Chapter 126: Casting Materials

Within the Bitter Sea, an anomaly will be born; this is a normal state that accompanies the further stimulation of the body's potential, but not everyone can achieve this—often, only those with a Divine Body or King Body have such qualifications.

At the same time, a Divine Body or King Body can usually only manifest one type of anomaly within the body; as for those possessing multiple anomalies, to Zhang Xuan's knowledge, only existences like the Saint Body and Tyrant Body can do so.

Now that Zhang Xuan has reached this level, it indirectly confirms his conjecture: his physique has indeed approached that of a Saint Body, or rather, reached a level comparable to that category of Saint Body.

"Achieving such results is indeed worth being proud of, but one must not be overly proud."

Zhang Xuan felt joy in his heart, but at the same time, he was constantly reflecting on himself.

Fast cultivation in the early stages does not mean one can maintain this speed in the later stages.

Moreover, the path of cultivation is still very long and far, nowhere near the end; a temporary lead definitely does not represent anything.

"I wonder if Ye Tiandi has left the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven by this time."

Zhang Xuan calculated silently, but he had no way of knowing clearly what Ye Tiandi was doing during this period; in the early stages, Ye Tiandi could be said to be wandering the wilderness, running around everywhere.

He was truly like a rootless weed, drifting everywhere.

Furthermore, in the early parts of Covering the Sky, the relevant time information was not written very clearly.

Hmm, Ye Fan, who was still struggling hard in the Cultivation World and suffering in the Bitter Sea realm, couldn't help but shiver.

"Is there someone else thinking of me?"

Thinking of that old monster from before who wanted to catch him to refine into a pill, he felt his body grow cold again.

Fortunately, the feeling lasted only for an instant and passed quickly.

……

In the endless, uninhabited region, atop the great snow-capped mountains.

Zhang Xuan silently experienced the changes within his body; not only had his bones and meridians become stronger, but ordinary blades and weapons could not leave the slightest mark on him, and even many spirit weapons he had obtained from Chang Sheng Jie could not leave a trace on his body.

"My physical body is much stronger than before; it has truly emerged from the old body as a new one, strong to the extreme. I just wonder how it compares to that Desolate Ancient Sacred Body?"

To be honest, Zhang Xuan missed Ye Fan in Beidou a little.

Although the Origin that Zhang Xuan swallowed while practicing the Indestructible Heavenly Art was all from the Wind and Cloud World, or from powerful existences in Chang Sheng Jie.

But Zhang Xuan's heart was always in the Zhetian World.

The methods of the Zhetian World can be considered top-tier combat techniques; whenever he comes to the Zhetian World, Zhang Xuan has the urge to go to Beidou and compete with the many figures there.

Without going to the Burial Emperor Star to have a head-on battle with a group of figures, without fighting to be invincible among his peers on the Burial Emperor Star, how can one claim to be invincible?

Although the cultivation is fast and strong, there is always a feeling that something is missing.

"The relevant material properties have also improved by a large margin, and my insight into the rules of heaven and earth has greatly increased. Hmm, I also happened to break through to the Outer Scene Third Heaven, which can be considered a decent realm in World of the Peerless."

Zhang Xuan nodded secretly, quite satisfied with this current achievement.

Ever since obtaining the Indestructible Heavenly Art, he has mainly practiced that, but as his physical body has become further strengthened and the construction of his Inner Heaven and Earth has become increasingly stable, the realm of his Eight-Nine Profound Art has also been constantly advancing with the help of his cultivation.

The two complement each other, which is quite interesting.

"My physical body, primordial spirit, and realm are all satisfactory; the only thing lacking is the relevant magic treasure."

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan sighed silently again.

To be honest, as far as he knows, there is a piece of the world's most top-tier divine gold on Earth that can be used directly to forge an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon.

"Unfortunately..."

Zhang Xuan sighed, looking into the distance at the Kunlun Mountains; that top-tier immortal treasure is right there in the Kunlun Mountains, but with his current strength, walking over there would be death.

After all, that was left behind by a figure who had already achieved the Quasi-Emperor level before dying; if things had developed normally, that figure could have even attained the Dao and become an Emperor, as they even had a weapon of Dao attainment.

As it turned out, that unlucky fellow insisted on exploring the Kunlun Mountains and died in the terrifying Killing Array left behind by the Emperor.

In the future, that piece of top-tier divine gold could only be retrieved because Ye Fan had reached the peak of the Immortal Second Realm and was holding the Array Diagram left by the Ruthless Great Emperor to walk in step by step.

Zhang Xuan has clear confidence in himself; he knows that with his current strength and realm, he absolutely cannot walk in.

So, although he covets it and knows that the Kunlun Mountains contain most of the Immortal Cauldron fragments and a piece of divine gold that can forge an Imperial Weapon, he cannot enter.

After thinking about it briefly and weighing his own strength against the Great Emperor's array in the Kunlun Mountains, Zhang Xuan decisively chose to be cautious.

"To get things out of the Kunlun Mountains now, especially to go deep into the interior of the Kunlun Mountains to get the fragments of the Immortal Cauldron, one must either be one of the people who built the Heavenly Court back then, or it would only be possible for figures like the Ruthless Great Emperor and Qingdi."

Although Zhang Xuan has achieved a series of very rich results, he has a very clear measure of his own position in his heart.

"I am able to cultivate so quickly and steadily entirely because of my foresight regarding information combined with dimensional reduction strikes. When others practice martial arts, I practice immortality; when others practice immortality, I descend from a higher-level Immortal Realm and directly carry out a dimensional reduction strike."

I have always fought from a high position to a low one, so I have basically never taken risks. Chang Sheng Jie was a tiny bit of a risk, but the overall situation was within a preventable and controllable range.

One cannot be arrogant or complacent because of current achievements; one must absolutely not compare opportunities and luck with those children of destiny.

Zhang Xuan will never gamble on his temper; after all, he does not have the toughness of those children of the plane who can survive round after round.

As long as a child of the plane does something that is a narrow escape from death, they will basically grasp that one chance of survival, but Zhang Xuan feels that if he were to take risks, he would basically become one of the nine deaths.

"But corresponding top-tier divine gold must be obtained as soon as possible; if I don't forge a weapon, it will hold me back later on."

Zhang Xuan still felt a bit of pressure in his heart.

He doesn't want to fight people directly, but if there is some divine gold that is easy to obtain and carries no great risk with his current strength, he is still willing to give it a try and seize the opportunity.

After all, if the risk and difficulty are not that high, it is very worth it to take a certain risk to obtain it.

"Let me think about what top-tier divine gold is relatively easy to obtain in the early stages of the Zhetian World, and where they are."

Earth is the first to be ruled out; the top-tier cultivators of Earth left in the early years, and the good things were basically all taken away.

If one wants to get what was left behind, one basically needs to have strength comparable to a Saint to dare to touch it.

It is completely thankless; the best things are basically all in the Kunlun Mountains.

Then, without a doubt, the first choice is Beidou.

Beidou belongs to the Burial Emperor Star; many Great Emperors would basically spend a period of time on the Burial Emperor Star in their later years, and all the Forbidden Zones are also on Beidou. There is a great deal of divine gold left behind, and there are also many materials that can forge Imperial Weapons.

However, if they were to appear in the open, even the immortal Holy Land and Desolate Ancient Family would send their top figures to fight for them, so one must find places that are ownerless but also have rules to obtain them.

Zhang Xuan thought of the Holy City and the Taichu Ancient Mine at the first moment.

The Taichu Ancient Mine has produced a great deal of ore over the years, and that ore has very special effects.

Inside them, there is either Divine Source, which is extremely important for cultivators and acts like spirit stones—a single piece can be worth several, or even several decades, of cultivation for a normal cultivator.

It is much better than normal heavenly treasures; otherwise, they truly contain the most top-tier heavenly treasures passed down from the ancient era, such as Medicine Kings, Small Medicine Kings, and some even seal the most top-tier divine metals in the world.

Ye Fan has even unearthed seeds of Undying Divine Medicine and Dragon Pattern Black Gold from within them.

If one wants to forge the most top-tier weapons, going to the Holy City to find the corresponding ores and then digging them out to use is very effective.

The price that needs to be paid is not high, but the gains obtained are extremely great.

"Ye Fan has the most top-tier Source Heaven Book, which can reveal the situation inside the source stones and allow one to understand their internal state. I cannot see it, but that is not a big problem; after all, I remember that the stone containing the most top-tier divine metal seems to be a Nine-Orifice Stone Man..."

Zhang Xuan recalled the relevant records about the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword; it was a divine sword that came with a Holy Spirit about to be born, but the amount of divine metal in that sword seemed insufficient—it was very small.

"It should be enough to use as a weapon for now. Does that Immortal Sword seem to be in the Stone Workshop of Yaochi Sacred Land, or is it in the Yaoguang Sacred Land?"

Zhang Xuan thought for a moment; in his memory, it was likely in the Stone Workshop of Yaochi Sacred Land.

Overall, it is not too difficult; this is a piece of top-tier divine metal he can think of that is easy to obtain, and it does not carry too much karma.

As for the All-Things Mother Qi that Ye Fan obtained in the early stages, Zhang Xuan did not even entertain the thought.

That All-Things Mother Qi is outside the Bronze Immortal Palace. To obtain it, one must first determine the location of the Bronze Immortal Palace and then walk out of the Bronze Immortal Palace alive.

On this point alone, Zhang Xuan believes he cannot do it himself; there is no possibility at all.

Although there was a Great Power of the Immortal Embryo Realm in the Bronze Immortal Palace, the Great Power Nangong successfully survived and left, but heaven knows how he survived.

Basically, everyone else who walked into the Bronze Immortal Palace died; only Ye Fan managed to survive by using fragments of the Bronze Cauldron to barely withstand the aura of the Great Emperor, and Ye Fan has an inextricable connection with the Ruthless Great Emperor.

It is reasonable for Ye Fan to go and take the All-Things Mother Qi outside the Bronze Immortal Palace; Zhang Xuan even feels that the All-Things Mother Qi outside the Bronze Immortal Palace was likely left by the Ruthless Great Emperor for Ye Fan.

Ye Fan can go and obtain it without any major problems, but for others to go there is basically courting death.

Although that is the most top-tier material for forging Great Emperor-level weapons, Zhang Xuan never gave it much thought from beginning to end.

It is not that he cannot take it; if he took it and hid in another world, the Ruthless Great Emperor might not be able to find him with her abilities. But from then on, he would basically be unable to stay in the Zhetian World for too long; otherwise, once discovered by the Ruthless Great Emperor, it would mean death.

"Sigh, there are many good things, but not many that can be obtained safely and without worry. This matter is truly annoying."

Zhang Xuan sighed silently.

He has top-tier treasures beside him that he cannot obtain, and for the known top-tier treasures he possesses, he does not dare to go and take them.

"Going to take it now is not that stable either. In the Holy City, there is the Stone Workshop of the Yaoguang Sacred Land. I have hidden the Indestructible Heavenly Art very well, and it is different from the orthodox cultivation path of the Indestructible Heavenly Art, but perhaps the Yaoguang Shengzi could sense it. If they secretly make a move against me then, it will be troublesome."

With his cultivation realm rising steadily, Zhang Xuan still has many expectations for the future.

However, for the time being, he feels he should not think about such complex and troublesome problems.

After pausing in place for a moment, he pointed with his fingertip, and a flame erupted from his hand, instantly burning all the broken Bone and flesh he had expelled into ashes, leaving behind no traces.

In reality, in the area where he underwent his tribulation, a very tall snow-capped mountain had been leveled by more than half, and this was still because most of the lightning had gathered on Zhang Xuan himself.

"My strength and realm have improved, so I don't need to be in such a rush to consider sad things about the future. Let me go to the Chat Group to show off first; to be wealthy and not return home is like wearing fine clothes in the dark!"

Ding, Zhang Xuan has sent a group Red Packet!

Ding, the Red Packet sent by Zhang Xuan has been fully claimed.

Zhang Xuan did not stand on ceremony and sent Red Packets directly in the Chat Group. Normally, not many people would bubble up when speaking in the Chat Group, but as long as he sent Red Packets, he would discover that a group of lurkers would all jump out.

Zhang Sanfeng: 【The big shot is generous, may the big shot's cultivation rise step by step!】

Qiao Feng: 【The big shot is six-six-six, may the big shot enjoy eternal blessings and live as long as the heavens.】

Chen Nan: 【This is too generous, has Brother Zhang Xuan made another big gain?】

Luo Ji: 【A thousand-year ginseng? Can ginseng really grow for a thousand years? Is it still effective after growing for a thousand years?

Wow, it smells so fragrant.】

The Chat Group, which was not lively before, suddenly became lively.

Moreover, the voices praising Zhang Xuan were endless. Recently, after the characters were led by Meng Qi, they all learned this peculiar way of flattery. Anyway, flattery costs nothing, so they just praise casually after claiming the Red Packets.

Zhang Xuan's mouth crooked as he listened; it was a bit hard to evaluate these characters.

In the outside world, these characters are all outstanding figures, but now, they have all become his little sycophants.

However, this kind of thing is still very pleasant, so Zhang Xuan did not deliberately put on airs and responded with a smile.

Zhang Xuan: 【There is nothing much, I just broke through to the Four Extremes realm, my cultivation and strength have reached a higher level, and I felt happy in my heart, so I shared it with everyone.】

Xiao Chen: 【Brother Zhang's strength is truly unfathomable; you are breaking through all the way, it is truly enviable!】

Xiao Chen sighed from the bottom of his heart. With the territory Zhang Xuan helped him carve out above Long Dao, he is now living a prosperous life on Long Dao, and his days are going quite well.

Moreover, because of various opportunities, his strength and realm have also broken through multiple times on the original foundation. He originally thought he was living quite comfortably and had a bright future, but he did not expect that such a powerful figure as Zhang Xuan would also make a breakthrough shortly after.

(End of this chapter)