King of Creation

"Three months!"

The Great Saint of Jinghai extended three fingers towards Ye Zhen, "In just three months, the then-largest power in the Mystic Light Realm, the Golden Light Sect, was completely annihilated!"

"The head of the Sect Master of the Golden Light Sect was personally delivered to Shuili Island by a reclusive mighty figure, in exchange for two precious opportunities for Shuili Dan King to perform alchemy!"

"Don't think that just because the Golden Light Sect was wiped out in three months, it means their strength wasn't formidable! At that time, the strength of the Golden Light Sect definitely had seventy to eighty percent of the strength of the current Outer Domain Dead Sea's top power, the Dragon Alliance!" the Great Saint of Jinghai added.

"What?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhen could no longer remain calm, "The Golden Light Sect had seventy to eighty percent of the strength of the Dragon Alliance and yet was destroyed within three months, how is that possible?"

"There's nothing impossible about it!"

The Sea-Breaking Great Saint waved his hand casually, "You have no idea how crazy the Establishment Realm experts were after Shuili Dan King issued a bounty back then.

Even those reclusive, hidden mighty figures all made their moves, just to compete for a single opportunity for Shuili Dan King to perform alchemy!"

"Speaking of which, that was also the first time our three brothers left the Outer Domain Dead Sea over the years to head for the Golden Light Domain! Eighteen heads of the protectors of the Golden Light Sect along with three heads of the elders of the Golden Light Sect got us two precious alchemy opportunities!" The Great Sage of the Overturning Sea held up two fingers towards Ye Zhen.

"Even you all got involved?" Ye Zhen was quite surprised!

"Not getting involved would have been foolish! The opportunity for Shuili Refining's alchemy, only three times in ten years, not snatching it up is simply brainless! Honestly, the life-saving pill our Third Brother needed for his severe injury two hundred years ago was indeed used!" said the Great Saint of Jinghai.

"That's why, on this Outer Domain Dead Sea, you can offend anyone, but definitely do not provoke Shuili Dan King of Shuili Island!"

According to the Great Saint of Jinghai, due to that brutal battle, Shuili Dan King's reputation reached its peak in no time.

Since then, Shuili Dan King's renown grew day by day, and he also kept his promise of holding the Reward Pill Assembly every ten years as scheduled.

Moreover, to maintain order, Shuili Dan King also issued several decrees, leading to no one daring to cause trouble during the Reward Pill Assembly held every ten years.

Eventually, the Reward Pill Assembly on Shuili Island became grand events within the Martial Artists' community, as the attendees were high cultivation individuals, those seasoned veterans who seldom show themselves would also turn up occasionally, with all major forces sending representatives.

The way it was able to gather so many high-cultivation martial artists without any issues was simply too easy.

And since those powerful existences gathering together was so rare, they might as well sit down and exchange needs.

Gradually, a tradition was formed.

Before each Reward Pill Assembly began, there were continuous transactions among those powerful kings, and later, people simply started organizing trade fairs and auctions!

Eventually, because self-organized auctions and trade fairs by martial artists caused problems and chaos, the Shuili Hermit simply arranged for people to host the trade under the name of Shuili Island.

Gradually, the Reward Pill Assembly evolved into a significant event for resource exchange among top powerhouse, held once every ten years. After more than two hundred years, it had formed its traditions and scale!

Nowadays, as long as it's a significant force or those top powerhouses, during every ten-yearly Reward Pill Assembly, even if they don't need pills, they'll send representatives to attend, for who knows when the resources they are seeking might appear?

This also spawned substantial trades and negotiations!

This created a scene where a massive number of martial artists would arrive early at Shuili Island.

To this day, every ten years, the Reward Pill Assembly has become a paramount gathering event for the top echelon of forces on the True Profound Continent!

"Big Brother, does this mean you guys are also going over?" Ye Zhen asked!

Upon hearing this, the Great Saint of Jinghai shook his head.

"After attending continuously for one or two hundred years, we're tired, feeling it's not that interesting! Besides, someone always needs to hold the fort at home, right? In the early years, quite a few mighty figures went to Shuili Island to attend the Reward Pill Assembly but had their gates destroyed by their rivals while away, several families met that fate.

So now, during each Reward Pill Assembly, we take turns going, this year it should be...our Third Brother!" The gaze of the Great Saint of Jinghai turned to the Sea-Breaking Great Saint.

"However, if there's indeed any problem, we will make it there in the shortest time possible!" The Great Saint of Jinghai added!

"Alright then, do you have anything to instruct me about participating in the Reward Pill Assembly?" Ye Zhen asked.

"Nothing to instruct! On Shuili Island, do as you please, just make sure to abide by Shuili Island's decrees!" said the Great Saint of Jinghai.

"Understood, I've got it!" said Ye Zhen, shifting his gaze to the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, "Third Brother, shall we set off together tomorrow morning?"

"Don't rush!"

The Great Saint of Jinghai chuckled lightly, "Fourth Brother, you've been the fourth Sea Suppression Great Saint of Heavenly Wing Island for some time now. Logically, us older brothers should have given you a meeting gift.

But before, we weren't sure about your strength, didn't know what to gift you, now after the battle on Yin Yang Island, we understand!

"Therefore, the three of us brothers have prepared a gift for you together, and we hope you won't dislike it!"

"A gift?" Ye Zhen was a bit stunned!

"Here, it's this!"

The Sea-Breaking Great Saint gave a light shout, and an enormous dark green object came down towards Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen hurriedly stood up and put in a lot of effort to catch it. Upon closer inspection, he froze, "A tortoise shell?"

"Yes, it's a turtle shell!"

"However, it's the shell of an ancient fierce beast, a Dragon Head Turtle, which reportedly has a thin Xuanwu bloodline. Although it looks a bit shabby, its defensive capabilities are extremely strong!

Generally, I can send this Dragon Head Turtle Shell flying with one palm, but I can't break it!

In crucial moments, it's extremely useful for saving your life, and it suits someone like you, whose attacks are extremely sharp yet are extremely fragile in nature!" said the Great Saint of Jinghai!

"Even you, big brother, can't break it?"

This point left Ye Zhen extremely astonished. He closely examined the enormous ten-meter tortoise shell, his expression somewhat perplexed.

"Big brother, why do I sense that the array aura in this shell is very weak, as if it's crafted rather crudely?" Ye Zhen asked.

Upon hearing this, the three of them exchanged a glance and smiled wryly, "This is the reason why we hadn't given you this treasure earlier!

This tortoise shell is so hard. We got this shell around two hundred years ago after the three of us brothers risked our lives to slay the Long Daoao. At that time, our third brother was severely injured because of this, and later, he refined a life-saving Pill at Shuili Dan King's place, and it took a full ten years to fully recover!

Since then, for nearly two hundred years, the three of us have ventured out to sea multiple times, seeking famous artifact refiners, hoping to refine this Dragon Turtle Shell into a Spiritual Artifact or even a Soul Artifact!

Unfortunately, we've visited over a dozen of the most renowned artifact masters of our time, but none could do anything with this Dragon Turtle Shell. It's a great treasure, but they simply can't refine it!

Lastly, we invited a hidden Grandmaster Artifact Refiner to help, with the three of us assisting from the side, and managed to inscribe a few arrays within this shell, but could do no more!" the Great Saint of Jinghai said.

"Arrays?"

Ye Zhen placed his hand on the tortoise shell, infusing it with his Divine Sense, and after a few breaths, he opened his eyes, "Inside, there's only the Universe Wishing Formation unique to Soul Artifacts, and aside from this, no other arrays exist!"

"That's right, and it's precisely with this Universe Wishing Formation that you, Fourth Brother, can barely use this Dragon Turtle Shell as a life-saver! Otherwise, with the original size of two thousand square meters, it would've crushed you before you could use it for protection!" the Great Sage of the Overturning Sea said.

"The original size is two thousand meters?" This slightly surprised Ye Zhen.

"That's right. Unfortunately, according to that Grandmaster Artifact Refiner, his refining skills were somewhat lacking, and the inscribed Universe Wishing Formation can only reduce the Dragon Turtle Shell to a ten-meter square size at most.

However, it is still quite good for life-saving in crucial times. In the future, if you have the opportunity, Fourth Brother, you can find someone to refine it anew! With its quality, it becoming a Soul Artifact poses no problem at all!"

"By the way, Fourth Brother, maintaining the array within this Dragon Turtle Shell consumes an enormous amount of Spiritual Power. Ordinarily, keep it in a Storage Ring; it can be stored at its original size of two thousand square meters.

When you need to use it, input Spiritual Power to reduce it to a few dozen meters for life-saving, but remember, each time you reduce it to ten meters, it consumes a large amount of Spiritual Power!

It's nothing much for us, but for you, a single use may consume up to twenty percent or even more of your Spiritual Power!" the Great Saint of Jinghai added.

"This treasure is indeed a good life-saver for someone like me right now. I thank the three of you brothers, Ye Zhen said solemnly!

"Fourth Brother, you're being too formal...."

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After a bit more discussion, Ye Zhen left the Heavenly Wing Hall with the Dragon Turtle Shell with a bit of anticipation, heading straight for the Sea Suppression Hall.

Watching Ye Zhen's departing figure, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint couldn't hold back his laughter, "Hahaha, Big Brother, Second Brother, I'm suddenly curious, what will it look like when Fourth Brother takes out this turtle shell to save himself in a critical moment?"

"Wouldn't it be like an old turtle, carrying it on his back..... no..... it should be human-shaped....."

Before he finished laughing, the Great Saint of Jinghai gave him a glare, "If a hundred years ago you hadn't found this shell ugly and were willing to use it, you wouldn't have been severely injured again!"

"Uh...." Instantly, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint fell silent.

At almost the same time, Ye Zhen spun back into the Sea Suppression Hall like a whirlwind.

For an Artifact Refiner, there's an indescribable urge to try refining Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that other artifact refineries can't refine.

So, the first thing Ye Zhen wanted to check was whether, with his Earth Vein Heavenly Fire and Four-colored Innate Soul Light, he could refine this Dragon Turtle Shell and remanufacture it? (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)