His Breastbone Gradually Evolved

In the Eastern Azure Heaven, beneath the very center of the Azure Emperor Imperial City.

Only a very few people know that beneath the magnificent Dragon Tower and Phoenix Pool of the Azure Emperor, there exists a place—the hollowed-out foundation of the Emperor City —where an enormous furnace sits, radiating intense heat and bright flames for thousands of years.

The core of the furnace is the core of a high-temperature star, which the Eastern Azure Emperor plucked from the Divine Ability of a certain world after completing his Sacrifice. The skilled craftsmen under the Azure Emperor's command forged it into an ever-burning furnace, specifically used to refine the Magical Artifact obtained from the Heavenly Dao.

Above, in the Emperor City, lives a life of extravagance, indulging in wine, meat, and precious stones. Emperor City, however, is a life of intense, 24-hour work, where the Artisans invited by the Azure Emperor work in shifts to keep the furnaces running every hour.

After arriving here, these Artisans could not leave until the casting was completed, not only because their families had received too many rewards, but also because the Azure Emperor, while bestowing rewards, also held the lives of their families in his hands.

Knowing too many secrets, they dared not act rashly and could only stay here, obediently working for the Azure Emperor.

An uninvited guest slightly interrupted the busy rhythm of these Artisans. The most favored Prince the Azure Emperor, the Shi Immortal Venerable, came here from the Emperor City through a secret passage and found the master Artisans in charge of the furnace.

"Master Artisans, how's the progress?"

Upon arriving here, the Shi Immortal Venerable immediately cut to the chase and asked the question.

"The [material] Shiqing Your Highness sent last time helped us speed up our progress."

The dark-skinned, slender master Artisans squinted at the flames in the furnace and replied, "It will be completed in about a year and a half."

"That's not enough; we must speed things up and finish it by the end of February next year."

The Shi Immortal Venerable shook his head.

"If I guarantee to supply you with [materials] every day during this period, could you speed up the process and finish it before the end of February?"

"Then we'll have to look at the quality of the [material]."

The master Artisans did not swear or make any oaths; instead, he answered calmly.

The Shi Immortal Venerable took out a huge bead from his sleeve, placed it in front of the master Artisans, and asked, "What do you think of this [material]?"

Upon closer inspection, the master Artisans found that the bead's surface was smooth and lustrous, exhibiting a semi-transparent state. Inside the bead, something was vaguely moving. Upon closer examination, the master Artisans discovered that within the bead were countless towns of varying sizes, and within these towns lived many Intelligent Lifeforms, including Human Race, who lived and multiplied within the bead.

This isn't just a bead; it's a miniature world!

It is likely that this is a continent that the Shi Immortal Venerable obtained directly from another world using his Spatial Divine Ability.

The master Artisans took a deep breath and looked at the Shi Immortal Venerable.

Is Your Majesty in such a hurry?

Because they were isolated from the world, these Artisans were completely unaware of the return of the First Immortal Emperor Bai Li. Naturally, the Azure Emperor would not bother to tell them. Instead, he issued a decree forbidding his trusted confidants who guarded the furnace from revealing the return of the First Immortal Emperor Bai Li to these Artisans.

"This is His Majesty's order; the chief Artisans simply needs to carry it out."

The Shi Immortal Venerable's expression turned solemn.

Then he suddenly pulled the master Artisans's hand, placed the bead in it, and said, "There have been some minor problems lately; the number of Prisoners in the Heavenly Prison is insufficient. Master Artisans, you need not feel guilty. We will take care of these things for now."

He helped the master Artisans tighten his grip on the bead, patted it, and then walked out of the furnace, leaving through the secret passage.

Watching the World Immortal Lord's back disappear into the secret passage, the great craftsman spread his hands with some doubts. In addition to the beads in his hands, there was also an immortal power that condensed into the word "Shi" in his palm.

The master Artisans thought for a moment, then suddenly gasped in surprise. He quickly suppressed his astonishment, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that the surrounding inspectors hadn't noticed him.

He walked over to an Artisans, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Go and gather everyone together; I have new plans."

In the Central Immortal Realm, there is a stone slab, a sacred object of the entire Immortal Realm. It records the realms and breakthrough methods that the Ancestor of Myriad Immortals inscribed on it when he taught the First Immortal Emperor the methods of cultivating immortality.

It can be said that all the myriad wondrous cultivation Cultivation Technique in the Immortal Realm today originated from that stone slab.

This stone slab is one of the several stone slabs that Bai Qiuran passed on to him. He said that some of the remaining stone slabs were destroyed in the war, while others were collected in the museum of the Central Immortal Realm because they were too large to be engraved on. This stone slab became the representative of the stone slabs because only the realm was engraved on it.

After comprehending the cultivation method for the Completed Return Ruins Realm, the First Immortal Emperor Bai Li immediately inscribed it on this stone tablet.

He did not keep anything to himself. Once he completed the cultivation method for the Returning to the Return Ruins Realm, the Immortals of the other Four Directions Immortal Realm could see it immediately. However, as mentioned before, due to the influence of the Four Immortal Emperors, there are still no true experts in the Immortal Realm Returning to the Return Ruins Realm in the immortal realm, and the Four Immortal Emperors themselves have not broken through to the Returning to the Return Ruins Realm.

There was still a year before the Summit between the First Immortal Emperor and the Four Immortal Emperors. During this year, Bai Qiuran did not wander around but stayed in the Central Immortal Realm.

During this period, Li Jinyao fully absorbed the knowledge accumulated over Immortal Realm's 330,000 Years, and her cultivation and realm grew rapidly, while Tang Ruowei focused on mastering the Fortune Body Forging Technique.

Perhaps it's because the Spirit Qi in the Immortal Realm is too abundant, but Bai Qiuran recently discovered that the bone plates regenerating on this girl's chest are becoming increasingly hard. She was originally just a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, but recently, the strength of the bone plates on her chest has even approached that of a physical Cultivators at the Immortals level.

Bai Qiuran seriously doubted that if this girl continued training like this, her Breastbone might become the hardest substance in the Immortal Realm...

Meanwhile, Bai Qiuran, while helping Li Jinyao and Tang Ruowei cultivate, also made the most of her time to catch up on the Return Ruins Realm cultivation method that Bai Li had completed, and also tried her best to learn and absorb many Immortal Realm Divine Abilities and Spells from the Immortal Realm.

As the founder of the six realms of Immortals, after witnessing the Void and the Void River, he believed that even after Return Ruins, there should still be a path to ascend.

Although even the Mahayana Stage is still a long way off for Bai Qiuran, no one has stipulated that those whose cultivation level is not high enough cannot deduce the next level.

Bai Qiuran had merely surpassed a few realms; daydreaming is a human privilege, and he was no exception.

However, that's all for the future. The most urgent task right now is to deal with the Four Immortal Emperors who are hindering the development of the Fivefold Immortal Realm.

Just as Bai Qiuran completely mastered the Returning to the Return Ruins Realm Bai Li had completed, the one-year deadline was finally approaching.