Within the Nourishing Life Lord, Lu Yang sat cross-legged. The Floating Light Realm Sea rested upon his left palm, while a blazing mass of fire burned fiercely in his right.
Within the flames floated a round, radiant object. Its aura was drawn tight without being released, as though it were still being nurtured and accumulated. Yet even so, vast waves of power spread outward like an ocean, surging and swelling until the entire Nourishing Life Lord trembled faintly.
The humming roar sounded like a dragon roar.
Every so often, the flames in Lu Yang's palm would weaken. Whenever that happened, he would look toward the Floating Light Realm Sea in his left hand.
Then he would draw out an avatar from the Floating Light Realm Sea.
Golden Talent—Grand Self-Detonation!
Boom!
The avatar's self-destruction became the finest fuel, restoring the waning flames to their peak and continuing the refinement of the Dragon Lord treasure materials within.
Yet Lu Yang gradually frowned.
"Something's not right."
The refinement of the fourth True Treasure was completely different from the previous three. The first three had been achieved almost instantly, without the slightest bottleneck from beginning to end.
Yet for this fourth one, he had already thrown nearly a hundred Avatars into it, using their self-detonations to fuel the fire. He had perfectly fused all the Dragon Lord treasure materials, but whenever it came time to take form, it always fell short at the final step. The cycle repeated over and over, which was why the True Treasure refinement had remained unfinished for so long.
"Is this the threshold of Empty Attainment?"
Lu Yang's gaze shifted slightly. The Divine Firmament Thunder had ultimately been forged on the foundation of a Realm Heaven Seed. It belonged to Pseudo-Empty Attainment, not true Empty Attainment.
This was his