Chapter 140: Great Sun Luminous Flame and the Rising Crimson Sun

Chen Mu absorbed and refined the Golden Sun Fruits bit by bit, causing the power of the solar bloodline within him to awaken incrementally.

After spending a full day ingesting them, he finally finished chewing and swallowing the nine Golden Sun Fruits slowly, piece by piece. However, a massive amount of medicinal energy still remained stored within his body. Rou'er was currently using her divine soul power to suppress and guide it, ensuring that Chen Mu's body could absorb all the energy evenly and effectively.

Stimulated and activated by the medicinal potency of the Golden Sun Fruits, the solar bloodline was progressively becoming active. The "Great Sun Ancient Scripture" also felt increasingly natural and intuitive to him, bringing profound enlightenment to many aspects he had previously failed to comprehend.

Following this abundance of epiphanies and the absorption of so much medicinal energy from the Golden Sun Fruits, Chen Mu had long since shown signs of making a breakthrough. Yet, to stimulate his bloodline power to the absolute maximum, every time he reached the precipice of a breakthrough, he forcefully suppressed it.

After all, if he relied on the Golden Sun Fruits to maximize the activation of his solar bloodline before breaking through to the Origin Dan Realm and condensing his Dan, his foundational heritage would be vastly superior. Everything he did was to solidify his foundation, and everything was for the sake of condensing the Purple Gold Origin Dan.

Finally, after the solar bloodline was deeply activated to a certain extent, Chen Mu's entire body grew incomparably scorching hot. Blazing primordial yang energy continuously gathered within his dantian and then diffused throughout his entire body. A certain power was stirring restlessly within him, as if a giant beast that had slumbered deep inside him was only now waking up.

Chen Mu began to drift into a state of epiphany. If outsiders were to know that an ant at the Origin Base Realm was actually capable of entering a state of epiphany, they would undoubtedly think the world had gone mad. After all, while epiphanies were encounters sought by fate rather than choice, they could never possibly occur to someone in the lowly Origin Base Realm.

At this moment, Rou'er was also utterly astonished. She had not expected Chen Mu to experience an epiphany right while activating his solar bloodline. It seemed the completeness of the solar bloodline within him must be exceedingly high; she only wondered what insights Chen Mu would ultimately derive from this epiphany.

At this time, Chen Mu radiated golden light and scarlet flames, resembling a humanoid sun. Soon, those scarlet flames rapidly converged above his head, undergoing continuous compression to form a crimson fireball.

Yet, rather than calling it a fireball, it was more akin to a miniature crimson sun. One could tell that these scarlet flames were likely a divine ability obtained by Chen Mu through the activation of his bloodline, while the constantly compressed, crimson miniature sun was the application and form of this divine ability deduced during his epiphany.

This technique was not yet fully formed, but its might was definitely no less than the Sunset Stance Rou'er had taught him. Visually, once this divine ability took initial shape and he broke through to the Origin Dan Realm to achieve the Purple Gold Origin Dan, he would certainly be able to contend against late-stage Origin Dan Realm cultivators.

Given that this scarlet flame divine ability still possessed growth potential, it was certain that as time and his realm progressed, its power would only grow stronger and stronger, never becoming a useless, chicken-rib-like technique that faded as he reached higher realms.

The miniature crimson sun continuously compressed, ultimately forming an illusory flame core. Just like the core of a true sun, it was completely mimicking a genuine sun.

However, this kind of creation was merely an imitation, and moreover, an imitation executed through pure scarlet flame divine ability. Compared to the real sun in the heavens, it was like the light of a grain of rice competing with the brilliance of the sun and moon. Perhaps this was not a mere metaphor, but the literal truth.

Such mimicry was crude, yet its might remained objective. After all, this divine ability could also be considered one of Chen Mu's current top-tier trump cards.

The bloodline divine abilities possessed by Chen Mu were not limited to just this one. The lightning divine ability possessed by his Flood Dragon bloodline was likewise one of his current top-tier means. The attacking power of his phantom lightning flood dragon was among his most formidable offensive methods upon arriving at this Bixiao Continent; the only drawback was that its consumption of energy was simply too immense.

In contrast, this crimson flame miniature sun did not require the excessive consumption of his own primordial Qi and energy like the phantom lightning flood dragon did. It consumed only a normal amount of primordial Qi, just like any other spell, yet could achieve the exact same effect as the phantom lightning flood dragon.

In the former Yuanyao Continent, Chen Mu's phantom lightning flood dragon and the third stance of the Sunset Stance, "Noontide Oblivion," were decisive lethal spells and divine abilities capable of crossing an entire major realm to battle enemies. However, upon arriving at this Bixiao Continent, they had been vastly weakened, able to cope only with enemies superior to him by two minor realms.

Moreover, their drawbacks were extremely heavy: the moment either of the two was utilized, his primordial Qi would be completely exhausted, and he would very likely fall unconscious.

Now, the emergence of this crimson flame miniature sun divine ability compensated for this flaw. The miniature sun was similarly a powerful divine ability capable of crossing two minor realms, yet its consumption was far lesser than the previous two. Thus, Chen Mu gained yet another superior choice for his fatal trump cards.

During his epiphany, Chen Mu continuously deduced the form of this miniature sun. Based on the illusory flame core, the scarlet flames constantly danced across its surface, giving Rou'er a somewhat startled feeling, as she feared this miniature sun might fail to hold its stability and explode right within this cultivation chamber.

Although this chamber was incomparably sturdy and could withstand the supreme attacks of Unity Realm cultivators—and although Rou'er, despite having her cultivation suppressed and her physical body weakened, still possessed the strength equivalent to a peak Origin Dan Realm human cultivator and would not suffer any grave disaster—the crucial point was that Chen Mu was currently in the midst of an epiphany. If he were swept up in this explosion, while she needn't worry about flesh wounds, having an epiphany interrupted would inevitably inflict mental damage and surely trigger backlash.

Therefore, if Chen Mu's epiphany were forcibly severed by the explosion of this miniature sun, Chen Mu would undoubtedly suffer a chaotic reversal of primordial Qi due to the backlash, causing the power within his body to spiral out of control. In the end, it was highly likely he would meet a tragic fate where all his origin channels were completely destroyed and he suffered grievous injuries.

Although she recalled that Chen Mu possessed the means to repair injuries using life breath, Rou'er harbored no certainty as to whether completely destroyed origin channels could ever regenerate.

Chen Mu had once reshaped his physical body relying on life breath, but that was because he had thoroughly died; he had reconstructed a new body by combining it with his previous remains. Therefore, she had no idea to what extent this life breath could truly perform miracles. After all, Chen Mu did not completely master the life force of the black bead. What if, due to insufficient proficiency, he could not reconstruct his origin channels according to his own will? Creating something from nothing and simple repair were entirely different concepts.

Thus, barring injury was naturally what Rou'er hoped for; she did not wish to see Chen Mu hurt. Moreover, a rare state of epiphany was hard to come by; ending naturally was the absolute best outcome, and no one wanted such precious moments of enlightenment to be disrupted by external forces.

However, the disaster Rou'er worried about did not occur. Although the miniature sun was unstable, as time passed, it gradually stabilized and took shape.

With the crimson sun hanging overhead, a miniature sun rotated above Chen Mu's head, as if capable of burning away all evil and baleful entities to nothingness.

Once the divine ability technique took its initial form, following a hand incantation cast by Chen Mu, it slowly reverted back into the scarlet flames that settled upon his two palms. At this moment, he had already awakened from his state of epiphany.

He murmured softly, "The divine ability formed by this portion of the solar bloodline is indeed extraordinary. This flame is named the Great Sun Lucid Flame, which is one of countless foundational branches belonging to the Great Sun Dao Fire of the Great Sun Ancient Clan. Although it is merely a branch, its might can still be considered formidable. During the epiphany, I also acquired the inherited memories within my bloodline. As my bloodline power enhances, atavistically reverts, or evolves, this Great Sun Lucid Flame can continue to evolve and revert toward the Great Sun Dao Fire. As long as my bloodline improves or I consume various heavenly treasures of the yang attribute, this Great Sun Lucid Flame will continuously evolve toward the Great Sun Dao Fire. The Great Sun Dao Fire is a supreme divine ability formed by the progenitor of the Chen Clan based on his own bloodline to cultivate the 'Great Sun Ancient Scripture.' It's just that, according to the inherited memories, while the Great Sun Dao Fire is the most powerful bloodline divine ability of the Great Sun Ancient Clan, the memory fragments seem to state that the Great Sun Dao Fire is not its ultimate form. I wonder what that means? Could it be that above the Great Sun Dao Fire, there exists an even higher-tier form?"

Chen Mu felt that his bloodline inherited memories held many matters that had not been fully explained. Although the information in the inherited memories regarding the "Great Sun Ancient Scripture" cultivated by the Great Sun Ancient Clan's Chen Clan explained the origin of this flame and the root of his bloodline, he certainly did not believe that the Chen Clan's progenitor was the sole origin of everything concerning this solar bloodline.

After all, even if the Chen Clan was an ancient clan, they were ultimately human. Humans were one of the myriad lesser clans of the heavens, right up until the appearance of demonic cultivators who learned from the Demon Clan, establishing demonic cultivation techniques rooted in demon arts.

From there, experiences were gleaned from demonic cultivation techniques to transition toward using pure primordial Qi for Daoist cultivation, creating the orthodox path of human cultivation to this day, thereby self-creating a system for attaining immortality.

Hence, how could the human race have possessed any outstanding inheritances at the very outset? Prior to that, they had all been barbarian cultivators or systems that borrowed the powers of other clans.

This solar bloodline must have definitely been formed at a later stage. He felt a sense of incredulity; after all, how could ordinary humans ever speak of bloodline inheritances? This bloodline inheritance bore a striking similarity to the innate divine abilities and bloodline inheritances of the Monster Clan and True Spirits. Perhaps this was an ability possessed precisely by mimicking the Monster Clan or True Spirits.

Yet, one thing was certain: this solar bloodline did not mingle with the bloodlines of the Monster Clan or True Spirits; it was undoubtedly a purely human bloodline. Because Chen Mu had indeed absorbed Monster Clan bloodlines, he was still able to perceive the differences and distinctions between them.

Seeing Chen Mu awaken from his epiphany, Rou'er also relaxed slightly.

Upon hearing Chen Mu's self-muttering, Rou'er fell into deep thought as well. It seemed the heritage of the Great Sun Ancient Clan remained unfathomably deep. Although she had never laid eyes upon this Great Sun Dao Fire, it was mentioned within her inherited memories, which proved its immense antiquity.

The inherited memories possessed by Rou'er recorded an immense wealth of knowledge; they were the crystallization of all the wisdom passed down through generations of True Spirits, bearing no resemblance to Chen Mu's bloodline inheritance, which merely cataloged abilities and the origins of capability systems.

As for anything else, there was nothing at all—even the methods of application had to be explored and figured out by Chen Mu himself during this epiphany.

Although the Flood Dragon inheritance also contained only two divine abilities, it had at least bestowed upon Chen Mu numerous methods and insights regarding the utilization of lightning. Moreover, that Flood Dragon bloodline had only been bestowed upon Chen Mu as a wisp; the bloodline carried within the Flood Dragon Pearl was not complete.

This was the difference between the human ancient clan's bloodline power and the Monster Clan and True Spirit innate inheritances. Although they appeared similar, they were ultimately not the same kind of power. At best, one was a bloodline power formed posteriori, while the other was an innate destiny power possessed inherently by a race and continuously accumulated through generations.

The superiority or inferiority of the two could be discerned at a single glance. However, for the human race to be able to create such inherited power by their own might could also be considered an extraordinary feat of humanity.

Recalling the crimson miniature sun technique he had comprehended during his epiphany, Chen Mu pondered for a moment and said, "Since this miniature sun was just created, resembling the early sun rising in the east, let us name this divine ability technique 'Crimson Sun Ascending'."