Fights Break Sphere: Purple Thunder Emperor

Chapter 345 Nine Heavens Thunder Cauldron
Atop the mountain, a fierce wind howled.

Xiao Bai sat cross-legged on a protruding blue stone, with a yellowed scroll floating in front of him—"The Record of the Craftsmanship of Nature".

The axis moved automatically without wind, and mysterious lines emerged from it, swirling around him and forming a strange halo.

"Are these energy transmission routes?"

Xiao Bai's eyes flickered as he realized that these patterns were remarkably similar to the Five Planets and Stars Array patterns he had carved at Canaan Academy.

"Not bad!"

A faint light flashed from the black ring on his right hand, and a phantom soul floated out, looking at the shimmering light around it, and said softly:

"Most weapons on the Dou Qi Continent can be powered by magic cores. Although these basic patterns have different functions, they all have a fundamental purpose: to channel the energy within them."

With a wave of his hand, Yao Lao extracted a red pattern and suspended it in front of Xiao Bai.

"Look at this 'Flame Flow Pattern,' it's specifically designed for energy conduction in fire-attribute weapons. If you draw it in reverse, it can absorb fire energy."

Xiao Bai reached out and touched the pattern, feeling a slight burning sensation at his fingertips.

He closed his eyes, unleashing his full power of soul strength at the peak of the Spirit Realm, and completely imprinted the structure of the pattern in his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, there seemed to be firelight flickering in his pupils.

"However, if you want to refine high-level medicine cauldrons, you need to plan these basic patterns carefully. Different combinations will result in different medicine cauldrons. For example, some can withstand high temperatures, while others can lock in or absorb energy, and so on."

Xiao Bai pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded.

He already understood that these patterns were like an enchantment, adding special attributes to the artifact.

He lightly traced several basic lines in the air with his fingers, then combined them in a specific order.

As the last stroke was completed, the patterns suddenly glowed blue, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and a thin layer of frost condensed on the surface of the bluestone.

"The basic combination of ice attributes." The old doctor nodded approvingly. "It seems you have grasped the basic principles of pattern combination."

"It's truly amazing that it can actually draw upon some of the energy of heaven and earth!"

Xiao Bai's eyes flickered with thoughts as he slowly scanned the shimmering lines of light around him, instantly taking them all into his mind. For someone of his spiritual level, this was effortless.

He then looked down at the scroll in his hand, and as the scroll unfurled, lines of ancient characters came into view.
"In the art of weapon crafting, the foundation is paramount. Patterns are like meridians, and the weapon is like the human body; only when the meridians are unobstructed can its ultimate power be unleashed."

After a long pause, Xiao Bai's finger hovered over a line of text, and he said thoughtfully:

"The power of these patterns seems to contradict what is recorded on the scroll. Is it that the world today is inferior to that of ancient times?"

“It seems you’ve noticed. When Feng Xian and I obtained this scroll, we discovered something unusual. Some of the patterns recorded on it don’t need a magic core to power them. They can resonate with the heavens and earth and gather their energy on their own. But as you just saw, the patterns alone can only condense a layer of frost on a stone at most, which is not very useful!”

"Perhaps this is why weapon crafting is not popular these days!"

The old apothecary shook his head, a hint of emotion in his eyes. Compared to alchemists, weapon refiners were utterly insignificant; their statuses were worlds apart.

If it weren't for the sake of the sect's lower-ranking disciples, Feng Xian wouldn't have spent his time on this.

"Resonance between heaven and earth?"

Xiao Bai was taken aback, then a strange light flashed in his eyes, and the vertical line between his brows glowed faintly, as he once again inscribed patterns in the void.

"Click——"

The temperature suddenly dropped, and within a few breaths, a thick layer of ice condensed within a radius of several feet, with even some ice crystals hanging on Yao Lao's illusory eyebrows.

"What did you do, you little brat?"

The old doctor's eyes widened instantly, and he blinked hard, almost thinking it was a hallucination.

If he hadn't witnessed everything just now, he would have thought that the patterns were carved with a fourth or fifth-tier magic core!

"Hehe. Interesting, interesting. It seems this is indeed the reason for the existence of this world!"

Xiao Bai reached into the dark blue patterns in front of him, feeling the ice-attribute energy constantly gathering within, and his eyes shone brightly.

He hadn't expected that just a slight increase in authority gained from utilizing that void would amplify the patterns so greatly.

From this perspective, the Dou Qi Continent is indeed in decline!
Seeing Xiao Bai lost in thought, Yao Lao took a deep breath to suppress the shock in his heart. Although he had watched him grow up since he was a child, he could no longer see through this young man.

He seemed to know a lot of things, and he also kept many secrets in his heart.

The old doctor narrowed his eyes, his mind churning, but in the end he just shook his head and smiled, without asking any further questions.

Everyone has their own destiny, and Xiao Bai's success today is naturally due to his own opportunities.

"Since you can make these patterns exert even greater power, then you are more confident in refining high-level medicine cauldrons," the old medicine master said with a smile.

Xiao Bai snapped out of his reverie, nodded, and his gaze returned to the "Record of Heavenly Crafts." He gently stroked the patterns on the scroll with his fingers, not rushing to begin, but instead studying and pondering it in detail.

Time flies like sand slipping through your fingers; half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

On Mount Lei, the 'engineering team' led by Lin Yan is working diligently to repair the main hall, library, alchemy hall, mission hall, and various residential buildings.

Earth elements solidify the high walls, while fire elements fire the tiles—a scene of bustling activity.

The back mountain was a serene and secluded place. At the edge of the sea of ​​clouds, a medicine cauldron was placed in front of Little Fairy Doctor. Judging from its appearance, it was the same cauldron that Xiao Bai used to refine pills.

At this moment, flames roared inside the furnace, and the nascent form of a pill was faintly visible within.

Not far away, the old doctor would occasionally offer some pointers, his face beaming with a smile.

There's no way around it, this girl is so easy to guide. She can learn by analogy and advance from the fourth rank to the sixth rank in just over ten days.

Having been exposed to various medicinal herbs since childhood, he has a solid foundation in pharmacology. As for the theory of alchemy, he has been taught by Xiao Bai along the way, and with a year of refinement and consolidation in the Ice River Valley, his foundation is also quite good. His soul power is at the Spirit Realm level. It can be said that he has all the necessary foundations. Now, all he lacks is practice.

It's like a piece of fine raw jade; with just a little polishing, it will shine with dazzling brilliance.

While keeping an eye on the medicine cauldron, the two glanced at Xiao Bai, who was sitting cross-legged on a blue stone not far away.

For the past two weeks, he has hardly left that place. One medicine cauldron after another was casually tossed around. Upon closer inspection, these medicine cauldrons initially looked somewhat rough around the edges, but the last three were more ancient and heavy than the last.

"Tsk tsk. Is this kid trying to refine a medicine cauldron that will be ranked on the Heavenly Cauldron List?"

The old apothecary was almost numb. He hadn't expected Xiao Bai to have such talent in the field of weapon crafting. He kept looking at the medicine cauldron he had finally crafted, which was faintly surrounded by the power of scorching stars.

If this were put up at an external auction, even some eighth-grade alchemists would probably be tempted to bid against it.

Little Fairy Doctor didn't speak. She rested her chin on her hand and looked at the black-robed figure from behind with her beautiful eyes almost narrowed into crescent moons.

She enjoyed hearing others praise her little white dog even more than when the old apothecary praised her alchemy skills.

"about there."

Just then, Xiao Bai looked away from the scroll, put it away, and murmured something.

Then, with a flick of his sleeve, several streams of light flew out from his storage ring and lined up neatly in front of him.

"Ten-thousand-year-old cold iron, heavenly thunder refined gold, it seems that with the backing of two forces in the Central Plains, this kid is now rolling in money!" Looking at the materials in front of him, some radiating bone-chilling coldness and others crackling with lightning, Yao Lao's heart skipped a beat. It turns out that he had really underestimated him when he said that he was wasting so many precious materials.

Compared to these, the materials he used to refine medicine cauldrons were nothing.

"Huh? That's... a demonic core from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, and it's even an eighth-grade one!"

A fiery red demon core suddenly appeared, accompanied by the faint cry of a phoenix, causing his hands to tremble slightly.

The demonic core of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan!

This was the first time he had ever seen an eighth-rank cultivator. If those self-proclaimed noble-blooded Heavenly Demon Phoenixes found out, he would probably be hunted down to death.

However, thinking about Xiao Bai's actions in Luoshen Gorge, he felt relieved.

Don't forget, there's a little phoenix imprisoned on this Thunder Mountain!
Leishan, front hall.

Feng Qing'er, who was working with the disciples of Fenglei Pavilion, was wiping the sweat from her forehead when her expression suddenly changed. She looked up sharply towards the back mountain, felt the throbbing in her blood, and immediately understood what was happening.

"Xiao Bai."

She gritted her teeth, her eyes flashing with fury, and for a moment she had an impulse to run to the back mountain and fight that bastard to the death.

First they used his essence blood, and now they've even brought out his magic core!
They were reckless and didn't take the Heavenly Phoenix Clan seriously at all!

Her expression shifted constantly. After a long while, she sighed dejectedly. Her cultivation was now sealed. What could she possibly fight with? Going there now would only be another opportunity for that bastard to mock her.

"You just wait, one day I, Feng Qing'er, will definitely make you pay!"

Clenching her fists, she was about to vent her pent-up frustration when suddenly her soul trembled. A strong sense of crisis came from the depths of her being. She immediately stopped talking, her face turned slightly pale, and she bit her red lips, looking stubbornly toward the back mountain.

Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze and ignored it.

He wasn't deliberately paying attention to Feng Qing'er; it was just that as he became more and more proficient in using that power, a certain inexplicable feeling in his heart became more and more acute.

Those around him who harbor strong hostility will be instantly sensed, and even a blurry image will appear in their minds.

"The Heavenly Heart Sensing, it really is incredibly mysterious."

He was now increasingly certain that the "Heavenly Heart Response Manual" was not a simple soul cultivation technique; it was just that its mysteries were not mentioned in its contents and he would have to explore them on his own.

"let's start."

Xiao Bai put aside his thoughts and didn't dwell on it too much. There would be plenty of time to study it later. Right now, he should focus on refining the medicine cauldron.

Reaching forward, a Tai Chi symbol appears at the fingertips, slowly rotating.

The anode is pure gold, faintly exuding a terrifyingly hot aura, like a blazing sun; the cathode is pitch black, radiating a sinister, demonic intent that devours all things.

As the Tai Chi diagram detached from the fingertips and slowly rotated, two completely opposite bolts of lightning intertwined, transforming into a giant lightning cauldron in the air.

With a flick of his sleeve, Xiao Bai sent the ten-thousand-year-old cold iron that had been floating in front of him into the Thunder Cauldron as a stream of light.

"laugh--"

As soon as the cold iron entered the Thunder Cauldron, it was immediately enveloped by two bolts of lightning.

The two-colored lightning was incredibly powerful. Under the power of the lightning, the cold iron was continuously tempered, impurities turned into black smoke and dissipated, eventually transforming into a transparent, dark blue crystal.

Next came the Heavenly Thunder Refined Gold. This extremely yang object immediately burst forth with dazzling lightning upon contact with the thunder. In the alternating yin and yang thunder, it slowly fused with the previous cold iron crystal, forming a peculiar blue-silver alloy.

Xiao Bai's eyes gleamed even brighter at this moment. Without hesitation, he added the other auxiliary materials one by one. Under the tempering of Yin-Yang Thunder, all the materials were perfectly fused together.

Inside the Thunder Cauldron, all the materials fused together began to slowly take shape.

Two ears, three legs, and a round belly.

Its appearance was exactly the same as the medicine cauldron he had made in Wutan City.

As the medicine cauldron took shape, his gaze fell upon the demonic core of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan.

"Success or failure hinges on this."

The moment the demon core left his hand, it trembled violently, its surface patterns gleaming brightly, and a sharp phoenix cry resounded through the sky.

A crimson phantom burst forth from the demon core, transforming into a fiery phoenix with wingspans reaching a hundred feet. The scorching flames distorted the surrounding air.

"A mere wisp of remnant soul dares to be so arrogant?" Xiao Bai sneered, then clasped his hands together abruptly.

The mouth of the Thunder Cauldron expanded instantly, enveloping the entire Flame Phoenix within it.

The phoenix let out a mournful cry, its fiery wings flapping wildly, each flap stirring up towering waves of fire.

The golden and black lightning bolts instantly transformed into two lightning dragons, one golden and one black, which intertwined and entangled the fiery phoenix.

The golden dragon formed from the Immortal Slaughtering Thunder opened its mouth and spat out ten thousand bolts of lightning, each one precisely piercing into the phoenix's body.
The black dragon formed from the Demonic Thunder of Gods Slaughter followed closely, devouring all the power dissipated by the phoenix.

The phoenix's struggles grew weaker and weaker until it finally let out a mournful cry of resentment, and was forcibly dragged into the Thunder Cauldron by the two thunder dragons.

At this moment, the phoenix phantom dissipated, revealing a crystalline substance radiating a dazzling red light, which was slowly melting.

Seeing this, Xiao Bai lightly touched his brow, and a surge of powerful soul force emerged, slowly carving patterns on the inner wall of the medicine cauldron. As the patterns formed, a wisp of purplish-black starlight flashed and disappeared on them.

Then, the liquid from the melting magic core was drawn into these patterns in strands, flowing along them.

time flies.
As the last line of the inscription was completed, the Thunder Cauldron exploded with a roar, and a three-foot-tall medicine cauldron shot into the sky, with the illusory images of the sun and moon flashing by at its mouth.

The furnace lid is shaped like a tai chi symbol, as if the yin and yang energies flow continuously within it;
The furnace body is crimson red, crystal clear, and its surface appears to have flickering flame and cloud patterns.
The base of the furnace is decorated with three thunder dragons coiled around it, spewing lightning from their mouths.

The medicine cauldron landed back in front of Xiao Bai, emitting a clear hum, as if it were a spirit greeting him.

A smile finally appeared on Xiao Bai's tired face as he reached out and gently stroked the furnace.

"From this day forward, your name will be 'Nine Heavens Thunder Cauldron'!"

"Nine Heavens Thunder Cauldron, what a fine name!"

The old apothecary then approached, and the more he looked at it, the more extraordinary it seemed, the more he liked it. His eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Xiao Bai, how about we make a deal? I'll trade you the Black Demon for this medicine cauldron!"

"Don't change!"

Xiao Bai refused without hesitation. This was the most suitable cauldron for him to refine pills on the entire continent, and he immediately put the cauldron away.

He then pointed to the dozen or so medicine cauldrons beside him and laughed:

"How about we choose one of these to exchange?"

The old apothecary sneered and glared at him with disdain:
"Heh. The Black Demon is a cauldron with a name on the ancient 'Heavenly Cauldron Ranking'. You think you can just take away something you used for practice? Do you think I'm stupid?"

(End of this chapter)