With Xue Que's identity as an Artifact Refiner, making a few slight improvements should make it no difficult task to initially refine this Sixth-ring Dao Artifact before the Great Void Competition. By then, with the fairly well-cultivated Cold Palace Two-on-One technique and the rarely seen Heaven Shaking Hammer, Xue Que might just have a sliver of a chance to rise above the crowd.
Seven people would compete for three slots. Snow Emperor, Lu Wushuang, and Li Yixian were certainly somewhat stronger, but if luck kept Xue Que from encountering them and instead matched him against the likes of Xing Yao, Xuan Wei, or Jue Zilian, he would not be without a chance.
As for the Soul Breaking Drum and "Wrath," you temporarily lent them to Hou Ba for refinement. Combined with Hou Ba's own abilities, he also had a considerable chance of securing a slot from the first group.
Although the competition in this group was equally fierce, with quite a few Immortal King Second Realm cultivators who had suppressed their cultivation for a long time, as well as gifted competitors like Ye Chen and Ye Xing whose combat strength could not be judged by realm, Hou Ba had built an exceptionally solid foundation over the years he had followed you. Having often received your guidance, his combat strength was absolutely among the stronger batch...
In the 4,157,164th year, you used the Sixth-ring Dao Material Four Directions Spirit Healing Wood and the Five-Ring Dao Grade pill furnace "Jin Qi" to exchange, from Dan Jiu of the Root Pill Tower, for one main ingredient and two supplementary ingredients missing from the True Yang Vitality Supplement Pill and Earth Aspect Unity Pill.
The Jin Qi pill furnace was highly distinctive. Before the exchange, you had Xue Que help modify it somewhat, changing