Five-Element Art! Thanks to [Lin Yuyan of Ling Family Guard Island] for the bonus chapter celebration!

After seeing off his last friend, Xu Changqing could finally rest. He immediately checked his status panel, wanting to know what his situation was.

Xu Changqing

Male

24 years old

Five-Element Spiritual Root

Heaven-Grade Golden Core: Early Stage

Divine Abilities: Five-Colored Divine Radiance, Myriad Insect Matriarch's Nest, Summon Wind and Rain, Myriad Mechanisms, Myriad Transformations

Puppet Technique: Masterful Hand

Rune Craft: Masterful Hand

Artifact Refining Skill: Masterful Hand

Myriad Insect Secret Record: Max Level

Nine Transformations of the Wandering Dragon: Third Transformation

Nine-Flame Profound Art: Third Layer (Upgradeable)

Remaining Lifespan: 1,612 years

He had not expected that breaking through to the Golden Core Realm would raise his lifespan to over sixteen hundred years.

Consume 20 years of lifespan to upgrade the Nine-Flame Profound Art to the ninth layer?

Xu Changqing vaguely remembered that the last upgrade had required thirty-seven years. Yet because of his realm, spiritual power, and other factors, it had failed, reaching only the third layer.

Now that he was upgrading it again, even with his current knowledge, experience, and skills, it still required twenty years of lifespan. That showed just how formidable the Nine-Flame Profound Art was.

Yet the more it was like this, the more anticipation and curiosity he felt. He agreed without hesitation.

As the word "Yes" sounded, his entire body entered an unfathomably profound state of enlightenment.

In that state, he used the foundation of the first three layers to bring forth the new from the old, continuously refining and revising the remaining six layers.

The content became simpler, while its power grew even greater.

Only after a while did he break free from that state.

At the same time, the status panel changed again.

``` Remaining Lifespan: 1,592 years

Nine-Flame Profound Art: Max Level

Effect 1: Chi Yan senses