Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Upon realizing this, Qingmojun was caught in a dilemma.

He was certain that the thief who stole the Holy Ancestor's Fire Pool was definitely not as strong as him, otherwise he wouldn't have needed to escape so quickly.

Once things are over in Skyfire City, he'll definitely be blamed for stealing the Fire Pool.

Regardless of the outcome, in accordance with the Yunmeng Immortal Sect's usual mild approach, the Holy Fire Sect will be punished severely, but will not be destroyed because of this.

Besides, even if the culprit isn't caught, there are plenty of ways to maneuver around him, and there's even a good chance he could volunteer to help capture him and atone for his crimes.

He dared not enter the capital of Shuiyun Kingdom.

"Damn it, he must have found me."

After hesitating for a long time, Qingmojun finally resorted to the traditional skills of ruthless demons and took a risk!

Once he obtains the Fire Pool, he can leverage its power to advance the grade of the Sacred Flame of Life, and there is a certain possibility that he can break through to the sixth-grade peak. If he can possess a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure for a long time, he is quite confident that he can break through to the fifth grade.

We need to go in!

"However, before that, we need to find a helper to provide support outside."

So he began to write a secret letter.

My friend, Devourer of Evil, I need your help with something…

After the deed is done, I will pay you three thousand spirit crystals and one hundred precious elixirs to enhance your essence, energy, and spirit. Come quickly.

After sending the secret message, disguise it using a perfect secret technique.

Qingmojun then entered Shuiyundu. The evil-repelling mirror on the city gate tower did not detect his identity as a demonic cultivator. He must have some skill to have been able to roam the Western Sea for so many years.

However, without any aura, how to find the person remains a mystery. The only thing to do is to try to sense the aura of the Holy Ancestor's Fire Pool.

at the same time.

Gu Qing had just acquired a top-grade cave dwelling by leasing it for thirty years in Yunmeng Mountain.

He really wants to go into seclusion now.

However, they were not careless. After setting up all the defenses, they went directly into the Jinyun Secret Realm, unaware that the Azure Demon Lord had come to pursue them.

After all, he is not a saint and cannot be perfect in his calculations.

To prevent the Holy Fire Cult from having other means of sensing the location of the fire pool, he brought it directly into the secret realm, since this was another space, naturally equipped with an isolation barrier.

Qizu Pagoda.

After greeting the Guhuoniao and the others, he took the Holy Ancestor Fire Pool out of his Qi Sea and placed it in the center of the bottom layer.

At this moment, the fire pool did not exhibit any spiritual activity after being stimulated by Zhu Rong's essence and blood; instead, it became completely silent.

The path of artifact spirits is one where only a very few possess intelligence comparable to that of humans; most possess only a little spirituality, and only through continuous cultivation can they have the opportunity to transform into true artifact spirits.

The Holy Ancestor Fire Pool should have had this opportunity, but the Holy Fire Cult tampered with it. They did not want this artifact to give birth to a true artifact spirit, so they used special means to hinder its evolution.

"No wonder the spirit slept for so many years, and was in a state of rage when it was born."

Repairing it is actually quite simple; just leave it in a place rich in spiritual energy and leave it alone. As time goes by, it will eventually recover.

Gu Qing stepped into the Holy Ancestor's Fire Pool. The fierce Zhu Rong True Flame in the pool was extremely friendly to him. He could only feel warmth and intimacy, which was the benefit brought by the Zhu Rong Dao Body.

He lightly touched his brow with his finger, and a cluster of equally crimson flames was drawn out.

This is his natal flame.

Although weak, the other Great Dao Flames it contains are fundamentally more complex than the true flames of the Fire Pool.

Sipping a cup of Enlightenment Tea, with a transparent tea leaf in his mouth, Gu Qing quietly entered a state of enlightenment. In an instant, the entire fire pool seemed to transform into a fruit of the Great Dao of Fire, and he could open his mouth and taste the sweet pulp.

The crimson chains of divine rules rattled, and Gu Qing's natal flame began to surge at a visible speed, its origin constantly being filled with newly comprehended fire laws.

A cluster of golden fire, a cluster of black fire, a cluster of blue fire, and a cluster of purple fire, representing the flames of the laws and principles that Gu Qingming inscribed on his nascent core, suddenly rose up around him.

As their origins were enhanced, the Second Way Flames that they attached to and merged with also received enhancements.

The initial understanding was so profound and complex that even Gu Qing spent three years trying to comprehend it before stopping.

"Amazing."

As expected of the artifact left behind by Zhu Rong, it contains too many profound and mysterious principles of fire. Even just comprehending the most superficial level took him so much time.

The harvest, however, was delightful.

Compared to before his enlightenment, his natal true flame was at least twice as strong, and the special flames that had fused with the second law principle were also 50% stronger.

"If one comprehends it all, one could easily call oneself the Little Fire God in the Cangwu Realm."

Next up is the great fire-based divine power, the Crimson Emperor Talisman.

Suddenly, Gu Qing had a thought and took out four pure pearls from his Void Ring.

It is the pearl lost in the vast ocean, given to me by the little white dragon Ao Miaoge!

It was perfectly round and full, about the size of a human head, and radiated a lustrous, pearly glow. In Gu Qing's eyes, it was a very suitable prototype for a pearl-type magic weapon.

Gu Qing then took out the Five Elements Wheel that he had refined in his early years.

He had prepared a lot of things for his cultivation at the sixth rank long ago, and the Five Elements Wheel, a low-grade magic treasure, was one of them.

By understanding the principles of the Five Elements in advance, one will be more adept and successful in cultivating to the sixth rank and governing the Five Elements in the future.

In the end, it was neither useful nor useless.

He used all the essence of the five elements he acquired on this treasure back then, but his skills were not up to par and his vision was limited.

In retrospect, aside from the waste of materials, there was a lack of understanding of the principles of the Five Elements; both the quality and quantity were somewhat lacking.

Since the main element is fire, there's no need to put in much effort.

The four precious pearls can be refined into the Four Spirit Pearls, each governed by one of the five elements: wood, water, metal, and earth. These pure five-element spirit pearls make it easier for him to observe and comprehend, just like the abundant fire-elemental principles exposed in the Fire Pool.

"One of the five elements is missing. In terms of enlightenment, the physical body can be used as a substitute, but if it is to defend against enemies with a magic weapon, it is a bit lacking. We are still missing the material for a Fire Spirit Pearl."

"Let's refine it first."

Furthermore, spirit pearl-type treasures are very suitable for Gu Qing to incorporate special flames, such as when refining a golden spirit pearl, he can incorporate the golden flame obtained by fusing two flames into it.

It is a very suitable magic weapon for him, as it can be used for both cultivation and combat.

And so on.

Fire within metal, fire within water, fire within wood, fire within earth, and the true flame of one's destiny—the Way of Fire governs the five elements. By following one path, one can attain countless paths; it is also a path brimming with potential.

"Refining!"

With the help of the fire pool, Gu Qing truly treated this place as a weapon-refining furnace. Although his understanding of the Five Elements theory was not extensive, it was still considerable.

When refining the Four Spirit Pearls, a copy of the insights was imprinted from the ancestral aperture and integrated into the core of the magic weapon embryo. The Five Elements Wheel was disassembled and refined using the ancestral method of Jinyun artifacts. The Five Elements materials that were reversed became the equipment for the new treasure.

With his whole heart and soul, he obtained four low-grade magic treasure-level pure spirit pearls in two years. However, he has not yet inscribed the corresponding Dao patterns on them, so they can only be considered as semi-finished products.

The Golden Spirit Pearl was different. Having received the wondrous power of the Burning Gold Fire, Gu Qing's understanding of the principles of metal was quite profound. By combining the fire within the metal with the spirit pearl, unsurprisingly, it was upgraded to a mid-grade magic treasure. (End of Chapter)