Deployment settlement, choose two of three rewards

[Year 103: by devouring Black Devil Lightning, you broke through to Mid-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng.

You chose to emerge from seclusion and resumed searching for the Emperor Clans.

You discovered that all the Emperor Clans had sealed their small worlds, with only the Xiao Clan and Yan Clan leaving their doors open.

You chose the Yan Clan and discovered that they had long been prepared. As you devoured the resources in their treasury, they summoned a remnant Dou Di soul to erase your sentience.

You used the Spirit Refining Art, draining all the natural energy in the Flame Realm and forcibly drawing the Heavenly Flames out of the Yan Clan experts. Many Yan Clan experts were injured, and the remnant Dou Di soul dissipated.

You seized the chance to escape.]

[Year 133: you fully digested the Yan Clan's resources, and your cultivation broke through to Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng.

You studied the Yan Clan's cultivation methods and discovered that they were a great help to you.

With the Yan Clan's cultivation methods, you made great progress in your Spirit Refining Art.]

[Year 134: you boldly appeared at the Xiao Clan and negotiated with their clan leader. With his Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng cultivation, he frankly admitted that he might not be able to subdue you.

You offered the cultivation methods and combat skills you had obtained from the other Emperor Clans, along with a promise not to attack the Xiao Clan, in exchange for permission to browse the Xiao Clan's cultivation methods.

You asked the Xiao Clan's leader to build bridges for you, hoping to exchange cultivation methods with the Gu Clan, Yao Clan, and Hun Clan as well. The Xiao Clan's leader agreed.

Through the Xiao Clan's leader, you obtained the Gu Clan's cultivation methods in an exchange on the same terms.

You traded your Son of Heaven Flame and some cultivation methods for the Yao Clan's cultivation methods.

The Hun Clan kept the Soul Realm sealed and paid you no heed.]

[Year 135: drawing on the cultivation methods of the seven great Emperor Clans, you began refining the Spirit Refining Art.]

[Year 136: you continued refining the Spirit Refining Art...]

[Year 137: you continued refining the Spirit Refining Art...]

[Year 153: you hit a bottleneck and planned to seek more cultivation methods to open up new avenues of thought.

You sought out Dou Sheng Experts and ancient factions across the continent to trade for cultivation methods, turning away nothing from Low Heaven Tier to high-grade Heaven Tier.

You began refining the Spirit Refining Art again.]

[Year 163: you finally perfected the Spirit Refining Art. Relying on it alone, you could devour any natural spiritual treasure even without using your devouring power.

Still, you always felt that something was missing.

But the cultivation method was sufficient for now, and you knew that raising your cultivation was your main priority.

The only thing that puzzled you was that you had never heard the name Tou She Ancient God in all these years.]

[Year 164: you chose to obtain resources from magical beast clans.

You plundered the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, and several magical beast clans at the Dou Sheng level.]

[Year 165: you began digesting the resources you had obtained...]

[Year 170: thanks to the Spirit Refining Art, your digestion speed increased greatly. You digested all the resources in just five years, raising your cultivation to Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

Your increased cultivation greatly boosted your confidence, and you approached the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, intending to devour their resources.

Zhu Kun, who had yet to reach his peak and was still only a Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, fought you.

The Ancient Void Dragon Royal Clan's bloodline was far too powerful. Its spatial power was difficult for even your devouring power to withstand, and with your inferior cultivation, you had no choice but to flee.

Yet as you were defeated, Zhu Kun stopped and said that he could give you resources.

Only after a conversation did you learn that Zhu Kun had recognized your potential. He wanted you to grow quickly and form an alliance with him to confront an existence that even he could not defeat.

Your heart tightened. Knowing that Zhu Kun could only mean Tou She Ancient God, you hastily agreed.

You began devouring the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's resources.]

[Year 175: you successfully digested the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's resources and broke through to Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. Your aura surged, and your devouring power put even Zhu Kun under considerable pressure.

Just as you were rejoicing, a figure suddenly appeared before you. His aura surpassed both yours and Zhu Kun's; he had already reached Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, half a step into the Emperor Realm.

You recognized him: Tou She Ancient God.

Zhu Kun immediately appeared beside you, and the two of you faced off against Tou She Ancient God.

You also realized that Tou She Ancient God must have noticed you long ago. He had simply let you grow, only emerging now to reap the fruit.

Unwilling to give up, you fought the enemy alongside Zhu Kun. Yet Tou She Ancient God, who had already stepped halfway into the Emperor Realm, was too powerful. Even together, you and Zhu Kun failed to last ten moves, and your previously invincible devouring power met a purifying power that could contend with it.

You lost and accepted the outcome of your gamble. Before being devoured, you requested a chance to read through the Flame Mantra.

To your surprise, Tou She Ancient God agreed.]

[Year 176: you began refining the Spirit Refining Art based on the Flame Mantra, while Tou She Ancient God waited patiently.]

[Year 177: you continued refining the Spirit Refining Art.]

[Year 199: you finally perfected the Spirit Refining Art-truly perfected it.

You incorporated the Flame Mantra's evolutionary properties into the Spirit Refining Art.

From then on, the Spirit Refining Art could also evolve continuously through devouring. Compared with the Flame Mantra, the Spirit Refining Art could devour natural spiritual treasures of every attribute, but it also required more energy to evolve.

With your cultivation method perfected and your wish fulfilled, you gave up resisting?

Tou She Ancient God began devouring you, but you suddenly erupted into action. Using the Spirit Refining Art, you forcibly tore a wisp of essence from within Tou She Ancient God, swallowed it, and merged it with yourself, then immediately self-destructed.

Tou She Ancient God cursed you as an ungrateful wolf and hurriedly began devouring the energy scattered by your self-destruction.]

[The deployed avatar has died. Settlement for this deployment is in progress.]

[Settlement complete.]

[Settlement evaluation: your identity as the Fire Spirit of the Nihility Devouring Flame gave you a top-tier starting point, but also a fate of being devoured.

You failed to overturn your fate of being devoured, yet you still stirred the winds and clouds across the continent.

You plundered the Emperor Clans, making them fear you.

You devoured magical beasts, filling them with terror.

You created the Spirit Refining Art, earning the recognition of heaven and earth.

Your dying counterattack left a deep impression on Tou She Ancient God.]

[Choose two of three rewards. Available rewards: one wisp of Emperor Flame essence, Beyond Heaven Tier cultivation method: Spirit Refining Art, all Dou Techniques learned.]

[Selection successful. You have received the rewards: one wisp of Emperor Flame essence, Beyond Heaven Tier cultivation method: Spirit Refining Art.]