Artifact Refining

"The third nirvana has been completed, but this should be the ultimate!"

Zhou Tong also sighed. He knew that he had reached his current limit. The third Nirvana was extremely challenging and dangerous. If he were to try again, it would definitely be useless.

Fortunately, after the third nirvana, the spiritual body could last for three years.

"After the third Nirvana, my Phoenix Spirit Body can last for three years; within three years, I will definitely take that final step! And most importantly... I dare not undergo tribulation for the time being!"

Zhou Tong sighed softly; his Phoenix Spirit Body was in a rather awkward state.

He carries the Immortal Fire within him; if he were to undergo his Dragon Transformation Heavenly Tribulation at this moment, it might very well evolve into the most terrifying Great Emperor Tribulation. Even if it isn't Great Emperor Tribulation, it would at least be a Quasi-Emperor Tribulation.

Once such Heavenly Tribulation occurs, there is no chance of survival.

"However, the matter of undergoing the tribulation is also easy to handle. If we must undergo the tribulation, we need to inscribe the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern!" Zhou Tong said silently to himself.

The Heaven-Deceiving Array Patterns Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern has a wide range of applications. Every Great Emperor understands this Array Patterns; otherwise, when they undergo tribulation, they would inevitably implicate many innocent lives.

With a thought, Zhou Tong directly returned his Phoenix Spirit Body back into the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.

At the same time, his divine sense once again spread out and merged with the Phoenix Spirit Body.

This time, the Immortal Fire did not follow the divine thought to burn over, because it first had to burn Zhou Tong's Phoenix Spirit Body to ashes before it had the power to burn Zhou Tong's divine thought.

"Buzz!"

The instant Zhou Tong's consciousness merged with the Phoenix Spirit Body, Zhou Tong was immediately shaken, and an extremely profound understanding was transmitted from the Phoenix Spirit Body.

Having undergone three rebirths, the Phoenix Spirit Body has gained an unprecedented understanding of the ultimate mystery of "Phoenix Nirvana"; this connection also successfully transmitted these insights to Zhou Tong.

"So that's how it is... This is the true meaning of the Phoenix Nirvana!!" Almost instantly, the realization was like a divine initiation, quickly merging into Zhou Tong's heart.

This was originally Zhou Tong's own insight, so there was no conflict when they were integrated, and the process was extremely fast.

"If this kind of insight had come before, I probably would have been able to cultivate Divine Form by now!" Zhou Tong thought to himself with some emotion.

Cultivating both the Divine Form is increasingly difficult.

After cultivating the first Divine Form, the difficulty of cultivating the second Divine Form is at least ten times greater, and the difficulty of cultivating the third Divine Form is at least a hundred times greater than that of the first.

Otherwise, how come other cultivators can only cultivate a Divine Form until they die?

Even Ye Fan in the original novel only achieved one "Golden Taiji Circle" Divine Form upon attaining enlightenment, failing to cultivate a second one. Of course, it was precisely this Divine Form that allowed Ye Fan to avoid going into Human Demon cultivator when cultivating Taiyin Human Emperor and Sun Emperor simultaneously.

In the entire universe, only the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body, due to its special physique, is unaffected by the tenfold increase in difficulty and is able to successfully cultivate multiple Divine Form.

However, even with the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body, one can only cultivate it ahead of time when the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body physique reaches a certain level and gives birth to the prototype of the next Divine Form.

"I wonder when my next Divine Form will be formed. Perhaps it will be in the Dragon Transformation Realm? This next Divine Form might be the Immortal Phoenix Divine Form. Perhaps this Divine Form can help my Immortal Phoenix Spirit Body overcome a critical tribulation." Zhou Tong made a rough estimate in his mind.

"Judging by the time, it's about time we left!"

As Zhou Tong spoke, he glanced at Ye Fan beside him and was immediately taken aback.

It turned out that during the month or so that Ye Fan had been studying the Phoenix Spirit Body, he hadn't just been watching from the sidelines; he had actually immersed himself in his own cultivation.

"It seems... he's breaking through to the Other Shore Realm!" Zhou Tong took one last look, then shook his head.

Zhou Tong walked to the boundary between the ninth and tenth levels of the Fire Domain, looked at the nine-colored flames in front of him, and said, "I've taken the Immortal Fire. I'm afraid this Fire Domain will only last for another two or three hundred years before it disappears..."

"Oh right, I remember there was a Crow Daoist refining weapons on the eighth floor before. I'm afraid my attack will ruin it!" Zhou Tong suddenly remembered something and immediately headed towards the eighth floor of the Fire Domain.

Soon, he arrived at the place where Lord Crow had failed in his weapon forging attempt. Sure enough, there were several pieces of divine iron left over from the failed attempt, the divine iron as white and flawless as mutton-fat jade.

"Mutton-Fat Jade Iron, this is the material for forging King's Divine Weapon. It's a pity that the essence has been dissipated, and now it can only be used to forge weapons at the half-step great power level..." Zhou Tong walked into the cave and saw a large lump of divine iron.

"Well, it's enough to forge a weapon at the half-step Great Power level. Most importantly, it's excellent for using it as material to forge the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern!" Zhou Tong then put away the large lump of divine iron and returned to the ninth level of the Fire Domain.

The massive lump of divine iron rapidly melted within the Nine-Colored Divine Flame. Immediately afterward Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings surrounding Zhou Tong rotated slightly, and the melted divine iron transformed directly into a Divine Ring. Zhou Tong continuously inscribed patterns in the Void the Great, and one Dao Pattern after another quickly merged into this Divine Ring.

Finally, accompanied by a clanging sound, another object resembling Vajra Ring was formed.

"Not bad. Although this piece of divine iron is ruined, it is large in size. It can not only be engraved with the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern, but also with the Concealment Array Patterns and the Fire Resistance Array Patterns..." Zhou Tong was very satisfied. This thing was made for his Phoenix Spirit Body, so the fire resistance requirement was relatively high.

"Buzz!"

The Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings turned slightly, and a beam of light shot out, capturing the Divine Ring. Finally, with a "clang," the Divine Ring was placed directly around the neck of the Phoenix Spirit Body.

"For at least three years, I don't need to worry about the Phoenix Spirit Body affecting my Heavenly Tribulation!"

"Next, I need to refine some arrays and inscribe the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern!" Zhou Tong then picked up some other fragments of Mutton-Fat Jade Iron and began refining them.

Meanwhile, on the other side—

Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with wild joy.

Finally, I've broken through to the Other Shore realm!

"Brush!"

The Profound Yellow Mother Qi Tripod appeared silently outside his body, Ye Fan activated the cauldron.

"Bang!"

The cauldron did not emit a dazzling light; instead, it flew directly to a nearby place. When it touched a giant rock that was more than ten meters high, dust filled the air, and the giant rock was silently Obliteration.

With just a slight tremor, everything shattered and turned to dust.

"My cauldron has such power even before it has developed Dao Pattern, hahaha!!" Overjoyed, Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh. He stood up and continued to experiment with his precious cauldron.

"Wait, something's not right!"

Suddenly Ye Fan stopped, dumbfounded. "This... damn it, where's Zhou Tong? Where are you? Holy crap, you dumped me here, how am I supposed to get out?"