Sun-Chasing Boots, Sun-Shooting Bow

In the Pangu Hall, innate Dao patterns swirled across the ground, yet they could not suppress the scent of blood permeating the air.

Kuafu knelt on one knee, leaning on his Peach Wood Staff, a wound on his chest torn by the residual force of the Chaos Bell still leaking essence blood; Da Yi, meanwhile, leaned against the Five Elements Pagoda, his broken arm bone causing his arm to rest askew against the tower, a Dao Injury constantly tearing at his foundation, furrowing his brow slightly.

Just then, Xuanyuan stepped forward slowly. As his robe sleeves swept lightly, Chaos Residual Qi and Pangu's Residual Might gathered to support him. The Chaos Pearl within his Primordial Spirit trembled faintly, and he unfolded a Chaos World Projection within the hall.

In the hazy chaos, the Chaos Pearl stood as the One Origin, the Great Dao of Yin Yang bore the image of Two Forces, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi stabilized the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind slowly evolved, and Five Elements Essence Qi permeated the air... Various Great Dao Runes flickered like stars.

Mutually elevating and fulfilling each other, a transcendent aura of the Great Dao instantly suppressed the restless Dao Injury.

"Creation is the Source of Vitality. Creation Green Lotus, manifest vitality!"

Xuanyuan lightly tapped his finger, and a speck of emerald spiritual light lit up at his fingertip—the very Source Power of the Creation Green Lotus seed.

The moment the spiritual light left his body, it transformed into a vast expanse of green mist that spread out. Within the mist, the phantom of a Twelve-Petaled Creation Green Lotus slowly bloomed, and between its layered petals flowed the purest vitality, falling like spring rain, precisely enveloping Kuafu and Da Yi.

"Hum."

Seeing this, Gou Mang immediately stepped forward, drawing upon his own Wood Law bloodline.

Vine phantoms coiled around his body, merging with the vitality emanating from the Creation Green Lotus, transforming into emerald light bands that firmly locked the lotus phantom's vitality around the two men, preventing the Source Power from leaking out.

"Come."

Xuanyuan raised his hand in a gesture, and innate spiritual roots like the Innate Longevity Peach Tree shook. Spiritual fruits flew over one by one, instantly refined into Source of Vitality and injected into the bodies of the two top-tier Great Witches.

In just three hundred years, under Xuanyuan's methods, Kuafu and Da Yi, who had been severely injured and near death, were restored to their peak condition.

Meanwhile, Ancestral Witches like Zhurong had not been idle. Although they had to go into secluded cultivation in the Pangu Hall and could not conveniently go to besiege and kill Di Jun and Tai Yi, they could still manage to refine some treasures.

Zhurong was the Fire Ancestral Witch, inherently possessing the Fire Law bloodline. In theory, if he achieved great mastery, he would be able to control all the myriad fires of the primordial world, including True Sun Fire, Samadhi True Fire, Six Ding Divine Fire, Southern Bright Leaving Fire, Ziwei Heavenly Fire, Red Lotus Karma Fire, and Nine Heavens Profound Fire.

Though he had not yet reached that level, he was already quite formidable.

With Zhurong taking the lead and the other Ancestral Witches assisting, they refined that branch of the Fusang Tree into a bow embryo, and forged the Golden Crow feathers together with other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Divine Iron, and Immortal Gold into a pair of boots.

Additionally, the Metal Ancestral Witch Rushou and the Ice Ancestral Witch Xuan Ming each used their own blood to temper the Innate Geng Metal and selected Cold Iron, forging the Innate Geng Metal Arrow, which could pierce through anything, and the Mysterious Ice Cold Iron Arrow, which could freeze all things.

"This boot shall be called the Sun-Chasing Boot!"

"This bow shall be called the Sun-Shooting Bow!"

Kuafu and Da Yi spoke simultaneously, naming the treasures and solidifying their resolve. They took their recent humiliating defeat and desperate escape as a disgrace, and from that shame, they would find courage!

"Sun-Chasing Boots, Sun-Shooting Bow..." Xuanyuan's gaze flickered slightly.

In the original timeline, the Sun-Chasing Boots were worn by Kuafu when the Ten Golden Crows crossed the sky. Paired with his transcendent escape technique, it became the legend of Kuafu Chases the Sun. As for the Sun-Shooting Bow, also known as the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow or the Qiankun Bow, although the Zhentian Arrow had fallen into his own hands, the karma of Da Yi shooting down the suns likely remained unchanged.

"The Sun-Chasing Boots are a High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure. It's a pity this Sun-Shooting Bow is still missing a bowstring; otherwise, given the Fusang Tree branch's foundation, it would also be a High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure."

Zhurong put away his various flames and said with some regret.

The Sun-Chasing Boots were refined by fusing Golden Crow feathers with various materials through acquired methods, making them an Acquired Treasure. The Sun-Shooting Bow, however, was shaped and set from a Fusang Tree branch without altering its original Innate Treasure Restrictions, making it an Innate Treasure.

Innate Treasures are generally stronger than Acquired Treasures, but this is not absolute. What truly determines a treasure's strength is more often the number of restrictions it contains.

The Sun-Chasing Boots and the Sun-Shooting Bow, jointly refined by the group of Ancestral Witches, were treasures of the same tier.

"Missing a bowstring? Hahaha, what's so difficult about that? Fellow Daoists, watch this."

Just then, the Candle Dragon was the first to awaken, his aura having grown noticeably stronger, clearly having benefited greatly.

As his words fell, the Candle Dragon opened his massive mouth slightly, and a stream of icy blue light flew out from his throat, hovering before everyone's eyes:

It was a tendon gleaming with water light, about ten million zhang long. Its surface was wrapped in dense Water Pattern Runes, and within the hazy water vapor, the Dao Charm of the Water Law was clearly visible flowing, even causing the surrounding Earthly Fiend Tainted Qi to become docile and gentle.

"This is the tendon of the Water Kirin King I slew back in the day. It should be suitable as the bowstring for this Sun-Shooting Bow," the Candle Dragon said with a smile.

During the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity Era, the Kirin Race was a hegemon on par with the Dragon Race, ruling over the beasts of the land.

The Water Kirin King was second only to the Beginning Qilin and the Five Virtues Kirin within the Kirin Race. As the chieftain of the Water Kirin lineage, his strength had reached the early stage of Primordial Golden Immortal.

"Water and Fire Fusion, Yin Yang Mutual Aid—this couldn't be more perfect." Xuanyuan smiled and nodded to Da Yi.

"Shua!"

Da Yi used his Willpower to initially refine the bow embryo, pouring his magical power into it. The bow embryo swelled instantly in response to the wind.

"Go."

The Candle Dragon exhaled a breath of Dragon Breath. The Water Kirin King's tendon was refined by this essence, shrinking as it followed the momentum, then wrapping around both ends of the bow embryo. Afterwards, Zhurong and Gonggong worked together to temper it, perfectly fusing the bowstring with the bow body.

After a thousand years, a High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure was complete!

"Boom!"

Just then, Zhu Jiuyin, who had been in secluded cultivation for a long time, also awakened. He looked up at the sky dome of the Pangu Hall, and a deep Dao Sound rumbled from his throat. The sound was wrapped in the Dao Charm of time, as if it could pierce through the ages:

"A thousand years of enlightenment, time as the blade. Only one final step remains to see through to Primordial!"

Indeed, after resonating, merging, learning from each other's strengths, and mutually absorbing the Time Law with the Candle Dragon, Zhu Jiuyin had taken another half-step beyond his original Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection.

The different mysteries of the Time Law merged together. With just a bit more settling, he would have the potential to step onto the threshold of Primordial Golden Immortal.

Zhu Jiuyin's emergence from seclusion was a double blessing. The group of Great Divine Powers enjoyed the Great Star Fruit and Enlightenment Tea Leaves, and then they might as well begin discussing the Dao.

Xuanyuan, Tongtian, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Candle Dragon sat together in Dao discourse, while Kuafu and Da Yi, whose foundations were slightly shallower, refined their spiritual treasures on one side and listened in on the other.

In a short period of time, all kinds of Dao Charm permeated the Pangu Hall, causing the many innate spiritual roots to sway gently.

And Shebishi and the other Ancestral Shamans, whose cultivation was still somewhat lacking, had all become Grand Unity Golden Immortals of Perfection with the help of these spiritual roots and Spiritual Fruits.

On this day, the discussion of the Dao within Pangu Hall was in full swing when Xuanyuan suddenly froze. The aura around his body abruptly became chaotic, then instantly returned to unity.

His eyes half-closed, Chaos Light Patterns flickered at the center of his brow. The Next Moment, his form swelled, transforming into an Ancestral Shaman True Form twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty zhang tall!

His massive body seemed forged from Divine Iron Immortal Gold. On his skin, the bloodline of the Space Law surged like a Golden River. Countless profound Great Dao Patterns overflowed from his pores, entwining with the Earthly Fiend Tainted Qi, faintly resonating with the Time Law radiating from Zhu Jiuyin and the Candle Dragon, as if showing signs of merging into one.

"Eh!" The Candle Dragon, a Golden Immortal of the Origin, was the first to notice the anomaly. His gaze locked onto the Law Fluctuation outside Xuanyuan's body. "Time and Space show signs of merging. Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan is about to step into the realm of Golden Immortal of the Origin!"

Before the Words Fell, deep within Xuanyuan's Nascent Soul, the Misty Gray Chaos Pearl trembled lightly. Then, a Chaos Law Prototype overflowed from his entire body, evolving into a Chaos World Projection within the hall.

Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind churned beneath his feet, rolling with the Earthly Fiend Tainted Qi;

Innate Dao Patterns swirled like a river of stars across the sky, firmly enveloping Xuanyuan's Ancestral Shaman True Form!