Chapter 472

Even the imperial aura within it was greatly diminished.

Clearly, when the Demon Emperor shattered the Immortal Path, this imperial weapon suffered irreversible damage.

"Fortunately, I have the Qiankun Cauldron; perhaps I can repair it."

He summoned the Qiankun Cauldron, tossed the Demon Emperor's Ruler inside, and the Hongmeng Dao Fire surged—three full days passed, the flames within the Qiankun 420 Cauldron burned fiercely.

On the fourth day.

Zhang Taixuan smiled; the flames within the Qiankun Cauldron receded. He gestured, and a gleaming ruler landed in his hand.

On the ruler, feather-like patterns emerged, radiating an inexplicable Daoic resonance.

This imperial weapon, forged from Feihua Qingjin, had been restored.

Yet, because the imperial weapon had shattered the Immortal Path, its primordial essence was severely damaged; its final power reached only the peak of a quasi-imperial weapon—far exceeding ordinary quasi-imperial weapons, yet slightly inferior to a true imperial weapon.

Zhang Taixuan did not mind; he satisfiedly stored it away.

This thing was at least far better than the quasi-imperial forbidden artifact he had drawn.

That thing's power was merely adequate, and it was a single-use item—pure garbage among lottery rewards.

The remaining prize, the Ninefold Immortal Pill, could grant an Emperor another lifetime—extremely precious.

The forbidden artifact, healing potion, and Shenming Law were far inferior.

The Shenming Law from the Liaozhai world differed nothing from what he had previously deduced.

He stored these items away; what remained were only various alchemical materials.

After some thought, Zhang Taixuan took a piece of Chaos Stone and ten thousand jin of Immortal Tear Green Gold, tossing them into the Qiankun Cauldron.

As the materials in the Qiankun Cauldron melted, Zhang Taixuan reviewed his notes once more, updating the crafting method for the Mirage Dragon Mirror again.

He intended to forge numerous true-false Dao laws and spiritual techniques into the Mirage Dragon Mirror, thereby greatly increasing its power.

Otherwise, a mere illusionary magic treasure would have limited utility.

Seeing the materials melt into liquid, Zhang Taixuan shaped them into an ancient mirror.

Dragon patterns adorned the mirror's rim, intricate and beautiful.

As spiritual techniques were imprinted upon it, the patterns seemed to come alive; divine light shimmered across the mirror's surface, radiating a mysterious Daoic resonance.

The next instant, the surrounding environment shifted at his will—now transforming into a modern metropolis, now into a xianxia world scene, now conjuring the Bai Shechuan story; the scenes were utterly real, even passersby possessed thoughts and could respond to sudden events like living beings.

Any ordinary person falling into the Mirage Dragon Illusion would forever be unable to distinguish truth from illusion, doomed to eternal sinking.

Zhang Taixuan thought, and the illusions vanished; the mirror flew up and landed in his hand.

He played with it awhile, satisfied, then tossed it upward, activating the true-false Dao law, transforming the Mirage Dragon Mirror into an illusionary form—a radiant light-wheel fixed behind him, like a manifested deity or Buddha, adding further solemnity.

"The Mirage Dragon Mirror is indeed wondrous; no one would ever suspect this light-wheel is a supreme illusionary treasure. In battle, deploying it suddenly—how delightful."

Zhang Taixuan chuckled, opened the chat group, and checked his accumulated rewards from the past several days.

【Ding, your Taixuan Immortal Martial Dao has been favored by the Huaguzi world, gaining a sliver of world primordial essence. Technique: Xuanzhen Baolu.】

【Ding, your Taixuan Immortal Martial Dao has been favored by the Sui-Tang Yan Yi world, gaining a sliver of world primordial essence. True Method of Body Tempering.】

【Ding, your Taixuan Immortal Martial Dao has been favored by the Long Shechuan world, gaining a sliver of world primordial essence. One method of Manifestation-Level Visualization.】

【Ding, your Pointing Transformation Method has been favored by the Sui-Tang Yan Yi world, gaining a sliver of world primordial essence. Title: Ancestor of Demon Dao +1, Fortune increased.】

"As expected, neither the Long Shechuan world nor the Huaguzi world grants rewards for Pointing Transformation."

Zhang Taixuan had anticipated this.

Both worlds harbor non-human races; transforming demons into cultivators is not an act that promotes civilization, so no reward is given.

He claimed the rewards, set aside the world primordial essence, and focused on the cultivation systems of the three worlds.

【You have comprehended the Xuanzhen Baolu, grasped certain Daoist talisman arts, object-control methods, Qi Refining techniques, and demon-subduing methods; your understanding of Daoist cultivation has increased.】

Xuanzhen Baolu: Daoist cultivation techniques.

It contains four disciplines: talisman drawing, object control, Qi Refining, and demon subduing—highly mysterious in the Huaguzi world, but now, to Zhang Taixuan, it was insufficient.

"This path belongs to the ancient immortal system, yet compared to the Bai Shechuan world, this world's cultivation system is even weaker."

【You have comprehended the True Method of Body Tempering, deepening your understanding of the human body slightly, and increasing your grasp of the Body Dao slightly.】

In the Sui-Tang Yan Yi world, ordinary people could temper their bodies to terrifying levels, reaching forces of tens of thousands of jin.

Li Yuanba, possessing merely the strength of the Four Symbols, had fifty thousand jin of force.

The world's gifted True Method of Body Tempering far surpassed Li Yuanba's Zi Yang Xin Fa, capable of refining the body to one hundred twenty thousand jin of force—his sinews and bones stronger than any living being ever known on Earth, representing the pinnacle of that world's evolved civilization.

"Even the most ordinary world holds valuable insights in its civilizational evolution."

【You have integrated the True Method of Body Tempering into the Zao Hua Zhen Jing; the Zao Hua Zhen Jing now aligns more closely with the Dao, and the Tianxian Law has undergone a fundamental enhancement, no longer bound by energy.】

The True Method of Body Tempering aids the growth of the Tianxian Law not because it is superior, but because it is the crystallization of thousands of years of evolution within a single world—its understanding of the human body has reached its zenith.

Its tempering differs from the supernatural worlds like Xuanhuan or Yangshen Chuan; it achieves results through an utterly ordinary method, unlocking the body's potential without relying on blood qi, true qi, or spiritual energy—still effective in worlds where supernatural power is inaccessible.

This is a change at the root.

The current Tianxian Law can still use the body to pry open the supernatural and achieve immortality, even in a world where supernatural power is completely suppressed.

Once Zhang Taixuan releases this technique into the xianxia universe, it will inevitably spark fierce competition among Emperor-level figures.