As the sun and moon cycled and time flew by, the temperature around Yunze Lake rose, making the area near the lake increasingly hot and humid.
Lightning flashed within the thick rain fog, accompanied by faint muffled thunder.
South of Chongmei Mountain, Chen Mu sat before the enormous fine jade window of his cave dwelling, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Inside the Jade Seed, wisps of black mist moved like ants crawling through a nest, chaotic yet orderly as they entered and exited the gaps in the Divine Aperture.
The Silver Divine Aperture Talisman was like solidified wax meeting scorching flames. A slight sweep from the black mist made it melt away at once. Yet once the black mist dispersed, it grew and gathered again at a visible speed, quickly returning to its original form.
Amid this destruction and rebirth, the Divine Aperture Talisman became increasingly stable and constant.
At a certain moment, the entire Divine Aperture shuddered. The black mist drilling through every opening seemed to have had the stop button pressed, abruptly freezing in place.
Then it slowly drifted out through the various gaps in the Divine Aperture, soon gathering outside it into a mass of black mist and reforming into the Dark Cloud Talisman.
The mist was extremely thin. Compared with the original Dark Cloud Talisman, at most twenty percent remained.
Yet a smile still appeared on his face.
"In the past, once Spirit Aperture tempering began, no matter the result, the Primal Chaos Qi stored within the Dark Cloud Talisman would inevitably be completely exhausted."
"Now there's actually some left over. Tsk, tsk... the Dark Cloud True Method truly deserves to be Liyang Dao's secret inheritance. Its mysteries are indeed endless."
With a thought, the gray wall appeared before him.
``` Dark Cloud True Method: 6539/10000/Tier 3;