Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Inside the tent, within the three-legged furnace, a flame, as intense as the blazing sun, condensed and emitted a dazzling golden light.

As the flames rose, it was as if a blazing sun had solidified, dazzling and bright, its golden light enveloping the entire tent in a golden glow.

"A fourth-tier top-grade fire seed—its power is truly astonishing!"

Zhou Ling's gaze sharpened slightly as he looked at the Sunfire Seed before him with some shock.

Through Fei Qinan's introduction, he learned that this Sunfire Seed was quite powerful and even more suitable for weapon forging.

Therefore, he decided to use the True Fire of Qianyang for fusion.

Once the fusion is successful, there is a high probability that the Qianyang True Fire will be able to enter the fifth rank.

This way, one's weapon crafting skills can be further improved, and the success rate of crafting sword pellets will be higher.

At the same time, having two fifth-tier spirit flames in hand will significantly boost combat power.

However, both the Sunfire Seed and the True Yang Fire are top-grade fourth-tier items, so fusing them together is not an easy task.

After all, a fourth-grade top-quality Sunfire Seed already possesses sentience.

Integrating them won't be so easy.

If things go wrong, it could self-destruct at any moment.

"Fortunately, I possess the talent and technique to suppress spiritual flames!"

Chen Ling exhaled and thought to himself.

His [Five Elements Thunderous Aura] talent evolved from the Five Elements Spiritual Flame, and he has an affinity for and a suppressive effect on spiritual flames.

The simultaneous cultivation of spiritual flames can also assist in refining spiritual flames.

After calming down a bit, Zhou Ling circulated the fire-attribute spiritual power within his body.

They tried to move towards the envelopment of the Sunfire Seed.

Because of his talent for the Five Elements Thunder, he wanted to first establish a connection with the Sunfire Seed.

Otherwise, it would be dangerous if the Qianyang True Fire could not suppress it.

As the magical power spread, the Sunfire Seed suddenly surged with a burst of brilliant flames.

Even though it is now sealed with magic, the power of the flames it releases still makes Zhou Ling feel a burning and stinging sensation all over his body.

[You are refining the Sunfire Seed, Five Elements Thunder Qi +1, Qianyang True Fire +4]

As the system prompted him, Zhou Ling could sense a trace of the aura of the Sunfire Seed on the Qianyang True Fire.

He continued to increase his mana output.

"Fortunately, it was made by fusing the Sunfire Seed with the True Fire of Qianyang, otherwise, with my current cultivation level, I would not be able to refine this Sunfire Seed."

Feeling the intense aura emanating from the Sunfire Seed, Zhou Ling was slightly surprised.

Now he understood why Fichnan had given him the Sunfire Seed.

Even though he is a Nascent Soul cultivator and possesses a fifth-tier spiritual flame.

However, if the flames are not of similar attributes, fusing the Sunfire Seeds is not so easy.

Fei Qinan knew that he could repair the Sunlit Immortal Sword, and that the spiritual flames on his body could even activate the Sunlit Immortal Sword.

This attribute is undoubtedly a perfect match for the Sunfire Seed.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the Sunfire Seed can be successfully fused.

As if sensing that Zhou Ling was suppressing it, the Sunfire Seed surged with golden spiritual flames, seemingly about to incinerate the surrounding fire-attribute magic.

However, its power is limited due to the presence of the seal.

In addition, Zhou Ling's magical power and talent suppressed it.

The spiritual flames were also being continuously compressed.

[You are refining the Sunfire Seed, Five Elements Thunder Qi +1, Qianyang True Fire +4]

The system will give a notification every time Zhou Ling's magic power increases by one point.

The aura of the sun's fire seed contained in the Qianyang True Fire increases slightly.

As the magical power continued to envelop it, the sunfire within the cauldron condensed into a palm-sized golden flame.

Of course, with Zhou Ling's cultivation level, he naturally couldn't have done this on his own.

The key is the presence of seals and talent support.

This suppression also created a connection between him and the Sunfire Seed.

The Qianyang True Fire also shares the same energy mechanism with it.

It will be easier to integrate them.

It will not cause the Sunfire Seed to become violent.

They even ended up self-destructing.

Fortunately, he had the assistance of [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], which allowed him to quickly detect the situation of the Sunfire Seed.

If the Sunfire Seed were to self-destruct, he would have no choice but to use the Blazing Sun Flame to completely obliterate it.

That would be a bit wasteful.

However, it was a last resort.

"Next, we'll test the Qianyang True Fire."

Looking at the palm-sized, golden flame, Zhou Ling narrowed his eyes slightly.

Next, the Qianyang True Fire needs to fuse with and refine this Sunfire Seed, combining them into one.

This process is the most crucial.

After all, the fourth-order fire seed has its own sentience and instinctively refuses to merge with other spiritual flames.

Unless it devours other spiritual flames.

Moreover, the nature of the Sunfire Seed is extremely volatile.

Therefore, the integration process must be completely suppressed as soon as possible.

To prevent it from exploding.

Therefore, even with the help of Qianyang True Fire to fuse with the Sunfire Seed, the process is extremely dangerous.

After all, for cultivators, the best time to refine spiritual flames is when the spiritual flames are at the first or second level.

After being refined in this way, it grows together with the cultivator.

The five spiritual flames in Zhou Ling's hands are basically all like this.

Once it reaches the third rank, the risk for a cultivator to refine it further becomes too great.

Although there are risks, the rewards are equally significant.

Once fused, the Qianyang True Fire has the opportunity to reach the fifth rank, and also possesses the attributes of the Sunfire Seed.

Its power will be greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the Qianyang True Fire is his natal spiritual flame, so this enhancement will bring him great benefits.

"Qianyang True Fire, go!"

Zhou Ling let out a low shout, and the Qianyang True Fire surged violently, like a fire dragon, enveloping the Sunfire Seed.

"Ong!"

Suddenly, the Sunfire emitted a violent buzzing sound, and the blazing golden flames surged wildly.

It resisted the true fire of Qianyang.

Zhou Ling also circulated his magic power to assist the Qianyang True Fire in entering a state of suppression and fusion.

At that moment, his entire body was bathed in a bright red light.

Two flames flickered and burned inside the furnace.

The furnace seemed about to burst and be burned out, its light flashing continuously.

As you can see, the encased Sunfire bursts forth with wisps of golden flames, like golden sword energy, swirling and swirling within the True Yang Fire.

These golden flames are no less intense than the True Yang Fire, exuding scorching heat and seemingly capable of burning and melting the True Yang Fire.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The two sides were locked in a fierce stalemate.

Seeing this, Zhou Ling circulated all his magical power and poured it into the Qianyang True Fire.

[You are refining the Sunfire Seed, Five Elements Thunder Qi +1, Qianyang True Fire +4]

With the aid of his talent, the Qianyang True Fire gradually gained the upper hand.

Zhou Ling's expression gradually relaxed.

At this moment, the two spiritual flames have begun to merge.

In this situation, the probability of the Sunfire Seed self-destructing is greatly reduced.

Otherwise, the fire of the sun cannot be suppressed, and it will continue to resist, becoming more and more violent, which is extremely dangerous!
"Buzz!"

At the same time, Zhou Ling felt a surge of magical power within his body.

With the fusion of the spiritual flames of the Sunfire Seed and the True Yang Fire of Qianyang, the magical power within his body suddenly surged.

"Hmm, the effect of this fusion is quite immediate!"

A hint of joy flashed in Zhou Ling's eyes.

He naturally knew that absorbing the Sunfire Seed in this way would definitely improve his cultivation level significantly. However, he hadn't expected the effect to be so good.

"It seems that the energy contained within the Sunfire Seed is extremely compatible with my own!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

This is the benefit of refining your natal spiritual object!
Whether it's a magical artifact, a spirit beast, or a spirit flame, as long as the cultivator's natal item is upgraded, the cultivator will also be upgraded accordingly.

Moreover, Zhou Ling also cultivates the Spirit Flame Dual Cultivation Technique, which makes the effect even better.

However, Zhou Ling did not dare to be careless. He took out the pills he had prepared in advance, put them in his mouth, and quickly refined them to restore his mana.

Continue to circulate your magic to help suppress the Sunfire Seed.

As the aura of the Sunfire Seed within Qianyang True Fire increased, the Sunfire Seed's resistance was no longer as fierce as before.

With Zhou Ling's assistance, the fusion process became even smoother.

During this process, as the two spiritual flames merged, Zhou Ling's cultivation power also continuously increased.

The magical power within the meridians surged and continuously flowed into the dantian.

It nourishes the golden elixir within the Qi Sea.

Zhou Ling felt his cultivation level increasing at a visible rate.

And so time continued to pass.

Unbeknownst to them, the Sunfire Seed had transformed into a golden yang flame, merging into the Qianyang True Fire.

Zhou Ling could sense that the Qianyang True Fire had undergone a mysterious change.

However, the two have not yet fully merged.

He is not yet able to absorb it into his body.

Only when the Sunfire Seed is completely integrated into the True Yang Fire will it cease to pose a threat to him.

Otherwise, with the power of the fourth-level Sunfire Seed, his meridians would have had a hard time withstanding it.

He continued to manipulate the Qianyang True Fire, causing the fire spirits of the two spiritual flames to merge.

Only when the two fire spirits are completely merged can the two spiritual flames truly become one.

As the two spiritual flames continued to merge, the blazing golden light of the Qianyang True Fire resembled a golden halo, possessing a mysterious aura.

It was as if some kind of transformation was taking place.

Or rather, it's an evolutionary growth.

After another long period of fusion, the Sunfire Seed finally completely merged into the True Yang Fire.

"Hoohoo!"

At this moment, the golden flames of the Qianyang True Fire surged, radiating a terrifying pressure. The golden flames rose violently and were extremely intense.

"The True Fire of Qianyang has finally reached the fifth level!"

Zhou Ling's face was beaming with joy.

As he thought about it, the Qianyang True Fire, like a golden fiery dragon, circled around him.

Extremely mysterious.

Its overall power was several times greater than before.

The two spiritual flames were extremely compatible, and the effect after fusion completely exceeded Zhou Ling's expectations.

He could clearly sense that the Qianyang True Fire had also greatly improved its power in refining weapons.

Moreover, as the Qianyang True Fire was upgraded to the fifth level, his magical power cultivation also increased significantly.

He broke through from the sixth level of the Golden Core stage to the seventh level.

"Finally, I've reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm!"

Zhou Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt a surge of excitement as he sensed the increase in his magical power.

Although it was only a small upgrade, he could feel that his magical power was more than twice as strong as before.

Moreover, the fire rules contained within the Golden Core have also been greatly enhanced.

"Now I can even control two fifth-tier spirit flames at the same time!"

He was in a good mood and couldn't help but shout.

Although the sixth and seventh levels of the Golden Core stage are only a small step, they present significant bottlenecks.

Breaking through a realm without the aid of breakthrough pills is not so easy.

This time, Zhou Ling, with the help of the fusion of two spiritual flames and the Qianyang True Fire reaching the fifth level, also broke through this bottleneck.

He reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

Both magical power and the rules have been significantly improved.

The strength they are displaying now is arguably doubled.

Moreover, not only his magical power, but also his spiritual cultivation has been greatly improved.

He reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

This will greatly help him in refining weapons and alchemy.

Moreover, the pure Yang energy of the Five Elements within his body has increased significantly.

This was something he hadn't expected at all.

It is evident that this Sunfire Seed will be of great help to the cultivation of the Five Elements Pure Yang Technique.

Then, Zhou Ling took out a pill, put it in his mouth, and refined its medicinal power to stabilize his realm.

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Meanwhile, at another camp.

"Senior Liu, please don't let Zhou Ling return to the Dao Alliance. Otherwise, with his military achievements this time, he will definitely be promoted and enter the upper echelons."

"It won't be so easy to deal with him then!"

Tao Yue, with a solemn expression, reported to Liu Zhengjia.

These days, because I didn't go with Feng Lan and the others to deal with the alien races in the Star Sea last time.

He and Feng Lan parted ways.

Now I can only follow Liu Zhengjia.

Otherwise, as a formation master, if he went out for trials alone and encountered alien races from the Star Sea, it would be a dead end.

Therefore, it can be said that he is basically finished after this trial.

"You mean, Zhou Ling killed a fifth-tier Star Sea alien all by himself?"

Upon hearing Tao Yue's words, Liu Zhengjia exclaimed in surprise.

He originally thought that Zhou Ling killed the fifth-tier Star Sea alien with the help of the Sunlit Immortal Sword and Fei Qinan.

Unexpectedly, it was Zhou Ling who killed the fifth-tier Star Sea alien on his own.

How could a Golden Core cultivator possess such terrifying combat power?

When this young man defeated Liu Polei, he thought it was somewhat lucky.

In just over a year, he has already been able to kill a fifth-tier Star Sea alien.

This growth rate is truly astonishing!

"Yes, Uncle."

"Not only me, but many cultivators from Sun City also saw it."

"That's why this young man has such a high reputation in Sun City!"

Tao Yue gritted his teeth slightly.

Today, Zhou Ling has become a hero revered by everyone in Sun City.

He, on the other hand, was completely ignored in the Immortal City.

Even Feng Lan and his former best friend looked down on him, which made it even more unacceptable to him.

Therefore, in his mind, he attributed all of this to Zhou Ling.

His hatred for Zhou Ling deepened.

However, given his current strength, he would absolutely not dare to provoke Zhou Ling again.

It just so happens that the Liu family of the Zixiao Sect also harbors considerable hatred towards Zhou Ling.

Therefore, he hoped to use Liu Zhengjia to get rid of Zhou Ling.

Otherwise, once Zhou Ling returns to the Dao Alliance...

Their status will definitely be greatly enhanced.

At that time, not only him, but the entire Tao family will likely face considerable trouble.

Therefore, he needed to use Liu Zhengjia's help to get rid of Zhou Ling as soon as possible.

"In that case, we really can't let this kid grow any further!"

Liu Zhengjia frowned and said in a deep voice.

However, Zhou Ling was currently in the camp, and he didn't have a solution for the time being. (End of Chapter)