Published: February 24, 2025
CHAPTER 11: Star Array Forging Furnace
"Junior Brother, don't misunderstand, we are not here for revenge. I am his good friend." Zhong Wu Shiyao hurriedly explained, causing an unexpected turn of events.
"It turns out you are Senior Brother Tan's friend! Hehehe, my apologies." Da Niu's attitude changed drastically, instantly becoming welcoming, bowing as he said, "We thought you were an enemy of Senior Brother Tan just now."
"It's fine." Zhong Wu Shiyao asked, "Where is Tan Yun?"
"Senior Brother Tan is still cultivating inside the Mustard Seed Time-Space Pagoda," Da Niu explained. "However, he will come out in five days."
"How about this, you can rest in Senior Brother Tan's residence first. I will go wait at the training ground, and when he comes out, I will let him know to meet you."
Zhong Wu Shiyao nodded slightly, "Thank you for your trouble."
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At the same time, in the training ground, inside the 108-layer pagoda.
Tan Yun had been inside the pagoda for 85 days, but time inside the pagoda had passed, totaling four years and three months.
"There are still three months left inside the pagoda, enough for me to successfully forge the sword embryo!" The sound of Tan Yun's excitement lingered in the air.
Tan Yun sat cross-legged, in front of him, the purple primordial flame was still raging fiercely.
The outer purple meteoric iron, which originally resembled a head, was now transforming into a purplish-red color, visibly melting at a slow pace.
"Star Array Forging Furnace—Gather!"
Tan Yun's expression turned serious as he quickly spun his hands in a mysterious and arcane trajectory in front of his chest. Instantaneously, streams of golden spiritual power, thick as fingers, shot into the primordial flame, resembling motionless stars the size of a thumb.
Each spiritual power star represented a formation base!
In just a breath, nine thousand spiritual power star bases dispersed into the primordial flame, surrounding the outer purple meteoric iron.
Immediately, the nine thousand spiritual power star bases erupted into a dazzling light barrier, merging to form a forging furnace!
If the elders of the Artifact Lineage saw this scene, they would probably be so shocked that their jaws would drop!
Because using spiritual power to condense a star array forging furnace was something that had only been heard of in legends; no one had ever witnessed it in reality!
At this moment, inside the star array forging furnace, every drop of purple iron water that dripped from the outer purple meteoric iron quietly floated within the forging furnace, radiating brilliance...
Time unknowingly flowed by, and two months later, the outer purple meteoric iron had transformed into nine thousand drops of purplish-red iron liquid. Then, each drop began to slowly shrink at a speed difficult to discern with the naked eye...
This was the process of refining impurities; the moment the impurities were refined, they turned to nothingness under the high temperature of the primordial flame...
Another half month passed, and the nine thousand drops of iron liquid had each shrunk by one third.
Through the star array forging formation, Tan Yun clearly determined that the impurities had been completely refined.
"Gather!"
As Tan Yun shouted, the nine thousand drops of iron liquid began to gather in midair, swiftly transforming into a purplish-red liquid long sword, suspended within the star array forging furnace.
"Receive!"
In an instant, the massive primordial flame, towering at nine zhang, surged into Tan Yun's right palm.
Without the burning of the primordial flame, the purplish-red liquid long sword began to cool. However, due to the extremely high temperature, Tan Yun, who was ten zhang below, was drenched in sweat, feeling the scorching heat wave bearing down upon him. Even though his physical body was as hard as a Supreme Respect Grade Artifact, he felt as if he would melt!
"Primordial Ice Flame!"
Tan Yun roared, as the ice-blue primordial ice flame erupted from his left palm, expanding to two zhang and enveloping him within, countering the excruciating heat.