First Artifact Refinement

Because its previous owner had long since died, and the Artifact-Refining Furnace's spirit had also vanished, Xiao Yang easily bound it to himself.

He gently placed his hand on the Artifact-Refining Furnace and slowly poured his Dou Qi into it.

A cluster of dark crimson flames suddenly appeared inside the furnace.

After comparing it to his previous medicinal cauldron, Xiao Yang immediately sensed the difference.

He found that the flames inside the Artifact-Refining Furnace were incredibly easy to control!

Not only that, the flames within were also extremely stable.

Furthermore, maintaining such flames required far less Dou Qi than when he used his previous medicinal cauldron!

It saved him at least seventy percent of his Dou Qi!

As expected of a Spirit Artifact!

Xiao Yang excitedly began familiarizing himself with the Artifact-Refining Furnace before him.

He found that this Artifact-Refining Furnace was indeed exceptionally convenient to use, as though it were an extension of his arm.

At the same time, he vaguely noticed that the furnace was continuously absorbing the natural energy around it.

This natural energy was all being used to help Xiao Yang maintain the flames within the furnace.

After briefly familiarizing himself with it, Xiao Yang began attempting artifact refinement.

He directly tossed the Explosive Flame Monkey's fur, which he had just obtained, into the furnace.

The dark crimson flames instantly engulfed it.

Yet under those high-temperature flames, the Explosive Flame Monkey's fur merely began to curl and shrink slightly.

After all, it was the fur of a fourth-tier Explosive Flame Monkey.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yang tossed the fourth-tier Explosive Flame Monkey's Magic Core into the Artifact-Refining Furnace as well.

After doing all this, Xiao Yang added no more materials and simply waited quietly.

As time passed, the Explosive Flame Monkey's fur inside the Artifact-Refining Furnace had shrunk considerably.

The fourth-tier Explosive Flame Monkey's Magic Core had transformed into a mass of pure energy essence.

Feeling that the time was right, Xiao Yang began tossing in auxiliary materials one after another.

Under Xiao Yang's terrifying flames, these auxiliary materials slowly melted.

His soul force flowed into the furnace and enveloped the shrunken Explosive Flame Monkey fur.

Under the influence of Xiao Yang's soul force, the fur slowly began changing shape, becoming a glove!

At the same time, Xiao Yang's soul force and Dou Qi began pouring frantically into the Artifact-Refining Furnace.

Artifact patterns began appearing both inside and outside the glove!

Although it was Xiao Yang's first attempt, he showed no sign of inexperience. Instead, he moved as skillfully as though he had done it hundreds or thousands of times.

As time passed, more and more artifact patterns appeared on the glove.

The surrounding natural energy and Xiao Yang's Dou Qi continuously surged into the glove as well!

Just after Xiao Yang used his soul force and Dou Qi to draw the final artifact pattern, he abruptly transferred the liquid formed from the fusion of the Magic Core essence and auxiliary materials onto the glove.

The next moment, the two came into contact.

"Sizzle!"

A piercing sound came from within the Artifact-Refining Furnace, but Xiao Yang's expression did not change in the slightest.

He firmly wrapped the glove with his soul force and Dou Qi.

Using different flame-control techniques, Xiao Yang began controlling the flames within the Artifact-Refining Furnace.

The material essences slowly began merging into the glove!

The artifact patterns on the glove began emitting a faint red glow.

Immediately afterward, the glove began absorbing the Dou Qi flames Xiao Yang had condensed around it!

The glove had originally been brown, but under the effects of the flames and material essences, its color slowly began changing.

Who knew how much time passed before the glove finally turned orange-red.

Deep crimson secret patterns covered its surface.

By then, the material essences had nearly been completely absorbed by the glove.

Soon, as the last trace of material essence was absorbed, the glove suddenly erupted with suction force!

The surrounding natural energy began continuously surging into the Artifact-Refining Furnace.

Xiao Yang abruptly activated one of the Artifact-Refining Furnace's artifact patterns.

The suction force within the furnace suddenly increased again!

A small energy vortex even faintly appeared above Xiao Yang's wooden cabin.

Countless strands of natural energy poured into the Artifact-Refining Furnace before Xiao Yang, while the glove began emitting an oppressive aura.

Finally, after a while, the suction force coming from the glove began to weaken, and the surrounding natural energy slowly dispersed.

With a thought from Xiao Yang, the flames within the Artifact-Refining Furnace gradually diminished.

As the flames vanished, the Artifact-Refining Furnace slowly opened.

An orange-red glove flew out of the furnace.

Xiao Yang caught it directly in his hand.

The glove was still somewhat warm, but it was not hot to the touch.

Xiao Yang could sense that the glove actually contained a considerable amount of energy!

Without hesitation, he sent his soul force directly into it.

The next moment, Xiao Yang's soul imprint appeared within the glove!

Once the glove had acknowledged him as its owner, Xiao Yang felt as though it were a part of his own body.

He put it on and walked outside the wooden cabin.

Little Fairy Doctor was outside as well, watching Xiao Yang with curiosity.

What she had witnessed during Xiao Yang's artifact refinement had caught her attention.

"Did you break through again?"

Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Yang with surprise.

In her eyes, Xiao Yang seemed to have broken through only recently.

Xiao Yang did not hide it. He shook his head and said,

"No. I only refined a weapon."

"Refined a weapon?"

Little Fairy Doctor's face was filled with confusion.

She looked at Xiao Yang's hands and immediately noticed the orange-red glove on his right hand.

"This is the weapon you were talking about?"

"Could it be some kind of Magic Core weapon?"

"Magic Cores can be embedded into gloves now?"

In Little Fairy Doctor's view, if Xiao Yang wanted to refine a weapon, it should have been a Magic Core weapon.

Xiao Yang said nothing and merely shook his head.

He did not explain, only looking ahead.

Then Xiao Yang raised his right hand and poured Dou Qi into the glove.

One deep crimson secret pattern after another lit up on the orange-red glove.

The next moment, the glove was directly enveloped in flames so red they were nearly black!

These were not flames condensed by Xiao Yang, but ones produced by the Explosive Flame Gauntlets.

Xiao Yang did not use a Dou Technique. He merely threw a casual punch.

Boom!

A mass of dark crimson flames, almost black in color, shot directly forward.

The flames struck the rock wall of the small valley and instantly blasted a small hole into it.

Little Fairy Doctor stared at the scene before her in surprise. She had never seen a weapon like this!

Xiao Yang looked at the small hole in the rock wall and nodded in satisfaction.

He had not used any Dou Technique at all in that attack, yet it had unleashed power comparable to a Great Dou Master.

If he used a Dou Technique, its power would be even more terrifying!

And if he used a Dou Technique that was especially compatible with the Explosive Flame Gauntlets, such as the Burning Flame Palm, its power would be utterly explosive!

Without hesitation, he immediately prepared to give it a try.

After all, his Burning Flame Palm had already reached great mastery proficiency.

Xiao Yang's Dou Qi flowed into his right hand and the Explosive Flame Gauntlets.

This time, Xiao Yang's entire right hand was enveloped in dark crimson flames!