Chapter 1479: The Shadow Within the Golden Fire

In the cultivation chamber, everyone who heard Li Luo's words immediately turned gazes of shock and burning eagerness toward that bronze ancient lamp—this thing could actually amplify the effect of the Heavenly Mirror Sand?

The marvels of the Heavenly Mirror Sand were well known to everyone present; it was a specialty of the Heavenly Mirror Pagoda, and could be considered a top-tier cultivation resource in the world. Its "Po Jing" effect had drawn countless Marquis-tier experts to chase after it.

Moreover, when the Heavenly Mirror Sand was used for the first breakthrough to a major realm, it could also substitute for a Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure, meaning this breakthrough saved one Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure.

There had also been instances where Heavenly Mirror Sand leaked through various channels to some large auctions in the outside world, and every time it appeared, it would trigger fierce competition among all parties—enough to show how precious it was.

And Li Luo's bronze ancient lamp could actually amplify the effect of the Heavenly Mirror Sand—how marvelous was that?

Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Li Luo smiled and said, "Everyone, this time I will pour all the gathered Heavenly Mirror Sand into this bronze ancient lamp. When the golden smoke rises, we will each absorb and refine it. How much effect we get will depend on our own abilities."

Mentor Xi Chan hesitated and said, "If we also participate, will it affect your and Qing'e's breakthrough?"

How could she not know that Li Luo intended to give them a fortuitous opportunity? But they had already taken too much advantage from Li Luo this time. If staying here to enjoy this opportunity would affect Li Luo and the others, then it would be somewhat ungracious.

Cao Sheng and Mi Er nodded. Although they coveted this opportunity, they understood that too much was as bad as too little, and the reason they could receive such treatment was mostly because of Xi Chan's favor.

Li Luo was repaying her for the care she had shown him back at the Sacred Mystic Star Academy.

Li Luo smiled and said, "Mentor Xi Chan need not worry. With this much Heavenly Mirror Sand, Qing'e and I can't use it all—after all, once the breakthrough succeeds, the effect of the Heavenly Mirror Sand will diminish."

Hearing Li Luo say this, Xi Chan gave a slight nod and no longer refused his kindness.

"Everyone, let's begin."

Li Luo didn't dawdle. He directly found a meditation cushion beside the stone platform holding the "Bronze Ancient Lamp," sat cross-legged, and Jiang Jiang Qinge sat down beside him. The rest dispersed around the stone platform and sat down.

Li Luo's palm swept across the spatial orb on his wrist, and dozens of grains of Heavenly Mirror Sand, brilliant as stars, shot out and hovered in mid-air of the cultivation chamber, illuminating the sealed room as bright as day.

With the appearance of these Heavenly Mirror Sand grains, the world energy within the entire cultivation chamber instantly became incomparably dense, even beginning to condense into thick energy mist.

Cao Sheng and Mi Er took a deep, intoxicated breath of the energy mist—such purity of world energy, they had never felt in their entire lives.

Even cultivating on that top-tier high-grade phase force cultivation platform back at the Sacred Mystic Star Academy was far inferior to even one percent of what they felt now.

Li Luo flicked a finger, and grain after grain of Heavenly Mirror Sand flew like birds returning to the forest, one after another plunging into the bronze ancient lamp.

Fizz fizz!

As more and more Heavenly Mirror Sand was fed in, violent fluctuations appeared within the bronze ancient lamp. A wisp of golden spark emerged, then rapidly grew.

A moment later, when the last grain of Heavenly Mirror Sand was fed into the bronze ancient lamp, a cluster of extremely bright, mysterious golden fire suddenly ignited within the ancient lamp.

The intensity of this fire cluster was countless times stronger than what Li Luo had seen before.

Li Luo watched the golden fire cluster within the bronze ancient lamp with burning eyes. After pouring in such a massive amount of Heavenly Mirror Sand, it could actually nurture such fierce golden fire.

Moreover, because this golden fire cluster was too bright, Li Luo seemed to faintly see, deep within the fire cluster, a shadow outline that was hard to detect.

Like a seated human figure.

But when Li Luo tried to focus and observe, the firelight wavered slightly, and everything vanished cleanly, as if what he had seen was merely an illusion.

Li Luo felt a slight doubt in his heart, but at this moment thick golden smoke had already begun to rise gracefully from within the bronze ancient lamp.

The golden smoke that appeared this time was equally extremely dense; in fact, as the golden smoke flowed, it had a rippling water-like quality, and at the same time emitted wondrous Sanskrit sounds. Under this resonance, everyone present felt their state of mind gradually become clear and luminous, all distracting thoughts washed away, as if their connection with the world had become extremely clear at this moment.

Then the thick golden smoke spread out wisp by wisp, strand by strand.

Li Luo pressed his palms together, rapidly forming seals. The four phase palaces within his body instantly erupted with rumbling tremors, and two exquisite miniature ten-pillar golden platforms emerged above his head. On the golden platforms flowed the fluctuations of six phase force attributes.

At the same time, Li Luo also activated the Myriad Phases Wheel deep within his body, operating the "Myriad Phases Platform-Forging Art."

With his activation, the wondrous golden smoke that had spread out, as if strongly drawn, began to surge in like a tide, ultimately pouring entirely into the two ten-pillar golden platforms above his head.

On the two ten-pillar golden platforms, bright light flowed, beginning to produce subtle and wondrous changes.

When Li Luo made his move, the others also each employed their own methods, activating their Marquis Platforms, operating the "Platform-Forging Art," and absorbing the golden smoke.

However, looking at everyone, the one with the highest efficiency in absorbing the golden smoke was still Jiang Jiang Qinge.

Above her head, three ten-pillar golden platforms, pure and flawless as glazed crystal, shone like a great sun. She sat cross-legged, her red lips slightly pressed together. Perhaps because her mysterious, deep golden eyes were closed at this moment, it made her appear a touch less sharp and a bit more gentle and beautiful.

Terrifying suction radiated from the three ten-pillar golden platforms, like black holes, endlessly drawing in the golden smoke.

Li Luo's and Jiang Jiang Qinge's speed of absorption and refinement was too astonishing. Once they moved, they almost divided up the majority of the golden smoke.

But besides the two of them, there was another big smoke-swallowers.

That was Lv Qing'er.

Above her head, only one ten-pillar golden platform appeared, as if cast from cold ice, emitting a chilling aura. But with the appearance of the golden smoke, at Lv Qing'er's smooth brow, mysterious and ancient ice-blue light patterns suddenly emerged. These light patterns converged at her brow, as if forming a spiritual pearl flowing with endless icy coldness.

The Ice Spirit Pearl slowly rotated, and faintly released a kind of ice-cold aura that seemed close to the origin, directly causing signs of freezing in the space around Lv Qing'er.

At the same time, the Ice Spirit Pearl released terrifying suction, beginning to whale-swallow the golden smoke.

Thus Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge, and Lv Qing'er—whether actively or passively—all displayed powerful methods, rapidly absorbing those wisps of wondrous golden smoke.

As for the rest, they could only avoid these three domineering black holes and absorb some of the drifting golden smoke. Although the quantity was not large, they were already extremely satisfied, because they could already feel the wondrousness of the golden smoke—the phase force within their bodies was climbing at an astonishing speed, rising steadily.

The realms that had previously been stagnant also began to loosen at this moment.

This golden smoke was indeed more effective than pure Heavenly Mirror Sand!

Everyone's hearts were filled with wild joy and shock, then they gathered their minds, focused on absorbing the golden smoke, striving to gain the greatest improvement in this rare opportunity.

Thus, the spacious cultivation chamber gradually fell silent.

Only on the stone platform, within that bronze ancient lamp, the golden fire cluster swayed gently, emitting faint sounds.

Within the firelight, that blurry shadow gradually emerged once again.