Forging a True Artifact in the Flame Domain, Two Lineages Clash

"If you've got the guts, don't ask me to step in next time," System 10086 said coldly.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..." The majesty in Lin Xian's eyes vanished instantly, as though a Lu Mingfei lurked within him. He started spouting nonsense. "Come on, we're brothers! Our bond is higher than the heavens and deeper than the sea. We even made it through Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin together. We've long since become one."

"I even gave you the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art! That's an Emperor Scripture, an immortal canon countless prodigies would fight tooth and nail for and still never get."

"This is your chance to become a System Heavenly Emperor. I've handed you the opportunity to attain the Dao. You need to appreciate it..."

"Pah!"

One took on the colors of one's company. After spending so long with Lin Xian, System 10086 had picked up a trace of humanity too. It cursed, "Handed me an opportunity? You just want to mooch off your system!"

"Not so," Lin Xian said without batting an eye. "I simply see the makings of a Heavenly Emperor in you. I'm willing to serve Your Majesty faithfully and earn my place as a founding supporter."

The system replied, "Yeah, right."

The host's mouth was a lying menace. Not a word could be trusted.

After much persuasion, Lin Xian settled on a thirty-seventy split of the Xuanhuang Mother Qi, then fed the system a whole string of grand promises. Only after he pledged to find it the Boundless Divine Art did the matter finally end.

There were several ways to develop a chaotic body. The system was not human, so the path of furnace-nurturing of myriad scriptures—absorbing the myriad Dao and ultimately uncovering the secrets of the chaotic body—was better suited to its big-data calculations.

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