"It was known that devouring the essence of stable Transcendent beings, whether man or object, allowed one to perceive the power they held within.
But what if the target was unstable, such as a form of injury?
As a scientist, Fu Qian had long wanted to test this theory.
And the situation at hand was undoubtedly an appropriate target.
What effect would devouring nearly cursed flesh under the Insight yield?
Perhaps even Divine-Level Insight.
...
The fact proved that this behavior, which was suspiciously like exploiting a bug, didn't help avoid damage.
In that moment, Fu Qian felt as though his body was about to be burned through, the kind of heat that consumes everything even spread throughout his entire body.
But at the same time, something special really did appear in his consciousness.
It was different from normal devouring, the sensation was quite vague, and one could only loosely determine that it related to the nature of the power destroying his body.
