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Chapter 1669 - Chapter 1669 Chapter 720 Ashes Nine Refinements Frantic

Chapter 1669: Chapter 720: Ashes Nine Refinements, Frantic Slaughter_2 Chapter 1669: Chapter 720: Ashes Nine Refinements, Frantic Slaughter_2 “The spirit of Ashen Mountain, to some extent, yes,” the voice shifted, not continuing on this topic.

“Han Yi, you are the first cultivator from Ashen Mountain to appear at this time in the last three thousand Chaos Eras.”

“Using the Chongxuan Stele to obtain identity, although improper, is quite clever.”

“This stele has a mysterious origin, coming from beyond the realms, and is essentially more important than the Ashen Mountain inheritance. However, without achieving half-step transcendence, it is impossible to comprehend its profundity.”

“For you right now, the Ashen inheritance will more effectively enhance your strength.”

“Since you have acquired identity, then accept the inheritance as a Taoist of Ashen Mountain.”

As the voice fell, a mysterious fluctuation suddenly emerged in Han Yi’s mind, instantly giving him the knowledge of how to obtain the true Ashen Mountain inheritance, and what uses it could have after obtaining it.

The Ashen Mountain inheritance, in fact, was a method of Artifact Refining called ‘Ashen Nine Refinements’, which could forge powerful sets of armor, and it was rumored that the Ashen Set was crafted using this very method.

And.

Han Yi also discovered that he had misunderstood before, the Ashen Set of the Heavenly Sovereign Ancient Artifact level was not just one set, but as many as three sets. Using these three sets, Ashen Mountain had the combat power to wage a mighty war against the Primordial Demon Palace in the past.

Furthermore.

After cultivating the Ashen Nine Refinements, one could even rekindle the lost spiritual nature of inert ash fragments, refine them anew, and, if enough pieces were found, piece together to exert some power of the Ashen Set’s weapons.

This method of Artifact Refining could be said to be the pinnacle of Artifact Refining in the entire Chaos Realm.

Han Yi raised his eyebrows.

Such a powerful refining method, he did not believe that it would be completely buried in history with the downfall of Ashen Mountain. The greatest possibility was that it had been acquired by the Primordial Demon Palace or other Daoist Domain Level overlords, covertly claimed for themselves, and no longer passed on to outsiders.

He shook his head, casting aside these thoughts as they were too distant for him.

What was currently most important was to pass the test and obtain the Ashen Nine Refinements.

The test was simple as well: at least acquire 100 combat achievements in the task world. This was the minimum requirement, and upon reaching 100 combat achievements, one could receive the inheritance of Ashen Nine Refinements. However, the inheritance granted at the minimum requirement would naturally not be complete, but only a small part.

As the combat achievements increased, the more comprehensive the granted inheritance would become.

Achieving first place on the stele would grant 10% of the inheritance, the maximum percentage of inheritance that a Dao Realm cultivator, a Taoist, could receive. To exceed this percentage, one must be a Heavenly Sovereign level cultivator.

Upon seeing this, Han Yi felt no regret at being unable to obtain the complete inheritance. Instead, a thought stirred within him; he had the Proficiency Panel. Just as when he first cultivated the Wan Ming Tome, initially, he had only stolen the cultivation technique from the Wan Ming Incarnation. Eventually, with the powerful restorative supplementation of the panel, he had managed to reach his current state.

Which means, even the most rudimentary inheritance, when in his hands, under the workings of the Proficiency Panel, would cultivate along the most perfect path, advancing towards the pinnacle.

The difference was merely a matter of time. The Ashen Nine Refinements was a powerful inheritance that transcended Heavenly Sovereigns, so each advancement in realm would certainly take more time than the Wan Ming Tome.

As this thought settled, the space around him changed.

This time, he could control with his mind whether to proceed with the test or not, and, if not testing, could also leave the gray fog region and return to the ruins.

But having come this far, close to the inheritance, he naturally would not give up.

With a thought, this time he wasn’t dragged downwards, but rather, the space he occupied was sliced and embedded into a specific area.

It was a blazing sea of fire, or rather, the entire world had fallen into a sea of fire.

At the same time, a voice echoed in his mind, no longer the cold, merciless one from previous tasks, but the hoary voice he had heard in the High Tower.

It seemed the cold, merciless voice was only set for the assessment of foreign cultivators, while the owner of the hoary voice was the true overseer responsible for the internal cultivator inheritance assessment at Ashen Mountain.

“Taoist Han Yi, in this Fire Realm there exist thirty thousand Fire Demons, task: eradicate the Fire Demons, cover the Fire Realm.”

Upon hearing this, Han Yi’s mind stirred. In the previous five tasks, they all began with ‘Outsider from Ashen Mountain’ and ended with ‘Violators, beheaded.’

Yet, this time, it directly stated the identity of Taoist Han Yi, without any mention of punishment for defiance.

He waited in place for a moment, this time without that sense of impending crisis, his mind was finally resolved.

Then, he returned the Yue Guang Divine Spear to the Divine Aperture World and drew the Gluttonous Sacrifice Divine Axe, his body transformed, becoming an incarnation bathed in a ten-thousand-foot-tall Divine Light, stepping into the midst of the sea of fire.

As he stepped in, he immediately alarmed numerous formidable Fire Demons lurking in the depths of the sea of fire.

Roar, roar!

Transformed into his Infinite Realm incarnation of the Divine Clan, Han Yi’s eyes turned cold, and his murderous intent violently erupted as he struck with his axe.

Having secured his identity, he no longer needed to probe slowly but could use his formidable strength to bulldoze his way through.

Boom!!

Dark Divine Light turned into a torrential flood, sweeping across and reducing every obstacle to dust and void. Those Fire Demons that emerged close by died in terror, dissipating into nothingness.

In just a few breaths, thirty thousand Fire Demons were exterminated, and even the world of fire itself was shattered by Han Yi’s axe.

With a flash of light, he returned to the inside of the High Tower.

But the next instant, with a thought, he re-registered to enter the assessment world…

After that, Han Yi wandered between worlds.

In the sixth world, after achieving 10 battle achievements, he found that the difficulty of the worlds he entered had increased by a level, facing opponents ten times his equal in the same realm. Before this increase, he had faced, at most, three such enemies.

That is to say, once the battle achievements surpassed 10, the difficulty increased and in each task, he had to face at least ten Daoist Fruit Realm Cultivators.

For others, such a task was extremely difficult, but for Han Yi, who was capable of defeating higher-ranked opponents, it was not difficult.

When his battle achievements reached 50, he found that in each mission he faced twenty Daoist Fruit Realm opponents, a number which had doubled yet again.

After crossing one hundred battles, he suddenly discovered that among his enemies, there were Outer Path Realm Cultivators.

It is known that the higher one climbs, the more difficult it is to kill enemies of a higher level.

However, for Han Yi, who exerted all his methods, even those of the Outer Path Realm could be killed.

The battle lasted half an hour, and Han Yi, wielding the Feast Sacrifice Divine Axe along with relentless and robust Infinite Divine Power, shattered the Outer Path Dharma of the Outer Path Realm within the mission world and subsequently killed his opponent.

Battle achievements: 101.

He did not stop but continued onward.

After so many missions, he already knew that combat in the mission world did not pose a risk of actual death for the Ashen Mountain Cultivators. Even ‘dying’ in the mission world was merely an illusion on the level of the Great Tao.

As for the expenditure of Dao Force and Divine Power, they would quickly recover after leaving.

This assessment task was, in some ways, virtual, but its effects were quite real.

This was Ashen Mountain’s special way of training Dao Realm Cultivators over the endless years.

Han Yi was immersed in the combat with Outer Path Cultivators.

For him, such opportunities were rare and unparalleled.

Time passed.

At a certain moment, he abruptly snapped out of his killing spree.

He stood inside the High Tower, having just experienced a battle that ended with his defeat. Moreover, he had ‘died’ in that task a total of ‘seventeen times.’

“This is the limit of my current combat power; continuing to persevere would mean that even if I could luckily kill this Outer Path Cultivator, it would not reflect my true combat power.”

“It’s time to end this.”

With a thought from Han Yi, his body remained within the High Tower without teleporting to any task world, and an elderly voice echoed in his mind.

“Han Yi, Daoist Fruit, battle achievements, 121 victories, 181 defeats.”

“You may accept the legacy.”

“Are you ready?”

Han Yi respectfully said, “Junior is ready!”