Chapter 548: Chapter Two: Forging
Ye Changsheng felt a dense killing intent of the Great Dao gathering within the thunderclouds, its momentum growing increasingly powerful. Lightning flickered, illuminating everything within the treasure furnace. In this inescapable space, Ye Changsheng had no retreat.
Rumble rumble rumble!
Electricity danced like great dragons. The vast sea of thunder, transformed from the tribulation, descended and swallowed Ye Changsheng.
Ye Changsheng was prepared. He immediately activated the Immortal Emperor’s inheritance, the Primordial Scripture. Ten thousand feet of golden light flashed in his Spiritual Sea, releasing the Desolate Ancient Aura contained within. The sacred power it transformed flowed through his Meridians and body, covering his flesh and bones.
The Desolate Ancient Aura possessed the highest level of defense, capable of resisting even the lightning tribulation descended by the Great Dao. This was a Cultivation Technique created by an Immortal Emperor who had once conquered the Great Dao. Although Ye Changsheng had only mastered half of it, he was confident he could endure.
Lightning exploded on Ye Changsheng’s body. The Desolate Ancient Aura protected him, absorbing most of the power. However, the residual Great Dao Laws were bound to destroy his soul and body. Ye Changsheng felt his skin split open, and golden sacred blood flowed.
“I’m really about to ascend to immortality!”
Ye Changsheng had an illusion of his soul returning to the afterlife, as if his body no longer belonged to him. However, overall, it was fine; this was just some pain, and enduring it would not kill him.
As long as he survived this Tribulation of Great Dao, Ye Changsheng would step into the Celestial realm. Then, he could control the treasure furnace, leave this place of turmoil, and gain freedom.
Right, by then, why not go back to Qixia Isle for a look? It’s been a long time since I’ve been back; I miss it a little…
As this thought surfaced in Ye Changsheng’s mind, he immediately regretted it. Wasn’t this like setting himself up for a death flag!
As expected, the lightning tribulation transformed by the Great Dao, seeing that it couldn’t directly strike Ye Changsheng to death, separated black lightning from the thunder sea. This lightning transformed into Yin Thunder.
Compared to ordinary lightning, Yin Thunder made very little sound, almost like silent thunder. Its surface power was not significant, but its actual lethality was immense; it extinguished upon contact and persisted for a very long time.
The Great Dao, in the form of Yin Thunder, turned the lightning tribulation into flames within the treasure furnace, and began to roast Ye Changsheng in a special way, just like Immortals forging Magical Artifacts, intending to refine him alive.
Ye Changsheng had never encountered such a targeted Tribulation Crossing method, to the point where he couldn’t help but utter a friendly greeting.
“Great Dao, go f*** yourself!”
Originally, Great Dao lightning tribulation only required enduring for a while, gritting his teeth and pushing through would be no problem. But the Great Dao used Yin Thunder as fire to drive the treasure furnace and forge Ye Changsheng. This Yin Thunder persisted for a very long time and couldn’t be extinguished anytime soon.
Moreover, Ye Changsheng did not have a Dao Slaying Divine Weapon on him, allowing the Great Dao to exploit this loophole.
Time passed continuously. An hour passed, half a day passed, a day passed, three days passed…
This Great Dao Yin Thunder showed no signs of receding; it seemed determined to refine Ye Changsheng for forty-nine days, just like forging an artifact.
The Primordial characters inscribed on the treasure furnace shimmered brilliantly. The Primordial Emperor was exerting its hidden power, aiding the treasure furnace in forging. The fire of the Great Dao Yin Thunder was adjusted to the most energy-efficient refining mode, ensuring a significant increase in success rate.
Ye Changsheng bathed in the pitch-black Yin Thunder. His State of Mind was on the verge of collapse under the searing pain that burned his body and soul. Under the extremely high temperature, his surface body could no longer bear it, turning into charcoal and constantly cracking. The sound of bones shattering was incessant, and the blood that flowed out was instantly vaporized.
If not for the enhancement of the Desolate Ancient Aura, how could he possibly still be alive? Under the scorching of the Yin Thunder, his Spiritual Sea was also withering, approaching its limit.
At this moment, after his skin turned to charcoal, his body also began to undergo changes. Impurities in his Bloodline were volatilized, and his bones were cleansed, becoming like white jade. Everything was undergoing a transformation.
…
Dong!
An unknown number of days passed. The Great Dao Yin Thunder showed signs of burning out, but Ye Changsheng’s Divine Soul could no longer hold on; it had reached its limit, and he fainted, feeling that he was done for.
…
After some more time passed, in a daze, Ye Changsheng felt the temperature around him slowly decreasing and gradually regained consciousness.
“Huh, this is… the lantern the Ferryman gave me!”
Ye Changsheng realized that the Ferryman had used his extinguished lantern to absorb the residual black fire formed by the Great Dao Yin Thunder. This helped him overcome the final hurdle, preventing him from being truly refined into an Immortal Artifact and dying.
For a moment, Ye Changsheng didn’t know what to say, only offering his gratitude to the Ferryman in his heart.
He stood up and found that he could now sense the aura of the Great Dao between heaven and earth, and had a preliminary understanding of Laws.
This was the result of crossing the Tribulation of Great Dao and successfully stepping into the Celestial realm, increasing his cultivation.
Originally, crossing the Great Dao lightning tribulation would take at most a few days. But this Great Dao shamelessly used Yin Thunder to forge Ye Changsheng for many months, almost sending him to his doom with pleasure.
However, this also brought astonishing benefits. Ye Changsheng discovered that his body had indeed become different, like a humanoid Immortal Artifact. With a casual wave of his Arm, he could unleash the Flower Picking Finger, which turned into a terrifying shockwave.
He wondered what level of Immortal Artifact he had become.
“The so-called fortuitous encounter, I suppose this is a reference to that,” Ye Changsheng murmured.
But his mood was terrible. He didn’t have time to study it carefully. Staying here longer would only remind him of the pain of these past months, and he just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Ye Changsheng mobilized his Immortal Power, covered the treasure furnace with his Divine Sense, and with his preliminary understanding of Laws, flipped open the lid of the treasure furnace, finally freeing himself.
Breathing the fresh air outside, he felt refreshed and had a sense of how good it was to be alive.
The next moment, Ye Changsheng felt the heaven and earth enveloped by an out-of-control Shi Fa, which began to attack him.
Because Ye Changsheng had been continuously refining his body within the treasure furnace, he had developed a peculiar resistance, allowing him to temporarily withstand the erosion of the Lifespan-burning Shi Fa, preventing him from being immediately deprived of Lifespan and dying.
“But I can’t hold on for too long, I need to leave quickly.”
Before leaving, Ye Changsheng found the Nameless Ancient Sword and placed it back into his Spiritual Sea. Then, with a flash of inspiration, he took the treasure furnace that had refined him along, planning to study it thoroughly later.
…
The ruins of the Huangt collapsed. The out-of-control Shi Fa claimed the lives of many Primordial Exotic Beasts, turning them into withered corpses within the Shi Fa.
Ye Changsheng, having studied Shi Fa, could avoid harm. Coupled with his body’s newfound resistance, he walked through this land of death, searching for an exit.
However, Ye Changsheng could not leave this place. He gradually realized something: leaving the ruins of the Huangt seemed more difficult than he had imagined, requiring a method – traversing the Void.
But he did not yet know how to traverse the Void. If he lingered here any longer, he would eventually meet his end and die here, accompanying the bones of the Primordial Exotic Beasts.
As he worried, Ye Changsheng suddenly thought of someone.
“Right, that darn Panda is still locked in the Heavenly Coffin!”
