Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

[Unknown Stone Tablet: Grade unknown, inscribed with the script of some extinct ancient race. Some scholars speculate that it may be related to a lineage, but no one has been able to decipher its contents to this day.]

[Dead Wood and Broken Branches: Grade unknown, contains extremely rich life energy, but the wood itself is completely dead, cannot be planted, and cannot be restored]

[Petrified Heart: Grade unknown, suspected to be the remains of a fallen ninth-tier supreme expert, with extremely weak residual source energy inside]

……

Jiang Chuan's gaze swept over the items, lingering only on the petrified heart for a moment.

A faint source of energy remains.

He could extract it directly from everything.

Apart from that, everything else is unknown, and even his True Eye cannot see through its effects, so choosing it would most likely be a waste of attempts.

He continued walking in, and just as he was about to reach the end of the secret room, his gaze was suddenly drawn to the last exhibit.

There were no magical artifacts or strange, unknown items on that display stand, only a very ordinary book.

The book cover was made of some kind of dark brown animal hide.

There is no title on the surface.

It is engraved with only an extremely intricate flame mark.

【Corona True Fire Refinement Record】

Grade: Unknown

Category: Unknown

[Note: This book was discovered three hundred years ago by the first generation of the Heavenly Pavilion Marshal in an ancient ruin deep within the Origin Realm. However, after a century of searching, no one has been able to decipher its secrets, so it has been sealed away in the ninth layer of the national treasury.]

"Um?"

Jiang Chuan stared at the brief description, his brows furrowing slightly.

The first generation of Tiange Marshal.

That was one of the most legendary and powerful figures in human history.

It is said that his strength has reached the threshold of the ninth rank, but he has not been able to truly cross that insurmountable barrier because he lacks source essence.

Even someone like him couldn't understand this book?

He couldn't help but become curious.

Jiang Chuan had a sudden thought.

He directly used his Heavenly General Candidate privileges to connect to Qin Tianheng's encrypted communication.

"What? Corona Fire Rengoku?"

Qin Tianheng's voice came from the other end of the communication, his tone carrying a clear sense of astonishment.

"Oh right, you just received a special merit award, which should have been deposited in the ninth level of the national treasury. That thing has been sitting in a corner of the ninth level for hundreds of years, I had almost forgotten about it."

"Dean Qin, what exactly is the background of this book?"

Jiang Chuan asked directly.

"It has quite a history," Qin Tianheng said with a touch of emotion. "This book was brought back from the depths of the Origin Realm by our human race's first Heavenly Pavilion Marshal."

"At that time, the marshal was already at the peak of the eighth rank, just one step away from breaking through to the ninth rank."

"But the old man knew very well that the human race lacked source essence, and their hope of breaking through to the ninth rank was slim."

"so."

"He was constantly looking for any possible alternatives."

"This book, 'The True Fire of the Sun,' was the last thing he brought back."

"The Marshal believes that the cultivation methods recorded in this book may allow the human race to bypass the limitations of their origin and forge a completely new path to becoming stronger."

"Did he figure it out?"

"If we had figured it out, would our Federation have been suppressed by the Corpse Dog Clan and the Blood Cat Clan for so many years?"

Qin Tianheng gave a bitter smile: "After the Marshal returned, he went into seclusion for fifteen years, studying the book over and over again countless times. In the end, he even gathered all the scholars in the Federation and spent a hundred years conducting a special study, but still got no results."

"In the centuries that followed, several exceptionally talented SSS-level geniuses from the Federation also attempted to comprehend this book."

"But no one has ever been able to achieve anything."

Qin Tianheng paused, his tone becoming serious: "I know what you're thinking, but I have to remind you, even the first marshal couldn't decipher that book. Although you're more talented than him, you can't risk your life. Your talent is already abnormal enough. Just honestly follow the existing system to cultivate to the eighth level, and then find a way to break through to the ninth level with Origin Essence. That's safer than anything else!"

Jiang Chuan did not give a direct response.

He then asked, "What's the difference between the cultivation system in this book and our talent awakening system?"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the communication line, as if Qin Tianheng was organizing his words.

"To be honest, the scholars of the Federation have been studying this for so many years but haven't come to any conclusion. However, there is one consensus that everyone agrees on: the cultivation methods recorded in this book are not triggered by 'awakening talent,' but by something called 'spiritual root,' or 'comprehension.'"

"In other words, even if you have SSS-level talent, you may not be able to cultivate this book, but if you don't have SSS-level talent, you basically can't even get close to the threshold."

"Spiritual root? Comprehension?"

Jiang Chuan repeated the two words thoughtfully.

Isn't comprehension the same as wisdom?

His current intelligence attribute has exceeded an astonishing 50,000 points.

The most obvious change in him is that Jiang Chuan has passively mastered a powerful instinct to remember everything he sees.

Any book.

He can memorize the contents instantly with just one glance.

Not only can he remember, but he also has an extremely strong comprehension ability. No matter how obscure or difficult the question is, he can quickly give an answer.

Therefore, when he was in Tiannan City, he only needed to skim through the relevant books to formulate plans and policies that would influence the city's development for the next twenty years.

Before this.

He knew absolutely nothing about city management.

Would you consider this a high level of comprehension? If cultivating this book requires comprehension, is his comprehension sufficient?

"Dean Qin, I understand."

"What do you understand?"

Qin Tianheng's voice held a hint of wariness: "You're not thinking of practicing that on your own, are you? I've already told you you can't practice that stuff!"

"I'm just curious, purely for academic research."

Jiang Chuan gave a perfunctory reply.

"Ugh."

Qin Tianheng sighed helplessly. He knew that once Jiang Chuan became curious about this thing, no one could stop him.

He cautioned, "You can take it to study, but you have to promise me you won't practice on your own until you have a clear idea. Don't be like that old madman Han Sinan, using yourself as an experiment!"

"no problem."

Jiang Chuan hung up the call.

Instead of making a final choice, he carefully examined the other items on the ninth floor again.

The artifacts were certainly good, but to him now, they were nothing more than slightly more advanced fire pokers.

Besides this book.

The only one worth choosing was that stone containing source energy.

But let's not even talk about whether the source energy within is enough for a person to break through.

That's enough.

His level is still far from the peak of the eighth rank.

This book is different. If it truly contains a completely new cultivation system, he might not even need to absorb source essence anymore and could directly open up another path to becoming stronger!

It's it!