Chapter 92 - 90: Candle Dragon

[Great Sun Sacrificial Treasure Technique: Condense Magical Power into the scorching intent of the Great Sun and use it for Sacrificial Refinement, bestowing a Magical Treasure with the power of the Great Sun True Flame.]

[Earth Vein Resonance Technique: Listen to the earth veins, merge with the earth veins, resonate with the earth veins. Upon reaching Perfection, it grants control over the earth.]

...

[Synthesizable]

It could still be synthesized.

This put Su Qing’s mind at ease.

However, Su Qing wouldn’t be able to replicate these two Cultivation Techniques any time soon, which also made them difficult to synthesize.

...

Su Qing looked up at the old man.

The old man simply smiled, and in the next instant, he and Su Qing teleported.

When his vision cleared, Su Qing found himself in a place with ordinary Spiritual Qi.

All around him was a vast expanse of white.

The old man slowly walked to a certain spot, reached out his hand, and pulled out a scroll.

"This is the Candle Dragon Visualization Map."

"The one and only Candle Dragon Visualization Map."

"You may only observe it here for three hours. Whether you remember it or not, and how well you remember it, is up to you."

Su Qing nodded seriously. "Senior, I understand. Let’s begin."

’The opportunity to obtain a Visualization Technique is rare. I have to figure out if my Synthesizer’s ability to replicate Cultivation Techniques is related to the soul. This is something I absolutely have to confirm.’

"Alright. Watch carefully."

The moment the old man unrolled the Candle Dragon Visualization Map, Su Qing’s first glance was enough to pull him deep inside.

Su Qing felt himself appear in a dim, lightless place of Chaos.

Yet, he could sense a great and terrible presence before him.

Suddenly, the entire world lit up.

The clear, bright light allowed Su Qing to instantly see what the great and terrible presence was.

A being with a human head and a snake’s body appeared before Su Qing, its eyes vertical slits like a serpent’s pupils.

Brimming with majesty, it stared down with a grim gaze at the ant-like Su Qing.

There was not a single word or expression.

Suddenly, it seemed to inhale. Su Qing was instantly seized by an uncontrollable trembling—a cold that pierced to the very bone.

After an unknown amount of time, it began to exhale.

Su Qing felt the shivering cold vanish, but it was replaced by a heat so intense it made him want to claw at his skin, making him desperately miss the bone-chilling cold from before.

Its massive eyes closed, and the world once again plunged into dim Chaos.

"Wake up!"

"Your time for Visualization is up." The old man gently tapped Su Qing on the shoulder.

As Su Qing came to his senses, he began to tremble with fear.

’That feeling... it was too terrifying. Is this the kind of pain the soul endures?’

’I really don’t want to go through that again.’

"Senior, my Visualization time is up? So soon?"

Su Qing asked, still shivering.

"That’s right. It’s time to leave. You can only go to the first floor."

Su Qing’s vision blurred again, and he found himself back beside the counter at the entrance of the Holy Book Pavilion’s first floor.

[Candle Dragon Visualization Map: Visualize the Candle Dragon to make your soul infinitely approach the totem of the visualized object. Can also preserve the true self and seek the divine, tempering the soul.]

[Synthesizable]

Su Qing frowned as he read the description from his Synthesizer.

’Make my soul infinitely approach the visualized object?’

’That Candle Dragon?’

However, the latter part of the description—"preserve the true self and seek the divine, tempering the soul"—let Su Qing know that this Visualization Map had a dual nature.

’It was worth it. A Visualization Map for soul Cultivation has been absorbed by the Synthesizer.’

’But there are so many Visualization Maps... I wish I could collect them all and synthesize every single one.’

Su Qing silently left the Holy Book Pavilion.

He used the Earth Escape Technique to return to Cold Extremity Peak.

By the time he arrived at Cold Extremity Peak, the sun was gradually setting.

’I can’t believe there’s a sun inside this Pocket World.’

The temperature on Cold Extremity Peak had already dropped, and the wind that blew was bitingly cold.

Only then did Su Qing take a careful look at the furnishings inside his house.

A master bedroom, a main hall, and that was it.

Outside was a large platform for practicing Magic.

The Spiritual Qi was also very dense. It felt like a Spirit Gathering Array was already operating here.

’The facilities here are so primitive. Why don’t they go to the main Zhengxuan Sect area to buy some daily necessities?’

Su Qing was puzzled. It felt like he had traveled back to ancient times, and it was very uncomfortable.

Even the stove in the backyard was a wood-burning one.

’This is just too backward.’

...

Dissatisfied, Su Qing only complained to himself for a moment.

He decided he would go to Zhengxuan City to buy some things in the future, or perhaps learn Artifact Refining. He had to make his life a little more comfortable.

’Great Sun Sacrificial Treasure Technique.’

After a moment of silence, Su Qing focused on the Blade of Wholeness being nurtured within his Dantian.

After reversing the Five Elements Earth Sacrifice Treasure Technique once, the nurturing process stopped.

Su Qing followed the circulation sequence of the Great Sun Sacrificial Treasure Technique, manipulating his Magical Power into fine threads and continuously wrapping them around the Blade of Wholeness.

At the same time, the scorching intent of the Great Sun emerged, and Su Qing quickly circulated the Great Sun Sacrificial Treasure Technique.

After one complete and smooth Sacrificial Refinement, the Blade of Wholeness was now imbued with the power of the Great Sun True Flame.

However, the Geng Metal Demon Sword Embryo inside his body was suppressed by the Great Sun True Flame, and a good deal of its Demonic Qi dissipated.

The nurturing of his Geng Metal Demon Sword Intent was weakened by thirty percent.

’Looks like I’ll have to replace the Geng Metal Demon Sword Intent.’

[Great Sun Sacrificial Treasure Technique: Entry Level (0.1/500)]

Ten minutes passed.

The Skill Level for the Great Sun Sacrificial Treasure Technique finally appeared on the Synthesizer’s interface.

A mere 0.1 increase in progress. ’This is way too difficult,’ Su Qing thought. ’And I even have the powerful Five Qi God Demon Body to help me.’

The nurturing process had begun and was now continuous.

He wasn’t in a hurry to practice the Earth Vein Resonance Technique. The Candle Dragon Visualization Map was the Cultivation Technique Su Qing most wanted to practice.

...

When Su Qing began to sketch the image of the Candle Dragon in his mind, he was once again pulled deep inside.

He plunged back into that dim place of Chaos.

Then, everything that happened before repeated itself.

It was a process of torment, but also the beginning of worship.

The reason a Visualization Map caused one’s soul to infinitely approach the visualized object was precisely because it began with worship.

The old man hadn’t told Su Qing this, and Su Qing himself only wanted to make his soul stronger.

As he performed the Visualization now, he believed that his soul could only grow by enduring hardship.

Su Qing had stumbled upon the right path by chance, trusting his Synthesizer’s description: temper the soul!

Only through pain could the soul be tempered.

...

Soon, his bitter Cultivation began.

’If I don’t cultivate hard, I’ll be wasting this free time and abundant Spiritual Qi.’

—

—

「The next day.」

’What’s going on? Why do I feel like my Fire Spiritual Qi is being stolen!!!’

Liu Linlin could clearly sense that any Spiritual Qi more than three meters away from her was rapidly flying toward the house next door.

This unusual phenomenon today... it seemed to be related to the True Disciple next door.

She silently got up and went outside. As she sensed it, all the Spiritual Qi was rapidly converging on the house next door.

’A torrent of Spiritual Qi!!!’

Liu Linlin was extremely annoyed. How was she supposed to cultivate like this?

Furious, she hurried to Ouyang Mingming’s residence.

Ouyang Mingming’s residence was as warm as spring, surrounded by countless vibrant flowers. Liu Linlin had been amazed at first, but after seeing it so many times, it now felt ordinary.

"Master Ouyang, Master Ouyang!"

Liu Linlin called out, a hint of grievance in her voice.

"What is it, Linlin?" Ouyang Mingming appeared before Liu Linlin in a flash.

"Master, can I move somewhere else to cultivate?"

Hearing this, Ouyang Mingming asked, a little angrily, "Did that Su Qing bully you? Is that kid’s character so poor?"

After hearing this, Liu Linlin shook her head, waving her hands frantically.

"No, no! When Junior Brother cultivates, it’s too terrifying! While he’s cultivating, my speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi becomes very slow, and all the Spiritual Qi surges toward his place."

"What!" Ouyang Mingming exclaimed in shock.

...