The Black Flame Saint immediately said to Fang Chen, "All right, hurry and go! Leave the sect's affairs to us!"
Fang Chen bowed slightly to the Black Flame Saint, then returned with Myna bird and Little Crane to the courtyard halfway up Glazed Peak. He did not enter. Instead, he went to the cliff in front of it, sat down at its edge, and began studying the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art.
The defining feature of the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art was nurturing. First, one refined a Magic Treasure's Core Formation Runes inside a Furnace Cauldron. Then one fed the Magic Treasure precious materials and various Formation Runes, much as one would raise chickens, ducks, or fish. One did not even need Sacred Flame.
Powerful though the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art was, it was difficult to practice. The key lay in constructing the Core Formation Runes. Only after forming them could one place the object to be refined within them and begin nurturing the artifact.
These Core Formation Runes were called the Hun Yuan Devouring Heaven Array.
No matter what treasure one wanted to refine with the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art, one could not do without the Hun Yuan Devouring Heaven Array. It was the foundation of the art.
After studying the art, Fang Chen realized it was somewhat similar to his Devouring God Imprint. Magic Treasures bearing his imprint could also devour Spiritual Qi and matter on their own, but nowhere near as quickly as the art's Core Formation Runes.
A bold idea struck Fang Chen: what if he incorporated the Devouring God Imprint into the art's Core Formation Runes? Would their power to devour grow even stronger?
With that thought, Fang Chen immediately began experimenting. He released the Goddess Mends the Heavens Manifestation and started