Even without being refined, the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella could be wielded by Su Shi'er and unleash a measure of its power.
There was no need to think about it—the issue had to lie with the artifact spirit. Although she did not know how Su Shi'er had earned the artifact spirit's approval, she was not confident she could likewise establish contact with it and gain its recognition.
If she wanted the treasure, the only way was to seize it by force, then spend long years continually washing it with her power until she forcibly refined the umbrella.
But now, the heavenly fire above could remain without dispersing. The slightest movement from the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella might cause that heavenly fire to vanish.
The primary purpose of her journey was to temper her Pure Body. Before that goal was achieved, it was unwise to stir up further trouble.
"This Su Shi'er truly has heaven's favor! Using the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella as a vessel, he fused the Bird Artifact Spirit with a strand of Southern Bright Leaving Fire, and even received nourishment from another strand of Southern Bright Leaving Fire."
"If that were all, then no matter how much greater potential the artifact spirit possessed, it could never possibly have the chance to evolve into a Vermilion Bird."
"Especially since the fusion of those two strands of Southern Bright Leaving Fire was completed in a frigid place like the Glacial Snowfield, at the Summit of the Heavenly Pond."
"And yet, the woman that brat saved actually possessed the ability to summon heavenly fire."
"Among the spirit fires of the Cultivation World, heavenly fire indeed did not rank particularly high. Yet heavenly fire was a derivative flame of the True Solar Fire."
"The True Solar Fire was the foremost among all