ferocity and it lacked the laws of the most powerful Heavenly Flames, it was still a genuine Heavenly Flame.

When he had first sensed that strange pulling force, Su Zhao had already formed a suspicion. Since he possessed a Fire Spirit Body, the only thing that could draw him so strongly had to be flame.

And when he arrived in this underground cavern and discovered that it was a Magic Beast graveyard, he had been almost eighty percent certain.

Now that he saw it with his own eyes, it truly was the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame!

Little Doctor stepped forward and curiously examined the crimson flame. "Could this be a Heavenly Flame?"

Su Zhao nodded excitedly, then explained the origins of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to her.

"This Heavenly Flame is unlike other natural Heavenly Flames that originate from spiritual treasures of heaven and earth. It is born in places where vast numbers of Magic Beasts have died, gradually nurtured from the blood essence and remnant souls of countless Magic Beasts after settling over long years. Its power is unfathomable; it can burn the flesh and strike the soul."

"But this Myriad Beast Spirit Flame seems to have only been born recently. It is still very weak."

After sensing it carefully for a moment, he came to a conclusion.

"Its energy fluctuations are probably only at the level of a Dou King. Of course, that weakness is only relative. Every Heavenly Flame possesses extremely great potential."