Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Bang-

The door closed shut. Qin Yu sat down cross-legged. With a flick of his sleeves, rule fluctuations rippled in the air, completely isolating the inside from the outside. This was directly controlling the strength of the rules. Even if someone had a far higher boundary than Qin Yu, unless they were able to directly pierce through the rules and ignore its blocking power, there was no way to hide from his senses.

He lifted his hand and the black stone appeared in front of him. Qin Yu drew in a deep breath, an excited look on his face. He originally was only going to give it a try when he asked for it but he never thought that he would be given it. If he wasn't wrong, then this black stone should be an extremely rare piece of chaos stone.

He lifted a hand and pressed down a finger. A formidable aura erupted, ruthlessly crashing into the black stone. But, no mark was left behind on its surface….with Qin Yu's current boundary his all-out strike was no trifling matter. Yet, he wasn't able to damage it at all!

The hardness of this black stone could be called heaven defying!

But this was not the key point…

As one finger fell, Qin Yu didn't hesitate to point out another finger. Then it was third, a fourth.

His fingers fell like the wind, so faster that afterimages formed. After a few breaths of time, Qin Yu pointed out a finger 108 times.

As the last finger fell, the originally unresponsive black stone began to change.

Hum -

The black stone gently trembled as faint traces of blue light gushed out. The blue light was dotted with tiny golden stars, giving it a beautiful and mysterious atmosphere.

Qin Yu's eyes flew open and a smile appeared on his lips, soon spreading across his entire face."Hahahahaha! It is a chaos stone, it actually is a chaos stone!"

The 108 finger thrusts he had used just now was an extremely ancient appraisal technique, one that could identify chaos stones. Now, he had already determined it was true. He had actually obtained such a great treasure so easily. This was simply a mind-boggling stroke of luck!

"It looks like even though the Stronghold Master and Doctor Ye are powerful, they still didn't know that this black stone is the legendary chaos stone, otherwise they never would have given it to me." Qin Yu suppressed his surging thoughts, a burning heat in his eyes. "Refine it. I have to refine it immediately. The chaos stone's strength had been activated. If it weren't for this isolation of rules that I set up it would have been noticed already."

This was an extreme treasure. If others were to discover it then it would lead to great trouble!

Qin Yu lifted a hand and cut a finger across his palm. Skin split open and blood gushed out. But in a moment, the wound regenerated. Qin Yu frowned. He tore open the wound once more and kept it open with his fingers so that it wouldn't restore itself.

Blood flowed constantly out onto the chaos stone. It was like a giant dry sponge as it absorbed the blood without letting any drip out.

Two hours later, when the black chaos stone turned crimson like a blood-red jade, Qin Yu finally allowed his wound to heal back up.

But this time the wound regenerated at a much slower speed. It was clear that massive outflow of blood had caused severe losses to his blood energy.

And this was all thanks to Qin Yu's Ancient race body being sufficiently strong. If it were any other cultivator, they likely wouldn't be able to provide all this blood at once.

Even though his face was pale, Qin Yu's actions didn't stop. This was because blood refining was only the first step of refining the chaos stone. The next step was soul burning - to wrap it with the power of his soul and cause the blood energy to seethe and bubble, finally transforming it into blood flames that changed the chaos stone into a liquid state.

Only then could he begin the third step - absorption.

In the entire refining process, the second step was the most difficult. It was easy to use the power of his soul to ignite his blood energy, but if he wasn't careful there was a chance he would be burned by the blood flames, leading to severe damage to his soul.

Qin Yu reached out a hand and summoned his soul, forming an invisible furnace that sucked in the blood-refined chaos stone.

The dao produced one, one became two, two became three, and three gave birth to all things!

Three represented multipolarity and contained endless changes. It also represented the most stable path of survival - because when things reached an extreme they turned back to their origin. That was why all things were born after three.

This refinement method that Qin Yu chose was a technique from the jade pendant embryo egg, one that was preserved by a great existence from ancient times. With his current cultivation he could just barely accomplish it.

Within crimson chaos stone revolved in the furnace formed from his soul force. Its blue and gold-dotted aura tumbled more and more within the heat.

Gradually, the chaos stone showed signs that it was dissolving. Then, a massive amount of blue aura erupted and the golden dots increased drastically with it. They were like a million stars floating within a nebula.

The chaos stone began to melt. And, the blue aura and the golden motes were its true state. Only after being completely melted could a life form absorb it for their own use.

Bang -

Blood red flames erupted but were imprisoned by soul force so that they weren't released to the outside. The flickering flames clearly outlined the shape of the invisible furnace.

Within the blood flames the chaos stone rapidly dissolved. A massive amount of chaos energy gushed out. It was deep blue in color, accompanied with countless sparkling golden lights.

"Huu - fortunately I obtained the memories directly from the jade pendant embryo egg so it's like I have refined this countless times already, otherwise it never would have been so easy. If I wasn't careful then the blood flames would have wounded my soul, initiating a severe backlash."

Qin Yu was secretly startled. Although the refining process seemed simple, it was actually incredibly risky.

An hour later, as the last part of the chaos stone melted away, Qin Yu raised his hands and pressed them together.

An opening appeared in the furnace. Chaos energy rushed out. Before it could dissipate between the heavens and earth, Qin Yu opened his mouth and sucked it all in.

Like a dragon drinking water, the chaos energy was stretched into a long line. It flew into Qin Yu's mouth, not a single bit wasted.

At this time, his body was like an oven that had been ignited. The scorching temperatures burned his flesh and blood. The pain was so intense that Qin Yu thought he would be torn into countless pieces.

Even with his firm and tenacious will, his mind was nearly drowned out and his consciousness broken down. Fortunately, this feeling only lasted for a brief period of time. The pain soon retreated like a falling tide as a sense of incomparable comfort filled him.

He felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring full of the vitality of life. He could clearly sense each and every inch of his body releasing cheers of excitement!

His body was rapidly improving, becoming stronger, more formidable.

After an unknown period of time, Qin Yu suddenly opened his eyes. In the darkness a sharp light flashed in the depths of his eyes, like lightning spanning across the void.

He raised a hand and clenched a fist. This sort of powerful feeling…Qin Yu smiled. The strength of the chaos stone was indeed astonishing.

But this wasn't the complete harvest. With a thought, a layer of light blue markings appeared on Qin Yu's exposed skin. They wove together in an ancient and mysterious way, exuding a marvelous atmosphere every moment.

After the chaos stone was solidified it was indestructible. The blue markings that appeared on Qin Yu's skin right now were the manifestation of this strength. It gave him an extraordinary defensive capability. Like putting on an invisible set of armor, it raised his defensive powers greatly.

"Mm? Something's wrong, there is something else within the chaos stone?" Qin Yu furrowed his eyebrows as he sensed something else. It was hidden deeply. If it weren't for the power of his Ancient race body, he might not have discovered it.

"Whatever you are, come out!"

With a shout, two hearts began to wildly beat in Qin Yu's chest. Blood fluctuations raced through his body like an unrestrained river.

"Mm? It's actually hidden this deep? Humph! If that's the case, I'll just use even more force!"

Qin Yu clenched his fists together and reared back his head. At this moment, he looked like a great roaring beast.

Rumble rumble -

His blood seethed with excitement as it flowed through his body like a raging river, the wild beating sounds echoing through his room.

His body shivered as his flesh bulged up and flattened down. The blue markings of the chaos stone not only protected his body from outside impact but also suppressed the eruption of strength within his body.

Qin Yu was quietly shocked. Luckily, he had already refined and absorbed the chaos stone otherwise it would have been impossible for him to achieve this degree of erupting his blood energy; his body wouldn't have been able to resist it and he might have exploded.

"Now, come out for me!"

With a roar, a blood red rune condensed between Qin Yu's eyebrows. It was like a tadpole, constantly wriggling and twisting. But at this time, the rune was suppressed by the strength of his blood vitality so it couldn't escape.

…

Great King City.

City Lord Mansion.

Within a training chamber, Sophia was lying back against a soft chair. At this time her eyes flew open as a dignified light shined within them.

"The curse that I left behind in the fake god stone has already been detected. Could it be her?" She closed her eyes and sensed. Then, her complexion changed. "No, the curse wasn't expelled. Rather, it was forced to condense and manifest through flesh and blood."

Sophia jumped up, her face full of surprise and joy. She never imagined things would develop to this step. This was more wonderful than her most optimistic predictions!

Although she couldn't figure out why that woman would be so stupid, but of someone could detect the curst and even force it to manifest, there was no one that could do this but her.

Why this happened didn't matter. What mattered was that this was a heaven-sent opportunity! She couldn't miss it!

She lifted a delicate and white hoof. Then, she tapped the ground. Within the training chamber the power of the rules instantly arrived. It isolated the area so that no one could sense it from the outside.

Sophia looked up and screamed at the void. The short and sharp syllables sank into nothingness. Using some unknown method, they were transmitted far away.

She was summoning, summoning her most powerful curse soul to arrive. No matter what price she had to pay, she would defeat that woman!