Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Su Yuan felt a sluggish force envelop his entire body.

Flames surged through the void like flowing water, and no matter where he hid, he would be affected by this furnace domain.

This furnace was also a sealing-type treasure.

The sealing force formed a massive furnace outline, trapping all the flames and both combatants within it!

This meant they were determined to finish off Su Yuan.

Changsun Xuzhu watched Su Yuan with a cold smirk.

Su Yuan’s expression remained calm.

“【Dominator of Space】trait, activate!”

The moment the flame domain spread out, it formed a spatial domain. And since all spaces fell under Su Yuan’s control...

With a single thought, Su Yuan formed a spatial armor around himself, effortlessly isolating himself from the flame domain’s influence.

He waved his hand, compressing one space after another into streaks of sword light that slashed toward Changsun Xuzhu. Each streak contained an entire compressed space and the endless flames within it!

Under the control of the 【Dominator of Space】 trait, distance within that space ceased to exist. The moment the sword light was released, it had already struck Changsun Xuzhu.

One after another, the sword lights, along with the flames inside them, dealt considerable damage to Changsun Xuzhu.

In just a brief moment, the primal source power within his body had been reduced by one in a hundred million!

Changsun Xuzhu tried to dodge again, but still failed to evade this bizarre attack, which greatly displeased him.

He unleashed an inferno of flames, trying to hit Su Yuan.

But Su Yuan seemed to not exist within that space at all. No matter what attack was launched, none could land on him.

Changsun Xuzhu quickly realized that his furnace supreme treasure wasn’t amplifying his own power or weakening his enemy. Instead, it had become a tool for the enemy’s attacks and evasion.

So he had no choice but to retract the flames, ceasing the domain and spatial sealing. He simply used the furnace’s raw power, slamming it viciously toward Su Yuan.

Clang!

The furnace clashed with Su Yuan’s ark fragment, sending him flying an immeasurable distance like a cannonball. The primal source power within his body was violently reduced by nine-tenths!

Su Yuan’s aura plummeted instantly.

Changsun Xuzhu’s eyes lit up, and he immediately slammed down again.

But before the second strike could land, countless True Name Stars and False Name Stars simultaneously provided Su Yuan with immense quantities of True Name Power and False Name Power, instantly replenishing his primal source power!

“Such strong recovery!” Changsun Xuzhu said with slight surprise.

Yet he still didn’t take Su Yuan seriously. He hadn’t even gone all out, afraid that if he accidentally annihilated Su Yuan into nothingness, the opportunity might be destroyed along with him.

Su Yuan remained extremely calm. At the moment the furnace struck, his insight finally unleashed its astonishing effect. In the span of a hair’s breadth, he comprehended the Name Step.

Wherever living beings had passed, traces of their name remained, and Su Yuan could appear at the location of that trace at any time.

So he dodged the furnace’s strike in an instant, his figure appearing out of thin air at a spot where a Scavenger had once been.

During the dodge, Su Yuan’s body vanished from the void, entering a state of nothingness. Only upon reappearing could he be locked onto, so naturally, the strike missed.

Changsun Xuzhu frowned. “Good kid, using me as a sparring partner to create secret techniques. You’ve got guts!”

He activated the 【Void-Devouring Treasure Furnace】 once more, unleashing thousands of flames that shot toward thousands of directions.

Su Yuan’s figure flickered, appearing out of thin air in another spot.

But to his surprise, the moment he appeared, one of the flames had already landed on him.

The flame instantly pierced through his Wall of Fame, clashed briefly with the ark fragment, and a wisp seeped into Su Yuan’s body. In an instant, his body was burned to ashes.

Before Changsun Xuzhu could celebrate.

Su Yuan’s figure emerged once more from another True Name trace. His body solidified from nothingness, restoring itself to full condition.

Changsun Xuzhu furrowed his brow, having seen through some of Su Yuan’s methods.

“You tread the path of True Names. As long as someone speaks your True Name, you are immortal!” Changsun Xuzhu realized. Normally, this ability could be countered by domains or sealing-type treasures.

However, Su Yuan had turned space into his home ground, directly cutting off the use of domain and spatial treasures.

This irritated Changsun Xuzhu.

Seeming to read his thoughts, Su Yuan said, “My True Name has already spread across the First Frontline. You cannot cut off my recovery!”

Changsun Xuzhu sneered. “No wonder you’re so confident in appearing before me. But do you think that’s all I’ve got?”

“Oh? What do you plan to do?”

Su Yuan asked calmly.

Changsun Xuzhu waved his hand, ready to activate the Void-Devouring Treasure Furnace’s special ability.

But suddenly, he realized the furnace wasn’t responding to his will.

He stared at the furnace in shock, noticing that at some point, a faint, foreign will had appeared on the treasure!

That will was resisting his control!

At the same time, another unfamiliar power of mastery was vying with him for control of the furnace!

Su Yuan revealed a faint smile.

The two Dominator-level traits, 【Life Dominator】 and 【Dominator of Artifacts】, had been continuously acting on the Void-Devouring Treasure Furnace during the battle.

【Life Dominator】 granted the furnace a brand-new life!

【Dominator of Artifacts】 naturally possessed the ability to control artifacts, even those at the 92nd order!

Changsun Xuzhu immediately intensified his control, but the master imprint left in the furnace’s core source was still too deep. He had fully refined this treasure to one hundred percent. Even if foreign power invaded, it couldn’t steal his treasure!

Su Yuan activated the 【Borrowing Dominator】 trait.

In an instant, his aura completely shifted, becoming identical to Changsun Xuzhu’s.

Not just his aura, but also his soul fluctuations, True Spirit fluctuations, physical form, everything was mimicked perfectly.

Because this was directly “borrowed” from Changsun Xuzhu on the spot—how could it not be the same?

More importantly, Su Yuan activated the True Name Star within him, merging the True Name he had obtained from Changsun Xuzhu into the mimicry, making him resemble Changsun Xuzhu even more than the original.

After borrowing all of this, Su Yuan also established a connection with the primal imprint inside the 【Void-Devouring Treasure Furnace】.

Changsun Xuzhu watched in stunned disbelief, but soon sneered again. “Even if you can mimic my power, truly controlling and using it is impossible! This is high-level power belonging to the 92nd order!”

“Is that so?”

Su Yuan chuckled lightly.

The 【Dominator of Force】 trait—activate!

In an instant, his control over Changsun Xuzhu’s power surged from one in a hundred million to one hundred percent!

Thus, the 【Void-Devouring Treasure Furnace】 flew toward Su Yuan.