Chapter 202: Heavy Water True Wheel

These materials before him were all collected by Han Li through various channels over the past few days. Although none of them were rare, heaven-defying spiritual materials, they had still cost him considerable effort.

The method and insights for refining a pseudo-true wheel were not particularly difficult; they had long been recorded in the Annotated Sutra, and there was more than one method.

Although refining a true wheel was not easy, the pseudo-true wheel was quite practical, leading many people to refine it. The Annotated Sutra had collected many insights from past refiners.

These people used different materials in their attempts, so there were many subtle differences in the refining process, but the overall procedure was largely similar.

At this moment, on the ground before Han Li, a talisman array for refining the pseudo-true wheel had already been drawn. It resembled an ancient secular coin, round on the outside and square on the inside, seemingly ordinary but actually in accordance with the number of heaven.

Han Li placed the four spiritual materials one by one at the four corners of the square pattern inside the talisman array. Then, opening his mouth, he spat out a ball of Nascent Flame, which rose and gathered in the center of the array into a ball of fire the size of a human head.

As low incantations came from his mouth, the Non-Phase True Wheel Sutra also began to circulate secretly within his body. The talisman array on the ground immediately shone brightly, merging with the Nascent Flame.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

A sound of wind arose in the secret chamber. Under the illumination of the talisman array's light, the Nascent Flame began to spin rapidly, turning into a small fire tornado, from which emanated a heart-palpitating scorching heat.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the piece of black water-vein ore immediately flew up first, falling into the fire tornado formed by the Nascent Flame. It quickly turned blazing red and almost transparent.

Han Li waved his hand again, and that drop of blue liquid also flew up, piercing into the fire tornado and dripping onto the water-vein ore.

With a "chi la" sound, a thick white smoke rose, and the water-vein ore immediately dissolved, turning into a liquid state.

Seeing this, a gleam of light flashed in Han Li's eyes. The other two materials also leaped up quickly and fell into the flame.

As his hand seal changed, the fire tornado then contracted from top and bottom, turning into a huge fireball that enveloped all the materials.

At the same time, the temperature in the entire secret chamber also dropped somewhat, as if most of the intense heat had been sealed inside the fireball.

Next came the long process of fusion and refining.

He only needed to control the Nascent Flame and did not need to do anything else. So he took out the "True Word Transformation Wheel Sutra" and continued to comprehend it.

Time passed quickly, and dozens of days went by.

Han Li, who had not taken a single step out of the secret chamber, stared intently at the fireball in front of him.

After a long while, he slowly parted his hands in front of him, and the fireball gradually elongated, reverting to the shape of a fire tornado.

Han Li's gaze focused. In the center of the flame, a foot-sized, blazing red disc-shaped object was suspended. It was covered with ravines and densely packed with complex and fine spiritual patterns.

However, judging by its aura, it was merely a decent-quality magic treasure, without any special sensation.

Han Li's mind stirred slightly. That heavy water, which contained a trace of water law power, flew out. Under his single-handed remote control, it slowly descended from above the fire tornado and landed on the red disc.

With a soft "pop," it seemed to sound both in the secret chamber and in Han Li's heart.

The red disc trembled violently, immediately enveloped by the black heavy water, like being coated with a layer of patina. It quickly turned from red to black, becoming a black disc.

At the same time, many runes on the disc dissolved one after another, becoming hollow. At one edge of the disc, a water-blue light lit up, spontaneously condensing into a water dao pattern.

After a long while, the entire disc was covered with hollow patterns, from which emanated waves of water law aura.

Seeing this, Han Li opened his mouth and inhaled. The Nascent Flame rolled back and flew into his mouth.

The completed pseudo-true wheel, no longer wrapped in flame, fell straight down and crashed into the ground of the secret chamber.

With a loud "boom!"

The entire floor of the secret chamber suddenly sank, cracking into a shocking spiderweb of fissures that spread all the way to the base of the surrounding walls.

Han Li's entire cave dwelling and courtyard were also affected, experiencing a violent tremor like an earthquake. This startled Meng Yungui and others, who were in various parts of the courtyard, into thinking something unusual had happened. They all stopped their cultivation and ran out to check.

A clamor arose on Chixia Peak. Countless birds were disturbed, flapping their wings and flying high, covering the sky like a dark cloud.

Fortunately, this place was remote, so it did not disturb others in the sect.

Back in the secret chamber of the cave dwelling, Han Li had already stood up from the ground and pulled out the pseudo-true wheel, which was deeply embedded in the floor.

After careful inspection, he found that it had not a trace of time law power. Instead, the water law power was very pure. Because of the addition of heavy water, the object's weight was far greater than it appeared.

"Since you have such characteristics, I'll call you 'Heavy Water True Wheel' from now on." Han Li looked at the pseudo-true wheel in his hand with satisfaction and murmured to himself.

Not long after, the cave mansion's gate suddenly swung open, and Han Li walked out from within.

He first went to the fire vein cave at the foot of the mountain, where he saw the Essence Flame Firebird swimming joyfully in the fire vein.

The latter had already devoured an unknown amount of fire vein spiritual energy, and its aura had surged greatly. However, perhaps due to the short time, it had not yet stabilized, so Han Li did not know what state it could ultimately recover to.

But through his mental connection, Han Li knew that the firebird was quite satisfied with this area, so he felt relieved.

Afterward, he returned to the mansion courtyard, gathered Meng Yungui and the others together, distributed some elixirs to them, and gave each a few pointers on cultivation issues. Then he left Chixia Peak and continued to go out in search of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

A few days later, still without any gains, Han Li returned to the cave mansion's secret chamber and continued cultivating the True Word Wheel Sutra.

After all, this was his current main cultivation technique, and the power of time law was what he most wanted to master at present.

But every so often, he would unfailingly go out once, searching the entire Zhongming Mountain Range to try to find the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, but unfortunately, each time he came back empty-handed.

In the blink of an eye, four years had passed.

Suddenly, countless black clouds once again appeared above Chixia Peak, and the sky changed abruptly.

Heaven and earth spiritual energy converged madly, once again forming a huge, visible vortex of spiritual energy.

After a long while, the black clouds in the sky slowly dissipated, and the spiritual energy vortex, after a slight tremor, burst apart with a clear cry like a phoenix's song, transforming into countless multicolored spiritual lights that flickered in the air before quickly vanishing without a trace.

Inside the cave mansion's secret chamber, Han Li sat cross-legged, his face full of joy.

On his lower abdomen, two golden light dots flickered; he had successfully opened another immortal aperture!

Opening two immortal apertures in seven years—if this were to be told, who knows how many people in the Candle Dragon Dao would be so shocked their jaws would drop, especially since he was cultivating the extremely profound and difficult True Word Wheel Sutra.

One must know that once one successfully transcends the tribulation and enters the True Immortal realm, the improvement in cultivation level becomes markedly different from that below the Great Vehicle stage. Even opening a single immortal aperture would take at least several hundred years; for those with poorer aptitude, spending over a thousand years is very normal.

Opening two immortal apertures in seven years—not only in the history of the Candle Dragon Dao, but probably in the entire Northern Frost Immortal Domain, few have achieved it.

While astonished at his speed of opening immortal apertures, Han Li couldn't help but think back to the body refinement technique he had cultivated in the Spirit Huan Realm, the Little Dipper Star Origin Art.

At that time, he had used starlight to refine his body, ultimately opening seven profound apertures to achieve the True Extremity Physique and become a Profound Immortal.

This technique was passed down from the Northern Frost Immortal Domain by Cold Flame Ancestor; perhaps there was some connection between the two.

He did not delve deeply into this, instead closing his eyes to sense the two immortal apertures.

After a full half hour, he opened his eyes again, a hint of peculiarity flashing in them.

With a thought, a vast expanse of brilliant golden light emerged from his body, from which a True Word Wheel condensed, emitting a soft, pale golden light.

On the wheel, two more time dao patterns had appeared!

The sight before him, while delighting him, also led him to speculate secretly.

Perhaps from now on, every time he opened an immortal aperture, he would condense two time dao patterns. But he wondered if, when he opened all twelve immortal apertures of the early True Immortal stage, he would condense twenty-four time dao patterns, far exceeding the technique's description.

Of course, these were just his wild thoughts at the moment; if it were true, his True Wheel would be far too heaven-defying.

Han Li felt the faint buzzing from the four time dao patterns; they seemed to resonate with each other.

The next moment, the True Word Wheel flashed with golden light, and a golden ripple, much brighter than before, spread out, extending to a range of ten zhang around.

Han Li sensed it and showed a wry smile.

Even with four time dao patterns, the effect of the True Word Wheel was still negligible. It seemed he could only wait until he gathered six to try again.

Perhaps, when he opened the next immortal aperture, he might fulfill this wish.

Han Li suppressed the slight agitation in his heart, and with a mental urge, the golden light on his body flashed and disappeared, and the True Word Wheel also faded into his body.

After calming himself, he stood up and walked toward the outer living room. He frowned slightly, as if thinking of something.

Although cultivating the True Word Wheel Sutra went smoothly, it seemed all his luck had been used up on it. During these four years, the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords he had been painstakingly searching for still had no trace.

He had walked almost every part of the Zhongming Mountain Range, yet still found nothing.

This left him helpless and also stirred up some anxiety in his heart.

Just then, a white light flew in from outside—it was a sound transmission talisman.

Han Li raised an eyebrow slightly, reached out to grab it, released his divine sense to probe inside, and his expression changed slightly. He immediately stood up and walked toward the cave mansion's gate.