Methods of Refining the Divine

"Oh, that's truly a prodigy."

Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered slightly, and she calmly put down the teacup in her hand.

Subtly changing the subject, he continued, "I have come here to purchase the Solar Treasure Crystal. I wonder if your esteemed establishment possesses such a treasure?"

"The Solar Treasure Crystal?" The man surnamed Purple Mansion's brow twitched slightly, and he said with a smile, "It seems you've cultivated a Pure Yang Divine Ability."

As soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head and said, "Although our Qin family has accumulated some wealth, it has all been taken by an ancestor to cultivate a Divine Ability."

"Why don't you wait a few more years? Five years from now, when the Yuan Kingdom's Purple Palace Barter Assembly begins, if you can afford the price, you will definitely be able to buy this item."

Hearing him say that, Chen Nianzhi nodded calmly.

Solar Treasure Crystal are extremely rare, and they can often fetch a high premium when they find the right person. They probably only sell them at Exchange Fair.

Thinking of this, Chen Nianzhi stood up to take her leave, saying, "It seems I can only wait five years."

"Fellow Daoist, please take care."

The man surnamed Purple Mansion politely saw Chen Nianzhi out of the shop, then got up and returned to his inner chamber.

Inside the inner chamber, two cultivators were already sitting cross-legged, drinking tea. One of them, a middle-aged man, looked at the shopkeeper and said...

"How about it?"

The man surnamed Purple Mansion bowed slightly, shook his head, and said, "It is not Dao Body."

The middle-aged man waved his hand impassively, signaling the shopkeeper to leave.

After the shopkeeper left, he shook his head in disappointment and said, "That person seemed quite talented, and I thought he had a Daoist Dao Body, but it turns out he's nothing special."

"Seventh Brother."

The old man opposite frowned, his expression grave, and said, "The two patriarchs have long said not to target those with Dao Body above the Purple Mansion. You still intend to do this?"

"Third Brother..."

The middle-aged man looked slightly embarrassed and chuckled, saying, "I was just asking around; I won't do anything."

"I still advise you to be careful."

"If a Dao Body cultivates to the Purple Mansion Realm, they will most likely possess some extraordinary abilities. Even if such a person does not come from a powerful force, they are very likely to have a powerful figure watching over them."

"Once exposed, not only will the Qin Clan be unable to save you, but the entire Qin family will be buried with you."

The old man's expression turned solemn as he recalled the repeated admonitions of his clan's patriarch.

As one of the few high-ranking Golden Core realm cultivators in the Qin Immortal Clan, they were among the few who knew the truth behind the Qin Clan's rise to power.

Extracting people's blood to refine elixirs and using forbidden techniques to seize their Dao Body are acts that demonstrate a complete loss of humanity.

Even the Qin Immortal Clan was uneasy, because the origin of this inheritance was too vicious and evil, and the horror behind it was intolerable. Once it got out, there would be no place for them in the entire Purple Yin Realm.

Although the Qin Immortal Clan is Nascent Soul Immortal Clan, the few high-ranking members who know the truth are still filled with apprehension.

Once exposed, none of the immortal clans in the Eastern Wilderness, nor even the Dao Lord Holy Land, would tolerate them.

Let alone the fact that they are just newly Nascent Soul Immortals, even if they were to become Primordial Spirit Dao Lord, they might not be able to leave the Eastern Wilderness alive.

To put it more bluntly, any one of them— the Heavenly Hut Sect of the Heavenly Hut Continent, the True Lord Haoran of the Heaven's Spine Mountains, Ji Immortal Clan of the Ji Continent —would be enough to wipe them out.

At this moment, the old man became somewhat solemn and repeatedly reminded him, "Back in the Ji Continent, the Second Ancestor, in order to extract the bloodline of a Dao Body, even alarmed the consciousness of a terrifying being."

"If we hadn't seized the opportunity to escape early, we might not have made it back alive. We even feared being tracked down by our scent, which is why we Qin Clan family members have been strictly forbidden from setting foot in the Ji Continent for many years."

"That Dao Body is only at the Qi Refinement Stage Dao Body. If you were to attack a prodigy with the Purple Mansion Dao Body, you would likely encounter serious problems."

The middle-aged man's pupils contracted slightly, and he also showed some lingering fear.

Even though the two ancestors of the Qin Clan had become Nascent Soul True Lord, they still harbored deep fear of the Ji Continent, which shows that great terror was hidden there.

His heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What kind of being was it back then that made the Second Ancestor so afraid?"

"Perhaps it's the Ji Clan?"

The old man looked in the direction of the Ji Continent, a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

Within that territory, the Ji Clan existed; the Ji Immortal Clan was once an incomparably glorious Bu Xiu clan.

In the distant past, that lineage produced several Primordial Spirit Dao Lord, and even a legendary Supreme Immortal.

Although the Ji Immortal Clan has declined, its foundation remains. Its clan's most treasured artifact, the "Immortal-Refining Furnace," is renowned throughout the world. Legend has it that once this artifact is revived, it can defeat both immortals and demons. It is one of the top ten Pure Yang Supreme Treasure on the Purple Yin Realm's list of divine weapons.

"..."

After leaving the Qin Clan's shop, Chen Nianzhi did not linger in Qinyuan Market.

He currently has no ability to take action against the Qin Clan, nor does he dare to verify whether the Qin Clan was responsible for what happened back then.

However, the trip did yield some results. Although he couldn't be absolutely certain, he believed that the Qin Clan was highly suspicious.

"Let's focus on cultivation first, and make further plans after we break through to the Golden Core realm stage, or even reach the Nascent Soul."

Suppressing the thought, Chen Nianzhi purchased a map of the Heavenly Hut Continent and then flew to the Infernal Flame Sea on her sword.

As True Lord Haoran said, the Infernal Flame Sea is an excellent place for refining one's spirit, and since he has come to the Heavenly Hut Continent, he naturally will not miss it.

Following the map, he flew north on his sword, covering more than two million miles, and finally found the legendary Infernal Flame Sea in the northern border region of the Heavenly Hut Continent.

"Is this the Infernal Flame Sea?"

Looking at the vast and boundless fiery field ahead, Chen Nianzhi couldn't help but swallow.

What a desolate place this is! Infernal Flame Sea stretching for millions of miles, with lava and flames everywhere.

There was no sign of life here, only endless killing intent and flames of destruction. If Chen Nianzhi hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have thought she had entered a hellish world.

"Infernal Flame Sea"

"No wonder it's described as a sea of fire or a fiery hell."

Chen Nianzhi trembled as she recalled the origins of this Infernal Flame Sea.

Legend has it that eight thousand years ago, this Infernal Flame Sea was once the Blood Demon Ridge, a powerful Demonic Cultivator Forbidden Ground cultivators, where Devil Lord with the power to intimidate all ages was stationed.

That period of time was so distant that even the historical records Chen Nianzhi knew only contained fragmentary accounts of it.

The peerless Dao Lord Emperor Jiang came from the Central Ancestral Domain and waged an unprecedented war against Blood Demon Ridge, shattering a Pure Yang Supreme Treasure and leveling the Blood Demon Ridge, which had been passed down for countless years.

After the first battle, the earth's core beneath Blood Demon Ridge was breached, unleashing endless Earthfire power that completely incinerated Blood Demon Ridge, transforming it into the million-mile -Infernal Flame Sea that it is today.

From then on, a large number of cultivators brought mortals from the Central Province Ancestral Land and gradually multiplied into the cultivation world of the Heavenly Hut Continent and Ji Continent Cultivation World.

In fact, the cultivation Immortal Realm of the surrounding continents today gradually emerged after that battle.

"Generation after generation of ancient sages expanded our territory and fought bloody battles against demons for our Human Race."

"That's how the prosperous cultivation Immortal Realm we have today came to be."