Precious Art

Biodata

Power Progression

The following records Lin Fan’s development in using and modifying Precious Arts, rather than a universal ranking system.

Nature and Classification

• Runic foundation: Bone Text consists of mysterious symbols with extraordinary power. Runes represent the laws and order of heaven and earth and may be innate or acquired 10 12.
• Innate arts: Certain beings are born with runic divine abilities. Lin Fan’s Supreme Technique resides in the additional runic bone within his chest 5 7.
• Learned arts: Cultivators can study techniques recorded on Primordial Rune Bones or transmitted by a sect 13 21.
• Different levels of complexity: Qi Daolin begins Lin Fan’s instruction with simple arts from ancient descendant beasts rather than heaven-tier arts or the arts of the Ten Fiends 13.

Documented Grades and Categories

Learning and Transmission

Rune Bones

Primordial Rune Bones preserve techniques that can be studied by cultivators 13 18.

• Qi Daolin gives Lin Fan several bones containing basic beast arts, then later supplies a Taotie’s Primordial True Bone 13 18.
• Obtaining a rune bone requires killing its owner instantly; otherwise, the owner may destroy it 18.
• Missing portions of a bone can leave its recorded art incomplete. The auctioned Golden Crow bone lacks important runes belonging to its forbidden divine ability 46.
• Complementary fragments can potentially restore an inheritance. Yue Chan acquires the Golden Crow bone because it contains the portion missing from her sect’s version 46.

Sect Instruction and Foundational Study

• The Heaven Mending Sect Master grants Lin Fan permission to learn every Precious Art and divine ability in the sect 21.
• Qing Yao teaches him the Heaven Mending Art but postpones his study of the incomplete True Dragon and True Phoenix arts to avoid overloading his training 23 24.
• Qi Daolin emphasizes progressing from simple arts to profound ones: each contains truths of the Great Dao that contribute to later understanding 13.
• The Primordial True Explanation is not itself a collection of Precious Arts. It explains the workings of runes and the mysteries of heaven and earth, providing foundational insight instead 18.
• Divine Phoenix True Blood resonates with Yue Chan’s True Phoenix art and helps unravel runes she previously failed to understand 43.

Abilities and Limitations

Offensive Manifestations

Precious Arts can produce elemental attacks or rune-formed creatures rather than relying solely on physical strength 12 31.

• Little Pixiu generates silver lightning through runes around its fur and horn 12.
• Yue Chan’s Peacock art manifests a hill-sized Five-Colored Peacock that releases waves of Five-Colored Divine Light 31.
• Technique selection must match the user’s capacity. Yue Chan fights more efficiently after switching to an art she can wield comfortably rather than forcing abilities beyond her limits 31.

Healing and Assimilation

Lin Fan’s innate Precious Art restores vitality and converts offensive divine abilities into healing effects 13 16.

• It repairs his body during repeated injuries in the spatial passage 7.
• Its restoration can return him to his peak while he still has a breath remaining, with a mana-restoring effect as well 16.
• It affects his own offensive arts as well as incoming attacks. His Fire Cloud Sparrow art heals Little Pixiu instead of burning it 13 14.
• It cannot be activated repeatedly in quick succession, making prolonged combat dangerous despite its defensive strength 16.
• Nonoffensive abilities retain their original mysteries rather than being reduced entirely to healing 18.

Heavenly Passage Enhancement

Cultivators in the Cave Heaven Realm can nurture powerful runes within their Heavenly Passages 24.

• This increases the might of Precious Arts and improves their ease of use 24.
• Lin Fan engraves his innate art with little difficulty because its runes belong to him naturally 24.
• During the process, its life-filled radiance accelerates plant growth and attracts spirit fish 24.

Fusion of Arts

Qi Daolin considers whether Lin Fan’s assimilation could eventually unite myriad arts into one, contrasting that possibility with the lost Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art’s command of multiple techniques 13.

• Lin Fan proposes combining his Supreme Bone’s restoration with the Heaven Mending Art’s temporal “undoing” 30.
• His proposed method would remove the Heaven Mending Art’s offensive aspects while retaining its support functions 30.
• He does not complete this fusion; creating such an art remains beyond his ability at that stage 31.

Notable Precious Arts

Story Role

• Lin Fan’s combat restriction: His inability to damage enemies with his own offensive arts pushes him toward physical combat. Yue Chan later exploits this weakness by maintaining distance and attacking with Precious Arts 13 31.
• Search for a remedy: Qi Daolin finds no comparable assimilation runes in the Bone Scriptures. Removing the Supreme Bone is proposed as a dangerous option, postponed until Lin Fan becomes a god 16.
• Acquisition of inheritances: Learning the Heaven Mending Sect’s techniques is a major reason for Lin Fan’s infiltration. Qi Daolin also insists that he continue studying presently unusable arts so he will be prepared if his restriction is resolved 18.
• Value and competition: The incomplete Golden Crow bone provokes fierce auction bidding, while later ambushers demand both Lin Fan and Yue Chan’s treasures and their Precious Arts 46 48.