Chapter 271
Chapter 271
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 271
Chapter Title: Sudden Realization!
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Before Suo Huan could finish speaking, a streak of escaping light suddenly shot out from the Earth Fire Sea Heart Furnace, landing before the two men and only then revealing a figure.
The man was handsome, and though young, his temples were already streaked with white.
His bearing showed none of the former nobility, replaced instead by a maturity and steadiness. The moment he appeared, he bowed respectfully to Suo Huan.
“Senior Suo Huan, and... True Person!?”
The newcomer’s gaze shifted to Lu Yang beside Suo Huan, and he froze. A look of shock and fear immediately filled his eyes, and he instinctively took several steps back.
Lu Yang burst out laughing at the sight.
“If it isn’t Junior Brother Chongming!”
With that, he stepped forward and clapped Chongming on the shoulder.
But that simple gesture nearly scared the soul out of Chongming, who stared at Lu Yang with a look of utter horror.
*Who the hell are you?*
*Get off Senior Brother Yuantu!*
Meanwhile, Suo Huan smiled at the scene.
“Chongming was left by Perfected Being Painted Silk Variegated Gauze True Lord at my side, for contacting when necessary.”
That single sentence nearly dumbfounded Chongming. He stared at Suo Huan.
*You were the one who repeatedly warned me not to breathe a word about the True Lord, who trapped me here to keep me from running off—and now you casually spill the secret?*
*Or... is this not actually a big deal?*
Chongming glanced at Lu Yang, then back at Suo Huan. The furrow in his brow smoothed as if stroked by an invisible hand, and his expression gradually brightened.
*I must have been overthinking it.*
Lu Yang, on the other hand, paid it no mind.
A mere matter of the True Lord—he turned his head and forgot it. What mattered was refining the treasure quickly to boost his strength, then heading to the Primordial Magnetism Divine Mountain.
“Senior, no time to waste. We still need to go to the Primordial Magnetism Divine Mountain—let’s open the furnace at once.”
Under Lu Yang’s urging, Suo Huan nodded eagerly.
“Chongming, come take the furnace for me. I’m about to channel the earth fire.”
“...Yes.”
Though hesitation flickered across Chongming’s face, his body moved obediently. He knew he shouldn’t delay their trip to the Primordial Magnetism Divine Mountain.
Soon, the earth fire blazed to life.
The first item Lu Yang took out was the Avici Sword. This spirit sword, taken from the Blood Demon True Person, now held four wondrous abilities—a true rarity.
*Hm? This is...*
Lu Yang paused suddenly. He noticed the Avici Sword before him gleaming brightly, deep crimson light constantly emerging from it.
*...One of the Avici Sword’s wondrous abilities?*
Lu Yang thought back briefly. It seemed to be called [Treading Danger]. He’d always thought it a fine ability—even credited it with saving his life once.
What was the effect again?
Lu Yang couldn’t quite recall, but he didn’t dwell on it. If he couldn’t remember, it couldn’t be important. Better to refine the spirit treasure quickly and head to the Primordial Magnetism Divine Mountain.
With that, Lu Yang thought no more of it.
The Avici Sword dropped into the furnace, followed by his other spirit treasures. Without hesitation, Lu Yang emptied his entire arsenal save the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.
Only when the furnace brimmed with the glow of spirit treasures did he turn to Suo Huan.
“I’ll trouble you, Senior.”
“Rest easy, Daoist friend!”
Suo Huan laughed heartily, then pinched a formula and pointed. In an instant, the entire Earth Fire Sea Heart Furnace shook with a boom as a thousand fire veins ignited simultaneously!
Endless blazing flames rolled forth from the earth’s core, laced with yinfiend energy. In a flash, the entire cauldron blazed. Chongming hurriedly circulated all his magic power, slamming down on the furnace to seal the lid tight, ensuring not a wisp of the fierce fire qi escaped.
The next moment, the furnace began to glow red.
Suo Huan shifted his formula, and the surrounding sea poured down in a vast cascade, cooling the furnace while drawing water qi into it.
“Daoist friend, this method of mine is no ordinary one.”
Suo Huan smiled as he explained.
“It’s called the Water-Fire Co-Refining Art, and only with this Earth Fire Sea Heart Furnace can it achieve its full effect.”
“With so many spirit treasures, ordinary means won’t refine them properly.”
“Only this art, aided by water and fire in harmony, yin and yang united, can melt your treasures into one without damaging their wondrous abilities.”
Lu Yang’s eyes lit up.
“Oh? Truly?”
“Naturally!”
Pride surfaced on Suo Huan’s face.
“This is the most exquisite treasure-refining technique passed down through the generations in our Huanxu Realm.”
As he spoke, days and nights passed.
Under Suo Huan’s watchful eye, with water and fire in balance within the furnace, the treasures—which had each retained their forms—now melted into a single swirling mass of five-colored light, its shape unstable.
“Now’s the moment!”
Suo Huan turned to Lu Yang and called out.
“Daoist friend, use your essence soul to refine it! Seize the chance to set the treasure’s form, merging all the wondrous abilities into one!”
Without a word, Lu Yang circulated his divine sense and spat out a brilliant globe of bloodlight.
The so-called [essence soul] referred to the essence of blood and soul—not fleshly blood, but the soul’s own, its most vital part.
One step further would be [golden nature]!
Thus, as Lu Yang expelled his essence soul, his vigorous expression wilted. His vision darkened, weakness flooding him.
Yet as the essence soul entered the furnace, Lu Yang felt an instant soul-link. He watched it fuse with the five-colored mass, which then took form—a true body manifesting as a sword of dazzling profound light!
The blade bore the hue of solemn profound frost, its form grave and imposing.
Its spine like the vast void’s wilderness, its edge etched with the hidden rivers and Luo star chart, its mouth a cloud-devouring chiwen, its guard carved with golden seal true edicts, five colors entwining the grip, three caverns granting spirit patterns.
“It’s done!”
With a thought from Lu Yang, the sword in the furnace shot out as a streak of lightning, landing at his side with a resonant sword cry like thunder.
“A superior spirit sword... nay, it already holds a trace of [true intent]!”
Suo Huan’s face lit with joy. But the next instant, that joy froze stiff under the sword’s glow.
*...What am I doing?*
Lu Yang, holding the sword, underwent the same change. His smile stiffened, lips trembling, expression indescribable.
The next moment, both Lu Yang and Suo Huan were drenched in sweat. Moments ago, mere beads had formed; now they poured. The furnace had just opened, spilling hot fire qi like midsummer blaze—yet both felt a bone-deep chill.
Lu Yang stared at the sword in his hand.
The light flowing along its body, illuminating them both and severing the uncanny influence, was precisely one of this spirit sword’s wondrous abilities.
[Illumination]
This ability had formed by fusing the Avici Sword’s [Treading Danger] and the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument’s [All-Clarity], surpassing both.
Without it, the haze could not have been pierced.
“Hoo...”
Lu Yang exhaled deeply. Gone was the bold ambition of setting out to sea—replaced by thick shock and wariness.
He turned to Suo Huan.
The great otherworldly true person was likewise soaked in sweat, neck rigid as he slowly turned to meet his gaze. Their eyes locked.
Neither dared speak first.
The reason was simple.
*Heaven knows if that Soaring Empyrean Sun-Obscuring True Lord isn’t standing right beside me right now!!!*
(End of chapter)