Refining the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda proved somewhat harder than Xiao Yan had imagined. Even with the Heavenly Tomb's time differential, he only barely succeeded after several rotations. Only then did he understand why Ancestor Buddha had failed to refine a second Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda.
Not only were its materials exceedingly precious, but the failure rate alone was enough to make countless people shrink back at the sight. Xiao Yan had dug up the ancestral graves of the entire Extraterritorial Evil Clan, yet only two or three Demon Emperor corpses remained in the end. That put an end to his original plan of refining another Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan was an Alchemist and an expert at playing with fire, with outstanding Soul Force and the Fortune Green Lotus supporting him. Otherwise, with his current strength, he might not have been able to refine the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda successfully.
However, the experience of refining the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda also made Xiao Yan realize that his artifact-refining skills had improved significantly. Thus, after successfully refining it, he began experimenting with the materials he had on hand to see whether he could refine a few more Sacred Artifacts for a rainy day.
Time flew by. Before they knew it, a month had passed since Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing had been swept into the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's territory by Space-Time Turbulence. Their uninterrupted travel over that month, coupled with arduous cultivation inside the Heavenly Tomb, had brought considerable improvements to both their Spiritual Power cultivation. Though they had yet to break through to the next stage, Middle Spirit Grade was no longer far away.
"Wonderful, we're finally almost there." When the outline of a continent appeared ahead, Qing Yanjing could not help showing a flicker of delighted surprise. This was the final