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Chapter 207 - 67: Another Chaotic Burial Furnace?

Chapter 207: Chapter 67: Another Chaotic Burial Furnace?

The sudden appearance of the phosphorescent glow was abrupt, and it quickly disappeared from the Cave God’s Eye’s field of vision.

Li Mo furrowed his brow tightly.

There was no doubt that the phosphorescence was connected to the Great Mother, but the sensation it gave him was extraordinarily strange, as if the Great Mother had been born out of nothingness.

Once the Great Mother concealed her phosphorescence, even the Cave God’s Eye was unable to discern truth from illusion anymore.

A faint tremor came from deep within the soil, indicating that the Great Mother was steadily approaching, deliberately encircling the spot where Li Mo stood.

Li Mo knew that his journey within the Inner Sect was destined to be far from peaceful.

Unlike their accidental encounter before, it was clear now that the Great Mother’s actions were deliberately aimed at him. Perhaps it had something to do with his innate Five Dao Body?

Li Mo replayed his memories carefully.

Ever since he had arrived at the Sub-Device Sect, the phosphorescent presence seemed omnipresent, as though something lying deep within the Outer Heaven Meteorite Crater had fixed its gaze upon him.

"I must leave the Sub-Device Sect after acquiring the Nascent Soul Stage cultivation technique..."

Suppressing the myriad thoughts in his mind, Li Mo unfurled the Spider Demon’s Multi-Armed Spine.

His refinement of the Taiyin Law Heaven had never ceased. The Magic Artifact Embryo had gradually taken shape, resembling a hollowed-out cave-like hill in form.

As a High-Grade Magical Artifact, it seemed oddly unremarkable.

Privately, Li Mo contemplated the subsequent stages of refining Taiyin Law Heaven and realized that the process required meticulous balance in every aspect, making the refinement unimaginably complex.

Despite this, he had no intention of stopping and continued to perfect the Magic Artifact Embryo.

In contrast to Li Mo’s calm demeanor, the Ghost Tiger, in its desperate attempt to evade the Great Mother’s assault, tirelessly clawed at the rock walls, exhausting all its efforts.

Yet, judging by the disturbances from all directions, even the Ghost Tiger’s endeavors seemed insufficient to break out of the encirclement.

The Ghost Tiger’s expression reflected growing unease. Its tail, now a trailing shadow, dragged Li Mo along, but its physical structure was ill-suited for burrowing through earth.

Just as the Great Mother drew near to within a thousand meters, Li Mo finished refining the Magic Artifact Embryo.

He admired the Taiyin Law Heaven with satisfaction, infused it with Mist Fog Spiritual Power for refining, and immediately dove inside the artifact with the Ghost Tiger in tow.

The Taiyin Law Heaven expanded to envelop a hundred meters of space, but its internal environment remained relatively rudimentary.

Since it was merely an artifact embryo, lacking the capacity for movement, the Great Mother’s encirclement began to close in around them.

The Ghost Tiger crouched low, baring its teeth and preparing for battle.

Li Mo gently patted the Ghost Tiger’s head. His right hand suddenly grew densely packed tumors of flesh, and moments later, the Da Ai Mi Tian surged into the Taiyin Law Heaven.

The Magic Artifact Embryo, bolstered by the seventy-refinement-level Da Ai Mi Tian, immediately exhibited signs of cancerous transformation.

In the span of half a breath, the material of the Taiyin Law Heaven mutated into raw, pulsating flesh, with its exposed veins and fragmented bones presenting an extraordinarily grotesque visage.

The Taiyin Law Heaven writhed like a viscous liquid, dissolving and devouring rock walls as it moved, hurtling directly toward the closest entity—the Great Mother.

For a moment, the Great Mother appeared caught off guard.

Li Mo watched as the Taiyin Law Heaven gouged out a massive cave mansion. Inside stood someone he hadn’t seen in ages—Thousand-legged Master—with an expression twisted in venomous malice.

"Qing Tian!!!"

The Thousand-legged Master’s lips curled into a sinister grin. "I’ve already become the Great Mother. Why should you escape unscathed?!!"

"Fuck off."

"Go."

Li Mo hurled the Blood Soul at the Great Mother, and before she could react, intestines burrowed directly into her body.

The Thousand-legged Master’s furnace was bound by the Blood Soul, rendering him unable to channel spiritual power as the Taiyin Law Heaven pressed down upon him.

Yet, there was no trace of panic in his demeanor. Instead, he mocked Li Mo with a sneer, saying, "I’ll come for you again..."

Bang.

The Thousand-legged Master decisively extinguished his own life force, causing his body to erupt in a burst of viscera and radiant phosphorescence scattered across the ground.

Li Mo’s face grew heavy with concern.

"As I thought, the Great Mother truly can use the Mother Furnace to resurrect herself."

Without pause, Li Mo directed the Da Ai Mi Tian to fully merge with the Taiyin Law Heaven. Threads of blood-like material converged and tangled within the cavern’s interior.

In just an instant, a massive, grotesquely warped heart-like tumor was birthed.

The tumor heart thudded violently, further amplifying the Taiyin Law Heaven’s power as it began to pull away from the other encroaching Great Mother entities.

Li Mo now held several fragments of the Inner Sect Stone Wall in his hand.

He observed that the surrounding rock formations were composed of an inferior spiritual material, something between flesh and stone, which made for exceptional nourishment for the Corpse Mountain.

Without hesitation, Li Mo unleashed the Corpse Mountain, allowing the pseudo-Magic Treasure to hover within the cavern.

The debris consumed by the Taiyin Law Heaven was directly funneled into the Corpse Mountain, aiding its gradual evolution into a true Magic Treasure.

Li Mo resumed refining the Taiyin Law Heaven.

At the ten-refinement level, spiritual materials centered around Void Jade lent the cavern a restrained aura. Combined with the Leakless Body refinement, this successfully threw the Great Mother off his trail.

At twenty refinements, spiritual materials centered around the Sumeru Stone expanded the cavern space to five hundred meters.

At forty refinements, incorporating Ten Thousand Withered Three Hands caused centipede-like limbs to sprout from the cavern floor, facilitating the artifact’s mobility through excavation.

Sixty refinements added Corrosive Soil to the mix, covering the cavern floor with new layers of earth.

Li Mo then summoned a Salamander, scattering some grass seeds in its wake. Almost instantly, lush vegetation grew within the Taiyin Law Heaven, making it appear verdant and thriving.

At seventy refinements, Pure Pond Water formed a central pool within the cavern.

At eighty refinements, the focus shifted to defense, fortifying the Taiyin Law Heaven’s resilience.

Through Li Mo’s meticulous efforts, the Taiyin Law Heaven took on the semblance of a Blessed Land Cave Heaven. However, the overly complex subsequent refinements meant that the artifact embryo, originally holding the potential for a hundred refinements, could reach no further than eighty.

Li Mo directed the Taiyin Law Heaven toward the metallic top-grade Spirit Stone.

He was certain he needed to retrieve the Nascent Soul Stage cultivation technique from the Collection Hall, but there was no need to rush—his cultivation level hadn’t even reached the Dan Formation Stage yet.

Withdrawing the Da Ai Mi Tian caused the cavern’s speed to drop by thirty percent.

Li Mo allowed the Salamander and Ghost Tiger to roam freely within the cavern, though their frolicking soon annoyed the other tattooed beasts. Thus, he summoned them all into the outside world.

Even the Candle Dragon appeared diminutive, no larger than a human arm.

Long denied access to the outer world, the small creatures scurried about in excitement, while the Candle Dragon alone coiled loftily at the cavern’s apex.

"No idle loafing! Plant some spiritual materials to enhance the spiritual energy within."

The Inner Sect’s spiritual energy was indeed dense, though overwhelmingly earth-attributed.

"That includes you, Candle Dragon."

Li Mo tossed a Low-Grade Luminous Pearl into the air to illuminate the cavern, assigning the Candle Dragon to embed it in place. Though it grumbled and exhaled turbid breath in protest, it dared not defy his orders.

Ignoring the dismal exterior of the Inner Sect, the cavern’s interior began to faintly resemble the dwelling of an Immortal.

Li Mo sat down to operate the Circulation Cycle. The synergy between his two Perfect Golden Cores slowly pushed his cultivation toward the Dan Formation Stage.

If all went well, the Dan Formation Stage could be reached within three to four decades.

Meanwhile, as Li Mo meditated, the cavern steadily approached the vicinity of the top-grade Spirit Stone. Simultaneously, the completion of the Spirit Root Page noticeably accelerated.

At the same time,

Li Mo became aware of the Thirty Years Old Death Disease showing early signs of eruption. The flow of blood through his veins was clearly slowing down.

It appeared he had a buffer period of only one or two months.

Li Mo dared not relax. The terror of the Thirty Years Old Death Disease was beyond imagination, threatening to dry up all his blood and disrupt the operation of his Five Dao Body.

The cavern came to a halt.

Being no more than a thousand meters from the top-grade Spirit Stone, and with the Spirit Root Page requiring just about a month to complete, Li Mo opted not to advance further, to play it safe.

He didn’t believe the top-grade Spirit Stone had naturally formed.

The implications were deeply unclear.

The Ghost Tiger grew tense, standing vigil, its wariness heightened by the nearing completion of the Metallic Spirit Root Page. Around the Taiyin Law Heaven, the soil was changing visibly.

Pungent blood began seeping from the ground, and the surrounding corpses grew even more decayed and brittle.

This strange development, instead of deterring him, spurred Li Mo’s interest. The corpses’ nutrients could sufficiently nourish the Corpse Mountain, fostering growth of new sub-peaks—a resource far more efficacious than ordinary soil.

From the Blood Sea, countless motes of dust spread and steadily advanced toward the top-grade Spirit Stone.

Li Mo waited patiently, as it remained uncertain whether the Great Mother lingered near the Spirit Stone’s location.

Being undead, the Great Mother could return repeatedly—either he needed to avoid her presence entirely or find a way to deliver her a singular, decisive blow.

As the Spirit Root Page reached completion, the stench of decay outside intensified.

The Blood Sea seeped into deeper layers of the soil, only to reveal beneath the site of the top-grade Spirit Stone a mass grave containing hundreds of corpses, rather than faulty remnants of artifact embryos from within the Falling Abyss.

From their state of death, it was evident that the corpses had at least achieved the Foundation Establishment Stage in their lifetimes.

The concentrated presence of artifact cultivator corpses could produce Mid- to Lower-Grade Spirit Stones due to the unique radiation of their spiritual power, but a top-grade Spirit Stone...

"Hmm?"

Li Mo raised an eyebrow, noticing that although the corpses’ clothes were mostly in tatters, they faintly retained the uniform pattern of Daoist robes.

They resembled disciples from a unified Taoist inheritance.

Confirming the absence of the Great Mother, Li Mo instructed the Taiyin Law Heaven to approach gradually.

"What in the world is this?"

What greeted his eyes was an agglomeration of corpses, numbering no fewer than seven to eight thousand, chaotically interred beneath the earth. The radiation they emitted had even created a small vein of spirit stone ore.

The Inner Sect environment, too, seemed intertwined with the formation of Spirit Stones, as its rocks and soil retained spiritual energy, compressing it into stones over countless ages.

Yet, the corpses all bore a peculiar resemblance to Chen Tiangang. Though their skeletal structures varied, distinguishing age and sex, their likeness was unmistakable.

Li Mo attempted to use the End-of-the-World Dao Seed to extract information from the corpses.

But the severe damage to their remains revealed nothing. Otherwise, absorbing the cultivation techniques of hundreds of these corpses could irreversibly transform his Dual Golden Core.

Amidst the scattered ruins mixed with the remains, Li Mo felt a sudden flicker of inexplicable familiarity.

Based on the extent of the ruins’ erosion, at least three thousand years must have passed.

"Wait a minute—this looks eerily similar to the Chaotic Burial Furnace?"

Li Mo’s eyes widened. While the distribution of the ruins diverged from the Chaotic Burial Furnace, the unique features of the grave mounds bore undeniable similarity.

There were subtle differences in the details, however.

An absurd hypothesis formed in Li Mo’s mind—that the Sub-Device Sect from three millennia ago, along with the Chaotic Burial Furnace, had once been obliterated and subsequently rebuilt.

He released the Corpse Mountain, methodically collecting the surrounding corpses into the pseudo-Magic Treasure. Its sub-peaks grew higher and even nourished two of its spirit patterns significantly.

It seemed that the Corpse Mountain and Da Ai Mi Tian’s eventual metamorphosis into Magic Treasures would take place around the same timeframe.

At the core of this massive heap of corpses were five skeletal remains belonging to Nascent Soul Great Powers, entirely devoid of flesh. The metallic top-grade Spirit Stone had been nurtured by these remains.

Li Mo couldn’t help but lift his head, his gaze landing squarely on the Nascent Soul Great Powers’ skeletons.

Their positions resembled devotional statues, akin to pious worshippers.

Indeed, their appearances mirrored Chen Tiangang, but there was something ineffable about the correlation—as though it aligned with the five Nascent Soul Great Powers associated with the Chaotic Burial Furnace. The coincidence was uncanny.