The True Death-Exempting Gold Tablet!

Lu Changsheng gently caressed the terrifying cracks on the edge of the shield, as if stroking his own natal feathers, his face filled with obsession and heartache.

"What kind of hatred, what kind of brutal force, could shatter an Innate Spirit Treasure into such a state?"

He carefully extended his divine sense into the shield's interior.

As he did, his brows immediately furrowed tightly.

The situation was even worse than he had imagined.

The Innate restrictions within this Mysterious Yellow Shield had been burned away by an extremely overbearing flame law, leaving only about seven or eight tenths destroyed.

Only the most core, original restriction was still barely functioning, maintaining the treasure's rank.

If an ordinary cultivator obtained this shield.

Even a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal would need to expend endless effort and immeasurable heavenly treasures to repair it.

At worst, forcibly reshaping the restrictions could cause the treasure to completely collapse into a pile of scrap metal.

"No wonder Nuwa said there was a faint treasure light here, yet no one dared to retrieve it."

Lu Changsheng withdrew his divine sense, suddenly enlightened.

"Firstly, the tribulation and Sha Qi in Phoenix Fall Valley are too terrifying; ordinary people cannot enter."

"Secondly, even if a powerful being entered and found it to be a damaged, useless defensive magical treasure, they would also risk incurring karma and Sha Qi. It simply wouldn't be worth it."

"But it's different for me!"

A wild, ecstatic curve formed on Lu Changsheng's lips.

He had nothing, except for a lot of merit!

What was merit? It was the most versatile adhesive and primal repair fluid in the world!

As long as he was willing to spend merit, let alone broken restrictions, even a treasure shattered into pieces, he was confident he could restore it to its former glory!

"Without further ado, I'll refine it right here!"

Lu Changsheng surveyed his surroundings.

Although a portion of the core Sha Qi in Phoenix Fall Valley had been extracted by him, the outer areas were still shrouded in dense tribulation mist.

This natural death trap had instead become his safest sanctuary.

Moreover, he had just earned a large sum of Heavenly Dao Merit by clearing out the Sha Qi, so his pockets were full and his confidence was high.

"Come out, old friends!"

Lu Changsheng flapped his wings.

One hundred and eight sets of formation plates tumbled out from beneath his feathers.

These were all his top-tier concealment and defensive formations, kept as his trump cards.

"Set up the formation!"

As his magic power surged, one hundred and eight great formations spread out layer upon layer, centered on him, completely sealing off the core of this spiritual nexus.

From the outside, it still appeared as a silent abyss of Sha Qi, with no sign of anything unusual.

Having completed this, Lu Changsheng finally sat down cross-legged with peace of mind.

He suspended the damaged Mysterious Yellow Shield in front of his chest.

"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your cubs. Today, I'll go all out!"

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, his eyes becoming incredibly resolute.

He did not use his own meager True Immortal magic power to forcibly refine it, but instead directly communicated with his dantian.

"Heavenly Dao Merit, come forth!"

Following his low shout, the three thousand years of Heavenly Dao Merit he had just earned in Phoenix Fall Valley erupted from his mouth, tightly enveloping the Mysterious Yellow Shield.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle--"

The golden light of merit, upon contact with the damaged restrictions inside the shield, emitted a faint dissolving sound.

This was the foreign law power remaining on the treasure, being forcibly expelled by the pure Heavenly Dao Merit.

As the foreign law dissipated, the dullness on the shield's surface gradually receded, revealing a trace of the profound yellow luster that it should have possessed.

But this was far from enough.

Heavenly Dao Merit could only expel impurities; to repair the damaged Innate primal restrictions, this level was insufficient.

"I have to bleed again..."

Lu Changsheng gritted his teeth, a flicker of heartache crossing his face.

But he knew the importance of the matter; a perfect Innate defensive Spirit Treasure was crucial to his future survival plans in the Primordial Land.

"I'll risk it!"

His mind sank to the deepest part, and he very cautiously drew out a trace of Great Dao Merit's origin.

The moment this primal energy, carrying the supreme will of creation, slowly merged into the Mysterious Yellow Shield.

A miracle occurred.

"Hum!"

The Mysterious Yellow Shield erupted with an unprecedented, violent tremor.

It was as if a dying man had consumed a peerless immortal elixir; the originally shattered innate restrictions began to regrow and reconnect at an incredible speed under the nourishment of the Great Dao Merit.

The terrifying cracks along the edges of the shield slowly converged, as if a wound were healing.

The first innate restriction, repaired!

The second innate restriction, repaired!

Lu Changsheng closed his eyes, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.

Refining and repairing an Innate Spirit Treasure was an extremely mentally exhausting process.

He had to focus all his attention on guiding the power of the merit; the slightest deviation would cause all his previous efforts to be wasted.

Time slipped away silently in this dark fissure.

One hundred years.

Three hundred years.

Eight hundred years.

A full fifteen hundred years passed.

"Click."

Accompanied by a final, faint crisp sound.

The Mysterious Yellow Shield hovering before Lu Changsheng finally stopped trembling.

The palm-sized, broken piece of iron had completely changed its appearance.

It still retained its ancient, mysterious yellow color, but all the cracks had vanished, replaced by a warm, flowing luster.

On the surface of the shield, twelve complete innate restrictions connected head-to-tail, radiating a terrifying aura of impenetrable, natural defense.

"It... it's done!"

Lu Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, feeling the blood-linked connection established between the shield and his Primordial Spirit, his entire body trembling with excitement.

Twelve innate restrictions.

This was a top-tier defensive treasure at the peak of low-grade Innate Spirit Treasures, even faintly touching the threshold of a mid-grade one!

Moreover, because it had been repaired and refined using his Great Dao Merit, this shield not only possessed ultimate physical and magical defense but also gained a heaven-defying attribute that left him ecstatic.

Concealment of Karma!

As long as he held this shield, even a mighty expert at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm using deduction arts to calculate his position would only find a void of chaos, unable to detect his origins or whereabouts!

"Hahahaha! With this treasure, I finally have a true golden immunity card in this Primordial Land!"

Lu Changsheng could no longer suppress his inner joy and burst into laughter within the formation.

With a thought, the Mysterious Yellow Shield instantly turned into a streak of light, sinking into his body and finally hovering quietly deep within his Primordial Spirit, emitting a heavy yellow glow that protected his Primordial Spirit tightly.

"Awesome!"

Lu Changsheng stood up and stretched his body, his bones popping like roasting beans.

Although he had exhausted all the Heavenly Dao Merit he had just earned to repair this treasure, and even dipped into a wisp of Great Dao origin, he felt that this deal was an absolute steal.

"This place is not suitable for a long stay. Now that the opportunity is in hand, I must return home immediately!"

Lu Changsheng regained the rationality of one who followed the Dao of Cowardice.

He quickly collected the one hundred and eight formation disks and wiped away any traces of his crafting.

However, just as he dismantled the last concealment formation and prepared to use an earth-escape technique to leave Phoenix Fall Valley, the Cowardly Immortal Vine wrapped around his wrist suddenly contracted violently without warning!

"Hum!"

An unprecedentedly strong warning pierced directly into Lu Changsheng's mind through the vine.

"Not good! Something is approaching! And it's moving extremely fast!"