206: Divine armor reforged, Dao artifact initially formed

Inside the secret chamber, all was silent.

Shen Yuanmo sat cross-legged on the Ten-Thousand Year Cold Jade Bed, his gaze calmly fixed on the five artifacts suspended before him.

The geng metal world-breaking sword, yi wood longevity shield, kui water profound pearl, bing fire heaven-burning fan, and wu earth heaven-flipping seal.

These five fourth-rank spirit treasures, once brilliantly luminous and instrumental in helping him turn the tide, now had lost all their radiance. Their bodies were covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and the Nascent Soul Divine Charm flowing through them was almost completely severed.

They were like five skeletons from which the Soul had been drained, leaving only cold, broken husks, emanating a chilling Death Qi.

An ordinary Artifact Refining Great Grandmaster seeing this would only sigh in regret, heartbrokenly concluding that they had completely turned into scrap metal with no possibility of repair.

But in Shen Yuanmo's eyes, this was an unprecedented Heaven-sent Opportunity.

"Breaking before standing, no breaking no standing."

He murmured softly, his fingertip tracing the deepest crack on the sword. There was no trace of heartache; instead, he felt a pure sense of destruction at his fingertip.

This was not the end.

It was new life.

He flipped his hand, a crystal held in his palm.

Buzz!

The entire secret chamber, forged from ten-thousand-year profound iron, let out a violent hum at this moment! The Spiritual Qi within the secret chamber was instantly drained, forming a vacuum zone. Even light visibly distorted, collapsing madly towards that crystal!

It was dark purple all over, about the size of a fist, yet inside it seemed to Seal an entire Star Domain that had been forcibly condensed. Billions of stars flickered within it, each flash seemingly representing the birth and destruction of a world.

A pure, extreme power of stellar destruction emanated from it, causing the sturdy stone walls of the secret chamber to groan under the strain, fine cracks appearing on their surface.

The core divine Materials of the heaven burning tower ship—ziwei heavenly crystal!

A true fifth-rank Heaven And Earth Treasure, a supreme divine object that could make even Spirit Transformation True Monarchs fight to the death, even at the cost of launching great wars!

Shen Yuanmo did not act immediately.

His vast Divine Sense, comparable to that of a Late Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, now flowed out silently like mercury, splitting into two, demonstrating terrifying control over two tasks simultaneously.

One stream of Divine Sense transformed into myriad tendrils, meticulously penetrating the Origin core of the five damaged Spirit Treasures.

The other condensed into the finest Divine Sense probe, carefully piercing into the depths of the ziwei heavenly crystal's violent Law.

Insight into Origin!

In an instant, two completely different, even diametrically opposed, Law structural diagrams unfolded with perfect clarity in his mind.

Inside the five Spirit Treasures, the Law patterns were broken inch by inch, the energy circulation completely blocked, and their core Origin was riddled with holes, retaining only their form, having long lost their "spirit" as fourth-rank spirit treasures.

However, inside the ziwei heavenly crystal, there was a flawless, self-operating Law divine palace!

Countless threads of star Law intertwined and operated in an unimaginably profound way, forming a self-circulating, self-generating, eternal system!

It was like a beating heart; every pulsation radiated pure Law power!

It was not a container of energy.

It itself was constantly creating Law!

Boom!

A world-creating thunderclap seemed to explode in Shen Yuanmo's mind! The long-standing fog surrounding the Dao of Artifact Refining was completely torn apart by this dazzling light!

"So that's how it is... so that's how it is!"

"Spirit Treasures, after all, are 'artifacts' that carry and utilize Law; they are dead, creations of craftsmen!"

"But Dao Artifacts, on the basis of 'artifacts,' possess an immortal Dao! They themselves are miniature sources of Law, they are alive! They are creations of Heaven and Earth!"

He finally saw through the fundamental chasm, as vast as the difference between clouds and mud, between Spirit Treasures and Dao Artifacts!

His previous great five elements destruction glazed armor, though called a pseudo-fifth-rank, was essentially still a combination of five Spirit Treasures that he forcibly controlled, relying on his own comprehension of Law; it was he, the person, driving the artifacts.

But this time, what he wanted to create was a Dao Artifact that truly possessed its own Soul!

"Deduction, begin!"

Shen Yuanmo closed his eyes, his mind completely sinking into the vast and boundless Sea of Consciousness Universe.

How to completely crush the Origin runes of the five Spirit Treasures, extract the purest Five Elements Nascent Soul Divine Charm, and perfectly fuse them?

How to perfectly implant the ziwei heavenly crystal, this violent "star heart," as the new core into the new body?

Most crucially, how to transform his new insights into the Five Elements, life and death, destruction, and the Dao of the sword, along with the Nascent Soul Divine Charm analyzed from those two earth-shattering battles, into real and undeniable chains of Law, weaving them into the new Dao Artifact formation diagram like stitching heavenly clothes!

This was an incredibly terrifying and vast project.

Its computational load was enough to completely burn out the Divine Soul of a Great Late Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator due to overload within just three breaths!

In the Sea of Consciousness, billions of streams of light flickered rapidly, representing the birth and demise of billions of solutions.

Failure, success, optimization, then failure again... Repeating, Endless.

Time completely lost its meaning during this deep deduction.

Seven days later.

In the secret chamber, Shen Yuanmo suddenly opened his eyes!

His eyes were bloodshot with hideous veins, his face as pale as paper, and the exhaustion from deep Divine Soul overdraw almost drowned him.

But the divine light in his eyes was brighter than ever, as if two stars were burning in the depths of his pupils!

"It's done!"

The only path to a fifth-rank dao artifact had been calculated by him with a truly violent deduction!

"Rise!"

Shen Yuanmo let out a low cry, forming hand Seals before his chest. His ten fingers flew, leaving behind profound afterimages, and each incantation he cast caused ripples in the Void Realm!

The five Spirit Treasures and the ziwei heavenly crystal suspended before him trembled violently in response, emitting unwilling hums!

"Five Elements, return to Origin!"

He opened his mouth and exhaled, and a flame flowing with five-colored glazed light appeared out of thin air, rapidly expanding with the wind, instantly transforming into an invisible furnace that swallowed all the Materials!

Great Five Elements Glazed True Fire!

Sizzle—!

Under this True Fire, born from his Origin, the fourth-rank spirit treasures that ordinary True Fire could not budge, along with the indestructible fifth-rank ziwei heavenly crystal, began to twist, melt, and disintegrate within just a few breaths!

They were reduced to their most primordial form.

A primordial liquid of divine Materials, interwoven with billions of Origin runes and star Laws, emanating a Chaos aura!

"With my Divine Sense as the shuttle, and my Great Dao as the thread!"

"Nascent Soul Divine Charm, weave!"

Shen Yuanmo's eyes blazed with divine light. His vast Divine Sense was no longer an observer but transformed into a true weaver. Billions of Divine Sense threads penetrated the chaotic primordial liquid, beginning the most fundamental creation!

This was a project that required an incredibly high level of understanding of Law.

It also required vast and majestic Divine Sense as support!

And Shen Yuanmo possessed all of it!

Buzz—!

Another seven days and nights passed.

When Shen Yuanmo perfectly embedded the last black thread of Law, symbolizing the cycle of "destruction" and "new life," into the core formation diagram of the battle armor.

Rumble!

The entire spiritual mountain where the Shen Family mansion was located trembled violently!

A terrifying Nascent Soul Divine Charm, transcending the scope of Spirit Treasures, carrying a hint of immortality and indestructibility, indestructible through all tribulations, shot up from the secret chamber, transforming into a chaotic pillar of light that tore through the sky!

Above the Shen Family mansion, the originally auspicious five-colored auspicious clouds were violently torn apart and swallowed by this Nascent Soul Divine Charm!

Above the Nine Heavens, winds rolled back, and ten thousand miles of thunder retreated three paces!

In the ethereal depths, a pair of indifferent, colossal eyes slowly opened in the Chaos, casting a scrutinizing gaze, carrying a majestic Heavenly Might that seemed incompatible with Heaven and Earth, intending to erase this Heaven-Defying divine object!

However, the chaotic pillar of light merely trembled slightly, actually repelling the Heavenly Might that was capable of crushing a Nascent Soul Cultivator's Dao Heart!

A hint of human-like surprise flashed in the colossal eyes. It gave a deep look at the source of the light pillar, then slowly receded.

Inside the secret chamber, the chaotic divine Material primordial liquid instantly collapsed towards its center!

Finally, accompanied by a clear, resonant Dragon roar that seemed to come from primeval times and echoed through the Divine Soul, a brand new set of battle armor condensed into form!

It was a ferocious battle armor, entirely deep Chaos in color.

Its design was even more concise and smooth than before, every line perfectly aligning with the Great Dao's principles, filled with a pure sense of power and destructive aesthetics.

On the helmet, two ferocious Dragon horns shot up into the sky, starlight flowing like water upon them, seemingly reflecting the myriad star rivers.

At the center of the breastplate, the Taiji symbol, interwoven with the Five Elements and destruction, was now slowly rotating, like the heart of a living being. Every beat caused the surrounding space to undulate!

It was no longer a flat pattern.

It was a miniature Universe of true birth and destruction cycles!

Stars were being born within it, and worlds were returning to ruin!

great five elements destruction glazed armor?

No.

It was no longer a Spirit Treasure, and it even surpassed the pseudo-fifth-rank category.

This was a genuine, Low Grade fifth-rank dao artifact, enough to drive any Spirit Transformation True Monarch mad, making them willing to unleash a bloody storm to snatch it!

Shen Yuanmo reached out and gently stroked the cold armor.

What his fingertips felt was no longer the touch of a dead object, but a warm, life-like response.

He could clearly feel the terrifying power contained within it, a power seemingly capable of easily tearing apart stars and controlling life and death.

This perfect killing weapon, created by his own hands, was offering its most devout and fanatical submission to its master.

Finally, a genuine smile appeared on his face.