Chapter 612: Chapter 17 Thank you, fellow Daoist, for helping me attain liberation

Fire Spirit God’s response left Richard in silence. It seemed that to learn the secrets behind this, he could only seek out that Mad Immortal.

Setting aside his doubts for the moment, Richard asked the question he wanted to know the most.

“Since Dao Technique has fallen into distortion, wouldn’t this Supreme Artifact Refining Record be mixed with many parts that can’t be established?”

Fire Spirit God pondered for a moment and replied somewhat uncertainly, “Artifact Refining Technique and Dao Technique both use the pure essence of weather, but essentially, they are two branches on the same trunk. The distortion of Dao Technique shouldn’t affect Artifact Refining Technique.

However, this matter is too bizarre, so I’m also unsure if Artifact Refining Technique has been affected or not.”

In the laboratory, Richard rubbed his temple, knowing that good fortune never comes easily to him. But fortunately, according to Fire Spirit God’s statement, Dao Technique isn’t entirely distorted, and based on the situation of werewolves in the Immortal Country World, many Dao Techniques are still usable.

Therefore, the Artifact Refining Technique he obtained, even if twisted by that unknown force, should still contain many valid parts.

Identifying the useful parts among them is a bit time-consuming.

Casually crushing the monster, Richard directed Bai to continue forward.

Beside him, Xuan Qing Daoist watched the sudden dissolution of the immortal monster and immediately understood in his heart that Richard had acted. Upon this realization, he still maintained a smiling face, but his heart once again harbored thoughts of retreat.

Richard’s performance had somewhat exceeded his expectations.

But just as he was nurturing this thought, a bell sounded in his mind again. After the bell faded, Xuan Qing Daoist came to his senses, feeling as if he had forgotten something.

Thinking it was something unimportant, he decided to continue exploring the Immortal Village Fragments.

Since the Exotic Realm Divine can act in this place, this exploration might yield considerable gains.

There were two passages in the hall; Bai and Xuan Qing Daoist took the left side. According to Fire Spirit God’s instructions, they were headed to the Spirit Melding Hall next, where the material fusion was conducted.

On the way, Richard exchanged a lot of information about the Immortal Country Civilization with Fire Spirit God.

According to Fire Spirit God, the Immortal Country Civilization ruled over an entire World Community. But contrary to Richard’s impression, the World Community of Immortal Country Civilization referred to the totality surrounding the world, as dubbed by the Black Belt.

The so-called Black Belt is an extremely vast and super large empty region. Within this area, even Star Realm Meteorites are rare, and worlds are almost nonexistent.

A World Community might simultaneously cultivate several to a dozen civilizations, which often conflict with one another, either conquering or integrating.

However, Immortal Country Civilization was quite unique; it first conquered an entire World Community through absolute force, then merged those who submitted to them into its own civilization using a method called ‘Enlightenment’.

Moreover, Immortal Country Civilization proclaimed equal teaching without class distinction, with universal harmony, so they directly used soul characters that anyone could understand as their Universal Language. They forcibly abolished all universal languages, including their own characters.

This is why the plaque of Firework Hall is written in soul characters.

In Fire Spirit God’s depiction, Immortal Country Civilization was an extremely developed civilization. Many Wilderness Worlds were subjugated and enlightened by them, even natives can enter sects to learn Dao Techniques.

Every world flourished, as the harmonious world described by Saints in their books had already appeared.

Of course, Richard certainly did not believe this.

Because Fire Spirit God negated his thoughts about Form Gathering and Energy Dispersion. Although Form Gathering and Energy Dispersion can restore the flesh, it is limited to the flesh. The restoration principle uses the hidden connections between soul and body, while the information recorded by talismanic texts merely assists.

By denying Form Gathering and Energy Dispersion, it implies that rare resources are undoubtedly limited.

Resources are limited, but the number of strong individuals keeps growing. At first, this may not be obvious, but when there are enough strong individuals, conflict over resource allocation will naturally arise.

Moreover, since Immortal Country Civilization absorbed other civilizations into its own, absolute force suppression would be difficult once insoluble conflicts arise.

By then, aside from traversing the Black Belt to invade other World Communities, only civil war remains to diminish strong individuals to an acceptable level.

This is an unsolvable conflict, and it ensures that universal harmony is just a mirage in the water.

Passing through the long-sealed, now cracked walkway, Bai arrived at the so-called Spirit Melding Hall.

Though it’s called a hall, Spirit Melding Hall is actually a large complex of palaces. Spirit Melding varies by material and level, and naturally won’t occur in one place.

But after fifty thousand years, these palaces have all become riddled with cracks. Peering through the gaps, Richard could even see the immortal monster inside.

“There isn’t much to see in Spirit Melding Hall; the most precious things here are those materials.”

Upon hearing this, Richard furrowed his brow.

“What about Spiritual Fire? The record notes that Spiritual Fire can burn eternally as long as the Energy is continuous. Surely the Supreme Sect has at least one Top Grade Spiritual Fire?”

Spiritual Fire is a tool for Spirit Melding; a good Spiritual Fire can greatly enhance the efficiency and end result of Spirit Melding. According to the record, Spiritual Fire can be divided into lower, middle, and top grades, and beyond that they evolve intelligence, becoming Fire Spirits.

“…Master, I am the Spiritual Fire of the Supreme Sect.”

“You!?” Richard was shocked, “Aren’t you the Incense Fire God?”

Fire Spirit God seemed momentarily at a loss, then responded after a long time: “…The age of the record is quite old, so some of the things introduced in it are outdated.

In my era, Major Sects would establish a Fire Spirit God based on Spiritual Fire, as the source of Spiritual Fire for Firework Hall, assisting in the casting of large Dao Artifacts.”

Listening to this, Richard was also confused.

“Wasn’t this record self-summarized?”

“It’s not, the record was written by the Sect Leader.”

“… It’s nothing, I just didn’t expect that the Immortal Country Civilization would also have outdated textbook situations.”

Entering the Spirit Melding Hall, hundreds of Spirit Fire Tripods were neatly arranged inside the grand hall. These tripods were of low quality, and after thousands of years, the Daoist Texts engraved on them had already been erased. A slight touch from Bai, and they shattered into pieces scattered all over the ground.

But at the center of the grand hall, a massive immortal monster stood motionless, seemingly in a deep sleep.

Richard’s spiritual power silently extended outward, trying to probe the reality of this monster. He could feel that the energy within this immortal monster was very high, already surpassing the boundaries of a Third Level creature.

But as soon as his spiritual power approached, the immortal monster suddenly moved.

“Who? Who! Who dares trespass in the Spirit Melding Hall!”

The immense pressure released from the immortal monster’s body made the two present tremble in fear. They could feel that this immortal monster was not on the same level of life as them.

“It can still communicate?”

Richard was a bit surprised, not expecting that there would be an immortal monster in the Spirit Melding Hall capable of communication.

“Daoist friend, do not be nervous, we mean no harm.”

“Who dares trespass in the Spirit Melding Hall!”

“Daoist friend, can you understand what I am saying?”

“Who dares trespass in the Spirit Melding Hall!”

“… Fine, it turns out it only knows this one sentence.”

Richard was a bit helpless, expecting to encounter a being capable of communication, but it turned out to be unable to communicate.

“Fire Spirit God, do you recognize him?”

“… He should be the attendant of the Spirit Melding Hall, a Human Immortal who was just initiated. Unexpectedly, that day he was still in the Spirit Melding Hall and has turned into this form.”

“Oh well, then I’ll send him on his way.”

“Master is kind-hearted.”

Richard thought quickly, and a point of golden spark appeared in his hand. This was the flame of the Miracle Furnace, and in Richard’s tests, the essence of the spark and flame was the same, but the consumption was several times smaller than the flame. The spark burns slower in the initial phase, enough for a short-tail escape.

But the immortal monster before him is a fool, even this little spark is more than enough.

“You two retreat, retreat as far as possible. I’m afraid the commotion from this monster later won’t be small.”

“Alright.”

Regarding Richard’s suggestion, Bai definitely believed it. He made a silent gesture to Daoist Xuan Qing, and then quietly walked away toward the outside of the hall.

After waking, the immortal monster didn’t take any action, its cloud-like body continuously surged, seemingly trying to form a shape. But no matter how it moved, its body couldn’t condense into a form.

It seemed to have forgotten what its body should look like.

Suddenly, the immortal monster roared fiercely, emitting an intense energy wave from within. Its body exploded in this rage, instantly filling the entire grand hall.

Bai and Daoist Xuan Qing, witnessing this scene, couldn’t care about concealment and just ran.

Who knows what could happen being enveloped by this mist.

At the same time, Richard also released the spark. The golden spark landed on the mist, immediately igniting a small flame. Then the flame turned into fire, and the fire spread with a fierce blaze through the mist.

Boom!

In just a moment, the massive immortal monster was transformed into a sea of golden fire.

Glug.

The two who ran swallowed stiffly, looking somewhat dazed at the scene before them.

Did an immortal monster with a life level surpassing theirs just perish like that?

Suddenly, a powerful energy wave erupted from the sea of fire, instantly extinguishing the golden flames.

At the center of the fire, an insect resembling a heavenly ox stood hovering.

It slightly nodded toward Richard’s Space Rift.

“Thank you, Daoist friend, for helping me find liberation.”

Saying this, its body turned into mist and vanished into the air, leaving only a small bell falling from the sky.

Dang!

In the laboratory, Richard looked at this scene in slight confusion, somewhat unsure of what it meant.

“Master, it has undergone Soldier Disintegration.”

The voice of Fire Spirit God rang in his ear, filled with emotion.