["But I'm not within those most people."]
[Saying this, you began to walk towards the slab of magma.]
[Although you could easily pass it by using the Great Burning Heaven Technique, you didn't do so because you wanted to check both the physical strength and movement speed of your current physique.]
[Just when you were heading towards the path created with magma, a sudden earthquake happened, and with it began to appear a pathway of magma buried deep within the lava. With it also disappeared those orbs falling from the sky, which were nowhere to be found.]
[Seeing this, you had a vague bad feeling, but you couldn't turn back from here because entering the core area of the Valley of Flame is a one-way ticket. Only after completing the challenge can someone leave alive. No teleportation-type life-saving treasure will work here.]
[You didn't dare to go there and began to wait for someone to come and pave the way for you.]
— — — — —
[Within the core area of the Valley of Flame]
[Now, after waiting for an unknown amount of time, you understood that no one was going to come here because this place's connection with the outside world was cut off, and you had to rely on yourself to walk out of this place.]
[Thinking of this, you decided not to wait any longer, and with your slow but steady steps, you began to walk on the path created for you.]
[Soon, you arrived at the other end of the pathway and walked out of it.]
[Soon after walking out of the pathway, you saw a scene that drew all your attention.]
[You saw, in the middle of an altar, sat a golden flame surrounded by all the flames present, constantly emitting an aura that suppressed all the nearby flames, acting as if it were their king.]
[Seeing this scene, you understood that this was the most powerful opportunity here and perhaps also the initiator of everything that happened to you.]
[Soon, you began to search for it within your vast knowledge related to flame and got to know that it was called the Flame of Nirvana.]
[The Flame of Nirvana — a flame that can revive the host from death if any physical part remains intact. With it, the owner's physique, cultivation, strength, aptitude, and comprehension will experience a huge leap, but to obtain those benefits, the owner must die first.]
[Suddenly, just when you were inspecting the flame, it jumped at you, which you caught in a flash.]
[It couldn't break free from your hands; all its resistance was futile against your Great Burning Heaven Technique.]
[Right now, after inspecting it closely, you found that a consciousness resided within the Nirvana Flame. Soon, you came to a conclusion and speculated that this consciousness belonged to that Immortal because of whom the entire Valley of Flame was created.]
[Feeling its own resistance was futile, that Immortal screamed wildly at you with fear in his tone, "Who are you? Why… why can you suppress me even though we practice the same technique and… and I'm the creator of that technique?"]
["Are you sure it's the same technique?"]
[Suddenly, you activated the Great Burning Heaven Technique to its full potential and suppressed his strength to the bottom, which was done easily because his spirit was connected to a flame — something you could subdue with a flick of your finger.]
[Feeling his aura being suppressed to the bottom, he was horrified. He understood that from now on, only one fate awaited him — to become the nutrient for your rise.]
[Although he was unwilling, he could do nothing about it.]
[After suppressing him, you collected all the flames nearby, stored them within the Storage Space, and exited the core area of the Valley of Flame.]
[Outside the core area.]
[You arrived in the outside world only to see that the gate from which you exited was surrounded by a huge crowd, with a hint of vigilance in their eyes.]
[You understood that they must have mistaken you for the one who used some unknown means to stop them from entering the core area. Good thing you always changed your appearance when participating in major events.]
[Just when you walked out, everyone in your surroundings attacked you at the same time.]
[Looking at their attacks, you didn't even flinch for a second and began to clear your way in an invincible manner.]
[Not long after, you walked out of a mountain of blood-dried corpses. The eerie aura surrounding the Blood-Devouring Demonic Sword in your hand had become denser.]
[Your Blood-Devouring Demonic Sword was upgraded and became a Spiritual Treasure, and with it, your aptitude for the Killing Dao increased greatly. You also directly comprehended the 10th level of the Killing Law and cultivated the Killing Sword Law to the 10th level.]
[Soon, you left the Valley of Flame and arrived at a faraway place.]
[What you didn't know was that, just when you left the Valley of Flame, many people within the Xuantian Alliance received the news of the appearance of a second Blood-Devouring Demonic Sword and were on their way toward the Valley of Flame. Fortunately, they didn't get any clue that the second person was you.]
[Soon, you returned to the Holy-Sword Sect and began to refine the Nirvana Flame, and with it, the consciousness of that Immortal began to disappear.]
[In the 427th year of the simulation, you successfully refined the Nirvana Flame, and with the help of the Nine Netherworld Mysterious Flame's ability, you also came to know the entire memory of the soul residing within it.]
[From his memory, you learned that when he was in his teenage years, he had an enlightenment that led him to create the method of the Burning Heaven Art. Later, he successfully cultivated to the Golden Immortal Realm, but just when he was undergoing the tribulation of the Immortal King Realm, he was surrounded and hunted by his enemies and finally fell at their hands. However, a wisp of his consciousness was bound to the Nirvana Flame, which, with its help, slowly began to recover.]
[But he didn't possess a physical body, and because condensing a physical body with the Nirvana Flame would take too much time, he decided to possess a body — and not just any body, but someone who practiced the Burning Heaven Art, the same as him, with the intention of attaining enlightenment again.]
[He was sure that to grow stronger quickly, the person currently practicing his technique must visit his secret realm, and if he didn't come, then he could only curse his own luck for being bad.]
[It was a very nice thing to be ready for any situation, just like him, who was ready to curse himself.]
[Well… and the reason for him to create the pathway was to confuse you, because during confusion, possession becomes much easier than normal.]
[From his memory, one point was clear: after his death, all his resources scattered everywhere, and that old man just happened to stumble upon one — and the most important one among them.]
[Regarding enlightenment, you thought it to be true. After all, if there's a protagonist, an institution around him must be true. You just don't know whether, between them, he is the true protagonist or Feng Chen?]
[After getting this information, you didn't rush to refine the remaining flame but began to plan your breakthrough to the God-Transformation Realm, and to do it, you didn't directly consume the Holy Medicine but decided to refine it into a pill first.]
[For you, from the moment you got the Proficiency Panel, following through the grade didn't matter at all. You could skip your current grade and directly try to break through to the next Alchemist Level, but the only problem would be that your foundation would be shallow — something you could recover later. So, no worries.]
[Soon, you began to follow the inscription of the Holy Pill of Consciousness and started to deduce it by creating a scenario of practicing it in your mind without using any resources.]
[Just like that, 20 years passed by.]
[In the 447th year of the simulation, you made the proficiency of the Holy Pill of Consciousness reach Daowen-Grade, only to find that the entry of one pattern was the limit the Proficiency Panel set for alchemy.]
[Soon after, you began to refine the genuine Holy Pill of Consciousness and succeeded, breaking through to the God-Transformation Realm.]
[After breaking through, you found that your guess was indeed right, and your consciousness began to cover more area than in the previous simulation.]
[In that same year, you began to refine all other flames that you had collected from the Valley of Flame.]
[In the 481st year, you successfully refined all the flames you got from the Valley of Flame and upgraded your Fire Spirit Root to Immortal-Grade, which increased your cultivation speed immensely.]
[And with it, you also comprehended the 23rd level of the Flame Law and had your Flame Sword Law upgraded to the 23rd level, and your cultivation had also increased to the Peak of the God-Transformation Realm.]
[But unfortunately, your Prison-Suppressing Divine Body still wasn't upgraded.]
[After refining all the flames, you came out of your seclusion and began to investigate the matter of that snake — whose picture you had sent to the Xuantian Alliance — and got to know that, till now, they weren't able to find him.]
[You understood that the Southern Deep Forest must have held a greater secret than you had anticipated. After all, you were well aware of the abilities of the Xuantian Alliance, and to evade their investigation, one must possess a very strong concealing method.]
[Soon after completing your investigation, you returned to seclusion again.]
[Just like that, many years passed by.]
[In the 524th year, you got the news that the Crimson Dragon Flame had broken free from its restraint, but you didn't care much about it and focused on your cultivation again. Because above you, there were still many people to hold the falling sky.]
[Just like that, many years passed by.]
[In the 642nd year, just as you reached the peak of the Void-Refining Realm, a very familiar voice sounded in your mind.]
[Ding, Foundation Enhancement Guide talent is triggered. The host can choose one of the ways to follow.]