On the other side,

the Silver Cat Xi Ying took the incense burner and arrived at a large tree not far away.

This was a gigantic century-old tree, and at a branch ten zhang from the ground there was a hidden little tree hollow that had been dug out. The hollow was padded with fur and silk, and there was also a pillow made of silk.

The Silver Cat Xi Ying placed the tripod in front of her and raised a paw onto it.

A silvery light lit up from the center of her paw, and the silver glow formed an array that enveloped the body of the burner, with strands of light converging towards the incense burner.

However, after waiting for a moment, there was no reaction from the tripod.

Doubt flashed in the eyes of the Silver Cat Xi Ying, and her furry little head moved closer to take a careful look, when suddenly she discovered that the tripod began to light up on its own and its body started becoming transparent and virtual.

The eyes of Silver Cat Xi Ying flashed as she quickly withdrew her mana.

But the virtualization of the incense burner did not stop, and under her gaze, it completely virtualized and finally disappeared.

The Silver Cat Xi Ying puffed out her cheeks, feeling annoyed, "Ah, this damned son of a bitch, how did he do it?"

...

At the same time, Yuan Ming felt a warm sensation on his arm.

A blue-black incense burner tattoo gradually became clear and emerged.

"It's back!" declared Yuan Ming, overjoyed at the sight.

He touched the tattoo on his arm, then got up, looked around, and not seeing the silver cat, he turned and returned to his dwelling.

After going back, he lost the impulse to light the incense and try possession, instead he sat up straight at his desk, quietly waiting for the appearance of the Silver Cat.

As expected, moments later, the Silver Cat once again appeared at the window.

It still walked with an elegant stride, not showing the slightest guilt for its earlier behavior, instead it huffed looking at Yuan Ming.

"You take my things without asking, and you're the one angry?" Yuan Ming said, annoyed.

"Hmph, was just borrowing it to play for a few days, you're being too stingy." Seeing Yuan Ming's questioning, the Silver Cat Xi Ying was furious, her claws grinding against the window frame as her voice rang in Yuan Ming's ears.

"This thing is not for casual playing, it would be trouble if it got stolen," Yuan Ming said seriously.

"Stolen? Who would dare! Do you not see who I am?" the Silver Cat boasted proudly.

"It's not a matter of 'if', but 'just in case'. This incense burner is very important to me," Yuan Ming said patiently.

"I just want to play with your incense burner, I just want to play! You penny-pincher, don't you see who is helping you with your cultivation? What's wrong with playing for a bit? Huh? What's wrong? Stingy!" Silver Cat Xi Ying wouldn't listen to Yuan Ming at all, interrupting him and starting to rant.

Yuan Ming felt a twinge of guilt hearing this and with a wave of his hand, the incense burner reappeared in his hand. He placed it on the desk, saying, "Alright, alright, go ahead and play, just play here."

"I'm not interested anymore, don't care for it now." The Silver Cat glanced at the incense burner, then slowly laid down on the windowsill, resting her little head on her front paws, looking away.

The atmosphere became a bit tense; Yuan Ming thought for a moment and then said:

"What do you want this incense burner for? Can you tell me?"

In truth, Yuan Ming had always been skeptical about the appearance of the Silver Cat, and had remained on guard at first, but as they spent more time together, and since the Silver Cat had indeed provided a lot of help and even saved him, he had come to think of the Silver Cat as a friend deep down.

"Not telling you, I don't feel like bothering with you now," the voice of Silver Cat Xi Ying echoed in Yuan Ming's mind.

"Then let me guess," Yuan Ming said.

Silver Cat Xi Ying shifted her gaze and looked at Yuan Ming with her eyes blinking twice; she seemed curious about what Yuan Ming would come up with.

"When I cultivate the Moonlight Technique and summon this incense burner, I feel it helps to stabilize the divine soul and enhance soul power. You must have the same feeling, right?" Yuan Ming continued.

He had long noticed that the playful Huo Chan'er from the Three Cave Masters had taken a liking to him, mostly likely for the same reason.

"It seems you're not dumb, have you finally gotten a clue? Let me touch your head, maybe you've grown horns," said the Silver Cat, extending her crystal clear paw towards Yuan Ming's head.

Yuan Ming instinctively dodged; he still vividly remembered the scene where Xi Ying's single strike brought down the Kun Tu and certainly did not want that paw to touch him.

"Stop, stop, your paws are too heavy, it's too frightening," Yuan Ming said, startled.

"Coward, if I really wanted to harm you, would I have waited until now? I would have struck you with one claw and taken the burner already," Silver Cat Xi Ying said disdainfully.

"Then why didn't you make your move?" Yuan Ming asked curiously.

"Not telling you, goodbye." Suddenly, the Silver Cat leaped away like a flash of lightning, sweeping her claw and snatching the piece of torn paper from the desk before jumping to a nearby tree.

Yuan Ming thought to himself, "Xi Ying, she doesn't seem to be angry anymore..."

"Xi Ying, I'm going to start my retreat in the Ten Thousand Mountains for cultivation tomorrow," Yuan Ming called out to the outside.

"Whatever you want." The latter didn't look back and disappeared from his view.

Yuan Ming looked in the direction where the Silver Cat Xi Ying had gone, his face filled with a mix of emotions.

Since he met the silver cat, he noticed that its originally aloof personality gradually underwent a significant change, sometimes it even seemed rather cute.

In fact, after his cultivation had progressively improved, he realized that connecting with the Divine Soul was not simple.

The origins of Xi Ying must be extraordinary, and the name "Xi Ying" sounded like it had been given by a woman?

A moment later, Yuan Ming came back to his senses, closed the window, and placed the incense burner back on the table, lighting the homemade Black Incense.

This time, before possession, he likewise silently invoked the Emperor in his heart—yet he did not manage to possess the Emperor, but found himself possessing a servant in the General Mansion instead.

This confused Yuan Ming; he didn't know whether his earlier speculation was incorrect, or whether his focus had not been sharp enough before this possession attempt.

After all, having been tormented by the Silver Cat Xi Ying, his mind indeed had not settled down, cluttered with various thoughts.

However, no matter the reason, he had to put a temporary pause on it for some time now, he couldn't forget the necessity of diligent cultivation just because of the potential benefits of possession.

His true foundation lay in his own strength; in the following period, he must focus on secluded cultivation.

The next day, Yuan Ming set off for the Ten Thousand Mountains.

He found a lush forest and started felling trees to build a simple wooden hut on a towering ancient tree.

With the abundant Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy here, this would be his place of secluded cultivation for a while.

By evening, the wooden hut was ready.

Yuan Ming went to the base of the tree and, following the habits he had when he was a Fur Beast Slave, used stones to create a fire pit and filled it with firewood and dry leaves.

But this time, he did not use a Fire Stick to ignite the fire.

Instead, he stood a zhang away from the fire pit and firmly planted his feet apart, raising both hands, one hand holding the other's wrist.

Then, with his eyes closed and spirit focused, he recalled the memory of possessing the Emperor and using the Burning Explosion Skill together.

As he softly chanted, the Mana within his body also began circulating along a predetermined path, flowing toward the tip of his raised index finger.

The next instant, a fist-sized flame "whooshed" to life and hovered at his fingertip.

The flame gathered, emitting waves of heat, the scorching temperature spreading and stirring up gusts of air that caused Yuan Ming's hair to lift slightly, his face glowing red in the firelight.

Yuan Ming steadied his mind and began to pour Mana into the already formed fireball as he had guessed earlier.

At first, he dared not act rashly, being careful to control the Mana to trickle in like a fine stream into the fingertip.

The initially walnut-sized fireball spewed out a tongue of flame at the instant Mana flowed into it, then stabilized, but the volume of the fireball began to swell slowly.

Feeling nothing amiss, Yuan Ming confidently fed more Mana into it.

Surges of Mana rushed out of his Dantian, constantly pooling into the fireball, which had now begun to grow rapidly, soon reaching the size of a baby's head.

The flame changed from a reddish color to bright yellow, the searing heat making Yuan Ming's skin tighten and a smell of scorching filling the air.

But with that heat came the rapid depletion of Mana within him, almost reaching the point of losing control.

Just as Yuan Ming felt his Mana reaching its limit and was about to throw the fireball, the Mana within his Dantian had already run out first.

The huge fireball's flames stopped spewing, its growth halted, and after sustaining for a moment or two, it "bang" shattered, breaking into numerous sparks that dispersed into the air.

Yuan Ming slumped to the ground, feeling an emptiness in his Dantian and as if he had been drained of energy.

He quickly took out a Spirit Stone, clutched it in his hand, and sat cross-legged, absorbing the Spiritual Power within to help him recover quickly.

After this experiment, Yuan Ming found that the Mana reserve in his Dantian was actually inferior to the Emperor's.

The latter could support the growth of the fireball until it reached the size of an adult's head, whereas he could not.

It could be said that Yuan Ming's accidental possession had opened the path of cultivation for the little Emperor, so their cultivation time was comparable, yet Yuan Ming was significantly behind.

Of course, there would be differences in external conditions—as the Emperor of Da Jin Country, he would not lack cultivation resources, but his aptitude for cultivation was probably one in ten thousand.

"This Burning Explosion Skill seems to be able to sustain growth as long as Mana is continuously infused. At least with my Mana, I am temporarily unable to test its limits," Yuan Ming pondered.

It was not until the latter half of the night that Yuan Ming finally restored his Dan Tian Power.

He could hardly wait to start experimenting again.

This time, he closely monitored the changes in his Dan Tian Power and did not allow the fireball to exhaust all his Mana and extinguish itself as before.

Rather, the instant before his Mana was about to run out, he mustered all his strength and hurled it into the fire pit in front of him.

The bright yellow fireball flew into the fire pit, and the moment it landed, a loud "boom" resounded.

A huge burst of Flames erupted from the fire pit, countless fireballs mixed with earth and stone splattering out, forming a circle with a radius of about ten feet of spilling flames.

"That was too much!" the thought flashed through Yuan Ming's mind.

The intense heat combined with the shockwave of dirt and stones swept outward with an incredibly forceful impact.

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