Chapter 183: Chapter 141: Enormous Gains

Not far behind the Blazing Phoenix Wood, there’s a vast magma pit hundreds of feet deep, akin to the entrance to Hell, filled with incandescent flames continuously erupting one after the other.

In this place where life is impossible, through the vision of the Butterfly Puppet, Li Mu discovers in the center of the magma pit, a giant crimson egg quietly floating, surrounded by two Spiritual Objects.

One is a lid, resembling the missing lid of the Celestial Ruins Tripod, and a red token, orbiting the crimson egg, emitting strong Spiritual Energy and the Artifact’s Might.

Beneath several Spiritual Objects, there’s a cluster of intensely spiritual white flames, occasionally emerging from the magma and circling around the Spiritual Objects.

Li Mu’s face lights up with joy, unable to contain his excitement.

The missing lid of the Celestial Ruins Tripod is found, along with the Spirit Void Earth Fire and even another High-tier Spiritual Artifact, not to mention a Tier Six Demon Sparrow Egg. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the pit on the rock wall, Li Mu also discovers many High-tier Fire Spirit Plants growing.

There’s the Tier Five Flame Dragon Grass, Tier Four Red Sun Grass, and Tier Four Glazed Spirit Grass.

Wait, is that a Tier Six Nine Yang Spirit Grass?

Wow! It really is Tier Six Nine Yang Spirit Grass!

Ah, and it’s not mature yet!

Li Mu’s eyes widen with delight at this unexpected discovery; if he can gather them all, this harvest will far exceed expectations.

That Nine Yang Grass probably requires another one or two hundred years to mature, but plucking it to replant elsewhere should be no problem.

Wait a minute

Why are there arrays here?

Li Mu observes through the Butterfly Puppet’s vision and makes another unexpected discovery.

On the rock wall of the deep pit, there are remnants of array patterns, along with two intact Nine Dragon Heart-lock Arrays, and Blazing Fire Spirit Protection Arrays.

The Nine Dragon Heart-lock Array has sealed the Demon Egg and the two Spiritual Objects in the magma pit, utilizing the Spiritual Fire’s power here to nurture and hatch the Demon Egg.

The Blazing Fire Spirit Protection Array borrows the ceaseless power of Earth Fire to protect the Spiritual Objects in the pit.

Li Mu’s mind is stirred, and he roughly understands that it is likely the cultivation ground set up by other High-tier Cultivators, mainly to nurture that Demon Egg, the two Fire Spiritual Artifacts, and those High-tier Fire Spirit Plants.

However, for some reason, this place has been occupied by the Tier Six Demon Sparrow.

But now, all these Spiritual Objects belong to him. These two Spirit Arrays cannot stop Li Mu.

Taking advantage of the two Tier Six Demon Beasts being preoccupied with fighting, Li Mu quickly takes action, exerting True Essence with all his might, casting Earth Escape and Fire Escape in succession, appearing at the bottom of the magma pit, and swiftly retrieves the Butterfly Puppet into the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl.

Li Mu activates his Yin Yang Divine Eye Divine Techniques, his whole body swept with Five Elements Spirit Fire, and, finding the openings in the Blazing Fire Protection Array, he flies into the array. Then, with a motion, his Divine Sense and Spiritual Power envelop the red token and Demon Egg simultaneously, storing them in the Storage Compartment.

Next, Li Mu retrieves the Celestial Ruins Tripod from the Storage Compartment, injecting Spiritual Power into it, guiding the lid’s return.

The Celestial Ruins Tripod emits a powerful suction force, immediately receiving feedback from the lid.

In the next moment, the lid about to escape rushes ’excitedly’ towards the Celestial Ruins Tripod, and then, the Spirit Void Earth Fire shoots out from the magma, swiftly diving into the Celestial Ruins Tripod as if yearning to return home.

After collecting the lid and Spirit Void Flame, the Celestial Ruins Tripod radiates crimson light, its ancient, worn body undergoing intense transformation, releasing powerful Spiritual Pressure, its robust Spiritual Energy rapidly strengthening and restoring.

However, at this moment, Li Mu doesn’t have the leisure to focus on the Celestial Ruins Tripod’s changes; he quickly collects it into the Storage Compartment, and from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl retrieves the Continuation Planting Box, flying out swiftly to transplant each High-tier Fire Spirit Plant grown on the rock wall, first picking the Nine Yang Spirit Grass…

Once Li Mu has collected the Demon Egg, Spirit Void Earth Fire, and several Spiritual Objects, he immediately disrupts the formation of the Nine Dragon Heart-lock Array and Blazing Fire Spirit Protection Array.

With a ’boom’, the underground magma suppressed for hundreds of years suddenly erupts violently, spewing hundreds of meters high, creating a spectacular scene that resembles the gates of Hell swinging wide open.

“Chirp!”

A piercing cry suddenly resounds, shattering the sky and stone.

Discovering its nest stolen, the Tier Six Demon Sparrow abandons the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, hastily rushing back to its lair.

Li Mu immediately realizes things have taken a turn for the worse and no longer indulges in collecting High-tier Spirit Plants, casting Fire Escape, ’whoosh’, and his figure disappears from the bottom of the magma pit.

By the time the Tier Six Demon Sparrow arrives, it’s already deserted, the ’thief’ having vanished without a trace.

The Tier Six Demon Sparrow vents its fury on the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, and the two Demon Beasts erupt into a fierce battle once again.

Li Mu sequentially casts several Five Elements Escape Techniques, and when True Essence can’t recover in time, he directly uses a Tier Four Celestial Thunder Wing Talisman, transforming into a spread-winged thunderbolt, soaring hundreds of miles in an instant.

Soon after, Li Mu retrieves the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, quickly entering the Spiritual Ship, and drives it at full speed, fleeing far away from Celestial Phoenix Mountain, completely shaking off the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion.

Once the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship is flying high above ten thousand miles, entering full-speed cruising mode, Li Mu’s nerves finally relax completely.

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Li Mu released his Divine Sense, maintaining a vigilance over two hundred miles, and began to inventory the harvest from this session.

He directly took out that Demon Egg to inspect its Attributes.

Just now, he was too tense and only caught a glimpse without having the time to check its Attributes, only knowing it wasn’t a Demon Egg birthed by a Tier Six Demon Sparrow.

As soon as the six-feet-tall and three-feet-wide red Demon Egg was taken out, a hot aura, a strong Spiritual Pressure, rushed towards him.

Li Mu’s eyes lit up, and his face showed a shocked expression.

Under the Innate Divine Power – Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, all the Attributes of the Demon Egg were presented in the character’s virtual frame.

[Chi Lian Fire Phoenix (Embryonic Stage)]

[Grade: Tier Seven Demon Spirit]

[Attributes: Phoenix Rebirth, Master of Fire Spirit, True Spirit’s Authority.]

[Status: Lacking a source of True Fire for incubation, hatching halted.]

[Egg of an Eight-Tier White-Blazing Fire Phoenix and a Seven-Tier Red-Breasted Finch, halted in hatching due to bloodline mutation, requires a substantial amount of Innate Fire Spirit to aid hatching; with assistance from a Tier Six Innate Fire Spirit, successful hatching can occur within a hundred years.]

It’s actually a Tier Seven True Spirit!

After looking at the Attributes of the Fire-type Demon Egg, Li Mu was stunned, unable to believe it was true. He had unexpectedly picked up a Demon Egg of a Tier Seven Chi Lian Fire Phoenix. If he could hatch it, wouldn’t he be able to bully others with the beast?

Li Mu was overjoyed, quickly calming his excitement, and thought of something, immediately taking out the Celestial Void Tripod from the Storage Compartment.

“Master,” upon appearance, the Celestial Void Tripod transformed into a small red copper figure, floating in front of Li Mu, its timid voice appearing in Li Mu’s Sea of Consciousness.

“Are you the Artifact Spirit of the Celestial Void Tripod?” Li Mu stared at the small red copper figure, and under the Innate Divine Power – Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, all of the Celestial Ruins Tripod’s information was presented in the character’s virtual frame.

[Celestial Void Tripod]

[Grade: Tier Six Spiritual Artifact]

[Attributes: Celestial Void Space, Void Spirit Transformation, Sacrificial Refinement of Hundred Demons, Spiritual Essence Self-Recovery, Widely Absorbing Spirit Fire]

[Status: Artifact Spirit Rebirth, Artifact Spirit Transformation]

[Refined from Tier Six Celestial Palace Essence, Tier Six Void Origin Soil, Tier Six Demon Suppression Stone, Tier Six Void Spirit Fire, this Tripod can refine demons into pills, contains an independent Fire Source Void Realm Space, suitable for housing Fire Element Demon Beasts, and nurturing Fire Spirit Plants.]

“Hmm!” The Celestial Void Tripod nodded seriously, its Spiritual Sense responding.

“You have a Fire Source Space, capable of planting Fire Spirit Plants and housing Demon Beasts?” After reviewing all the Attributes of the Celestial Ruins Tripod, Li Mu asked excitedly.

“Hmm!” The Celestial Void Tripod once again responded with Spiritual Sense, a confused expression on its face.

“Can you place this Demon Egg in the space, along with these few Spirit Plants, ensuring they all remain alive?” Li Mu quickly took out the Continuation Planting Spirit Box from his Storage Bag, retrieving one Tier Six Nine-Yang Spirit Grass, four Tier Five Flame Dragon Grasses, and twelve Tier Four Red Sun Grasses, asking the Celestial Void Tripod with concern.

The Continuation Planting Box was of too low a tier, and Li Mu was worried that these few high-tier Spirit Plants could not survive for long. He also had no idea where to arrange the hatching site for the Fire Phoenix Egg. Now, with the Celestial Void Tripod’s built-in Fire Source Space, it seemed all the problems were suddenly solved.

“All right, Master!” The Celestial Void Tripod’s Spiritual Sense responded, its small mouth opening and emitting several strands of pale white Void Spirit Fire, enveloping the Fire Phoenix Egg and the several Fire Spirit Plants.

With a “puff,” the Fire Phoenix Egg and the several Fire Spirit Plants vanished from sight as the Void Spirit Fire dissipated, taking them along.

Li Mu infused his Divine Sense into the Celestial Void Tripod and immediately ’saw’ a million square Fire Spirit Space inside, where the Fire Phoenix Egg and a dozen Spirit Grasses were hovering in a high-temperature virtual fire spiritual flame filled Space, quickly regaining vitality.

Li Mu was overjoyed; indeed, it was a Tier Six Spiritual Artifact, solving quite a few of his troubles instantly.

Then, Li Mu thought of something, took out the Tier Six Spirit-Taming Treasure Bracelet and the Tier Seven Star Beast Relic Pearl from the Storage Compartment, and eagerly asked the Celestial Void Tripod, “Can you use Spirit Fire to refine and restore these two Spiritual Artifacts?”

“I don’t know, I’ll try!” The Celestial Void Tripod responded with Spiritual Sense, then opened its small mouth again, spewing a strand of illusory white Spirit Fire, refining the bronze scraps off the Spirit-Taming Treasure Bracelet, and the gray accretions adhered to the surface of the Star Beast Relic Pearl.

The temperature of the Void Spirit Fire was extremely high, but against the two sealed high-tier Spiritual Artifacts, it clearly had no effect. The Spirit-Taming Treasure Bracelet and the Star Beast Relic Pearl remained unaffected.

Time ticked away, and before long, the two sealed high-tier Spiritual Artifacts remained unchanged.

Li Mu furrowed his brow, feeling that despite the Void Spirit Fire being Tier Six, it should be proficient in refining demons; however, it lacked the refining capabilities of Celestial Fire.

“Forget it! It seems it cannot refine them; Celestial Fire is indeed necessary.” Li Mu furrowed his brow and vocalized a command to stop the Celestial Void Tripod from wasting the Fire Source.

“All right, Master!” The Celestial Void Tripod obediently responded, inhaling forcefully to retrieve the Spirit Fire, then dumbly stared at Li Mu, waiting for the next instruction.

The Celestial Void Tripod’s Artifact Spirit, newly reborn, was a blank slate, without personality traits, only awaiting its master’s directives.

Li Mu smiled broadly, full of anticipation, as he took out the final spoil of the hunt from the Storage Compartment, a highly spiritual red Token.

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