Mission Complete, Refining the Chaos Bead

After leaving the Southern Ming Undying Volcano.

Rahu did not leave immediately. Instead, he made his way to a secluded place.

This failed trip dealt Rahu a tremendous blow.

It also calmed Rahu, who had begun to grow overconfident, by quite a bit.

In terms of cultivation, Rahu was in the late stage of Chaos Golden Immortal, ranking among the very best in Hong Huang.

In terms of power, under Rahu's cultivation, the Devil Race had countless strong experts.

But even so.

Rahu's strength was still insufficient to sweep across Hong Huang. He could only proceed step by step.

Originally, making a breakthrough through the notoriously hot-tempered Yuan Feng and inciting a war among the three clans had been the best course of action.

Yet who would have thought that Yuan Feng, famed for her "temper," would be astonishingly calm.

That alone would have been one thing.

But just as success was within reach, it was disrupted by a fetus that had not even been born yet.

All their efforts had gone to waste!

Trying to trick the Phoenix Clan into leaving seclusion was likely no longer possible!

Fortunately, Rahu's trip had not been entirely fruitless.

"Hmph!"

Rahu snorted coldly. His gaze was profound as two black shadows suddenly split off from his body.

The two shadows bowed to Rahu, then fled respectively toward the East Sea and the Qilin Ancestral Land...

Within the Southern Ming Undying Volcano.

After driving Rahu away.

Without even sparing the other Phoenix Clan Great Experts a glance, Yuan Feng turned to leave.

But at that moment.

The Great Elder, the Golden Phoenix King, suddenly rose to his feet, confusion in his eyes.

"Why did Clan Leader abandon such a fine opportunity? Could it truly be because of Crown Prince Ling Tian?"

After the Golden Phoenix King spoke.

The other Phoenix Clan Great Experts all looked toward Yuan Feng, their gazes equally filled with puzzlement.

Yuan Feng had simply abandoned such a major matter. She needed to give them a reasonable explanation.

They did not believe she had done this merely because of Ling Tian.

Yuan Feng had been about to leave, but upon hearing the Golden Phoenix King's question, she immediately halted.

Yuan Feng swept her gaze around, taking in the confused looks of the Phoenix Clan Great Experts.

She could not help revealing an impatient expression as she said coldly.

"If not for my son, then for you bunch of old fogeys?"

After saying that.

Yuan Feng glanced at the unusually quiet Fire Phoenix King, then turned and left.

After Yuan Feng departed.

The Phoenix Clan Great Experts looked at one another, not knowing what to say.

Strangely enough...

The Fire Phoenix King, who was usually the most boisterous, had not said a single word from beginning to end.

Returning to Yuan Feng's womb.

Ling Tian simply could not be bothered with the squabbling of those old fogeys outside.

In his hand floated an ink-black bead.

Beyond this seemingly ordinary bead, countless worlds appeared to be constantly born and destroyed.

An extremely dense surge of spiritual energy continuously spread out from within it.

"So this is the legendary [Chaos Bead], an essential item for transmigrators?"

Ling Tian muttered to himself, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Alongside the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, Earth-Sundering Chisel, Chaos Green Lotus, and Creation Jade Plate, the [Chaos Bead] was one of the five great Chaos Supreme Treasures. It was a supreme treasure formed from the Hongmeng Origin and contained the Law of Space.

Legend had it that within the [Chaos Bead] lay a Chaos World, complete with all Three Thousand Laws. If one opened heaven and created earth within the Chaos Bead, one could become a Heavenly Dao Saint through Proving Dao by Force.

Recalling the might of the [Chaos Bead].

Ling Tian's heart brimmed with joy.

Rahu's premature appearance had made Ling Tian keenly feel the urgency of time.

Now that he had the assistance of the [Chaos Bead], Ling Tian's path of cultivation would surely leave the mountain trail and merge onto the highway.

Leaving everyone else in the dust!

But that was only if Ling Tian could refine the [Chaos Bead].

With that thought in mind, Ling Tian delayed no longer. He sat down cross-legged atop the [Chaos Green Lotus] and immediately began refining the [Chaos Bead].

The [Chaos Bead] truly deserved to be called a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

The difficulty of refining it far exceeded Ling Tian's imagination.

During the first hundred years, the refinement of the [Chaos Bead] made virtually no progress.

This left Ling Tian growing secretly anxious.

While refining the [Chaos Bead], Ling Tian was unable to cultivate.

Ling Tian had a premonition.

Rahu would give him even less time than he had imagined.

Time was pressing.

If he remained unable to refine the [Chaos Bead] and wasted too much time, it would be an extremely poor bargain for Ling Tian.

Another hundred years passed.

There was still no progress whatsoever in refining the [Chaos Bead].

Ling Tian could not help but become restless, yet he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

Three hundred years, four hundred years, five hundred years...

When the refining process reached its five-hundredth year, Ling Tian suddenly slumped atop the [Chaos Green Lotus], gulping down breaths, his eyes filled with bitterness.

Over these five hundred years, the [Chaos Bead] had been like an unyielding stone of chaos, not refined in the slightest.

"Looks like it's a lost cause. Five hundred years went down the drain."

Ling Tian muttered to himself, smiling bitterly again and again.

As he spoke, Ling Tian flung the [Chaos Bead] viciously into the distance, as if in a fit of pique.

Out of sight, out of mind!

But Ling Tian failed to notice

that there happened to be a mass of Five Elements Law Power in the direction the [Chaos Bead] flew.

"Hum!"

The instant the [Chaos Bead] touched the Five Elements Law Power, after five hundred years, the [Chaos Bead] finally reacted for the first time.

Ling Tian's senses were exceptionally sharp, and he immediately noticed the anomaly.

Ling Tian's entire body shook violently. As though he had thought of something, his eyes filled with delight.

"I'm such a fucking pig!"

"How did I not think of using Five Elements Law Power to refine the [Chaos Bead]?"

"My Immortal Power is only at the True Immortal level."

"But Law Power is something only Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals and above can possess!"

With that thought, Ling Tian immediately began to test it.

Just as he had expected, Five Elements Law Power really could refine the [Chaos Bead].

And the refining speed was quite fast!

Overjoyed, Ling Tian immediately threw himself heart and soul into refining the [Chaos Bead].

This refinement lasted a full thousand years.

A thousand years later.

Ling Tian abruptly opened his eyes.

"Cha!"

With Ling Tian's sharp cry, the [Chaos Bead] merged into Ling Tian's body for the first time.

And at the very instant the [Chaos Bead] entered Ling Tian's body, his vision went black.

When Ling Tian regained consciousness, he had arrived in a place both unfamiliar and familiar...

There was not the slightest trace of life in the surroundings—only endless darkness and solitude.

"Isn't this where I first awakened?"

This place was exactly the same as the depths of chaos where Ling Tian had awakened back then.

"Could this be the world inside the [Chaos Bead]?"

A guess suddenly sprang into Ling Tian's mind.

But wasn't the Chaos World within the [Chaos Bead] supposed to possess the complete Three Thousand Laws?

Why was there not a shred of spiritual energy in the world before him?

What the hell was this good for?

Ling Tian was profoundly disappointed.

He had painstakingly refined it for a full fifteen hundred years, only to obtain a worthless piece of junk.

But at that moment, a Five-Colored Spiritual Light shot skyward from Ling Tian's body!

The Chaos World suddenly began to tremble...