Super Gold Mountain

The so-called three paths were the Vengeful Embryo, conception, and the Soul-Summoning Banner.

In terms of power, none was superior to the others, because Xu Yi had no idea which was stronger. After all, he hadn't mastered any of them.

Of course, if one looked closely, conception and the Soul-Summoning Banner were two sides of the same coin. If he could truly master them, their power would be unimaginable.

However, conception required a stroke of fate, while crafting the Soul-Summoning Banner was even more difficult.

After reading The Way of Artifact Refining from cover to cover, along with Blind Daoist's notes, Xu Yi still couldn't figure out how to craft the Soul-Summoning Banner. But he did know that refining it was nothing like forging a divine weapon.

He was highly experienced in forging divine weapons. The process was simply to temper the main material and the Five Elements raw materials with earthfire, removing impurities, then, through repeated forging, to bring the Five Elements materials into the best possible balance. The better the balance, the higher the weapon's quality.

Clearly, the Soul-Summoning Banner wasn't in that category. It didn't kill by releasing weapon aura; it was an auxiliary treasure, and must have some crucial method behind it. Xu Yi simply hadn't figured it out yet.

By contrast, the Vengeful Embryo had given him a few clues after its last transformation. Of course, they were only a few clues.

He didn't even dare to say whether his thoughts were on the right track. This concerned life and death; he couldn't afford to take risks.

He closed the book and shut his eyes in thought, his mind turning this way and that, unable to decide.

Just then, Yan Zi called out, "Young Master, Marquis Anqing is here to see you."

"What's he doing