Chapter 53

The golden Jin Dan True Fire burned fiercely in the valley, emitting a terrifying high temperature.

Those few metal spiritual ores, hailed as top-tier divine materials in the outside world, began to soften and melt under the scorching of the Jin Dan True Fire.

Hard as Ten-Thousand-Year Black Iron, it also began to glow red.

Cold as Tai Yin Secret Silver, it also emitted wisps of white gas.

Su Chen sat cross-legged, his expression focused, carefully controlling the heat of the Jin Dan True Fire.

Weapon refining, especially refining high-grade magic treasures, is a process that consumes extreme mental energy and magic power.

Especially for someone like him, who wants to perfectly fuse multiple top-tier materials with different attributes, it is even more difficult.

If one is not careful, the spirituality between the materials will conflict; light cases lead to weapon-refining failure and material waste, while heavy cases lead to furnace explosions on the spot, dragging oneself into it.

Fortunately, when Su Chen was at Xieyue Sanxing Cave, he had also systematically learned the way of weapon refining, and his theoretical knowledge was quite solid.

Time passed bit by bit.

One day...

Two days...

Three days...

For seven full days and seven nights, Su Chen did not sleep or rest, always maintaining the same posture.

The Jin Dan True Fire in the valley also burned for seven full days and seven nights.

Finally, on the morning of the eighth day, those few metal spiritual ores were completely melted, gathering into a ball the size of a human head, flashing with light of various colors.

This ball of liquid rotated slowly in the air, emitting a heavy and powerful spiritual fluctuation.

"The first step is finally completed."

Su Chen's complexion was a bit pale, but his eyes were still bright.

He did not stop; his hands began to pinch magic seals, and mysterious runes flew from his fingertips, sinking into the ball of metal liquid.

This was to engrave the core formation for the magic treasure.

What he wanted to refine was a divine axe that focused on killing and power.

Therefore, the formations he engraved were all formations capable of increasing the weapon's weight, hardness, sharpness, as well as armor-piercing and magic-breaking attributes.

These formations were all recorded in the classics collected by Patriarch Puti and were incomparably profound.

Another seven days passed.

When the last rune merged into the metal liquid, the liquid flared with brilliant light!

Su Chen hurriedly took out his own Axe of Enlightenment and let it enter the Jin Dan True Fire.

After this wood-chopping axe with ordinary material entered the Jin Dan True Fire, it turned into ashes in just a moment, leaving only the Dao charm hidden within it, presented in the form of an axe in the true fire.

"Condense!"

Su Chen gave a low shout, and his spiritual sense surged violently.

In the true fire, the ball of metal liquid began to squirm violently, merging with the axe-shaped Dao charm.

Gradually, the prototype of an axe began to appear.

A wide axe face, a heavy axe body, a sharp axe blade...

Throughout the entire process, Su Chen was fully focused, not daring to be the slightest bit careless.

While using his spiritual sense to meticulously carve every detail of the axe, he drew upon the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, pouring it into it to temper the axe body.

"Hum—"

Finally, at a certain moment, a clear hum resounded throughout the valley.

An axe flashing with dark golden light and a domineering shape hovered in mid-air.

This axe was entirely dark gold, as if it could swallow all light.

On the axe body, there were naturally formed patterns like dragon scales, full of mystery.

The axe blade was wide, flashing with a chilling cold light, as if it could break through everything in the world.

"It's done!"

Su Chen looked at the axe in front of him, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

He could feel the terrifying power contained within this axe.

Although it was still just a blank slate without an artifact spirit, its grade had already steadily reached the peak of an immortal artifact!

In the future, when his cultivation advances further and he nurtures it day and night, it has a great possibility of gaining spirituality and becoming an acquired spiritual treasure.

"From now on, you shall be called 'Open Dao'; I hope you can split open all obstacles for me and attain the Great Dao."

Su Chen reached out and summoned, and the Open Dao Axe flew into his hand.

"So heavy!"

As soon as the Open Dao Axe was in his hand, Su Chen felt...

"Haha, heavy is good; the heavier it is, the more power it has when used!"

Su Chen held the Open Dao Axe, feeling a sense of blood-line connection arise spontaneously.

He could clearly feel the surging power within the axe body, which was longing for battle.

He did not start practicing immediately.

After ten consecutive days of weapon refining, his magic power was almost exhausted.

He had to restore himself to his peak state before he could start practicing the "Heavenly Tian Gang San Shi-Six Axes."

He sat cross-legged and operated his cultivation to adjust his breath.

One day later, Su Chen opened his eyes again.

His eyes were flashing with brilliance, and his entire state had returned to its peak.

"Come on!"

He stood up, held the Open Dao Axe, and walked to the center of the valley.

He closed his eyes, and the first style of the "Heavenly Tian Gang San Shi-Six Axes" flowed slowly through his mind.

This move is the foundation of the entire set of axe techniques and the beginning of all changes.

Its core essence does not lie in the exquisiteness of the moves, but in a will to forge ahead and break through all obstacles!

Just like the Great God Pangu, facing the boundless chaos, slashing out that first axe.

No technique, no change, only the purest, most extreme power and determination!

Su Chen stood where he was, motionless, his whole person like a stone statue.

He was comprehending, he was experiencing.

He was searching for that feeling.

Time passed minute by minute.

After a while, Su Chen opened his eyes suddenly.

At this moment, his eyes were filled with a terrifying will that seemed to want to split this heaven and earth in two!

"Drink!"

He gave a low shout, gripping the Open Dao Axe tightly with both hands.

He raised the giant axe high.

Then, using all his strength, he slashed down fiercely toward the open space in front of him!

A dark golden axe blade drew a simple and pure trajectory in the air.

"Boom!"

When the axe blade fell.

The entire Black Wind Valley shook violently!

The ground in front of Su Chen seemed to have been fiercely plowed by an invisible giant blade.

A terrifying crack suddenly appeared!

The edges of the crack were as smooth as a mirror, as if cut by the sharpest knife.

A sharp and peerless axe intent surged from the crack into the sky.

Su Chen looked at this scene in front of him and looked down at the Open Dao Axe in his hand.

"Did I slash this?"

He couldn't believe it; he hadn't activated his magic power for this axe, only relying on physical strength.

He knew the power of this axe would be great, but he didn't expect it to be this great!

This is only the first style!

If he practices all thirty-six styles.

Su Chen couldn't imagine what kind of earth-shattering scene that would be.

"This cultivation technique is too damn perverted!"

After a long time, Su Chen recovered from the shock and couldn't help but curse.

He looked at the humming Open Dao Axe in his hand, which seemed to be cheering excitedly, his eyes filled with surprise.

With this divine ability, he finally had a top-tier protective divine ability in this Journey to the West world.

Although the axe just now had huge power, the burden on his body was also equally huge.

Just one axe, and he felt his physical body was somewhat overloaded.

His arms were sore, and his bones were aching faintly, as if they were about to crack.

"This divine ability has extremely high requirements for the physical body."

Su Chen understood in his heart.

But at the same time, the tempering effect of this divine ability on the physical body was also very good.

Because he could clearly feel that after he finished practicing the first style just now, a weak "Star Baleful Aura" was guided from the stars in the sky into his body, tempering his physical body.

Although this baleful aura was still very weak.

But he knew that as long as he kept practicing, accumulating bit by bit, he would eventually be able to complete that physical transformation.

"Continue!"

Su Chen's eyes burned with fierce fighting spirit.

He raised the Open Dao Axe again, practicing the first style of the "Heavenly Tian Gang San Shi-Six Axes."