[Ding! Trial Broken!]

[10x Multiplier applied to "Oracle Insight".]

[Acquired Emperor-Tier Soul Art: ’Eye of the Void-Shatter’.]

Gu Fan’s eyes snapped open and he was back in the cold, dark sanctum. He quickly looked down on his chest to look for any new wounds, but there was nothing.

Even the thrashing from the Stone golems outside had been healed.

His chest was no longer bleeding. He did not feel any pain in his ribs. And his limbs seem to be all in place.

[Ding!]

[The Eye of the Void-Shatter gathers Spirit Qi into the eye and releases it in a single glance. It can identify the weak spots in target’s spiritual defences and protective techniques giving the user an edge over others.]

But while Gu Fan was listening to the description of his newly found Soul Art in his head, his eyes were fixed on the flame wrapped to his right hand, it was the Blue Ghost Fire.

He had finally obtained it. It was way harder than he had anticipated, and written about, but it was in his hands now.

"Well, I will be damned..." Suddenly out of nowhere, the old man’s voice echoed in the chamber, sounding far more amused than before, "You actually shattered the Oracle’s core instead of just waking up? You broke my favourite mental array, you brute! Who the hell raised you?"

"But I suppose congratulations are in order," the old man chuckled dryly, "After all, you managed to pass the trial."

"You have a soul of iron and a will that defies reason."

"Someday, I look forward to meeting you, brat. If you ever manage to claw your way out of this lower realm and transcend to the higher planes, we might cross paths. We will share a jar of proper wine."

The voice began to fade, growing distant as the remnant soul finally began to detach from the tomb.

"Now that you have claimed the Blue Ghost Fire, my watch is ended. My soul will finally leave this dusty old resting place."

"Until we meet again, brat... And yes, enjoy the pain of assimilation. It’s going to hurt like a bitch!" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

With one final, wheezing cackle, the Sovereign’s voice stopped completely, and the heavy, oppressive presence in the tomb vanished.

Gu Fan didn’t call out for the old man as he just smirked and tightened his grip on the flame.

[Ding! 10x Plunder Multiplier Active.]

[Evolving Blue Ghost Fire...]

[Blue Ghost Fire evolved to Purple Nether-Ghost Fire.]

The flame in Gu Fan’s hand reacted instantly to the System’s power. The eerie blue light violently flickered, darkening into a deep, rich, terrifying shade of royal purple.

And the freezing temperature in the room vanished, instantly replaced by a heat so intense it could melt the stone walls.

"Finally!" Gu Fan sighed, pulling the purple flame directly into his bare chest.

The fire burnt through the remnant of clothes, but without harming his skin, it phased right through his ribs and directly into his dantian.

"Aggh!!" The pain was catastrophic, as Gu Fan fell to his knees on the stone floor, letting out a scream.

The pain was infinitely worse than each of his breakthrough. It was worse than the punches of that 4-armed tiger.

In no time, his skin turned searing hot, glowing a bright, terrifying cherry-red as if he was literally being roasted alive from the inside out.

Thick, foul black smoke vented violently from every single pore on his body. The purple fire was ruthlessly purging his marrow, burning away the last remaining mortal impurities that the Ancient Venom Physique hadn’t cleared.

His remaining clothes and his leather boots instantly caught fire, and in less than two seconds, Gu Fan was left entirely naked on the cold stone floor.

He curled into a ball, his massive muscles twitching, bulging, and tearing as the purple fire wove itself permanently into his meridians, and merged directly with his toxic blood.

The Sovereign’s ancient voice was completely silent, if his soul would have been there, it would have been shocked into absolute, terror by the unnatural sight in front of him.

He would have never imagined that the Blue Ghost Fire he bragged so much about, wrote poems about would evolve after the boy he accounted for nothing but a put his hands on it.

Finally after about ten or so agonizing minutes, the pain in his veins finally stopped.

The thick black smoke slowly cleared from the chamber.

Gu Fan lay naked amidst the ashes and stone rubble, and his skin was no longer cherry-red.

It was back to being flawlessly pale. His muscles were leaner, denser, looking as if they were carved from smooth jade.

[Ding!]

[Purple Nether-Ghost Fire Assimilated.]

[The Purple Nether-Ghost Fire can burn weak souls directly, bypassing physical defence.]

[It enhances all alchemy and pill refinement by 50% in comparison to the Blue Ghost Flame.]

[With your present Cultivation stage, it acts as an absolute lethal defence, capable of melting Spirit Realm weapons upon contact.]

Gu Fan let out a long, heavy breath.

He slowly pushed himself up from the floor. He sat cross-legged, totally unbothered by his complete nakedness.

He looked down at his bare, powerful frame. His eyes trailed down to his massive, thick cock resting heavily against his thighs. He felt a surge of uncontrollable, fiery Yang energy mixing with the new purple fire in his core.

He smirked wickedly, looking at the charred spot on the pedestal.

"Mother is going to need a hell of a lot of stamina potions when I get back to her tight little cunt," Gu Fan chuckled, "This new fire is going to make our secluded cultivation very... intense."

He cracked his neck, revelling in the sheer, explosive power flowing through his veins, when the system chimed in his head again.

[Ding!]

[Massive Qi surge detected.]

[Host has accumulated enough Spirit Cultivation Qi from the fire’s raw energy to break through the 6th Stage barrier!]

Gu Fan’s body suddenly began to hum with a violent, vibrating power.

The purple fire within his dantian flared up, demanding a stronger, more capable vessel to contain its legendary heat. The sheer volume of Qi in his system reached a critical mass, violently expanding his meridians.

The breakthrough had arrived.

"Not again" Gu Fan almost cried out in tears.

"Useless System! Couldn’t have done that earlier, along with the Purple Nether-Ghost Fire? Haven’t you heard of multi-tasking?"

[I have master... But where is the fun in that?]

"..."