After skimming through the "Alchemy Notes" and "Pill Recipey" category, Xiao Ranyu closed the tab.
> "I will Look For It after I have Extra Points To Spare"
"Now.."
His gaze sharpened.
> "Let's get serious."
He shifted his focus toward the Skills column.
The panel expanded, filtering neatly into levels: Yellow, Mysterious, Earth, and Heaven.
He instantly skipped the first two.
> "Too basic. Too weak."
He hovered briefly over Heaven-level techniques, only for the system to flash a cold reminder:
> [Insufficient Realm. User must reach Dou Huang to practice Heaven-Level Martial Skills.]
> "Tch. Alright. Earth-level it is."
He focused on Earth-level flame-type martial skills, his criteria simple: speed, offense, defense… and a sword.
Soon he Found What he wanted.
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Movement Skill
> Infernal Mirage Steps (Earth Rank)
A high-speed movement art that creates blazing afterimages with each dash. Movement speed scales with flame intensity. Confuses enemies and evades tracking techniques.
Cost: 4,200 Points
> "Fast, flashy, and flame-fed. Perfect."
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Palm Technique
> Sun-Destroying Palm (Earth Rank)
A palm strike that gathers condensed flame into a golden burst. Upon impact, the target is hit with burning force and residual inner flame that continues damaging over time.
Cost: 3,800 Points
>One palm to cook an armored boar alive... I'll take it."
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Fist Technique
> Molten Tyrant Fist (Earth Rank)
A violent, close-range fist style. Each punch ignites the air on contact. The technique grows fiercer with the user's anger, burning hotter with every blow exchanged.
Cost: 4,000 Points
> "Perfect for when I don't feel like being subtle."
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Defensive Skill
> Flame Emperor's Wrath Body (Earth Rank)
A defensive body-forging technique that cloaks the user in a semi-visible armor of flame essence. Passively reduces damage and reflects a portion back as searing heat.
Cost: 6,800 Points
> "Feels like walking around in armor made of lava. I like it."
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When he opened the Weapon category, Xiao Ranyu's eyes nearly fell out of their sockets.
Right at the top—highlighted in a golden glow—was a package labeled:
> [Exclusive Set: Eternal Flame Vassal Body Compatibility Pack – 100% FREE]
His heart skipped.
"Free?" he whispered, as if afraid the system would change its mind.
The moment he tapped it open, two items materialized before him in a flash of crimson flame: a sword, and a sword skill manual wrapped in golden-red scrollwork. The air around them shimmered with heat, like they were born from a living volcano.
> [You have obtained:
Weapon :Emberfall Edge
Skill:Solar Rupture – Ninth Heaven Flame Slash]
He checked the descriptions.
> [Emberfall Edge ]
> "When this blade falls, emperor burns."
Description:
A 3-foot-long scarlet sword laced with streaks of shadowy black. The blade pulses with the aura of a dying star, as if flames are eternally trapped within its edge. When swung, it hums like an ancient dragon growling from the abyss. Can evolve by quenching it with heavenly flame. Indestructible and can hurt up to Dou Huang with sharpness.
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>[Solar Rupture – Ninth Heaven Flame Slash]
> A supreme flame sword technique that evolves with each Heavenly Flame absorbed. The user does not merely slash with fire—they wield the laws of destruction through flame.
Skill Type:
Earth-Tier Growing Technique (Potential: Heaven-Tier Divine Flame Skill)
> Scales with user's Flame Mastery and Heavenly Flame count.
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Skill Concept:
Each time users absorbs a Heavenly Flame, the technique evolves—gaining a new form, nature, or amplification.
The Ninth Heaven Flame Slash is a legacy skill created by an ancient Flame Emperor but only someone with a body like the Eternal Flame Vassal Body can truly awaken its full potential.
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Progression Stages by Heavenly Flame Count:
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1 Flame – First Form: Scorching Fang
Flame Used: Any Heavenly Flame
Effect: A burning crescent slash that scorches enemies and burns away weaker techniques. Leaves smoldering trails of flame Qi.
Visual: A red-orange flame arc flies from the sword, leaving deep gashes in stone.
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2 Flames – Second Form: Twin Flame Pyroclasm
Flame Used: Dual-type ( Green Lotus Flame + Bone Spirit Cold Flame)
Effect: Launches two layered flame waves that collide mid-air and explode, causing a pyroclastic storm of flame debris and heat pulses.
Visual: A spiraling helix of red and blue fire explodes outward like a volcanic storm.
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3 Flames – Third Form: Solar Collapse
Flame Used: Any 3 Heavenly Flames
Effect: A falling sun-shaped flame sphere that explodes on impact, creating a heat vacuum and gravity distortion zone.
Bonus: Damages Soul and Qi channels.
Visual: A mini sun appears above the blade and crashes down like divine punishment.
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4 Flames – Fourth Form: Crimson Sky Divide
Flame Used: 4 Flames with distinct natures (one raging, one corrosive, one devouring, one sealing)
Effect: Tears a burning rift through the sky, temporarily sealing flame-based powers of enemies.
Visual: A slash that opens a burning crack in the air itself—anything in its path is disintegrated.
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5 Flames – Fifth Form: Infernal Crown Execution
Flame Used: Crown-type flame ( Must include Nine Nether Flame or Purifying Demonic Flame)
Effect: A regal, descending sword strike empowered by a flame crown that marks enemies as "Subjects of Fire." They suffer increased flame damage and cannot regenerate.
Visual: A flame crown appears above host; sword glows gold-red before slashing downward like judgment.
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6–8 Flames – Sixth Form: Cataclysm Lotus Rupture
Flame Used: Must include Green Lotus Flame
Effect: A massive lotus blooms beneath the battlefield and explodes into cascading lotus petal-shaped slashes. Causes large-scale terrain destruction.
Visual: A field of flame lotuses forms, then detonates in a wave of destruction.
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9 Flames or more – Final Form: Eternal Ember Annihilation
Flame Used: Must include emperor Flame + 9 Heavenly Flames
Effect: One slash that burns through laws. Flame erases technique, spirit, and existence. Can damage flame-immune beings and even distort time for a second.
Visual: The sword disappears for a moment, then a line of nothingness follows, and the target vanishes with it.
Xiao Ranyu nearly fainted from joy. His hands trembled as he gripped the sword.
Both the weapon and the technique were tailor-made for him—down to the last ember. Both could evolve. Both fed on Heavenly Flames. Both whispered of unstoppable power.
He didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or start slashing the air with excitement.
"...This body really came with cheat codes," he muttered, eyes gleaming.
With a smirk, Xiao Ranyu locked in the swords and the sword skill.
"Perfect."
Next, he opened the Skills Purchase Panel, fingers ready to burn through his points like wildfire.
> [Selected Skills:
Infernal Mirage Steps – 4,200
Sun-Destroying Palm – 3,800
Molten Tyrant Fist – 4,000
Flame Emperor's Wrath Body – 6,800
TOTAL: 18,800 Points]
> [Current Points: 1,130]
He blinked.
> "...You've got to be kidding me."
A system chime followed right on cue:
> [Insufficient Sign-In Points. Please reduce selection or earn more points.]
He clicked his tongue, arms crossing. He wasn't going to downgrade. These were his skills. Made for him.
> "System," he muttered, "any fast way to get more points?"
> [Notice: Refining rare items or feeding the system high-value resources will grant additional Sign-In Points.]
> [Heavenly Flame Refinement Bonus – Active]
[Refining a Heavenly Flame grants 100,000 Sign-In Points due to extreme rarity.]
Ranyu froze.
Then slowly, grinned.
And then, laughed.
Loud, sharp, and full of disbelief.
> "100,000 for one?"
> "Do you know how many I already have?" he whispered, voice brimming with amusement.
He extended three fingers one by one.
> "Mysterious Yellow Flame. Bone-Chilling Cold Flame. Gold Emperor Incinerating Flame."
Three Heavenly Flames… all swirling within his spiritual sea like gods awaiting command.
> "That's three hundred thousand points—just sitting there."
The system chimed again, calm and mechanical:
> [Correction: Heavenly Flames must be refined fully for point gain. Risk of spiritual backlash is high. Most users possess at most one.]
> [Warning: Host is anomalous.]
Ranyu's grin widened.
> "You're damn right I am."
He waved a hand.
> "And I'm not done either."
His eyes gleamed as he pulled up the mental map in his memory—places and names burned into his soul from a past life.
> "I know at least five more Heavenly Flames on this continent alone. And once I step into the Great Thousand World…"
> "I'll turn this system into a flame-devouring monster."
> [Host dangerously confident.]
> "Confident?" He smirked.
> "No. I'm just finally rich."
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With one Heavenly Flame ready to refine soon, Xiao Ranyu turned back to the skill list and whispered:
> "Save the ones I marked. I'll be back soon."
The fire in his soul was rising again—not from combat this time, but ambition.
He wasn't just gathering flames.
He was building an empire of them.