Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

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The complete Creation Cauldron, with a height of nine feet and a width of seven feet, had its bronze surface engraved with countless True Seal Talisman Scripts that were daunting to behold.

On its eight shoulders, there sat eight mythical creatures: dragons, tigers, phoenixes, turtles, snakes, and more!

Each mythical beast, with its head raised and mouth open, seemed to be emitting a silent roar.

Wang Chen took out eight Middle Spirits from his Storage Bag and, using the Object-Controlling Technique, threw them into the eight gaping maws!

The gleaming Spirit Stones rolled down the channels into the belly of the cauldron.

Although Wang Chen couldn't see what was happening inside, through his connection with the Divine Soul of the Creation Cauldron, he felt the eight Middle Spirits he had thrown in silently vanishing without a trace.

The intrinsic spiritual power was completely absorbed by the Creation Cauldron.

And the cauldron, in turn, was conveying to him a sense of pleasure.

O Gluttonous Beast!

Wang Chen sent out a silent howl in his heart.

He did not stop his actions.

He had no choice; he had already boarded this train of thieves, and to cut his losses now would be far too costly.

He truly couldn't afford it.

Therefore, Wang Chen could only clench his teeth, stiffen his bones, endure the pain, and continue to throw one valuable Middle Spirit after another into the precious cauldron.

The Creation Cauldron was akin to a voracious eater, its enormous belly seemingly bottomless.

Little by little, it devoured the fortune Wang Chen had painstakingly accumulated.

At first, Wang Chen had been throwing eight Spirit Stones at a time.

Later, realizing the inefficiency of his approach, he began to increase the count and speed.

He became completely numb!

It was only when his right hand suddenly grasped at nothing that Wang Chen was jolted awake.

Three thousand Middle Spirits had been entirely used up by him!!

At this, Wang Chen fell into deep contemplation.

Who am I? How did I end up here? What on earth have I done???

The three existential questions!

However, he noticed that the once verdigris-covered surface of the Creation Cauldron had faded, revealing an ancient bronze and dark golden hue.

Just in terms of aesthetic value, it had clearly moved up a notch!

The issue was that the Artifact Spirit within the cauldron still did not seem to be fully satisfied.

Wang Chen steeled his heart and took out a large handful of Spirit Stones.

Low Spirits.

He loaded them into the eight beastly mouths.

To his surprise, after these Low Spirits rolled into the belly of the cauldron, they were promptly spewed back out from the beastly mouths.

They clattered down upon him!

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Swallowing his anger, Wang Chen reclaimed the Low Spirits that had fallen to the ground, and then took out six beads emitting a silvery-white glow, throwing them into the eight beastly mouths.

These six beads were the Yin Qi Pearls he had collected from eliminating Evil Wraiths in Huai Mountain county.

"That's all there is, no more."

As he threw in the Yin Qi Pearls, Wang Chen conveyed his thoughts to the Intelligent Spirit of the Artifact in the Creation Cauldron.

At that moment, Wang Chen deeply regretted his previous actions.

He should have tested the waters with Low Spirits first; if they were unacceptable, then he should have resorted to Middle Spirits, and that would have been the proper sequence.

Had the Creation Cauldron been willing to accept Low Spirits, Wang Chen had tens of thousands he could have offered.

Now, however, the precious cauldron had developed a taste for Middle Spirits and sneered at the Low Spirits.

It had forced him to give up these last few things.

Upon consuming the Yin Qi Pearls, the Creation Cauldron suddenly shook violently, levitated, and began spinning round and round.

Its size rapidly shrank, and in the blink of an eye, it was about an inch tall!

Simultaneously, Wang Chen received spiritual thoughts from the Creation Cauldron along with a set of profound incantations.

This incantation was precisely the Dharma Technique for sacrificing and refining the Creation Cauldron!

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And Wang Chen had come to the most direct understanding of the function of the Creation Cauldron.

This treasured cauldron was the cauldron of artifact refining.

It was meant to be used for crafting magical artifacts and treasures!

Calling it a tool was perhaps an insult to the name "Creation"; how could a treasure with an awakened Intelligent Spirit of the Artifact simply be categorized as a tool?

In any case, the Creation Cauldron should be the dream item that every Artifact Refiner longs for!

Artifact Refining!

To be honest, Wang Chen's feelings were quite complicated at the moment.

There's an age-old saying in the world of immortal cultivation: Alchemy ruins one's life, artifact refining impoverishes three generations!

Unlike the small investment needed for Talisman Crafting, artifact refining definitely requires a substantial input. Without the support of a family or a sect, it is almost impossible for a cultivator to become an outstanding Artifact Refiner.

Artifact refining needs materials, cauldrons, Earth Fire, and day and night perseverance...

One failure might result in the loss of materials worth hundreds or thousands of Spirit Stones.

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Therefore, among the many arts of immortal cultivation, very few cultivators learn artifact refining, and most are fostered by families, trading organizations, and sects.

Artifact Refiners among Loose Cultivators are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns!

It's too resource-intensive.

And the Artifact Refiners in families, trading organizations, and sects all have made stringent Taoist Contracts and are bound to serve for decades, if not a century.

The problem Wang Chen now faces is that he invested most of his fortune to unlock the secrets of the Creation Cauldron.

Three thousand Middle Spirits, fifty thousand Human Virtue, six Yin Qi Pearls, not to mention the consumption of mana and spiritual power.

Such a huge cost to obtain a cauldron for refining artifacts.

Wang Chen was incredibly frustrated.

Artifact refining is a bottomless pit, a path of no return; does he need to pursue the path of artifact refining for this treasured cauldron?

Not to mention the huge material investment later on, the time cost also seemed unbearable.

An Artifact Refiner crafting a high-tier magic artifact could spend three to five days in the Earth Fire Chamber as if it were nothing, and ten days to half a month was also quite common.

Wang Chen hardly had enough time to cultivate his Cultivation Techniques and Spells, let alone dedicating the majority of it to artifact refining.

Is it worth it?

He shook his head and reached out to grasp the Creation Cauldron that was hovering in front of him.

This time, the Creation Cauldron didn't cause any trouble and obediently fell into Wang Chen's palm.

However, just as Wang Chen prepared to put it into his Storage Bag, he discovered that it couldn't be stored inside anymore!

Previously it had been possible.

After several failed attempts, Wang Chen reluctantly took out a thin rope from his Storage Bag, threaded it through the loop on the cauldron, and hung it around his neck.

This thin rope was not an ordinary item but a battle trophy he had acquired before, a replica of the Immortal Binding Rope.

Although it was only a first-tier Magic Artifact, aside from capturing living beings, it had many other ingenious uses.

Wang Chen had specially kept it for future use, and now it came in handy.

The Creation Cauldron, serving as a pendant hanging close to his chest, didn't feel too bothersome.

On the contrary, it felt somewhat connected by blood, as it touched his skin.

Wang Chen touched the Ding and decided not to consider the matter of artifact refining for the time being, leaving it for later.

Because to use the Creation Cauldron, he still had to search for a clump of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.

The higher the grade, the better.

The problem was that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire was considered among the rare and precious treasures of heaven and earth.

Wang Chen neither had the Spirit Stones to purchase it nor knew where to seek it.

Where would he have the energy to focus on that now!

Cultivation Level, realm, strength, combat power...

These are what he needed most!

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