Six Ding Divine Fire

"Master is mighty! Master—" Seeing Yu Xian deal with Zhou Tai Three and the others so effortlessly, Zhou Tai No. 2 shouted in excitement, but before he could even get started, a glare from Yu Xian cut his routine short. He quickly clapped both hands over his mouth, looking at Yu Xian with an innocent expression. Only then did Yu Xian turn his attention back to Zhou Tai Three and the others. Raising his right arm, he transformed it into a giant serpent that sank its fangs into Zhou Tai Three. In the blink of an eye, the phoenix was drained into a withered mummified bird, every drop of its blood sucked dry. Afterward, Yu Xian repeated the maneuver, draining the blood from the remaining Zhou Tais one after another. With the bodies controlled by the Zhou Tais dead, their personalities instantly snapped back into Zhou Tai No. 2. His eyes rolled back, and his body began to tremble violently. Flicking his other hand, Yu Xian sent a drop of blood flying into Zhou Tai. As the blood melded into his body, the trembling quickly subsided, and the personalities fell under his control as well. Yu Xian's original thought had been to kill Zhou Tai outright and end the trouble once and for all. However, Zhou Tai's ability to awaken Transcendent bloodlines in beasts was exceedingly useful to him. After weighing his options, he decided to bring Zhou Tai fully under his control, turning him into a tool. Of course, once Zhou Tai outlived his usefulness, Yu Xian would hand him over to the state to face trial and have his fate decided. "Master..." Once all of Zhou Tai's personalities were under his control, a thought from Yu Xian gave Zhou Tai No. 2 the dominant consciousness. Yet before the man could launch into another routine, Yu Xian cut him off again. "From now on, call me proprietor. And... stop flattering me all the time. Now, follow me!" With that, he conjured a spatial bubble ahead of him and stepped inside, teleporting away in an instant. Zhou Tai hurriedly followed, teleported to the other side as well. The other side of the spatial bubble was Qilin headquarters. Yu Xian handed Zhou Tai over to Bat while reporting the situation to Yu Lie. Leaving Zhou Tai in Qilin's care, Yu Xian departed once more. He was exceptionally busy right now—busy getting stronger. Monitoring Edward from high above through an eyeball bubble, he knew all too well that Edward had gone completely mad. Several countries had already been wiped out by him. It was slaughter in the truest sense: men and women, young and old, none spared from his vicious hands. City after city. Everywhere one looked, there were only desiccated corpses—a visual impact of sheer horror. Yu Xian wanted nothing more than to appear before Edward right this second and stop his senseless slaughter of innocents. Yet his Super Brain kept him soberly aware that he was the final hope. The more critical the situation became, the more he needed to... stay steady! He could not afford the cost of failure. He had to win. Absolute victory was the only way to genuinely save everyone, rather than offering a fleeting glimmer of hope only to plunge everyone into despair along with it. ... ... Mercury. Yu Xian reappeared atop a meteorite. Sitting cross-legged on the celestial rock, he began to refine the blood he had just drawn. The Blood Demon Stream: Infinite Autophagy Method roared to life in an instant. A massive surge of blood poured from his body, enveloping him completely, as he selected Fenrir's bloodline and swiftly began devouring his own blood. The Demon Wolf Fenrir's bloodline was composed of dozens of Transcendent giant wolf bloodlines, several of which were connected to the moon. Through this bloodline, Yu Xian gained the ability to grow stronger by basking in moonlight. However, this ability was nowhere near as potent as Light Devourer, serving at best as a modest supplement. After all, Light Devourer could absorb moonlight just as easily. Right now, he possessed far too many abilities—so many that they were becoming a bit of a burden. Earth manipulation, for example, could be broken down into manipulating sand, stone, soil, and swamps, or even further subdivided into granite manipulation, pebble manipulation, marble manipulation... If not for his Super Brain, he certainly wouldn't have been able to keep track of how many abilities he had, let alone deploy them in an optimal way. After refining Demon Wolf Fenrir's bloodline, Yu Xian selected the phoenix bloodline and began refining it without delay. This time, however, his calculations went awry. Since there were only seven Transcendent bloodlines, he hadn't paid much heed to the energy requirement, assuming his stored energy would be more than enough to refine them. Yet he had never anticipated that the phoenix controlled by Zhou Tai Three would give him such a massive surprise. The phoenix's bloodline composition was equally intricate, but its core actually belonged to a Fiery Sparrow of the Flaming Mountains that possessed the "Six Ding Divine Fire." This Fiery Sparrow had originated from the Flaming Mountains of a parallel Journey to the West world, naturally born with mastery over the Six Ding Divine Fire. After being devoured by the Abyss, this potent flame had been stitched into the phoenix's bloodline. It granted the phoenix the ability to ignite with the Six Ding Divine Fire upon every death, rebirthing into an even purer, more powerful form. Of course, if its bloodline was drained and its power exhausted, leaving it without fuel, the phoenix would still perish. Yu Xian had drained the phoenix dry of blood, leaving it with no fuel to burn, which was why the phoenix controlled by Zhou Tai Three had truly died. Now that Yu Xian possessed the phoenix bloodline, he had likewise inherited the Six Ding Divine Fire ability, and through the Blood Demon Stream: Infinite Autophagy Method, he was in the middle of perfecting it. The phoenix's Six Ding Divine Fire had been incomplete, carrying only a faint effect. A complete Six Ding Divine Fire was not solely meant for pill refining; it also boasted immense purifying power. When paired with the Blood Demon Stream: Infinite Autophagy Method, the synergy could even produce a result greater than the sum of its parts. However, completing the Six Ding Divine Fire required a colossal amount of energy. The instant Yu Xian began refining it, the Blood Demon Stream: Infinite Autophagy Method burned through all of his stored energy. Yu Xian himself quickly began to wither, as if his very blood were being consumed by the flames. "Not good." Yu Xian hadn't expected to encounter such a high-tier bloodline. He immediately tried to halt the refinement, but in the next second, another stream of energy surged in to replenish what he had expended, continuing to feed the Blood Demon Stream: Infinite Autophagy Method. This energy came from positive mindfulness—the affection, admiration, and trust of tens of millions of people across the country. Yu Xian was stunned. He hadn't expected this force to be so potent, so vast. He could distinctly feel that the Six Ding Divine Fire favored this energy immensely, so much so that the consumption of the Blood Demon Stream: Infinite Autophagy Method decreased significantly. Three hours later, the Six Ding Divine Fire abruptly ignited across Yu Xian's body, burning every impurity within him away in an instant. The flames then seeped deep into his physical vessel and the depths of his soul, incinerating all negative, chaotic elements. Yu Xian had originally possessed a messy tangle of miscellaneous abilities, but under the blaze of the Six Ding Divine Fire, it was as if a single command had consolidated them, fusing them seamlessly together. Take earth manipulation: what had once been subdivided into controlling sand, stone, soil, swamps, and more was smelted by the Six Ding Divine Fire into pure energy, merged wholly into the single ability of Earth Manipulation. Under the tempering of the Six Ding Divine Fire, Yu Xian's body underwent an earth-shattering transformation, and his combat strength skyrocketed. Refining the Six Ding Divine Fire had directly granted him 10 points of combat strength, and through the tempering process, all of his abilities were comprehensively enhanced, becoming far purer and more refined, adding another 10 points. His combat strength had finally broken through to the Star Rank!