Book One: The Witch-Demon Tribulation 199 The Supreme Treasure, the Primordial Taiji Eight-Trigram Furnace

At that moment, four figures suddenly arrived on Buzhou Mountain.

They were the Three Purities, together with Duobao, whom Tongtian had temporarily taken under his wing.

Because Duobao’s cultivation was still far behind theirs, the others had been delayed quite a bit.

Once they reached Buzhou Mountain, the three of them brought Duobao straight to the Green Lotus Dao Academy at top speed.

“Fellow Daoists of the Three Purities, the master has been waiting for the three of you,” said Ao Qing, coming forward at once.

“Thank you for leading the way, fellow Daoist Ao Qing.”

Soon after, Ao Qing brought the three of them to a courtyard.

“Come in,” came Qingxuan’s voice from within.

“Greetings, Senior Qingxuan,” the three said quickly once they were inside.

“Very well. I already understand why you have come. Follow me. Ao Qing, you may remain in the academy with this child.”

With that, Qingxuan led the three of them away, vanishing directly from the Green Lotus Dao Academy.

When they appeared again, they were already inside a small pocket world of a heaven-and-earth cave domain.

“This...”

The three were first stunned by the dense primordial spiritual energy filling the world.

Then they saw the enormous green lotus standing in the center of the spirit-water pool.

They had seen one such lotus on Buzhou Mountain before, but all three could tell at a glance that the one they had seen before was utterly insignificant compared to the one before them now.

Even more shocking was the fact that beneath that giant green lotus, countless lotus platforms were actually suspended in the air.

Inside the pool drifted all manner of rare spiritual materials as well: divine waters, spirit earth, and nine-heaven soil.

“There are actually so many priceless treasures here!”

All three were astonished beyond measure.

Then the Three Purities saw Qingxuan take out the Heaven-and-Earth Creation Cauldron, followed by the Chaos Creation Heart Lamp.

“Take out the embryonic forms of your spiritual treasures, along with the materials you have gathered,” Qingxuan said next.

Upon hearing this, Taishang immediately produced his treasure embryo, together with the materials he had gathered back then in the Eastern Sea.

“Not bad. Quite a few of these materials were born from chaos itself. They were carried here by chaos in the last wave. You have been fortunate to encounter them; otherwise, it would be nearly impossible to find such materials in the Primordial World.”

Qingxuan then looked at Taishang again.

“Release the Dao you know best. Only then can the treasure forged for you be the one most suited to you.”

At that, Taishang directly manifested the Dao he had comprehended.

Qingxuan took one look and thought, as expected.

What Taishang had comprehended was still the Dao of the Taiji Eight Trigrams, serenity and nonaction, though it differed slightly from Qingxuan’s own understanding.

Seeing this, Qingxuan directly sent Taishang’s treasure embryo into the Heaven-and-Earth Creation Cauldron.

At the same time, he swiftly drew in the Dao rhythms and laws Taishang had comprehended, guiding them into the embryo.

Then Qingxuan pointed at the Heart Lamp, and countless chaotic divine flames flew out from it at once, falling directly into the Creation Cauldron.

The moment the chaotic divine flames entered, they began shaping the treasure embryo at once.

That shaping process alone took over a million years.

Once the shaping was complete, Qingxuan cast in Taishang’s materials.

The instant they fell into the Heaven-and-Earth Creation Cauldron, they were rapidly refined by the divine flames into a special liquid, which merged directly into the embryo.

After that came endless time of gradual fusion.

In the end, under Qingxuan’s refinement, the treasure embryo slowly took the form of a furnace.

It had four ears and eight feet, each carrying its own profound meaning.

The moment the treasure fully took shape, countless insights rose at once in Taishang’s heart.

At the same time, boundless Dao rhythm spread through his entire body.

Yuanshi, meanwhile, was the one most captivated by the entire refining process.

Tongtian, on the other hand, was almost visibly bored.

“As expected, among the three of them, it is Taishang who truly deserves to be called the most gifted. Even before the refinement is complete, he is already comprehending something,” Qingxuan thought, feeling deeply gratified.

Only after Taishang remained in enlightenment for ten kalpas did he gradually awaken from it.

At the same time, Taishang’s spiritual treasure had also just been completed.

“Perfect. You have only just awakened, and your treasure has already been refined. As expected, it is the one most suited to you.”

Qingxuan slapped the Heaven-and-Earth Creation Cauldron.

The next moment, a furnace flew out from within and headed straight for Taishang.

“The treasure has taken the initiative to acknowledge you as its master. Although it was forged from your treasure embryo and your Dao, the fact that it chose you on its own proves that it suits you best.”

“Many thanks, Senior. If not for this, junior would never have been able to obtain this Primordial Taiji Eight-Trigrams Furnace.”

Indeed, Taishang’s treasure was named the Primordial Taiji Eight-Trigrams Furnace, a primordial supreme treasure.

Only after realizing this was Taishang the most overjoyed of all.

Though the three of them had all known Qingxuan likely had a great chance of forging a primordial supreme treasure, actually receiving one still felt almost unbelievable.

“Next. Which of you will come first?”

Qingxuan then turned to Yuanshi and Tongtian.

“I’ll go first,” Yuanshi said, immediately taking out his treasure embryo and the materials he had gathered.

Qingxuan responded as before, sending the embryo directly inside.

Then he instructed Yuanshi to use his own Dao as the guiding thread.

Upon seeing Yuanshi’s Dao, Qingxuan reached toward the green lotus.

The next moment, a lump of chaos soil and a mass of spiritual water entered the cauldron.

“Senior, this is...?” Yuanshi could not help asking when he saw Qingxuan add those two things.

“Do not be afraid. These things are most perfectly aligned with your Dao. I believe that after refinement, you will gain unexpected rewards.”

Qingxuan smiled faintly.

From Qingxuan’s perspective, Yuanshi walked a brand-new path of Dao, suspended between chaos and order.

If one were unfamiliar with it, one might assume his path belonged to one or the other.

But Qingxuan had comprehended so many laws that his understanding was beyond measure; naturally, he could tell the difference.

After hearing Qingxuan’s words, Yuanshi seemed to grasp something and nodded.

As the refinement continued, the Heaven-and-Earth Creation Cauldron indeed began to manifest the pure Dao rhythms of chaos and order.

Only after those Dao principles had filled the embryo did Qingxuan gradually add the materials one by one.

Under the divine flames, they were refined into pure essences and fused with the embryo.

In the end, a special wheel-like treasure took form.

When the wheel turned, it would release an entirely different order.

It could also envelop an entire region and create a unique ordered space.

The whole refinement process took nearly ten million years.

“Why is my treasure taking even longer than Big Brother’s did?”

As Yuanshi watched the entire process closely, that thought surfaced in his mind.

“It is done.”

With those words, Qingxuan withdrew his hand.

A spinning wheel flew out from within.

Yuanshi reached out to take it at once, but Qingxuan quickly stopped him.

“Wait!”