Published: August 10, 2026
"Phew..."
After exhaling another mouthful of turbid air, once the effects of the two drops of "tears" vanished and that indescribable sorrow receded, joy welled up in Liu Yu's heart.
Without a doubt, the two drops of "prime energy" were the greatest gain from this trip.
Compared with them, even the "Nine Orifices Qingti," "Sun and Moon Spiritual Spring," and "Black Heaven Ice Soul Wind" seemed rather dim.
With the heaven-defying effect of prime energy, using it when breaking through the divine transformation bottleneck would be more effective than any heavenly materials and earthly treasures, greatly increasing the chance of success.
At the thought of this, even with Liu Yu's current state of mind, he could not help but feel his blood surge.
However, he did not forget that time was tight. He immediately suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind and turned his gaze to another gray light sphere.
Following Liu Yu's line of sight, within this gray sphere was only a piece of black ice floating there.
This black ice was only palm-sized, taking the form of an irregular hexagon.
Although no cold air was visibly coming off its surface, Liu Yu could feel the terrifying chill contained within it.
If this chill were released, its power would be enough to freeze heaven and earth!
He gently extended his hand. The gray light sphere vanished at a touch, and when he touched the piece of ice, he only felt a faint coolness.
"Sixth stage spiritual material—Unmelting Ice."
Liu Yu muttered under his breath.
Through the images on the strange stone stele and the descriptions in the sacrificial verses, he was certain that this was indeed the sixth stage spiritual material, Unmelting Ice, the most important part of the true body of the unmelting ice.
At this level, spiritual materials could already bear "rules," and the weapons forged from them were of great use even to cultivators in the void refinement realm.
In addition, they had many other marvelous uses.
Weapons that bore rules could barely be considered magical treasures, within the scope of magical treasures.
But without "spirituality," their power was fixed at the time of refinement, and it was very difficult to improve them later.
Many ancient magical treasures were of this kind: the refining materials were of very high grade, and rules were embedded during refinement, yet they still could not give birth to spirituality.
Spirituality was like a comet streaking across the night sky, something that might not appear even once in tens of thousands of years.
For the Holy Flame Sect to have successfully refined one could only be described as a miracle. There was no other explanation.
A magical treasure that gave birth to spirituality naturally would fit its corresponding rules perfectly, and could even cultivate like a cultivator.
As its spirituality grew, its power would also naturally increase.
Such a magical treasure was like a living being, and even had the hope of advancing further into a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure. Corresponding to the seventh stage harmony of the dao in cultivation, its theoretical potential was limitless.
Perhaps the birth of the Holy Flame Sword and the sword of ruin was the prelude to a great era.
When a great era arrives, many things that break common sense are bound to happen, completely overturning the old order.
"Thinking about it now, Tang Tianbao should have been the child of fortune born with the arrival of that great era, naturally possessing unbelievable fortune."
"If I had not interfered, perhaps he might have eventually turned danger into safety and achieved something great."
"Only, the status of a transcender is the greatest restraint against such a child of fortune..."
Suddenly, this thought flashed through Liu Yu's mind.
Suppressing the distracting thoughts, he examined the black ice in his hand. He could feel that it still contained a segment of information.
Immediately, his spiritual consciousness moved and extended into it.
The next moment, a huge stream of information poured into his mind through his spiritual consciousness.