Chapter 597: Thirty-Six Grade Blood Lotus Furnace, Myriad Transformation True Artifact

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Arise!

Inside the Bodhi Demon Transformation Array, on a high platform made of spirit jade, Wang Yu formed a hand seal and pointed towards a certain spot within the array. Instantly, an ice-blue pillar of fire shot skyward.

A perfect blend of extreme cold and extreme heat.

The Qiankun Demonic Cauldron emerged from the flames, instantly appearing as a low-grade Fifth Tier item. It was intrinsically linked to Wang Yu, as if it were a part of him. After a period of nurturing and purification by his Spirit Transformation demonic energy, it should be able to advance to mid-grade, maintaining sync with his cultivation level.

A total of thirty-six white bone lotus petals formed a precious furnace. Each petal bore a black dragon pattern with blood-red eyes, and vein-like patterns intricately intertwined, supporting a small world within.

Wang Yu opened his mouth and inhaled.

The new Natal Spiritual Treasure smoothly entered his body, quietly hovering above his Qi Sea. With their minds connected, he instantly understood all of its effects.

After he mentally reviewed it, the joy on his face intensified.

This artifact's functions far exceeded his expectations. The Qiankun Demonic Cauldron originally possessed the divine ability of "Primordial Chaos Unity Qi," capable of refining heaven and earth. After being refined using his own body as the primary material, supplemented by other precious materials, it seemed to have gained even more powerful effects.

The most basic effect was "Returning to Origin and Tracing Back to Source"!

Whether it was heavenly treasures, earthly wonders, or the bodies of demons, monsters, or ghosts, all could be refined into their most fundamental state, often appearing as liquids.

For example, if a demonic corpse containing phoenix blood were placed into the furnace, no matter how many generations had passed or how much the bloodline had degenerated, given enough time, he could extract a single drop of true phoenix blood.

Similarly, with mineral materials like Silver Dragon Profound Iron, by inserting several portions and spending enough time, he could refine them into higher-grade Silver Dragon Blood Gold.

The so-called "Returning to Origin and Tracing Back to Source" possessed such miraculous power to turn decay into wonder, even refining low-quality spirit materials into high-quality ones.

This single effect alone could help him acquire a large quantity of high-quality spiritual items, and even collect enough demonic blood samples to aid him in performing the Myriad Transformations of the Heavenly Demon.

Thus, even if some powerful bloodlines had gone extinct, he could directly extract the essence of the original bloodline from lower-grade demon races possessing a common origin.

Relying on the profundity of Myriad Transformations, he could revive extinct ancient demonic bloodlines.

Even if not used for the Myriad Transformations talent, such rare precious blood could also be used for body refining or cultivating profound techniques, or even sold to other cultivators for a significant profit.

The second effect was named "Qiankun Unity Qi"!

The thirty-six white bone lotus petals each contained a self-formed small space, incapable of storing objects or spirits, but able to hold heaven and earth spiritual flames. The more flames placed within, and the higher their quality, the more it could generate a demonic flame known as the "Unity Qi Demonic Flame."

Its properties were similar to the Heaven-Refining Demonic Flame, renowned for being able to refine anything and incinerate anything. However, it possessed additional threads of profound creation, and the "Returning to Origin and Tracing Back to Source" effect was achieved through this Unity Qi Demonic Flame.

How much time it took and what quality of spiritual material it could refine depended entirely on whether the Unity Qi Demonic Flame's level was high enough.

Although it appeared capable of accommodating up to thirty-six kinds of heaven and earth spiritual flames, giving the impression of fusion, this was not the case. The Unity Qi Demonic Flame was one of the divine abilities inherent to the artifact.

More precisely, it extracted the essence of the thirty-six types of heaven and earth spiritual flames to continuously strengthen itself, and could also refine high-quality physical bodies as materials for the spiritual treasure's own advancement.

Once the spiritual flames within the lotus petals were fully digested, higher-quality flames could naturally be placed, continuously boosting the quality of the Unity Qi Demonic Flame as it advanced. As a recently born demonic flame, it was currently only at the low-grade Fifth Tier, and its contained spirituality was still very shallow, far from developing a sentient artifact spirit.

As for whether to feed the Ice Chi Elixir Flame to his Natal Spiritual Treasure, Wang Yu still needed time to consider. While alchemy and artifact refining could both be accomplished with this cauldron, the Ice Chi Elixir Flame's enhancement to his ice-type divine abilities was currently irreplaceable.

After all, it was a flame seed he had personally nurtured from the First Tier. It had also taken considerable effort to reach the peak of the Fifth Tier, so simply feeding it to his Natal Spiritual Treasure would be a true waste.

However, apart from this sentimental attachment, it seemed to have no further use.

Now, about the other effects of the Natal Spiritual Treasure: "Variable Size" and "Space Sealing and Suppression."

Of these two, "Variable Size" was an effect almost all spiritual treasures possessed, while "Space Sealing and Suppression" had a function similar to the Chains of Heaven, but was not of the same type. The Qiankun Demonic Cauldron focused more on suppression than simple sealing.

In other words, the two could actually be used in conjunction. Space suppressed by the Demonic Cauldron would become extremely difficult to shatter, as if it had been reinforced. Furthermore, even shattered void regions could be forcibly re-gathered and restored to their original state using this divine ability, making it far more practical than a single secret technique.

Each of the four basic divine abilities had its own miraculous effect.

Regarding the engraving of Natal Divine Abilities, Wang Yu had temporarily only carved the "Twelve Phases of Guanghan" onto the inner wall of the precious furnace. This divine ability was his strongest trump card and could not be abandoned.

However, divine abilities like the "Ice Soul Divine Light" and "Aurora Escape Technique" were not engraved onto the Natal Spiritual Treasure. He intended to explore more paths, alongside the Ice Demon Path. Ideally, these new paths would align with the four great insights he had comprehended.

However, both the Path of Slaughter and the Path of Fiend lacked sufficiently powerful divine abilities to serve as foundations. Those he had learned previously were mostly Third Tier divine abilities, and although he was diligently improving them according to advancement methods, it was ultimately too slow. Their profundity was also significantly inferior to the "Twelve Phases of Guanghan." Engraving them would not significantly raise his battle power ceiling.

The benefits of engraving divine abilities included not only expanding their power through the artifact's strength but also allowing them to be instantly cast even when his cultivation realm was not yet perfected. Furthermore, comprehension and advancement would be much faster.

With both his Natal Divine Ability and Natal Spiritual Treasure complete, Wang Yu's combat power truly reached its peak, surpassing even his strength of ten years ago. After all, he was now at the sixth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

"This artifact's emergence is quite different from the Qiankun Demonic Cauldron now; calling it that is somewhat inappropriate," Wang Yu mused. "From now on, you shall be my... Thirty-Six Grade Blood Lotus Furnace."

It was named "Blood Lotus" rather than "White Lotus" or "Bone Lotus" for a reason. This was because the demonic treasure's advancement required devouring vast quantities of high-quality corpses, a veritable mountain of corpses and sea of blood. Furthermore, when divine abilities of the Path of Slaughter were engraved onto it in the future, the artifact would surely undergo further changes.

As for him being an Ice Demon Path cultivator while his Natal Spiritual Treasure excelled in fire, whether this was a bit contradictory or unsuitable... To be frank, it was a bit awkward for now, but Wang Yu harbored grand ambitions. Limiting his Innate True Demonic Body to only cultivate the Ice Demon Path would truly be a waste, given his comprehension and foundation.

The "Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tome," "Rakshasa True Demon Sutra," "Asura Slaughter Saint Scripture," "Ten Directions Frozen Demon Path," and "Ice Soul Sacred Demon Sutra"—these were all Spirit Transformation realm demonic cultivation inheritances he possessed. Except for the "Asura Slaughter Saint Scripture," which came from Jin Miaoshan and he had not yet cultivated, he had mastered the other demonic inheritances. In the absence of higher-tier cultivation technique resources, once the "Ten Directions Frozen Demon Path" was perfected, he could begin deducing the fundamental scripture most suitable for his own cultivation. In the future, he could also draw profound theories from other cultivation inheritances, absorbing and improving them. Just like with the "Undying Nether Dragon Art," he could create a truly suitable method for himself.

What other cultivators couldn't achieve, he might not necessarily fail to achieve. Wang Yu's theoretical foundation was too profound; not to mention cultivation techniques, he could even attempt to deduce divine abilities himself. The experience granted by the "placement bar" in this regard was immense. The experience gained from each breakthrough in those cultivation techniques, secret arts, and divine abilities was extremely valuable. Over time, Wang Yu's attainments in this area surpassed ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivators by more than a hundredfold.

Creating new methods was the path most suitable for him. As long as it was new enough, the "placement bar" could also help him deduce advancements. Once he accumulated enough cultivation technique materials, he could then follow suit, establish a new method, and break through again, achieving a perfect cycle.

With the first Natal Spiritual Treasure fully optimized, Wang Yu immersed his mind into his inner dragon spine. The Myriad Transformations True Artifact he had predicted had already formed, though its appearance was somewhat unexpected.

It was like a mass of black liquid continuously swirling.

"A liquid true artifact?"

Sensing the dense Myriad Transformations Demonic Qi within, Wang Yu's thoughts stirred, and countless black liquids instantly seeped from his body, transforming into the form of the Malicious Demon Dragon Armor. This time, however, it was pure black, with a single blood-red line running through it. It was hard, tough, and extremely resistant to heterogeneous magical energy. It even retained a slight effect of enhancing the physical body.

"So, this is its initial form... It needs to consume different types of True Demonic Blood to improve its quality and power."

His thoughts stirred again. The artifact, in its armored form, rapidly converged into his hand, transforming into a demonic spear. It remained pure black with a central blood-red line, appearing unadorned. However, its effects had fundamentally changed. Spell-breaking, armor-shattering, profound impact, resilience... these characteristics were entirely different from those of the armor, taking another direction. Although still in its initial form, its focus had clearly shifted towards offense rather than defense.

"Then, Myriad Transformation Ice Phoenix—Transform!"

With a flick of his body, the Ice Phoenix spread its wings. On the not-so-tall jade platform, a young Ice Phoenix materialized and quickly transformed into a human form. Its appearance was alluringly ethereal and exceptionally beautiful, even more captivating than Wang Yu's original form. Its facial features bore a slight resemblance, though its gender was difficult to discern.

In its Ice Phoenix form, the true artifact remained a spear, but with the infusion of Ice Phoenix demonic energy, it rapidly developed ice crystal features, and intense cold energy spread from it. It formed a Phoenix Beak Ice-Patterned Spear, which had a significant amplification effect on ice-type divine abilities, completely different from its initial form.

After multiple tests, Wang Yu thoroughly understood the effects of the Myriad Transformations True Artifact. Although newly refined, it was a true artifact that had devoured a large amount of his demonic body's essence, starting at a high low-grade Fifth Tier quality. It also needed to adapt to the cleansing of the Golden Blood Divine Marrow to slowly improve its quality.

It was perfectly compatible with the Myriad Transformations of the Heavenly Demon, but its power was only average among true artifacts of the same tier. Wang Yu suspected it needed to devour more True Demonic Blood to enhance its foundation, and not just the blood of the Six Desires Heavenly Demon lineage. Other types of Heavenly Demons also needed to be heavily consumed to elevate the essence of the Myriad Transformations effect, which aligned with the requirements for his physical constitution's advancement.

Indeed, Wang Yu's Innate True Demonic Body likely still had potential for further advancement. He felt the opportunity lay within the Heavenly Demon Realm, but he currently lacked the capability. The corresponding methods also needed to be re-derived and refined. The set of methods left by Demon Heart Venerable could only serve as a reference and could no longer be relied upon as a foundation. Wang Yu was quite confident in his ability to create subsequent advancement methods, it would just require a considerable amount of time.

For now, he couldn't dwell on these matters.

Once the two Natal items were settled, Wang Yu reverted to his true form, his gaze sweeping over the Void Heaven Stele. After ten years of comprehension, aided by the mysterious array, he had roughly comprehended three thousand types of spatial secret techniques. Most were at the introductory level and had not been cultivated deeply.

Due to the effect of the Void Stele's four-in-one integration, he no longer needed to comprehend them according to sequential rules. Thus, he had roughly browsed through all ten thousand-plus secret techniques, committing them to memory. He had also engraved over ten thousand spiritual jade slips. During the engraving process, some techniques were spontaneously mastered, while others were spatial secret techniques that he actively cultivated to the introductory level, deeming them useful for his current stage.

It had to be said, even having only learned three thousand basic ones, Wang Yu felt that his comprehension of the Dao of Space had undergone a fundamental transformation. Especially regarding spatial phantoms, he could almost see a clear path forward. Though he stood at the doorway, he was in a state where he could push open the grand door at any moment.

During these ten years, his Aurora Law Intent successfully broke through. Wang Yu gained an ability called "Phantom Light Insight," which completely merged into his Primordial Spirit, significantly enhancing its foundation and strength. Combined with the Dao of Spatial Phantoms, he could now manifest hundreds of spatial illusions. They currently possessed only ten percent of his main body's strength, but these were genuine spatial clones. As his insight improved, his mastery over spatial phantoms deepened.

This ability could then be naturally deduced into a divine ability. Once perfected, it would bring a great improvement. While reaching one hundred percent of his main body's strength might be difficult, achieving ninety percent was very hopeful. If the Dao of Spatial Phantoms could condense into a Dao Fruit, he could even intercept his own existence from different spatial layers, achieving a perfect manifestation. This could be considered the strongest method for combat using clones.

This path was incredibly clear, and since Wang Yu had inherited the karma of the Nine Calamity Rogue Cultivator, his hands were already irrevocably stained. Thus, he had no fear of the disputes involved in the Dao of Spatial Phantoms.

These were the approximate results of his ten years of secluded cultivation.

Wang Yu stretched his waist, stood up, and swayed a few times, preparing to seek out Xingyue to discuss the profound art of dual cultivation.

Initially, although Fairy Xingyue had agreed, she had no experience in this regard, much less in dual cultivation; it was entirely up to Wang Yu to lead. The first time, the effect was excellent. It even allowed him to glimpse the origin of her Dao Body, specifically the hidden runes deep within her bloodline. Wang Yu suspected it was a sub-rune similar to the Innate Cloud Seal, containing the profound mysteries of the Supreme Yin Star. That single instance caused his deduction progress for the Taiyin Ghost Eyes to skyrocket, and at the same time, the spatial mysteries involved with the Void Heaven Stele also provided excellent auxiliary effects for his deductions. Combining both, the first session advanced his progress by twenty percent.

However, after that time, Xingyue was somewhat embarrassed by the special poses required, so their dual cultivation frequency was not high, basically once every three months, and the deduction progress inevitably slowed down. Subsequent dual cultivation results were also far less significant than the first time.

After adapting for nearly two years, the dual cultivation frequency only increased to once a month. Both became much more accustomed, and the deduction progress greatly accelerated. Now, it was almost once every three days, lasting three days each time.

The Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tome was truly something. Xingyue, immersed in the pleasure of rapid cultivation advancement, found her desire for physical intimacy subtly increasing significantly. Wang Yu suspected this was a side effect of the demonic technique. After all, during the dual cultivation process, he gained insights, while she gained cultivation. Even with his physique, having his energy drawn from him for years on end left him feeling a little depleted.

After loosening up his body, Wang Yu stroked his chin. "One last time, and that should be enough."