Time passed quickly. A year and a half had gone by since he killed Zhang Bai.
In the courtyard of the Flame Lake Gu House, a stern young man stood with his hands behind his back. His features were sharp, his dark hair moved with the wind, and he wore a white robe marked with gold patterns. A seven-colored mark rested on his brow, his crimson-gold eyes faintly hazy, giving him a calm yet imposing presence.
Lin Yan stepped out of seclusion, his gaze deep. He silently calculated the time. It had taken him a year and a half to build his current foundation. He was now nineteen years old and had cultivated for four years. There were only six years left before Fang Yuan's rebirth.
This period of seclusion had been long, but the gains were just as great.
First, all his Rank 3 Gu had been successfully refined into Rank 4. He completed the refinement of Fire Heart Gu, Yang Flame Burst Gu, Scarlet Dragon Flame Armor Gu, Flame Flash Gu, Hearth God Eye Gu, Fire Furnace Gu, Sparks Gu, and Blazing Fury Gu.
These covered attack, defense, movement, reconnaissance, and support, allowing Lin Yan to form a complete Rank 4 Flame Demon True Body along with the Prairie Fire killer move. His combat system was now fully developed without obvious weaknesses.
Including his original Rank 4 Gu and the Otherworldly Flame Gu, the total reached sixteen. This number was extremely rare for a Rank 4 Gu Master and showed how deep his foundation had become.
Normally, when Gu Masters reached Rank 4, the number of same-rank Gu they could maintain would decrease sharply. Suitable Gu were hard to find, and many lacked follow-up refinement recipes.
Lin Yan relied on the Family's foundation and resources to achieve this. With the Burning Fire Wine secret recipe, he could feed multiple Gu together, which reduced the burden and saved time.
Even so, he had already reached his limit. Most of his Gu lacked Rank 5 refinement recipes and had reached their peak. The Family's reserves were also nearly exhausted, with only a few Rank 5 recipes remaining, and only five of those belonged to the Flame Path.
Secondly, over the past one and a half years, Lin Yan had mastered all the Rank 4 and Rank 5 Gu recipes within the Family, nearly exhausting their foundation. He also obtained many missing Flame Path recipes from the Zhang Family, gathering hundreds of Gu recipes from different sources. Even so, out of the two million primeval stones owed, one million still remained.
Finally, his Flame Path attainment had reached the Master level. His Refinement Path had also improved steadily, but reaching Grandmaster was still far away. At most, he had firmly solidified his Master level. Including his Flying Path Master attainment, he now had three Master attainments and one close to Master, forming a strong foundation.
As for killer moves, the Rank 5 Six-Armed Divine Fire Yama had been successfully improved and the Hand of Destruction was initially improved, but it still lacked a core Gu. Prairie Fire remained unchanged, and there had been no progress on Dream Path killer moves.
There was no other choice. Over the past year and a half, all his focus had been placed on the Flame Path. In addition, Soul Path and Wisdom Path Gu were rare, and he would likely need to travel to the Ten Thousand Li Silk Corridor to obtain them.
"The Family can no longer support me much, and neither can the Zhang Family. Their Rank 4 recipes are limited, and they are still holding back on core Gu of Transformation Path."
Lin Yan shook his head. It was time to leave for the Ten Thousand Li Silk Corridor, continue building his foundation, and think about his next steps.
He turned his attention inward to his aperture, where different Gu floated. At the center, a large six-armed silver-armored Gu occupied the core, while the golden primeval sea surged, repeatedly striking the crystal walls.
Seeing this, a faint smile appeared on his lips. Today, he would break through to Rank 5.
Before that, he calmed himself and began refining Gu. Using all the Relic Gu he had gathered over the past year, along with Thousand Wishes Tree flowers, a Human Path immortal material, he spent several days refining two Rank 5 Purple Crystal Relic Gu.
Without delay, Lin Yan began his breakthrough. His will moved the golden primeval sea, raising huge waves that crashed heavily against the aperture wall like a raging tide.
Bang!
With a soft sound, the aperture wall could no longer withstand the pressure and shattered under the impact of the massive wave. Fragments of the crystal wall broke apart, turning into essence and slowly dissolving into the primeval sea.
A new layer of light membrane formed within the aperture, far stronger than before, marking a higher level of stability and power.
At the bottom of the primeval sea, faint purple light began to emerge, dense and steady. It was the light purple primeval essence of early Rank 5.
Lin Yan had stepped into Rank 5. This was not the end. He took out three perfectly round Purple Crystal Relic Gu and refined them one after another. The membrane within his aperture continued to change, strengthening again as his cultivation rose rapidly.
His aura surged without restraint, pushing forward until it reached the peak of Rank 5. Within the primeval sea, the purple essence deepened layer by layer, growing richer and more condensed with each step.
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