Chapter 1141: Mixed Yuan Bell Ascends

Pure Nine Lotus Lantern

On Five Emperors Mountain, Mountain Lord Mude was somewhat surprised by the task Xiao Yuli had given him.

"Palace Master," he said, "if I take these disciples away, there will be no one left on the mountain..."

The Primal Chaos Bell was set to absorb the spiritual veins of Five Emperors Mountain. To prevent this from affecting the disciples' cultivation on the mountain, Chen Mobai had Xiao Yuli send them all away. Xiao Yuli, acting in her capacity as Palace Master, then instructed Mountain Lord Mude to take the disciples to Dongyi to support the main branch of the Five Elements Sect.

"It's most important to demonstrate your abilities before the Sect Master," she explained. "The war between Dongyi and the Black Flood Dragon Royal Court is now at its fiercest, and this is precisely when the main branch needs our support..."

Xiao Yuli spouted a string of lofty reasons. Mountain Lord Mude wasn't exactly opposed; he simply felt there might be an issue with taking all the disciples away.

But since Xiao Yuli, as Palace Master, insisted, he could only comply.

Besides, there were still some available personnel in One Yuan Immortal City at the foot of the mountain.

Furthermore, even if Xiao Yuli transferred them away and something harmful to the sect were done, the Sect Master would impose punishment, and it would have nothing to do with him, Mude.

With this thought, Mude comfortably led the disciples to Dongyi.

Meanwhile, Chen Mobai was in the back mountain, drinking tea with Tude.

"I never imagined I'd have the honor of sharing a drink with the Sect Master," Tude said. After losing his cultivation, his face had aged, but his spirit was much better than before.

The two sat in a quiet pavilion on the mountainside, watching the clouds and mist rise in the distance, like old friends, sipping tea and discussing the Dao.

"I have good news and bad news," Chen Mobai said, putting down his teacup and asking with a somewhat languid posture, "Which would you like to hear first?"

Seeing this, Tude immediately picked up the teapot and poured tea for Chen Mobai. "Let's hear the good news first," he said. "At my age, I only have one breath left. If there's bad news, I might not be able to take it and just pass away."

Chen Mobai hadn't realized before that Tude was such a humorous and witty person.

"Hahaha," Chen Mobai chuckled, "then I'll tell you the good news: Xingji failed to achieve Deity Transformation!"

Amidst his laughter, Chen Mobai informed him of something that made Tude beam with joy.

"Good, good, good! It's good that he failed!"

Back then, Tude and Xingji had competed fiercely in the Eastern Mausoleum Region for the last half-grain of the Sacred True Spirit Pill, almost tearing each other's faces off. They had even entertained thoughts of secretly ambushing and assassinating each other.

Fortunately, the Daoist Virtue Sect had strict regulations at the time, and coupled with Xingji's cautious nature, Tude didn't get that opportunity.

After seeing Xingji obtain the Sacred True Spirit Pill and decisively request an escort from True Monarch Wuchen, Tude knew he wouldn't get another chance. So, he threw caution to the wind and immediately returned to Five Emperors Mountain to attempt Deity Transformation.

With Xingji also having failed, Tude suddenly felt that his own failure wasn't so unacceptable after all.

Indeed, comparison truly puts things into perspective.

"Is Xingji dead?"

Tude asked again. When he had been in the back mountain, Chen Lingming would occasionally come to talk with him. But in recent years, Chen Lingming had been busy in Dongyi, and Xiao Yuli didn't favor him, so he hadn't interacted or spoken with anyone for ten years.

"No, he's not dead," Chen Mobai replied. "Perhaps the Three Luminaries Divine Water is quite miraculous."

Chen Mobai shook his head.

The Four Great Sacred Lands of the Eastern Lands were quite concerned about this matter, as an additional Sacred Land would have emerged if Xingji had achieved Deity Transformation.

Furthermore, to qualify for the exchange, Xingji had previously made a deal with the Sacred Lands of the Eastern Lands. Now that he had failed, although he didn't have to hand over the formula for the Three Luminaries Divine Water, he still had to reveal the Immortal Scripture Jade Slip for all four Great Sacred Lands to study once.

Currently, the Immortal Scripture Jade Slip had already been studied by Shenxi and was now in Ni Yuanzhong's hands. After that, it would go to the Grand Void Ethereal Palace and the Five Elements Sect.

Because Chen Mobai had been busy fighting the old flood dragons of the Black Flood Dragon Royal Court in recent years, he had proactively put himself last in line.

Furthermore, for him, the allure of this item wasn't as great anymore.

After all, on the Elixir Cauldron Jade Tree, there were so many Dao Fruit elixir formulas, none of which were inferior to the Three Luminaries Divine Water.

"What a pity..."

Hearing that Xingji wasn't dead, Tude's face was filled with disappointment.

Just then, a five-colored streak of light landed before the two of them. It was Xiao Yuli, who respectfully said to Chen Mobai, "Sect Master, Mountain Lord Mude has already taken everyone from the mountain away. It won't do for you to have no one to attend to you, so I'll stay and help."

Xiao Yuli's idea was to leverage this opportunity to gain experience as a sixth-tier artifact refiner.

Previously, when the Fiery True Immortal City was refining fifth-tier artifacts, her performance hadn't been good. However, she believed this was due to her lack of prior preparation. If she had studied under the Sect Master beforehand, like Chen Lingming, she was certain she wouldn't have been worse than him.

If she could succeed this time, she would become the second-best artifact refiner in the Heavenly River Realm, second only to the Sect Master.

Moreover, this was the upgrade of their sect's treasured artifact, the Primal Chaos Bell!

At the thought of this, she became even more determined not to miss this opportunity.

"Is Five Emperors Mountain going to disappear?"

Tude heard Xiao Yuli's words and finally guessed what the bad news Chen Mobai was going to tell him was. His face darkened, and he asked with a sigh.

"It won't disappear," Chen Mobai replied. "It's just that the sixth-tier spiritual vein will no longer exist. But for you, it might be a bit hard to accept."

Chen Mobai said this to Tude, then put down his teacup, stood up, and left with Xiao Yuli.

A clear, resounding bell chime rang out, causing the majestic Five Emperors Mountain to tremble instantly.

Tude stood up, looking at the cloud-shrouded mountain peak ahead. There, the thousand-meter-tall One Yuan avatar gestured, and rich, pure Five Elements spiritual energy surged in, transforming into a beautiful scene of colorful radiant light. He found that amidst his resentment and jealousy, a glimmer of anticipation had appeared in his heart.

He anticipated the emergence of a new sixth-tier artifact refiner within the Ancestral Master's lineage.

Even if this person was the great enemy who had ruined his life.

On the plaza in front of the One Yuan Hall.

Chen Mobai's expression was solemn. His hands formed the One Yuan Seal, and the Primal Chaos Pearl had already transformed into a five-colored peacock, landing on the continuously vibrating and resonating Primal Chaos Bell.

The formation here was personally set up by him. Under the guidance of his spiritual sense, all the formation plates and flags activated, drawing out the essence of the sixth-tier spiritual vein. This essence transformed into strands of five-colored rainbow light, like colorful ribbons, falling onto various parts of the gray-white stone bell.

Amidst a buzzing sound, a five-colored precious orb, enveloped in five-colored mist, flew out from the core of the Five Emperors Mountain's spiritual vein.

These were the two artifacts Chen Mobai had left here to serve as the hubs of the sixth-tier grand formation:

The Heavenly Origin Pearl and the Grand Unity Five Smoke Gauze!

Among them, the Heavenly Origin Pearl was already a mid-grade fifth-tier artifact, while the Grand Unity Five Smoke Gauze was a low-grade fifth-tier artifact!

Besides being nurtured by the sixth-tier spiritual vein, their spirituality had long been cultivated due to having been with Chen Mobai for a considerable time.

The Primal Chaos Bell had been on Five Emperors Mountain for over six thousand years. Now that it had returned, everything on the mountain naturally came back under its control, rendering these two artifacts unnecessary.

Under Xiao Yuli's nervous gaze, Chen Mobai opened all the restrictions on Five Emperors Mountain. As he activated his incantation seals, the vast sixth-tier spiritual vein energy, now unrestrained, surged out furiously, causing the entire Five Emperors Mountain to shake violently. Even the One Yuan statue in front of the main hall began to sway.

Chen Mobai immediately threw the Grand Unity Five Smoke Gauze over to protect the Ancestral Master's statue. He then directed all the surging Five Elements spiritual energy towards the gray-white stone bell in the sky.

The bell's body began to vibrate, emitting a low hum.

The dense spiritual energy, so potent that Xiao Yuli could barely breathe, formed a massive five-colored vortex at the mountain peak. This was due to the immense spiritual energy at the center being rapidly absorbed by the Primal Chaos Bell.

Chen Mobai's expression remained unchanged. The knowledge concerning sixth-tier artifact refining left by Daoist Dandian began to surface in his mind. He selected the useful parts by comparing them to the current situation and began directing the Primal Chaos Bell with the *Cantong Qi*.

Artifact refining is actually similar to cooking. Each artifact is like a dish being prepared; the ingredients are key, and the refining method is equally crucial.

Under the masterful control of Chen Mobai, the Primal Chaos Bell, as planned, absorbed and refined the sixth-tier spiritual vein of Five Emperors Mountain. Gradually, its gray-white stone surface began to emit a trace of jade-like luster.

This indicated that it had begun its ascension towards the high-grade sixth tier.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yuli's face was filled with joy.

But for Chen Mobai, this was merely the beginning.

As his spiritual sense stirred, the void above the Primal Chaos Bell subtly twisted, and a massive stone tablet descended from the sky—it was precisely the Boundary Stone.

High-grade sixth tier was his baseline goal for this refining. His ultimate goal was to further integrate the power of the void and the power of decaying fate, laying the foundation for its ascension into the Primal Chaos Golden Dipper.

The moment the Boundary Stone descended, the Primal Chaos Bell also flipped over, its mouth facing upwards like a bottomless pit, and began to absorb one end of the stone tablet.

With a boom!

The Boundary Stone suddenly erupted with dazzling silver sparks, blindingly brilliant like meteors in the dark.

Chen Mobai sensed the struggle emanating from the Primal Chaos Bell's artifact spirit and immediately took over the refining process using the *Cantong Qi*.

Regarding the power of the void, he could call himself an expert.

Even at this moment, Gui Bao was popping up notifications, indicating it wanted to devour this suddenly surging, powerful void energy.

Chen Mobai naturally prioritized upgrading the Primal Chaos Bell. He pushed the *Cantong Qi* to its limit, and the Primal Chaos Bell radiated five-colored light flames—the incredibly rich and pure essence of the sixth-tier spiritual vein. Then, the Tusita Eight-Scenery Lantern flew out, and below the Primal Chaos Bell, nine Tusita Fires converged and sublimated, continuously assisting in the tempering.

Gradually, the Boundary Stone, which had originally been somewhat incompatible with the Primal Chaos Bell's attributes, suddenly had a drop of silver liquid melt from its surface.

The silver liquid drop seemed like a scorching sun dripping down. As it slid along the Boundary Stone, it emitted dazzling silver light, illuminating the entire mountain peak.

Chen Mobai sensed that within this single drop lay the powerful void energy of an Immortal Sect Nascent Soul cultivator's domain.

And this was less than one ten-thousandth of the Boundary Stone.

As time passed, the vibrations of the Primal Chaos Bell grew increasingly intense. Suddenly, a crack appeared on its surface.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yuli gasped, but Chen Mobai, however, let out a sigh of relief.

A cracking sound echoed.

A piece of stone skin peeled off the Primal Chaos Bell, revealing its transformed, mutton-fat jade-like new body.