I Have an Omen System-Chapter 74 - 72: Si Fire Position

In a place hidden from the eyes of the other Cultivators.

Outside the Vast Qi Tower, a massive Golden Lamp Dharma Aspect with a dim, yellow candlelight enveloped the entire building.

Ji Boyan’s figure materialized from thin air, standing tall.

The Golden Core Blood Demon bowed deeply with clasped hands toward the distance. "I thank you, Demon Monarch, for resolving the karmic resentment of the Daqian Dragon Vein for my son."

Ripples spread through the void, and a clear, ethereal female voice sounded.

"The one who acted was a Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch from the Cyan Cloud Sect. Besides, the White Jade Hall within the Vast Qi Tower is not a public area of the Holy Sect, but your private domain. There is no need for thanks.

As for Wei’Er’s perfect Dao Foundation, I’ll have to trouble you with that."

Ji Boyan nodded. "I will obey the Demon Monarch’s command!"

...

Back in his Cave Mansion, Qin Xuan was racking his brain but couldn’t make sense of it.

’Fucking hell, infighting is explicitly forbidden within the Holy Sect.’

’Where did Miaoyin Cave get the nerve to openly attack the Vast Qi Tower?’

’They used the [Curse Bone Heart-Eroding Nail] to curse and kill a group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, including many who had achieved Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment.’

’Isn’t this Bone Charm Demon Lord afraid of incurring the Saint Venerable’s wrath?!’

The Blood Demon Sword Sect had a Venerable Divinity Transformation. If not for the Saint Venerable’s protection, low-level Qi Cultivation ants like Qin Xuan would have been dead long ago.

As far as he knew, Hou Qi, Zhang Yangzhou, Yu Qi, and the others had also begun entering seclusion to push for Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment. He just didn’t know if they would happen to hit the perfect window between October 23rd and 26th.

’Whatever. I’ll just focus on my own Foundation Establishment.’

Qin Xuan took a deep breath, cast aside his distracting thoughts, and with a flip of his hand, summoned a grayish-white Soul Banner.

This was the Ten Souls Banner he had commissioned two months ago. He had taken out a loan of 900,000 Contribution Points and added the tens of thousands he had left over, then gone to the Contribution Hall to request the help of a Tier Two Artifact Refiner, Jin Buhai.

The overall texture of the Soul Banner was far inferior to the genuine article in Qin Xuan’s possession.

It had been reforged from the original Top Grade Magical Artifact, the [Fire Crow Banner], with many additional materials, and was finally upgraded into a Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact!

’Although it can’t compare to a real Soul-devouring Banner, it’s barely enough for an empty manifestation.’

Before the curse-killing incident at the Vast Qi Tower, Qin Xuan might have thought it was a waste.

After all, he had spent nearly a million Contribution Points to get it.

But looking back now, Qin Xuan felt his decision had been more than worth it!

’The Flame Demon is manifested. The Cyan Cicada Shell can be released through the Cyan Imperial Armor Captain. And for the Netherworld... well, Chen Lixuan can just suffer a bit...’

’That just leaves me to choose between the Heart-Burning Candle and the Heart-Eroding Nail!’

’Of these two Positional Divine Techniques, which one should I use for the empty manifestation, and which one should my main body manifest?’

Qin Xuan’s eyes were as deep as an ancient well.

The [Heart-Burning Candle] belonged to the Yin Fire Position.

The [Heart-Eroding Nail] belonged to the Yin Metal Position.

Honestly, Qin Xuan was more inclined to have his main body manifest the Yin Fire Heart-Burning Candle.

After all, he had previously seen a Purple Mansion Daoist from the Blazing Fire Sect use this Divine Technique to fight on even footing with Chen Xuanba, who had three Divine Techniques of his own.

’I’ll have my main body manifest the [Heart-Burning Candle]!’

Just as Qin Xuan made up his mind to manifest the Heart-Burning Candle, the massive sphere of light in his mind suddenly began to flash.

Three ancient bamboo sticks flew out from it.

[Middle-Upper Draw: Manifest the Heart-Eroding Nail with your main body. You may obtain a Second-Grade Opportunity in the future. There is a risk of mortal danger, but you will be safe overall. Auspicious.]

[Middle-Middle Draw: Manifest another Divine Technique with your main body. Neutral.]

[Middle-Lower Draw: Manifest the Heart-Burning Candle with your main body. You will become entangled in the karma of the Blazing Fire Sect and be plotted against by a Golden Core. Inauspicious.]

Seeing the contents of the Divination, Qin Xuan abruptly sat up straight, his body trembling with uncontrollable excitement.

’A Second-Grade Opportunity!’

’What’s there to hesitate about?’ Without a second thought, Qin Xuan made his decision on the spot: he would use the Heart-Eroding Nail for his main body.

He would use the Heart-Burning Candle for the empty manifestation.

Thanks to the Blazing Fire Sect’s Golden Book and Jade Manual inheritance, it was like the ancestors were spoon-feeding him.

Qin Xuan didn’t need to spend much time at all; he had already successfully comprehended both Positions.

"Silver Bone Shadow Soldiers, hear my command! Hah!"

Qin Xuan chanted an incantation, his fingers forming a sword seal.

BOOM!

A skeletal Rune, slowly outlined by pitch-black Demonic Essence, appeared, and one by one, shining silver bones erupted from the ground before him.

A Silver Bone Shadow Soldier, its entire body covered in faint golden formation runes, took shape. Two bright purple glimmers of spectral light ignited within its skull.

This was the very same Foundation Establishment Cultivator that had been empowered by his Nameless Senior Sister.

Qin Xuan looked at the Silver Bone Shadow Soldier before him and muttered.

"Your previous name is lost to time. As the first Foundation Establishment Yin Soldier under my command, I hope you will strive to be first in all things, the very top of the Jia-level. From this day forward, you shall be called Silver Armor."

The purple spectral light in Silver Armor’s dark eye sockets flickered, and as if it had understood Qin Xuan’s words, it slowly nodded.

"It really does have a sliver of intelligence." Qin Xuan laughed heartily.

’As expected of my Nameless Senior Sister’s work. It really is powerful enough!’

Qin Xuan sat down cross-legged.

He immediately used the weakened Ten Souls Banner as the main body and Silver Armor as a bridge to begin communicating with the Yin Fire Position, the [Heart-Burning Candle].

An unknown amount of time passed.

PFFT!

It was as if an invisible wick had been lit.

In the center of Silver Armor’s chest, a ball of crimson-gold flame, as thick as blood and flickering ethereally, suddenly flared to life!

A ripple of illusory, blood-red flame, visible to the naked eye, spread gently outward.

Qin Xuan’s eyes flew open, and he spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood from the tip of his tongue.

"Heart-Burning Candle, ignite!"

In an instant, the illusory, blood-red flame ripples in the surroundings frantically collapsed inward and condensed.

Before Qin Xuan, it transformed into a bloody candle flame, no more than three inches long and as translucent as crimson glass.

In a flash of inspiration, a profoundly mysterious understanding surfaced in Qin Xuan’s sea of consciousness.

’I see... This Heart-Burning Candle carries the [Si Fire] Position!’

The related Positional Divine Technique’s Attributes gradually became clear.

[Great Wilderness Fall: Heart-Burning Candle]

[Attribute 1: Nine Nether Burning Yin. Activating this Yin Fire Position does not create a raging inferno, but rather summons the formless, heatless Yin Fire of the Nine Netherworld.

Wherever it reaches, it burns the yin within all things, causing them to wither and decay from the inside out with extreme speed. It can bizarrely suppress Water Element Techniques, reversing the conventional rule of water dousing fire.]

[Attribute 2: Tui You Substitute Tribulation. Like a Si serpent shedding its skin, the Position holder can use the Secret Technique "Tui You" to transfer a fatal injury they receive.

The injury is transferred to a special "Candle Exuvia" refined with Heart Flame as its core. An Earth Candle Exuviae is even better.]

[Attribute 3: Heart Fire Soul Burning. It can use the Three Souls and Six Spirits and the Seven Emotions and Six Desires of others as fuel, actively absorbing their Vitality to upgrade into Heart-Burning Flame.

This Vitality cannot nourish the user’s main body, but it can strengthen the power of the Heart-Burning. It is particularly effective against Wood Element Creatures.]

These were three Divine Technique Attributes corresponding to the early, middle, and late stages of Foundation Establishment.

’Damn it, these Positional Divine Techniques are all overpowered.’

The more Divine Techniques he manifested, the more confident Qin Xuan became.

With two Divine Techniques at his disposal, even without having reached Foundation Establishment, Qin Xuan felt he could now take on that useless Loose Cultivator, Chen Lixuan, single-handedly.

He just truly hadn’t expected the Heart-Burning Candle to be so powerful.

’This flame is the complete opposite of the [Dunzang Flame Demon]. It contains the decaying Dao Rhyme of the [Great Wilderness Fall], representing the transition from flourishing yang to yin. It is not a flame of the Supreme Yang.’

Qin Xuan was lost in thought.

The Heart-Burning Candle had the Yin Fire attribute, which should include two Positions: the Si Fire [Great Wilderness Fall] and the Ding Fire [Qiangyu].

The one Qin Xuan had manifested through Silver Armor was the Si Fire Position!

And there were five Divinity Transformation Fruit Positions that contained Si Fire.

Wuchen and Jisi [Great Forest Wood]

Gengchen and Xinsi [White Wax Gold]

Renchen and Guisi [Long Flowing Water]

Bingchen and Dingsi [Sand in the Earth]

Jia Chen and Yi Si [Covered Lamp Fire]!

’No wonder the Divination said a Golden Core would plot against me. So it was you again, Ji Boyan...’

Qin Xuan’s eyes narrowed. After learning that the Heart-Burning Candle was the Si Fire Position, he understood everything in a flash.

’Jia Chen and Yi Si [Covered Lamp Fire]... That son of a bitch Ji Boyan is definitely trying to set a trap for someone with this!’

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