Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Huanglong looked at Houyi and said in a deep voice, "Use this fire to forge the essence of all metals!"

Hou Yi let out a low roar and stepped forward. The bloodthirsty aura surrounding his body dissipated, and he directly faced the residual heat emanating from the terrifying fire lotus with his bare body.

His arm muscles bulged, and the immense bloodthirsty power within his body erupted with a roar, shooting straight into the sky like a crimson smoke, colliding fiercely with the destructive ripples emanating from the fire lotus.

The numerous innate metallic divine materials he took out, shimmering with various precious lights—Taiyi refined gold, innate copper mother, star iron condensed from the origin of stars, and the core of cold iron that had been frozen for hundreds of millions of years—were all accumulated by the Wu clan over hundreds of millions of years and bestowed upon Hou Yi by the twelve ancestral witches. Each piece made Huanglong drool incessantly.

Following the guidance of the Yellow Dragon, Hou Yi placed the divine material above the fire lotus.

Under the terrifyingly high temperature, even innate divine materials begin to soften and melt rapidly.

Hou Yi then channeled his immense power as a great sorcerer, pressing his hands down to draw upon the bloodthirsty energy mixed with the earth fire restrained by the great formation, transforming it into two invisible giant hammers. He began hammering the gradually merging mass of molten metal with each blow.

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

The dull thud didn't just ring in your ears; it struck directly into the depths of your soul.

That wasn't just a simple beating with brute force; it was a hammer and forge imbued with Hou Yi's will and fighting spirit.

With each hammer blow, tiny impurities were shaken out and burned by the fire lotus, making the molten metal more condensed, and its color gradually changed from mottled to a deep dark red, like congealed blood.

Each hammer blow slammed Hou Yi's immense bloodthirsty power into the molten metal.

This process is extremely lengthy and requires a great deal of mental and physical effort.

On one side was Hou Yi, who was at the Great Luo Realm. At this moment, he was also sweating profusely. The sweat evaporated as soon as it seeped out of his pores, turning into white vapor.

He occasionally spewed out his vital essence, rich in life essence, which, like a blood-red ink brush, was precisely imprinted on the rudimentary shape of the bow under the guidance of the yellow dragon.

With each drop of essence blood that merged into it, the dark red bow trembled slightly, as if it had been given life, radiating a bloodline fluctuation that shared the same origin as Hou Yi.

Huang Long watched intently from the side, sometimes casting spells to stabilize the fire lotus and the great formation, and sometimes giving instructions on the strength and frequency of Hou Yi's hammering, adjusting the rhythm of the fusion of blood evil power and divine material.

He could clearly feel that, with Hou Yi's involvement, the bow, which was not yet fully formed, had established a connection with Hou Yi that transcended the ordinary connection between a magical artifact and its master. It was a strange feeling of blood ties and resonance of wills.

Thousands of years have passed in the monotonous and heavy sound of hammering.

The bow finally took its final shape, its entire body a dark red, with smooth lines full of power. Strange patterns, like the battle markings of the witch clan, naturally formed on it, with faint blood light flowing around it, exuding an ancient and fierce aura.

It floated silently above the fire lotus, no longer needing flames to maintain its form, and already possessed terrifying power on its own.

"The bow is complete; now, the bowstring."

Huanglong looked at Houyi.

Hou Yi looked solemn and carefully took out an item.

It was an object several meters long, dark gold in color, which trembled slightly and caused subtle ripples in the surrounding void.

The aura emanating from it is ancient, desolate, and resilient, carrying a hint of the chaos before the creation of heaven and earth.

"This was bestowed upon me by Lord Zhujiuyin," Hou Yi said with reverence. "According to the Ancestral Witch, this is the toughest tendon in the body of a fallen Chaos God and Demon."

"The tendons of a Chaos God and Demon...?" Huang Longke was truly shocked. The Witch Clan had such a treasure!

Huanglong carefully sensed the laws and power contained in that large tendon. Even though he was already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, he felt a slight palpitation at this moment from that large tendon.

He pondered for a moment, then said, "The sinews of the Chaos Gods and Demons... are indeed extraordinary. Hou Yi, if you use this as the string, the power of this bow will surely be earth-shattering. But... whether you can draw it is still unknown. The toughness of this thing is beyond imagination."

"Besides, you don't need that many bows!"

Hou Yi grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth, his eyes brimming with undisguised fighting spirit and confidence: "No problem! The stronger the bow, the better! If I can't even draw the bowstring, what right do I, Hou Yi, have to shoot those few feathered beasts?"

Hou Yi glanced at Huang Long before continuing, "As for the extras, they're yours, Brother Huang Long!"

Huang Long said no more and did his best to assist Hou Yi, using a special witch clan secret method combined with his own weapon-refining skills to sever a part of the Chaos God Demon Tendon.

Fortunately, this was just a single flaw of the Chaos God and Demon; its master had long since died, and its origin had dissipated, leaving very little behind.

Otherwise, even if they were just two minor immortals, they really wouldn't be able to do anything to this stubborn person!

After being hammered and forged, the section of the main installation rib that was cut off was integrated into the dark red bow body.

The moment the bowstring is taut—"Whoosh!"

A deep yet penetrating rumble resounded, like a sigh from the primordial chaos.

The entire volcano trembled, and the surrounding ground fire, which had been restrained by the great formation, suddenly erupted.

The bow was fully formed. The moment the bow and bowstring joined, an incomparably sharp and powerful intent, as if it wanted to pierce through the heavens and earth, soared into the sky, briefly tearing a gap in the great array that Huanglong had set up to conceal a volcano.

The divine bow possessed a spirit and recognized its master on its own. It transformed into a streak of blood-red light, circled Hou Yi and the Yellow Dragon several times, and finally entered Hou Yi's hands.

Hou Yi gripped the bow, his body trembled slightly, and he felt as if the bow was a part of his body, connected to his bloodline, and his power flowed without any hindrance.

He tried to gently pull the bowstring, but didn't nock an arrow; he just made the motion of drawing the bow.

"Sizzle!"

With the bowstring pulled back less than half a finger, the muscles in his arm bulged high, and the power of bloodlust surged in, condensing into an arrow formed from the power of bloodlust between his fingers.

As the bowstring vibrated, an arrow condensed from pure bloodthirsty energy burst forth, traversing space and exploding a volcano tens of thousands of miles away!

Lava flew everywhere?

"The Witch Clan, you've gone too far!"

Suddenly, a phoenix enveloped in endless radiant light flew out from the bottom of the volcano that had been blasted apart!

Hou Yi and Huang Long exchanged a glance. Huang Long saw a hint of embarrassment in Hou Yi's eyes and vanished without a trace in an instant.

Seeing the enraged phoenix, Hou Yi placed his large hand on the bowstring once more, and an arrow formed from bloodthirsty energy appeared again, locking onto the enraged phoenix.

Suddenly, the phoenix that had been flying around froze, as if a great terror had descended upon it, and it stopped in mid-air, unable to move.

"Fengqin, come back!"

A figure formed from wisps of flame suddenly appeared before the phoenix...!