Chapter 20: Chisongzi’s Misfortune

According to the “Taiyi Nine Charges Minor Vehicle Duobao Method”, treasures were superior to magical artifacts and were divided into ordinary treasures, demon-refining treasures, and Pure Yang treasures.

Pure Yang treasures were the most precious. Those high figures in the dharma lineage, whose dao cultivation was incomplete and had strayed onto wrong paths, needed their Primordial Spirit to undergo military dissolution and restart cultivation. Only unsealed Pure Yang treasures could accomplish this military dissolution.

The three treasures recorded in the “Taiyi Nine Charges Minor Vehicle Duobao Method” were the Heavenly River Kui Water Sword, the Three Powers Pure Fortune Heart Lamp, and the Dragon-Sparrow Twin Rings.

All three were superior secret treasures for refining demons.

However, their forging was extraordinarily troublesome. Take the first one, the Heavenly River Kui Water Sword. It required gathering True Gold of the North Sea and the essence of Northern Kui Water, then repeatedly refining it from having substance to being without substance using the method of innate reversal, back and forth over a dozen times.

As for the tempering, it could only be done by using Southern Nanming Li Fire to smelt and sharpen it.

Of course, its power was immensely formidable. It contained the profound mystery of mutual conflict between the innate and acquired, orthodox and reversed Five Elements. Its sword light could freeze oceans and suppress all kinds of divine fire treasures, which was utterly terrifying.

Lin Yuan swept his gaze over the treasury. There were many natural treasures and genius materials inside, including True Gold of the North Sea and the essence of Northern Kui Water, but not that supremely powerful Nanming Li Fire.

Instead, the second and third demon-refining treasures were worth considering.

However, Lin Yuan gave up on the third treasure after a moment of thought.

The Dragon-Sparrow Twin Rings could capture Primordial Spirits. One side froze demon souls, while the other nurtured Pure Yang fire, capable of expelling poison and protecting the body. It was a superior demon-refining secret treasure.

But the Primordial Divine Demons did not cultivate Primordial Spirits. The Innate Divine Demons were incredibly powerful and immensely unfathomable, not something the Dragon-Sparrow Twin Rings could suppress.

As for potent poison mists, they usually had no effect on cultivators who practiced the Turbid Sha Divine Demon Dao Body. Powerful innate poison fires also could not be cleansed by the Dragon-Sparrow Twin Rings.

That left the second demon-refining secret treasure—the Three Powers Pure Fortune Heart Lamp!

Thinking of its forging method, a slight smile appeared in Lin Yuan’s eyes.

This Three Powers Pure Fortune Heart Lamp had two forging methods.

The first was for a purely demon-refining secret treasure.

First, find a Changming Lamp in some ancient temples millennia old, then gather the fire of the Three Powers—Heaven, Earth, and Man—to cultivate Samadhi True Fire.

A lamp tempered with powerful Samadhi True Fire was truly a first-rate demon-refining secret treasure.

Burning mountains and boiling seas would be nothing to it.

In Lin Yuan’s view, if one could find an Innate Spiritual Fire, even the Doushen Divine Demons would have to think twice.

The second method involved gathering Pure Fortune aura and tempering it with the Virtue True Chapter from the treasure-forging method, then using the refined Pure Fortune aura to light the lamp. Such a Pure Fortune Heart Lamp could suppress corpse-ghosts and inner demons, contained secret methods of rebirth, and could even temper the Primordial Spirit. It was a rare treasure for refining demons and protecting the dao.

However, its offensive capability was far inferior to the Samadhi True Fire Jade-Tempered Lamp.

Lin Yuan felt some regret in his heart. Actually, he was quite partial to the Heavenly River Kui Water Sword.

Flying Swords were extremely rare, especially such a superior demon-refining Flying Sword.

Moreover, this Heavenly River Kui Water Sword was extremely compatible with twelve of the Innate Dao Charts among the Twenty-Four Dao Charts. Whether it was “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain” or “Mysterious Nether Establishes Winter”, both matched this Heavenly River Kui Water Sword perfectly.

If nurtured by these twelve Innate Dao Charts, it might even reach a higher level, forging into a terrifying sword-shaped ultimate treasure of immense power.

Yet, after looking around the treasury, Lin Yuan found nothing. His expression unchanged, he thought for a moment, then turned and walked toward the direction of the tribe’s temple.

The temple was where the Yunxiangshi enshrined their totem and where human sages resided, considered an important place.

It was perpetually illuminated by lights.

Lin Yuan gazed at the nine Changming Lamps burning above the main hall.

Pale red flames burned, carrying a strange aura.

The most difficult part of forging the Three Powers Pure Fortune Heart Lamp was obtaining a millennia-old Changming Lamp.

Such Changming Lamps, having received worship, were imbued with a trace of miraculous power and could bear the Pure Fortune aura.

The light from these nine Changming Lamps in the temple was also different.

The lamp fire was not ordinary fire, but Sui Fire!

The fire of the Human Path, the fire of fortune for the human tribe!

This added another layer of profound mystery.

Every large-scale tribe of significant size would receive a wisp of Sui Fire from the sages in the human ancestral lands. This was both a symbol of noble status and the passing of the torch!

“What immense fortune!”

Lin Yuan looked at the nine Changming Lamps and inwardly marveled. To encounter such divine fire, one wondered how great a blessing it was.

A Three Powers Pure Fortune Heart Lamp forged with a Sui Fire lamp was truly something to anticipate immensely.

Forging the Three Powers Pure Fortune Heart Lamp was not complicated. After finding a millennia-old Changming Lamp, one only needed to gather Pure Fortune aura and nurture it with the Primordial Spirit.

Lin Yuan did not have Pure Fortune aura.

But Lin Yuan had a better substitute.

Virtue Merit!

Lin Yuan gazed at one of the Changming Lamps, a trace of unparalleled brilliance flashing in his eyes.

He intended to forge a Merit Golden Lamp!

On the divine altar, the nine Changming Lamps looked similar. They were all over six inches tall, with an ancient, simple appearance, covered in dense scales. The lamp flames were like beans, yet incredibly bright, capable of illuminating the dark corners of the heart and dispelling formless inner demons.

Lin Yuan extended a hand.

On the divine altar, the Changming Lamp at the very center was drawn and floated up, appearing before him moments later.

His expression slightly solemn, Lin Yuan pointed a finger as he pondered. A strand of Merit Golden Light was pulled out. Silently reciting Virtue True Words with his Innate Magical Power, Lin Yuan infused the Merit Golden Light into the Changming Lamp.

If any cultivator saw this, they would surely be stunned.

Using Merit Power to refine a treasure—how extravagant!

But Lin Yuan had little else, yet he had an abundance of Virtue Merit!

With the establishment of surnames and the nine rites, Merit Golden Light had also descended!

The Merit Golden Light, accompanied by the Virtue True Words, merged with this ancient lamp. This antique-looking ancient lamp instantly emitted an extremely bright radiance, capable of illuminating the ten directions of the Netherworld and liberating all suffering!

“Good treasure!”

Lin Yuan’s expression brightened as he watched. He pulled out another portion, about ten percent, of the Merit Golden Light from within himself and sent it into the lamp. His internal Primordial Origin Embryo suddenly sensed it. A surge of unparalleled magical power rose, directly drawing this Heart Lamp into the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows, nurturing it with the power of the Primordial Origin Embryo.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes, carefully perceiving the changes within.

The soft treasure light emitted by the Three Powers Pure Fortune Heart Lamp illuminated the inside and outside of the Primordial Origin Embryo. Washed by the treasure light, the Primordial Origin Embryo became even more perfectly compatible with the Innate Twenty-Four Dao Diagrams!

In turn, the power of the Primordial Origin Embryo also nourished this Merit Golden Lamp.

Lin Yuan could clearly sense the various wonders of this Merit Golden Lamp.

This demon-refining secret treasure was only just initially formed. With further refinement through the Virtue True Words, its uses were boundless.

Uncontainable joy showed in Lin Yuan’s eyes. For the following period, he stayed directly in the temple, using his own magical power combined with the Virtue True Words to wash and refine this demon-refining secret treasure.

He also asked the Yunxiangshi for help, seeking nearby Innate Divine Demons who gave lectures, attempting to catch up on studies.

However, half a month later, Lin Yuan had no choice but to leave the temple.

“Chisongzi is in trouble!”

Bad news came from Chisongzi’s side, who had been silent for half a month.

When Lin Yuan hurried over with the tribe’s cultivators and saw the scene before his eyes, he was greatly shocked!