"Is this the kind of treatment protagonists in novels get?"
Su Tian murmured to himself, a faint stir passing through his heart.
Ever since coming to the Dou Qi Continent, Su Tian had always vaguely sensed that some unseen force was drawing him along between heaven and earth.
It was precisely this invisible pull that allowed Su Tian's soul aura to blend more readily into the rules of the Dou Qi Continent.
Su Tian had pondered this in private before, but had never found the slightest clue.
"Could it be... the so-called Heavenly Dao?"
Just as Su Tian shook his head and was about to give up thinking about it, a flash of inspiration suddenly burst through his mind.
He could not help recalling the Heavenly Dao Will described in the novels he had read in the past.
"Could the Heavenly Dao exist in this world, too?"
At that thought, a sharp, cold gleam flashed through Su Tian's eyes. He raised his head, seemingly looking through the Ancient Flame Cavern toward the sky beyond.
Only this explanation seemed reasonably plausible.
After pondering briefly, Su Tian shook his head and stopped dwelling on it, turning his gaze to his palm instead.
"Next, it's time to upgrade my cultivation technique."
Su Tian drew a deep breath, then stamped his foot. His figure swept forward with the agility of an eagle, and he settled cross-legged atop a massive rock in the Magma Sea.
He closed his eyes, and the sound of churning magma beside him slowly faded into stillness.
Flame Mantra, activate!
At Su Tian's inward shout, an immensely powerful surge of aura erupted from his abdomen.
Immediately afterward, an extraordinarily violent dark red flame surged out. Its red was so deep that a profound blackness seemed to lurk within it.
This was