"It's done!"
Looking at the trembling Jingyang Bell in his hand, Jiang Yuan said with delight. Only after refining this treasure could he proceed with the next step of his plan: tempering the essence blood of the Ancestral Witch.
The Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood that Di Jiang gave to Jiang Yuan was not pure Ancestral Witch' essence blood, but a product of further condensation, and its nature was close to that of Pangu Essence Blood.
But getting close is still just getting close; it's not really getting close. Therefore, if Jiang Yuan wants to obtain Pangu Essence Blood, he needs to continue refining the Ancestral Witch's essence blood to truly transform it.
There are not many treasures in the world that can refine the Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood into the Pangu Essence Blood. First of all, it can be confirmed that the Heaven-Opening Supreme Treasure Chaos Bell and the Taiji Diagram, which are supreme treasures of creation, should have this ability.
In addition, the Qiankun Cauldron, a top-tier treasure capable of refining acquired things into innate things, also possesses this ability.
Of these three treasures, Jiang Yuan could only borrow the Qiankun Cauldron. This was because it belonged to his master, the Lady Nuwa, and he could borrow it simply by asking.
However, the Lady Nuwa is currently in seclusion, and to borrow the treasure, one must first wait for her to emerge. But who knows how long it will take for her to come out, and Jiang Yuan is an impatient person who cannot wait that long.
Therefore, he devised a clever trick: to replace the Chaos Bell with the Jingyang Bell, hoping to further refine the Ancestral Witch's blood essence and transform it into Pangu Essence Blood.
As mentioned before, the Jingyang Bell is a weakened version of the Chaos Bell; their abilities are the same. The only difference is that the Chaos Bell is stronger, while the Jingyang Bell is weaker.
Since both have the same ability, if the Chaos Bell can temper Pangu Essence Blood, then theoretically the Jingyang Bell can too.
With this in mind, Jiang Yuan had no more hesitation and decided to give it a try. If it succeeded, all would be well; if it failed, it wouldn't matter, it would just mean waiting a little longer.
Once his master emerges from seclusion, he will be able to borrow the Qiankun Cauldron to continue refining the Ancestral Witch's essence blood.
"Relying solely on the Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood might not be enough. If Pangu Essence Blood suffered significant losses during the creation of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, then restoring them now would likely require more than just the essence blood of the Ancestral Witch."
Before using the Jingyang Bell to temper the Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood, Jiang Yuan considered a possibility, so he took out a portion of Pangu Divine Marrow and tempered it together with the essence blood of the Ancestral Witch.
The Pangu Divine Marrow also contains the primordial energy of the Great God Pangu. Fusing it with the blood essence of the Ancestral Witch would undoubtedly increase the probability of it being restored to the Pangu Essence Blood.
Once everything was ready, Jiang Yuan summoned the Jingyang Bell, collecting the essence of the Ancestral Witch and the Pangu Divine Marrow into it. Then, he pushed the power of the three Great Dao Fruits to their limits, pouring them all into the Jingyang Bell to revive it.
Jiang Yuan's three Dao Fruits are all the pinnacle of the Daluo Realm realm. Now, with the three combined, his strength has undergone another transformation, making him comparable to the Quasi-Saint Realm.
Therefore, under his urging, the power unleashed by the Jingyang Bell was already very close to that in the hands of the Dong Wanggong.
Ding ding ding ding----
The Jingyang Bell trembled incessantly, emitting a series of magnificent chimes. As it trembled, one could clearly see that within it, the power of Yin-Yang and Five Elements surged, and the power of the Four Spirits of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind erupted all at once.
Their combined power seemed capable of destroying everything and turning everything into chaos.
The Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood and the Pangu Divine Marrow were contained within it, and under the impact of this power, they became increasingly condensed. In the end, they merged into one, transforming towards a higher level.
However, it suddenly stopped halfway through its transformation. After that, no matter how the Jingyang Bell refined it, it could not be shaken in the slightest.
"Is this the limit?"
Jiang Yuan vaguely guessed something: the Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood, when separated, were all treasures below the Hunyuan Realm, which was why the Jingyang Bell could still refine them.
However, when the Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood are combined, they become Hunyuan Realm, or even a treasure surpassing the Hunyuan Realm level.
The Jingyang Bell is only a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, not an Innate Supreme Treasure, therefore it cannot be refined into a treasure of this level.
Only Innate Supreme Treasure can be used to forge Hunyuan Realm level treasures; this is Primordial World rule of the primordial world, and few can break it. At least, the Jingyang Bell does not have the ability to break this rule.
"In the end, we still have to rely on the Qiankun Cauldron. If that's the case, I'll have to wait at least 900,000 years to condense Pangu Essence Blood."
Coming to his senses, Jiang Yuan pondered, "According to Emperor Xi's estimation, Lady Nuwa's seclusion this time will last approximately a million years."
Currently, only 100,000 years have passed since Lady Nuwa went into seclusion. In other words, it will be at least 900,000 years before Lady Nuwa emerges from seclusion.
Nine hundred thousand years!
It was a short time for Innate Divine Being, but a very long time for Jiang Yuan, who was less than 100,000 years old.
"Let's refine it first. Afterwards, when Master comes out of seclusion, she can throw me into the Qiankun Cauldron to refine me again."
Jiang Yuan felt he couldn't wait nine hundred thousand years, so he didn't hesitate any longer. He opened his mouth and swallowed the half-refined Pangu Essence Blood into his stomach and began to refine it.
After being refined by him, this half of Pangu Essence Blood could still be tempered by the Qiankun Cauldron, although the process was more painful.
Because Jiang Yuan became its vessel, when the Qiankun Cauldron was refining it, Jiang Yuan, as its vessel, had to be thrown in as well for refining.
The terrifying power of being refined by the Qiankun Cauldron for a period of time is unimaginable. It's only because Jiang Yuan cultivated the Pangu Dao Fruit that his essence, Essence, Qi, and Spirit were invincible.
Anyone else, even Ancestral Witch of the same realm as him, or Di Jun and Tai Yi, would have been unable to escape being refined to death by the Qiankun Cauldron.
However, while it is terrifying, it also has great benefits. Being refined by the Qiankun Cauldron for a period of time will undoubtedly make his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit more condensed, thereby reducing the difficulty of cultivating into Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
At the same time, personally experiencing the process of the Twelve Ancestral Witch Essence Blood being restored into Pangu Essence Blood is equivalent to the Great God Pangu personally demonstrating the magic to him, explaining some of the mysteries of the Twelve Capital Divine Sha Formation.
In summary, being tempered by the Qiankun Cauldron along with the Ancestral Witch's essence blood is more beneficial to Jiang Yuan. It is precisely for this reason that he was unwilling to wait nine hundred thousand years and chose to refine the Pangu Essence Blood, which was only half-formed, now.
Nine hundred thousand years! Such a long time! Even if he only refined half of Pangu Essence Blood, who knows how many benefits it would bring him? He really can't afford to waste any more time.
Cultivation is about making the most of every second; how can we afford to waste nearly a million years?
Essence and blood are the foundation of the physical body. Therefore, after Jiang Yuan refined half of Pangu Essence Blood, the power he gained immediately surged into the Pangu Physical Projection that he had condensed with the power of the thirty-six great witches, making it even more refined.
The next moment, an astonishing change occurred. Deep within Jiang Yuan's sea of consciousness, the Pangu Physical Projection suddenly trembled violently, and then exploded.
First, it transformed into twelve streams of pure blood energy, and then, upon landing, it condensed into twelve figures that resembled both gods and demons.
Clearly, these twelve figures, resembling both gods and demons, are the Twelve Ancestral Witches!
At this moment, Jiang Yuan directly cultivated the Twelve Ancestral Witch Dharma Aspects, each possessing the ultimate Taiyi Realm cultivation. Together, they could even contend with top-tier Daluo Realm cultivators.