Time flowed by day after day, yet the interior of the Bronze Coffin seemed completely unaffected by time.
Zhou Tong and Ye Fan sat cross-legged on opposite sides of the Bronze Coffin.
The Hegemonic Bell above Zhou Tong's head periodically released strands of bell waves, while chanting scriptures echoed from within Ye Fan's tripod. The fluctuations of their Dao Proving Artifacts combined with the enduring Great Dao Heavenly Sound within the Bronze Coffin, transforming its interior into a land of Dao.
Within this environment, the two gradually comprehended the changes of the Great Dao, grasped the profound meaning of the scripture left behind by the Desolate Heaven Emperor, and further refined their own Dao Proving Artifacts.
Both Zhou Tong's bell and Ye Fan's tripod had incorporated this scripture of the Desolate Heaven Emperor during their forging. Refining them within the Bronze Coffin allowed them to better enhance the power of their Dao Proving Artifacts.
This was especially true of Zhou Tong's Hegemonic Bell. Two Quasi-Immortal Emperor artifacts had been fused into it. While the power within the Bronze Coffin was useless against the seven Demon Stars, the shattered Jade Ruyi was gradually merging into the Hegemonic Bell.
The Hegemonic Bell grew ever more powerful.
Its power even affected Ye Fan, who sat opposite him.
"It grew stronger again... His bell's pressure is far too intense, and it increases every year." Ye Fan looked at Zhou Tong's Hegemonic Bell, a trace of envy in his eyes.
During this time, Ye Fan had observed the Hegemonic Bell countless times, yet its suppressive force only became more terrifying. Vaguely, he even felt that the Dao Sound within the Bronze Coffin was being suppressed by this bell.
*Could it even suppress the Dao Sound within the Bronze Coffin? This bell refined that supreme treasure