Reforging the Hegemonic Bell
In an instant, celestial light soared into the sky, with crimson rainbows, black rays, green glows, blue light, and Zi Xia glows radiating outwards.
The amount of Immortal Metal received this time has surpassed that of Zhou Tong's Hegemonic Bell, amounting to more than two million catties.
Yaoguang contributed a quarter of the total, which was mostly found in the Chaos Immortal Land of the Ruthless Great Emperor; the Great Xia Dynasty also contributed as much as 320,000 jin, half of which were the spoils of war of the former Great Emperor; the Nine Li Imperial Dynasty contributed 170,000 jin; and the Jiang Family contributed 260,000 jin.
The Divine Province Dynasty and the Ancient Hua Dynasty also contributed more than 400,000 catties of Immortal Material.
The rest were contributions from other holy lands. Having occupied Big Dipper for so many years, even without the foundation left by the Great Emperor, they still made many amazing discoveries.
Most of these Immortal Material are fragments of weapons, spoils of war belonging to the Great Emperor, and some of the Fortune Great Emperor left to his descendants.
These materials were placed in the family's sacred ground, where the Dao Pattern within them were gradually refined using Imperial Weapon.
"So much Immortal Metal, enough to forge a powerful weapon! Haha!" Looking at the Immortal Metal, Pang Bo's face showed a hint of wild joy.
"Forget it, ninety percent is mine, you only get ten percent!" As Zhou Tong spoke, he threw all the Eternal Blue Gold to Pang Bo. "This ten percent is for you!"
The Eternal Blue Gold weighed 200,000 jin, which was exactly the 10% of the harvest that Zhou Tong had promised to Pang Bo.
"Haha, one percent, one percent! This one percent is enough for me to forge nine divine weapons!!" Pang Bo laughed, happily accepting all the Eternal Blue Gold.
"Nine divine weapons? Pang Bo, what are you trying to do? One Weapon Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques, that's the right way. Why are you forging so many? Never before in history has Great Emperor forged so many weapons!" Ye Fan looked at Pang Bo in surprise.
Pang Bo said, "Don't worry, I've already planned my future Dao Proving Artifact. I cultivate the Ancient Scripture of the Demon Emperor and am most skilled in the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor. I will forge nine divine weapons and integrate the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor into them, making them one with the original. Although they will be called nine weapons, they will essentially be one weapon!"
"Nine artifacts that can be separated and combined, that's good too!" Ye Fan nodded.
"So, are you going to refine all the remaining Immortal Metal into your Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword?" Ye Fan asked Zhou Tong. "If all 1.8 million catties of Immortal Metal were refined into the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword, this sword would probably become a powerful weapon."
"I need to go strengthen my weapon now, let's separate for a while!" Zhou Tong said immediately.
"Where are you going to strengthen yourself? I'll go with you!" Pang Bo immediately said. "I heard from Ye Zi that you have a Divine Ring that can resist the flames of the ninth level of the Fire Domain. If I go there with you, it might save a lot of time."
"I'm not going to the Fire Domain! I'm going to the Sun Star!" Zhou Tong shook his head.
"The Sun Star is fine too, take me up with you!" Pang Bo shamelessly insisted on going up with Zhou Tong.
Refining Immortal Metal requires at least half a year if the heat is insufficient; only in places with extremely intense heat can it be refined quickly.
"No need to rush. You should Fire Domain and refine it slowly! Being too hasty is not a good thing. During the refining process, you can slowly revise any parts that you are not satisfied with." Zhou Tong glanced at Pang Bo, somewhat speechless.
How could he possibly take Pang Bo to the Sun Star? If he really took him there, wouldn't his own Hegemonic Bell be exposed?
"Alright, let's part ways here for now!" Zhou Tong said.
"What about the Nine Secrets you promised me?" Ye Fan asked hesitantly.
"It's alright, I'll go after I return from the Sun Star in a few months!"
Zhou Tong waved his hand and immediately used the Mysterious Jade Platform to traverse the Void the Great, arriving near the Sun Star once again.
This time, he got even closer to the Sun Emperor.
The intense light and terrifying heat were enough to incinerate everything in the world, but Zhou Tong, having now mastered the "True Sun Scripture," Rebirth by Fire in flames, yet he was immortal and indestructible.
Zhou Tong sat cross-legged on the Sun Star, quietly taking stock of all the Immortal Material he had.
He obtained a massive amount of Immortal Material from his last battle with Ji Zi and this extortion of the Holy Land.
The ingredients are: 950,000 catties of Divine Mark Purple Gold Dragon Pattern Black Gold, 300,000 catties of Phoenix Blood Red Gold Dao Tribulation Gold, 240,000 catties of Feathered Green Gold, and 480,000 catties of Immortal Tear Green Gold.
All the Immortal Metal added up to a total of 2.79 million catties, which was much heavier than his Hegemonic Bell.
"The Divine Province Great Emperor of the Divine Province Dynasty must have killed a Supreme Being who used Divine Mark Purple Gold to forge Imperial Weapon... I have half of the Divine Mark Purple Gold in my hand."
"First, refine all the Divine Mark Purple Gold into the Hegemonic Bell. We can prepare the other Immortal Material later!" With a thought, Zhou Tong took out all the Divine Mark Purple Gold.
Apart from those given by the Yaoguang Holy Land, most of these Divine Mark Purple Gold are fragments of Imperial Weapon, without any Dao Pattern.
"Bear!!"
The scorching True Sun Fire burned, and under its tempering, the True Sun Fire Divine Mark Purple Gold began to soften slowly. After three days of refining, the original pieces of Divine Mark Purple Gold fused into a large mass.
"Keep 10,000 jin for now, we'll strengthen the Vajra Ring later, and then refine the rest into the Hegemonic Bell!!" Zhou Tong first collected 10,000 jin of Divine Mark Purple Gold, then a flash of purple light appeared between his brows, and the Hegemonic Bell instantly emerged from between his brows.
The Hegemonic Bell, with its purplish-red body and mysterious divine Divine Pattern, is made entirely of Divine Mark Purple Gold. Like a flawless and brilliant purple diamond, it exudes an overwhelming divine light and contains divine marks from the World Creation.
"Refine!"
As Zhou Tong spoke, the Hegemonic Bell made of Divine Mark Purple Gold descended directly, swallowing the large piece of Divine Mark Purple Gold into the bell's interior.
"Clang!" "Clang!"...
The Hegemonic Bell vibrated, but no sound came out; it all echoed continuously inside the bell.
The Divine Mark Purple Gold was directly shaken into countless particles by the power of the bell, becoming like dust, like a handful of purple sand, brilliant yet tiny, scattered inside the bell.
"Clang!" "Clang!"...
As the bell tolled, countless particles slowly merged into the interior of the Hegemonic Bell, and in turn, the size of the Hegemonic Bell began to grow slowly.
However, it didn't grow much. After three days, when the fusion was complete, the Hegemonic Bell only grew from its original 1.6-meter-tall body to nearly 190 centimeters in height.
There are still too few materials.
"If I had as much material as the Yaoguang Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, perhaps my Hegemonic Bell could reach three meters in height! With so little material, it just doesn't feel imposing enough!"
"My Hegemonic Bell, although I designed the details myself, is roughly modeled after the Yongle Bell. If the original volume of my bell was really as large as the Yongle Bell, it would probably be five or six square meters in size, weighing nearly 110 million catties. It would take half a world to excavate or to collect more than ten fragments of Imperial Weapon to make so much Divine Mark Purple Gold."
Zhou Tong pondered for a moment, then put away the Hegemonic Bell and slowly took out his Vajra Ring.
This is made by refining Eternal Blue Gold, Phoenix Blood Red Gold, Dragon Pattern Black Gold, and Feathered Green Gold together.
Zhou Tong looked closely at the Vajra Ring, and his mind seemed to merge with it. An indescribable sense of the Great Dao flowed into Zhou Tong's heart from within the Vajra Ring Vajra Ring.
Like a gentle stream flowing through my heart, like white clouds drifting across my heart, like the bright moon shining among the pines.
Zhou Tong was mesmerized, immersed in this great Dao. His whole body was surrounded by Zi Xia, shimmering with light, as if he were carved from ancient purple jade.
He sat there for a whole month.
Finally, Zhou Tong opened his eyes, his pupils shining brightly. In his left eye, a True Dragon was swimming, and in his right eye, a Immortal Phoenix was flying.
"Boom!!"
Just then, a terrifying sea of lightning suddenly descended.
This enlightenment has quietly propelled Zhou Tong to the eighth level of the second Second Layer of Immortal Platform realm.