Chapter 679: Chapter 412 Heart Intent Fist
Boom! Boom!
A moment later, the surface of the Star Core suddenly exploded with a tremendous wave of fire, which roared through the surrounding red light and shattered it,
After the fire wave released into the surrounding void, it suddenly exploded in all directions, turning into large swathes of magnificent light flames, erupting with an extremely terrifying light heat, nearly burning through the void.
At this time, Zhao Sheng furrowed his brows, and with a thought, a golden fire shield appeared around his body, blocking the remnants of the True Flame that howled towards him.
“Another failure! It seems that the approach of using the Hundred Flames Tripod as a medium to control the Seven True Flames is unworkable. Could it really be that I must cultivate the Earth Deity Seven Flames Manual to Great Success before I can wield the Seven Flames Fan?”
Zhao Sheng pondered to himself, while with a slight flicker of his mind, a golden light burst forth from the surface of the Star Core, and in the blink of an eye, flew in front of its master, transforming into a glittering golden Hundred Flames Tripod.
At this time, the fire drills on top of the Hundred Flames Tripod shone brightly, the majority of them had absorbed a type of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, with the diamond facets reflecting dazzling flame lights.
When Zhao Sheng first conceived the refinement idea of Hundred Flames–Thousand Flame–Ten Thousand Fires, he had not anticipated that in just a few decades, the Hundred Flames Tripod would already be overwhelmed.
The Tripod now contained eighty-six types of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires, of which nearly twenty were high-level Spirit Fires of the True Fire grade. Earth Flame Palace alone contributed one-third of these Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires.
This outcome greatly exceeded Zhao Sheng’s previous expectations.
He could not help but exclaim, “The Southern Sky Zhao Family really delivers!”
“… it seems I need to move up the refining of the Thousand Flame Tripod on my agenda. But before that, I must properly arrange the Seven Flames Fan.”
Thinking this, Zhao Sheng raised his head to look at the pillar of fire above the Star Core, where amidst the ascending swirling flames, a vast phantom image of a giant feather fan could be faintly seen.
Over the past thirty years, he had spent his time beyond cultivation diligently pondering the Earth Deity Seven Flames Manual, all for the sake of finding out how to wield the Spiritual Treasure Seven Flames Fan.
Decades of hard work had not been in vain; he did find the Treasure Control Technique, but Zhao Sheng still could not wield this treasure.
Because the requirements to wield the Seven Flames Fan were extremely demanding, at the very least, one needed to cultivate a chapter of the Earth Deity Seven Flames Manual to Nascent Soul Success.
The Earth Deity Seven Flames Manual, centered around the Seven True Flames, is divided into seven chapters of Cultivation Techniques.
Take the Green Light Ancestor for example, who cultivated the Pure World Brahma Flame Chapter.
After achieving Great Success in this technique, the Green Light Ancestor could use the Treasure Control Technique to wield the Seven Flames Fan, and at the very least, increase the power of the World-purifying Vedic Flame several times over, even threatening Divinity Transformation cultivators.
Even so, the Green Light Ancestor could only unleash about one-seventh of the Spiritual Treasure’s power at most.
Only by fully cultivating all seven chapters of the Divine Flame Skills to Great Success could one truly unleash the Seven Flames Fan’s potential to scorch heavens and obliterate lands.
In those thirty years, Zhao Sheng had thought about bypassing the Cultivation Technique’s restrictions and finding a new way to wield the treasure.
But all attempts ended in failure.
After all, a Spiritual Treasure is a Spiritual Treasure; the “spirit” in its name signifies its magic.
The newly spirited Seven Flames Fan, stubborn and opinionated, recognized only the specific True Flame Powers, ignoring all others.
After Zhao Sheng advanced to Nascent Soul, his Mana foundation was set, it was impossible to switch paths unless he started from scratch.
But how could he start over just for a Spiritual Treasure?
No matter how powerful the Seven Flames Fan might be, it was, after all, an external object, incomparable to the path of cultivation.
Moreover, the Earth Deity Seven Flames Manual had too many restrictions, with a nature leaning towards the Demon Path and also very limited potential.
Otherwise, why hadn’t a single Divinity Transformation True Monarch emerged from the Earth Flame Palace in nearly ten thousand years?
For Zhao Sheng, the Seven Flames Fan had become a useless accessory, not worth destroying his own path over.
With a slight thought, the Hundred Flames Tripod vanished into the Qi Sea of his Dantian.
The next second, Zhao Sheng had disappeared from the Star Cave.
…
When Zhao Sheng walked out of the cultivation chamber, he was immediately greeted by a fresh-faced red-haired youth who ran up to him and joyfully shouted, “Master, you’ve finally finished your retreat!”
The youth was named Zhao Hongyan, and he was the first disciple Zhao Sheng had taken in seven years ago.
This child, previously named Zhao Yanyan, was not a direct descendant of the Southern Sky Zhao Family but was born in a minor Cultivation Family on the East Demon Continent, belonging to a peripheral branch of the Zhao Family, with a very diluted bloodline.
After returning to the main family lineage, his name was re-arranged into the Hong generation, hence he was renamed Zhao Hongyan.
Zhao Sheng accepted him as a disciple because the boy turned out to have an extremely rare Heavenly Spirit Root and furthermore, a Fire Spirit Root.
Due to the boy’s extraordinary talent, he soon caught the attention of the Zhao Family main lineage, and the Sixth Ancestor Zhao Shanhe personally went to fetch him from the East Demon Continent back to Divine Dragon Valley.
Among all Nascent Soul Ancestors in the Zhao Family, Zhao Sheng was recognized as the master of the Fire Element, so the child was quickly sent to Earth Flame Island.
What followed needed no explanation; with such an uncut gem and raw talent, it would be truly strange not to take him as a disciple.
Zhao Sheng glanced at his disciple, noting a Ten-thousand-year-old Warm Jade Token at his waist.
“Hong Yan, who has been looking for you again?”
Zhao Sheng didn’t ask where the token came from; his disciple’s talents were undeniable, only that he was a bit greedy and shallow.
But that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Cultivators are not saints; they don’t need to be perfectly virtuous and righteous.
Moreover, being greedy can sometimes be a good thing.
Upon hearing his master’s words, Zhao Hongyan said with a wronged face, “Master, you’ve wronged me. No one has asked me to see you this time. This Ten-thousand-year-old Warm Jade Token is my birthday gift for this year, sent by the new emperor himself!”
“Hmm, if that’s the case, why have you suddenly changed? You usually avoid me, so why did you earnestly wait outside the door today?”