Myriad Manifestations Furnace

Cangwu City, Underground Black Market Arena, Prison.

"Ah!"

With a scream, Lu Chen jolted awake, his mouth agape as he stared at the scene before him in disbelief.

Immediately, his head throbbed, and he groaned, clutching his head.

Waves of memories assaulted him, making his head swell as if it were about to explode.

"Transmigrated? Cangwu City, the arena?"

The shock on Lu Chen's face lingered for a long time.

Before his transmigration, he was also in an arena, but that was in a game, not the real world.

He had died when a massive explosion occurred after defeating the final boss.

But he had died as a game character, so how did he transmigrate?

The young man he had possessed was also named Lu Chen. He had awakened an extraordinary bloodline, but was stripped of it by his family and sold to the arena.

As an orphan adopted by the Lu Family of Chixiao City, no one stood up for him when his bloodline was taken away. He was even sold to the underground black market arena in Cangwu City.

Cold, ruthless, and utterly inhuman.

Utterly tragic.

The previous owner of this body had been severely injured in the last arena match. He was dragged back to the prison and died shortly after, creating an opportunity for Lu Chen to transmigrate and possess his body.

Lu Chen touched his chest, a strange expression on his face.

He clearly had a wound...

"Huh?" He felt a burning sensation emanating from his chest, accompanied by a faint glow.

He lifted his shirt and was stunned.

An item was attached to his wound.

"Myriad Manifestations Furnace? A super treasure dropped by a BOSS!" Lu Chen's mind reeled.

Then, with a hum, the Myriad Manifestations Furnace, as if having absorbed enough of his blood, emitted a bronze light and vanished into his body.

He looked down at his lower abdomen, his mouth agape, before falling back with a groan.

Another wave of information flooded his mind, causing him to twitch violently and roll his eyes as if he had epilepsy.

After a moment, he calmed down, but his breathing grew heavier.

It was entirely due to excitement.

A supreme martial treasure, the Myriad Manifestations Furnace.

It was not only a treasure that Martial Dao Cultivators dreamed of, but it also contained a supreme martial art, the Myriad Manifestations Furnace Art.

The Myriad Manifestations Furnace was merely the vessel for the Myriad Manifestations Furnace Art.

By cultivating the Myriad Manifestations Furnace Art, one could also refine the Myriad Manifestations Furnace.

The Myriad Manifestations Furnace Art was the key.

"The first realm of martial arts, the... Meridian Opening Realm! 108 meridians, 12 meridians per layer." Lu Chen murmured, becoming increasingly excited.

The previous owner had awakened his bloodline and entered the first martial realm, the Meridian Opening Realm. Each layer only opened 8 meridians, yet he was considered a cultivation prodigy of the millennium. But 12 meridians per layer, that...

Before his bloodline was stripped, he had already reached the eighth layer of the Meridian Opening Realm, having opened a total of 64 meridians.

However, after his bloodline was stolen, his meridians withered over the course of a month, and his cultivation level had dropped to the third layer of the Meridian Opening Realm, barely able to maintain the circulation of 20 meridians.

As the Myriad Manifestations Furnace emitted a mysterious energy, the 21st withered meridian was opened, followed by the 22nd, 23rd...

Until all 64 opened meridians were filled with surging energy.

Lu Chen let out a suppressed cry.

In less than a few breaths, he had fully recovered to the eighth layer of the Meridian Opening Realm.

The familiar power had returned.

The wound on his chest had already scabbed over.

However, he did not attempt to break through to the ninth layer. Instead, he began to assault the four un-opened meridians in the first layer.

Although he had merged with the memories of the body's original owner, he knew that opening new meridians and recovering were different things and would be accompanied by excruciating pain.

But as he opened them, the pain almost drove him insane.

Pain, intense pain.

It felt as if someone was carving a path through his body with a sword.

However, the new soul, formed from the fusion of the original owner's soul and his own transmigrated soul, possessed greater resilience.

He endured the onslaught without a sound.

Once the ninth meridian of the first layer was connected, an unparalleled sense of comfort washed over him.

"Three times the Bull Strength!" Lu Chen's eyes gleamed.

Opening one meridian increases Bull Strength by three, just like before.

Opening an additional meridian adds another three Bull Strength.

If all thirty-two un-opened meridians in the eighth layer of the realm were opened, it would yield ninety-six Bull Strength.

The realm remains unchanged, completely crushing Martial Dao Cultivators of the same level.

As for cultivators, they would be beaten like dogs.

That's right, this world has not only Martial Dao Cultivators but also cultivators.

Each has their own corresponding cultivation system.

The first realm for Martial Dao Cultivators is the Meridian Opening Realm, while the first realm for cultivators is the Qi Refining Realm.

In the first realm, Martial Dao Cultivators already hold an advantage, let alone opening more meridians.

Continuing on, Lu Chen had to stop after opening the remaining four meridians of the first layer in one go.

The Myriad Manifestations Furnace's stored energy had been depleted.

"Blood Essence circulation has doubled!" Lu Chen felt it, clenching his fist fiercely.

Of course, this refers to the Blood Essence transport in the twelve meridians of the first layer.

The other eight sets remain as they were originally.

When Blood Essence flowed from the first set of meridians into the second, its speed dropped by half, like a galloping wild horse plunging into a quagmire.

"Furnace..." Lu Chen's eyes flashed, and with a thought, a bronze furnace appeared in his palm.

It resembled a teapot without a spout, covered in mysterious patterns.

The interior was hazy and indistinct.

"It can smelt all things and extract their essence energy!"

Lu Chen exhaled a long breath and walked to a corner of the prison cell.

Many monster beast bones were piled here.

These were from monster beasts he had killed and dragged back before. Their flesh and blood had been gnawed clean, leaving only smooth, white bones.

The Myriad Manifestations Furnace suddenly expanded, its opening facing downwards. A suction force emerged, drawing in nearly half of the bones.

Hummm...

The Myriad Manifestations Furnace vibrated violently, and waves of white ash poured out, quickly covering the ground with a layer of white bone ash.

Impurities, the impurities from the bones were removed, leaving behind the essence energy.

"Huh? How..." After refining, Lu Chen sensed it and couldn't help but be stunned.

Besides the essence energy, there was something else.

It was three drops of liquid emitting a silver light.

"Could this be something more advanced than essence energy?" Lu Chen's spirit jolted.

He tried to activate the Myriad Manifestations Furnace Art to absorb a drop and couldn't help but tremble inwardly.

It was bone marrow, which could increase the toughness of tendons and bones, and enhance physical strength.

Just a tiny drop increased Bull Strength by one.

Although the process of opening meridians also tempered the body, the effect was incomparable to absorbing and refining bone marrow.

One Bull Strength in physical power could only be gained by breaking through a minor realm!

But now, just a tiny drop of bone marrow had increased it by one Bull Strength.

What about continuing?

An unexpected joy.

He refined the remaining two drops of bone marrow in one go, gaining another two Bull Strength.

Combined with the previous one Bull Strength, it was equivalent to opening a new meridian, which was very effective.

And it could be absorbed.

Then, he put the remaining bones into the Myriad Manifestations Furnace for refining. This time, he obtained two more drops of bone marrow.

After absorbing and refining them, he used the essence energy from the bones to open the remaining four meridians of the second layer.

In total, he gained an additional 14 Bull Strength.

"Fight, collect bone and flesh essence, and slowly accumulate strength to escape this cage!"

Lu Chen clenched his fist fiercely, his eyes extremely cold:

"Lu Family, Lu Ran, what you took from me, you will pay back with interest sooner or later!"

Creak...

As the iron gate was pulled up, the sound of guards walking in the corridor could be heard, accompanied by shouts:

"Anyone still alive, make a sound! Get up and prepare to fight!"

A new day, a new battle begins.