Chapter 235 : All Things Can Be Refined!

Chapter 235: All Things Can Be Refined!

Chu Huaixu was bestowed the Dao Ancestor's seal 【Southward Sunlight】, and jokingly called himself the Daoist titled “Sun Daoist”.

At this moment, he lifted his head to look at the blazing sun in the sky, attempting to let the medicinal cauldron refine the power of the sun—not that he truly intended to emulate Hou Yi’s legendary feat of shooting down the sun.

He merely wanted to confirm a few things.

Chu Huaixu suddenly felt that the power of refining all things from this 【Dao Birth One】 was strikingly similar to the Dao Seals left by the Dao Ancestor!

He even suspected that the so-called Dao Seals were created in this exact way!

And the reason his mind felt like it exploded, leaving him dumbfounded on the spot, was because—if this were truly the case—then it was simply too terrifying.

“If the Dao Gate isn't exaggerating or employing rhetorical flourish, then the Dao Ancestor left behind three thousand Dao Seals.”

“What the hell does that even mean?!”

Heaven and earth contained myriad things, with endless categories and bountiful resources.

A mere three thousand types of power wasn’t particularly rare.

But the problem was, each time one drew upon this power of all things under heaven and earth, it would consume one’s 【Origin Power】!

“Based on what the System described earlier, can I assume... that every two-character Dao Seal not only requires absorbing a certain type of worldly power but also consumes a tenth of a wisp of Origin Power?”

“A three-character Dao Seal might even require more!”

If so—what kind of concept did three thousand Dao Seals represent?!

“If my speculation is correct, then where did the Dao Ancestor acquire so much Origin Power?”

“That would require at least three hundred Origin Fragments!”

The more Chu Huaixu thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed.

“Could it be that apart from the Origin Spirit Realm, there are other places where fragments can be obtained?”

“This amount is simply too shocking!”

“Perhaps... I’m wrong?”

“Or maybe—there are other ways to extract the power of all things?”

His thoughts ran wild, but he couldn’t verify anything for now.

If the opportunity came, he would test it himself with 【Dao Birth One】, refine a single power of all things, and that would reveal part of the truth!

At that time, he’d be able to know whether this was the same type of power as the Dao Seals left by the Dao Ancestor!

With that thought, Chu Huaixu decided that he would visit the Treasure Pavilion the next day.

The Dao Gate had deep reserves; all kinds of bizarre heavenly materials and earthly treasures could be found within the Treasure Pavilion.

“Ordinary items can’t be used to refine the power of all things.”

“Just like the power of the Parasol Tree requires a ten-thousand-year-old tree—and not even the branches, but the essence of the tree.”

“啧, then the items that meet such conditions must be hellishly expensive, right?”

Thinking of this, this wicked “capitalist” immediately came to a conclusion: “The medicinal cauldron has to work 24/7 nonstop now.”

At last, he could start refining pills!

He had already purchased the formula for second-grade Spiritual Pills and had long since prepared some of the ingredients—he’d just been waiting for the medicinal cauldron to finish refining Origin Power.

Back inside his room, Chu Huaixu sat down on the meditation cushion and immediately activated 【Dao Birth One】.

The medicinal cauldron began humming as it started refining pills.

But Chu Huaixu checked the time—second-grade pills took over three hours per batch to refine.

If this efficiency were known to pill refiners, they would probably drop their jaws.

Yet he still found it a bit too slow.

“The efficiency isn’t as high as when refining first-grade pills.”

“Looks like the higher the pill grade, the more time it’ll take.”

Thankfully, each increase in grade brought a huge price spike.

Chu Huaixu could still earn a massive profit.

As night gradually deepened—

Chu Huaixu suddenly opened his eyes, sensing a fluctuation in spiritual energy.

The fluctuation came from Han Shuangjiang’s bamboo hut.

“A breakthrough?” A hint of joy and envy flickered across his face.

Big Ice Block’s cultivation speed was insanely fast. She had just obtained a Third Realm cultivation method today, and already managed to break through into the Third Realm.

That reminded him of something.

“It’s said that the Dao Ancestor’s Pure Yang Body could advance in cultivation by leaps and bounds, but it required retaining his Yang essence.”

“That’s why his ‘archenemy’, the female founder of Spring and Autumn Mountain, even considered taking him down herself to shatter that essence.”

“And the Body of Profound Yin is said to be on par with the Pure Yang Body. Their primary trait is fast cultivation.”

“But it probably has its limitations too?”

Until now, Chu Huaixu still didn’t know what the restriction of the Body of Profound Yin was.

He thought he needed to find an opportunity to understand it better.

Sitting cross-legged on the cushion, he immediately opened his Character Panel.

“Hmph! I can’t let her surpass me!”

He tapped the level-up button, pushing himself up by a minor realm—to level 28.

In the next moment, a flood of unbearable pain surged through every part of his body.

“My pain threshold... seems to have slightly improved.” He savored the sensation carefully.

Perhaps this was also due to the Saint Body.

“I wonder what realm Little Xu is at now...” he mused inwardly.

The next day, early morning—

After finishing breakfast, Chu Huaixu headed straight for the Treasure Pavilion.

As soon as he entered, the Dao Gate senior brother in charge of reception greeted him with extreme enthusiasm.

“Champion Chu has arrived.”

He didn’t even call him Junior Brother, but directly used the title “Champion”.

“Senior Brother, I’d like to look at the Heaven-grade Treasure Book—specifically the materials section,” Chu Huaixu said.

“Of course, I’ll fetch it right away.”

The book was brought over quickly—it wasn’t thin.

It was filled with heavenly materials and earthly treasures, mostly rare items used in artifact or pill refinement.

Just looking at the book, Chu Huaixu realized the System couldn’t perform identification—it needed to see the actual items.

But Chu Huaixu could do the analysis himself.

“These prices... they’re all sky-high,” he thought to himself.

Tens of thousands of contribution points at the very least—and these were the cheapest options.

Among all the Heaven-grade books, the material section was usually the cheapest.

Those on spiritual pills or magical treasures were even more absurd.

Soon, his eyes landed on Ten-thousand-year Profound Crystal Essence and Ten-thousand-year Profound Tortoise Shell.

The former was apparently used to assist the cultivation of higher-grade techniques.

The latter was a rare material for crafting defensive artifacts.

“Could I take a look at these two?”

The “gold-medal salesman” senior brother immediately replied, “Of course, Champion Chu. But you may have to wait a bit.”

Chu Huaixu understood—precious items probably required a process.

“Mm, no problem.”

“Also, I can only bring one item at a time.”

“Alright.”

After about the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, another inner sect senior brother arrived with the Profound Tortoise Shell.

Chu Huaixu opened it and used the System to examine it.

The result: it still didn’t meet refinement conditions.

“The shell won’t do—it needs the inner core?” Chu Huaixu frowned slightly.

But he wasn’t too bothered—this thing was expensive anyway. Even if he could afford it, it’d hurt.

Also, the refined power might be named “Power of the Tortoise”?

Possessing turtle power...

Chu Huaixu still felt a bit of resistance.

“Apologies, Senior Brothers. This item isn’t quite what I’m looking for.”

“No worries, no worries.”

Next, they fetched the Ten-thousand-year Profound Crystal Essence.

Another incense stick’s time passed before the item arrived.

Chu Huaixu used the System to inspect it—it actually met the requirement!

【Can refine: Power of Profound Crystal!】

And its price was slightly lower than the Tortoise Shell—only 110,000 contribution points.

Chu Huaixu clenched his teeth and bought it.

Back home, he sat on his meditation cushion, and after 【Dao Birth One】 finished refining pills, had it begin refining the Profound Crystal Essence.

The entire process was much faster than he expected.

It took only two days to complete.

He infused his Divine Sense into the black bead to observe.

Inside the medicinal cauldron, a greenish light orb floated in suspension.

It pulsed rhythmically, expanding and contracting like it was breathing.

Chu Huaixu took it out and had it float above his palm.

According to the System, a cultivator could only absorb three types of such powers of all things—this was the limit.

This made him hesitate.

“If I can only absorb three types...”

Chu Huaixu felt this one was a bit underwhelming.

He could tell it was vastly inferior to 【Southward Sunlight】.

Not even in the same league!

The Power of Profound Crystal emphasized defensive attributes.

For Chu Huaixu, it was just the cherry on top.

But most importantly—he could only absorb three.

If this one wasn’t top-tier, Chu Huaixu felt it would just be “taking up a slot”.

Of course, the main goal of refining it was to test his theory.

Now, he had the answer.

“Identical! Exactly alike!”

“This is just like a Dao Seal!”

“Only the Dao Ancestor seems to have ‘repackaged’ it, and bestowed it to the Dao Gate’s descendants in the form of Dao Seals.”

All of a sudden, waves of emotion surged in Chu Huaixu’s heart.

“So... these three thousand Dao Seals...”

The implication was simply too staggering!

He doubted even Xiang Yan and the others understood what these three thousand Dao Seals truly represented!

This wasn’t just a treasure mountain—

It represented at least 300 wisps of Origin Power!

A question inevitably surfaced in his mind.

“So just what kind of existence was the Dao Ancestor?”