I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2532 - 1140: Primordial Clock’s Advancement

Upon Mount Wudi, the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord felt a touch of astonishment regarding the mission Xiao Yuli assigned to him.

"Palace Master, should I lead these disciples away, the mountain will be left entirely empty..."

To allow the Primordial Clock to draw in the Spirit Vein from Mount Wudi without disturbing the disciples' cultivation, Chen Mobai instructed Xiao Yuli to relocate them. She promptly invoked her position as Palace Master, directing the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord to escort the disciples to the Eastern Barbarians in order to bolster the primary branch of the Five Elements Sect.

"Prioritizing visibility before the Sect Master is crucial. With the conflict between the Eastern Barbarians and the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court escalating to its fiercest stage, our main sect requires our aid..."

Xiao Yuli offered numerous elevated justifications, and although the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord raised no objections, he sensed that evacuating every disciple carried certain problems.

Nevertheless, given Xiao Yuli's insistence as Palace Master, he had no choice but to agree.

In any case, Yi Yuan Immortal City at the mountain's base still offered some personnel for use.

Besides, should Xiao Yuli lead them off for actions detrimental to the sect, the Sect Master would deal with her punishment, leaving him uninvolved.

With such thoughts, the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord satisfiedly guided the disciples toward the Eastern Barbarians.

At the same time, Chen Mobai lingered in the rear mountain, sharing tea with Earth Virtue.

"I never thought I'd be graced with drinking alongside the Sect Master," Earth Virtue, stripped of his cultivation base, looked aged, yet his vitality surpassed its previous state.

The pair rested calmly within a pavilion midway up the slope, gazing at the distant rising mists, tasting tea and exchanging thoughts on the Dao as if longtime companions.

"I have some good news and some bad; which would you prefer first?" Chen Mobai set aside his teacup, inquiring in a relaxed manner.

Noticing this, Earth Virtue hastily raised the teapot to refill Chen Mobai's cup: "Start with the good news; at my age, I cling to but a single breath. Bad news might overwhelm me and send me off."

Chen Mobai hadn't previously recognized Earth Virtue's humorous and sharp-witted side.

"Hahaha, alright, the good news it is; Xing Ji's Divinity Transformation attempt ended in failure!"

As laughter filled the air, Chen Mobai shared the tidbit that brought a delighted grin to Earth Virtue's face.

"Excellent, excellent, excellent, failure serves him right!"

During their time in Dongling Domain, Earth Virtue and Xing Ji vied so fiercely they nearly shattered their alliance, secretly plotting each other's demise.

Luckily, the Dao Morale Sect enforced strict rules, and Xing Ji's prudent demeanor denied any openings.

When Xing Ji boldly sought Dustless True Monarch's protection after obtaining the Sacred Spirit Pill, Earth Virtue understood no further opportunity would arise, prompting his return to Mount Wudi to tackle Divinity Transformation himself.

Knowing Xing Ji had also faltered, Earth Virtue abruptly found his own setback far more bearable.

True enough, comparisons truly highlight one's fortunes.

"Did Xing Ji perish?"

Earth Virtue inquired further; earlier, Chen Lingming had sporadically visited the back mountain to converse with him, but lately, occupied with Eastern Barbarian duties, and disfavored by Xiao Yuli, he endured a decade in isolation.

"He's alive; perhaps the Three Lights Divine Water holds profound depths."

Chen Mobai shook his head.

On this issue, the Four Great Sacred Lands of the Eastern Land paid close attention, as Xing Ji's success in Divinity Transformation would birth another Holy Land.

Furthermore, Xing Ji had bartered with the Eastern Earth Holy Land for a slot in exchange. His failure meant no need to surrender the Three Lights Divine Water's pill recipe, but he must offer the immortal book jade slip for the Four Great Sacred Lands to study once each.

At present, the immortal book jade slip had been studied by Shenxi and now rested with Ni Yuanzhong, awaiting Taixu MiaoMiao Palace and then the Five Elements Sect.

Over these years, Chen Mobai focused on the ongoing war against the old Flood Dragon in the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court, deliberately positioning himself at the end of the queue.

Additionally, this item's appeal held little draw for him.

After all, the treasures atop the Dan Cauldron Jade Tree, with their abundance of Dao Fruit Pill Recipes, outshone the Three Lights Divine Water.

"Such a shame..."

Hearing that Xing Ji survived, Earth Virtue displayed clear regret.

Right then, a streak of five-colored escaping light descended before them; it was Xiao Yuli, who bowed deferentially to Chen Mobai: "Sect Master, Wood Virtue has evacuated everyone from the mountain. You require attendance; I'll remain to support you."

Xiao Yuli aimed to secure the status of a Sixth Rank Artifact Refiner.

Previously, during her Fifth Rank Artifact forging in Huozhen Immortal City, her results disappointed, which she blamed on insufficient readiness, convinced that apprenticing under the Sect Master like Chen Lingming would have elevated her performance.

Should she triumph now, she'd stand as the second-highest Artifact Refiner in the Tianhe Realm beneath the Sect Master.

Moreover, this involved advancing the sect's paramount treasure, the Primordial Clock!

Contemplating this, her resolve strengthened to seize the chance.

"Will Mount Wudi vanish?"

From Xiao Yuli's statement, Earth Virtue at last inferred the adverse news Chen Mobai meant to share, his face darkening as he sighed and questioned.

"It won't vanish; merely the sixth-tier spirit vein will cease to be. Yet for you, this change may prove difficult to embrace."

Addressing Earth Virtue, Chen Mobai spoke these words, then placed his teacup down and rose to depart alongside Xiao Yuli.

Clang!

A crisp, echoing bell toll resounded, instantly shaking the grand Five Emperor Mountain.

Earth Virtue rose to his feet, eyeing the fog-enshrouded peak ahead, where the thousand-meter Yi Yuan Avatar gestured, drawing in thick, refined Five Element Spiritual Energy that formed a stunning display of radiant colors, and amid his bitterness and envy, a spark of eagerness stirred.

He anticipated the emergence of a fresh sixth-rank artifact refiner within their ancestral lineage.

Even if that individual was the formidable foe who shattered his existence.

Before the Yi Yuan Hall on the plaza.

Chen Mobai, face solemn, shaped a Yi Yuan seal with his hands, while the Primordial Bead morphed into a five-hued peacock, alighting upon the quivering and humming Primordial Clock.

He had personally arranged the formation here. As his divine sense stirred, every array plate and flag activated, pulling forth the core of the sixth-tier spirit vein, converting it into threads of five-colored rainbow glow, resembling silken bands, that draped over the pale Stone Bell's components.

Amid the droning vibrations, a Five-Colored Treasure Orb, enshrouded in vibrant mists, emerged from the heart of the Five Emperor Mountain’s spirit vein.

This served as one of two magical artifacts Chen Mobai stationed here to anchor the sixth-rank Large Formation.

The Heavenly Bead and Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo!

The former had reached fifth-rank intermediate grade, while the latter held fifth-rank lower-grade status!

Beyond the sixth-tier spirit vein's boost, their long companionship with Chen Mobai had nurtured strong spirituality.

Having resided at Five Emperor Mountain for more than six millennia, the Primordial Clock now reclaimed its domain upon return, rendering these two artifacts obsolete.

Beneath Xiao Yuli’s tense watch, Chen Mobai unlocked all Five Emperor Mountain's restrictions, and with his seal formulas advancing, the immense sixth-tier spirit vein qi burst forth, rattling the entire mountain and even causing the Yi Yuan statue before the hall to sway.

Chen Mobai swiftly cast the Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo to shield the ancestor's statue, then channeled the gushing Five Element Spiritual Energy straight to the gray-white Stone Bell overhead.

The bell's form began to resonate, releasing a deep resonant tone.

The dense spiritual energy, nearly suffocating Xiao Yuli, coalesced into a vast five-colored whirlpool atop the peak, driven by the Primordial Clock's swift intake of the central spiritual essence.

Chen Mobai's countenance stayed steady, as recollections from the Dan Ding Taoist's sixth-rank artifact refining wisdom surfaced in his thoughts. He selected the relevant portions for the present circumstances and directed the Primordial Clock using "The Union of Differences."

Refining artifacts resembles culinary arts; each magical artifact equates to a delicacy, demanding precise ingredients and masterful techniques.

Guided by Chen Mobai's expertise as an artifact refiner, the Primordial Clock adhered to the blueprint, devouring and processing the Five Emperor Mountain's sixth-tier spirit vein. Slowly, its drab stone exterior started to gleam with a jade-esque sheen.

This signaled its elevation toward sixth-rank superior grade.

Observing this, Xiao Yuli's features brightened with delight.

Yet for Chen Mobai, this marked merely the start.

As his divine sense shifted, the space above the Primordial Clock warped faintly, and a colossal stele plummeted from the heavens—the Boundary Stone itself.

Achieving sixth-rank superior grade formed the minimal target for this forging. The supreme aim remained integrating void and Power of Destruction, laying groundwork for ascent to Primordial Golden Dou.

As the Boundary Stone approached, the Primordial Clock inverted, its mouth upward like an endless abyss, engulfing one extremity of the stele.

With a thunderous boom!

The Boundary Stone blazed with brilliant silver flares, akin to a meteor streaking through night, dazzling and luminous.

Chen Mobai detected the Primordial Bell Spirit's resistance and promptly assumed control of the forging via "The Union of Differences."

He considered himself proficient in the Power of Void.

Even Turtle Treasure surfaced at that instant, voicing its hunger for the potent void energy abruptly manifesting.

Of course, Chen Mobai favored empowering the Primordial Clock foremost. He drove "The Union of Differences" to its utmost, prompting the Primordial Clock to unleash five-colored flames—the purest distillation of the sixth-tier spirit vein—followed by the Eight Scenic Lanterns emerging to kindle the nine Douluo Flames, elevating them beneath the Primordial Clock to aid the ongoing refinement ceaselessly.

Bit by bit, the Boundary Stone, originally mismatched in attributes with the Primordial Clock, began to yield a droplet of silver fluid from its exterior.

This silver bead, resembling a tear from a blazing sun, trailed down the Boundary Stone, emitting a resplendent silver radiance that bathed the entire summit.

Chen Mobai perceived that this lone drop harbored the formidable void power of a Nascent Soul cultivator's Domain at an Immortal Gate.

And this represented scarcely one ten-thousandth of the Boundary Stone's total.

As moments elapsed, the Primordial Clock's tremors intensified, and abruptly, a fissure emerged on its wall.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuli cried out in alarm, though Chen Mobai exhaled in reassurance.

Crack!

A fragment of stone skin detached from the Primordial Clock, unveiling its renewed bell form, sleek as fine suet jade.