Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 480 - 389: The Refining Tao has never seen a Great Emperor, if possible, I might be able to make up for this regret, _2
On this day, the blizzard raged, the Cold Wind pierced to the bone, and large snowflakes fluttered about. Heaven and earth were a vast expanse of white, the field of vision foggy and obscure.
Yue State, belonging to the Yue Mountain Sect, and Central State, under the Daxuan Dynasty, unexpectedly deployed troops one after another. They invaded each other’s prefectures. These two Tao Soldier regiments encountered each other at Leshan Mansion!
The war between the Daxuan Dynasty of the Eastern Wilderness Divine Continent and the Sect forces erupted inadvertently, its momentum thunderous.
In the Green Heaven above, the Martial Saints of the two great powers stood proudly, facing each other, an air about them suggesting they would go to war at the slightest disagreement.
Phoenix Princess Tang Xi, having recently become a Martial Saint, gazed down at the thunderous, blood-drenched battlefield below. Her eyes were cold, and she thought with disdain: Ridiculous. A single sect thinks it can withstand the military might of my Daxuan Dynasty? In your dreams.
Yet, despite her inward sneer, Phoenix Princess Tang Xi couldn’t help but feel some surprise and uncertainty, because not a single Elder or instructor from the Eastern Wilderness Academy had come to mediate the issue.
"Elder, should we really not take action and just watch from the sidelines here at the academy?" Saint Gentle Words, within the Eastern Wilderness Academy, couldn’t help but speak up as he watched the many Saints confront each other among the clouds in the Green Heaven, reflected in a light mirror.
The Eastern Wilderness Academy’s Elder Kong Yande looked on with a complex expression, slowly saying, "It’s better to unblock than to block. If we keep suppressing it, things will only get more complicated. Moreover, most of our Human Race Martial Saints have been at peace for too long and have forgotten how to fight and kill enemies."
Actually, Kong Yande had left something unsaid: this situation was a result tacitly accepted and allowed by the Emperor’s son, East Supreme Saint, and the Elders of the Five Great Academy.
When East Supreme Saint returned that day from the sixth scene of the Eternal Azure Lotus Dreamland, he urgently summoned the Elders of the Five Great Academy. It was then that they learned East Supreme Saint’s life was not much longer, with only a little over two hundred years remaining. There was fear he would no longer be able to protect the emergence of the Great Dream Emperor. Furthermore, the emergence of Xuan Guangqiao of the Demon Clan’s Destiny was a sharp sting to East Supreme Saint’s sensitive nerves.
Xuan Guangqiao was too terrifying. Having just advanced to the sixth rank of the Saint Realm, it easily killed Cloud Rock Martial Saint, who was famous for his defense among the Five Great Academy. Keep in mind that Cloud Rock Martial Saint was a seventh-rank Martial Saint, an elite among elites, expected to step into the Heavenly Palace. Yet, he was still easily killed by Xuan Guangqiao!
If Xuan Guangqiao were allowed to grow smoothly, East Supreme Saint had no doubt that the past atrocity of the Great Moon Saint dominating the Black Heaven and committing the Soul Killing massacre could recur. That was something he could not accept. Therefore, he had to cultivate the strongest "King Worm" from among the nine Great Dream Seeds in the shortest time possible. This strongest "King Worm" was to confront the Demon Clan, enabling the Great Dream Emperor to achieve success!
"Saint Gentle Words, a great wind is about to rise," said the Eastern Wilderness Elder Kong Yande, looking up and speaking flatly.
Saint Gentle Words looked puzzled, but when he followed Kong Yande’s gaze, he suddenly noticed the third-rank Dream Tao Exotic Beast they had been nurturing, which looked like a fiery sparrow.
A Dream Tao Exotic Beast? An Exotic Beast? Dream Tao?
Kong Yande continued, "Yes, the nine Great Dream Seeds are just one year away from opening their Apertures to begin cultivation. The wind of Dream Tao is already blowing!"
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The path of Refining Tao is vast and profound. Although Refining Tao has never produced a Great Emperor, Hong Yuan never doubted its potential.
Occasionally, in the quiet of the night, Hong Yuan even wondered if it was possible to achieve immortality through Refining Tao alone. Of course, these are all ethereal thoughts. Whether as a human or a demon, the most important thing is to stay grounded.
Atop the Purple Golden Palace of the Destiny Demon Realm, a four-eared cauldron adorned with Purple Gold Divine Light stood in the center. It was transformed from the Purple Gold Thorns, making it almost an alternative furnace.
Hong Yuan uttered, "Arise!"
The furnace materialized, flames ignited, and incantations began.
Illusory Dream Cold Frost was a sixth-rank sacred material. Ordinary Instruments were insufficient to extract the dream fragments within it. The Purple Gold Thorns, however, was the Life Spirit Plant of Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body, its status equivalent to the Purple-Gold Furnace. With it, extracting the dream fragments was hardly a challenge.
Go, Hong Yuan thought, and the floating Illusory Dream Cold Frost plunged into the furnace.
Only when the seemingly unmeltable Illusory Dream Cold Frost thawed did he leisurely place the Black Glow Small Bee into the furnace. Apart from the Black Glow Small Bee, he sequentially added other Dream Tao materials such as Blue Red Wood and Tear Dream Gecko. These peculiar Dream Tao materials were essences extracted from those Demon Instruments and were extremely precious.
Two hours later, the Purple Gold Cauldron thundered, emitting an extraordinarily cold, white, frosty mist. The white frosty mist, like a python, circled endlessly within the Purple Golden Palace, yet it could not leave its confines.
The human method of Artifact Refining is indeed inferior to the natural refining method. Fortunately, I am an Artifact Refining Grandmaster.
Gazing at the white frosty mist, Hong Yuan expressionlessly summoned the Dream Butterfly Fairy Worm.
WHIRR—
The Dream Butterfly Fairy Worm, its wings shimmering with a dream-like luster, fluttered gently onto Hong Yuan’s jade-like hand. Its body was primarily gold, and at that moment, it was as if Hong Yuan held flowing liquid gold.
Narrowing his crimson dragon eyes, Hong Yuan carefully observed the Dream Butterfly Fairy Worm, noting the newly added Refining Tao Marks on it.
Refining Tao has never produced a Great Emperor. If possible, perhaps I can rectify this. Who can say what the future holds...
Hong Yuan kept these thoughts to himself. He sat upright on the Purple Gold Dragon Throne, his gaze seemingly piercing through the Destiny Demon Realm, looking towards the White Red Heaven inscribed with the Heaven Heart Imprint.
