#976 - Return a demiplane, artifact: 'Xianyuan'

Dugu Bo saw the nine-colored lightning tribulation light shining in from outside the cave.

The silent Sunset Forest center echoed with the reverberations of a heavenly tribulation once more.

The top predators, hidden in the dense forest and quietly waiting for the sun to set, were awakened by a memory that filled them with fear.

'He's back again.'

Among the myriad soul beasts, only one welcomed the appearance of the lightning tribulation.

That was the Ghost Tiger, which had been controlled by Quan Yi's Dragon King's Glory. At this moment, because Quan Yi had used a recovery skill on it, its cultivation and foundation had been effectively accumulated.

At this rate, it was only a matter of time before it broke through to the 100,000-year realm.

Recently, it had been wandering in the center of the forest, sensing the aura emanating from the lightning tribulation, quietly preparing for its breakthrough.

But at this moment, from this newborn lightning tribulation, it instinctively realized Quan Yi's arrival.

This caused it to rush inward alone, while all the other soul beasts fled outward.

At this moment, the space inside the entire poisonous barrier seemed to have shifted.

The lightning tribulation clouds outside the cave suddenly disappeared into the air.

Dugu Bo, who was close to the golden furnace, immediately noticed a miniature version of the nine-colored lightning cloud appearing out of thin air inside the transparent golden furnace wall.

He observed the space inside the golden furnace intently, with an expression of disbelief.

But in the next second, the first lightning tribulation, which had been brewing for a long time, violently attacked the metal within the space.

Seeing this scene, and the heavenly might that could be felt even through the barrier, Dugu Bo was completely certain that this was the lightning tribulation.

Quan Yi had actually taken the lightning tribulation into the furnace, completing the final step of baptizing the metal without attracting outside attention.

"Is this still the original Gold-Green Smelting Furnace?

It can actually swap space, transferring the lightning tribulation into the inner world of the furnace."

Because Quan Yi had completely concealed his soul rings within his body, without revealing the slightest bit, Dugu Bo didn't immediately sense the abnormality of the golden furnace.

However, when the golden furnace displayed powerful spatial abilities that it had never shown before, he realized the change in the Gold-Green Smelting Furnace's skills.

Although he had a thousand questions in his mind, he didn't disturb Quan Yi.

"Boom, boom."

Just as he was thinking for a moment, the miniature lightning cloud inside the furnace released two more bolts of lightning.

However, this lightning, filled with the nine basic elements that constitute the world, was quickly swallowed by the metal.

The word "swallowed" here did not mean absorption in the usual sense, but rather a transfer on the spatial level.

The lightning disappeared, and the metal transformed into Dugu Bo's dragonified state, with a silver color representing space flashing in its pupils.

And in his abdomen, the area where his dantian was located, the same faint nine-colored lightning was flickering.

If Quan Yi observed the abdomen with his Purple-Gold Dragon Pupils, he could discover that a huge internal space had been opened up at the location of the dantian.

This closed space, shimmering with nine-colored fluorescence, was filled with the lightning that it had taken in with its spatial power.

The raging power of the lightning was whipping the outer nine-colored space wall, trying to break through the restraints.

However, the barrier that had been whipped by the lightning would quickly return to its original state with the metal's own powerful recovery ability.

Not only that, but the barrier that had been struck by the lightning tribulation power became even more solid after being restored.

The entire space was completely using the lightning to temper its own internal space.

Under the extremely firm space lock, the lightning was rapidly strengthening the intensity of the space.

Even more, the entire space was no longer just an empty storage space; the power of creation from the lightning tribulation was adding a bit of vitality to the space.

The external lightning was still raging, but the mere ordinary lightning tribulation could not cause any damage to this metal at all.

Feeling not quite satisfied, it directly learned from the golden furnace and swallowed the tribulation cloud itself into the abdominal space.

The tribulation cloud, which had been subjected to repeated spatial transfers, completely erupted with anger in its heart.

The raging lightning snakes, representing the anger of the highest will, wantonly punished the provocateur.

However, its anger was an excellent nutrient for this metal.

Nine lightning bolts roared past, and the little Dugu Bo, who had passed through an even quieter lightning tribulation than usual, completely restrained the lightning in his abdomen after a moment of silence.

This meant that the lightning tribulation had been digested.

The little Dugu Bo, who had successfully overcome the tribulation with his own strength, roared to the sky, venting the joy of his birth to his heart's content.

At this time, Quan Yi also withdrew the golden furnace, releasing the small metal man inside.

Dugu Bo looked at the other half of himself, who had a deep connection with him, and tentatively extended his finger.

The little man on the opposite side also sensed Dugu Bo's existence, turned around and smiled, and also extended his palm, resting it on his fingertip.

The energy exchange between the two began immediately.

Dugu Bo could feel a powerful spatial force flowing in his body.

The humanoid metal, like an energy body, smoothly penetrated the human body and merged into it at the moment of contact.

Fortunately, his body was parasitic with Dragon Tooth, so he was no stranger to this situation.

And it was during the mutual fusion that Quan Yi's voice entered his mind.

"This divine artifact is called Immortal Garden, and it is a special space-type storage divine artifact that has opened up a small plane.

Its internal space is self-circulating, and both living and dead things can be put into it.

Moreover, more importantly, its internal energy and vitality are abundant, and it can also ensure that seeds or flowers will not lose their vitality.

Of course, as a plane, this space can not only be used for storage, but can also be used to spatially confine enemies like the Gold-Green Smelting Furnace.

This spatial confinement is independent of the storage space, and its intensity is matched according to the soul power released by the senior.

With the senior's current soul power, if fully deployed, it cannot be broken without god-level means."

Just before Quan Yi said the last sentence, Dugu Bo received energy feedback from the divine artifact, Immortal Garden, and at that moment, a tremendous change occurred in the silent Dragon Core.

The calm Dragon Core began to accelerate its rotation, and a large amount of heaven and earth essence was being drawn, accelerating towards him, towards the Dragon Core.

Dugu Bo, whose cultivation had already reached the peak of level ninety-four, broke through to level ninety-five as a matter of course under the impetus of the divine artifact, and steadily advanced towards a higher realm.

Quan Yi was also satisfied watching Dugu Bo enter a state of cultivation.

These were his rewards for Dugu Bo's gift.

A divine artifact containing a demiplane space, and helping him take an important step and enter a higher level of soul power.