Before Xuan Jin's eyes, a deep blue flame quietly hovered.
The Sea Heart Flame, ranked fifteenth on the heavenly flame ranking.
Xuan Jin could feel the resistance emanating from the flame.
He stretched out his hand, and a gentle fire-attributed energy surged out, enveloping the Sea Heart Flame.
Unexpectedly, when his energy touched the Sea Heart Flame, the resistance significantly weakened.
Xuan Jin's heart stirred; it seemed his special Physique had a natural attraction to heavenly flames.
With a thought, he restricted the Sea Heart Flame, then quickly left the spot.
Not long after Xuan Jin left, two figures shrouded in black robes appeared like ghosts in the cultivation room.
One of them squatted down, examined Han Feng's corpse, and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"He's dead, killed in one blow, and his Soul was severely wounded and escaped."
The other figure scanned the room, his gaze lingering on an empty spot.
"The Sea Heart Flame... it's gone."
"To be able to instantly kill Han Feng and easily take the heavenly flame, the opponent must be at least a Dou Zong, and not an ordinary one."
The first black-robed person to speak stood up, his tone grave.
"Investigate! No matter who he is, anyone who dares to snatch something the Soul Hall has set its eyes on must die!"
"Han Feng's Soul escaped; he should contact us. Let's find him first."
"Report this matter to Protector Xuan."
The two figures whispered a few words, then transformed into black mist again and vanished from the room... After leaving Feng City, Xuan Jin traveled eastward, deep into the desolate mountains of the Black-Corner Region.
He needed an absolutely safe place to complete a crucial task: Cultivate Burning Art and devour the Sea Heart Flame.
As a Transmigration, a Seventh-Grade Peak Alchemist, and a Three-Star Dou Zong, his perception far surpassed ordinary people.
Soon, he discovered a hidden cave covered by vines beneath a cliff.
The cave was dry and spacious inside, and the Spiritual Qi was quite abundant, making it an excellent place for secluded cultivation.
Xuan Jin set up several Restrictions at the cave entrance to ensure that no unwitting people or Demonic Beasts would disturb him.
Then, he sat down cross-legged and took out the ancient scroll from his storage ring.
The Burning Art remnant.
A Yellow Rank low-tier Cultivation Technique.
This was probably the Cultivation Technique with the lowest initial rank on the Dou Qi Continent, but with the most terrifying potential.
Xuan Jin took a deep breath and slowly unrolled the scroll.
Obscure and difficult-to-understand cultivation methods came into view.
For others, trying to Cultivate such a remnant Cultivation Technique would be like a fool's dream.
But for Xuan Jin, who was familiar with the plot, this was not difficult.
He closed his eyes and began to try to circulate the Dou Qi within his body according to the method recorded on the scroll.
This was a painful and dangerous process.
Dispelling his cultivation.
To Cultivate a new Cultivation Technique, one must first abandon their original Cultivation Technique, dissipate all their pure Dou Qi, and then re-condense it.
If an ordinary person were to do this, their strength would inevitably plummet, and they might even lose all their cultivation.
Xuan Jin, however, did not hesitate.
The several fire-attributed energies within his body were already in conflict, and the old Cultivation Technique could no longer suppress them.
No destruction, no construction!
As Xuan Jin's mind stirred, the Dou Qi that had originally circulated smoothly within his body began to reverse in a violent manner.
Intense pain instantly spread throughout his limbs and bones.
His Meridians felt as if they were being pierced by countless steel needles, and the Dou Qi crystals in his Dantian also began to show cracks.
Xuan Jin's face instantly turned pale, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
But he gritted his teeth, his eyes unwavering.
He controlled the dissipating Dou Qi, not allowing them to escape his body, but instead guided them to circulate along the new, yet incredibly fragile, path of Burning Art.
Once, twice, thrice... Each circulation was like carving a new Dao in his Meridians with a knife.
That kind of pain was enough to drive someone with weak willpower directly insane.
After an unknown amount of time, when the first wisp of new Dou Qi carrying the aura of Burning Art was born in his Meridians, a smile finally appeared on Xuan Jin's pale face.
Success!
Next, it was time to devour the heavenly flame.
Xuan Jin's gaze shifted to the sealed Sea Heart Flame, and he formed hand Seals, releasing its Seal.
The next moment, the rocks on the cave wall turned crimson at a visible speed, but strangely, ripples like ocean waves appeared in the air.
"Roar!"
An invisible roar exploded in Xuan Jin's mind.
A deep blue flame shot out from the jade bottle, transforming into a ferocious flame Dragon, baring its fangs and claws as it pounced towards Xuan Jin.
Heavenly flames have spirits; it sensed the threat of being devoured and launched its most violent resistance.
Xuan Jin's expression remained unchanged, and the Burning Art Dou Qi he had just cultivated rapidly circulated, forming a vortex that met the flame Dragon.
"Boom!"
The deep blue flame collided with Xuan Jin's body.
The terrifying high temperature instantly incinerated his robes into ash.
Burning pain came from his skin.
Even more terrifying, the violent flame energy surged madly into his Meridians through his pores.
At the same time, the several conflicting fire-attributed energies already present in his body, like sharks smelling blood, also began to riot.
Three forces engaged in a fierce melee within his body.
Xuan Jin felt his body was about to be torn apart, and his consciousness began to blur.
"Devour it for me!"
Xuan Jin bit the tip of his tongue sharply, and the intense pain restored a sliver of clarity to him.
He frantically circulated Burning Art, and the vortex in his Dantian spun rapidly, unleashing a powerful suction force.
Whether it was the Sea Heart Flame raging within his body or the several rioting original fire energies, they were all pulled by this suction force, involuntarily converging towards the vortex.
The overbearing nature of Burning Art was revealed at this moment.
It was like a bottomless black hole, accepting all comers, wanting to devour and Fuse all flame energy.
This process was filled with unimaginable pain.
Xuan Jin's body was like a powder keg about to explode.
But he had no choice but to do his best to maintain the operation of Burning Art and guide the Fusion of the three forces.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Inside the cave, the deep blue flame glow flickered on and off.
On the surface of Xuan Jin's body, crimson patterns appeared from time to time, then turned deep blue, the two colors constantly intertwining and colliding.
Finally, at some point, all the violence subsided.
The several fire-attributed energies that had been causing trouble in his body for more than a decade, along with the violent Sea Heart Flame, were completely devoured by the vortex in his Dantian.
A deep blue flame burned quietly in the center of the vortex.
A new Dou Qi, several times more powerful than before, surged out from the vortex and flowed through his limbs and bones.
Xuan Jin slowly opened his eyes.
In his pupils, a wisp of deep blue flame flashed and disappeared.
He spread his palm, and with a thought, a deep blue flame danced happily in his palm, as docile as a pet.
"Is this the Sea Heart Flame..."
Xuan Jin could feel the terrifying power contained within this flame.
He looked inward; the original conflicting energies had disappeared, replaced by a more pure and powerful new Dou Qi with the characteristics of the Sea Heart Flame.
The Burning Art remnant had also risen to the Profound Rank high-tier, after all, the Sea Heart Flame's ranking was fifteenth, several places higher than the Green Lotus Core Flame.
Although his cultivation was still Three-Star Dou Zong, with the heavenly flame's blessing, Xuan Jin's combat power had increased by at least more than half.
(After switching to the Burning Art remnant, his cultivation dropped, but was compensated after absorbing the Sea Heart Flame.)
The hidden dangers in his body had also been initially resolved.
Before the Dou Zun stage, as long as he could obtain the complete Burning Art, this problem could be completely eradicated.
"Phew..."
Xuan Jin let out a long breath and stood up.
He looked at his current achievements, feeling in a good mood.
"The matters in the Black-Corner Region are settled. Next, it's time to meet the protagonist of this world."
Xuan Jin changed into a clean black robe and walked out of the cave.
He looked up towards the northwest.
The Jia Ma Empire, Wutan City, the Xiao Family.
There, he would find the complete version of Burning Art that he needed.