King of Creation

After the battle ended, Chuh Yang indeed showed utmost sincerity in forming a good relationship with Ye Zhen, which Ye Zhen could see from the activation technique of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp recorded in the jade talisman!

After closely examining the activation technique of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, Ye Zhen secretly felt fortunate.

Thankfully, the Purple Flame Golden Lamp was damaged by Ye Zhen using the origin power of the Purple Spirit earlier. Otherwise, if Chuh Yang could have used it normally in the previous duel, the outcome of the battle would have been uncertain.

According to Chuh Yang's activation technique, the Purple Flame Golden Lamp is a low-grade soul artifact capable of both attack and defense, but its abilities lean more towards offense.

The method of attack is to activate the purple flames inside the lamp to bombard the enemy. As long as the activator's divine soul power is strong enough, the purple flames can attack the enemy in various forms, rendering defense efforts ineffective.

If the power is strong enough, just like Ye Zhen earlier, the power of the purple crystal flame inside the Purple Flame Golden Lamp can be doubled.

As for defense, it's even simpler.

Since the purple crystal flame inside the Purple Flame Golden Lamp can be arranged by the activator's intent, it can be arranged into a defense array at will.

The arrangement depends on how the activator controls it.

It can be said that the balance between offense and defense lies in one's mind.

Most importantly, this purple crystal flame also has a certain damaging effect on divine soul power, in other words, it also has a certain defense against divine soul power.

If earlier Chuh Yang faced Ye Zhen's Soul Refining Divine Light by setting a dense outer layer of purple crystal flame and supplementing it with layers of divine soul defense inside, whether Ye Zhen's Soul Refining Divine Light could harm Chuh Yang is still debatable.

Although Ye Zhen, after long attempts and exploration, could eventually figure out the activation method of this Purple Flame Golden Lamp, it would ultimately consume a considerable amount of time.

The good relationship with Chuh Yang is thus completely established.

What startled Ye Zhen was the simple piece of information Chuh Yang recorded at the end of the jade talisman or rather a matter he stumbled upon on his journey.

Due to the difference in the sea map in hand, Chuh Yang came to Shuili Island from the opposite direction to Ye Zhen.

Having set off early and traveled nearly two months at sea, he reached Shuili Island one day and took shelter from a sea storm at a loose cultivator island named Wanjia Island. While sitting and resting at night, as his divine sense spread out, he inadvertently overheard a conversation between two people in the neighboring courtyard.

Chuh Yang was able to hear the conversation mainly because his cultivation level was higher than that of the two. Chuh Yang's divine soul cultivation reached the pinnacle of the Innate Soul Light Seventh Realm, while the two people he overheard were in the Sixth Stage Establishment Peak, and the Second Stage Establishment respectively.

Thus, their divine soul cultivation wasn't impressive.

Chuh Yang often overhears such conversations and usually doesn't pay them much attention. However, hearing the name "Ye Zhen" in the conversation caught his notice.

Those two were conspiring on how to deal with Ye Zhen. Due to the distance and the need to cautiously hide his divine soul power during probing,

Chuh Yang couldn't hear clearly.

He only heard the words Ye Zhen and Black Dragon Domain.

Moreover, according to the last things the two said, this time, they would definitely kill Ye Zhen!

After that, the two began to converse in low murmurs again, so Chuh Yang couldn't hear any more.

Since it wasn't his business, he didn't take excessive notice.

But the day Ye Zhen refused to duel with Chuh Yang, Chuh Yang, on a sudden impulse and to force a duel, included this incomplete information.

The next day, after the storm dispersed, Chuh Yang tried to find out the identities of the two men, but they had already departed.

Frankly, this piece of news wasn't unexpected to Ye Zhen.

Conspiracies against Ye Zhen, hasn't he encountered them countless times?

So, Ye Zhen isn't afraid at all.

But the problem is that the involvement of the Black Dragon Domain causes great concern for Ye Zhen.

Due to its location at the edge of the True Profound Continent, the Black Dragon Domain is deprived of spiritual energy, and resources are scarce, so the cultivation levels of martial artists throughout the Black Dragon Domain are significantly lower than those in other regions.

Not to mention the martial artists of the Outer Domain Dead Sea.

As far as Ye Zhen knows, there has been no existence of an Establishment King within the Black Dragon Domain. Previously, the highest cultivation was at the Sixth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm.

According to the information brought by Liao Feibai, the highest cultivation in the Black Dragon Domain a few years ago should be Fuh Dongxing, the Sect Leader of the Phantom Divine Sect, just having broken through to the Sixth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm.

And Qiyun Sect's Sect Leader Guo Qijing, his cultivation previously was only at the Fourth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm. In the past two or three years, at most he could have reached the Fifth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm.

Relying on the sect's treasures and grand formation, they can barely deal with one or two Establishment Kings of the First or Second Stage; if there's a presence at the Sixth or Seventh Stage Establishment, one hand might wipe out the entire Black Dragon Domain.

Always considered a barren land, the Black Dragon Domain wasn't troubled by powerful beings stirring up trouble.

But now, if because of Ye Zhen, an Establishment King barges into the Black Dragon Domain for a massacre, it would indeed be troublesome!

"After the Pill Reward Conference ends, I must find a way to get in touch with the Black Dragon Domain, or else, I won't be able to sleep peacefully!"

Chuh Yang's intelligence really isn't good news.

Thinking of his family far away in the Black Dragon Domain, Ye Zhen wished he could sprout wings and fly there to see them.

But the problem is, how can one prevent theft for a thousand days for a thousand days of stealing? Ye Zhen cannot possibly guard the Black Dragon Domain forever.

"It seems that to eliminate the threat, I must find the schemer targeting me from the shadows! Who would dare plot against me, an Establishment Realm Second Stage King?"

Murmuring to himself, Ye Zhen suppressed the unease in his heart and activated the restoration of the origin power within the Purple Flame Golden Lamp.

The previous repair only mended the crack in the Purple Flame Golden Lamp; its origin power had not yet been restored.

Restoring the origin power of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp is much simpler.

By directly infusing the pure fire spirit power from the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade into the wick of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, the wick will automatically absorb and refine it.

Earlier, Ye Zhen had consumed more than half a piece of Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade to condense and compress a wisp of low-grade fire spirit power, unexpected to find that the wick of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp seemed like a bottomless pit.

Ye Zhen continuously infused the pure fire spirit power from two and a half pieces of Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade, consuming all three pieces, yet still did not fill the Purple Flame Golden Lamp.

This made Ye Zhen feel a bit puzzled.

Logically, to restore the origin power consumed by the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, the energy contained in even one and a half pieces of Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade should suffice.

Upon careful sensing, Ye Zhen realized something peculiar.

The aura emitted by the Purple Flame Golden Lamp was stronger than the aura Ye Zhen first encountered in the Demon Clan Fortress Secret Realm.

Moreover, the flame power of the Purple Crystal Flame Light inside the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, in Ye Zhen's perception, had already surpassed the original heavenly level middle grade flame power of the Purple Crystal Flame Light and was showing signs of evolving towards a heavenly level high grade flame.

"Could it be that the grade of the Purple Crystal Flame Light within the Purple Flame Golden Lamp can indeed evolve?"

Upon this thought, Ye Zhen was initially stunned, then pleasantly surprised.

If that's the case, the Purple Crystal Flame Light inside the Purple Flame Golden Lamp could evolve to the power of a low-grade spirit fire?

Ye Zhen quickly dismissed this idea.

The primary material used to refine this Purple Flame Golden Lamp, Yang Burning Cave, cannot bear the power of a low-grade spirit fire, and if the Purple Crystal Flame Light evolved into a low-grade spirit fire, it would refine the Purple Flame Golden Lamp into liquid, destroying it.

However, while the Purple Crystal Flame Light cannot evolve into a low-grade spirit fire, advancing into a heavenly level high grade flame presents no issues.

Once the Purple Crystal Flame Light evolves into a heavenly level high grade flame, not only will the combat power of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp soar, but it will also be highly beneficial for Ye Zhen's artifact refining.

Many materials that the Earth Vein Heavenly Fire cannot refine, the evolved Purple Crystal Flame Light will be able to refine.

Upon this thought, Ye Zhen immediately took out the Earth Core Fire Balm stored in the Red Moon Soul Ring and injected it into the Purple Flame Golden Lamp in one go.

The sheer amount of pure fire spirit power needed to evolve a heavenly level middle grade flame into a heavenly level high grade flame is immense.

The fire element spiritual power contained within the Earth Core Fire Balm is even purer than that in the Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade.

Essentially, the energy contained in each pound of Earth Core Fire Balm is equivalent to the fire spirit power in one piece of Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade.

Ten pounds!

Twenty pounds!

Thirty pounds!

....

Seventy pounds!

Ye Zhen infused a total of seventy pounds of pure energy from the Earth Core Fire Balm, equivalent to the pure fire spirit power contained in seventy pieces of Ten-thousand-year Fire Jade.

Finally stabilized the aura emitted by the Purple Crystal Flame Light within the Purple Flame Golden Lamp to the extent of a heavenly level high grade flame.

The gap between compressing and refining a wisp of low-grade spirit fire and advancing origin power to a heavenly level high grade flame in terms of required fire spirit power is as vast as the difference between cloud and mud.

However, with the Purple Crystal Flame Light's advancement, the power of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp has exponentially increased, although its grade remains a low-grade soul artifact.

"What kind of power would the Purple Crystal Flame Flame, which has advanced to a heavenly level high grade flame, exhibit?"

Upon success, Ye Zhen had an itch to try it out, but considering the prohibition on Shuili Island, he gave up.

Nonetheless, Ye Zhen affirmed one thing.

Though this Purple Flame Golden Lamp is a low-grade soul artifact, even Chuh Yang at the seventh stage of the Establishment Realm finds it somewhat difficult to activate, yet Ye Zhen utilizing Xuan Fire Spiritual Power finds it seemingly not too challenging!

Attempting an activation without unleashing, Ye Zhen felt that activating the Purple Flame Golden Lamp once would consume about one to two tenths of the Xuan Fire Spiritual Power within Ye Zhen's Dantian.

During battle, Ye Zhen could optimally activate the Purple Flame Golden Lamp five to seven times.

However, that is sufficient!

A hit with heavenly level high grade flame, when at full defense, would reduce even a king at the seventh stage of the Establishment Realm to ashes, and if Ye Zhen, fully utilizing divine soul power to compress and maximize, the power would be even greater.

This power has already surpassed the Three Formation Profound Fire Drill, becoming Ye Zhen's new trump card.

"Phew, finally a treasure in harmony with the Xuan Fire Spiritual Power! Now, my only shortcoming is cultivation; no matter what, I must obtain the Grand Treasure Mansion Opening Pill....." Ye Zhen's face was resolute! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)