Living Weapon
He subconsciously looked at the Vajra Ring Vajra Ring within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings and immediately sensed that it possessed the same aura as the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword —an aura of "living," an aura of awakened Immortal Gold Profound Meaning; that aura was completely different from the aura on the Purple Sun Lamp.
This difference was not noticed before because there was no sample for comparison; but now that there is the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword, Zhou Tong immediately noticed the difference.
"Sure enough, this aura is the aura of someone who has awakened the Immortal Gold Profound Meaning!" Zhou Tong nodded to himself.
He looked at his Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword again.
A dragon's roar echoed from the sword, and a layer of dazzling, dragon-like light emanated from its body. This light contained no trace of killing power, but was filled with a life force; the sword had come alive.
"After the Immortal Metal revealed its profound meaning, it actually underwent such a change... It has completely come back to life!" Zhou Tong was shocked, but at the same time he was also somewhat astonished. He then looked at his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
In particular, his gaze fell upon the location of the Myriad Mother Qi within the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
The Origin of Myriad Mother Qi also emanates a similar Life Fluctuation.
"Life Fluctuation... Could this be the manifestation of the complete manifestation of the profound Immortal Gold Profound Meaning?"
Zhou Tong was shocked. He never expected this to be the case. Could it be that the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword in his hand could grow on its own?
The Origin of Myriad Mother Qi, is like the roots of a tree. As long as there is enough spiritual energy to nourish it, it can "propagate" into a vast forest.
Just like Ye Fan's Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron, when it was first completed, it was only the size of a fist. However, as Ye Fan's cultivation progressed, the source "bred" more and more Myriad Mother Qi, so the cauldron also grew, eventually becoming as large as the sun and moon.
Now, Zhou Tong also felt that his Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword seemed to be growing as well!
This growth is not an increase in the quantity of Immortal Metal, but a more wondrous growth, an essential increase, just like a cultivator who is constantly cultivating and improving!
"Perhaps, even without my intervention, simply placing it in a place rich in spiritual energy could allow this Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword to grow to the level of Imperial Weapon hundreds of thousands of years later!" Zhou Tong was increasingly shocked.
"So that's how it is. No wonder my Vajra Ring became a top-tier Great Sage Artifact... It turns out that it not only directly obtained the mysteries of the Immortal Fire, but the resurrection of the Phoenix Blood Red Gold gave it its own life, plus the laws of the Immortal Fire..." Zhou Tong understood everything.
With the spirituality he bestowed upon it, this Vajra Ring Bracelet should have only grown to the level of King's Divine Weapon; the subsequent evolutions were simply due to the Phoenix Blood Red Gold acquiring life.
Zhou Tong thought of many things at this moment.
No wonder the Undying Heavenly Blade and the Wu Shi Bell, these two imperial artifacts, seem to have their own life.
The reason why the Ruthless Great Emperor's Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot can possess "life" is because the Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot was originally made from the Ruthless Great Emperor's physical body, and it contains a trace of the Ruthless Great Emperor's transformed soul.
What makes the Undying Heavenly Blade and the Wu Shi Bell so special?
Are they just because they were created by the Undying Heavenly Emperor and the Wu Shi the Great?
Even the weapons forged by the True Immortal Realm in the Immortal Domain rarely possess such heaven-defying abilities. Otherwise, Chaotic Ancient Era, wouldn't those powerful forces possessing Immortal Artifact be practically under the command of the True Immortal Realm?
The reason for everything lies in the materials. The Undying Heavenly Emperor's Undying Heavenly Blade awakened the Immortal Gold Profound Meaning, and the material itself possessed a unique kind of life, which is why such a change occurred.
While the material of the Wu Shi the Great's Wu Shi Bell is unknown, it is clearly made of a material that possesses "life." Otherwise, given the Wu Shi the Great's abilities, why would he need to search the entire world for materials?
Ye Fan could easily refine nine Immortal Metal, so why wouldn't the Wu Shi the Great have enough materials?
Right there in the Big Dipper, in the Undying Mountain, there is a Immortal Metal Saint Spirit that has not yet grown up. If one is determined enough, that Immortal Metal Saint Spirit will be a perfect material for refining weapons.
The material that the Wu Shi the Great was looking for was not ordinary Immortal Metal at all. To be precise, ordinary Immortal Metal was no longer of any interest to the Wu Shi the Great Wushi. Wu Shi the Great wanted to find was a material that possessed "life".
Materials are "dead." Even if they become Imperial Weapon and are woven with Deity, they are merely equivalent to a corpse possessing a spirit, or even "possession." But materials are "alive," which is different. Materials and weapons grow together, and that is the original product, which can be fused and upgraded to the limit.
Most importantly, if the material itself has a life of its own, then the weapon can no longer be "resurrected," because it has always been alive.
Just like Great Emperor, if an Great Emperor is alive, does he need to be resurrected to take action?
Obviously not, because this Great Emperor is alive!
The Undying Heavenly Blade is alive, always protecting the Little Immortal Phoenix; the Wu Shi Bell is alive, always remaining in Purple Mountain waiting for the Path to Immortality to open; even in the later generations of the original work, Ye Fan's cauldron is alive!
These weapons do not have the concept of "resurrection".
In that instant, Zhou Tong couldn't help but think of his Hegemonic Bell, and Hegemonic Bell predecessor— the Divine Scar Purple Gold Pagoda.
If this Divine Scar Purple Gold Pagoda had remained within the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, nurtured by the Immortal Qi Dragon Mountain for hundreds of thousands of years, it might have gradually become sentient and slowly awakened the profound Immortal Gold Profound Meaning of the Divine Mark Purple Gold, thus becoming the first weapon to prove its Dao.
All things in heaven and earth can be spiritually connected and can cultivate themselves to attain enlightenment; by the same token, weapons can also grow!
In that instant, Zhou Tong thought of the bone tower of the Desolate Heaven Emperor during the Chaotic Ancient Years. That tower also possessed its own life, and after refining the remains of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, it surpassed its peak period.
This is the most typical example of how weaponry can lead to enlightenment!
"Whether the material has life or not has an extremely serious impact on the potential of the Dao Proving Artifact... I also need to think carefully about how to develop the profound meaning of the Divine Mark Purple Gold!" Zhou Tong's expression gradually became somewhat ugly.
After truly realizing the significance of the Immortal Gold Profound Meaning, Zhou Tong had no choice but to consider his own situation.
The profound meaning of Divine Mark Purple Gold is extremely difficult to develop. While I can easily develop the profound meanings of Phoenix Blood Red Gold and Dragon Pattern Black Gold by relying on the Ten Evils Treasure Art, there is no such shortcut to developing Divine Mark Purple Gold.
At first, Zhou Tong did not know what the Immortal Gold Profound Meaning represented, so he directly coveted that large piece of Divine Mark Purple Gold and refined it into his own Dao Proving Artifact.
However, after careful consideration, Zhou Tong suddenly realized that the most suitable materials for him were actually Dragon Pattern Black Gold and Phoenix Blood Red Gold!
"Dao Self change the material of the Hegemonic Bell?" Zhou Tong hesitated.
It's now virtually impossible to change the material.
Because the Hegemonic Bell had accompanied him through so many calamities, the patterns imprinted on it from the Heavenly Tribulation were impossible to replicate.
Moreover, even if the material is changed, it may ultimately damage the Dao traces and spirituality of the Hegemonic Bell.
Just like the Hengyu the Great, his Imperial Weapon was reforged after he attained enlightenment, but the Hengyu Furnace needs to absorb the Blazing Fire Divine Furnace to truly unleash its ultimate power.
Zhou Tong didn't want to end up like Hengyu the Great's Imperial Weapon.
"Should we refine some more Dragon Pattern Black Gold and Phoenix Blood Red Gold into it?" Zhou Tong immediately thought of this idea.
But in the end, he shook his head.
Even after refining it with Dragon Pattern Black Gold and Phoenix Blood Red Gold, the main body of the Hegemonic Bell is still Divine Mark Purple Gold.
Unless one spends a tremendous amount of time constantly activating Dragon Pattern Black Gold and Phoenix Blood Red Gold, and using the profound mysteries of these Immortal Metal Planting Method to continuously erode Divine Mark Purple Gold, ultimately achieving the goal of replacement.
"Let's take it slow later. Let's collect more Immortal Metal and experiment with it slowly. Perhaps in the future we can awaken the profound Immortal Gold Profound Meaning of the Divine Mark Purple Gold!"
Zhou Tong quickly stopped thinking about the problem and instead quietly looked at the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword in front of him.
Since this is an experiment, let's begin the first one now!
"After the Dragon Pattern Black Gold reveals its profound meaning, the True Dragon Nine Transformations. How exactly can I imprint the Grass-Character Sword Intent onto it?" Zhou Tong pondered for a moment before immediately casting a spell.
Instantly, around him, one purple grass after another took root in the Void the Great, each with nine sword leaves, and sword energy crisscrossed as they moved!
Zhou Tong tried to integrate the profound meanings of these Nine-Leaf Sword Grass into the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword.
But it didn't work.
Having awakened the profound mysteries of Immortal Gold Profound Meaning, the Dragon Pattern Black Gold was truly Myriad Laws Immunity. No matter how Zhou Tong tried to imprint these mysteries onto it, he ultimately failed.
"Perhaps... a different approach might be successful?" Zhou Tong dispersed countless Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, leaving only a single grass seed in the Void the Great.
With a thought, Zhou Tong immediately caused the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword to merge into the grass seed.
At the same time, he threw the seed into the cluster of True Sun Fire not far away.
"Grow!" Zhou Tong thought to himself, and immediately recalled the scene when he transformed into the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass during his previous "reincarnation," and began to urge the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass to grow.
The growth process of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass is a complete replication of Zhou Tong's previous "reincarnation" transformation into the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. Of course, this time the power absorbed by the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass for its growth is no longer the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, but the power of the True Sun Fire.
This Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword also seemed to have been "tricked," gradually merging into the growth process that Zhou Tong had devised.
It gradually transformed into one of the sword leaves of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass.
The sword principles within the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, along with the power of the True Sun Fire, began to slowly invade the Dragon Pattern Black Gold, gradually weaving together "Tao" and "Principle".
Zhou Tong sat there quietly, constantly controlling the growth of the "Nine-Leaf Sword Grass".
"Clang!"
Just then, the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword suddenly transformed into a streak of dark light, breaking free from the "Nine-Leaf Sword Grass" and floating in mid-air.
"Clang clang clang!"
The Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword vibrated in the Void the Great. The dragon patterns flowed like water, and the dark sword energy surged, as if it could cleave through the clouds and destroy everything.
"It's changed! It's finally changed!!" A hint of joy appeared in Zhou Tong's eyes.
Because he saw that the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword had finally changed.
The True Dragon pattern, which was originally "Myriad Laws Immunity," still remained "Myriad Laws Immunity." However, under this "Myriad Laws Immunity," the dragon pattern exuded a truly chilling and sharp aura, as if anyone who got close to it would be shattered by the ripples around it and pierce their skin.
"Although it's only a trace of it, it has already shown me the direction!" Zhou Tong's eyes gleamed brightly. "My Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword can be made incredibly powerful!"