That meant he could now learn and use techniques unique to the Illusion Spiritual Root.

And after the first cycle, he would gain mystical energy capable of turning all things into energy form.

After the second cycle, mystical true energy.

After the third cycle.

Just thinking about it made him excited.

Xiao Shou wiped away imaginary drool.

At this moment, he felt a little lightheaded as if he had become incredibly powerful.

After his excitement from reaching the Golden Core stage fully settled, he suddenly remembered something.

Before breaking through, when he touched those seven or eight blood beads, he had received information about that substance.

But because he had been focused on his breakthrough, he had ignored it.

He quickly recalled the information.

Soon, relevant knowledge surfaced in his mind.

...

[ Hell Flame Essence]

Description: Formed from a single drop of blood from the Hell Flame Beast. It can evolve the physique of any living being.

After this, additional inherited knowledge from the Time Flower seal in his sea of consciousness also flowed into him.

...

[ Hell Flame Beast ]

Description: A scale armored demonic beast. Its body is oval shaped with no limbs and has nine massive mouths. It grows by devouring soil and stone. Its body size is enormous. A mature form can swallow an entire star in one gulp. Its blood energy can evolve the physique of mortals. Its blood mist can be absorbed by cultivators and demonic beasts. Qi Refining stage is the most suitable for absorption. Its blood cloud is suitable for the Foundation Establishment stage. Its blood essence is suitable for the Golden Core stage. Its blood liquid is suitable for the Nascent Soul stage.

...

He let out a helpless expression.

So it really was inside a living creature.

From the moment he cut down the blood stone pillars, he had already suspected it, so he was not surprised at all.

Instead, he was amazed that such a creature existed, one entirely made of treasures.

If something like this existed, the cultivation world would have gone crazy for it.

He then recalled the information from the Flower of Eternity inheritance.

It turned out the Hell Flame Beast was a type of anomalous beast that fed on soil and stone.

In its juvenile stage, it was those massive gray stone beasts outside.

In its growth stage, it was the form he had encountered.

In its mature stage, it would inevitably swallow the land that gave birth to it, evolving into a top tier beast capable of freely traveling the void of space and feeding on stars.

Its intelligence was extremely low, acting purely on instinct.

In its juvenile form, it instinctively attacked any life that approached it.

In its growth stage, it had no interest in life outside its body.

However, if something mistakenly entered what seemed like an "entrance," it would be attacked by the energy inside its body.

That energy was similar to digestive fluid.

It was extremely effective at dissolving soil and stone, almost instantly breaking them down.

But against living beings, it behaved differently, just like what he had experienced.

It was a rare earth spiritual root type beast, almost extinct in many realms.

Its flesh and blood had a powerful effect on evolving living bodies.

But the most valuable part was its heart, filled with vast life force and evolution power.

It was said that obtaining the heart of a mature Hell Flame Beast could awaken soul level divine abilities and allow one to ascend directly to the immortal realm.

Even the heart of a growth stage Hell Flame Beast, while not as powerful, was still unimaginably valuable.

However, it could also allow cultivators who absorb it to awaken bloodline divine abilities, and evolve their cultivation and physique according to their individual constitution.

Divine abilities?

In the original story, it was said that only those with an exceptionally powerful innate soul, after intense emotional fluctuations, could awaken them.

They were abilities that could not be cultivated or learned, and they would grow together with the soul. Wherever the soul existed, the ability would exist as well.

Mm, it was somewhat similar to his Absolute Fusion ability.

There was also another type called bloodline divine abilities.

There were many ways such abilities could awaken.

Some were inherited from ancient ancestors, where descendants inherited a specific ability such as innate strength or innate speed.

Some came from the combination of two special bloodlines, producing a new ability in their offspring.

Such cases existed in the Spirit Realm and Immortal Realm, but were extremely rare in the Heaven Origin Realm.

Aside from the Water Qilin, no others had appeared.

Every awakened bloodline divine ability holder was a key cultivation target of their race.

In addition, there were other possibilities, such as consuming certain heavenly materials and earthly treasures, causing mutated awakening of a bloodline divine ability.

In short, it was a special ability formed based on individual constitution, something that could not be learned or cultivated.

It could only be inherited from direct blood relatives or awakened later in life.

Divine ability...

No wonder in the original story, after the Heavenly Orb absorbed this secret realm, it gained such tremendous growth.

At the moment he understood this information, Xiao Shou had no doubt that this was a fortuitous opportunity the Heavenly Dao had prepared for the female protagonist.

The reason was very likely because he had previously pointed out issues regarding the female supporting character Yu Lin and had also harbored subtle hostility toward the protagonist.

That was why the protagonist’s fate had shifted and she was brought here by the Heavenly Dao.

However, Xiao Shou did not consider that if not for his presence accelerating the group’s progress through the canyon, Xiao Ran and the others might not have even reached the mouth of the Hell Flame Beast before leaving.

Not to mention that just the outer regions already contained countless attacks formed from hell flame blood energy.

The defensive and offensive power at the heart region could easily be imagined.