King of Creation

Upon returning to the guest courtyard, the first thing Ye Zhen did was take out the Purple Flame Golden Lamp he had just won.

Examining the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, Ye Zhen was full of joy.

He hadn't expected to acquire this Purple Flame Golden Lamp at Shuili Island.

With this Purple Flame Golden Lamp, the power of Ye Zhen's Xuan Fire Spiritual Power would be fully unleashed.

However, at this moment, the Purple Flame Golden Lamp appeared rather pitiful.

Its brilliance had faded, and the once star-bright purple flame light now flickered as a tiny purple flame, like it could be blown out by a mere breeze.

The crack that Ye Zhen had split with a strike using the Purple Spirit's origin power still remained, but it was blocked by an extremely dense origin power.

Ye Zhen's Divine Soul Power could even detect a trace of fresh blood within that extremely dense origin power, fresh enough to be recent.

The crack on the Purple Flame Golden Lamp should have been sealed by Qingyang Palace Master Chuh Yang with a significant consumption of Origin Essence Blood, and the origin power inside the lamp would constantly drain Chuh Yang's origin power, requiring him to replenish the seal periodically.

At this point, Ye Zhen somewhat understood Chuh Yang's urgency.

If the time dragged on, the broken Purple Flame Golden Lamp could certainly exhaust Chuh Yang.

This was likely another reason why Chuh Yang was willing to hand over the Purple Flame Golden Lamp so decisively.

Even if the pure power within the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade was used to enhance the lamp's origin power, restoring its potency, it couldn't be held for long.

After all, as long as this crack exists, the Purple Flame Golden Lamp is a burden to any owner.

To a certain extent, the moment the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, this Low Grade Soul Artifact, was cracked by Ye Zhen using the Purple Spirit's origin power, it was already ruined.

Chuh Yang's persistent search for fire-type treasures to replenish its origin power was actually for the purple flame inside, trying to buy time to find another treasure to house the flame.

The Green Sun Arrogant Flame, which can only be cultivated by the Palace Master within the Green Sun Palace, must have the purple flame inside the Purple Flame Golden Lamp!

Unfortunately, Chuh Yang would never have guessed that Ye Zhen was an Artifact Refiner!

An Artifact Refiner with an ancient heritage at that.

At this moment, Ye Zhen, an Artifact Refiner with an ancient heritage, was closely inspecting the Low Grade Soul Artifact Purple Flame Golden Lamp in his hand, his mind racing with thoughts on how to repair this lamp.

If the crack in this Purple Flame Golden Lamp couldn't be repaired, it would be worthless to Ye Zhen.

Even Qingyang Palace Master Chuh Yang needed to use Origin Essence Blood to seal the crack, and he frequently needed to reinforce it. For Ye Zhen, it would be even less viable!

Moreover, Origin Essence Blood is extremely important to any martial artist.

Origin Essence Blood contains the only trace of Innate Essence Blood Qi inside a martial artist's body.

It's incredibly precious, and once lost, it severely depletes one's primordial energy.

Even martial artists with innate bloodlines can slowly recover the lost Innate Essence Blood Qi through years of cultivation, but the process is exceedingly slow.

No one can afford such consumption.

Not to mention that Chuh Yang's cultivation was originally at the Peak Seventh Stage Establishment, but now it's only at the Mid Seventh Stage Establishment, which says it all.

However, with Ye Zhen's current abilities, repairing a damaged Low Grade Soul Artifact is extremely difficult.

It's not due to a lack of heritage.

The Mystic Sky Refining Technique from the Earth Core Fire Commander contains extremely exquisite methods. It's not just for Soul Artifacts; even methods for refining Suppressing Devices, Spiritual Treasures, and Acquired Spirit Treasures are recorded in the Mystic Sky Refining Technique.

Ye Zhen had previously studied these somewhat.

But the issue is the insufficient cultivation and inadequate firepower!

It's like a blacksmith: no matter how skilled you are at forging, without a furnace hot enough to refine ores, it's futile!

This is precisely the dilemma Ye Zhen faced at the moment.

Ye Zhen hadn't concocted a Low Grade Soul Artifact before, but patching such a small crack wasn't difficult.

However, the Purple Crystal Flame Light within the Purple Flame Golden Lamp was a Heavenly Level Middle Grade Heavenly Fire, stronger by one grade than Ye Zhen's Earth Vein Heavenly Fire.

And when refining fire-type Soul Artifacts, the material that hosts the spiritual fire often needs to be one or two grades higher than the fire.

Otherwise, it can't withstand the power of the flame inside.

The golden lantern material of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp is primarily made with the rare Yang Zhuo Copper, extremely heat-resistant. And to refine Yang Zhuo Copper, typically spiritual fire is needed.

Therefore, while Ye Zhen had the method to repair the Low Grade Soul Artifact, he lacked the capability.

This made Ye Zhen exceptionally troubled!

He possessed the Purple Flame Golden Lamp and the treasure to restore its origin power, yet could only stand by helplessly.

"There has to be a way to repair it..."

Ye Zhen frowned in deep thought.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen's gaze fell upon the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade placed in front of him, his eyes suddenly brightening.

"The power of the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade is extremely pure, but it is similar to the power within a Spirit Crystal, only auxiliary in nature, without strong attributes of its own.

Yet it can even supplement the origin power of a Spirit Tier flame, and all I need is to soften this breach. With extreme compression, maybe just a moment would suffice!"

"With my four-colored Innate Soul God Light, it shouldn't be difficult to achieve, as long as it doesn't explode, it'll be fine! Even if it does explode, with my Fire Control talent ability, I should be able to manage it?"

"Perhaps, it's worth a try...."

The stakes are high, Ye Zhen is well aware of how terrifying the voluminous and incomparably pure Fire Spirit Power contained within the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade is.

Therefore, before taking any specific actions, Ye Zhen spent a lot of time researching and deepening the process in his mind several times, considering all possible contingencies, and coming up with solutions before he began.

In the first step, Ye Zhen naturally used his Divine Sense to thoroughly brand the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, so that it would be easier for him to control during the refining process.

Then, Ye Zhen sent his Divine Sense into the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade, and then activated the incomparably pure Fire Spirit Power within the Fire Jade, channeling it into the Purple Flame Golden Lamp.

However, before entering the wick of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, the immense, incomparably pure Fire Spirit Power was blocked by Ye Zhen's Divine Soul Power.

The next instant, Ye Zhen's tangible four-colored Innate Soul Light burst forth, compressing the pure Fire Spirit Power that continuously surged from the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade.

Madly compressing it toward a wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light shot from within the Purple Flame Golden Lamp.

With the voluminous pure Fire Spirit Power being compressed in, the brightness of this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light instantly became more intense than the sun, and its size began to swell rapidly.

Before it could swell, Ye Zhen had already poised the four-colored Innate Soul Light to rush down, with overwhelming force controlling the size of this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light so it wouldn't grow.

However, the pure Spiritual Power within the Ten-thousand-year Spirit Jade, under Ye Zhen's Divine Soul Power, continued to be rapidly infused into this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light.

And its size was tightly suppressed by Ye Zhen!

Under such circumstances, as one can imagine.

Gradually, an indescribable terrifying aura suddenly emanated from this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light.

This so-called quantitative change leads to qualitative change, as the voluminous Fire Element Spiritual Power entered, this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light even took on a tinge of gold, its fiery wave fluctuations suddenly soared to the Heavenly Level High Grade.

"Still not enough, it must at least be compressed to the quality of a Low-Grade Spirit Fire to possibly repair the Purple Flame Golden Lamp."

Ye Zhen's expression remained incredibly calm, as his Divine Sense moved, even more voluminous pure Fire Spirit Power surged into this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light radiating terrifying fluctuations.

Gradually, a nameless intense heat that even Ye Zhen could no longer suppress spread out.

The clothes on Ye Zhen's body instantly turned to ash, and even the Black Silkworm Spirit Silk Armor shimmered with a faint Spirit Light.

Then, centered on Ye Zhen, everything in the Silent Chamber began to darken and gray, as if ripples spreading outward.

Seeing that it was about to destroy this small courtyard, and possibly even the land within dozens of miles around, suddenly a flash of water light appeared, and the terrifying heat was blocked by an unknown force.

And Ye Zhen continued to madly infuse that wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light with pure Fire Spirit Power.

The heat radiating from the Purple Crystal Flame Light became increasingly terrifying, and Ye Zhen's hair and eyebrows began to turn into ashes.

The speed at which Ye Zhen's four-colored Innate Soul Light constrained this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light suddenly doubled.

A few breaths later, Ye Zhen's four-colored Innate Soul Light was depleting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Sizzle!

Red blisters began to bubble up on Ye Zhen's skin, even Ye Zhen's physical body couldn't withstand the heat emitted from this extremely compressed wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light.

Pop!

Blisters burst, and Ye Zhen's skin began to blacken.

However, in that very instant, this wisp of Purple Crystal Flame Light suddenly flashed with brilliance, transforming into an Inner Gold Outer Purple new flame light.

The terrifying aura it emanated caused the blue light shield enveloping Ye Zhen's Silent Chamber to tremble violently.

"Spiritual Fire...."

With some difficulty in uttering these two words, Ye Zhen's gaze burst, and the four-colored Innate Soul Light fiercely guided that wisp of Inner Gold Outer Purple new flame light to rush toward the breach of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp.

At the moment the Inner Gold Outer Purple new Spiritual Fire rushed forward, the breach of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp immediately melted into a semi-dripping liquid.

It was at this moment that the wisp of Low Grade Spirit Fire, which Ye Zhen painfully exhausted so much to create, consumed all its energy and thus dissipated.

Ye Zhen's Divine Soul Power, which was prepared in advance, enveloped the refining liquid of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, and in accordance with the plan rehearsed over a dozen times, began shaping the breach.

Simultaneously, Divine Sense like a knife, began inscribing the severed Formation patterns within it.

This breach was extremely small, the widest part was only about the size of a millet grain, so, the entire repair process was completed almost instantly!

Without the fire power support of that wisp of Spirit Blaze, the Yang Zhuo Copper near the newly melted breach immediately cooled and solidified.

Fortunately, at that instant, Ye Zhen had completed all the work!

"Phew!"

Ye Zhen let out a long breath, immediately grimacing painfully, as by this time, the skin on both his arms had turned completely blackened!

Almost simultaneously, a roaring voice entered Ye Zhen's ears, "Old Fourth, do you know, you almost cost us our pants on Heavenly Wing Island!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)