Chapter 1095: Refining the Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl (First update, requesting all)

Li Zhangsheng acted as soon as he thought of it; he took apart his and Ning Bizhen's Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor and began to re-refine them.

However, they had been refined before, and since some of the materials had been processed with relatively inferior techniques, it was inevitable that some would have to be discarded after being taken apart.

Because of this, the two sets of Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor could at best be refined into one.

Fortunately, Ning Bizhen usually wore the Gilded Dazzling Light Armor, so she did not need the Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor.

The technique was similar to the one just used, only more complex, and because the material quality was better, more Restrictions could be integrated.

Not long after, a suit of armor with a black-blue luster rushed out from the Dragon Phoenix Burning Heaven Cauldron.

From the outside, the re-refined Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor did not look much different from before, merely more dazzling, but its defensive capabilities had been greatly improved.

Besides this, Li Zhangsheng also followed the characteristics of the Gilded Dazzling Light Armor to carve a groove into the Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor and used Secret Silver to establish circuits for energy circulation.

As long as a Demon Core was placed in the groove, the Demon Core's energy could be activated to form a protective shield.

The higher the rank of the Demon Core, the stronger the protective shield would be.

Judging from the feedback of his Mental Power, the re-refined Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor had officially reached the Lower-Grade World Wonder level.

Li Zhangsheng embedded a Demon King-level Water Attribute Demon Core into the Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor. After activating the protective shield, he specifically tested it; the shield's defense already exceeded the Nine-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform and was extremely close to a Zifu Qizhen-level defensive Strange Treasure.

The only pity was that one Demon King-level Water Attribute Demon Core could only maintain it for a few minutes, and if it suffered a powerful attack, the duration would be significantly reduced; the critical issue was that Li Zhangsheng only had one Demon King-level Water Attribute Demon Core in his possession.

Because the Ancestral Black Dragon was of the Water Attribute, Demon Cores of other attributes would inevitably be greatly discounted, with Fire Element Demon Cores being the worst.

The next moment, the Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor returned to Li Zhangsheng's Consciousness Sea and fell into the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Pagoda to be nurtured.

After warming up, while his state was at its best, Li Zhangsheng began to re-refine the Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl.

As long as he used the Nine-Aperture Miluo Stone as a base, then fused the melted Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl liquid into the nine holes, and finally struck in various complementary Restrictions, the task would be complete.

The refining method seemed simple, but it was actually difficult; on one hand, one needed to keep their mind focused during the refining process to avoid being affected by the Nine-Aperture Miluo Stone, and on the other hand, one had to control it with extreme precision—a single wrong step would lead to a disastrous failure.

After preparing, Li Zhangsheng threw the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure-grade Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl into the Dragon Phoenix Burning Heaven Cauldron.

Soon, the Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl turned into a pool of viscous liquid. Because the Crown Li Fire Luan was much stronger than it was back then, and the effect of the Dragon Phoenix Burning Heaven Cauldron far exceeded the Five Phoenix Plate King Cauldron, this pool of liquid was once again refined of its impurities.

Once the impurities were gone, Li Zhangsheng threw in the Nine-Aperture Miluo Stone.

Suddenly, an unusually piercing buzzing sound came from the Dragon Phoenix Burning Heaven Cauldron. Strangely, even if one plugged their ears or blocked their sense of hearing, it was still impossible to weaken this sound, which felt deeply intrusive.

This was the peculiar nature of the Nine-Aperture Miluo Stone and also the most difficult part of refining the Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl.

Li Zhangsheng's expression remained unchanged and his heart did not skip a beat; he steadily maintained every step.

When signs of melting appeared on the surface of the Nine-Aperture Miluo Stone, Li Zhangsheng immediately poured the pool of liquid evenly into the nine holes of the Nine-Aperture Miluo Stone, then immediately struck in a large amount of Silver Seal Script to form special Restrictions.

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Several hours later, with joy amidst the fatigue on his face, a precious pearl with nine holes rushed out from the Dragon Phoenix Burning Heaven Cauldron and hovered in front of Li Zhangsheng.

This time, Li Zhangsheng refined it quite smoothly without any errors, successfully refining a Lower-Grade World Wonder-level Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl.

Once his Mental Power recovered to its original state, Li Zhangsheng activated the Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl.

The next moment, a large amount of Mental Power surged into the Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl; by the time the Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl was filled, Li Zhangsheng only had one and a half tenths of his Mental Power left.

Compared to the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure-grade Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl, the Lower-Grade World Wonder-level Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl was a full four to five times stronger.

Besides this, the Lower-Grade World Wonder-level Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl also possessed the special ability to Guard the soul, capable of exempting or weakening influences targeting the soul.

With the Lower-Grade World Wonder-level Nine Apertures Dingyuan Pearl, Li Zhangsheng's endurance could be said to have been greatly improved.

After the task was successfully completed, Li Zhangsheng began to make preparations.

Kailan was refining a batch of Barrier Breaking Pills; these were top-tier high-level Alchemical Pills that could increase the probability of a Demon Pet breaking through to the Demon King level.

The memory of the Hundred Victories King contained the formula for the Barrier Breaking Pill, so Li Zhangsheng wrote it down and gave it to Kailan to study.

The Barrier Breaking Pill required many materials, and the main material, Barrier-Breaking Grass, was nearly extinct; it was only after Li Zhangsheng mobilized the power of the entire country that he finally received two stalks of Barrier-Breaking Grass.

The roots of these two stalks of Barrier-Breaking Grass were kept by Li Zhangsheng and planted under the shade of the Tree of Life, while the rest were used to refine the Barrier Breaking Pills.

As an Alchemy Master, Kailan had a high success rate in refining high-level Alchemical Pills, but the difficulty of refining the Barrier Breaking Pill was comparable to top-tier Alchemical Pills, so even Kailan did not have full confidence in successfully refining a batch.

The key was that it was Kailan's first time refining the Barrier Breaking Pill, and coupled with the limitations on materials, Kailan could only divide the materials into more than ten portions and refine them one by one.

Although it took a long time, it was stable, and in the end, a few Barrier Breaking Pills could be refined.

Besides the Barrier Breaking Pills, Li Zhangsheng also had two portions of Special Bloodline Potion in his hands.

These two portions of Bloodline Potion were refined from the Spirit Essence of a demon comparable to a Divine Beast and could significantly increase the probability of a Demon Pet breaking through to the Demon King level; in terms of value, they were not much worse than Profound Meaning Crystals.

Most importantly, the Special Bloodline Potion could be taken together with the Barrier Breaking Pill; the combined breakthrough probability was close to sixty percent, and if the Demon Pet's own breakthrough probability was added, it would naturally be even higher.

Unfortunately, after such a long time, Kailan had only refined two portions.

The success rate of the Special Bloodline Potion was not high, and the key was that the Spirit Essence of a demon comparable to a Divine Beast was hard to obtain.

Additionally, Li Zhangsheng was reluctant to use Divine Beast Essence Blood to refine the Special Bloodline Potion, mainly because the cost-effectiveness was too low; furthermore, a sufficient quantity of Divine Beast Essence Blood could not only allow a Demon Pet to undergo Bloodline Metamorphosis but could also increase the probability of breaking through to the Demon King level.

The advantage of the Special Bloodline Potion was that there were no restrictions, while Divine Beast Essence Blood had better effects but could only be absorbed by specific Demon Pets.

While Kailan was busy, Li Zhangsheng took the time to go to the Mucang Empire and met with Luo Yuanjun, hoping that he could persuade the Human Emperor to come forward and warn the Profound Emperor.

After pondering for a moment, Luo Yuanjun finally agreed.

What Li Zhangsheng felt was a pity was that Luo Yuanjun never took him to see the Human Emperor from beginning to end, but he did not feel regret; because he had too many secrets and the Human Emperor was too powerful, he was deeply afraid that the Human Emperor would discover his secrets.

(End of chapter)