Inside the Mountain River Bead, in a quiet chamber.
Xia Ping was refining the three lower-grade Saint artifacts he had obtained earlier—the Star-Slaying Sword, Mystic Moon Demon-Sealing Stele, and Crimson Sun Demon-Sealing Stele—as well as the two middle-grade Saint artifacts, the Yin Wind Eight-Trigram Banner and the Nine-Dragon Bronze Treasure Mirror.
Although he had previously used Hell Golden Crow Flame to forcibly burn away their spiritual connections to their former masters and forcefully imprint them with his own spiritual mark, thereby gaining preliminary control over them, he had yet to reach the realm where man and artifact became one, and had not completely mastered the powers of these Saint artifacts.
Now that he had some time, he could refine each of these Saint artifacts thoroughly. That way, no one would be able to snatch them from him.
"Hmm?!"
The instant Xia Ping began refining the three lower-grade Saint artifacts—the Star-Slaying Sword, Mystic Moon Demon-Sealing Stele, and Crimson Sun Demon-Sealing Stele—he immediately sensed an immense surge of sun, moon, and starlight energy pouring from their deepest interiors.
Whoosh!
At once, the entire sky dimmed, and a canopy of stars seemed to emerge. Streams of starlight fell one after another, pouring over him like rivers.
"They can actually temper the body?!"
Xia Ping raised a brow. He discovered that the immense energy flowing from the three Saint artifacts had seeped into every corner of his body, strengthening his internal organs.
One star after another entered the acupoints across his body, blooming with wisps of deep blue starlight that tempered every bone within him. Faintly, densely packed star runes emerged from the depths of his bones.
The power of the Mystic Moon seeped into his internal organs, nourishing every inch of muscle. Moonlight power filled every part of him, and his entire body