Chapter 40 — Blazing Ember Gu
One year later.
Li Tianyu sat quietly inside a secluded room.
After a long period of accumulation...
He had finally gathered everything he needed.
A faint smile appeared on his face.
'Finally...'
'I've collected enough.'
Over the past year, Li Tianyu had continuously traveled throughout Central Continent.
Whenever he encountered a battlefield, he would carefully search for opportunities to steal Gu worms.
He would then exchange the Gu worms he didn't need for Rank Two Gu worms before feeding them to his Burning Ember Gu.
Little by little...
His accumulation had continued to grow.
It had taken an entire year.
But now...
Everything was finally ready.
Li Tianyu focused his attention on the Burning Ember Gu inside his aperture.
'It's time to advance you.'
He immediately issued a command.
The Burning Ember Gu trembled slightly.
A massive amount of Rank Two Gu Dao fragments began to disappear from its Dao Repository.
999,832 Rank Two Gu Dao fragments.
An enormous amount of resources.
Even Li Tianyu's heart ached slightly at the expenditure.
'That's almost a million Rank Two Gu Dao fragments...'
But he didn't hesitate.
The advancement of the Burning Ember Gu was far too important.
As long as it succeeded...
Its ability to deduce recipes would rise to another level.
The Burning Ember Gu gradually became motionless.
Its aura weakened.
Then...
It entered a deep state of dormancy.
The deduction had begun.
Li Tianyu didn't disturb it.
He simply continued with his usual routine.
He traveled.
He fought.
He searched for opportunities to obtain Gu worms.
And he waited.
Three weeks passed.
Finally...
The Burning Ember Gu awakened.
The moment it emerged from its dormant state...
A vast stream of information surged directly into Li Tianyu's mind.
The Rank Three advancement recipe.
The required Gu worms.
The refinement materials.
The exact quantities.
The order in which each material had to be added.
The precise refinement sequence.
The required temperature changes.
The manipulation of primeval essence.
The timing of every step.
The possible variations.
The points at which the refinement could fail.
The methods for correcting those failures.
Everything.
The entire refinement process was transmitted into his mind.
Li Tianyu remained completely motionless.
He carefully absorbed the information.
After several breaths...
His eyes gradually brightened.
'So that's how it works.'
With the recipe completely engraved in his mind, Li Tianyu immediately began preparing.
He visited numerous shops throughout the city.
The materials required for the refinement were purchased one by one.
He deliberately spread his purchases across different stores.
He didn't want a single merchant to notice that he was gathering materials for a Rank Three Gu refinement.
Once everything was prepared...
Li Tianyu left the city.
After traveling for some time, he entered another city and rented a secluded room.
The moment the door closed behind him...
He began the refinement.
The Rank Two Burning Ember Gu appeared before him.
Around it were the numerous refinement materials he had gathered.
Li Tianyu arranged them carefully.
There was no room for carelessness.
This was a Rank Three Gu refinement.
Even with his master-level Fire Path attainment and refinement attainment...
Failure was still possible.
He activated several Fire Path refinement killer moves.
Crimson flames immediately surged throughout the room.
The temperature rapidly increased.
One material after another was thrown into the flames.
Li Tianyu's hands moved continuously.
He controlled the intensity of the flames.
Adjusted the temperature.
Manipulated his primeval essence.
And followed the newly deduced recipe step by step.
The refinement continued.
One day passed.
Then another.
The third day...
The fourth day...
At several critical stages, the flames suddenly became unstable.
Li Tianyu's expression remained calm.
He immediately recognized the problem.
He adjusted the flame intensity and changed the flow of primeval essence according to the information contained within the recipe.
The unstable flames gradually calmed.
The refinement continued.
Time passed slowly.
Finally...
The numerous refinement materials began to fuse together.
The flames surrounding the Burning Ember Gu became increasingly intense.
Li Tianyu's eyes narrowed.
The final stage had arrived.
He carefully followed the final refinement sequence.
The crimson flames suddenly surged.
Boom!
A dazzling crimson light filled the entire room.
Then...
Silence.
The flames slowly disappeared.
A Gu worm floated quietly in the air.
Its aura was completely different from before.
Rank Three.
Blazing Ember Gu.
Li Tianyu stared at it for several breaths.
A smile slowly appeared on his face.
'Success.'
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