Holy Radiance Calendar 1241.
Month of Green Grass.
Two months had passed since the Dragon Bone Assembly.
Emperor Palace.
Levi's figure materialized.
To ensure he wasn't being followed, he first returned to the Endless Sea from the Hell Realm.
He wandered aimlessly in the Endless Sea for two months, paid a visit to the Hundred Flower Knight's place, and finally returned to the mortal realm.
He had noted the names of the Blood Demon Wizard and others in his little notebook. Once he reached Sixth Ring, he would settle the score.
However, the thought of the Banshee of Pain made his expression grave.
"Even though we are both Sixth Ring Wizards, that Lich's strength is indeed more terrifying... This is the advantage of living longer. Although becoming a Lich means losing the possibility of further advancement and any chance of reincarnation, a Lich can horizontally master more Knowledge, spells, skills, Wizard Artifacts, and other means through time. Their strength is naturally considerable.
Moreover, the Wind Disaster Pearl is indeed a useful treasure, equivalent to a super low-profile Plantain Fan. It blew the enemy away for hundreds of miles in an instant, and its control and attack effects are excellent. Its defensive power is also unquestionable. The only drawback is that the charging time is too long."
He returned to the Ancient Banyan Immortal Realm, went to the Wind Disaster Layer, and the white pearl flew into it, slowly absorbing the power of the wind disaster to recharge.
"I won't go out and cause trouble until the Wind Disaster Pearl is fully charged."
In this battle, Levi did not use the Heaven Crystal Dragon Ant.
Even if the Dragon Ant could defeat the Blood Demon Wizard, it wouldn't be able to kill him in a short time.
And at that time, there were five Primal Souls present. If he delayed even for a moment, he would be in a situation of eternal doom.
Levi looked at the sleeping Ancient Banyan King, hoping that Mana would awaken soon.
"Without further ado, I'll start refining the Shadow Clone next."
The three essential elements of the Shadow Clone:
Shadow Demon Crystal Core, Spirit Hosting Fruit, and a host container.
The container goes without saying; it exists as the "physical body" of the clone. Levi planned to try using the Body Refinement Clone as the container directly. If that didn't work, he would find a Body Refinement body with excellent talent and take it over.
The Spirit Hosting Fruit is used to divide a wisp of Levi's Divine Sense and consciousness to nurture the brain and soul of the clone.
The Shadow Demon Crystal Core is the bridge connecting Levi and the clone.
Levi began his busy refining work according to the secret method.
At the same time, the Holy Infant was not idle either.
Even though the three arts of Wizardry were already complete and there was no need to condense the Limit Soul for the time being, he found that he never seemed to have a moment to breathe, which was truly strange.
Before Levi went into seclusion, he, as the Tower Master of the Dawn Tower, had to coordinate all aspects of the Ancient Saint Plane's operations.
In his spare time, the Holy Infant re-refined all the Wizard Artifacts on his body. Anyway, there were so many rare materials in the Luo Man Ring; it would be a waste not to use them.
Now, the Extreme Fire Light Wheel, Red Dragon Ring, and Purgatory Nine Dragons Umbrella were all top-grade Wizard Artifacts, and the best of the best.
Inside the weapon refinement room.
Phoenix diligently burned itself.
A scarlet secret sword floated within.
This was a secret sword refined from the original Amethyst Secret Sword, with the addition of Fifth Ring peak amethyst, Fifth Ring red blood iron, and many fire Elemental Metals.
The Holy Infant usually only used the Fire Dragon Tribulation in battle, but he had also mastered the other talent spells of This Venerable One.
However, because the school of magic didn't match, the power was discounted, so he rarely used them.
But even if the Flying Sky Secret Sword Style was discounted, its power was still considerable.
In recent years, This Venerable One had been busy with seclusion, and the Holy Infant had to improve his strength in every way possible to protect the safety of the Ancient Saint Plane.
Finally, a top-grade secret sword emitting a scarlet treasure light was formed. The secret sword exuded a scorching aura, and a ferocious Red Python Spirit phantom could be seen wandering inside.
This Red Python was the spirit of a Fifth Ring top-grade Wizard Artifact in the Luo Man Ring. It seemed that it had Dragon Race bloodline before its death.
To amplify the power of this secret sword, the Holy Infant relied on his superb weapon refinement skills to separate this artifact spirit from the Wizard Artifact and refine it into his own Wizard Artifact.
He chanted an incantation, and with a wave of his hand, the scarlet secret sword transformed into a streak of red light, piercing through the air.
As it flew, the surrounding fire elemental power surged into it, proving that this top-grade Wizard Artifact could also mobilize the power of the elements of heaven and earth.
The Holy Infant revealed a look of regret, muttering to himself, "This [Red Python Spirit] was very likely a Sixth Ring Dragon Spawn before its death… It's a pity that some incompetent smith refined it into a Fifth Ring top-grade Wizard Artifact, what a waste of natural resources. This kind of artifact spirit should have been refined into a Sixth Ring Wizard Artifact or a Soul Artifact. That would have been the right way to do it.
"In any case, with this artifact spirit, the quality of my [Red Infant Sword] is no less than This Venerable One's [Purple Light Sword]. With this secret sword, I have one more powerful killing move."
Although the quality of the swords was comparable, the Purple Light Sword had a perfect partner like the sword spirit Fu Lei, an advantage that the Red Infant Sword could not match.
Several days later.
The Holy Infant headed to the Endless Sea.
A few days ago, Mia had taken over a shop in a large wizard market in the Inner Ring Sea Area, intending to open a smithy in the name of the Fire Dragon Master, responsible for selling the Holy Infant's smithing works and accepting high-end customization services.
There was no other way. Even though the Ancient Tower had been closed for ten years, there were still many people waiting for the Fire Dragon Master's works, begging the Holy Infant to craft artifacts for them.
And after This Venerable One bought the Spirit Hosting Fruit, his financial resources were greatly reduced, and his cash flow was only a mere 100 million!
This made This Venerable One feel insecure, so he planned to make another fortune through the Holy Infant's reputation and smithing skills.
Originally, he wanted to go to the more prosperous Starry Sea Area.
However, there were too many high-level wizard organizations there, and the forces were intricate and complex, so it was inevitable that he would offend people.
After thinking about it, he chose the First District of the Inner Ring, which was the most prosperous area of the Inner Ring Sea Area.
There were three high-level wizard organizations in the First District: the Mattich Family, the Schubert Family, and the Medron Family.
These three families all had Primal Soul Wizards sitting in town, but the Holy Infant had already inquired in advance.
The Mattich Family's business was Potion Making, claiming to be a magic potion family with a history of ten thousand years.
The Schubert Family's business was Magic Arrays. The family head was a famous Sixth Ring Magic Array Wizard in the Endless Sea. The Magic Arrays he made had monopolized the market in the First District and were sold to major districts in the Endless Sea.
The Medron Family was a vassal family of the Seven Waters Tower, responsible for undertaking the downstream low-end parts manufacturing of the Seven Waters Tower's shipbuilding industry.
In general, the three wizard families that controlled the right to speak did not involve the smithing industry, so there was no conflict with the Holy Infant opening a smithy, and they would not easily offend a Primal Soul Wizard.
After all, This Venerable One had not yet broken through to the Sixth Ring, so it was better to avoid provoking Primal Soul experts if possible.
The three major families were not involved in smithing because there were relatively many smithies in the First District, the competition was fierce, and the profit margin was low.
However, anything produced by the Fire Dragon Master was guaranteed to be a high-quality product. Relying on his connections and reputation accumulated in the tower, it should be enough to gain a foothold in the First District.
First District.
Azer Continent.
This was the largest island in the Inner Ring Sea Area, and its area was comparable to the Yellow Earth Continent in the Outer Ring.
There were many mortals on the continent, and it was also the main source of wizard seedlings in the First District.
Wizard markets of all sizes were scattered throughout it. In addition, there were hundreds of mid-level wizard organizations distributed here.
The three major families also had many branches here, operating their own industries.
On the eastern coastline of the continent was the largest wizard market in the First District.
Wizard City Number One.
There were many experts in the city, with many Fourth Ring and Fifth Ring Wizards, and there might even be Primal Soul Wizards living in seclusion among them.
On both sides of Sea Avenue in the center of the Wizard City, various shops lined the streets, including smithies, potion shops, wizard brothels… everything was available.
From time to time, people stood at the door shouting, making it clear that survival in this place was not easy.
In front of a shop in the best location, two Fifth Ring female wizards were at each other's throats.
One of them was Mia. She had just hung up the Fire Dragon Cottage sign and was holding a grand opening ceremony today when she encountered some minor troubles.
The witch opposite her looked fierce and menacing, with a face full of horizontal flesh. She was also a smith, and her shop was opposite the Fire Dragon Cottage, called [Su Man's Smithy].
After hearing that the Fire Dragon Master had settled here, some unscrupulous smiths were worried that their business would be affected, and they came to make trouble several times.
The others had average cultivation levels and were all turned back by Mia. However, the fierce witch in front of her was actually at the Fifth Ring Completion stage, making her a first-class expert in this Wizard City.
With the superb Wizard Artifacts and trump cards Mia possessed, defeating this person in the wild wouldn't be difficult, but fighting is prohibited within Wizard City.
As the two confronted each other, more and more onlookers gathered.
Mia said calmly, "This place is legally rented by me. If you continue to make trouble like this and disrupt the opening ceremony, don't blame me for being impolite."
The Su Man Witch sneered without a word, her Fifth Ring perfected aura radiating out, intimidating the entire audience.
Behind her, there were also several Fifth Ring Wizards who also had Wizard Artifact shops. They were gathered together at this moment, jointly resisting the Fire Dragon Cottage.
This is called bad money driving out good. Because they were worried about their own business being damaged, they jointly resisted excellent merchants. In Levi's previous life, this situation was very common.
As the saying goes, even a strong dragon can't suppress a local snake. These people have been rooted in Wizard City Number One for a long time, and even the Enforcers in the city have connections. In addition, they have the advantage in numbers, so they don't have much awe for the Fire Dragon Master, who has never shown his face.
Seeing that Su Man ignored her, Mia was annoyed. Her personality was considered gentle, but at this moment, she couldn't help but feel a surge of killing intent.
But this is the Wizard World, not the Dark Ancient Tower.
Although the order has collapsed since the Black and White Wizard War, it is definitely not okay to kill people casually in the street.
Su Man sneered:
"What? You want to kill me? Even if the Fire Dragon Master comes, would he dare to kill me? So many people are watching... I think a proud son of heaven like the Fire Dragon Master, who doesn't even care about the council's reward of millions of Great Stones, shouldn't compete with us low-level people here. This is not giving us a way to survive... Don't you all agree?"
"That's right, if you're a genius, go to the Starry Sea Area. What are you doing here?"
"Exactly."
Under the secret organization of these people, Mia actually became the target of public criticism.
She laughed in anger and said, "Why don't we call the City Lord of Number One here to judge?"
Su Man was fearless and said:
"As you please, I didn't do anything, I just spoke out for some ordinary Potion Making masters in the city."
Just at this moment.
A handsome, red-haired male Wizard descended from the sky. Beside him was a stunningly beautiful young Witch in a Hundred Flower Witch dress, it was Holy Infant and Elena.
Elena was naturally invited by Holy Infant through Levi's connections to attend the opening ceremony and support the event.
Levi had already expected this, so he had greeted Hundred Flowers in advance. Hundred Flowers readily agreed to this small favor.
Hundred Flowers inadvertently released the aura of a Primal Soul, directly enveloping the entire Wizard City.
She confidently smiled and said, "Ace, the location of your shop is really good. Your business will definitely be booming next."
The aura of a Primal Soul reigned over Wizard City. Mia's face was pleasantly surprised, while the faces of Su Man and the other Fifth Ring Wizards changed drastically.
Mia didn't expect that the Fire Dragon Master could actually invite the Flower Witch. It is said that she is a good friend of Levi.
A Primal Soul Wizard, famous in the Endless Sea, not to mention Elena, a rising star who frequently appears in the headlines of major newspapers. Many people at the scene had already heard of the Flower Witch's great name.
Su Man's face turned green, and cold sweat broke out on her back.
If only the Fire Dragon Master had come, although she knew she was no match for him, she would not be afraid. In broad daylight, the Fire Dragon wouldn't dare to kill her.
But a big shot like Elena also holds an important position in the Tower of Stars. She can find an excuse to put her in jail legally and reasonably, or directly make her disappear from the world...
Even if the council guessed it, so what? A genius Primal Soul and an ordinary Fifth Ring perfected, which is more important is obvious at a glance.
It can be said that even if there are Laws, Primal Soul Wizards are still absolutely above them. There is no such thing as equality at all.
The most important thing is that she knows very well that she is not justified in the first place and is being unreasonable.
Holy Infant asked:
"Mia, what's the situation? What are these people trying to do?"
Mia raised her eyebrows and looked at Su Man coldly, and said:
"Sir, it's our opening ceremony today, and this woman and those people are deliberately making trouble."
Su Man's face was pale, and she defended, "I didn't... Your Excellency misunderstood, I just wanted to visit the Fire Dragon Master's shop."
Others echoed:
"That's right, Miss Mia, don't think too much. The Master's prestige is comparable to that of a Primal Soul Wizard, famous all over the world. How dare we little shrimps provoke the Master?"
"Indeed, I've come today to offer a congratulatory gift for the master's opening."
"That's right, I'm also here to give a gift!"
In an instant, these people changed their tune one after another.
Mia sneered inwardly.
These people truly had no backbone. Just a moment ago, they were saying they weren't afraid of the Fire Dragon Wizard, but now their faces were simply disgusting.
The Holy Infant's gaze swept over these people, and they didn't dare to meet his eyes at all. After a long silence, he smiled and said, "Since everyone is here to give gifts, then leave them behind."
The troublemakers were as if granted amnesty, leaving their gifts and hurriedly departing.
Su Man looked at the master, her heart filled with resentment, but she still had to greet him with a smile on her face, unwillingly leaving.
The Holy Infant watched her back, his gaze calm.
Elena smiled and said, "Master, I didn't bring a gift."
The Holy Infant smiled:
"For you to attend the opening ceremony of my humble shop is already a great honor."
The onlookers dispersed, looking at the Fire Dragon Master with envy in their hearts.
"This is what a top genius is like... Even a Primal Soul Witch like the Flower Witch is taking the initiative to befriend him."
"Isn't that right? It seems the smithing industry in Wizard City Number One will be monopolized from now on."
When the opening ceremony ended, a white-robed wizard with a weathered face came to the door of the cottage.
The Holy Infant's heart stirred; it was actually a Primal Soul Wizard. As expected, the behind-the-scenes controller of this wizard city was a Sixth Ring existence.
The white-robed wizard said with a wry smile, "I am the city lord here, and I have been in seclusion. I didn't know that Fire Dragon Master had come to set up shop in our small city. If the master had informed me earlier, such a farce today would definitely not have happened. Su Man and those troublemakers, I have already taken back their shops and dismissed them. These people are truly lawless and arrogant!"
The Holy Infant thought to himself.
This old thing was playing turtle during the trouble, he must have received benefits from Su Man and the others, otherwise, how would Su Man and her group dare to be so overbearing? Elena's expression was calm as she said indifferently, "May I know your name?"
She only knew some people of her level, and she was too lazy to pay attention to ordinary Primal Souls.
The city lord was not angry and smiled, "Avat Ryan, you can call me Surging Wave Wizard."
Elena thoughtfully smiled:
"Are you from the Ryan Family in the Third District?"
The city lord smiled:
"Alas, that's all in the past. Now I'm just a wandering ghost, not comparable to a rising star like Elena."
Elena said:
"You don't have to be so modest. Being able to achieve Primal Soul is already outstanding. I'm here today just to attend a friend's ceremony. He will be developing here in the future, and I hope you can take care of him."
Avat smiled, "That's natural. It is our honor to have a genius like Fire Dragon Master residing in our wizard city. Hahaha, if the master has any problems in the future, feel free to find me."
The Holy Infant smiled slightly, "I won't trouble you, senior. I just hope for a fair and stable business environment."
After the city lord left his contact information with the Holy Infant, he bid farewell and left.
After the ceremony, Elena looked at the Holy Infant and said, "Here are ten million Great Stones, consider it my congratulatory gift."
The Holy Infant quickly declined, "Senior, this is too precious. If Levi knows I accepted a gift, he will definitely blame me..."
Elena smiled, "My money has nothing to do with him, what are you afraid of?"
The Holy Infant said, "You are his friend, and I have already troubled you. It's not appropriate to accept a gift... How about this, I'll accept these ten million from you as an investment, and one-tenth of the shop's future profits will go to you."
Elena was clever and witty, she joked, "You little brat's calculations are so loud, even the Endless Sea can hear them... Fine, consider it my investment. In the future, I'll also be a shop owner. If you encounter any big trouble, I'll help you deal with it within my power."
The Holy Infant smiled sheepishly.
He naturally wanted to tie Elena to his ship. This way, opening a shop in the future would be more stable.
Elena was also happy to do so, as there was no loss for her anyway. With the Fire Dragon Master's reputation and strength, she would definitely be able to get a lot of dividends in the future.
After the ceremony, Elena left first, and the Holy Infant gave Mia some instructions before also leaving in a hurry.
Seeing Ace easily handle everything, Mia couldn't have been happier.
Soon, the news of the Fire Dragon Cottage's opening spread throughout Wizard City Number One.
People came to purchase Wizard Artifacts on the very first day. These Wizard Artifacts were all practice pieces from when Holy Infant was leveling up his experience, and now they were being sold off to make the most of their value.
At the same time, some Fifth Ring Wizards hiding in the city also began seeking custom services.
Don't let Levi and Holy Infant's top-tier equipment fool you; in reality, ordinary Fifth Ring Wizards might not even possess a Fifth Ring Wizard Artifact. For them, the rumors of the Fire Dragon Master's guaranteed quality were extremely tempting.
Time flew by, and a year later.
The Fire Dragon Cottage had already established a firm foothold in Wizard City Number One.
The reason it went so smoothly was naturally due to the city lord's care.
Holy Infant would also occasionally have Mia send gifts to the city lord to maintain their relationship.
In the Wizard World, it's difficult to get things done without connections.
Some were happy, and some were sad.
As the Fire Dragon Cottage grew and its reputation gradually spread, it naturally touched the interests of some people.
However, after hearing that the Flower Witch was a shareholder in the Fire Dragon Cottage, who would dare to be presumptuous?
As for that female Potion Making Master named Su Man, she never returned to Wizard City and her whereabouts were unknown.
A certain sea area in District One.
A magnificent floating Wizard City on the sea, this was the Schubert Family's base.
The nominal family head was a Fifth Ring Peak Wizard, and he was looking at the information sent by his subordinates.
"In just one year, it has become one of the most famous Wizard Artifact shops in the Azer Continent. This Fire Dragon Master indeed has some skills. At this rate, they might become the fourth family to monopolize the Wizard Artifact industry in District One..."
In the blink of an eye, another year passed.
Holy Radiance Calendar 1243, Month of Flowing Fire.
Relying on the Fire Dragon Cottage, Holy Infant accepted some business orders. In addition to cultivation, he refined artifacts to earn money and subsidize This Venerable One.
In fact, in the two years since its opening, the Fire Dragon Cottage's turnover was only close to ten million, which was earned from selling off the initial inventory.
The income decreased later, not because the market was saturated or for other reasons.
It was simply because the shop now only accepted custom orders for Fourth Ring and above Wizard Artifacts, and Holy Infant's time was limited.
Moreover, those who came to the store to buy Wizard Artifacts recognized the Fire Dragon Master's brand. If they were refined by others, they would lack competitiveness.
In addition, expanding too quickly could easily arouse the hostility of the other three major families.
Therefore, the Fire Dragon Cottage was extremely cautious with every step it took.
In order to slightly increase production and efficiency, Levi contacted the Middle Earth Squad and asked them to find a way to recruit a group of Dwarf Race Wizards and send them to the Dawn Tower for training.
The Dwarf Race was well-known in the Potion Making industry, and many top Wizard organizations would hire Dwarf Potion Making Masters.
In the future, he would use the reputation effect formed by the Fire Dragon Master to gradually promote the works of other masters in the store, and ultimately rely on Potion Making to support Levi's cultivation.
The current Black Wizards were all very cunning, and it was really not easy to get money from them.
Now Levi's strength and status were different from the past.
In the future, he would gradually utilize the three arts of Wizardry and start a great money-making business.
At this time, those aliases he had made famous in the Ancient Tower would come in handy.
Holy Infant was already a "Potion Making Master" persona, so there was no need to say more.
As for Gandalf, Levi planned to create a "Body Refinement, Potion Master" persona, using the reputation of the "Light of Loose Cultivators" to make money from Potion Making. At that time, he would let the Body Refinement clone impersonate Gandalf.
Victor, on the other hand, was the "Magic Array and Flying Sky Secret Sword Style persona."
In this way, it would be interesting to create three aliases and turn them into giants in the three arts of Wizardry industry.
Of course, these were just preliminary ideas, and many difficulties would inevitably have to be overcome in the future.
Ancient Saint Plane.
Inside the Immortal Realm.
Levi was busy. His Body Refinement Doppelganger sat before him, with a Spirit Hosting Fruit and a Shadow Demon Crystal Core floating on either side.
Over the past two years, Levi had successfully planted his Divine Sense Seed within the Spirit Hosting Fruit, which had significantly depleted his Spiritual Power Source.
This wisp of Divine Sense Seed had been nurtured within the Spirit Hosting Fruit, a treasure of heaven and earth, for two years, and had gradually begun to develop a trace of spirituality.
The black ginseng fruit resembled a human embryo, its tiny fingers occasionally twitching, leaving Levi amazed.
To some extent, this fruit could now be considered a human embryo.
And the consciousness of this human was replicated from Levi, yet it was distinctly independent, like a clone that Levi could control.
During the two-year refinement process, Levi's understanding of the art of creating doppelgangers deepened.
He had a feeling that this Body Refinement Doppelganger was different from the Holy Infant Doppelganger. It was a truly independent life form, capable of advancing to the Primal Soul realm on its own!
This made him realize that if the Holy Infant Doppelganger wanted to advance, it might also need to use a Spirit Hosting Fruit.
Over the past two years, Levi had spent many rare materials to modify the Body Refinement Doppelganger, aiming to create the most perfect Body Refinement shell.
However, the time required to refine the Shadow Doppelganger was longer than he had anticipated.
Thus, four years slipped by.
Inside the Immortal Realm, Levi had been sitting in meditation for six years, refining the Shadow Doppelganger.
He rehearsed each step countless times before attempting it, ensuring success with each try.
For Levi, six years was merely a retreat.
But for the four major organizations in the Ancient Saint Plane, six years was enough to change many things.
Among the Twilight Eighteen Knights.
The Blood Knight and the Ash Knight had already reached the late Fourth Ring realm. The Divine Light Knight had also been immersed in the mid-stage for a long time, and advancing to the late stage was just a matter of time.
Among the middle generation.
The Silver Dragon Knight was the first to step into the Fourth Ring, giving birth to the Bloodline Avatar, the Mountain Silver Dragon.
This was a Silver Mountain Dragon phantom, its body entwined with lightning, allowing the Silver Dragon Knight's combat skills to be imbued with a strong electrical effect. At the same time, under the stimulation of the electric current, the Silver Dragon's endurance and explosive power were greatly enhanced.
Among the new generation.
Glaive, the Crocodile Turtle Knight, also stepped into the Third Ring realm one after another, forging their own divine weapons, the Sky Piercing Great Halberd and the Mystic Turtle Heavy Armor. One was expansive and unrestrained, with unparalleled attack power, while the other constantly stacked armor, providing extreme defense.
The Snow Dragon Knight, the Feather Knight, and the Pheasant Knight were all in the late Second Ring realm. In the near future, all of the Twilight Eighteen Knights would reach the Third Ring.
At the end of the 147th Round Table Conference and the 14th Dawn Conference, everyone reported on the achievements of their work over the past few years. The overall trend in the Ancient Saint Plane was stable and positive.
Aside from the Twilight Eighteen Knights, the Twilight Temple had as many as 430 Knights above the First Ring.
Among them, there were also thirty in the Second Ring. Many of these people had challenged the new generation of the Eighteen Knights. Of course, all of them had failed.
Unless another freak like the Fire Dragon Knight appeared, or the Eighteen Knights fell, their position would be difficult to shake.
On the other hand.
After more than ten years of development, the Dawn Tower now had nearly a hundred teachers and students combined. Of course, most of them were Apprentice-level Wizards, but there were also many talented individuals who successfully advanced to become formal Wizards.
Ancient Dragon Empire.
The Serpent Demon Ancient Saint successfully advanced to the Fifth Ring and was granted the title of Serpent King by the Emperor. In addition, there were already 60 Fourth Ring Ancient Saints, and nearly four hundred Third Ring Lizardmen. The scale of the warband continued to expand.
Levi also paid close attention to the progress of those special geniuses.
Aya, who had just celebrated her 45th birthday, successfully advanced to become a Second Ring Wizard, and her cultivation progress did not encounter any obstacles, which made the fledgling younger generation of the Dawn Tower feel the disparity of the world for the first time.
Holy Radiance Calendar 1248, Month of Budding.
Unknowingly, Levi had been refining the Body Refinement Doppelganger for a full seven years.
This day arrived.
The Spirit Hosting Fruit and Shadow Demon Crystal Core shone brightly, pouring into the Body Refinement clone's mind and heart respectively.
Levi immediately recited the incantation according to the secret method's requirements, his mental power consumed like water as he persevered while taking medicine.
An hour later, the fusion was complete. A being of flesh and blood, radiating mental power fluctuations, resembling Gandalf in appearance, a burly white-haired wizard, appeared before Levi.
Levi's consciousness entered Gandalf's mind. At the center of his sea of consciousness was a seven-colored mental power crystal, but without a Law Ring Holy Tower.
Within the crystal, there were none of Levi's strange object phantoms, nor his many spells. All that was there were the Body Refinement spells that the Body Refinement clone had previously mastered.
Apart from that, Gandalf's mind was empty, without any wizard artifacts or treasures.
"The rest doesn't matter, as long as it replicated my seven-colored crystal. That way, Gandalf can practice Body Refinement spells from any school.
It hasn't been easy. After seven years and thousands of days and nights of polishing, I've finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel… Wake up, my Gandalf!"
Levi called out.
The white-haired wizard opened his kind-looking eyes, gazing at Levi with confusion.
"Who am I?"
Levi said, "You are me, and you are also Gandalf."
Gandalf's eyes suddenly filled with brilliance. He stood up, feeling his burly physique.
"Oh, I am Gandalf, Levi's clone!"
Levi said, "Gandalf, show me your strength."
Gandalf nodded. He clenched his fists, veins bulging, and the bronze Body Refinement runes on his body surface flickered.
Boom! Like a Dragon Spawn, he blasted a small mountain with one punch and cracked the earth with one stomp.
"Rock Demon!"
In an instant, Gandalf's body turned black, like a gargoyle.
"Water Ghost!"
He exploded with a bang, scattering into a mist of particles that raged through the heavens and earth.
After flying six hundred miles, twelve hundred miles, eighteen hundred miles, Gandalf did not dissipate or collapse.
The independent Body Refinement clone no longer needed to have its range of movement restricted by This Venerable One.
Levi muttered to himself:
"It should be a success. Next, I'll see if Gandalf can independently cultivate Body Refinement techniques."
Three days later.
Levi was recovering his energy, preparing to restart the work of refining strange objects, when a panel notification sounded in his mind.
[Proficiency of Bronze Elephant Body Refinement Technique +134]
Seeing this, Levi burst out laughing.
"As expected, he can do it. From now on, the path of Body Refinement will be left to Gandalf."
At this moment, Levi felt a sense of liberation. The Three Arts and Divine Runes belonged to the Holy Infant, Body Refinement belonged to Gandalf, and his own homework assignments were greatly reduced.
Moreover, after using him, he discovered that.
Compared to the Holy Infant, Gandalf's independent thinking ability was much stronger, and he didn't need to occupy too much of Levi's CPU.
Basically, Gandalf could be regarded as a completely independent life form.
In the future, he would most likely be able to advance to Sixth Ring on his own and become a Body Refinement Primal Soul Wizard.
The path of the Body Refinement Wizard was different from that of a conventional spellcaster. This path was particularly simple and pure.
All that was needed was to constantly solidify Body Refinement runes and Body Refinement spells on the body, and both of these things were already contained in various Body Refinement methods.
Therefore, there was no need to wait for Levi This Venerable One's Nine Talents to be complete. As long as Gandalf could raise the Body Refinement techniques he cultivated to Fifth Ring completion, he could begin preparing for the Primal Soul.
However, before that, Levi needed Gandalf to learn several new Body Refinement methods.
Among them, there was a cultivation method that was rumored to be extremely difficult, and that was the Eight-Armed Demon God Body Refinement Technique, the Sea Abyss Alliance's ultimate body refinement technique! After entrusting many body refinement methods to Gandalf, Levi continued to refine strange objects.
This time, he was going to refine all 26 Earth-Grade strange objects in one go.
Gandalf arrived at Yunmeng Marsh, a place of water elements, suitable for cultivating the Eight-Armed Demon God Body Refinement Technique.
In the Turtle Prime Minister's residence, Lati was very curious to see a newcomer arrive.
Gandalf smiled and said, "I am Gandalf, your future neighbor, and also a friend of the Dragon King."
Lati nodded like a chick pecking at rice, thinking:
"This old grandpa seems quite kind."
Lati continued to cultivate, breathing in and out the power of the elements.
After reading the body refinement technique, Gandalf pondered, "To be called one of the four great ancient body refinement techniques, it is indeed extraordinary."
The Eight-Armed Demon God Body Refinement Technique has a total of nine layers, representing the nine realms from Zero Ring Apprentice to Eighth Ring Wizard.
The most crucial aspect of this body refinement technique is to solidify "Demon God Runes" on the body.
Mastering one Demon God Rune is considered an entry, and one can be called an Apprentice.
Demon God Runes greatly enhance the Apprentice's physical qualities.
And mastering ten runes allows one to combine the simplest body refinement spells.
As the layers increase, the number of Demon God Runes required becomes higher and higher.
Someone like Man Gang, who has cultivated to the Sixth Layer, has already mastered at least 100,000 Demon God Runes, and can combine complex Fifth Ring body refinement spells, thereby simulating the powerful abilities of the Eight-Armed Demon God.
This Eight-Armed Demon God is not a demon, but a powerful Sea Race emperor from ancient times, said to have the strength of a peak Eighth Ring.
And to become an Eighth Ring Wizard, one needs to solidify at least 100 million Demon God Runes.
Therefore, the difficulty of cultivating this body refinement technique far exceeds others.
Of course, the difficulty is high, and the power is also great.
Generally speaking, conventional Body Refinement Wizards are weaker than spell-casting Wizards.
But if this Eight-Armed Demon God can be mastered, it is enough to rival the top geniuses among spell-casting Wizards.
"Let's begin. With my current body refinement realm, cultivating this technique in reverse should not be so difficult."
Having prepared all the materials for cultivating this body refinement technique, Gandalf began to cultivate.
About seven days later, he spread out his palm, and a black rune, like a dense scale, faintly appeared.
"Is this the Demon God Rune? It doesn't seem too difficult... Wasn't it said to be difficult to get started?"
Gandalf was a little doubtful of his life. Was he cultivating incorrectly? Or is this body refinement technique just that simple? Levi, who was refining strange objects, glanced at the proficiency panel and was shocked.
Levi———— Eight-Armed Demon God Body Refinement Technique: First Order (1/1000), Special Effect: Demon God Body (Level 1).
[Demon God Body: Comprehensively enhances physical qualities, greatly transforms the human body, and initially converts the body into an Eight-Armed Demon God's body]
"Hmm, what's the situation? He just comprehended it for seven days and already got started?"
Although the description of this [Demon God Body] is simple and unadorned, the "comprehensive" and "greatly" enhancement highlights its low-key, luxurious, and powerful nature! Levi suppressed his excitement and continued to cultivate in seclusion.
He felt that it should be because the first few layers were too simple for the Fifth Ring Gandalf that this happened, and it would definitely slow down later.
Three months later.
Yunmeng Marsh.
Gandalf looked at the Demon God Runes in his palm, which had exploded in number, and muttered to himself:
"Second Layer, it seems that's all there is to it... Let's go all out and see where my limit is."
So far, the Eight-Armed Demon God Body Refinement Technique has not given him a very difficult feeling. After all, the number of body refinement runes required in the early stages is not large.
Two years passed by in a hurry.
Holy Radiance Calendar 1250, Month of Green Grass. This year, Levi was 260 years old.
He had refined one-third of those Earth-grade rare treasures, which had increased Levi's mental power limit by 40 points, leaving only a 70-point gap from 1620.
Levi's mental power had also increased by 46 points in one go, now reaching 1353 points.
He felt that with his current state of mind, he could continue refining, so he began a new round of seclusion.
At this time, he opened the proficiency panel and was surprised to find that Gandalf had unknowingly grinded the Eight-Armed Demon God Body Refinement Technique to the mid-stage of the Second Layer.
"Gandalf's body refinement talent is even stronger than I imagined. Otherwise, even with a commanding view, the speed of breakthrough wouldn't be so fast... I don't believe you can be this fast after the Third Layer."
On the other side.
A smithy.
A purple scale armor, radiating a strange light, floated in front of Holy Infant.
This was a protective Wizard Artifact he had created for Gandalf, based on Man Gang's top-quality Wizard Artifact, the Demon Scale Armor, and fused with Fifth Ring peak amethyst and other rare materials, now named [Purple Scale Armor].
Generally speaking, Body Refinement Wizards' Wizard Artifacts don't need to be too complicated; stacking armor is enough.
In addition, in the past two years, he had re-refined the top-quality Wizard Artifact [Black Sun Compass] obtained from the Black Moon Wizard and the [Golden Light Mirror] from the Golden Light Wizard, as life-saving Wizard Artifacts for Gandalf's future actions.
As for This Venerable One, the [Thunder God's Magic Hammer] and the [Ouroboros Ring], two items for traversing the void, were enough.
Now, Levi also had a solution to the problem that Holy Infant could not condense the Limit Soul.
However, he still needed a Spirit Hosting Fruit to perform it.
In the following days, he asked Mia and others to inquire about the whereabouts of the Spirit Hosting Fruit in various Wizard schools, and to monitor various high-end Wizard gatherings or auctions with high intensity.
At the same time, he also began to further declutter, selling some better Wizard Artifacts to raise auction funds.
In addition to the profits from the Fire Dragon Cottage over the years, Levi's Great Stone reserves had unknowingly reached 200 million again.
Time flies.
Five years slipped away inadvertently.
Holy Radiance Calendar 1255, Month of Wheat Fields, Li Dragon King was already 265 years old.
At this time, 24 years had passed since the Ancient Tower closed.
In recent years, in the lands of various schools, incidents of Ancient Tower participants being killed and treasures seized had occurred from time to time.
However, Levi stayed at home, and nothing happened.
Yunmeng Marsh.
Gandalf opened his eyes, his right arm clenched tightly, and thousands of demon god runes on his arm shone with the aura of ancient times, like dense scales, glittering in the sun.
"Who can withstand a punch from this Qilin arm?"
His Eight-Armed Demon God Body Refinement Technique had reached the Third Layer.
After the Third Layer, the difficulty of cultivation increased sharply, and it might take a long time to break through again.
On the other side.
Small Stone Pond.
Levi opened his eyes, and the seven-colored crystal in his mind was densely packed with phantoms of rare treasures.
Feeling the swelling mental power, he placed his hand on the Klein Crystal Ball.
[Mental Power: 1511/1700] [Art Power: 151,100]
In five years, the remaining rare treasures had increased his mental power limit by a total of 150 points, allowing Levi to overfulfill his task.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Next, what stood in the way of his Infinite Primal Soul path was only the ninth talent spell, and achieving 81 perfect Limit Souls.