Cold Shadow

Winters passed and summers went, with no count of years in cultivation.

Inside the main hall of the Water Mansion.

A youth, three zhang tall with Three Heads and Six Arms, shifted his form and returned to his original appearance.

"Lei Zhan, your cultivation of the Law of Heaven and Earth and the Three Heads and Six Arms is progressing exceptionally fast."

The thin, elderly man in Daoist robes to the side stroked his beard and smiled. "Your comprehension is superb. In these five years, you have reached the late stage of the Purple Mansion in the God and Devil Body Refining Path. By constantly visualizing the Buddha of Sun and Moon Light, your soul has now reached the level of Divine Sense. Are you planning to challenge the War God Hall now?"

"In the blink of an eye, five winters and summers have already passed." Lei Zhan felt a wave of emotion.

He still remembered five years ago, when he had stumbled and barely managed to pass the three trials set by Immortal Juhua.

Now, five years later, with the help of the Black Bead, his understanding of the Dao was profound, and he had learned many techniques and secret arts; even his soul had reached the level of Divine Sense.

"Master, I would like to go to the Hall of Treasures first to exchange for a more suitable weapon."

For these five years, Lei Zhan had been in secluded cultivation within the Water Mansion and had never had the chance to engage in life-or-death combat with enemies.

Since his God and Devil body refining had reached the Purple Mansion level, he was eligible to obtain a Human-Grade Magic Treasure or a treasure of equivalent value from the Hall of Treasures.

Lei Zhan had not yet used this opportunity.

Lei Zhan looked at Immortal Juhua and continued, "It is usually fine, but now that I have learned the Three Heads and Six Arms, if I exert my full strength and wield divine weapons in all six hands, my power will increase significantly."

"Hmm. If you use the Three Heads and Six Arms without suitable divine weapons, your power will indeed be greatly discounted."

Immortal Juhua nodded with a smile. "You may go to the Hall of Treasures to choose whatever magic treasure you wish. As for divine weapons, I have already prepared a set for you. With me here, there is naturally no need for you to worry."

"Hm? Master has already prepared a set for me?" Lei Zhan was stunned, then quickly bowed respectfully. "This disciple thanks Master for the gift!"

"Since I have taken you as my disciple, I must naturally prepare some treasures for you. Although I initially told you to go to the Hall of Treasures yourself, the Divine Demon Blood-Refined Divine Weapon is the most important treasure to accompany a God and Devil Body Refining cultivator, so it cannot be taken lightly."

Immortal Juhua smiled. "In these past few years, I have seen you sparring with those puppets; your magic treasures were sparse, and the only divine weapon in your hand was that single spear. So, I gathered the materials I had and forged three identical ones based on the appearance of that spear in your hand."

As Immortal Juhua spoke, he waved his hand, and three long spears, each as thick as an arm, suddenly appeared in the main hall.

The spears were extremely long, entirely silver-white, and the spear blades radiated a chilling aura. Golden patterns flowed along the shafts, converging into ancient, intricate designs.

Their appearance was as if they had been carved from the same mold as the spear in Lei Zhan's hand.

"This... the aura emitted by these magic treasures... are they Earth-Grade Magic Treasures?" Lei Zhan was overjoyed. He had been somewhat prepared, but seeing the treasures themselves, he could not hide his excitement.

The God and Devil Blood Refining Technique was a secret art that every God and Devil must use.

The notes of the cultivator Lei Zhan had obtained at the very beginning contained records of it, and the spear he had been using had been refined using the God and Devil Blood Refining Technique.

When Lei Zhan first obtained that spear, it could only be considered average, barely comparable to a Human-Grade Magic Treasure. Compared to these three before him, it was far inferior.

"Alright. It was just something I forged casually. However, these weapons are not at the Earth-Grade level." Immortal Juhua waved his hand, and the three spears flew directly in front of Lei Zhan.

"Not Earth-Grade?" Lei Zhan was startled.

"These weapons are made of precious materials, but they lack the various properties that magic treasures should have; they should barely be comparable to Heaven-Grade Magic Treasures," Immortal Juhua explained.

For a Divine Demon Blood-Refined Divine Weapon, the better the materials used, the greater the power of the divine weapon, and the faster it would grow.

"Since you are satisfied, let us begin the God and Devil Blood Refining Technique immediately!"

"Yes!" Lei Zhan nodded.

The God and Devil Blood Refining Method required a complex blood-refining ritual, the most important part of which was the cultivator's own blood.

An ordinary cultivator might have died from excessive blood loss long ago.

But Lei Zhan's God and Devil body refining was now at the late Purple Mansion stage, and Rebirth from a Drop of Blood was a trivial matter for him. A little blood could be recovered simply by consuming some divine power.

This was merely the necessary cost of the blood-refining method.

However, once blood-refined, the weapon could absorb baleful, violent, and murderous auras.

After the God and Devil Blood Refining Technique was performed, the more enemies one killed, and the stronger those enemies were, the more the weapon would naturally improve. It could grow larger or smaller, lighter or heavier, all at the user's will.

Lei Zhan's heart stirred, and he immediately took out a jade bottle. He extended his finger into the mouth of the bottle, and blood flowed out into it.

Refining a weapon required at most a thousand catties of blood. This jade bottle was only a low-grade storage magic treasure, but it could hold tens of thousands of catties of liquid, making it perfectly suitable.

Soon, the jade bottle was filled with over a thousand catties of blood.

"Although the three spears Master forged are identical in appearance to the one in my hand, their foundation is far better than mine."

Lei Zhan was satisfied. Recalling the God and Devil Blood Refining Method in his mind, he began the first step of the God and Devil Blood Refining Technique—Invoking the Ancestral God!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~

Inside the main hall, countless blood-colored rays of light had converged into a strange God-Devil Script.

The script was archaic, yet it contained an ancient and incomparably great aura.

"Kill!" Lei Zhan saw it clearly. Although he did not recognize this God-Devil Script, just like the "Right" character on the token of the Water Mansion, he could understand the meaning of this God-Devil Script at a single glance.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

He saw the 'Kill' character, condensed from the surrounding blood light, repeatedly emitting phantom images that continuously merged into the three spears.

The massive 'Kill' character suspended in mid-air grew dimmer and dimmer until it finally dissipated, and the entire hall returned to tranquility.

Lei Zhan finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's done!"

"Mm. Now that you have three divine weapons that will grow alongside you, your path of cultivation in the future will be much smoother." Immortal Juhua nodded slightly.

"Do these three divine weapons have names?"

"Names?" Lei Zhan looked up at his master, Immortal Juhua, and smiled. "I originally named this spear 'Cold Shadow.' Since these three look exactly the same, let's just use the old name for all of them!"

"Cold Shadow? That is quite fitting." Immortal Juhua nodded and immediately spoke up, "Senior Great Bear, my disciple wishes to go to the Hall of Treasures to exchange for an item. Please, show yourself."

Whoosh~~~

As his voice fell, the space within the entire Water Mansion hall rippled, and the phantom of a yellow-haired great bear appeared out of thin air. In an instant, the phantom solidified, manifesting a truly lifelike great bear.

"Senior Great Bear." Lei Zhan bowed respectfully. "My God-Devil Body Refining has reached the Rebirth from a Drop of Blood level, and I am entitled to one Human-Grade Magic Treasure from the Hall of Treasures. I ask that you allow me to go and make my selection."

"Mm. I know." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear nodded slightly toward Lei Zhan, then cast a glance at Immortal Juhua before turning to leave.

"Lei Zhan, follow me." A faint voice echoed in the air.

"I will take you to the Hall of Treasures to exchange for your treasure now."

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