Haotian's Treasure Refining Hall, Fengyin Seeks the Abbot!

In the thousands of years since the Demon Race subdued Kunpeng, a strange tension had permeated the Great Desolate land.

Taiyi led the Demon Race army in a sweeping conquest of all surrounding regions.

Any tribe unwilling to submit either had its mountain gate shattered by the Eastern Emperor Bell or its core combat forces trapped and killed by the River Diagram and Luo Book.

The Ice Clan in the north and the Blaze Clan in the south were successively annihilated.

Remnant tribes were forced to relocate into Demon Race territory, becoming vassals.

Although the western territories were spared due to their barren spirit veins, fear gripped everyone there. Even Jieyin and Zhunti shut their doors, focusing entirely on refining the Good Corpse they had just severed.

The Demon Race's might grew daily. Dijun even expanded the Heavenly Court on the Sun Star, broadly inviting Great Divine Power Users from the Great Desolate to attend the ceremony, clearly establishing the Demon Race's orthodox status in the Great Desolate.

Yet the Witch Clan remained motionless. The Twelve Ancestral Witches still sat in the Ancestor Witch Hall on the Central Continent, drilling Witch Clan warriors daily without ever crossing the boundary.

This forbearance secretly alarmed many Great Divine Power Users.

Zhenyuanzi guarded Wuzhuang Temple, wrapping the Ginseng Fruit Tree in layers of formations and deploying the Earth Book Grand Array to envelop the entire Longevity Mountain.

Hongyun fled into the Great Desolation Starry Sky, using the power of the stars to conceal his aura.

Even the notoriously flamboyant Demon Master Kunpeng had sheathed his claws, focusing instead on creating a written script for the Demon Race.

"The Witch-Demon War is bound to erupt sooner or later; it's just waiting for a spark," a Great Divine Power User lamented in private. Yet no one dared to intervene.

On one side was the Demon Race, wielding authority over the starry sky and backed by multiple Quasi-Sages.

On the other was the Witch Clan, with physical bodies rivaling Innate Spiritual Treasures and unbreakable unity.

Neither side was a force ordinary powers could provoke.

Thus, the Great Desolate fell into a dead silence, broken only by the increasingly clear footsteps of the Demon Race's expansion.

Beyond that silence, however, the Penglai Immortal Island in the East Sea presented a completely different scene.

The spiritual energy on the island was so dense it nearly turned liquid, and Innate Spiritual Plants could be seen everywhere.

The Twelve-Petal Pure World White Lotus floated above the spirit spring at the island's center, constantly emitting a purifying halo.

Haotian stood on the Refining Platform beside the spirit spring, surrounded by dozens of rare materials, completely focused on forging a vessel.

On the platform, the palace foundation made of Chaos Spirit Wood had already taken shape.

The wood was carved with dense patterns—the Heavenly Spirit Gathering Array deduced by Haotian from the Primordial Heart Sutra.

Beneath the foundation lay a layer of pale golden Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, capable of stabilizing the Earth Vein and preventing spiritual energy from dissipating.

The palace roof was polished from Innate Crystal mixed with Three Lights Divine Water, refracting seven-colored spiritual light with faint Law runes flowing within.

"Just a few more array patterns," Haotian said, raising his hand. The Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler at his waist flew into his palm, its body radiating golden merit light.

He formed refining hand seals with his fingers, pressing the Measuring Ruler against the Chaos Spirit Wood foundation and slowly tracing it.

As the Measuring Ruler moved, one pale green Space Law rune after another was carved into the wood grain.

Each rune precisely corresponded to a node of the Heavenly Spirit Gathering Array.

As the runes settled, the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly converged on the foundation, forming a visible Spiritual Energy Vortex.

This was a unique refining method Haotian had created by combining the Artifact Law from the Primordial Heart Sutra.

Using Chaos materials as the base, Innate spiritual materials as the bones, and integrating three core arrays—Space, Spirit Gathering, and Defense—the vessel not only possessed practical functions but could also evolve as its master's cultivation advanced.

At this moment, he was carving the final Space Folding Array Pattern into the roof crystal.

This pattern was the most complex, requiring the Space Law to be broken down into three thousand tiny runes.

They then had to be arranged in the order of Taiji generating Two Forms; the slightest mistake would ruin everything.

Haotian focused his mind and calmed his breath, fine beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

After all, refining treasures was not as easy as he had imagined; it still consumed a great deal of mental energy. Yet the Measuring Ruler between his fingers remained as steady as a rock.

Half an hour later, the final rune fell into place. The roof crystal suddenly burst with dazzling cyan light.

The cyan light interwove with the golden spiritual light from the foundation and the white spiritual light from the walls, forming a three-colored pillar that shot straight into the clouds.

"Done!" Haotian sighed in relief and withdrew the Measuring Ruler.

On the Refining Platform, the palm-sized miniature palace slowly floated upward.

The palace body was covered in three-colored array patterns, its surface wreathed in faint Chaos aura.

Its grade had reached a Postnatal Supreme Treasure, and due to the integration of top-tier materials like Chaos Spirit Wood and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, its defensive strength and Law compatibility rivaled the finest Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

With a thought from Haotian, the miniature palace began to grow as it caught the wind.

In moments, it transformed into a magnificent palace covering thousands of acres.

The roof was covered in crystal tiles, refracting seven-colored rosy clouds.

The pillars were made of pure white Innate Jade Marrow, carved with dragon and phoenix patterns symbolizing auspiciousness.

Spiritual energy flowed subtly within the patterns. Above the main gate hung a pitch-black Chaos Stone Plaque.

On it, the three characters "Penglai Hall" were outlined in golden merit light, the calligraphy vigorous and forceful, with faint Law runes flowing within. One glance conveyed a sense of majestic weight.

The hall doors themselves were forged from Chaos Spirit Wood, inlaid with a fist-sized Space Bead that stabilized the space and automatically activated the defensive array when opened.

"Senior Brother, this Penglai Hall is magnificent!" From the nearby Spiritual Plant Garden, Jade Pool set down her spiritual hoe and hurried over.

She had just planted seedlings of Innate Spiritual Roots brought from Jade Capital Mountain in the garden, still dusted with spiritual soil, her eyes full of awe.

"Of course—can your senior brother's eye for craftsmanship and artifact refining be anything less?"

Haotian smiled and reached out to brush some spiritual soil from Jade Pool's shoulder, his tone carrying a hint of pride.

Then, taking her hand, he led her into Penglai Hall.

The interior of the hall truly held another world; space had been folded and magnified ten thousand times.

The first floor was the reception hall, furnished with tables and chairs crafted from Innate Spirit Crystals.

The surfaces of the furniture were engraved with Calming Patterns, allowing those seated to settle their minds.

The second floor was the cultivation area, divided into hundreds of independent stone chambers.

Each chamber was equipped with a spirit-gathering array, with spiritual energy density ten times that of the outside world.

The central chamber, in particular, was infused with a large amount of Enlightenment Stone, aiding in the comprehension of laws.

The third floor was the storage area, with shelves neatly arranged and made from Chaos Spirit Wood.

The shelves were carved with preservation patterns, ensuring spiritual materials remained eternally uncorrupted.

The top floor was the Observation Deck, where a jade bed was placed; looking up, one could see the starry sky over the East Sea, and at night, absorb the power of the stars.

"Even the cultivation chambers have so much Enlightenment Stone to assist—Senior Brother, you put so much thought into this!"

When Jade Pool reached the cultivation area, she couldn't help but reach out and touch the runes on the stone chamber walls, feeling the law aura within.

Haotian chuckled and nodded: "Since we'll be living on Penglai long-term, of course I have to make the residence comfortable. Let's head out for now."

Jade Pool had no objection, but once outside Penglai Hall, she frowned slightly.

"But having only one main hall feels a bit monotonous. It would be perfect if we built a few side halls—like an administration hall for the Spiritual Plant Garden, or an auxiliary hall for artifact refining."

"No rush." Haotian raised a hand and ruffled Jade Pool's hair, his tone relaxed.

"Penglai Hall is enough for now. We can build the side halls slowly later."

"Next, I want to reinforce the island's innate Heavenly Defense Array. Once the array is strengthened, Penglai can be fully concealed, and we won't have to worry about outsiders disturbing us."

Hearing this, Jade Pool smiled and nodded: "That's true. After all, we have all the time we need."

With that, she turned and headed back to the Spiritual Plant Garden to continue tending the Innate Spiritual Root seedlings.

Haotian also prepared to leave, but after taking just two steps, he stopped, a flicker of surprise in his eyes—his incarnation Fengyin had sent him a transmission.