Chapter 180: Refining Artifacts!

Within the Ancestral Dragon Ring, time flowed slowly. The blood flames emitted by the cauldron grew increasingly fierce, and a scorching aura swept across the heavens and earth, like a furnace pressing down and crushing everything.

Under this extremely terrifying energy fluctuation, not far away, Xiao Bai's sleeping body trembled slightly, and his big eyes showed signs of opening.

Within Xiao Bai's body, the demonic energy was vast. The inner core of the great demon, along with the cultivated Dragon Beard Grass, had already been mostly devoured by Xiao Bai. Yang Xiao was also unclear about what realm Xiao Bai had reached.

His transformation speed was different from other strange beasts; perhaps this was what it meant to be a divine beast. At this moment, Xiao Bai slowly opened his eyelids, his somewhat dazed gaze wandering around. After his eyes rolled once, his entire body instantly leaped up.

With a whoosh, Xiao Bai's speed was terrifying, leaping several tens of zhang like a roc.

Whoosh! He was very fast, reaching Yang Tian in an instant, directly jumping onto Yang Tian's shoulder and rubbing his furry belly against him.

"This little guy, why is he awake? Two months earlier than expected." Seeing this, Yang Tian scratched his head. When he sensed the energy fluctuation within Xiao Bai's body, he couldn't help but smack his lips.

"Ao wu..." Xiao Bai let out a howl, his face full of excitement. His big eyes looked at the three-legged cauldron. After flickering for a moment, Xiao Bai directly opened his mouth and spat out a puff of white mist.

"This..." Seeing this, Yang Tian's expression changed slightly. Looking at the white mist that had surged into the great cauldron, he couldn't help but purse his lips, hoping nothing unexpected would happen.

When the white mist surged inside, Yang Tian's expression turned somewhat dazed. After three days of roasting, the Cloud Star Mother Essence had begun to show signs of melting.

Now, as the white mist surged inside, wisps of mist intertwined on the Cloud Star Mother Essence, which seemed to be corroded. The speed of this refinement had suddenly increased several times.

"Such fast speed!" The dazed expression on his face slowly faded, and Yang Tian exclaimed in surprise. He was completely baffled, unable to figure out why the refinement speed had increased so much.

"Ao wu..." Seeing Yang Tian's stunned look, Xiao Bai was very excited. He wagged his tail and spat out another puff of white mist, further increasing the refinement speed of the Cloud Star Mother Essence.

"This little guy, his abilities are now so great..." Scratching his head, Yang Tian patted Xiao Bai's head, couldn't help but purse his lips, and muttered.

"That's not surprising. Xiao Bai is originally a Devouring Heaven Divine Beast, capable of devouring all things in the world. Melting divine materials is also within his ability." Yang Xiao walked over, rubbed Xiao Bai's belly, and said with a chuckle.

"Woo woo..." Xiao Bai looked very proud, spitting out puffs of white mist, increasing the refinement speed of the Cloud Star Mother Essence by five or six times.

"This mist is really strange. Not only can it break formations, but it can also melt divine materials." Smacking his lips, Yang Tian couldn't help but remark. According to his own melting speed, it would take another ten days to complete, but now it was shortened by more than half.

Yang Tian played with Xiao Bai for a while, then sank his mind into the great cauldron and began to breathe. Now that the Qilin's foot had stepped out, the entire great cauldron was scorching hot, with layers of fire domains covering the sky.

With Xiao Bai's cooperation, Yang Tian's refinement speed skyrocketed. After about two days, that divine material was almost melted into liquid. The swirling silver light grew increasingly brilliant, illuminating the entire great cauldron in silver-white.

After another day, a clanging sound came from the great cauldron, causing the surrounding air to continuously burst.

In the great cauldron, there was a red hammer one zhang high. As Yang Tian's mind turned, the hammer struck down on the silver liquid, which was taking shape toward a sword embryo.

Above the silver sword embryo was a blood-red stone, exuding a bloodthirsty intent. The swirling blood light was dazzling, and its refinement speed was much slower than that of the Cloud Star Mother Essence.

After such a long, uninterrupted refining, although the qi and blood in his body were still abundant, Yang Tian's eyes were exceptionally weary.

Clang! Clang!

The red hammer spun through the void, emitting blood flames. Sparks flew from the silver liquid, and the process of forging it into a sword embryo was extremely slow.

Yang Tian continuously exhaled and inhaled, spitting out puffs of red qi and blood. The swirling blood flames rose several tens of zhang high, and the Bloodthirsty Demon Crystal was melting.

Five days passed in a flash. Yang Tian's eyes were extremely tired, but a gleam of excitement shone within them.

In the great cauldron, silver light swirled. The small silver sword exuded a sharp aura. Every inch of the sword body was crystal clear, emitting a piercing cold light, but its size was very small, only five inches long.

The blood flames were scorching, flowing around the sword body. The small silver sword often emitted a humming sound, as if it would cut through the sky.

The red hammer swung, and with each strike, a tiny pattern appeared on the sword body. Above the small silver sword were three drops of blood-like liquid, crystal clear like blood jade, exuding a bloodthirsty intent.

Tempered by blood flames, at that moment, the three drops of blood suddenly fell straight down onto the small silver sword. Just as the blood dripped, the entire small silver sword suddenly hummed.

The color of the sword body changed, from silver to red, from red to silver, extremely strange. At that moment, the entire small sword trembled, as if two energies were clashing, showing signs of cracking.

At that moment, Yang Tian's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened, and a fierce soul force surged out, directly pouring into the great cauldron.

The soul force manifested, and a stabbing pain came. Yang Tian steadied his mind, and the soul force directly condensed into a small black hammer in the great cauldron. The small hammer was one chi high, shrouded in black mist.

Clang! Clang! The small black hammer fell, striking the humming small silver sword. The two hammers swung continuously, and the entire cauldron emitted a resounding noise.

Tempering the weapon with blood! Tempering the spirit with the divine! This is the supreme method of fusing weapons. When a divine weapon emerges, it can gather its spirit—this is the most marvelous technique of the furnace art.

Yang Tian exhaled and inhaled, swinging the hammer. The continuously humming small sword gradually stopped, and the entire sword body was entwined with silver and red light, like two small dragons swimming.

The sword body was dazzling, exuding a sharp aura. With each hammer strike, the patterns on the sword body changed, with silver and red patterns interweaving, magnificent.

After a while, Yang Tian's soul body was already exhausted. Without hesitation, he directly swallowed a Nourishing Soul Lotus Seed, and a five-colored luster immediately appeared in his sea of consciousness.

In the soul space, the small soul figure sat cross-legged, frantically devouring the surrounding five-colored luster. The dim soul body was rapidly recovering, and the small black hammer in the great cauldron also flashed with black light.

Just as patterns were forming on the entire small sword, Yang Tian pursed his lips. Amidst the rolling blood flames, the small sword had already emitted a sword chant, clear and long.

The sword body was crystal clear, emitting a precious light. The sharp aura spread, and the qi and blood furnace was cut with openings, extremely sharp.

Seeing this, Yang Tian nodded. Then his body leaped, and his feet stood on the great cauldron. On his palm, a red arc jumped out and directly cut toward his arm.

"Puff puff..." A cut appeared on his arm, and blood immediately spurted out. Yang Tian dripped the falling blood onto the small sword.

Buzz buzz! As the blood descended, the small sword hummed. Suddenly, the blood light on the sword body blazed, surging like a canopy. The blood Yang Tian dripped decreased rapidly.

"Drink up!" Sensing the small sword devouring blood and exuding a bloodthirsty intent, Yang Tian nodded. He took a blood-replenishing pill and continuously released his blood.