No sun or moon within the cave; when the cold had passed, one knew not the years!
This day.
Fudao Hall, rear hall.
Inside the Artifact Refining Chamber, Cheng Buzheng, seated cross-legged on a cushion, abruptly changed the Seal Technique in his hands...
A crisp, low shout rang out within the silent Artifact Refining Chamber.
"Out!"
In an instant, the lid of the spirit cauldron standing atop the Earth Fire pillar opened by itself. Amid swirling smoke, a streak of blood-red light emerged.
The blood light flashed past and landed at the center of the nameless whirlwind, sending out a searing wave of heat.
At this moment.
Cheng Buzheng, seated cross-legged on the cushion, neither closed his eyes to rest nor continued refining the new version of [Blood Linglong]. Instead, he began calculating the time.
By my reckoning, more than two years have passed!
It seems artifact refinement should come to a close. It is time to break through.
Cheng Buzheng murmured inwardly.
Then.
Without hesitation, with a thought...
The thunderlight flames blazing beneath the [Dao One Spirit Cauldron] transformed into a streak of lightning and flew through the air, entering Cheng Buzheng's body.
At the same time.
Cheng Buzheng pointed into the air, shooting a ray of crystal light from his fingertip into the Earth Fire pillar.
In an instant, the surging Earth Fire diminished sharply before gradually going out.
The [Dao One Spirit Cauldron] standing on the Earth Fire pillar also flashed with Spirit Light at that moment. It rose into the air, spun once, then abruptly shrank into a streak of light and shot toward Cheng Buzheng.
Cheng Buzheng did not pay it much mind.
At this moment, the gaze of Cheng Buzheng, seated cross-legged on the cushion, was fixed on what lay before him...
Two diamond-shaped