Out of the Grotto-Heaven-I'm Here to Collect Your Debts!
One thought is life, the other thought is death.
The first round of tempering ended after three hours.
When Su Zhan opened his eyes, he felt that his overall strength had increased by at least 20%.
Moreover, this improvement only comes from breakthroughs in two Cultivation Method.
"Next round."
The tempering process of the Immovable Wisdom King Wall and the Shadow Thousand Silk Lock was relatively smooth.
The evolutionary direction of the Immovable Wisdom King Wall is -- "Adaptive Defense".
Previously, defense involved passively enduring the attacks.
Now, the Immovable Wisdom King Wall can automatically adjust its defensive structure according to the type of attack. It uses rigid defense against physical attacks, flexible defense against Principle attacks, and multi-layered nested defense against combined attacks.
The defensive efficiency has increased by at least three times.
The evolution of the Shadow Thousand Silk Lock is even more bizarre.
The number of its silk threads has increased dramatically from a previous limit of three hundred to three thousand.
Each thread possesses the ability to think independently.
This means that Su Zhan can simultaneously conduct reconnaissance in three thousand directions, interfere with three thousand nodes, or make three thousand precise cuts.
When combined with Soul Search, the efficiency increases more than tenfold.
The third round.
The tempering process involving the Dragon Lord and Divine Thunder was the most violent.
The two of them almost destroyed the Principle Tempering Chamber.
During the tempering process, the Blazing Dragon Venerate's Glazed True Fire underwent a qualitative change—a wisp of white appeared in the originally crimson flame.
The white portion has a higher temperature, greater power, and possesses the ability to form a Principle shield.
That black barrier that used to reflect everything?
Now, encountering the White True Fire, he can only last three breaths at most.
The breakthrough of the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning was even more astonishing.
Under the impact of the Principle in the tempering chamber, a third Thunder Dragon Head appeared around the two armrests of the Thunder Emperor Divine Seat's Throne.
Three Thunder Dragon Head.
Su Zhan's Thunder Principle advanced from the Twin Dragon Rank to the Three-Dragon Rank.
The speed of the shot has increased by an order of magnitude.
When all three rounds of tempering are completed.
Su Zhan stood up and walked out of the Principle Tempering Chamber.
Within the Core Space, the Yuan Household family members, led by Yuan Ji, had already completed the initial connection with the Grotto-Heaven Core.
The golden heart-shaped sphere was covered with Totem markings belonging to the Yuan Household, radiating a soft and warm light.
The Spiritual Qi concentration in the entire Mustard Seed Grotto-Heaven increased by nearly 50%, and most of the area polluted by the Black Demon Sect has been purified.
When Yuan Ji saw Su Zhan come out, he immediately went to greet him.
"My Divine Lord! Management authority over the grotto-heaven has been preliminarily restored!"
His condition has improved considerably compared to before; his skin even looks younger thanks to the nourishment of Spiritual Qi.
"However, there's one thing..."
A look of doubt appeared on Yuan Ji's face.
"The core sphere emitted a strange signal during the docking process. It seemed to be some kind of... warning."
Su Zhan paused for a moment.
What warning?
Yuan Ji took out a golden fragment that had broken off from the sphere from his pocket.
Several High Antiquity characters were inscribed on the fragment.
Su Zhan glanced at it.
He had seen those words in the instruction manual.
"Sealing Formation energy reserves - 17% remaining."
17%.
In other words, less than 20% of the Sealing Formation power remains.
At this rate of decay, it can only last a maximum of...
Half a year.
Six months later, the Sealing Formation will break, and the contents inside will break free.
Su Zhan clutched the fragment, his expression calm.
Half a year.
The time wasn't much, but it wasn't little either.
That's enough for him to do a lot of things.
For example--
Back to the outside world.
Let's deal with that Black Demon Sect Sect Master's hiding in the Demon Sea healing first.
The fragment was still slightly warm in his palm.
The "living" fluctuation deep within the sphere intensified slightly.
Su Zhan tucked the fragment into his pocket and turned to walk towards the spiral staircase.
Yuan Ji.
"In!"
"Please open the teleportation exit of the Mustard Seed Grotto-Heaven for me."
Yuan Ji was taken aback.
"My Divine Lord... are you going out?"
Su Zhan has already stepped onto the first step.
He didn't turn around, but left behind only one sentence.
"I went out to run some errands. There's someone who owes a lot of money; it's time to go and collect."
Yuan Ji stood in front of the Teleportation Array in the Core Space, his finger resting on the activation Rune, but he hesitated to press it.