Chapter 15: Forging a Supreme Treasure Body

Apart from the one hour of lecturing on the Dao each morning, the remaining time was for Jiang Xuan to arrange as he pleased.

Returning to his residence, Jiang Xuan waved his hand, and dozens of bottles of Hundred Herb Liquid were neatly arranged on the table.

As the peerless genius of Lingxu Dongtian, the newly appointed lecturing teacher for disciples, Jiang Xuan had the qualification to mobilize some cultivation resources; moreover, Lingxu Dongtian had also granted him the privilege of unlimited supply of Hundred Herb Liquid.

The upcoming cultivation was twofold: one, daily drinking of Hundred Herb Liquid to cultivate; two, refining the divine marks within the Sea of Bitterness into a furnace.

Jiang Xuan sat cross-legged, emptying his mind, his consciousness sinking onto the Eight Trigrams Furnace brand within the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror; he was refining the divine marks within his body following the veins of the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

This was an incomparably complex process; every single vein within the Eight Trigrams Furnace brand in the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror was like a vast universe sea, and atop them were countless Dao patterns, dense and innumerable; Jiang Xuan could not possibly achieve this degree, nor did he have the ability to; even if he copied, it would be impossible to copy successfully, for this involved understanding of the Dao.

Fortunately, he only needed to refine the divine marks into the shape of the Eight Trigrams Furnace; deeper levels of refining could gradually approach the Eight Trigrams Furnace pattern within the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror as his cultivation deepened.

Step by step refining the divine marks within his body, continuously constructing the structure of the Eight Trigrams Furnace; the divine marks, from their initial shape like iron chains, gradually gained the outline of the Eight Trigrams Furnace, causing that Eight Trigrams Furnace to continuously perfect itself.

Jiang Xuan focused on two things at once: on one hand refining the divine marks, on the other hand his consciousness immersed in the Eight Trigrams Furnace brand; the incomparably profound principles of the Eight Trigrams Furnace made his mind increasingly clear.

This was a very profound feeling, as if the refining could succeed in one stroke.

Jiang Xuan's mind sank into the Eight Trigrams Furnace pattern, and again following the pattern outline he constructed the details of the divine marks within his body; the two were identical in shape.

Time slowly passed; Jiang Xuan refined from morning until evening, then from evening until the next morning.

His eyes slowly opened; a single Eight Trigrams Furnace rushed out from the Sea of Bitterness.

That Eight Trigrams Furnace had three legs and two ears; the furnace body was cleverly arranged according to Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, resembling a gourd.

Jiang Xuan's mood was extremely refreshed; the divine marks had formed a furnace, and controlling two furnaces would be even more effortless.

With a thought, the two furnaces rushed out from the Sea of Bitterness, floating beside the divine mark Eight Trigrams Furnace.

Instantly the divine mark Eight Trigrams Furnace blazed with radiance; boundless light and flames rose up, containing endless profound mysteries, as if to refine the Myriad Realms, and also as if containing heaven and earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountain, and marsh — like an infinitely large bag, stuffing all things of the universe inside.

This kind of light could practically melt a person; this kind of flame could even burn mountains and boil seas.

But whether it was the light or the flame, Jiang Xuan felt them both extremely intimate and gentle.

"What an Eight Trigrams Furnace!"

His mind circulating, the divine mark Eight Trigrams Furnace rushed into that Eight Trigrams Furnace obtained from Great Leiyin Temple; that Eight Trigrams Furnace also burst forth with immeasurable light, its aura of burning all things without exception even more fierce.

When the divine marks fused into the Profound Fire Furnace, the Profound Fire Furnace likewise blazed with radiance, its aura surging; but compared to fusing with the Eight Trigrams Furnace, it was not that fiercely domineering.

Briefly pondering, Jiang Xuan instantly understood.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace divine marks naturally matched the Eight Trigrams Furnace better; the Profound Fire Furnace, though also a treasure, had a lesser degree of compatibility than the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

A smile emerged on Jiang Xuan's face.

Using the divine marks to control this Eight Trigrams Furnace, he himself was sufficient to fight above his level; this would be one of his trump cards.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace could attack and defend; what Jiang Xuan needed to do now was continuously expand his Sea of Bitterness and raise his cultivation realm.

Withdrawing the two furnaces back into the Sea of Bitterness, Jiang Xuan began to contemplate his upcoming cultivation path.

The cultivation differences between the several minor realms of the Life Wheel Sea realm were not great; all were refining Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi, stimulating life potential; the only difference was that each minor realm had a barrier: stimulating the Sea of Bitterness, opening a Divine Spring, riding the Divine Bridge, reaching the Other Shore.

Before and after crossing the barrier obstacles, what needed to be done was all continuously refining Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi; cultivators with great backgrounds could use endless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to assist cultivation; cultivators with various physiques not only cultivated at extremely fast speeds, but fighting above their level was also merely ordinary.

He had the Eight Trigrams Furnace; others also had corresponding artifacts, even custom-forged by sects and clans, better than his own.

Jiang Xuan instantly felt his Eight Trigrams Furnace was not so fragrant anymore.

"Great waves wash away sand; I am merely a Mortal Body; under the torrent of the era, how to break the deadlock?"

He did not belittle himself; possessing such a tremendous opportunity as the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror, as long as he could develop and utilize this opportunity to the maximum extent, even if only converting a limited amount of this opportunity into strength, what Divine Body, what Sacred Body, what Sacred Land Families — all were just peddlers putting up false signs.

"Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace Sutra?"

Jiang Xuan pondered for a long time, and finally his consciousness immersed in the Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace Sutra that had been silent for a long time.

According to the scripture description, when this technique reaches great completion it directly approaches the Immortal realm, able to cultivate boundless magic power and an unmatched physical body.

The Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace Sutra is divided into upper and lower scrolls; the upper scroll describes devouring magic treasures, melting them into the physical body; the lower scroll describes refining magic treasures, refining the magic treasures melted into the body, absorbing the magic treasure essence and Dao rules, transforming them into Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace magic power, ultimately turning into a furnace that refines heaven and transforms earth.

That's right, it is turning into a furnace.

The Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace Sutra was created by a Demon Emperor to harm disciples for refining treasures; when the Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace Sutra reaches great completion, the divine soul loses its wisdom, and the physical body becomes a furnace.

The literal meaning is the physical body becomes a furnace.

"Eight Trigrams Furnace, Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace..."

"Phoenix Wing Gilded Qiang, Primordial Spirit merging with Dao Soldier, losing divine intelligence..."

"Sea of Bitterness divine marks, proof-of-Dao instrument..."

"Heaven and earth as furnace, creation as work, yin and yang as charcoal, all things as copper"

Jiang Xuan focused on two things at once, his consciousness comprehending the true meaning of the Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace Sutra text; sometimes his brows furrowed tightly, sometimes he muttered to himself; his mind simultaneously sensing the Eight Trigrams Furnace divine marks within the Sea of Bitterness; the Eight Trigrams Furnace divine marks sometimes appeared on his forehead, sometimes on his skin surface, sometimes within his five viscera and six bowels, finally returning to the Sea of Bitterness.

Finally Jiang Xuan's consciousness completely immersed in the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror, sensing within it the rules and principles of countless magic treasures and divine weapons; Dao patterns numbering like the sands of the Ganges were endless; Jiang Xuan absorbed these principles like a starving man.

Simultaneously, the countless divine weapon and magic treasure brands within the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror rolled and surged, gradually drawing close to each other, ultimately unexpectedly forming a... humanoid brand.

Jiang Xuan's gaze grew brighter and brighter; simultaneously, the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror blazed with radiance, a thread of chaotic light enveloping Jiang Xuan's whole body.

"My Dao is achieved!"

Jiang Xuan, taking the Zhetian Method as foundation and the Ten Thousand Prisons Furnace Sutra as method, comprehended a new cultivation method.

Refining treasures to cultivate the body; refining treasures is cultivation, cultivation is refining treasures.

Within this there is Jiang Xuan's own comprehension, but more is the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror's protection and support.

The Hongmeng Treasure Mirror, named for treasures, moved by Jiang Xuan's creation of the refining-treasures-cultivate-body method; treasures have spirit, and accelerated this creation process by hundreds of millions of times.

The divine mark Eight Trigrams Furnace within Jiang Xuan's Sea of Bitterness rushed out and then rapidly fused into his body; he fused the divine marks into his stomach.

He wanted to refine his stomach into an Eight Trigrams Furnace.

The refining-treasures-cultivate-body method first refines the divine marks into the corresponding magic treasure shape; according to the magic treasure's characteristics, fusing them into body parts — can be the five viscera and six bowels, can also be the four limbs; in the end even the body's acupoints and particles — forging a supreme Treasure Body.

Waving both hands, the Eight Trigrams Furnace obtained from Great Leiyin Temple appeared in his hand.

Jiang Xuan circulated the Profound Method, slowly fusing the furnace into his body.

Jiang Xuan immersed himself in the cultivation of refining magic treasures.

One day, two days, ten days, finally this Eight Trigrams Furnace completely fused with the stomach.

Hu!

Endless Fire Light soared into the sky, in the span of a Breath, Domineering fire surged out from Jiang Xuan's mouth and nose.

(Chapter End)