Chapter 564: Chapter 559: Ten Thousand Years of Refining Treasure, Gu An’s Sect
Hearing Lv Xian’s words, Celestial Cyan, Jiang Shi, and others couldn’t help but roll their eyes. They hadn’t been clinging to Lv Xian; instead, they began to discuss the Magical Treasures they each desired.
An Xin was in charge of taking notes. After recording their needs, she would then go to find others.
An hour later, An Xin arrived at Gu An’s courtyard. At the moment, Gu An was sitting in front of a Great Cauldron. His right hand was burning with the Three Pristine True Fire as he stared at the flame in his hand, his expression calm and contemplative.
“Master, I’ve asked everyone,” An Xin said softly, standing next to Gu An, holding a stack of paper in her hands.
She found it strange. Given her master and the others’ abilities, why did she need to run around?
Direct communication would do!
…
She figured her master was messing with her, but as a disciple, what could she say?
“Put it to the side for now, and assist your teacher in what comes next.”
Gu An tossed the Three Pristine True Fire beneath the cauldron and then began to speak. As his voice fell, a considerable number of exotic ores and medicinal herbs flew out from his sleeves.
An Xin’s eyes lit up; she had long wanted to learn artifact refining and yearned for a Magical Treasure suitable for her.
Gu An remained seated, casting spells from a distance, transferring materials for Artifact Refining into the cauldron.
An Xin approached the Great Cauldron, using her Divine Sense to peek into its contents.
Gu An was preparing to refine a Magic Artifact with his own Dao Intent, creating a Magical Treasure unique to his path. It would be a drawn-out process.
By the next day at noon, Gu An had left An Xin to keep watch while he went to gather medicinal herbs alone.
This task was crucial. He had restrained his murderous impulses and greed, so he must not be negligent in harvesting.
His annual Life Span income had stabilized around thirty million years. He could continue to improve, but he didn’t want to overexert himself or attract too much trouble.
The Celestial Spirit Great World had restored order and, for the time being, faced no attacks from forces beyond. For Gu An, that was the best kind of life. But destiny was unpredictable, and he couldn’t draw the attention of beings from other Great Worlds to shatter this peace—especially from the Celestial Court.
As long as the Heavenly Dao loomed over the Celestial Spirit Great World, Gu An couldn’t ignore the threat of the Celestial Court.
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Time flies like an arrow; in the blink of an eye, a thousand years passed.
At noon, within the Daoist Field of the Beginningless.
Gu An lay on a rocking chair, pulling up his Attribute Panel to check.
[Name: Gu An]
[Life Span: 11,587/78,746,346,201]
[Physique: Primordial Reincarnation Undying Body]
[Cultivation Level: Balancing Heaven Golden Immortal Realm Perfection]
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Nearly eighty billion years of life span!
Gu An pondered when to break through. He had already comprehensively improved himself. In theory, he could successfully break through with a hundred billion years of life span, but there was always the chance of failure.
It was better to wait until he had two hundred billion years of life span to attempt the breakthrough.
Gu An stood up and sent a message to the Celestial Demon Child. Shortly after, the Celestial Demon Child appeared in the courtyard, looking excitedly at Gu An and asking, “Master, is my Magical Treasure ready?”
Since Gu An mentioned a thousand years ago that he planned to refine Magical Treasures for everyone, they had all been eagerly waiting. The longer the wait, the higher their expectations.
Refining a Magical Treasure with Gu An’s Dao Practice was not a challenge; a lengthy process meant one thing:
Their Magical Treasures would be powerful!
Gu An nodded with a smile, then waved his sleeve, and a white ribbon flew out from the Great Cauldron. It was as nimble as flowing cloud, quickly landing into the hands of the Celestial Demon Child.
The Celestial Demon Child’s eyes sparkled, instantly falling in love with the ribbon.
“This is the ‘Years Colorful Cloud Ribbon,’ a Dao Treasure that I’ve refined, imbued with the will of the Great Dao. You can meditate on it for your daily cultivation. Your current Dao Practice is insufficient to unleash its true power,” Gu An briefly explained.
As his voice dropped, the Years Colorful Cloud Ribbon burst into a bright light, enveloping the Celestial Demon Child and leaving her rooted to the spot.
She began to inherit memories—another of Gu An’s touches—learning how to make the Dao Treasure recognize its master.
An Xin sat to the side, looking bemused. Over the years, she hadn’t seen how the Years Colorful Cloud Ribbon was formed, and for most of the time, Gu An was absent, with her being the one to watch over it.
She even suspected that the Dao Treasure had been completed long ago.
When in doubt, she would ask; when facing her master, she never held back.
“This is a Dao Treasure, a treasure of the Great Dao,” Gu An answered. “You can’t see its shaping process; it must be sensed with your Dao. The fact that you haven’t discovered it yet means your Dao isn’t strong enough.”
Those words made An Xin feel ashamed.
Gu An often lectured them on the Dao, and each lecture was a matter of creation, a grand opportunity that cultivators from the outside world couldn’t hope to encounter in their lifetimes, yet she failed to grasp the Dao, which filled her heart with shame.
Little did she know, their Dao Intent was already strong enough; many Divine Thought True Immortals, even though stronger than them, couldn’t match their Dao Intent.
Gu An could tell that everyone in the dojo possessed the ability to fight beyond their realms, but he chose not to elaborate.
With a Heaven-Balancing Golden Immortal as a teacher, such achievements were to be expected.
While the Celestial Demon Child was still assimilating memories, Gu An turned and looked into the distance, mumbling to himself, “Still refusing to give up, huh?”
Hearing his words, An Xin asked curiously, “Master, who are you talking about? Tang Cai?”
Hundreds of years ago, unable to resist, Tang Cai had gone to find Li Ya, even calling out to her in the woods outside the dojo and bidding her farewell before she departed.
Gu An smiled and said, “Not her. I’m talking about a little demon you’ve never met.”
Seeing that he was reluctant to elaborate, An Xin didn’t press further.
In her view, her master, who often went out, must have spread opportunities far and wide, wondering when the Daoist Field of the Beginningless would gain new people.
Time continued to speed up with her thoughts.
The news of the Celestial Demon Child receiving a Dao Treasure quickly stirred up the dojo; then, the Age-Colored Cloud Silk enveloped the entire sky of the dojo, suppressing all within, immobilizing them, which drove everyone, including An Xin, insane.
An Xin even felt that the Age-Colored Cloud Silk was second only to her master’s Fate Pen in power; how could she not be excited?
Gu An maintained a Dao Treasure every thousand years.
The second to receive a Dao Treasure was Shen Zhen, and her Dao Treasure was called the Void Rebirth Zither, whose strings could shake destiny, causality, and even Reincarnation, quite domineeringly.
Next was the Blood Prison Great Saint, who received a saber named the Heaven-Breaking Blood Prison Saber, which contained the Great Dao of slaughter and hinted at ruling the laws of destruction.
Jiang Shi received the Immortal Slaying Flying Saber, another Dao Treasure for slaying and fighting, reminding him of the Immortal Slaying Flying Saber from ‘The Investiture of the Gods,’ which he liked very much.
Celestial Cyan received the Cyan Hong Linglong Tower, and Tian Bai received the White Spirit Exquisite Tower, both Dao Treasures not inferior to the others; together, their might was even greater, named after Ye Lan’s White Spirit Sword and Gu An’s Cyan Hong Sword.
An Shengtian received the Shaking God Spear, its essence filled with Fighting Will, second only to the Heaven-Breaking Blood Prison Saber in terms of killing power.
Chen Chuan got the Reincarnation Dao-slaying Sword, able to comprehend the Path of Reincarnation; Gu An hoped he could remember his past life on his own.
Lv Xian received the Twelve Extreme Heaven Calming World Bead, twelve silver beads that could each create or devour worlds, encapsulating the Path of Devouring.
An Xin got the Six Paths Mirror, which could reflect Reincarnation and send others into it.
During the process of refining Dao Treasures, Gu An also pondered these Great Dao.
The Three Thousand Great Dao are omnipresent, and the Daoist Dominator Skill could assist Gu An in his contemplation directly.
These Dao Treasures all had the power to surpass Immortal Path Ultimate Treasures and would continue to grow stronger with their owners’ achievements in the Great Dao, their limits unfathomable.
At the very least, these Dao Treasures were stronger than the Nine Extremes Sacred Heart Sword in Li Ya’s hands!
A Dao Treasure every thousand years; except for the Ghost Mother of Ephemera, everyone received a Dao Treasure, indicating nine thousand years had passed.
Gu An, now over twenty thousand years old, possessed a lifespan of over three hundred and forty billion years!
The sunlight spilled down as everyone surrounded An Xin, inquiring about her Six Paths Mirror, her face full of excited smiles.
“Finally done with work, it’s time to make a breakthrough.”
Gu An thought to himself silently.
Looking back on the nine thousand years that had passed, even he couldn’t help but marvel at how swiftly time had flown.
As there were no external threats, these nine thousand years were uneventful, a repetition of days.
From refining the Age-Colored Cloud Silk, Gu An spent ten thousand years crafting Dao Treasures for his disciples, and through this process, he continued his cultivation; ten thousand years later, even without using Life Span Evolution, his power had significantly improved.
“Master, aside from you, is there anyone else who can refine Dao Treasures?” Chen Chuan looked at Gu An, asking curiously.
Holding the Reincarnation Dao-slaying Sword, even after two thousand years, he was still enamored with it.
The others followed suit, looking at Gu An.
Gu An smiled and said, “Perhaps there are others, but your Dao Treasures were forged with my Great Dao. In the future, I could help strengthen your Dao Treasures and even use them to connect with you.”
At those words, everyone became even more excited, which meant they could rely on Gu An any time, even if they went out in the future, couldn’t they?
“Master, why not establish a sect? There’s no need to recruit many disciples, but at least we could set a banner. In the future, when we introduce ourselves, we can declare which Immortal Sect we belong to and also add luster to your reputation!”
Blood Prison Great Saint suddenly suggested, with the others echoing him; this was a plan they had long discussed and were waiting for the right moment to propose.
Gu An had already heard their discussions over the years and had also been contemplating this matter.