Chapter 226: Chapter 225: Void Celestial Armor, Magical Treasure Tribulation Crossing (1st update, requesting subscription)
He took out the golden box, gleaming brilliantly, crafted from Dao Tribulation Gold.
Estimating its weight, it was about fifty-two jin, eight liang, and three fen.
Activating the Pure Yang Dao Flame, he began to burn the Dao Tribulation Gold. Originally, this sturdy Immortal Gold not only deformed but constantly softened, melting into tiny particles, smelting into the Heaven Mending Cauldron and the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron.
Many Nascent Soul Cultivators use Fourth-Grade Spiritual Treasures, while Divinity Transformation Cultivators use Fifth-Grade Spiritual Treasures. The treasures they use are often a grade lower than themselves, largely due to a lack of materials.
With a large amount of Immortal Gold merged, the biggest obstacle to upgrading magical treasures was resolved.
Ten jin of Immortal Gold, merged into the Heaven Mending Cauldron.
Ten jin of Immortal Gold, merged into the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron.
Originally, these two great cauldrons appeared gray and seemed like stone cauldrons, unremarkable. However, at this moment, they became dazzling with golden light, strikingly impressive.
Reluctantly, other materials were added, diluting the ratio of the great cauldrons.
Twenty years later, the twin cauldrons were completed.
The weight of the great cauldrons increased, with the Heaven Mending Cauldron reaching fifteen hundred jin and the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron transforming to two thousand jin, turning gray and unremarkable.
Bang! Bang!
Lu Xuanji punched it, leaving not a trace, instead, his trembling arms ached.
He started perfecting the runes and the restrictions, spending ten years upgrading the Heaven Mending Cauldron and the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron to Fourth Grade.
These two great cauldrons became exceptionally sturdy, while ordinary Fourth-Grade Spiritual Treasures could shatter at a mere touch.
Buzz! Buzz!
At that moment, the heavens stirred with calamity, about to unleash a celestial tribulation.
When a magical treasure upgrades to Fourth Grade, a celestial tribulation occurs.
Lu Xuanji immediately activated the array to conceal the aura.
The aura of the celestial tribulation dissipated, but once the array was opened, the celestial tribulation would descend.
After the baptism of the celestial tribulation, the magical treasure would truly step into the Fourth Grade.
But now, the time was not right,
He took out the Li Fire Sword and began re-refining the magical treasure, incorporating a trace of Immortal Gold, melting merely one jin of Immortal Gold, adding runes, and transforming it into a restriction.
Spending ten years, he elevated it to Fourth Grade. Among all the magical treasures, the Li Fire Sword consumed the least materials, inscribed the least runes, and was the easiest to upgrade.
It was also sealed with an array.
"Next, I must refine... the Void Celestial Armor!"
Lu Xuanji contemplated, taking out a multitude of materials, including twenty jin of Immortal Gold, and began smelting a set of battle armor.
...
Time flowed by, and Lu Xuanji embarked on a long journey of artifact refining.
However, the difficulty of refining the Void Celestial Battle Armor far surpassed his imagination, and the time spent was unexpectedly long.
After thirty years, a set of armor was finally forged.
The armor appeared dark gold, composed of thousands of dark gold scales like fish scales, perfectly fitting the body when worn, reaching the Fourth Grade.
Crack! Crack!
Putting on the Void Celestial Armor, Lu Xuanji instantly felt a sense of security.
In the void, calamity brewed and was about to descend.
Again, he activated the array to seal the aura of the Void Celestial Armor.
Opening the token, connecting with the aura, Lu Xuanji began to transmit a message.
[Golden Ancestor, have you awakened?]
[Awakened, not only awakened, but also stepped into Golden Core Ninth Transformation, I have also stepped into Golden Core Ninth Transformation]
[Congratulations to you both!]
[No need for excessive gratitude, what is the matter?]
[The magical treasure is about to cross tribulation, come to assist!]
[Alright, wait a moment!]
The voice on the token disappeared.
In no time, the Golden Ancestor arrived.
The Lu Family immediately opened the array and respectfully welcomed him in.
In the cave mansion, the Golden Ancestor saw a sword, a four-legged cauldron, a three-legged cauldron, and an armor emitting a brilliant aura, with runes flowing within like stars, exuding a terrifying aura, about to attract a celestial tribulation.
But arrays appeared all around, forcibly sealing the aura.
The aura couldn’t escape, preventing the magical treasures from crossing their tribulation, still one celestial tribulation away from Fourth Grade.
"The magical treasure needs to cross the tribulation, asking the ancestor to assist, to fend off unrelated meddling!"
Lu Xuanji requested respectfully.
Fourth-Grade magical treasures are extremely precious, even a Golden Core Ancestor has few.
If there’s no strong protector, the moment a magical treasure successfully crosses the tribulation, it might be snatched away by a Golden Core Ancestor.
"Alright!"
The Golden Ancestor nodded.
"Many thanks!"
Lu Xuanji nodded and disappeared with the four magical treasures.
Reaching the wilderness, in an uninhabited corner.
Lu Xuanji released the sealed array, and immediately the clouds gathered in the sky, the calamity concentrated, and the celestial tribulation descended, this was the tribulation of the magical treasures.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Activating the escape technique, Lu Xuanji was already ten li away.
The clouds in the sky converged, the calamity amassed, transforming into thunderbolts that struck down, bombarding the magical treasures.
Humans have human tribulations, treasures have treasure tribulations.
During the first three levels, magical treasures lack tribulations. But when advancing to Fourth Grade, a celestial tribulation descends, if the magical treasures withstand the test, they can transform into Fourth-Grade Spiritual Treasures; if tribulation crossing fails, the magical treasure will shatter and break apart.
This is the tribulation of magical treasures, it’s best not for cultivators to intervene.
If cultivators intervene, two outcomes occur: either the celestial tribulation intensifies, leading to the magical treasure’s destruction; or the treasure’s tribulation is insufficient, resulting in a magical treasure lacking spiritual vitality.
In Spiritual Treasures, spirituality is key.
A magical treasure without spirituality is a dead object, offering minimal augmentation for cultivators; but a spiritual treasure perfectly aligns with oneself, unleashing its full power.
Crack!
Crack!
The aura of the celestial tribulation surged, more and more clouds gathered, the tribulation intensified with a ferocity. Comparable to the seventh layer’s power during a cultivator’s Golden Core Tribulation.
The aura of tribulation surged, some nearby Golden Cores detected it and were about to approach.
At this moment, the aura of the Golden Ancestor leaked, shouting sternly: "You all, retreat!"
Originally lurking and eager to make a move, the cultivators scattered away.
The Golden Ancestor’s notoriety was earned through slaughter, with more than twenty Golden Core Cultivators having perished by her hands, deeply feared by many who referred to her as a malevolent star.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The celestial tribulation continued, growing fiercer.
The Four Great Treasures, after experiencing the tribulation, became even more radiant, the runes within began to organize orderly, becoming Daoist Natural Law, shedding artificial traces, embodying a touch of natural power of creation.
A magical treasure’s tribulation could lead to its destruction.
But it is also creation, capable of tempering the magical treasure, modifying the runes, allowing it to become more attuned to nature, to adapt to the changes of the myriad Daoist techniques.
"Do not worry, it’s not difficult for a magical treasure to survive the tribulation!" the Golden Ancestor stated, "Did you integrate Immortal Gold into the magical treasure?"
"Yes!"
Lu Xuanji responded.
"Immortal Gold is hard to come by, you’ve achieved great creation. But your lifespan is running short," the Golden Ancestor remarked, "I estimate you were one hundred and eighty years when you entered the Purple Mansion, and using the Mad Demon Talisman consumed one full cycle’s lifespan, and refining these magical treasures, upgrading their grade, expended another full cycle, and the years consumed, you have only one hundred and fifty years left! But being only at Purple Mansion Fourth Layer, it’s somewhat insufficient to impact the Golden Core!"