120: The exploited Cao Cao's most precious treasure was perfectly refined.

Are you sure this isn't the action of a tyrannical ruler?

Cao Meng pointed at the blueprint and cleared his throat:

"The heavenly dao grand terrace, one thousand three hundred and seventy-two zhang tall, featuring carved beams and painted rafters, drawing in the Qi of the nine directional Earth Dragons below, connecting to the sun, moon, and stars above, and bearing the Luck of the nine directions."

"Tsk tsk, Her Majesty the Empress, do you know how massive the engineering required for this thing is, and how much manpower, Materials, and financial resources it will consume?"

This kind of terrace had been built by King Zhou of Shang, resulting in his death and the destruction of his kingdom.

The scale of the terrace Xuanyuan Baizhi was preparing to build was more than ten times larger than King Zhou's... Building this thing was no different from artificially creating a three-thousand-meter peak on level ground.

"It's more than that," Xuanyuan Baizhi said, pointing at the blueprint with a smug look.

"Look at the Materials again—it will be entirely constructed out of shoushan breathing soil. Well, is that tyrannical enough?"

"Enough, that's more than enough!"

Cao Meng put down the blueprint: "Speak, tyrannical Empress, how do you plan to exploit me?"

"Exploit?" Xuanyuan Baizhi raised her beautiful eyes, "That word is very apt. I intend to exploit you completely."

Empress Xuanyuan sat down next to Cao Meng and said seriously: "This nine-layered terrace is a Legacy passed down by Emperor Fuxi. It has the effect of gathering the hearts of the people and suppressing the Human Race's Luck. After it is completed, Cultivating the 'Dao Discussion' atop the terrace will surely yield twice the result with half the effort."

"Most importantly, it is the core of the Xuanyuan World-Suppressing Grand Array, and it can also help me restore the Origin of the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal!"

Cao Meng asked curiously: "The Nine Dragon Imperial Seal, is that the imperial seal of the realm you used to summon the nine Divine Dragons?"

"Exactly!"

Xuanyuan Baizhi flipped her hand, and an orange-yellow imperial seal carved with nine lifelike golden Dragon totems appeared in her palm. She said with regret:

"This is the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal, a xuantian spirit treasure, which lost its Origin during the Great Ancient War and turned into ordinary jade. After I was crowned Empress, I refined it again using the Xuanyuan Sacred Blood, managing to awaken its artifact spirit. Unfortunately, the treasure is severely damaged and needs to be repaired."

Cao Meng smiled: "Tell me, what do you need me to do?"

Xuanyuan Baizhi clapped her fair, small hands: "It's simple. Use your immeasurable sword gourd to go to Shoushan three thousand miles away and collect the shoushan breathing soil... Since your Spirit Treasure gourd can hold so much, this shouldn't be too taxing on the people or resources, right?"

"Then, use your True Fire of the Sun to help me temper it into shape... Here are the blueprints~"

"No way. Tempering a shoushan breathing soil mine over a thousand zhang tall, you're trying to work me to death." Cao Meng immediately slumped onto his chair.

"It's alright, I'll compensate you~"

Xuanyuan Baizhi chuckled and leaned closer... Ultimately, after several hours of Xuanyuan Baizhi's continuous "pleading," Cao Meng relented.

As the sun set in the twilight.

Cao Meng and Empress Xuanyuan rode the gourd to Shoushan, three thousand miles away.

"This place is Shoushan, where Ancient Emperor Xuanyuan gathered Shoushan Red Copper and cast cauldrons to suppress the world." Xuanyuan Baizhi pointed at the desolate mountain below from ten thousand zhang in the sky.

"The shoushan breathing soil shares the same Origin as the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil. Although it is far less miraculous than the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, it is still excellent Materials for tempering treasures. However, it is scattered and difficult for manpower to collect, so we need your immeasurable sword gourd to step in~"

"Alright, leave it to me."

Cao Meng said, taking Empress Xuanyuan's small hand and soaring into the air.

"Gourd, collect!"

The immeasurable sword gourd burst forth with golden light, and its mouth aimed at the mountains.

Immediately, countless pale yellow, fine particles flew up from the mountains, transforming into a long, earthy yellow river that continuously poured into the gourd.

Seeing this, Empress Xuanyuan was overjoyed: "Good, this is excellent! I didn't expect the breathing soil extracted by the immeasurable sword gourd to be so pure. It seems that this heavenly dao grand terrace will also be a supreme treasure once it is built..."

However, right at this moment.

The massive mountain beneath their feet suddenly began to tremble violently.

"What's happening?" Empress Xuanyuan was greatly alarmed.

"I've caught a big one!"

Cao Meng's mind stirred, and he fully activated the immeasurable sword gourd with his spiritual power.

Rumble~

The earth cracked and the sky collapsed.

The mountain, spanning dozens of miles, was actually uprooted by the immeasurable sword gourd. As the rocks and soil dispersed, a glittering golden mountain swayed and flew toward the mouth of the gourd.

"This... that's a huge lump of Shoushan Red Copper!"

Xuanyuan Baizhi's beautiful eyes widened completely.

Whoosh~

The Red Copper Mountain flashed with spiritual light and was entirely swallowed by the immeasurable sword gourd.

In its place, a massive, bottomless pit nearly a hundred miles in circumference was left behind.

"As expected of a xuantian spirit treasure!" Xuanyuan Baizhi couldn't help but exclaim.

After collecting the Red Copper Mountain, Cao Meng spent several more hours thoroughly scouring the area within an eight-hundred-mile radius, collecting all the scattered Red Copper and breathing soil into the sword gourd before returning to the Divine Capital City with Empress Xuanyuan.

With the Materials collected, Cao Meng was not in a hurry to temper the heavenly dao grand terrace.

The first thing he did upon returning to Yuxiu Palace was summon the Twelve Divine Fiend Golden Witch Dharma Bodies.

The twelve golden figures transformed into the size of an Immortal Master and gathered around Cao Meng.

[Twelve Divine Fiend Golden Witch Dharma Bodies, Prototype]: Founding Emperor of the Li Clan, Li Second, obtained a damaged Legacy of the Ancient Witch Sect, took the essence blood from the skull of the Great Witch Xingtian, imitated the body of a Witch Ancestor, and melted all the weapons under heaven to forge the twelve golden figures. He then used the Primordial Spirit and essence blood of the twelve founding Divine Generals as a blood sacrifice, gathered the millennium's Luck of the Li Clan Dynasty, and slaughtered the spirits of tens of millions of Eastern Sea beings, finally achieving initial completion!

Supreme Incarnation vessel.

Refinement method: 1. Expend three years and sacrifice with sacred spirit blood.

2. Consume two thousand five hundred destiny value for perfect refinement. Note: Perfect refinement allows the Golden Witch Dharma Body to advance to an Ancestral Witch Dharma Body, possessing immense potential... Perfect refinement!

Two thousand five hundred destiny value was sacrificed to the heavens.

Instantly, twelve streaks of azure light flew out from the Baihui acupoint on Cao Meng's head and sank into the Twelve Divine Fiend Golden Witch Dharma Bodies.

Immediately, countless profound pieces of information surged and poured into Cao Meng's mind.

An ancient Dao rhythm descended upon Yuxiu Palace.

Magnificent scrolls unfolded in his mind: a great war spanning countless space-time planes, where Twelve Immortals and Demons formed a grand array, executing Immortals and destroying Demons, with blood flowing for eternity... Space and time collapsed, and the starry sky was annihilated.

The monstrous Battle Intent caused even the Chaos between heaven and earth to tremble... Finally, the Twelve Divine Demons merged into one, and one axe strike cleaved the sky open... Time passed, though he knew not how long.

Cao Meng opened his eyes. The twelve small golden figures had changed, transforming into the Twelve Divine Demons, radiating ancient charm and fierce Battle Intent.

"Is this the body of the Ancestral Witch, the Bloodline of Pangu?"

A satisfied smile appeared on Cao Meng's face.

Currently, the Primordial Spirit within these Twelve Divine Demon bodies was still weak, possessing no independent consciousness, only instinctive Battle Intent and combat methods.

Strictly speaking, they could only be considered twelve slightly Advanced Puppets, not even true Incarnations yet.

To fully Cultivate them into Incarnations, more time would be needed.

Nevertheless, even in this state, these twelve Dharma Bodies were enough to be considered another one of Cao Meng's trump cards.

Once refined, the Twelve Divine Demon Dharma Bodies possessed the cultivation base of a half-step Divine Emperor, and the strength of their physical bodies was even greater than that of Yan Yumo, the Red-Clad Female Demon. They could be said to be entirely Spirit Treasure bodies!