Zuo Dao Becomes a God Starting from American Horror

Chapter 405 Shortcut: The Minor Five Elements Heaven and Earth Refining Method
Louis reached out and kneaded the red cloud as if it were a marshmallow, but the deathly power emanating from it had no effect on him.

"This is it, no doubt about it."

After some mental calculation, Louis concluded that this was the main material for the magical artifact he wanted.

Next, we can begin refining the Qi Luck Magic Treasure.

However, we need to remove any foreign objects inside first.

Louis's magical power surged, and a large amount of red lotus karmic fire poured into the red cloud, instantly igniting the karmic fire that already existed within it.

Crackle, crackle—

The sound of grease exploding and burning violently rang out.

The red cloud shrank at a visible speed, and in just thirty seconds, it went from a large object that was tens of meters in size to a small thing that was ten meters square.

The original deep red color has changed to a dazzling, crystal-like red. It looks like a huge red crystal, bright and clear, reflecting the sunlight and emitting various colors of light, like a rainbow, which is beautiful and magnificent.

Now that the impurities from the dead river within this red cloud have been thoroughly cleaned, it's safe to use it for weapon forging.

Louis smiled with satisfaction, but did not rush to begin the weapon forging process. He needed to deal with the matters here first.

Looking up, he saw three madmen and Khorne carrying many pieces of corpses through the gates of hell, bowing to Louis.

"Honor God!"

"I am aware of the whole story, and you did a good job."

Louis made a compliment.

That was indeed a great job, a perfect completion of the mission. First, you brought back the River of Death, and now you've single-handedly defeated a demon lord and brought him back as well.

Having said that, he slightly moved his fingers, scattering a patch of red light.

The raindrops fell gently on them, seeping into their bodies.

The madman's soul began to increase violently, and his expression became ethereal, like someone who had been poor for a long time suddenly arriving in heaven and earth, where everything he ate, drank, and played with had changed, and he enjoyed supreme pleasure.

Moreover, this is not just a simple enjoyment, but has substantial benefits. Their souls become more concentrated and change towards greater strength. Not to mention anything else, their lifespan alone is increased significantly.

As for Khorne, it was a completely different reward.

The pale fur returned to its crimson color, enveloped by wisps of blood-red flames that burned and tempered the impurities in its divine body, leaving only the strongest parts. These flames continued to flow inward, transforming its soul and internal organs, making them even stronger.

It can even possess a certain degree of karmic fire ability, which can prevent soul influence and carry out soul attacks.

It's now even closer to the level of a Greater Demon.

No longer paying attention to them, Louis turned his attention back to the treasures, but did not continue refining them there.

Instead, he flashed away.

In the center of the dojo.

Louis floated in the air, and with a thought, he moved.

Divine power ignited, and a colossal "mountain of knives and sea of ​​fire" materialized.

The so-called "mountain of knives and sea of ​​fire" is more like a simplified version of a weapon-refining furnace, only the interior is not simple. It is burning with red lotus karmic fire and smelting molten steel, which occasionally condenses into various shapes in the pool.

Floating on the surface are modern radioactive materials such as uranium, as well as items such as "three-purified water," "rootless water," "century-old peach wood," "millennium ginseng," "yin evil soil," and "cold stones from the Tianshan Mountains"...

The karmic fire of the red lotus burns fiercely, illusory souls wail as they burn, liquid and radioactive material boil in the pool, bubbling and bursting greenish bubbles that reflect an ominous light.

Yin Sha soil and Tian Shan cold stone solidified at the edge of the pool, and various rare medicinal materials and even precious materials constantly emitted medicinal properties. In the thick fog, besides radiation, the most abundant thing was these auras that were combined with strong medicinal properties.

Of course, as a tool for refining treasures of destiny, in addition to having all five elements of treasures prepared, the most important thing is to attract the primordial energy of heaven and earth, which is the true foundation and key.

At the bottom of the pool, there is an array that gathers and attracts the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The layout of the pool itself also conforms to the idea of ​​gathering spiritual energy from the five elements, in addition to Louis's identity as a privilege dog.

There is no possibility that the primordial energy of heaven and earth here is insufficient.

All of these together constituted the materials Louis prepared for forging the weapon: "Mountains of Knives and Seas of Fire".

"Using a refining furnace to forge a few magical artifacts is merely the most basic refining technique. The subsequent blood sacrifices and imbuing them with restrictions are all done to acquire spirituality and imitate the heavens and earth. Although one can gradually advance step by step, it is ultimately like trying to walk in Handan and ending up in Handan, which takes a long time."

“But being able to be nurtured directly by heaven and earth as a furnace is different. Like those naturally formed and flawless divine objects, this is undoubtedly the strongest forging method.”

"Although I don't have that level of skill, and it's too late to hone my weapon-forging techniques step by step now, I can use a shortcut."

Louis's lips curled up slightly.

Perhaps due to the influence of his upbringing and experiences, Louis was not averse to taking shortcuts. Which of these unorthodox methods doesn't involve taking shortcuts?
If he hadn't devoured those souls, how could he have reached the Pure Yang Realm so quickly?

Now, it's just a matter of using my brain to take another shortcut.

The "mountain of knives and sea of ​​fire" in front of him is one of the results of taking shortcuts. Through deduction, it is found that there are not many side effects, and it is a method where the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

The principle is to imitate the way that heaven and earth nurture divine beings.

In fact, this is not a new method. Many powerful beings in mythology have used similar techniques. Louis's method is a simplified version. He cannot set up a large array to absorb the power of a region or even the entire world to refine magical artifacts.

Therefore, through understanding the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams, people created this small world, which can provide a relatively perfect environment for nurturing.

Furthermore, this was his home turf, the dojo could provide assistance, and as the world administrator, he could pay a price to make the world give in, thus laying the foundation for success.

"Using the power of heaven and earth to help me refine magical artifacts, or even a quick version, is not a bad idea."

Louis boasted a little, then refocused his attention on the present; the preparations weren't finished yet.

These things are not enough to refine a treasure of great fortune.

Then he waved his hand.

Countless gold, silver and jewels were scattered among them.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that apart from some industrial silver and artificial gemstones, the rest of the gold and silver had all been used by humans.

It was covered with popularity and wealth, and even contained many copper coins, with a trace of human fortune attached to it.

Similar stories have always existed in folklore.

Ordinary money is useless to gods and immortals, but gold and silver that have passed through human hands, been used, and traded are true wealth to gods and immortals.

Of course, gods and immortals also had other forms of currency, such as merit, yin virtue, and incense beads.

This rumor spread widely among the people, and even led to the creation of objects called copper coin swords.

It is a magical artifact created by mortals, which is made by utilizing the popularity, wealth and dynasty fortune gathered on it.

And now, these are the things Louis uses.

Actually, you can use paper money directly, as it also carries these qualities. However, paper money lacks substance and has a poor symbolic meaning. In everyone's subconscious, it is far less representative of wealth than gold and silver.

So Louis still used gold and silver jewelry. Watching tons of gold and silver jewelry fall into the pool of fire and water, quickly melting away in the flames, while the water level only rose slightly, still five meters below the standard line, Louis took out the infinite gold bag he had obtained from the Hindu god Lakshmi.

He just threw it in.

Gululu...Gululu...

The pool surface boiled violently, and glittering golden light began to emerge from the bottom, with large amounts of gold gushing out.

Although this gold wasn't blessed with good fortune, it was still genuine gold, more than enough to serve as fuel.

As for that unlimited gold bag?
It's just a divine artifact limited to a specific area. If you want to refine your own treasure of destiny, just destroy it. Why feel bad about it?

With the destruction of the Infinite Gold Bag, the water level in the pool finally began to rise rapidly, quickly increasing by three meters, but that wasn't enough; it was still two meters short.

Louis, without batting an eye, tossed in the spiritual items he had collected one by one, along with his own magical power.

In addition to luck, the crafting of a treasure of destiny also requires spirituality, which is a necessary condition for a magic weapon.

However, Louis's magical power has not yet reached the level of having a primordial spirit. He has not yet fully comprehended the spiritual animal breeding and transformation talisman he created to produce the Myriad Beasts Dao Soldiers.

Therefore, we can only rely on external means to make up for it.

Fortunately, in the present world, Earth, which has had many pantheons and experienced a glorious era of mysticism, still has a lot of treasures left behind. Over time, a large number of them have been collected.

When the last death gem from Anubis, the Egyptian Ennead god, was thrown into it, the pool of knives and fire finally reached the standard level.

The scenes inside have also changed dramatically.

Towering peaks of radiating steel blades stand tall, their edges wreathed in endless red flames, within which sinful souls waile eternally. Upon closer inspection, these flames are all beneath the pool, blocked by the chilling soil emanating from its edge.

Rivers of gold and silver flowed across the steel-clad land, constantly evaporating under the intense heat, rising into the sky to form a white mist with strong medicinal properties that drifted with the wind, turning into clouds. Finally, when the concentration reached a certain level, pale blue raindrops began to fall.

Upon landing on this solid steel ground, strange medicinal herbs and precious plants with the colors of gold, silver, and jewels sprouted, but they only lasted for a fleeting moment.

The extreme heat and ubiquitous radiation killed them, and they were reintegrated into the River of Gold and Silver and the Earth of Steel.

So, the cycle repeats.

It suddenly formed a unique microcosm of the Five Elements!
In the center of this small world of the Five Elements, there is a pitch-black round hole. Rivers of gold and silver do not flow into it, medicinal herbs and treasures do not grow on it, and extreme high temperatures do not reach below it.

It's as if they've abandoned the world and are completely out of place.

This is the natural focal point that Louis prepared for this small world of the Five Elements, and it is also the core location for refining the treasure of destiny.

In the sky.

Louis was sweating slightly.

This is truly unbelievable. At his level, sweating has a significant meaning; it means that there is a problem with his otherwise perfect body.

This is true.

He's under a lot of pressure right now.

He is working on a second shortcut, one he discovered while in India, to get the world to offer assistance and test India's unique system of blessing.

In exchange for the world's continued support, he had just paid the price of fifty units of divine power and promised to repay it by killing ten great demons or high-energy life forms at the level of demon gods.

That's right.

He borrowed money.

This tactic was learned from some Western saints. Since they believe they have the ability to repay in the eyes of the world, why not lend?

The worst thing for a person is not daring to borrow. Being able to borrow a loan means that you are valuable in the eyes of the bank. It is truly tragic if you cannot borrow.

The same logic applies here; Louis boldly borrowed it.

And the world... agreed.

After all, the price I paid has already exceeded the "price" I should have paid.

The world has no emotions, but it still keeps accounts.

Or rather, it is precisely because they lack emotions and are more like machines that they are better at calculating!

This project has been completed.

Louis took a deep breath, then maintained his magical output, imprinting his mark on the entire pool of fire and blades, while simultaneously controlling the entire dojo and gathering its power to enhance the weapon-forging ceremony.

Increase the success rate.

With the blessing of the temple's power.

A mysterious and profound feeling welled up in my heart.

Is this... a blessing of good fortune?
Louis suddenly realized that he had a high probability of succeeding in refining the treasure this time. There was no reason for it; it was all intuition!

Following this intuition, Louis did not hesitate or consider whether now was the most appropriate time, and simply threw the ten-meter-square "red crystal" in.

Whoosh!
The "red crystal" flashed like a shooting star and landed in the central black hole of the Five Elements Small World.

then……

Nothing changed; everything remained the same.

However, Louis was somewhat relieved by this situation, because no reaction meant there was no failure.

Next, we just need to wait a while.

This method of simulating a small world to nurture divine beings does not require much human intervention, as that would easily lead to mistakes. Therefore, Louis did not even control the timing at this moment.

Just let it operate and adjust on its own.

The five elements rotate, and if any element is weak, it will automatically fill and replenish it, without making any mistakes.

Louis remained in the sky, with no room to intervene. He could only sit cross-legged, cultivating while holding his belongings and waiting for the right opportunity.

What he is holding now is the last piece of material, a blood-red earthenware jar, which comes from the corpse of the Hindu god Lakshmi.

As the womb of the goddess of prosperity, this accessory is heavy enough.

But it will take some time before it can be put in, and right now, Louis's intuition tells him that it's not the right time yet.

We'll have to wait a little longer.

Time passed bit by bit.

This small Five Elements World located in the center of the temple gradually began to change.

(End of this chapter)