Chapter 202: Refining a Magic Treasure Beast Soul Banner!

Roar!!

In the vast mountains and forests, a huge bear covered in thick blue‑purple fur suddenly pushed hard off the ground and shot upward.

The whole ground rumbled and exploded, and vast stretches of forest were torn into the shattered soil layer.

And the bear, now mid‑air, clenched its fists.

Brilliant lightning burst forth from his palms, the surroundings suddenly dimmed, leaving only that panicked, flickering lightning.

Boom—

From the suitably accumulated dark clouds, a bolt of lightning as thick as a grindstone struck down, smashing onto those clenched palms.

Carrying the force of thunder, it traced a blazing lightning bolt in the dim air, as if tearing space, and crashed down heavily.

Boom!!!

Vast amounts of lightning surged like a wave, spreading outward, accompanied by masses of falling trees and a mournful wail.

Under that violent lightning and terrifying power, a third‑level intermediate‑stage mighty beast had its life force ripped away in an instant, dead beyond death.

Third‑level intermediate beast!

It was instantly blasted to death by that single strike!

Even though there had been some prior consumption and he'd suffered considerable injury, this was enough to show the might of the thunder‑bear phantom form.

This thunder‑bear phantom form was naturally Yunhe's use of the Mysterious Beast Phantom Form.

And this third‑level intermediate beast was the opponent he chose to test this ability.

The facts prove it.

This method is indeed formidable.

"Hah—"

He let out a long breath, and the burly bear's body writhed, returning to the form of the original black giant turtle.

"It's powerful, but the consumption is indeed not small."

If he merely maintains the phantom form, with the monster power of his three inner cores, he can sustain it for a long time.

But if he bursts forth with power using the ability, it will accelerate the consumption of monster power.

Furthermore, the stronger the burst of power, the faster the consumption speed.

"Fortunately, my innate divine ability Nurturing Thunder alleviates the consumption to some extent; otherwise, relying solely on monster power to draw and transform lightning would consume even more."

Yunhe's gaze returned to the corpse of the third‑level intermediate beast before him.

He skillfully dug out the monster core, extracted the beast soul, and decomposed the corpse.

"Aside from the ability changes after transformation, the phantom‑form disguise brought by combining the Mysterious Beast Phantom Form with the Sever Immortal Strategy is so realistic that even a fourth‑level early‑stage beast might not see through it."

After all, this is a near‑real phantom form; even if wounds appear on it, it will bleed just like a real beast.

Most importantly.

His thunder‑bear bloodline is not something commonly seen; if not for Qing Yao, Yunhe would never have heard of thunder beasts in the cultivation world, and that information‑secluded beast world would likely know even less, so a fourth‑level early‑stage beast would probably not see through it.

"But it's not certain, so it can't be a trump card; it can only be one of the methods to try for escape in dire circumstances."

Black monster power surged on his body as Yunhe headed back to Huanhu Dao.

Along the way.

Around Huanhu Dao, distinct medicinal fields have already been opened up.

At a glance, there are at least a hundred mu.

However, even though the fertile soil of the beast world has never been cultivated and this place has strong spiritual energy, there is still a distinction of strength and weakness.

Therefore, not all the medicinal fields are planted with the Golden Ear Grass most useful to Yunhe; many other kinds of spiritual herbs are also planted, sorted according to each field's location and traits.

This shows.

The beasts of Huanhu Dao have begun to slowly learn some planting methods and techniques.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the beast world's own aptitude for planting.

Yunhe clearly knows how many times the beasts of Huanhu Dao have failed in opening up so many medicinal fields and cultivating them to this extent.

But the result is good.

Especially the few mu of fields planted with Golden Ear Grass, which he opened up as a demonstration, are far more than the pitiful little plot of the He family's medicinal field planted with Golden Ear Grass.

Believe it, Huanhu Dao will gradually possess more spiritual fields and herbs in the future.

And after time's slow 'baptism,' these Golden Ear Grasses have now grown to ten years' worth and can be used as material for the Condensation Method.

Merely, the He family's stored Golden Ear Grass juice hasn't been used up yet, so there's no rush.

As more and more spiritual plants are planted in the future, not only Golden Ear Grass but also some other spiritual herbs will likely be no cause for worry.

"Just."

Yunhe looked at the writhing ground, or rather, the earth silkworm beneath it causing the writhing.

He smiled.

"It's just a bit hard on it."

Originally, just the spiritual fields of Huanhu Dao were, for the earth silkworm, a piece of cake; even if it merely slept underground and occasionally twitched, it could guarantee the fields' fertility.

But with these hundred‑mu spiritual fields, even if not every field's fertility needs to match that of Huanhu Dao's fields, it is still a considerable task for the earth silkworm.

What's more, even more spiritual fields will be opened up in the future.

"It's fine; I'll find you some help later."

Yunhe muttered to himself.

On the contrary, he had no intention of going down to comfort it.

Anyway, regarding food, he has never shortchanged the earth silkworm; although its work is arduous, compared to before it not only hasn't weakened at all, its aura has actually become more solid.

A bit tired.

But it is also progressing.

"This is for your own good, well, when you later give birth to sufficient spiritual intelligence, you should be able to understand my painstaking efforts."

The world of cultivation.

The ancestral residence of the He family on South Lodging Island.

In the artifact refining chamber.

Yunhe lightly inhaled, taking back the constantly burning and jumping elixir flame before him.

Various materials were placed before him.

Among them.

There were not a few extremely precious materials.

The "Bone Condensing Soul Stone" already refined into liquid form placed in a box is a fourth‑level ore; although it cannot compare to the "Heavenly Thunder Gold Essence", it is enough to move some Yuan Ying stage cultivators, and it is also a material used by some Yuan Ying cultivators to refine magical treasures.

A huge bone‑like material about a zhang in length, whose main material is the spine of a recently slain third‑level mid‑stage demon beast, after further fusing and refining with the bones of many third‑level demon beasts, yielding demon bone; although it is not as good as Yunhe's dragon bone, it is still a precious material.

Lastly, there is a piece of silk woven from snow‑white threads.

This is probably the lowest‑quality of Yunhe's current main materials, merely reaching the middle‑grade third‑level "Wuhan Silk".

Of course, in fact refining a magical treasure with middle‑grade third‑level materials is not bad either; it's just that compared to Yunhe's other materials, it is somewhat lacking.

This silk, woven into cloth, has a strong affinity for the flow of yin energy, souls, and vital souls.

"In the future, find better materials to replace it. The beast souls in the beast soul banner will determine the power of this magical treasure, but after all it is a magical treasure, and the materials used in its refinement determine its potential upper limit."

However, the beast soul banner also has an advantage.

That is, it is divided into a pole and a flag; compared to other integrally formed magical treasures, replacing it is much simpler.

This is also why Yunhe did not spend too much effort gathering main materials, only beginning refinement after he had collected truly rare and precious materials.

After all, how could he easily find so many precious materials?

If we do not refine the beast soul banner, some of the third‑level demon beast vital souls on the demon beast side will be wasted, which is also a valuable fortune.

Vital souls differ from the wandering beast souls in the abyss that have lingered for who knows how many eons; they can stimulate the beast soul banner's power to a greater extent.

This is also why many demonic cultivators who refine artifacts such as the Hundred Ghost Banner, Thousand Soul Banner, and Myriad Soul Banner—demonic Magical Artifact—slaughter living beings en masse to collect vital souls, rather than gathering ghosts from graves.

"Compared to the Five Elements Thunder Sword, refining the beast soul banner is much easier."

After checking the materials that had already been refined once, Yunhe began artifact refinement.

Using demon bone as the pole, Wuhan Silk as the flag, and liquid Bone Condensing Soul Stone to fuse the two together.

With various auxiliary materials.

And the beast soul banner must also possess formations such as the "Soul‑Seizing Array", "Soul‑Gathering Array", and "Soul‑Controlling Array", among many other restrictions and formations.

One month later.

Buzz—

Inside the artifact refining chamber a sudden humming sound rang out; a pole about a zhang long, its flag fluttering without wind, the beast soul banner hovered in midair.

"Success!"

After a total of three months, Yunhe finally refined this beast soul banner magical treasure.

However, at this moment the beast soul banner contains not a single beast soul, so even though it has been refined, its power is presently insufficient for great use.

After a brief hesitation, Yunhe imprinted his divine sense into the beast soul banner and acknowledged it as his master with his essence blood.

But this way, the demon beast body can no longer use this magical treasure freely.

Such is the limitation of magical treasures.

It prevents the demon beast body and the cultivator body from sharing a single magical treasure.

However, he pre‑imprinted his divine sense into it so that the demon beast body could use part of the beast soul banner's abilities, such as storing beast souls.

As long as it is stimulated by a demon sense of the same origin, it can activate some of the banner's restrictions or formations such as "Soul‑Seizing" and "Soul‑Gathering".

Of course.

Trying to fully drive the banner for combat is somewhat unrealistic, but some minor methods can still be achieved.

"If there is a chance, refine another beast soul banner for the demon beast body; compared to the demon beast body which is already physically strong, the cultivator body which is relatively frail still needs some means."

The beast soul banner, a magical treasure that can utilize the beast souls of the demon beast world, Yunhe will absolutely not let pass.

Refining two has already become inevitable.

After doing these, he placed the banner into his dantian qi sea.

After only a few days of lightly sacrificing with his primordial spirit and mana, he can then "transmit" to the demon beast world to collect beast souls.

Having finished artifact refinement, Yunhe left the refining chamber and returned to the resting room.

He fell onto the bed and slept for a full day and night.

This can be considered the completion of something he had been worrying about.

So he slept very comfortably.

The next day he woke up.

Yunhe then turned again to devote himself to daily cultivation.

Taking elixirs, practicing the "Thousand Poisons Myriad Insects Technique", refining elixirs, crafting talismans, artifact refinement, studying formation arrays, raising insects, nurturing parasites, researching puppets—upon close inspection, there really are many things to do.

Of course.

As for Yunhe at this time, aside from obtaining a large number of eggshells to hasten the metamorphosis of the Crimson Shadow Golden Winged Bee, which he pays considerable attention to, most of his energy is mainly used to increase his mana and cultivation base.

And time, too, passes in these seemingly dull days.

It flies by swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, another several decades have passed.

(End of chapter)