The Nine Yang Celestial Skill was the Enlightenment Technique created by the Nine Yang Supreme, Yang Xiao's master from his first life and one of the most terrifying and powerful experts in Heaven and Earth.
It contained two Saint Emperor Level Divine Techniques.
The World-Destroying Divine Wheel.
And the Indestructible Golden Body.
These two Saint Emperor Level Great Divine Techniques were terrifyingly powerful. They were the Supreme Divine Techniques the Nine Yang Supreme had relied on to attain the Dao. In his first life, Yang Xiao's foundation was fixed, so he never had the chance to learn them.
He had coveted them for quite some time back then.
Now, rebuilding his life, he naturally had to build a solid foundation.
He had to master these two Supreme Divine Techniques.
Each one was a Divine Technique that led directly to the Saint Emperor Realm. They were countless times stronger than the Flame Emperor Divine Fist he had created himself in his first life, or his Starburst Skill's Ending Technique, the Great Star Technique.
Of the two, the World-Destroying Divine Wheel was the most terrifying offensive Divine Technique.
The Indestructible Golden Body was an extremely powerful defensive Divine Technique, as well as one for body cultivation.
Mastering either one would be enough to stand unrivaled.
Let alone mastering both.
Of course, cultivating them was also extremely difficult.
It was divided into several steps.
Right now, Yang Xiao was only at the first step.
The Basic Chapter.
The Basic Chapter was also divided into nine sections.
The first section: condensing a True Flame.
Only by condensing the Nine Yang True Flame could he have a chance to cultivate these two Supreme Divine Techniques.
Of course, the best-case scenario would be to condense the True Greater Yang Fire.
'The "Greater" in Greater Yang doesn't refer to the sun in the sky, but to something ancient, supreme, and eternal. In other words, the True Greater Yang Fire is the Supreme Yang, the eternal, the most primordial and ancient of Yang Fires—the very origin of Yang Fire itself.'
Yang Xiao sat cross-legged beside the Ninth-Grade Spirit Medicine, carefully pondering the True Intent of the True Greater Yang Fire.
A True Flame was a type of fire.
And one of extreme yang nature.
But there was a difference between refining a flame to the level of Pure Yang, Supreme Yang, and Greater Yang. These were distinct levels.
This much was clear just from their names.
Greater Yang and Nine Yang.
Greater Yang Power referred to the most primordial, original Supreme Yang Power, from which all other Yang Power was born.
It represented permanence, supremacy, and antiquity.
For Nine Yang Power, the important part was the number nine.
Nine is the apex of numbers.
It represented Yang Power reaching its highest, strongest state.
On the surface, the two didn't seem very different.
But in reality, there was a fundamental difference between them.
Greater Yang represented Innate Supreme Yang Power.
Nine Yang represented Acquired Supreme Yang Power.
Both were Supreme Yang.
But Greater Yang was a layer higher.
However, Greater Yang Power was exceptionally difficult to cultivate. Even Yang Xiao's master from his first life had failed to condense the True Greater Yang Fire at the beginning of his cultivation.
He only managed to condense the True Greater Yang Fire after reaching the Saint Emperor Realm.
By that time, his foundation was already set. Even if he condensed a First Grade Greater Yang True Flame, he could no longer change his fundamental nature.
Of course, even so, the Nine Yang Supreme still became one of the most powerful Dominator Level experts in Heaven and Earth. Furthermore, he was the second super-expert to attain the Dao and become a Saint Emperor.
He was second only to Celestial Emperor Yuan Shi, who had established the Human Race and defined the Great Dao.
'Though Master achieved the rank of Saint Emperor, he always regretted his failure to condense the True Greater Yang Fire at the start of his cultivation. That's why he comprehended and deduced a method for condensing it, hoping that we, his disciples, could fulfill his wish.'
'In my second life, I was the one with the best chance of succeeding, but unfortunately, I disappointed him.'
'This time, I've had the good fortune to witness a Greater Yang Treasure Body. I've comprehended many of its mysteries and filled in many gaps in my knowledge. I will definitely be able to condense the True Greater Yang Fire.'
'Oh, right. There's also the Starburst Skill. Its Star Fire is also a type of Supreme Yang True Flame. Add to that my Heaven and Earth Origin Fire, which is the source of all Fire Attributes and possesses ancient and eternal characteristics that are highly compatible with Greater Yang Power. With these four things combined, if I still can't condense the True Greater Yang Fire, then I'm completely useless.'
Yang Xiao calmed his Heart Spirit.
He began to operate the Technique from the first section of the Nine Yang Celestial Skill's Basic Chapter.
The Refining Truth Technique.
Instantly, a massive amount of Fire Elemental Power from the world surged into his body.
Refining Truth.
To refine the false and create the true.
It was a supreme Technique for condensing a True Flame.
With such a Technique, even an ordinary person could condense a True Flame.
Of course, the type and grade of True Flame one could condense depended on their personal foundation.
Yang Xiao's foundation was very strong.
He was already protected by the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame. Furthermore, the Refining Truth Technique was created specifically to condense the True Greater Yang Fire and contained the Nine Yang Supreme's understanding of both the True Greater Yang Fire and Yang Power.
With these two foundational pillars, there was a high probability that Yang Xiao could condense an incredibly terrifying True Flame.
At the very least, it would be a Nine Yang True Flame.
It might even be an Eighth-Grade Nine Yang True Flame.
Adding to that his recent understanding and research of Lu Fangliang's Greater Yang Treasure Body, the foundation provided by the Star Fire from his Starburst Skill, and the favorable location of this Earth Flame Cave—if Yang Xiao still couldn't condense the True Greater Yang Fire...
...then it was likely that no one in this world, aside from someone with a Greater Yang Body, could ever condense it.
And from Ancient Times to the present, the only person Yang Xiao knew of with a Greater Yang Body was Lu Fangliang.
Back in Ancient Times, the Nine Yang Supreme had searched the entire world.
He had never found a single person with a Greater Yang Body.
He was never fated to see one.
Therefore, no matter how strong or how lofty his power was, the method he deduced for condensing the True Greater Yang Fire was still flawed.
He was not like Yang Xiao.
Who had seen a Greater Yang Body with his own eyes.
This was not only useful for Yang Xiao's current attempt to condense the True Greater Yang Fire.
It would also be a crucial step if he wanted to create an acquired Greater Yang Body for himself in the future.
But Yang Xiao's ambitions obviously didn't stop there.
He wanted his body in this life to become a Nine Yang Body, a Greater Yang Body, and a Fire Element Body.
Three physiques of Supreme Yang and Firmness.
Merged into one.
To become a true body of Supreme Yang and Firmness.
And to achieve that, the first step was the True Greater Yang Fire.
Yang Xiao was staking everything on this.
He was determined to succeed.
Soon, he used the Refining Truth Technique to condense the external Fire Elemental Power into a mass.
And he compressed it relentlessly.
Finally, it transformed into thirty-six rice grain-sized Elemental Points.
These thirty-six Elemental Points formed a Heavenly Gang Array and began to temper one another.
This was a method Yang Xiao had acquired from comprehending the Starburst Skill.
This was the first time he had refined this Primordial Power.
An unknown amount of time passed.
The Heavenly Gang Array was no longer useful.
The thirty-six rice grain-sized Elemental Points had shrunk by half, becoming much more solid, like tiny, glowing diamonds.
Yang Xiao initiated the second step.
The Heaven and Earth Origin Flame within his body emerged.
It began to forge the diamond-like Primordial Power.
Another unknown period of time passed.
The diamond-like Primordial Power shrank again, becoming less than a tenth of its original size.
But the energy contained within was terrifying.
If even one of them were released, it could probably collapse a small mountain.
Absolutely terrifying.
But Yang Xiao still didn't stop.
Instead, he began to inscribe the Nine Yang Secret Pattern onto these points of Fire Elemental Power, which were now too small to be seen by the naked eye.
This was the third step in condensing the True Greater Yang Fire.