Chapter 587: 586: The Roots of the Immortal Artifacts
The Penglai Immortal claimed Mount Heshan for himself, transforming it into Tashan Stone.
None of the immortals dared to challenge the Penglai Immortal, fearing that even if they won the competition, their own immortal artifacts would be damaged by the Tashan Stone, leading to a loss outweighing the gain.
Seeing the Tashan Stone was not put to use, the Penglai Immortal bestowed it upon the Penglai Fairy Island left in the Nine States, serving as the grand treasure of the sect.
When Jiang Li threw a punch, the Tashan Stone was refined once again. The stone material was compressed and metamorphosed, elevating the hardness of the Tashan Stone to a higher level.
Yu Yin triggered the Sacred Gourd, causing the Boundless Heavenly Tribulation to descend. Jiang Li smashed through the Heavenly Tribulation, and directly punched at the Sacred Gourd. Seeing this, the Sacred Gourd was terrified and turned to run, calling the Four Seas Dragon Balls for aid.
The Four Seas Dragon Balls made a righteous move, charging forward to aid the Sacred Gourd.
The four Dragon Balls were positioned in the four cardinal directions of east, west, south, and north, forming a protective layer of azure blue, blocking the path of the Sacred Gourd.
The Sacred Gourd crashed headlong into the protective layer, leaving it dizzy and disoriented.
By the time it came to its senses, Jiang Li’s fist was already on the verge of hitting it.
The Sacred Gourd was horrified and hastily unleashed a Fake Calamity, hoping to entrap Jiang Li within an illusion, lost in deception.
But Jiang Li’s will was unwavering. The calamity which had ensnared countless immortals had no effect on him whatsoever.
Boom—
Jiang Li didn’t hold back, landing a solid punch on the Sacred Gourd. The pain caused the Sacred Gourd to scream, begging Yu Yin for comfort.
Yu Yin kicked the annoying gourd away with a single foot.
The Sacred Gourd had an impressive lineage, belonging to the prehistoric spiritual plant and having a hint of connection with the Heavenly Sovereign.
Legend has it that the Heavenly Sovereign of the Immortal Realm saw that the First Generation Tianyuan Emperor had great potential and would certainly achieve great things. When the Emperor was at the Heavenly Immortal stage, the Sovereign bestowed upon him a yellow gourd picked from the seven-colored gourds of the prehistoric gourd vine. This story is widely circulated in the Nine States.
The truth about the origin of the Sacred Gourd was later revealed by Yu Yin during a meeting with Jiang Li and his companions.
The First Generation Tianyuan Emperor was indeed extraordinary. Thanks to his ruthless determination, he was able to reach the Heavenly Immortal Stage. Well-known within the Immortal Realm for his ferocity, he wished to refine an Immortal Artifact and sought the gourds of the prehistoric gourd vine from the Heavenly Sovereign.
However, the prehistoric gourd was so costly it led to the First Generation Tianyuan Emperor’s despair. Instead, he settled for the third generation descendant of the prehistoric gourd vine, the Sacred Gourd.
Upon refining, the First Generation Tianyuan Emperor transformed the Sacred Gourd into an Immortal Artifact with the ability to mimic some of the Heavenly Tribulation abilities.
Later, the First Generation Tianyuan Emperor found out that the gourd the Heavenly Sovereign sold to him was three times more expensive than other gourds. He felt greatly cheated.
The First Generation Tianyuan Emperor insisted that the Heavenly Sovereign had profound intentions. The other immortals did not buy this and laughed at the fact that the First Generation Tianyuan Emperor had been duped by the Heavenly Sovereign.
The Heavenly Sovereign had been conning immortals in the realm for a long time.
The First Generation Tianyuan Emperor felt humiliated, so he presented the Sacred Gourd to the Tianyuan Emperor Dynasty, and sugar-coated the story of how he came to possess the Sacred Gourd.
Thus, it is true that the Sacred Gourd has connections with prehistoric supernatural plants and the Heavenly Sovereign.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Jiang Li remembered Yu Yin mentioning that the color of a spiritual plant like the Sacred Gourd changes in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple – where a later color represents stronger power.
The color of the Sacred Gourd changed – from yellow to green.
“I turned green?” The Sacred Gourd was utterly surprised, not particularly pleased with the change in color.
“Perhaps one more punch?”
Enthusiastically, Jiang Li landed another punch on the Sacred Gourd. It cried out in pain, changing color from green to cyan.
“Do we need another round?”
“No, no more.”
After the power of the Ruyi Gourd was upgraded, Jiang Li casually shoved the Four Seas Dragon Ball. Its robust defensive power was meaningless in front of Jiang Li. He stretched out his hands, squeezed the Dragon Ball, and the insides of the four Dragon Balls exploded, forming snowflake-like patterns, perfect and natural.
Yu Yin continued to use a special refining method to help the Four Seas Dragon Ball eliminate its patterns and restore its perfection.
The defensive power of the Four Seas Dragon Ball was significantly increased, enough to resist the attack of a Heavenly Immortal.
There are four clans of mystical beasts protecting the East, South, West, and North of the Immortal Realm. The Dragon Clan guards the East, and the Four Seas Dragon Ball was refined from savings by an old dragon ancestor.
This old dragon was honest and often bullied by other dragons, so he created a defensive Dragon Ball to keep the peace.
After this dragon passed away, the Nine Provinces Dragon Clan, as his descendants, inherited part of his legacy, including the Four Seas Dragon Ball.
Yu Yin used the Great Confucian Word Post to draw an interior world and imprison Jiang Li.
Jiang Li pointed upwards, drawing a circle. Then water poured out like a dumping sky, washing away the world within the drawing, until the ink was diluted almost to nothing.
Jiang Li broke out of the realm, he used the Heart Sword to attack the Great Confucian Word Post. The Sword Qi, born from his heart, slashed the paper of the Great Confucian Word Post to pieces. Suffering from Sword Qi, the Great Confucian Word Post wailed in pain.
Once the Sword Qi disappeared, the torn papers found each other, bridged the gaps, fitting perfectly together. The Great Confucian Word Post was reborn.
Yu Yin grabbed the Fan Tian Tower and smashed it towards Jiang Li.
The Fan Tian Tower was incredibly heavy. If it were in the universe, it could cause a spatial collapse and create a black hole just with its weight and density.
It was positioned between Yu Yin and Jiang Li, becoming the object of their strength competition. In response to the Fan Tian Tower smashing towards him, Jiang Li responded with his fist.
Bang! Bang! Bang!—
The Immortal Gold used in refining the Fan Tian Tower was the rarest among these Immortal Artifacts.
Jiang Li also noticed this. The Fan Tian Tower endured many of his punches, yet showed no change.
Jiang Li stopped showing mercy, increasing his strength, and finally, the Fan Tian Tower was hit until it underwent a transformation.
The Fan Tian Tower, a Buddha treasure refined by the boundless Buddha, was blessed by Buddha, ranking only second to the Yin Yang Heaven Seal.
The tower spun, releasing Buddha’s radiance, extremely conspicuous in the pitch-black void.
“I feel I can simultaneously open thirty, no, forty fixed space channels!” The Fan Tian Tower was overjoyed. After being beaten, the quality of its Immortal Gold was improved, becoming even more refined.
At this point, all Immortal Artifacts had further increased in quality, significantly enhancing their strength.
Sensing the change of the Immortal Artifacts, Yu Yin curled his lips into a smile, “Should a Golden Immortal come, I have the confidence to fight!”
Yu Yin used the Great Confucian Word Post to draw and directly summoned three Bai Hongs at the early Heavenly Immortal Stage.
The other artifacts had similar upgrades.
Jiang Li was also laughing, this battle has reaped huge rewards. He and Yu Yin shared the same viewpoint, believing that now Yu Yin, carrying the Immortal Artifacts, could fight against the Golden Immortal. This was excluding the Yin Yang Heaven Seal, if that’s included, there’s a high probability they could fight to a draw with the Golden Immortal.
“I’ve just received the location of the Immortal Realm a thousand years ago, do you two want to go for a visit?” Jiang Li considered that he didn’t have any urgent matters recently, so he might as well go to the location provided by the turtle shell. Who knows, he might stumble upon some clues.
“Of course, we’re going.” Bai Hong was the first one to agree. How could he miss out on such a thing?
“Let’s go on a walk.” Yu Yin nodded reservedly, asked the Ruyi Gourd to stay in the palace, to feel the changes brought on by this promotion.
In other words, they didn’t plan to bring the Ruyi Gourd this time.
“Well, wait for me to make some arrangements, then we can set off.”