After returning in his borrowed body, Cheng Xinzhan intended to refine his Dharma Treasures anew.
First came the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.
This Precious Mirror used Murong Yan's "Water-Moon Illuminating Spirit Mirror" as its base. Cheng Xinzhan had removed the water and retained the moon, then added Yang restrictions according to the refining method of the "Radiant Spirit Illuminating Qian-Yuan Treasure Mirror." It had now begun to take shape.
Its swift progress owed much to the two months he had spent at Flame Mountain.
The Gobi abounded in the Great Sun's Yang essence, making it particularly convenient to refine Yang restrictions. Moreover, Cheng Xinzhan had not kept his treasure-refining from Huo Wuwei. He had even brought him in, using the process to teach him the Yin-Yang Method. Huo Wuwei was an upright, openhearted man. Having received the great kindness of the Daoist's teachings, he naturally returned peaches for plums, offering many outstanding ideas for refining the Precious Mirror, along with a considerable quantity of precious materials.
Among them were three kinds of Yang-aligned Gang and baleful intent.
Five taels of "Yangming Cloud Hall Gang." This was the first Heavenly Gang Cheng Xinzhan had ever acquired, a gift from Huanzhu Louzhu. He had obtained no more since, and although he had used it very sparingly, he had long since exhausted his supply. Acquiring more now was truly a delight.
Refining this Gang into the Precious Mirror would allow it to emit boundless brilliant light and create a hundred kinds of illusory realms.
Five taels of "Blazing Rosy Cloud Heaven-Incinerating Heavenly Gang." On a clear summer day, when the cinnabar sun sank westward and scorched the evening clouds, forming great swathes of fiery clouds that swept rapidly from west to east across the horizon, this Gang might arise. Then the burning clouds set