120: Forging battle armor

"New Master, what Realm are you... currently at?" the hall spirit couldn't help but ask cautiously.

"Peak Golden Core Middle Stage," Shen Yuanmo replied calmly.

"What?!" The hall spirit was shocked again, its light projection flickering. "You... you crossed the entire Early Golden Core Stage in one step?!"

In its understanding, even a Genius who formed a High Grade Golden Core would need time to stabilize their Realm and refine their magic power after a Breakthrough.

For someone like Shen Yuanmo to immediately soar to the Peak Middle Stage upon Breakthrough was simply unheard of!

Shen Yuanmo did not explain.

He knew this was because he had devoured the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation that only Soul Transformation Cultivators would encounter, integrating the most fundamental power of the Heaven and Earth Law into himself, thus achieving such a terrifying leap.

He won this great gamble.

"hall spirit, how long have I been in seclusion?" Shen Yuanmo asked. What he was most concerned about was still his Family outside.

"Reporting to New Master, from the time you began abandoning your Cultivation Technique and re-Cultivating until today's successful Core Formation, two years and three months have passed in total."

"More than two years..." Shen Yuanmo frowned slightly.

Two years was neither long nor short. But for the Shen Family, which was tottering in the wind and rain, many changes could have occurred.

Especially since he had killed a Heaven Rank Killer from the Netherworld Path. Given that organization's style of operation, they definitely wouldn't let the matter rest.

He had to return quickly.

However, before returning, there was one most important thing he needed to do.

Shen Yuanmo's gaze fell upon the Five Elements True Lord's White Jade Throne.

Resting quietly on the armrests of the throne were five Magic Treasures, glowing brightly and emitting terrifying auras.

geng metal world-breaking sword!

yi wood longevity shield!

kui water profound pearl!

bing fire heaven-burning fan!

wu earth heaven-flipping seal!

These five items were all genuine fourth-rank spirit treasures! They were the Lifebound Treasures of the Five Elements True Lord!

Taking any one of them out would be enough to drive a Nascent Soul Family insane, even prompting them to launch a War of Extermination!

"New Master, these five Spirit Treasures were forged with the Old Master's lifelong effort. Their Qi mechanisms are interconnected and can set up the Five Elements Rotation Grand Array, possessing infinite power. Since you are now a Golden Core True Person, you can refine them and use them as Protective Treasures," the hall spirit introduced from the side.

"No," Shen Yuanmo shook his head.

"Using them individually is too wasteful."

After obtaining the complete Legacy of the Five Elements True Lord and personally deducing the Great Five Elements Glazed Art, his understanding of the Five Elements Great Dao had already reached a brand new height.

In his view, although these five Spirit Treasures were powerful, there was still room for improvement.

"I want to refine them into one item," Shen Yuanmo said, looking at the five Spirit Treasures, enunciating every word.

"One... Lifebound Battle Armor that belongs only to me!"

Upon hearing this, the hall spirit was stunned once again.

To melt down five fourth-rank spirit treasures and reforge them into a battle armor?

What a luxurious and insane idea!

The Dao of Artifact Refining is vast and profound. Melting down an already finished Magic Treasure is more than ten times harder than refining a new Magic Treasure of the same rank!

Moreover, these were five Lifebound Spirit Treasures with different attributes yet interconnected Qi mechanisms!

One mistake, and all five Spirit Treasures would be destroyed, resulting in a total loss!

"New Master, this matter... the risk is too great!" The hall spirit couldn't help but advise him again.

"Risk?" Shen Yuanmo smiled. "Which thing I've done along this path hasn't involved risk?"

"Creating a Cultivation Technique is a risk."

"Abandoning cultivation and re-Cultivating is a risk."

"Devouring the Heavenly Tribulation is an even greater risk!"

"But haven't I overcome them all?"

His tone was calm, but the powerful confidence contained within left the hall spirit speechless.

That's right.

The man before it was an existence dedicated to creating miracles and turning the impossible into the possible.

It was inherently wrong for it to judge him using conventional thinking.

"I understand." The hall spirit bowed deeply to Shen Yuanmo. "New Master, what do you need me to do?"

"Act as Protector for me."

After Shen Yuanmo finished speaking, he walked to the center of the great hall.

He did not use Earth Fire, nor did he use a Pill Furnace.

He sat down cross-legged, and with a thought.

"Buzz—!"

Inside his Dantian, the multicolored Supreme-grade Golden Core suddenly trembled!

A wisp of Five-Colored Glazed True Fire, thinner than a strand of hair yet containing the terrifying aura of the Five Elements Rotation and the ability to incinerate all things, slowly rose from his fingertip.

This was the Lifebound True Fire unique to him, generated using his Great Five Elements Glazed Art as the Foundation and the Supreme-grade Golden Core as the source!

Its rank had long surpassed the third-rank category, reaching the astonishing Low Grade fourth-rank!

"Go!"

Shen Yuanmo flicked his finger.

The five fourth-rank spirit treasures were instantly drawn by an invisible force, suspending themselves in front of him.

He intended to use his body as a furnace and his Lifebound True Fire as a hammer, forging here... his Strongest Trump Card for returning to the Family and sweeping away all enemies!

The Five-Colored Glazed True Fire circled and danced around Shen Yuanmo's fingertip like a living spirit snake.

It lacked the usual wildness and heat of ordinary flames; instead, it emitted a profound, well-rounded, and restrained aura, seemingly capable of containing all things.

But the hall spirit, standing nearby, instantly backed away dozens of feet when it saw this wisp of flame, its body, composed of light and shadow, filled with unprecedented shock!

"Low... Low Grade fourth-rank Lifebound True Fire?!"

"How... how is this possible?!"

The hall spirit was completely speechless.

The rank of the Lifebound True Fire is closely related to a Cultivator's Cultivation Technique, Dao Foundation, and even Divine Soul.

Its Old Master, the Five Elements True Lord, possessed outstanding talent, yet when Cultivating the Five Elements Rotation Scripture, he only barely managed to raise his Lifebound True Fire to the Medium Grade fourth-rank level during the Nascent Soul Early Stage.

Yet, the man before it, who had just completed Core Formation, actually possessed Low Grade fourth-rank Lifebound True Fire!

This was no longer just a Prodigy.

He was simply a monster! An utterly unreasonable monster!

Shen Yuanmo ignored the hall spirit's shock; his mind was already completely immersed in Artifact Refining.

His eyes shone with brilliant divine light, and the Insight into Origin talent was fully activated.

In his eyes, the five fourth-rank spirit treasures floating before him were no longer perfect Magic Treasures, but complex structures composed of countless profound Runes and Energy Circuits.

Their strengths, their weaknesses, their Energy Nodes, their Law Imprints... everything was presented in the most intuitive and clearest way in his mind.

"The geng metal world-breaking sword has sufficient sharpness but lacks toughness."

"The yi wood longevity shield has vast vitality, but its defensive power is too dispersed."

"The kui water profound pearl is highly versatile but lacks the explosive power for a supreme strike."

"The bing fire heaven-burning fan is explosive and fierce, but unfortunately, it lacks sustained power."

"The wu earth heaven-flipping seal is unparalleled in weight, but it is too bulky and lacks flexibility."