Too Many Rules

"System, begin devouring."

Xie Tianxiao placed his palm against the Bone Chilling Flame and gave the command in a low voice.

Ding!

[Heavenly Earth Spirit Object detected. System beginning devouring!]

The mechanical voice rang out, and Xie Tianxiao immediately felt an immense suction force surge from within his body.

The imprisoned Bone Chilling Flame seemed to sense the approaching danger and began struggling violently.

Unfortunately, its resistance was utterly useless before the system.

Ding!

[This unusual spiritual flame has previously been subdued. Devouring time for this attempt: thirty days.]

[Progress: one percent...]

As the system's mechanical voice faded, the Bone Chilling Flame instantly stopped struggling, transforming into streams of energy that flowed into Xie Tianxiao's body.

"A month? System, explain this. Why does devouring the eleventh-ranked Bone Chilling Flame take less time than the low-ranked Green Lotus Core Flame?"

Xie Tianxiao asked in confusion.

[Ding! This unusual spiritual flame has already been absorbed once. Even though its soul imprint has now been erased, it has lost its most primordial flame-seed state.]

[Therefore, the time required for this system to break it down and integrate it into the host's body will also be greatly reduced.]

The system's mechanical voice rang out again.

"Oh? So that was why. Then if I directly rip Heavenly Flames out of certain owners' bodies before devouring them, would it take even less time?"

Xie Tianxiao immediately understood and asked excitedly.

"Correct deduction. However, this system reminds the host that after devouring Heavenly Flames which have already been absorbed, the cultivation increase they provide will be reduced compared to the most primordial unusual spiritual flames."

The system notification sounded again.

"There are rules for this too? No wonder the nineteenth-ranked Green Lotus Earth Flame raised me by a minor stage. It