God-Level Twin Dragon Staff!

Wukong's eyes went wide.

This piece of Life Gold was absurdly enormous.

It was several times larger than the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife that Huo Yuhao had absorbed in the original story.

If he could absorb and refine it, the benefits would surely be immense!

Holding the Life Gold, Di Tian began explaining it to Wukong.

"This is Life Gold."

"It is the purest life force in the world, condensed into tangible form over hundreds of thousands of years."

"This thing is exceedingly rare. It is something one may encounter but never seek."

"Refining it into your body will not only strengthen your Spiritual Consciousness Sea, but also greatly cleanse your meridians, reinforce your bones, and grant your body boundless vitality."

Wukong was practically drooling as he listened.

After briefly explaining its origins, Di Tian turned solemn. "With your current physical foundation, bearing this power will not be a problem. However, your spiritual power is still weak. If you recklessly devour it, the immense life intent within it will certainly overwhelm your consciousness sea. Therefore, I will personally assist you in refining it shortly."

"Yes! Lord Di Tian, Old Sun is ready. We can begin at any time!"

Wukong's eyes gleamed as he wished he could shove that green crystal straight into his forehead.

Di Tian could not help but laugh. "Look at how impatient you are. Where is the composure a Spirit Stone should possess?"

Wukong scratched the back of his head and laughed sheepishly. "Hehe, perhaps Old Sun was born a stubborn rock. I just can't sit still."

"Enough. Calm your mind and sit cross-legged. We begin now."

Di Tian's expression turned serious as he signaled for Wukong to sit in the open space.

Then, circulating his Soul Power, he held the Life Gold and pressed it toward Wukong's forehead.

A vast surge of spiritual power poured out from Di Tian's body, transforming into invisible threads that guided the energy within the Life Gold, gradually connecting it to Wukong's Sea of Spirit.

The refinement officially began.

At first, the surging life force contained within the Life Gold made Wukong feel immensely comfortable.

Like spring rain nourishing all things, the abundant life energy flowed from between his brows into his limbs and bones.

Wukong felt every pore of his body open. His meridians and bones greedily absorbed the nourishment under the cleansing of that energy, while his physical strength rose at a visible pace.

However, that comfort lasted only half the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

As the main body of the Life Gold slowly began to pierce into Wukong's forehead, the true trial arrived.

Boom—!

Inside Wukong's Sea of Spirit, it was as if a meteor had fallen into it, instantly stirring up monstrous waves!

An indescribable pain erupted in an instant.

Wukong felt as though his head were about to be forcibly split open.

At the same time, a terrifying storm rose within his Sea of Spirit.

Massive amounts of spiritual energy crazily poured into his consciousness sea.

Within Wukong's Spiritual Consciousness Sea stood a dark golden staff.

It was his Companion Spirit Artifact, the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff.

This staff normally rested within his consciousness sea, serving as a natural stabilizing pillar that resisted and reinforced it.

With its suppression in ordinary times, Wukong's consciousness sea had always remained exceptionally steady and tranquil.

But at this moment, the incoming spiritual power was simply too violent, directly exceeding the limits of his consciousness sea.

Spiderweb-like cracks began to appear along the edges of his consciousness sea, as if it would completely collapse the very next second.

Yet under the terrifying life force of the Life Gold, the torn consciousness sea was forcibly healed in an instant.

Torn apart, healed; torn apart again, healed again!

The agonizing pain of having his soul repeatedly shredded and stitched back together was simply beyond comparison to any physical pain.

"Ugh, aaaaaaah—"

Wukong could no longer endure it. Throwing his head back, he let out a miserable roar.

Along with that roar, two dazzling beams of battle light suddenly shot from his pupils, piercing toward the ceiling.

The instant that golden light carrying strange fluctuations of Fortune appeared, it attracted the Golden Lion, who had been observing Wukong's cultivation.

It gazed at Wukong entranced, its mind completely hypnotized.

The Golden Lion involuntarily activated its innate divine ability.

The third eye on its forehead suddenly opened.

An equally dazzling golden beam shot from that third eye and swiftly shone upon Wukong's forehead.

The convergence of the two forces of Fortune produced a wondrous chemical reaction.

That golden light unexpectedly helped Wukong alleviate the tearing sensation in his consciousness sea, while also greatly accelerating the fusion of the Life Gold.

Wukong's agonized roars gradually subsided.

The storm in his consciousness sea also slowly began to weaken.

However, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's cultivation was ultimately limited.

The expenditure of such an innate divine ability was extremely great.

Before long, the golden light on the Golden Lion's forehead dimmed.

Its limbs went limp, and it collapsed to the ground after fainting from exhaustion.

The other Ferocious Beasts were not overly alarmed by this.

After all, when Wukong had first arrived here, the Golden Lion had displayed similar symptoms.

Bi Ji hurried forward and checked the Golden Lion's condition. Once she confirmed that it had merely overexerted itself, she turned her gaze back toward Wukong, who stood at the brink of transformation.

At this moment, with the combined aid of Di Tian and the Golden Lion,

Wukong had finally endured the most difficult stage.

That enormous piece of Life Gold had completely entered his Spiritual Consciousness Sea.

Wukong sat cross-legged where he was with his eyes closed, rapidly regulating his chaotic aura.

And in the depths of his Spiritual Consciousness Sea, earth-shaking changes had already taken place.

The Life Gold transformed into countless threads of intertwined azure and gold light. Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they all wrapped around the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff before completely merging with it!

Tempered by the Life Gold, golden patterns also appeared along the body of the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff.

As Wukong carefully sensed the changes in the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff, a storm rose in his heart.

After receiving the enhancement of the Life Gold, this Companion Spirit Artifact had directly gained three incomparably powerful abilities.

First, Devouring Replenishment.

It could forcibly strip away the surrounding energy, even an enemy's vitality, and feed it back to Wukong himself. It was practically a divine skill for an evil Soul Master.

Second, Absolute Healing.

As long as Wukong still had a breath left in him, it could heal nearly all physical wounds while constantly nurturing and strengthening his Sea of Spirit.

Third, Gathering Spirits and Absorbing Qi.

It could help its host accelerate the absorption of heaven and earth's primordial energy, greatly shortening cultivation and recovery time.

Even more precious was the fact that

the fundamental nature of the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff had also crossed that heavenly chasm, transforming in one stroke from a top-tier spirit artifact into a true divine artifact!

Wukong was so excited that he nearly jumped up.

And this was merely the improvement of the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff.

Wukong's own improvement was equally astonishing.

First was his spiritual power.

Under the infusion of the Life Gold's immense energy, his spiritual power had directly increased tenfold!

In one leap, it reached the middle stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm among the spiritual power ranks established in the later Soul Land 3.

This kind of leap brought exceedingly tangible benefits.

It not only granted him microscopic-level observation and dynamic vision, but also gave him a means to directly launch spiritual attacks against enemies.

That Sea of Spirit had also been transformed by the Life Gold into a real, independent special space. So long as it was not completely destroyed in an instant, it could continuously recover, nearly reaching a state of immortality and indestructibility.

Second was the physical strength Wukong valued most.

The cleansing effect of the Life Gold on his body far exceeded his expectations.

That immense life energy had strengthened his bones, muscles, and meridians to an unimaginable degree.

With just a slight examination, Wukong discovered that the Soul Ring age his body could now withstand had directly reached a terrifying sixty thousand years!

Sixty thousand years!

That had already far surpassed the fifty-thousand-year goal he had set.

The only regret was that although the Life Gold contained effects comparable to divine medicine, it had not directly raised his level.

It had merely improved Wukong's cultivation potential and laid an even more solid foundation.

It made Wukong's future path of cultivation smoother.

However, Wukong was already immensely satisfied with this.

He had never lacked methods to raise his Soul Power. What he lacked was precisely this kind of foundation that raised his upper limit.

Wukong slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of stale air.

"Hehe, Old Sun's luck really isn't bad."

"I actually hit the jackpot again!"

"Not only did I achieve the fifty-thousand-year physical goal, I also evolved the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff."

Though he said that, Wukong had actually expected it all along.

After all, in the original story, Huo Yuhao had achieved something similar by fusing with Life Gold.

The piece he had absorbed surpassed the former in both size and quality, so there was no reason he could not achieve it.