Chapter 946: Three Pure Fires

"Hahaha, this movie is so hilarious—Luo Quan is truly a genius."

"The worldline has converged."

"The cross-server chat section is the funniest."

"Am I the only one who thinks Luo Quan looks beautiful even while playing ugly?"

You can lower your appearance, but your physique can't be reduced.

"Are you all focused on that? I’m completely absorbed in the plot—it’s brilliant, no dull moment at all."

"It’s truly beautiful—I’ve already bought tickets to watch it again."

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Alongside the movie’s high box office came netizens’ high praise.

A movie’s value can’t be judged solely by professional critics’ reviews, nor solely by public opinion.

But if both sides give it extremely high ratings and the box office explodes, it’s ninety-nine percent likely to be a great film.

In just two days, *Crazy Race* surpassed all other films of the same period with nearly two billion in box office revenue.

Its growth rate was so rapid it even surpassed the year’s earlier blockbuster, *Hello, Mother*.

*Hello, Mother*’s final box office reached nearly seven billion; as another comedy, countless netizens felt *Crazy Race* was superior in both plot and humor.

Had it been released during the Spring Festival season, *Crazy Race* would have been the box office champion.

Of course, this doesn’t mean *Crazy Race* released during National Day could surpass seven billion.

Record-breaking films always require perfect timing, location, and human factors—you can’t just rely on high praise to succeed.

Every film Luo Quan previously released received high praise, yet none broke box office records either domestically or internationally.

The global box office record is held by Kanansen’s *Titanic*, though it may soon be overtaken by his upcoming *Avatar 2*.

Domestically, the record is held by *Lake*, at 10.6 billion—a film that perfectly captured timing, location, and human factors, unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon.

Luo Quan never even considered this possibility from the start; it was always intended as a low-budget comedy without grand philosophical messages—fifty billion would already be excellent.

This was Luo Quan’s original vision.

To date, none of her films have surpassed fifty billion domestically.

Globally, several have, but domestically, not a single one has crossed fifty billion.

So what she truly wanted was to break her own record.

Just as her film was enjoying massive popularity, her episode of *The Xiangwang Life* finally arrived.

When Luo Quan first agreed to appear on the show, the production team had ecstatically assumed she’d become a permanent guest—but after discussion, she clarified she could only appear as a one-time flying guest.

Mainly because she had too many commitments and couldn’t spare two days every week for variety filming; one episode was all she could manage.

But for the production team, even one episode was excellent—how long had it been since Luo Quan last appeared on a variety show? With her on this episode, ratings would surely skyrocket.

So the matter was settled happily—the show proceeded as planned, and Luo Quan only needed to show up for filming when the time came.

Over a month passed, leaving four days until recording; Luo Quan prepared her clothes to head to the set.

But the night before her departure, her system reaped a massive harvest.

*Crazy Race*’s nationwide explosion brought her far more heat than her donation at the Baisha Charity Night.

Besides her heat value surging by tens of millions overnight, her attributes gained dozens of new points out of nowhere.

Luo Quan hadn’t expected such a huge reward this time.

But thinking about it, it made sense—*Crazy Race* was simply too popular, crushing every other film in the National Day slot; anytime someone mentioned going to the cinema, *Crazy Race* was unavoidable.

This level of heat, conservatively estimated, had already reached the ten-million tier.

Though the Baisha Charity Night’s peak live viewership hit 80 million, that number sounded impressive but was drastically inflated—divide it by fifty and you might still be overestimating.

*Crazy Race*’s viewership, however, was calculable—at least twenty times higher.

And that number was still rising.

She didn’t understand the system’s exact heat calculation algorithm, but she’d mindlessly accumulated this much reward.

Meanwhile, her nightly diligent cultivation of *The Great Celestial Immortal Scripture* had finally stirred.

"Congratulations, Host! You’ve successfully broken through the first layer of *The Great Celestial Immortal Scripture*. All attributes increased by 200 points. You’ve gained 600 free attribute points. You’ve earned one random divine skill suited to you!"

No wonder it was a technique left by the Great Sage—just the first layer had nearly doubled her attributes.

What would happen if she reached the seventh or eighth layer?

But this also confirmed she had no affinity with Buddhism—she was suited for Daoist cultivation.

She’d practiced the Battle Saint Technique for months with no progress, yet *The Great Celestial Immortal Scripture* had unlocked in less than half the time—the contrast was unmistakable.

Looking at the thousand free attribute points, Luo Quan stuck to her usual plan: split them evenly and added them to Constitution and Strength.

Her Constitution now reached 1800 points; her Strength, once far behind, caught up to 1200.

Luo Quan didn’t know what this strength meant in practical terms, but she felt she could now wrestle the Hulk.

After allocating her attributes, Luo Quan turned to the divine skill reward.

This was the first time since the system’s upgrade that a divine skill draw had appeared—she had no idea what she’d get.

She blew gently into her palm and clicked to draw.

A golden halo flickered before her eyes, then burst open with a *pop*.

"Congratulations, Host! You’ve drawn the Divine Skill: Three Pure Fires!"

"Hmm… this sounds oddly familiar," Luo Quan mused.

"I remember—it’s the skill Red Boy could unleash just by sniffling!"

The moment she said it, she felt her coolness drop.

"You could phrase it better—say it’s a fire from Laozi’s alchemical furnace," the system replied, instantly elevating its prestige.

"You’ve got style."

Luo Quan chuckled and read the description of Three Pure Fires:

"The heart is the sovereign fire, also called divine fire—its name is Upper Purity. The kidneys are the ministerial fire, also called essence fire—its name is Middle Purity. The bladder, the Qi Sea below the navel, is the people’s fire—its name is Lower Purity. Together, these three purities form the Three Pure Fires."

As she read further, she discovered Three Pure Fires weren’t as powerful as she’d imagined—many divine immortals could cultivate this skill.

"So it’s not particularly powerful," Luo Quan thought.

"Its combat power is indeed average, but it’s still very important for you," the system corrected suddenly. "This is undoubtedly a perfect skill for you."

"Why so?" Luo Quan instantly became interested.

The pre-upgrade system would’ve had no idea how to explain—but now, its knowledge base had multiplied manyfold.

"First, you cultivate a Daoist scripture, and the ultimate goal of Daoism is immortality.

Throughout history, mortals have pursued immortality through many paths: accumulating virtue, consuming immortal herbs, corpse liberation, or alchemical immortality.

The first two are rare and unpredictable—immortal herbs are nearly extinct, and as for accumulating virtue, do you think you’ve done enough good deeds?"

"What? I’ve donated so much money—doesn’t that count as accumulating virtue?"

Though she didn’t donate for virtue’s sake, she still resented being told she hadn’t done enough.

"Your donations are substantial, but they’re still far short of the merit required for immortality.

Those who achieved immortality through virtue didn’t give much money—they gave half or even all their wealth, even their lives, when they themselves were destitute!"

"I get it," Luo Quan nodded slowly. "So these people didn’t just do good deeds—they cultivated through self-sacrifice."

"Precisely," the system affirmed. "If you were willing to give away all your wealth and personally travel to places in need to perform good deeds, you might achieve immortality after death."

"Might…" Luo Quan lost interest.

Of course, she only lost interest in *this* path to immortality—she’d still do charity, since she didn’t do it for immortality anyway.

"Corpse liberation is complicated—it requires reaching a certain alchemical level, then using death to free the soul from the body. Not suitable for you."

The system swiftly skipped this path and said gravely: "Let me focus on alchemical immortality.

Alchemy is divided into internal and external. Zhang Daoling’s alchemy on Longhu Mountain was external—given sufficient rare ingredients and advanced technique, it can produce pills that grant immortality.

But as I said, such miraculous herbs are nearly impossible to find now.

Internal alchemy is the most common and viable path today."

Hearing this, Luo Quan fell into thought.

Previously, to quickly absorb the Golden Core’s potency, she’d studied much Daoist knowledge.

Though Golden Core was external alchemy, she’d learned much about internal alchemy too.

Internal alchemy uses the body as the crucible, refining the Three Treasures—essence, energy, and spirit—to their peak, then condensing them into a pill to ascend to immortality.

To refine a good pill, both crucible and fire are crucial.

Combining the system’s explanation, she now understood why it said Three Pure Fires mattered so much to her.

This skill might not be powerful in combat—but it was perfect for alchemy!

"Partially correct—but not entirely."

The system read her thoughts and added: "Internal alchemy is called dual cultivation of nature and life. Nature refers to your mind—your spirit, the fire for your alchemy.

Life refers to your body—the crucible.

In your attribute panel, Constitution and Strength are life; Spirit is nature. All three increased—whether you can achieve immortality, I don’t know, but your combat power will definitely surge.

Three Pure Fires perfectly resolves your current spiritual deficiency. With its aid, your only weakness will catch up to your Constitution and Strength—even without spending attribute points on it."

After hearing the system’s supplement, Luo Quan suddenly felt as if a light had been turned on in her mind.

To reach peak combat power, you must specialize—no one can develop all attributes equally.

To become a perfect hexagon warrior, you’d need years to accumulate attribute points—she didn’t have that time, so she chose a skewed path.

The cost was neglecting Spirit, Qi, and Agility—she poured every point into Constitution and Strength, aiming for higher durability and output.

This build worked fine against ordinary martial artists, but against those skilled in spiritual attacks, she’d suffer devastating losses.

But as I said before, this is only a last-resort tactic; all she can do is pray that her luck, like a golden carp’s, never runs out, so she never faces an opponent who is her natural counter.

If she does meet one, there’s nothing she can do—she’ll just have to accept defeat.

But with the Three Pure Fires, her Spirit stat can steadily rise through relentless, day-and-night refining, plugging her biggest weakness and bringing her to the ideal state of dual cultivation of life and nature.

As the system said, it doesn’t know whether this cultivation method can produce an Inner Core and lead to immortality, since so few have ever succeeded in history.

But this method boosts combat power with astonishing speed—one day of cultivation equals ten days of ordinary training.

Isn’t a genius simply someone whose cultivation efficiency far outpaces ordinary people, granting them superior combat power?

Luo Quan’s talent was unmatched on Earth, but on the grand cosmic stage of Huan Yu Star, she appeared utterly ordinary.

Don’t be fooled by her many victories so far—her opponents have all been citizens from outside Huan Yu Star, not the true elite of this civilization.

If she ever faces a native of Huan Yu Star, it’s far from certain she’ll still have the upper hand.

After all, their resources are N times hers, and their genes, refined over generations, are far more gifted than hers.

The good news is, she has now unlocked dual cultivation of life and nature, and with her exploit of rapidly farming talent points on Earth, her combat power’s growth is nothing short of meteoric.

Even by the most conservative estimate, she is now just one step away from Blood Tempering Realm.

Her strength and physique must already far surpass ordinary Bone Formation cultivators.

If she breaks through, her attributes will surge again, and on top of that, the Great Celestial Immortal Scripture—whose direction she has now found—is also playing a huge role.

Thinking of her brilliantly bright future, Luo Quan couldn’t help but feel so joyful she wanted to wiggle her toes.