Seizing Destiny From Heavens Hands

Chapter 278: The Nine Suns Divine Phoenix Technique's Third and Fourth Stances, and the Great Wilderness Flame Manipulation Art

In the Jade Cauldron Sect's Scripture Pavilion, Shen Mo arrived immediately after receiving his contribution rewards.

Contributions were meant to be used, after all.

This time, he exchanged them for a large number of books.

Titles included:

Records of the Nine Provinces of Jing Country

Illustrated Records of the Hundred Tribes of the Ten Thousand Demon Nation

The Rise, Prosperity, and Fall of the Nine-Rotation Alchemy Dao Sect

Geographical Chronicles of Yu Prefecture

...

The list went on endlessly.

Each book cost one Grade-D contribution.

Shen Mo now had contributions in abundance. He exchanged over a thousand books in one go, spending more than a single Grade-B contribution.

The steward of the Scripture Pavilion was left dumbfounded, watching as Shen Mo packed box after box of books into his storage ring. He could not imagine when all those books would ever be read.

Afterward, Shen Mo exchanged for two additional items.

The first was the third and fourth stances of the Nine Suns Divine Phoenix Technique.

These stances had always been in the Scripture Pavilion, but they were incredibly esoteric and challenging to cultivate without the prerequisite stances. Shen Mo had noticed them during his last visit, but at the time, his elder rank and contributions were insufficient to purchase them.

Now, he directly spent three Grade-B contributions to obtain them.

The second item was a peculiar cultivation technique called the Great Wilderness Flame Manipulation Art.

This technique had been collecting dust in a corner of the Scripture Pavilion, untouched by any disciple.

The reason was simple: the primary requirement to cultivate it was to tame an eternal flame.

Eternal flames were incredibly rare in the world, and those who could tame them were even rarer. Its high threshold meant that, despite being only a partial version requiring just twenty Grade-C contributions, no one had ever redeemed it.

For Shen Mo, however, the Great Wilderness Flame Manipulation Art was a treasure of the highest order.

Its sole purpose was to fuse eternal flames.

Eternal flames were immensely powerful. However, in almost all cases, they were fundamentally incompatible with each other and prone to conflict upon contact.

The creator of the Great Wilderness Flame Manipulation Art had devised a way to perfectly resolve these conflicts.

Although the partial version only allowed cultivation up to the second level, it was sufficient for Shen Mo to fuse three eternal flames simultaneously.

Moreover, the technique also contained methods for nurturing eternal flames, which was precisely what Shen Mo needed most at the moment.

Shen Mo next visited the Treasure Pavilion, with an even clearer purpose this time. He exchanged for three specific items.

The first was a Sun Essence Stone.

This item shared the same origin as Sun Essence Flame. However, while the rare formation of Sun Essence Flame required extreme luck, Sun Essence Stones were its more common counterpart. Essentially, they were of the same nature, making Sun Essence Stone ideal for nourishing Sun Essence Flame.

The second item was Millennium Earthfire Marrow.

This treasure could only form in an Earthfire Source that had burned uninterrupted for a thousand years. Even the Earthfire Sources within the Fire Pill Palace did not meet this condition, as they had experienced interruptions and declines.

This particular piece of Millennium Earthfire Marrow had been acquired by the Jade Cauldron Sect from the Pill River Sect.

The third item was five pieces of Century Earthfire Marrow.

Similar in nature to the Millennium Earthfire Marrow, its efficacy was lower due to the shorter time of formation.

One Sun Essence Stone and one piece of Millennium Earthfire Marrow each cost Shen Mo five Grade-B contributions. The five pieces of Century Earthfire Marrow together cost him an additional Grade-B contribution.

Finally, Shen Mo went all out and redeemed ten bottles of Greater Nascent Transformation Pills. Each bottle contained five pills, costing a total of twenty Grade-C contributions.

After this spending spree, Shen Mo checked his Jade Cauldron Orb and found himself left with only eight Grade-B contributions and a little over ten Grade-C contributions.

"Suddenly, I'm nearly broke."

"But these resources are more than enough to sustain my cultivation for a long time."

"Once I've fully refined them, my strength will undoubtedly soar to a whole new level."

Shen Mo nodded in satisfaction and left the pavilion.

His departing figure left countless cultivators envious.

They had seen wealthy cultivators before, but a young Fourth Cauldron Elder with so many contributions? That was a rare sight.

The ease with which he spent his contributions made others wonder, When will we ever experience such extravagance?

Dragon Snake Mountain

Upon returning to Dragon Snake Mountain, Shen Mo first inquired about the developments over the past year.

Learning that Dragon Snake Mountain's ventures were thriving, he nodded with approval.

Dragon Snake Mountain had now become the center of the Jade Cauldron Sect's beast-taming industry. Under the management of Mei Haihe and Huang Bayi, the profits generated each year exceeded even those of some One-Cauldron and Two-Cauldron Elders.

Some elders, tempted by the lucrative earnings, had tried to plant their own people in Dragon Snake Mountain to claim a share of the profits.

However, Mei Haihe and Huang Bayi were meticulous in their selection of personnel, thoroughly investigating every candidate's background.

Even if someone had a clean record, they were rejected outright if they had any conflicts with Shen Mo.

As a result, over the past year, Dragon Snake Mountain had continued to progress steadily along the path Shen Mo had planned.

"Well done. You've managed everything excellently," Shen Mo praised the two managers before heading underground to check on the Fire Dragon Egg.

Before long, he arrived at a hidden cavern.

The formations around the area showed no signs of being disturbed, indicating that no outsiders had entered in the past year.

"Good thing I prepared enough medicinal liquid to last a year. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been enough to sustain you," Shen Mo remarked with a wry smile as he looked at the pool, now reduced to a thin layer of green medicinal liquid.

However, his eyes lit up with joy when he noticed the dense network of cracks on the surface of the Fire Dragon Egg.

It was clear that the little dragon inside was close to hatching.

"At most, six months. At the earliest, just one month—it should hatch soon."

Placing his hand on the eggshell, Shen Mo carefully sensed the life force within and nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Back in his residence, Shen Mo shut the doors and began his seclusion.

With a gesture, the golden Sun Essence Flame appeared before him.

Compared to when he first tamed it, the Sun Essence Flame had not grown significantly.

Clearly, absorbing ambient spiritual energy daily wasn't enough to accelerate its growth.

Of course, if the flame were still in the Fire Pill Palace's lava lake, its growth rate would have been even slower.

Shen Mo took out the Millennium Earthfire Marrow.

Sensing its presence, the Sun Essence Flame immediately coiled around it, engulfing it and joyfully beginning the process of refining.

At this moment, a cyan flame spontaneously ignited in Shen Mo's other palm—it was the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Judging by its restless flickering, it seemed jealous that the Sun Essence Flame had something good to consume while it didn't.

Shen Mo couldn't help but laugh and took out several pieces of Century Earthfire Marrow.

Only then did the Green Lotus Core Flame calm down, wrapping itself around the marrow and retreating to Shen Mo's dantian to refine and absorb it.

"Good. Now, it's time to refine the Pure Nascent Transformation Pill," Shen Mo said.

He retrieved the Myriad Beast Cauldron and several bottles of Greater Nascent Transformation Pills, beginning the pill refinement process as detailed in the Nine-Rotation Alchemy Dao Classic.

This was the most perfect pill recipe.

Shen Mo estimated that refining just one more Pure Nascent Transformation Pill would allow him to reach the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul Stage.

At that point, he would undoubtedly become the strongest below the Deity Transformation Stage.

No Nascent Soul cultivator, not even destiny's favored sons like Ye Yan or Xiao Fan, would be able to rival him!

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