The Great Sun Celestial Pool.
Jiang Ding sat cross-legged in the Solar Abyss.
Great torrents of spiritual energy gathered from heaven and earth. Endless sunlight passed through web after web of Six Paths order, converging on a single point at the center. There it generated a terrifying heat and radiated an aura of utter destruction. With the help of the formations in the Great Sun Celestial Pool, the temperature had climbed to a horrifying level.
Spirit Transformation—no, Spirit Transformation cultivators were not even qualified to approach this place. A stray ray of light could burn many of them, souls and bodies alike, until not even dregs or dust remained. Every particle of matter and soul would vaporize, returning to matter's most primal state.
To be precise, even a Void Refining cultivator would suffer grave injuries here within a short time and be unable to escape unscathed.
Yet all that sat at the center was a piece of gleaming golden metal.
The metal was the size of a palm, brilliant gold. A single wisp of metallic energy escaping it could tear apart vast stretches of space and sever great swaths of order. It possessed a terrifying edge by its very nature.
This was one of the Immortal Sect's most precious treasures, the brightest jewel of its synthetic immortal-industry to date: No. 1 Synthetic Geng Metal!
Its grade stood at the peak of Void Refining: a peak sixth-tier material!
The raw material alone cost one Void Refining merit.
And that was no price to complain about. It was the Immortal Sect Citizen price, discounted again and again for those with outstanding service to the Immortal Sect, with subsidies added on top.
After all that, the price barely covered the raw materials, a little in wages, and the patent fee. It left the