"This place would be impossible for anyone else to break through. Even a Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator couldn't make it through. At the very least, one would need the strength of an Earth Immortal!"
"But unfortunately, their opponent is me. My comprehension of the Dao surpasses that of ordinary Celestial Immortals, and I am infinitely close to becoming a Pure Yang True Immortal."
Zhou Tong grabbed them one by one and stored all the damaged wreckage in his spatial storage, intending to find time later to study the restrictions left behind on them.
After putting away the puppet wreckage, Zhou Tong crossed the plaza and looked toward a grand hall not far away. He casually sent out a stream of true essence, which struck the hall's wall directly. Three large characters immediately appeared on the wall—Fire Refining Hall.
"Fire Refining Hall? Could the owner of this immortal estate really have been an artifact refiner?" Zhou Tong was surprised.
Many people understood artifact refining. In fact, it could be said that any living being who had embarked on the path of cultivation understood it. But those who could truly be called artifact refiners were exceedingly rare. It was an extraordinarily meticulous craft.
Things like puppets could never be refined by someone who had not specifically studied and researched artifact-refining methods and techniques.
Not only puppets, but all manner of unusual magic treasures could only be refined by artifact refiners as well.
To become an artifact refiner, one generally needed three conditions. First, one's primary cultivation technique had to be fire-elemental. Second, one had to possess an extremely thorough understanding of the properties, capabilities, and even material ratios of all kinds of materials in the world. Third, one had to be proficient in things such as formations and restrictions, able to combine