Chapter 1229 Tailed Beast Spirit Refining Diagram

The air in the third underground level of the Spirit Refining Ruins was thick with the pungent smell of sulfur. The Spirit Refining Runes on the rock walls glowed with a dark golden light, casting the passage in an intermittent dim light. Shangguan Mo supported the black iron shell of the Starfall Scorpion, the Spirit Refining Hammer on his fingertips still covered with a layer of lava fragments from the guardian beast "Lava Crocodile"—during the battle just now, the Starfall Scorpion's tailed beast chakra was almost devoured by the crocodile's lava energy. If he hadn't activated the absorption properties of the Star Core Black Iron with the Spirit Refining Runes in time, he would probably have been trapped at the bottom of the lava pool long ago.

“Just one more layer and we’ll find the ‘Tailed Beast Spirit Refining Manual’ recorded in the ancient book.” Shangguan Mo took out the yellowed ancient book on spirit refining, and the words on the pages gradually became clear under the light of the runes. “The manual records the ‘perfect fusion method of tailed beast energy and spirit refining materials.’ As long as we find it, the Seven-Tails chakra in your body will be completely stabilized, and you can even unlock the ‘Spirit Refining Tailed Beast Transformation’ form.”

The Meteorite Scorpion let out a low roar, its green tailed beast chakra surging beneath its black iron shell. The meteorite flames on its tail flickered gently, clearly sensing the powerful energy hidden in the passage ahead. Shangguan Mo followed its chakra guidance and saw a giant relief carved on the stone door at the end of the passage—in the relief, a spirit refiner was fighting alongside a tailed beast, the spirit refinement staff in his hand gleaming with the light of the Six Paths Power, the iconic pattern of the Tailed Beast Spirit Refinement Chart.

"This is it!" Shangguan Mo strode forward and embedded the "Lava Crystal Core" he had taken from the Lava Crocodile's body into the groove of the stone door. The runes instantly lit up, and the stone door slowly opened. A gust of hot wind mixed with the chakra of the Tailed Beasts rushed out, causing the Starfall Scorpion's pincers to tighten instinctively—behind the door was a circular spirit refining hall. On the stone platform in the center of the hall, a scroll shimmering with seven-colored light floated, which was the Tailed Beast Spirit Refining Diagram.

Just as Shangguan Mo reached for the blueprint, the rock walls surrounding the hall suddenly cracked open, and dozens of black spirit-refining chains flew out from the fissures, wrapping around him and the Starfall Scorpion. "Finally, we've waited for you, Shangguan Mo." A cold voice came from the shadows, and "Black Lian," the leader of the Akatsuki's "Spirit Refining Division," stepped out from behind the rock wall. He wore a black Akatsuki robe and held a spirit-refining staff with black patterns in his hand. The runes on the staff were of the same origin as those in the Spirit Refining Ruins. "This Tailed Beast Spirit Refining Blueprint is not something you can lay a finger on."

The Akatsuki members behind Heilian launched a simultaneous attack, their Fire Release, Lightning Release, and Spirit Refining Runes weaving into a net as they lunged at Shangguan Mo. Starfall Scorpion immediately stepped in front of him, its black iron shell blocking the attack while its meteoric fire from its tail shot towards the Akatsuki members, the green tailed beast chakra incinerating two of them to ashes. "Want to steal the blueprint? You'll have to get past me first!" Shangguan Mo unleashed a Spirit Refining Rune, which adhered to the black chains, instantly triggering a violent explosion that shattered the chains into fragments.

"Not bad spirit refining technique, but not enough." Hei Lian sneered, waving his spirit refining staff. Suddenly, the floor of the hall cracked open, and three "spirit refining tailed beast puppets" crawled out from the ground. The puppets' bodies were made of star core black iron and tailed beast bones, radiating the light of fire, lightning, and water attributes respectively. Their eyes flashed with red curse marks, clearly indicating that they were high-level puppets that had fused with tailed beast chakra.

"This is... a puppet made from the corpse of a tailed beast?" Anger flashed in Shangguan Mo's eyes. He hadn't expected the Akatsuki to use such a cruel method to create a spirit-refining puppet. Starfall Scorpion also sensed the tailed beast's resentment within the puppet; its green tailed beast chakra became violent, and the meteor fire on its tail burned even more fiercely.