After the Hunyuan Bell fell into Chen Mobai's hands, it had long since been utterly reborn. One after another, it had refined a great many precious five-element spiritual materials, and had even swallowed the corpse and bones of the Primordial Black Dragon. It had almost none of the appearance it had when True Monarch Yi Yuan first refined it.
So when True Monarch Yi Yuan looked at it, he did not recognize it at all. He only wondered why the sound of this bell was so similar to the one he had before.
Old master, it's me!
Seeing True Monarch Yi Yuan's confusion, the Hunyuan Bell immediately revealed its former aura. At the same time, the bell body changed from white jade back into its original gray, dusty stone texture.
"Huh?"
True Monarch Yi Yuan's eyes were filled with astonishment.
Because back when he underwent tribulation, he had thrown the Hunyuan Bell down, and the latter had already been grievously damaged, only barely able to maintain a sixth order grade.
According to True Monarch Yi Yuan's calculations, after being nourished atop the Five Emperors Mountain spirit vein for several thousand years, the Hunyuan Bell would at most recover to sixth order mid-grade. If its luck was better, it might break through to sixth order high-grade.
But the Hunyuan Bell before his eyes was already at the Sixth Order Peak, and four great daos were interwoven across its body, with faint signs of breaking through to seventh order.
As the most outstanding Artifact Refiner in the Sky River Realm for several thousand years, True Monarch Yi Yuan simply could not understand what heaven-shaking opportunity the Hunyuan Bell could have obtained in the Sky River Realm to transform into its current state.
Old master, I missed you so much. That one is