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"Shatter!"

Silence fell amidst the great sound, and with Xuan Huang's loud shout, his will shattered instantly.

The difference was that this was the second life-and-death tempering of will, requiring only eighty percent of his will to be shattered.

Unlike the first time, which required shattering ninety percent of his will, making it extremely dangerous.

Preserving twenty percent of his will allowed Xuan Huang to maintain a light degree of clarity.

During the first tempering, when ninety percent of his will was shattered, Xuan Huang couldn't maintain a conscious state and could only follow the cycle of the Jianmu tree.

His own self was plunged into a state of dormancy.

Compared to the first time, this time was much easier, firstly because less of his will was shattered in the second tempering, and secondly because he himself was stronger.

The shattered will looked like a sky full of starlight, scattering across his entire lower dantian qi sea.

The starlight merged into the qi sea, changing and solidifying with the qi sea's evaporation.

Once the shattered will had been refined, it merged into the primordial qi and began to evaporate upwards.

The Jianmu tree roots, like coiling dragons, began to absorb this primordial qi imbued with Xuan Huang's will, sucking it into their bodies.

The cycle of life and death began, being expelled from root to leaf; this was Jianmu's own cycle of life and death.

Xuan Huang's will followed this cycle, being tempered and solidified.

This process took seven days.

Compared to the time spent the first time, the second time was much shorter.

Xuan Huang's lightly conscious mind also played a role in directing the process.

When the shattered will once again underwent the life-and-death tempering, cycling through the Jianmu tree, Xuan Huang's life-and-death tempering improved greatly due to Jianmu's entry into the third stage and its achievement as a primordial spirit wood.

Moreover, the foundation and impetus brought about by the improvement of the three treasures arrived.

Xuan Huang had a feeling that he would soon be able to undergo the third life-and-death tempering.

This feeling was very strong, not just a premonition, but truly turning into reality.

Earlier, the advancement of the three treasures to the second stage had greatly improved his foundation and accumulation.

Recently, the three treasures had entered the third stage, and due to the passage of time, they had entered a stable period.

The feedback and improvement to him finally arrived, but he never expected it to come so coincidentally, arriving after the second life-and-death tempering.

Xuan Huang did not choose to hastily undergo the third life-and-death tempering; he still needed to prepare a bit and be more cautious.

The more it was at this time, the more he had to remain calm.

He would first stabilize the achievements of the second life-and-death tempering before anything else.

Another three days later, after the Jianmu tree's cycle, Xuan Huang's shattered eighty percent of his will underwent a transformation.

"Condense!"

In the central dantian Yellow Court spirit field, the will scattered throughout the spirit field seemed to have received a call.

It rapidly began to condense, then merged with Xuan Huang's remaining twenty percent of his will.

At this time, the will was no longer simply will, but primordial spiritual intent fused with primordial spirituality.

Of course, it had not completely reached the level of primordial spiritual intent, but it had the essence of primordial spiritual intent.

As Xuan Huang's second life-and-death tempering ended, and his will condensed and returned to himself, Xuan Huang's body began to transform.

First, the lower dantian began to expand rapidly; the limit of the second stage was thirty-six thousand zhang, but at this time, the area of Xuan Huang's dantian qi sea had already reached more than ten thousand zhang.

Of course, measuring strength by the size of the area was a sign of the entry stage and the first-stage profound transformation stage.

In the second stage, the key was dividing yin and yang and understanding and applying the mysteries and Dao techniques.

Xuan Huang no longer cared about the size of his dantian; his strength was not measured by power, but by the strength of the coordinated system of essence, qi, and spirit.

First, the twelve heavenly pillars, as the dantian qi sea expanded, continued to advance into the void, becoming more solid, thicker, and stronger.

The formation resonance formed by the twelve heavenly pillars, with their opening and closing, connected the power of heaven and earth, and then rapidly merged into the qi sea.

The qi sea evaporated, surged, and rapidly refined the power of heaven and earth into pure spiritual qi, gradually turning golden.

The distribution of the lower dantian qi sea had three layers.

At the bottom was golden mana, which contained the spiritual intent after Xuan Huang's will merged, and would refine and transform itself.

Above the water was a layer of transparent flames.

This was the essence fire of the second stage, which also transformed along with Xuan Huang's transformation.

The essence fire was also a tool for the second refinement; the spiritual qi at the bottom, which had been refined by Xuan Huang's spiritual intent, was burned and refined by the essence fire floating on the upper layer.

Only the qi condensed by the essence fire was primordial qi.

Only then could it penetrate the sea surface covered by the essence fire, rise into the air, and be absorbed by Jianmu and transported to the central dantian.

In short, after the second life-and-death tempering, the lower dantian expanded and changed, following Xuan Huang into a higher level.

In the central dantian.

A chain reaction began; after the lower dantian completed its transformation, powerful energy fed back.

"Rumble!"

The Yellow Court spirit field also began to expand, with the expanded area being equal to the lower dantian, also reaching more than ten thousand zhang.

At this time, even the Earth Elemental Master, who had been in closed-door cultivation, came out.

At this moment, he no longer cultivated and comprehended, but opened his divine treasure, connected to the origin of the Earth Element, and provided energy for the expansion of the central dantian Yellow Court.

Combining forces with the power pouring in from the lower dantian, he quickly replenished the shortage caused by the expansion in less than two days.

"Condense!"

Xuan Huang shouted again.

Primordial spirituality condensed, and a palace appeared.

It was the Metal Elemental Palace condensed from Geng metal.

Like the Earth Elemental Master before, Xuan Huang represented the will of heaven with the bestowal of primordial spirituality.

The little will of heaven was also the will of heaven, equivalent to the birth of a primordial sacred being.

"Divide!"

When the Metal Elemental Palace condensed, Xuan Huang's will divided into two again.

This was to condense the Xin Metal Master, then combine with the Geng Metal Palace to achieve the Yin-Yang united Metal Elemental Master.

Having nurtured the Five Elemental Masters for the second time, Xuan Huang had more experience this time.

The division of will was much more stable compared to the first time.

"Swish!"

The entire heaven and earth were filled with Dao essence, and rays of colorful light emerged, as if a sacred being had descended into the world, and heaven and earth were congratulating.

Although it could not compare to the scene of a true primordial sacred being being born, with heaven and earth bestowing auspicious omens, the Dao essence of heaven and earth flowing, and all things congratulating.

But at least there was such a premonition.

When the Earth Elemental Master was born for the first time, there was no such scenery.

At that time, the central dantian was still small, the foundation was not enough, and there was no scene of colorful light flowing and Dao essence permeating.

The Metal Elemental Master was much luckier; the expanded dantian and the enhanced will of heaven, coupled with a stronger foundation and the thickness of heaven and earth, the Metal Elemental Master was born, and a scene of heaven and earth congratulating appeared.

"Greetings, Honored Self, greetings, fellow Daoist Earth Elemental Master."

The born Metal Elemental Master inherited Xuan Huang's wisdom and memory; although there was a relationship of principal and auxiliary, he was equal to Xuan Huang in terms of wisdom.

"Greetings, fellow Daoist Metal Elemental Master."

The Earth Elemental Master cupped his hands and said.

"Return to your position!" Xuan Huang said.

"Yes, I respectfully obey your command."

As soon as these words fell, the Metal Aspect Master began to return to his position, merging into the Geng Metal Palace, completely fusing with the Yang Metal, and becoming the true Metal Aspect Master.

After that, he would be stationed in the lungs, opening up the origin of the Metal Aspect, which meant opening the Metal Divine Treasury.

The Metal Aspect Master, having taken his seat in the palace, quickly merged with the palace, his hands constantly changing postures, as if forming one magical seal after another.

"Open!"

The Metal Aspect Master pointed a finger, pointing towards the void.

"Boom! Crack!"

It was as if a barrier was shattered, the Divine Treasury was pierced by the Metal Aspect Master, and the Metal Divine Treasury was opened, which also meant connecting to the origin of Metal.

Instantly, Xuan Huang felt as if he had been enlightened, and the mysteries and laws of Metal were constantly pouring in.

It was like being spoon-fed, the mysteries and insights he instantly comprehended were more than what ordinary cultivators could comprehend in a lifetime.

This showed the power of opening the Divine Treasury.

Not only did he gain a source of mana, an inexhaustible one.

He also gained the mysteries and secrets of Metal in the world, the Divine Treasury was so outrageous.

Without a single mistake, every head, every hair, every inside, every appearance, all in sight!

After a while.

"Here!"

Xuan Huang waved his hand, and the suppressed Metal Mountain began to emerge, not in its real size, but more like a change after spatial compression.

It was only the size of a palm, but it was covered by a layer of light, and the space within the light was the real size of the Metal Mountain.

"Thank you, honored self."

The Metal Aspect Master was full of smiles, waved his hand, and took the Metal Mountain.

And he quickly refined and controlled it, everything looked easy, as easy as drinking water.

This scene reminded Xuan Huang of when the Earth Aspect Master suppressed the Strange Path, it was also so easy and comfortable.

It's that simple to find professionals for professional matters.

"Refine!"

Taking advantage of opening the Metal Divine Treasury, the Metal Aspect Master was not only strengthening himself, digesting the mysteries and insights, but also taking the opportunity to use the origin to refine and transform himself.

Along with him was the newly refined Metal Mountain.

This was the situation Xuan Huang wanted to see.

The time that the origin was fully opened was not long, after all, the opened origin would not be open for a long time.

Only when a cultivator opened it for the first time, it would be like an empowerment gift, the first gift was the most.

After that, when cultivators opened the Divine Treasury, they would not get as much as the first time.

In the future, they could also comprehend mysteries from the origin, but it would be much more normal.

Unlike the first time, it was really like feeding, frantically stuffing it into their mouths.

Absorbing the origin from the origin and turning it into mana could be done at any time.

When the Metal Aspect's origin closed, the Metal Aspect Master had already branded his mark, which was equivalent to being registered in the origin.

Through this mark, he could often comprehend the mysteries of the origin through contact, and he could also absorb the mana of the origin through the mark.

If Xuan Huang's cultivation was further improved, reaching the third level of Refining Spirit.

Then the Five Aspect Masters would also give birth to their own gods.

At that time, he could travel to the origin with his spirit, which was equivalent to the current mark becoming a divine soul, which could permanently reside in the origin, constantly observing the operation of the origin, and comprehending the mysteries of the origin at all times.

Of course, this was an ability that could only be achieved at the third level.

Not to mention, not every Divine Treasury cultivator could permanently reside or travel to the origin with their spirit at the third level.

That was impossible, everything had its high and low points, its strengths and weaknesses.

The strongest third-level Divine Treasury cultivator was permanent residence, that is, the divine soul could permanently reside in the origin.

The next best was spiritual travel, which meant that they could only visit once, and how much they comprehended during the visit was how much they got. If they wanted to get more, they needed to settle down for a long time, and after the divine soul was solidified, they could go for another visit.

Even the next best couldn't even do spiritual travel to the origin. The gift from the origin when they first opened the Divine Treasury was the biggest gain. In the future, they could only rely on the imprinted connection to comprehend across the barrier.

Xuan Huang was naturally permanent residence, there was no need to think about it.

The Five Aspect Masters would definitely be permanent residents at the third level.

Let's talk about the Metal Mountain.

It had undergone a transformation and baptism.

Like the previous Strange Path, it had changed from the Strange Path to Breath Soil.

Similarly, the Metal Mountain, after the baptism of the origin and the refining of the Metal Aspect Master, had also undergone an essential improvement.

Previously, the Metal Mountain was condensed from the Geng Metal Qi leaked from high-dimensional energy, belonging to Yang Metal.

The moment the Metal Aspect Master refined it, it was supplemented by Yin and Yang, and became a Yin-Yang complete 'True Metal Mountain'.

With the baptism and gift of the origin, it completely transformed into a Metal Aspect's supreme treasure of killing.

The essence of the mountain did not change.

However, the previously lingering Metal Qi was no longer in various forms, but condensed into two Metal Swords.

One represented Geng Metal, and the other represented Xin Metal.

It had both the cruel autumn's withering of all things and the autumn's harvest of autumn fruits.

The cycle of Yin and Yang was both death and the sublimation of hope.

Its powerful erasing ability was no less than the killing intent of the Void Blade.

Moreover, this was still the condensation of Metal Qi, and the main body of the Metal Mountain had undergone a huge transformation.

The previous Metal Mountain seemed powerful, but it only advanced and did not retreat, only attacking and not defending.

Perhaps offense was its defense.

Now it was very different. Although Metal represented indestructibility, it also represented perseverance and permanence.

Powerful defense was also an expression of Metal.

The current Metal Mountain was like this. When its golden light defense was activated, it could not be broken by anything below the third level.

There was no need to describe its power with many words, the sentence 'cannot be broken by anything below the third level' was the best expression.

And……

These were not the most important things, the above were just external manifestations.

To say that these changes alone could not be compared with Breath Soil, Breath Soil represented imaginable power.

The reason why the Metal Mountain could be compared with Breath Soil was more of an internal change.

It could be called Metal Mountain now, but it could also be called Metal Mother Divine Mountain.

The 'Mother' here generally refers to: origin, source, beginning.

Like Breath Soil, it could infinitely grow larger, increase without decreasing, and could breed all Metal creatures, Qi, materials, spiritual energy, Dao rhyme, and so on.

This was the key to this transformation.

Of course, it was not to say that it was so magical now, but to say that it had a magical beginning.

The current Breath Soil was only Five-Colored Breath Soil, there were also Seven-Colored Breath Soil and the final Nine-Colored Breath Soil.

The Metal Mother Divine Mountain also needed to slowly transform.

In any case, everything was perfect.

After Xuan Huang explored it, he stopped paying attention, but waved his hand and let the Earth Aspect Master and the Metal Aspect Master return to their positions.

The main task of the birth of the two was to help Xuan Huang cultivate and comprehend in seclusion.

The appearance of the Metal Aspect Master was equivalent to three Xuan Huang cultivating and comprehending together.

This was a threefold increase.

When all five Aspect Masters were conceived, plus Xuan Huang, it would be six times the comprehension speed, and five times without him.

In addition, Xuan Huang sensed it again, and it was the same as what he had sensed before.

The feedback from the three treasures, plus the accumulation of various factors and the promotion of luck, Xuan Huang could carry out the third life-and-death refining of will.

Thinking of this, Xuan Huang ended his seclusion.

……(End of this chapter)