「One month later.」

In the cavern, Chu Mu stood clad in his Qingyi. He raised a hand, and a flicker of fire appeared at his fingertip.

With a casual flick, the flame dove into the ground and vanished, followed by the faint scent of something scorching that tickled his nose.

Through his Divine Sense Perception, he saw that a fist-sized hole had appeared where the flame had entered.

The intense heat had melted the earth, creating a deep pit that was clearly visible, plunging over ten feet into the ground.

Chu Mu raised his hand again, and another wisp of flame appeared at his fingertip.

The flame was fiery red, with a brilliant golden-yellow core. Billowing heat rolled off it, yet it was incredibly restrained, concentrated and unscattering.

The ten-foot-deep pit was clear proof of this flame’s Mighty Power.

With a slight nudge of his will, a jet-black piece of Spatial Spiritual Materials floated before him.

As the flame drew near, its searing heat caused faint wisps of black smoke to rise. A significant amount of the jet-black, malevolent Energy within the Spiritual Materials was being burned away.

However, upon closer inspection with his senses, he realized it wasn’t just the malevolent Energy being removed. The Power of Space, which had been corrupted by that Energy, was also being purged and dissipated.

Chu Mu continued with various experiments, testing the Great Sun Fire Seed he had condensed.

An hour later, Chu Mu stopped his experiments. With a thought, the flame sank into his body, finally returning to his Dantian.

His Divine Sense Perception revealed that his Dantian, once empty save for his Magical Power, now contained a fiercely burning wisp of flame.

And under the flame’s constant burn, the Magical Power within his Dantian was being ceaselessly tempered and refined.

As his Magical Power grew more condensed, its innate Fire Attribute nature began to take on the aura of the Great Sun True Flame, bit by bit.

The so-called Supreme Yang and Firmness seemed to be gradually manifesting through this tempering process.

As for his physical body...

With a thought, Chu Mu caused the Great Sun True Flame Seed suspended in his Dantian to suddenly expand. It flared up, then flowed out along his Meridians, spreading the searing flame throughout his entire body in an instant.

Within a few short breaths, a faint red glow became visible all over his body. As the True Flame began the Body Tempering, an indescribable pain swept through him.

Chu Mu’s expression remained serene as the Spiritual Radiance Blessing descended. He carefully experienced the marvels of the Great Sun True Flame while also comprehending the Great Sun Scripture, this manual of Dharma and Body Cultivation.

After a short while, the blaze subsided and returned to his Dantian.

Chu Mu pondered for a moment, then with a wave of his hand, he took up a brush and began to write.

He wrote down his organized thoughts on the wonders of the Great Sun Scripture, putting them to paper bit by bit.

The Fire Attribute is inherently violent and domineering, but the Great Sun Scripture sublimated this nature to a higher level.

Supreme Yang and Firmness, impervious to all techniques, where All Evil is Repelled.

From what he had pieced together so far, this didn’t seem to be an exaggeration. It was unequivocally true.

When the final stroke was written, the paper and brush vanished into his Storage Talisman. He sat cross-legged once more, circulating his Magical Power. A faint heat emerged around him as the Magical Power from his old Blazing Fire Technique began to transform, bit by bit, into the Supreme Yang and Firmest Magical Power of the Great Sun Scripture.

His physical body, originally tempered by the Wild Bull Technique, also slowly began to take on that scorching heat of Supreme Yang and Firmness during this process.

「The sun rose and set, seasons came and went.」

The courtyard gate of the residence, located in a worldly town, remained tightly shut, slowly being ravaged by the passage of time.

Weeds grew wild in the courtyard, the walls grew more mottled, and the wooden doors fell further into decay.

Time continued to flow by.

And it was taking much longer than Chu Mu had anticipated.

Or rather, his estimate had been based on his own understanding, and the Cultivation method of the Great Sun Scripture was simply beyond his ken.

Using the True Flame as a source while his original Magical Power still existed, the process to Transcend was one of slow, painstaking work.

It wasn’t until the end of the second year that the rotting wooden door to the bedroom was finally, slowly pushed open.

A harsh creaking sound echoed as the wooden door swung.

A figure, clad in Qingyi, emerged from the filth-ridden room.

"WHIMPER, WHIMPER..."

Chu Mu paused under the eaves as an excited Wangcai shot out, darting about the overgrown courtyard and startling the chirping insects and birds.

Chu Mu didn’t stop him, letting Wangcai release his pent-up energy. Being cooped up for nearly two years was indeed difficult for a Demon Beast.

As for him...

It had taken two years.

Now, he had finally completed the transition to Transcend.

His former state—Qi Cultivation Perfection from the Flame Decision and Body Refining Perfection from the Wild Bull Technique—had now been entirely converted into... the Qi Cultivation Perfection of the Great Sun Scripture.

With his Cultivation newly established, his aura was still difficult to restrain.

Within his Divine Sense Perception, he currently felt like a Great Sun—scorching, blinding, and... terrifying!

Previously, thanks to the tempering of the Divine Soul Saber, his Magical Power and Divine Soul were already far superior to that of ordinary Cultivators.

According to his calculations, his previous Magical Power and Divine Soul had been nearly thirty percent stronger than those of Cultivators at the same realm.

But now that he had finished transcending to the Great Sun Scripture, he estimated that another ten percent could be added to that thirty.

Although it was only ten percent, this was no ordinary increase.

After all, his Magical Power and Divine Soul had been tempered by the Divine Soul Saber for countless days and nights.

To gain another ten percent on top of that...

It could only be said that the Great Sun Scripture, this Ancient Technique, was extraordinary—truly extraordinary!

As for his physical body, its functions now surpassed his former Body Refining Perfection by at least thirty percent.