Chapter 1069: Six Paths Return to Ruins Gem (First update, requesting all)

Even the Earth Fire Melting Furnace with its high temperature might not necessarily be able to melt Blood Phoenix Black Gold.

Blood Phoenix Black Gold is not only a Mid-grade World Wonder, but crucially, it is also a Fire Element precious material, so its melting point is naturally higher than materials of the same rank.

Not only that, Blood Phoenix Black Gold is ostensibly fused from phoenix blood and black gold, so its melting point is likely even higher than Zifu Qizhen grade materials.

The Earth Fire Melting Furnace has one advantage, which is that as long as the energy is sufficient, it can operate non-stop.

For this reason, Li Zhangsheng specially prepared a large amount of materials and Demon Cores, and even had Fire Element Demon Pets like the Crowned Li Fire Luan and the Great Sun Fire Crow sit at the array eye.

Even so, an hour passed, and the Blood Phoenix Black Gold showed no movement, with no signs of melting at all, which made Li Zhangsheng frown and start thinking of a solution.

A solution naturally exists; it is merely a question of the cost.

"I wonder if the Blessing Necklace can bless the Earth Fire Melting Furnace?"

Suddenly, a strange thought could not help but emerge in Li Zhangsheng's heart.

Normally speaking, the Earth Fire Melting Furnace is not a treasure, so the Blessing Necklace should not be able to bless it.

But from another perspective, the Earth Fire Melting Furnace can be considered a treasure, possessing a physical form and powerful might, even if this is only temporary.

Li Zhangsheng did as he thought; the Blessing Necklace flew out instantly, and under his control, the Blessing Necklace shot out a ray of brilliance that landed on the Earth Fire Melting Furnace.

The next moment, the Earth Fire Melting Furnace trembled violently, followed by waves of even more scorching heat, and the internal temperature was likely a notch higher than before.

"It works!"

Li Zhangsheng could not help but reveal a smile. Looking solely at the temperature, the Blessing Necklace had increased the temperature of the Earth Fire Melting Furnace by a full fold, but this did not mean there was no cost; the consumption rate of the Demon Cores and materials maintaining the Forbidden Array also increased by a fold.

There is no help for it; this is the so-called law of conservation of energy; one cannot simply conjure so much energy out of thin air.

Additionally, Li Zhangsheng also had to constantly maintain the Blessing Necklace.

Li Zhangsheng stood to the side and waited carefully, holding a Top-Grade Soul Crystal in his hand, with over a dozen Alchemical Pills the size of Longyan in his mouth, his cheeks bulging, swallowing one from time to time to recover his Mental Power at the fastest speed.

Not far away, Ning Bizhen's task was to watch over the Forbidden Array, occasionally adding some materials and Demon Cores to maintain the operation of the Earth Fire Melting Furnace.

After half an hour passed, the Blood Phoenix Black Gold finally showed signs of melting, which made Li Zhangsheng breathe a sigh of relief.

It was just that to melt it completely, it would likely take quite a bit of time.

Li Zhangsheng waited patiently, and this wait lasted for three days.

Only after three days had passed did the Blood Phoenix Black Gold finally melt into a pool of blood-red liquid.

Yet at this very moment, the melted Blood Phoenix Black Gold underwent a mutation; an extremely miniature Phoenix Phantom emerged, and crucially, its eyes were extremely vivid, subconsciously looking around, and finally staring blankly at the Crowned Li Fire Luan.

The Crowned Li Fire Luan possesses a Vigorous Grade Phoenix Bloodline, so a great connection naturally exists between the two.

"A remnant soul of a phoenix?"

Li Zhangsheng was clearly stunned for a moment, then immediately recognized that this was the soul of a phoenix.

It was just that unlike a normal soul, the feeling this phoenix soul gave him was like an apple that had been gnawed to pieces; at best, it could only be considered a remnant soul, which was the same principle as the fire dragon remnant soul sealed within Ning Bizhen's Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Plate.

This also confirmed to Li Zhangsheng the birth conditions of Blood Phoenix Black Gold; only a phoenix remnant soul + phoenix blood + black gold could give birth to a piece of Blood Phoenix Black Gold.

With such harsh conditions, it is no wonder that Blood Phoenix Black Gold would become a top-tier Fire Element material.

However, although the quality of the phoenix remnant soul is high, if it remains exposed to the air, it will eventually dissipate over time; the best method is like the Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Plate, sealing it within an object.

This is not a matter of cruelty; there is a fundamental difference between a remnant soul and a soul. A soul possesses a true spirit, while a remnant soul does not, which means the phoenix's true spirit has either already vanished into thin air or has been reincarnated, and now only the remnant soul remains.

Simply put, a remnant soul has no consciousness to speak of, merely following its instincts.

A phoenix remnant soul has roughly two uses: first, to be sealed within a Fire Element object to increase the object's might; second, to be absorbed by a Demon Pet possessing a Phoenix Bloodline to obtain a certain inheritance of the phoenix.

Between the two choices, Li Zhangsheng leaned toward the former; if the phoenix remnant soul were sealed in the newly refined Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron, it could more or less improve its quality and increase the success rate of it becoming a Zifu Qizhen.

Under these circumstances, Li Zhangsheng even took Ning Bizhen's Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Plate and threw it directly into the Earth Fire Melting Furnace.

In just a few breaths' time, the Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Plate was completely melted, and a miniature fire dragon remnant soul emerged, staring at the phoenix remnant soul.

Roar— Chirp—

The sound of a dragon and phoenix singing together rang out, spreading in all directions.

It was fortunate that both had lost their true spirits, otherwise, there might have been a dispute.

Dragons and phoenixes once fought for the position of the protagonist of heaven and earth, and even though both failed in the end, the hatred was already forged, making it difficult for them to coexist peacefully.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng began to add other materials.

To refine a Zifu Qizhen grade refining cauldron, how could the three-foot-long Blood Phoenix Black Gold alone be enough? Naturally, more high-grade materials had to be added.

A branch of the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree over ten meters long; this could be said to be one of the main branches of the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree. After cutting off this branch, the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree would inevitably take some time to recover.

The Blood-colored Lantern that had been cut in two; this was the Dao-Achieving Item of the Oak King, which had been cut in two by a sword at the time, but its material naturally belonged to the World Wonder grade.

The claws and teeth of a Demon Emperor level Mountain-Burning Ape; given the size of the Mountain-Burning Ape, the size of the claws and teeth was naturally not small, becoming the main material for the cauldron body.

Besides this, Li Zhangsheng also took out Jade Ceramic Jars with a pained heart.

Sealed within these ceramic jars were various Fire Element Divine Beasts: Three-legged Golden Crow, Vermilion Bird, Phoenix, Zhurong, Bifang, Fire Dragon, Fire Qilin, etc., totaling more than twenty types.

Among them, the Three-legged Golden Crow, Vermilion Bird, and Phoenix Spirit Essence were the rarest, with less than half a jar each, while the most abundant was the Fire Dragon Spirit Essence, with as many as four jars.

Li Zhangsheng was naturally extremely pained, but to become a Grandmaster of Refining and to refine a Zifu Qizhen grade refining cauldron, these investments were worth it.

In an instant, streaks of blood flew out from the ceramic jars, one after another, into the Earth Fire Melting Furnace.

Phantoms of Fire Element Divine Beasts appeared one after another, and only after the Spirit Essence fused with the already liquefied materials did they slowly disappear.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng took out a hexagonal gem.

This was a treasure from another plane, originally left in a corner gathering dust, but after obtaining the inheritance of the Hundred Victories King, Li Zhangsheng discovered information about this type of treasure.

Six Paths Return to Ruins Gem: Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure, containing the power of creation, can perfectly fuse numerous materials together, maximizing their might.

(End of chapter)