The fire was creating some cracks inside the cave.
Lin Feng was speechless as he looked at the fire.
"Roar!" Qiong Qi roared and his nine flames turned into one. An illusion appeared. Its Qi was very weak but it looked majestic.
"That's… Yan Di?" Lin Feng was astonished. He watched the illusion in the flames as it slowly merged with Qiong Qi's body. Rumbling sounds were heard in that cave as magnificent red lights then appeared. They all moved into Qiong Qi's body.
Qiong Qi opened his gigantic eyes. He was all red now and his Qi had become much stronger.
"Practice your fire skills, there's still some void fire left." Qiong Qi instructed Lin Feng. His voice had become deeper now.
Lin Feng immediately sat down cross-legged and started practicing his cosmos-burning sun technique. A terrifying fire appeared all around him.
Qiong Qi opened his mouth and spat out some fire. That fire was dark red and looked fake. As the fire landed on Lin Feng, he suddenly felt like he was burning alive.
"You're practicing a sun skill so I can help you control the fire energy so that you can slowly absorb it. Start channeling some pure Qi." advised Qiong Qi. He was weakening the void fire a bit so Lin Feng wouldn't die from it.
Lin Feng channeled some fire pure Qi around him. He slowly swallowed the void fire and turned it into his own pure Qi.
Slowly, the dark red fire fused together with Lin Feng's pure Qi and his Qi became even stronger.
Qiong Qi continued to manipulate the fire to protect Lin Feng, all the while, observing him as he became stronger.
Finally, after a long time, a strong fire dashed to the skies. Lin Feng's pure fire Qi had hit a new level. It now contained void fire Qi and appeared dark red.
"Boom!" Fire Qi dashed to the skies, it even pierced through the seal obstructing the cave. Lin Feng opened his eyes.
"I broke through to the next Tian Qi layer." Lin Feng was astonished. His cosmos-burning sun technique had become much more powerful as well.
"You broke through to the second Tian Qi layer because your strength was sufficient enough for you to control that fire. Otherwise, things wouldn't have progressed that smooth." said Qiong Qi and Lin Feng nodded. If he hadn't been strong enough, he wouldn't have been able to break through to the next Tian Qi layer.
He absorbed the fire and looked back at Qiong Qi, smiling, "I wouldn't have thought that the void fire would help you break through to the Tian Qi layer. Can you turn into a human being now?"
"Of course." said Qiong Qi indifferently. In a flash, a young man with red hair appeared in front of Lin Feng. It wasn't the man from the illusion though, it was Qiong Qi's body.
"Incredible. It's no wonder you're an ancient beast." said Lin Feng with a resplendent smile. The young man had dark hair and a beautiful red robe. His Qi was terrifying. He not only looked aggressive, he also looked extremely handsome, and even wild.
"Bullshit, I was much more handsome as an emperor." said the young man. He sounded old now and Lin Feng wasn't used to it.
Even though Qiong Qi could turn into a handsome human being, the man of the illusion was infinitely more handsome and majestic. So it was normal that Yan Di wasn't used to it.
"Yan Di, what do you think about what we discussed before?" asked Lin Feng smiling fatuously.
"About what?" said Qiong Qi sounding skeptically. Each time Lin Feng called him Yan Di it meant that he wanted something from him.
"I helped you steal the fire and it was very dangerous, I almost died, so…" Lin Feng was smiling fatuously. Qiong Qi's gigantic eyes became wider, "I also helped you break through to the second Tian Qi layer and you didn't lose anything."
"You broke through so many cultivation layers at once and even broke through to the Tian Qi layer. I almost died for one cultivation layer. You're lucky you're an emperor, otherwise, I wouldn't have been so generous." said Lin Feng.
"Just tell me what you want." said Qiong Qi annoyed.
"Alright." nodded Lin Feng. "I want you to teach me something to control people."
"Body Capture?" asked Qiong Qi.
"Nah, it wouldn't work. I want to control other people, not get a body for myself." replied Lin Feng. He didn't need the body capture technique. He didn't want to be in someone else's body.
"If you don't use body capture, you will only be able to control someone but not their strength." said Qiong Qi indifferently. Only the body capture technique allowed a cultivator to control someone entirely.
"What you mean is that if I don't use the body capture technique, I can only destroy people's godly awareness and then control their corporeal body." asked Lin Feng.
"Indeed."
Lin Feng was disappointed because the evil spirit had told him the same thing. Evil spirits could control people's bodies.
"Actually, there's maybe something that could help you do what you want." said Qiong Qi with some thought.
"But you can only use it if your soul is stronger than your opponent's. But for you, I think it's useless. Even I wouldn't learn it, if I were you." said Qiong Qi proudly.
"Eh…" Lin Feng understood.
Lin Feng smiled and said, "No need to talk in a enigmatic way, if you don't know it, then forget about it."
"Bullshit. Soul skills are dishonest methods, only cowards use such skills, so I have never used it." shouted Qiong Qi furiously and proudly.
"Soul skills…" Lin Feng looked at Qiong Qi and said, "You don't need such skills, but I do. Please teach me."
Qiong Qi looked at Lin Feng. That bastard, he was being absolutely despising.
Soul skills weren't that difficult to learn as an emperor, but Qiong Qi never needed any of them.
"I know millions of skills and techniques, that's why I never needed a soul skill." said Qiong Qi proudly and arrogantly.
"Alright, I believe you. Then, teach me something powerful to attack people's godly awareness." said Lin Feng indifferently.
"Alright, I will teach you a skill to attack people's godly awareness. You will love it." said Qiong Qi furiously. "Get ready."
"Alright." said Lin Feng nodding. He closed his eyes and a light appeared between Qiong Qi's eyes. It moved straight into Lin Feng's head.
Lin Feng suddenly saw some memories.
"You've never used a powerful godly awareness skill. Get ready to learn one that will knock your socks off." said Qiong Qi in a majestic way.
Lin Feng smiled. Qiong Qi was funny sometimes. He had learnt only one skill from the three-lives demon emperor, which was already amazing, but Yan Di thought it was too weak still.
"Godly Awareness Palace!" whispered Lin Feng. That was the name of the skill.