I Can Copy the Talents of All Creatures

Yu Fei listened to Ye Shuping’s description, a seed of doubt growing in his heart.

"But Master, a temperature of two thousand degrees... won’t it roast me to charcoal?"

He was, after all, a creature of flesh and blood. Two thousand degrees was hot enough to melt steel; the thought alone made his heart pound.

Ye Shuping glanced at him, seeming to read his mind. "Relax. This body of yours is tougher than steel; it won’t be easily roasted. Besides, if you want to cultivate the Great Sun Glaze Body, you have to break things down to build them back up. Your body must be completely reforged."

"Reforged? How exactly does that work?"

A chill ran down Yu Fei’s spine. ’How do you reforge a carbon-based lifeform of flesh and blood? Take it apart and put it back together?’

Ye Shuping suddenly gave a slight smile, a smile that made Yu Fei’s blood run cold.

"When the Great Sun Glaze Body is cultivated to a certain level, it grants the Divine Power of mass-energy conversion. If this flesh-and-blood body of yours isn’t returned to the furnace and reforged, how could you possibly obtain such an ability?

"Don’t worry. It’s just a trial by fire, like refining true gold. I’ve done the calculations. There’s an eighty percent chance you’ll succeed."

"Eighty percent!"

’What’s the difference between that and a death sentence!’

Before he could hesitate, the old master grabbed him.

"Let’s go!"

For this trip, the old master was remarkably low-key, taking Yu Fei on a commercial flight. There was no private fighter jet, no special train—he was just like an old man enjoying his retirement travels.

Unlike during the Red Sun Realm’s open season, when this place would have been bustling with people, it was now in a period of high-temperature eruptions. The street outside was desolate, and most of the shops were closed.

Without the constant stream of exploring Martial Artists, the area was exceptionally bleak.

By the shore of Flowing Mist Lake, a simple metal railing had been erected, covered in warning signs. There were signs everywhere, and loudspeakers played a looped warning message.

"Attention all Martial Artists: During the Red Sun Realm’s active period, the internal temperature can reach as high as two thousand degrees. Please do not explore recklessly, to prevent any accidents... In martial arts cultivation, safety comes first..."

A huge sign stood by the lake, indicating the appropriate times to explore the Red Sun Realm!

There was also a security booth by the lake, manned by an old man at the Inner Qi Realm. If any Martial Artists ignored the warnings and insisted on entering, the old man would come out and try to dissuade them. Of course, that’s as far as he’d go. Those who refused to listen and insisted on courting disaster would have to bear the consequences themselves.

"Let’s go!"

Ye Shuping took the lead, his figure flashing into the depths of the lake, with Yu Fei close behind.

Naturally, the two of them wouldn’t be spotted by the guard. At Ye Shuping’s level, if he didn’t want to be found, very few people could actually find him.

Yu Fei was a bit weaker, but he could still evade the perception of most Grandmasters.

Deprived of his five senses, Yu Fei moved forward blindly, but this time, something felt different.

Having upgraded [Advanced Spatial Controller] to the Gold level, he had a different physical sensation within the black fog.

The black fog wasn’t just fog; it was a method of concealment.

The loss of his five senses was caused by the fog’s screening effect. In reality, by leveraging his spatial talent, he could vaguely perceive that he was inside a special spatial channel. This channel had two parts, a positive and a negative—likely one for entry and one for exit.

As he walked through this unique spatial channel, he was being rapidly propelled forward by some special mechanism.

Before long, Yu Fei took a step forward, and a searing heat washed over him. His hair turned brittle and yellow at a visible rate.

Looking up, the sky was a fiery red. A colossal sun stretched across the heavens, occupying nearly a fifth of the firmament.

At this moment, nameless flames flickered on the mountains beneath their feet. Farther away, the land was a sea of magma. The Red Sun Realm was currently covered in terrain similar to the Jiaoyan Sea.

In just a few moments, Yu Fei’s skin began to scorch and yellow. Every part of his body screamed a warning, desperate to flee this place.

A warning from [Insight] told him that danger was everywhere.

In his perception, the world’s primal energy here was abnormally explosive.

"Master..."

Yu Fei struggled to speak. This was nothing like what Ye Shuping had described. Yu Fei felt like he could pass out at any second.

His flesh was stronger than steel, but he wasn’t an inanimate object like steel.

A purple glint appeared in Ye Shuping’s eyes as he carefully observed Yu Fei’s condition.

"Not a big problem. It’s within my expectations. Once you advance to Gang Qi and master the Great Sun Glaze Body, you’ll be fine!"

With that said, he waved his hand, sweeping Yu Fei up and soaring into the sky.

Ye Shuping offered Yu Fei no protection. With his power, it would have been effortless to shield Yu Fei and ensure his survival in the Red Sun Realm.

As they sped through the sky, the searing red air currents felt like scorching gravel, scouring away Yu Fei’s flesh. Before long, his skin began to carbonize and peel off. But due to his formidable physical foundation, new skin and tissue constantly grew back. The process was excruciating.

"You must get used to this pain. The most difficult part of cultivating the Great Sun Glaze Body is the initial stage. Right now, it’s just poisonous fire invading your body. When the True Intent of the Great Sun enters you, and your soul, Inner Qi, and body are all forged together—that is true torture."

Ye Shuping’s voice rang in his mind. Yu Fei responded from the depths of his heart, ’Master, what should I do next!’

The old master wanted him to break through to the fifth realm and achieve initiation into the Great Sun Glaze Body at the same time. The difficulty of this was by no means small.

"Simple. I will gather a sliver of the True Intent and pour it into your spiritual source. You will first contain and devour it with your own spiritual will. Then, I will increase the amount. As you advance to Gang Qi, I will draw out Yang Fire and transform it into the Great Sun True Flame. At that point, all three treasures will be forged. Endure that, and you will have achieved initiation!"

Yu Fei didn’t ask what would happen if he couldn’t endure it. Whether from Ye Shuping’s teachings or his own research, he knew that there was no turning back once you started the initiation for the Great Sun Glaze Body. You either succeeded or were reduced to ash.