With a thought.
On the system panel, the words [Moving Mountains and Filling Seas] and [Broad Knowledge and Strong Memory] suddenly dimmed.
Two streaks of light flew out from her body.
They plunged straight into that Giant Bronze Cauldron.
In an instant.
Jiang Yuechu felt as if something had vanished from the depths of her Divine Soul.
"Why does my head feel so empty..."
Although she didn't use them normally, now that they were truly gone, she felt unaccustomed to it.
Just as she was thinking this.
Rumble—
The giant cauldron in the center of the Martial Arts Field let out a dull roar.
At the same time, a notification sound rang out in her mind once more.
[Refining started. This requires consuming Dao Cultivation. Do you wish to continue?]
Jiang Yuechu said expressionlessly, "Continue."
As soon as she spoke.
The Dao Cultivation numbers on the system panel flickered wildly, decreasing by five hundred thousand years in an instant.
The giant cauldron shook more and more violently, and thick green smoke billowed from its mouth, as if to shroud everything around it.
After an unknown amount of time.
The sounds from the cauldron gradually ceased, and the green smoke dissipated.
[Refining complete]
[Consumed Innate Divine Ability: Moving Mountains and Filling Seas]
[Consumed Innate Divine Ability: Broad Knowledge and Strong Memory]
[Consumed Dao Cultivation: 500,000 years]
[Obtained: origin returning demon heart]
As the final line of text appeared.
A longan-sized object slowly rose from within the giant cauldron.
It was pitch black all over, shaped like an irregular crystal, with faint bloodshot streaks flowing across it.
Hmm?
Jiang Yuechu was slightly stunned.
Opening her eyes again.
The crystal was already in her palm.
It felt warm to the touch, with nothing particularly special about it.
She turned her gaze back to the system panel.
[origin returning demon heart: An essence crystal refined from demon innate divine abilities. It can be infused into any existing demon innate Divine Ability to compensate for its flaws, increase its power, and allow it to undergo transformation and sublimation.]
"Is this... a failure, or is it supposed to be like this?"
Jiang Yuechu frowned slightly.
If the refining had failed, a consolation prize from the System would make sense.
But if this cauldron could only produce such a thing... two innate divine abilities, no matter how poor, plus five hundred thousand years of Dao Cultivation, all for this thing?
It seemed like a bit of a loss... however.
Since the loss was already incurred, she might as well try and see what this thing could actually do.
She quickly adjusted her mindset, and her gaze fell back onto the system panel.
Now, once she activated the Ominous Weapon within her, the required vitality became increasingly massive.
Even with an innate talent like [Eternal Evergreen] to absorb life force, it was difficult to sustain for long.
Where would she have the spare energy to recover from injuries sustained in battle?
It would be fine if she could crush her opponent... but if she encountered someone troublesome, she couldn't rely on pay-to-win methods every single time, could she?
Moreover... relying on this method for a long time would cause her improvement speed to slow down, and there would eventually come a day when her Dao Cultivation wouldn't be enough.
What would she do then, with no Dao Cultivation left?
Thinking of this.
Jiang Yuechu no longer hesitated.
[Please select the innate Divine Ability you wish to enhance.]
"Eternal Evergreen."
As she spoke.
The pitch-black crystal in her palm suddenly turned into a streak of light and entered the space between her eyebrows.
[origin returning demon heart infused]
[Innate Divine Ability: Eternal Evergreen, being refined by the origin returning demon heart, undergoing transformation and sublimation...]
[Transformation complete]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Innate Divine Ability: Exquisite · Eternal Immortality]
Jiang Yuechu's closed eyes snapped open.
She slowly raised her hand and spread her five fingers.
In the next moment.
Crack—
A crisp cracking sound rang out.
Starting from her palm, dark red cracks spread rapidly across her entire body like a spiderweb.
Crimson light erupted from the depths of the cracks.
The familiar feeling of greed within her body surged once more.
It frantically swallowed the life force throughout her body.
Jiang Yuechu silently felt the changes within her body.
Different from before.
Now, within her Dantian and Qi Sea, the unending life force had actually turned into a green vortex.
As fast as the Ominous Weapon devoured it, the life force gushing from the vortex was just as fierce.
Within a single breath, it had actually reached a balance.
Not only that.
After the majestic life force satisfied the greed of the Ominous Weapon, more than half of it remained, circulating endlessly through her limbs and bones.
Jiang Yuechu's brow slowly relaxed.
This kind of effect had exceeded her expectations.
She had thought she would be lucky if it could just offset the Ominous Weapon's devouring.
She hadn't expected that this new talent would still have more than half its power left to nourish her Physical Body.
With another thought, the brand-new words on the system panel were particularly eye-catching.
[Exquisite · Eternal Immortality]
Exquisite?
Jiang Yuechu's eyes flickered.
She remembered clearly that among all her divine abilities and Cultivation Techniques, the only one to receive such a prefix evaluation was the complete Dragon Transformation Scripture.
And the power of the Dragon Transformation Scripture... that was a technique that could enhance the Physical Body several times over.
Its strength naturally went without saying.
If she could enhance all the useful innate divine abilities she possessed in this way.
Wouldn't her strength soar by a huge margin?
For a moment, her heart burned with excitement.
She no longer hesitated.
Her gaze swept across the system panel once more.
[Silver Bone Glazed Body], [Supreme Yin Body Refining], [Heavenly Flame Golden Splendor], [Poisonous Torrent and Evil Mist].
These divine abilities were all obtained from slaying demons in the past; while not exactly useless, they weren't of much use at her current Realm.
With another thought.
Within the Martial Arts Field, the Giant Bronze Cauldron roared once more.
[Refining started. This requires consuming Dao Cultivation. Do you wish to continue?]
"Continue."
As soon as she spoke.
The Dao Cultivation numbers plummeted rapidly once again.
Green smoke billowed from the cauldron, several times thicker than the last time.
After a long time.
The smoke dissipated.
[Refining complete]
[Consumed Innate Divine Ability: Silver Bone Glazed Body, Supreme Yin Body Refining]
[Consumed Dao Cultivation: 500,000 years]
[Obtained Talent: Strong and Healthy]
[Strong and Healthy: Stronger and sturdier than ordinary people since childhood, healthy, and rarely gets sick.]
"..."
Jiang Yuechu blinked and then rubbed her eyes.
That's right.
It was just Strong and Healthy.
She stood frozen in place, unable to snap out of it for a long time.
Two demon innate divine abilities plus five hundred thousand years of Dao Cultivation.
And it refined this kind of thing for her?
To her current self, this junk wasn't just of little use; it was completely useless.
As for the remaining two divine abilities... should she continue refining them?
If she refined some other useless talent like Good Appetite or Sleep as Soon as Head Hits the Pillow, she feared her Dao Heart might shatter on the spot.
But... she had already lost so much.
Losing another five hundred thousand years seemed... not entirely unacceptable?
What if?
What if she broke even?
Jiang Yuechu took a deep breath, her eyes gradually turning frantic.
"How can a child cry every day, and how can a gambler lose every day?"
"Continue."
Once more the world spun, and green smoke billowed from the cauldron.
[Refining complete]
[Consumed Innate Divine Ability: Poisonous Torrent and Evil Mist]
[Consumed Innate Divine Ability: Heavenly Flame Golden Splendor]
[Consumed Dao Cultivation: 500,000 years]
[Obtained Talent: Hun Yuan Marvelous Aperture]
Tsk?
Jiang Yuechu slightly raised an eyebrow.
[Hun Yuan Marvelous Aperture: Connects to the Qi of Heaven and Earth; the self becomes an aperture of Heaven and Earth. This aperture is neither born nor destroyed, and this person is neither lacking nor excessive.]