121: The Great Five Elements Glazed Armor

Thoughts flashed rapidly through Shen Yuanmo's mind.

If Five Elements True Lord were here and heard his evaluation, he would probably be so enraged that he'd burst out of his coffin.

These five Spirit Treasures were his proud creations, refined with his lifelong effort and countless Heaven And Earth Treasures. Any one of them was enough to suppress cultivators of the same stage.

Yet, in Shen Yuanmo's eyes, they were full of flaws and artificial traces.

"Flaws also mean possibility," Shen Yuanmo's lips curved into a silent smile.

"The Five Elements generate each other, rotating endlessly. The sharpness of Metal needs the solidity of Earth to support it; the vitality of Wood needs the flexibility of Water to nourish it; the explosiveness of Fire needs the continuous burning assistance of Wood..."

A crazy yet perfect design blueprint rapidly took shape in his Sea of Consciousness, which was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

What Shen Yuanmo intended to do was not a simple re-forging.

Instead, he would extract their essence, discard their dross, and use the supreme profundities of the Great Five Elements Glazed Art as the foundation to completely shatter and reassemble these five Spirit Treasures!

He would create a truly flawless, perfectly integrated, offensive and defensive, Five Elements-harmonious... world-destroying battle armor!

"Then, let's start with you."

A divine light flashed in Shen Yuanmo's eyes as he locked onto the 'geng metal world-breaking sword'.

"First step, seize its bones!"

The wisp of Five-Colored Glazed True Fire on his fingertip surged violently, transforming into a dazzling sea of fire that instantly engulfed the geng metal world-breaking sword.

"Buzz—!"

The geng metal world-breaking sword let out a mournful Sword Cry, its blade emitting golden light in all directions. A pure, ultimate Sword Intent of slaughter soared into the sky, forming a phantom of an ancient war god holding a giant sword within the sea of fire, letting out a silent roar at Shen Yuanmo!

A fourth-rank spirit treasure's sentience was already like that of a demon! How could it willingly allow itself to be refined!

"Still dare to resist?" Shen Yuanmo snorted coldly, and the Divine Soul Sword in his Sea of Consciousness, fused with his will, shot out fiercely!

But at this moment, an unexpected change occurred!

The roar of the Geng Metal Sword Spirit was not a deterrent, but a Divine Soul attack that directly struck the Soul!

A cold, bloodthirsty, purely destructive killing intent, born only for annihilation, followed the connection between Shen Yuanmo and the True Fire, piercing fiercely into his Sea of Consciousness like a maggot clinging to bone!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Slay all! Destroy all!"

Countless chaotic thoughts exploded in his mind.

Before his eyes, mountains of corpses and seas of blood seemed to appear, and in his ears were the wails of gods and demons falling.

This was the purest resentment and killing intent left behind by the geng metal world-breaking sword's previous owner, Five Elements True Lord, and countless beings it had slain!

It actually wanted to turn around and possess Shen Yuanmo, transforming him into a new, stronger sword slave!

"Petty tricks, dare to play with Divine Soul in front of me?"

The hall spirit in the distance was so scared that its light and shadow scattered, but Shen Yuanmo's face showed no trace of panic, instead revealing a hint of mockery.

His Dao Heart, which had passed through the great Heart Demon tribulation, was as firm as divine iron!

Shen Yuanmo's Divine Soul Sword burst forth with dazzling golden light, no longer merely sharp, but also imbued with a sense of profound weight and determination! His will transformed into a Heavenly Blade, slashing down directly at the phantom of the war god of slaughter!

"Slash!"

"Woo..."

The Geng Metal Sword Spirit let out a desperate wail. That fierce killing intent was completely severed and annihilated at its root by Shen Yuanmo's Will Heavenly Blade!

The Sword Spirit itself was firmly suppressed by this higher-level Sword Intent, curling up in the core of the sword body, trembling.

Without the Sword Spirit's resistance, the power of the Five-Colored Glazed True Fire fully erupted.

The indestructible geng metal world-breaking sword began to melt inch by inch, transforming into a golden divine liquid flowing with destructive aura.

Shen Yuanmo's Divine Sense transformed into billions of carving knives, imprinting brand new, profound runes belonging to the Great Five Elements Glazed Art onto that golden liquid.

Time flowed rapidly.

Seven days and seven nights later, after Shen Yuanmo had refined all five Spirit Treasures and reshaped their runes, his face was pale, and his Divine Sense was greatly depleted.

Before him floated five masses of divine liquid, each a different color, emitting fluctuations of Origin Law.

"Second step, forge my body!"

Shen Yuanmo's eyes were bloodshot, shimmering with terrifying madness!

He did not choose conventional external Fusion, because he knew that the Five Elements countered each other, and forced Fusion would only result in the mutual annihilation of the five Law powers, exploding into nothingness.

He was going to make a choice that even Five Elements True Lord had never conceived!

"Come!"

He opened his mouth and inhaled, as if a black hole had appeared in his throat.

Those five masses of Law divine liquid, containing terrifying energy, were actually swallowed by him in one gulp!

"New Master! No!" The hall spirit shrieked in terror, its voice distorted.

"Boom—!!!!!!!!!"

The five mutually restrictive Law powers violently collided in Shen Yuanmo's most fragile Dantian Qi Sea!

This was not an energy conflict; this was a rejection reaction at the Law level!

Metal overcomes Wood! The incomparably sharp Geng Metal power frantically cut at the vitality within the Yi Wood power!

Water overcomes Fire! The chilling coldness of Gui Water sought to completely freeze the explosiveness of Bing Fire into ice!

Earth overcomes Water, Wood overcomes Earth, Fire overcomes Metal... the most primitive and violent Law annihilation was playing out within his body!

Shen Yuanmo's body instantly became a contradictory entity.

His left half was covered in ice, while his right half burned with raging flames.

Beneath his skin, his flesh and blood were torn apart by Geng Metal Qi, yet bizarre granulation tissue was frantically stimulated by Yi Wood power!

That pain was ten times more intense than when he had previously devoured the Heavenly Tribulation!

"Suppress... for me!"

Shen Yuanmo's will was like a mountain, his Divine Thought firmly locked onto his Dantian!

He actually intended to use his body as a furnace!

Using his perfectly harmonious and flawless 'Five Elements Supreme-grade Golden Core' as the suppressing object!

Using his incomparably powerful 'Vajra Glazed Body' as the furnace wall!

Using his vast, ocean-like 'Nascent Soul-level Divine Sense' as the thought to control the fire!

"Five Elements rotate, generating and overcoming each other, merge... for me!"

He spat out a mouthful of his vital essence blood as the final catalyst.

The five-colored Golden Core in his Dantian spun wildly, erupting with a harmonious and unified Dao charm, forcefully pulling the five violent Law powers together!

This was an extremely delicate balance!

After an unknown period, when Shen Yuanmo felt his Divine Soul was almost ground into powder.

"Buzz—!"

Those five mutually annihilating Law powers finally reached a fragile equilibrium under the forceful 'mediation' of his Golden Core Dao charm.

They no longer conflicted but slowly, in a profound manner, connected end-to-end, mutually generating and perfectly fusing together!

A viscous divine liquid, shimmering with five-colored glazed treasure light and seemingly containing the secret of Chaos's creation, appeared in his Dantian.

It was done!

Unparalleled ecstasy burst forth from Shen Yuanmo's eyes!

With a thought.

"Whoosh!"

That mass of divine liquid instantly surged out of his body, transforming into streams of light, covering every corner of his body with a scorching heat that seemed to brand even his Soul!

Helmet, breastplate, arm guards, leg guards, battle boots... The next moment, a set of ferocious battle armor, entirely dark gold, flowing with five-colored divine light, and full of power and destructive beauty, perfectly enveloped Shen Yuanmo!

On the surface of the armor, the phantoms of five divine Dragons—Golden Dragon, Azure Wood, Black Water, Scarlet Fire, Yellow Earth—flickered in and out of existence, exuding a terrifying Dragon might that seemed to suppress all ages!

"From today onwards, your name shall be... 'great five elements glazed armor'."

Shen Yuanmo murmured softly. As the battle armor fully conformed, an unprecedented, terrifying power, as if capable of shattering this entire world with a single punch, surged madly from every rune of the armor into his body!

Boom—!!!!!

A terrifying pressure, hundreds of times stronger than before, soared from him into the sky!

The entire Five Elements Hall shook violently under this pressure. Cracks, deep and terrifying, appeared on the walls and floor! The hall spirit exhausted its Origin to barely prevent the great hall from collapsing on the spot!

Shen Yuanmo's cultivation aura soared at a rocket-like speed!

Peak Golden Core Middle Stage... Late Golden Core Stage... Peak Late Golden Core Stage... Finally, the Nascent Soul barrier that had blocked countless Prodigies became clearly visible in his perception!

He steadily remained at the state of... Golden Core Great Perfection, infinitely close to Nascent Soul!

"This... is Golden Core Great Perfection..."

Shen Yuanmo raised his right hand, covered by the dark gold battle armor, feeling the world-destroying power within his body. Subconsciously, he gently clenched his fist towards the Void Realm ahead.

No sound.

No light.

The space directly in front of his fist, as if a mirror crushed by an invisible hand, silently collapsed inch by inch!

Finally, it transformed into a pitch-black void, the size of a fist, frantically devouring all surrounding light and Law!

Just maintaining this void for one breath drew nearly one-tenth of the vast magic power within his Golden Core!

Powerful, but the cost was equally immense.

Shen Yuanmo released his hand, and the spatial black hole slowly mended itself.

He understood in his heart that this set of battle armor was his ultimate trump card, not to be used unless it was a matter of life and death.

It was enough.

With a thought, the ferocious battle armor on his body transformed into streams of light, re-disintegrating into five Spirit Treasures with restrained radiance, hovering beside him, their aura a hundred times more harmonious than before.

His cultivation also returned to Peak Golden Core Middle Stage.

However, his entire demeanor was completely different.

Shen Yuanmo slowly turned around, his gaze seemingly penetrating the obstructions of the Five Elements Hall, looking towards the distant direction of his Family.

He looked at the hall spirit, a confident smile appearing on his face.

"It's time to go home."