Lu Ren examined the changes inside his body, only to discover that his ten Reincarnation Long Swords had vanished. He could not even sense them.
"This..."
Lu Ren was stunned. "What happened?"
Great Emperor Wutian sat cross-legged atop Eight Divisions Pagoda Mountain. After a moment's thought, he said, "Perhaps your Battle Embryo swallowed them!"
"What? My Battle Embryo swallowed them?"
Lu Ren stared at him in disbelief.
"The Battle Embryo has six stages: Battle Embryo Stage, War Infant Stage, War Child Stage, War Spirit Stage, Battle Soul Stage, and Battle Body Stage. Once nurtured to the Battle Body Stage, it can break free of its cocoon completely. You'll shed your current flesh and transform it into a Battle Body!"
"They say nurturing a Battle Embryo mainly depends on Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Different Battle Embryos need different things!"
"Some need to devour the primordial fires of heaven and earth, while others need all manner of immortal herbs and medicines!"
"My guess is that your Battle Embryo needs to devour artifact-refining materials!"
Great Emperor Wutian spoke with conviction.
"Artifact-refining materials?"
Startled, Lu Ren immediately entered the Reincarnation Ancient Pagoda and laid out the artifact-refining materials he no longer needed.
Then he activated his Battle Embryo. A phantom embryo appeared around him.
As the Battle Embryo trembled faintly, the materials around him shattered in an instant, turning into a torrent that surged into the phantom.
But the moment the torrent was drawn in, it was spat back out. It gathered together and instantly formed a mountain of metal ore.
It was as though the Battle Embryo found those materials beneath its notice.
"These are almost all materials for refining Top-grade Dao Artifacts, and the Battle Embryo rejected them?"
Lu Ren was dumbfounded.
Many of them were the finest materials for Top-grade