Several days later, by the shore of White Bird Lake.
The original thatched cottage had vanished, replaced by... another thatched cottage.
Above the lake, the Twenty-four Bright Pearls slowly revolved along an arcane trajectory, blooming with a warm, gentle glow.
One hundred and eight Exquisite Jade Disks were held aloft, scattered throughout the sky and beneath the water.
On the second day after settling here, Chen Mu had installed this set of Heaven-Stealing Qi Refining artifacts and Magical Prohibitions within White Bird Lake.
On the wooden veranda before the door, Chen Mu sat in a bamboo chair with a backrest.
A shabby gray Divine Weapon floated before him.
With the Life and Death Seal taking up residence within it, it was as though a heart had been installed in the Divine Weapon. Not long after returning to White Bird City, the Divine Weapon Stone had begun operating on its own.
To the naked eye, the Divine Weapon was no more than a stone floating in midair and slowly spinning.
But through the Seven Emotions Curse, countless desires and seven emotions, like a boundless sea of clouds, surged in from every corner of White Bird City.
The dull gray stone was like a bottomless pit, swallowing all of them without showing the slightest hint of satisfaction.
And as vast quantities of desires and seven emotions were refined...
At last, a faint and mysterious clump of Supernatural Power emerged around the Divine Weapon.
"Wasn't all that fuss after returning to White Bird City for this thing?"
"The time to reap the harvest has finally arrived." Chen Mu smiled.
Just as he was about to draw it in and absorb it, half of that clump of Supernatural Power suddenly vanished into thin air.
"What's going on?"
Chen Mu furrowed his brow and connected