Water Curtain Cave was an ordinary hidden cavern, but now it was packed with extraordinarily dense life energy.
Lin Qing sat cross-legged on a flat stone platform at its center.
An inch above his fingertips, a strange diamond-shaped crystal hovered in midair.
No larger than a walnut, the crystal shone a mesmerizing emerald green.
"How much longer are you going to stare at it?" the Ice Empress urged impatiently.
She fixed her eyes on the green crystal above Lin Qing's fingertips, eager curiosity shining in them.
"Hurry up and refine it! I want to see whether this supreme treasure that can bring the dead back to life and put flesh on bare bones is really as miraculous as the legends say!"
The Snow Empress, beside her, said nothing.
But curiosity stirred even in her eyes, usually as still as an ancient well.
At their level of cultivation, measured in hundreds of thousands of years, ordinary treasures of heaven and earth had long since ceased to impress them.
"All right, I'll try. Don't disturb me."
Ye Qing let out a long breath.
A trace of ghostly green light suddenly flared deep in Ye Qing's palm.
Then the phantom of an ancient, mysterious Cyan Lotus unfolded behind him.
The Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul!
As its lotus leaves spread, an ancient, boundless resonance flowed through the cavern, subtly warping even the surrounding space.
At a thought from Lin Qing, a flame stirred.
At the very center of the lotus platform, a mass of unfathomably deep Chaos Green Flame quietly rose.
"Go!"
The green flame streaked forward and completely enveloped the crystal.
No scorching heat escaped from the Chaos Green Flame.
Under its relentless tempering, the crystal finally began to soften.
After an agonizingly long wait, the emerald crystal collapsed completely, becoming a