CHAPTER 925: CHAPTER 697: DIVINE WOOD RED GOLD FURNACE

"Is this the leaf of the Divine Wood? Unbelievable, truly unbelievable."

At this moment, in the cave dwelling of Tian Gong Taoist, Li Yi and other cultivators gathered once again. He handed over the divine wood leaf he had just obtained from Divine Wood City to Tian Gong Taoist.

A golden-yellow leaf, radiating golden light, resembling a miracle, naturally possessing an energy field. However, this energy field was not intense but rather gentle.

"Tian Gong Taoist, any insights?" Shenxu Taoist inquired beside him.

Tian Gong Taoist marveled, "This is not just a leaf, but a grand array nurtured by nature. Do you see the patterns on the leaf? They crisscross to form natural array lines. Once activated, this leaf can continuously absorb the spiritual energy of nature, gather it together, and then release it, forming golden flames like the sun."

"So this is the true reason why the leaves of the Divine Wood can melt red gold."

"Is there really such a thing?" All the cultivators were stunned.

A leaf is actually a naturally grown grand array, which is mind-boggling.

Someone with some knowledge of formations hastily picked up a golden leaf to observe closely. The more they pondered it, the more astonished they became. This indeed was an extremely exquisite formation, naturally formed, beyond what human effort could arrange.

Li Yi, who did not understand these things, asked directly, "Tian Gong Taoist, can you quickly refine the Red Gold Dao Artifact?"

Tian Gong Taoist immediately replied, "Taiyi, hold on. Before refining the Red Gold Dao Artifact, I need to use these golden leaves in combination with red gold to refine a Dao furnace. I plan to imprint the array lines from these golden leaves onto the furnace and stabilize its formation to form a natural Dao fire. If successful, refining the Red Gold Dao Artifact would be a breeze, and there would be no need to rely on Divine Wood leaves in the future. However..."

"What’s the matter?" Li Yi asked.

Tian Gong Taoist looked a bit embarrassed.

Beside him, Divine Lady Yun spoke, "Just that refining this level of Dao furnace will damage quite a few golden leaves since constructing an array diagram is an extremely difficult thing."

"Is it certain that a thousand pieces of golden leaf can refine a Dao furnace?" Li Yi asked directly.

Tian Gong Taoist quickly gestured, "Not that many are needed. Even my old self, as inept as I am, could surely produce a Dao furnace with 500 pieces of Divine Wood leaves, though there may be some wastage."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi immediately said, "With a Dao furnace, refining red gold will not be constrained by others. I entrust one thousand pieces of Divine Wood leaves to you, senior. I do not need the process, only the result. Even if all one thousand leaves are wasted, as long as a Dao furnace is produced, it would be an extraordinary achievement for you, senior."

With a Dao furnace, there would be an endless supply of Red Gold Dao Artifacts.

Li Yi could still tell which was more important.

Tian Gong Taoist promptly said, "With Taiyi’s words, even if it costs me my life, I will certainly refine the Dao furnace."

After thinking for a moment, Li Yi added, "I also have a piece of Divine Wood branch here, which might be helpful in refining the Dao furnace. Feel free to use it, senior, but remember to leave some remnants for me; I want to craft some arrows."

He spared no expense, bringing out the Divine Wood branch.

After all, he had not read much, and since cultivating he had only learned some combat Dao Skills, without any proficiency in artifact refining or Alchemy, so instead of keeping the Divine Wood branch as a firestick in his hands, it was better to hand it over to this elder of the Daoqi Sect.

"A branch of Divine Wood? Taiyi, you even acquired this thing."

Tian Gong Taoist’s eyes lit up, and he immediately leaned over the red gold box, excitedly caressing it, feeling the infinite luminous divine force. He couldn’t help but mutter, "Divine Material, truly a Divine Material. With this, I am fully confident in refining a Divine Wood Red Gold Furnace."

"This Divine Wood Red Gold Furnace will surpass any inheritance Dao Artifact in the Cultivation World."

"A transcendence beyond Dao Artifacts?" Li Yi couldn’t help but feel some anticipation, "What is that? An Immortal Artifact?"

In the Xuanxian World, there is a distinction between Spiritual Artifacts, Treasure Artifacts, and Immortal Artifacts.

While in the End of Dharma Cultivation World, there are Magic Artifacts and Dao Artifacts, and beyond that, Li Yi wasn’t sure.

"Immortal Artifact?"

Tian Gong Taoist said, "Above Dao Artifacts in the Cultivation World is not what is called an Immortal Artifact, but an Enlightenment Artifact. It is something that only an Enlightened one could possibly create, a supreme treasure. But after the End of Dharma era, the extraordinarily valuable Enlightenment Artifacts were placed into the Cave Heaven Blessed Lands; otherwise, in a world where spiritual energy is exhausted, the spiritual energy on an Enlightenment Artifact would be instantly drained by the heavens and the earth, causing it to shatter."

"The End of Dharma calamity targets not only cultivators but also Magic Artifacts and Dao Artifacts. The more powerful the Dao Artifact, the greater the impact it suffers."

"I see," Li Yi understood at this moment.

This so-called Enlightenment Artifact should be a supreme treasure of the Immortal Artifact level, even surpassing general Immortal Artifacts.

After all, Li Yi had used an inheritance Dao Artifact to crush Treasure Artifacts from the Xuanxian World, showing that under the same grade, the power of Dao Artifacts surpassed Treasure Artifacts, so Enlightenment Artifacts should surpass Immortal Artifacts.

"If an Immortal Artifact level Dao furnace can be refined, then it would certainly be worth it," Li Yi then smiled and said, "In that case, I ask Tian Gong Taoist to immediately begin refining it. We will not linger here and disturb you. I hope to hear good news from you in due time."

"Rest assured, Taiyi, the Divine Wood Red Gold Furnace will definitely be completed, and I look forward to delivering good news to you all," Tian Gong Taoist said. "However, I need several fellow Daoists to assist. I wonder which of you would be willing to help?"

"Yuanyang, Shenxu, Qing Fengzi, you three seniors, please stay and assist," Li Yi immediately named.

As these three among them had the strongest powers, all were Two Flowers Realm cultivators.

"Yes, Taiyi."

The three of them immediately bowed and agreed to this task.

Li Yi said, "Once the Divine Wood Red Gold Furnace is completed, it won’t be long before each of you has a few Red Gold Dao Artifacts. Until then, I hope everyone makes great efforts to defend Red Gold Mountain and be wary of strong enemies."

"Rest assured, Taiyi, we will do our utmost." The crowd promptly expressed earnestly.

Li Yi nodded, "Now that there’s nothing else, everyone should return to their cave dwellings to rest. Try not to disturb Tian Gong Taoist in refining the Dao furnace."

Everyone once again responded and then each left the cave mansion of the Tian Gong Taoist in an orderly manner.

Li Yi also left the place and returned to his City Lord Mansion.

He decided to leave the Barbaric World after the Divine Wood Red Gold Furnace was successfully refined and all his Dao Artifacts were replaced with Red Gold Dao Artifacts. He believed with his strength, he was already capable of opposing some formidable enemies, such as the Great Demons of the Demon God Realm, the Mahayana Cultivators of the Xuanxian World, some Evil Gods from the Dark World, and mythical creatures on Earth.

As for these cultivators of the End of Dharma era, let them stay on Red Gold Mountain and cultivate diligently.

In critical moments when help was needed, they could return to Earth to support in time. With both worlds connected, there would be no need to open the Cross-border Gate.

"Taiyi."

Just as Li Yi returned to the City Lord Mansion, the Divine Lady Yun from Heavenly Dao Sect came looking for him.

"Does the Goddess have any matters?" Li Yi stopped and asked.

The Divine Lady Yun Feizi said a little embarrassedly, "It’s like this, Taiyi, I want to meet with Xiang Xiangzi and Xuan Yuezi. Do you know where the two of them are now?"

Li Yi said, "The two Immortals are not in the Barbaric World; they are in another world. It seems they are busy reviving the other three Immortals. If the Goddess wants to find them, I can help open the Cross-border Gate."

He now had multiple complete miracles in hand, making opening the Cross-border Gate as simple as eating or drinking.

"Wouldn’t this be too troublesome?" the Divine Lady Yun Feizi said, somewhat embarrassed.

Li Yi said, "No problem, it’s just a lift of a hand. Please follow me, Goddess."

He did not open the Cross-border Gate here but took the Divine Lady Yun Feizi to Tianyi Palace.

This palace, at the Daoist Artifact level, had defense entering, and outsiders could not intrude, so there was no worry about secrets leaking.

"Thank you very much, Taiyi." The Divine Lady Yun Feizi respectfully bowed, then followed Li Yi to Tianyi Palace.

Upon entering the grand hall, Yun Feizi was shocked by the immense Life Essence Qi filling the hall.

Li Yi did not explain much but took out the Cross-border Machine, arranged everything, directly pinpointed the world where Incense Fire God was, and then opened the Cross-border Gate.

"The two Immortals are in this world. The Goddess, as a cultivation expert of Heavenly Dao Sect, should know how to find them, right?"

The Divine Lady Yun Feizi nodded, bowed to Li Yi again, and then leaped into the world of the Incense Fire God.

Upon entering this world, Yun Feizi felt a huge gap.

Although the Spiritual Energy in this world was abundant, it still had a significant difference compared to the Barbaric World.

She also wondered why Xiang Xiangzi and Xuan Yuezi preferred to stay here instead of remaining on Red Gold Mountain?

Yun Feizi cast a spell, searching for traces of the same sect, riding clouds and mist, she soon arrived at the front of a towering great mountain.

"Dao Mountain!"

Yun Feizi saw the large stele on the mountain, which seemed newly erected. At the foot of the mountain, there were several Divine Statues, the largest being of Li Yi, while the others were slightly smaller, matching the appearances of Xiang Xiangzi and Xuan Yuezi.

Besides these, there were three Divine Statues whose appearances made Yun Feizi freeze in surprise.

These three statues were of three Immortals from Heavenly Dao Sect who had long since perished. She remembered that before these three perished, they had contributed the last of their strength to the Inheritance Dao Artifact, the Xuanhuang Seal, of the Seven Immortals lineage.

This was to preserve that Inheritance Dao Artifact, hoping that the Seven Immortals lineage would rise again in the future.

But unfortunately, things did not go as hoped. Even after those three Immortals’ demise, the End of Dharma era did not end, and the situation for cultivators grew increasingly dire.

If it hadn’t been for Li Yi crossing over, Heavenly Dao Sect would have long been extinct. The Seven Immortals lineage would have perished along with the Divine Lady lineage.

"Miao Huizi, Ling Yinzi, and... Wumengzi."

Looking at the three statues, Yun Feizi felt somewhat disoriented.

Because she felt the three statues were not dead but contained a certain charm, as if there truly were Primordial Spirits dwelling within them, and surrounding them was a glow of a mysterious force.

At the same time.

On the summit of Dao Mountain.

Nature’s spiritual energy gathered, the sound of dragons and tigers was continuous, and massive Life Essence Qi leaked out.

Some Taoist Nuns here were performing a Great Method, refining a Red Gold Stone Man, transforming it into a physical body to resurrect one of the three Immortals anew.

And at this moment, it seemed to reach a critical point.

A Primordial Spirit Light suddenly burst forth from one of the Divine Statues, swiftly heading towards the mountain’s peak.

"It’s Miao Huizi’s Primordial Spirit... How is it possible? Could she have truly been resurrected?" Yun Feizi felt shocked.

At the same time, she felt that the Life Essence Qi was very familiar, identical to that within Tianyi Palace.

This must have been a tremendous blessing, to allow an Immortal who had perished for years to awaken anew.