Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 670 - 59: [Great Luo Five Elements Gold Disk]

Entering the five-colored sun, the surging power of the Five Elements seemed to find its outlet, rushing into Qi Xiu's body.

Haotian Mirror!

He summoned the Haotian Mirror to hover above his head, firmly guarding himself. Qi Xiu recited the Daoist scriptures, while a five-colored light blossomed between his brows. His hands weaved complex Daoist Incantations and Seals as if playing with flowers.

This five-colored sun was an Acquired Divine Instrument that had not yet fully formed.

What Qi Xiu needed to do now was to solidify it entirely and assist in the birth of this Acquired Divine Instrument.

As each Dharma Seal was cast, the five-colored sun began to gradually contract, transforming from a formless state to a solid form.

Fix!

After making the final Daoist Incantation and Seal, Qi Xiu softly uttered, turning his palm. Countless lights of the Five Elements gathered in his hand.

Ultimately, they transformed into a three-foot-wide compass, flowing with waves of five-colored Dao Charms that combined into different Five Elements Formations, profound and ancient.

At the moment this Great Dao Divine Artifact was formed, Qi Xiu suddenly looked toward an unknown corner.

In that instant, he keenly sensed something mysterious seemed to have merged into this Divine Artifact.

Upon closer inspection, however, there seemed to be no abnormalities.

Supporting the compass, which weighed thousands of pounds, with one hand, Qi Xiu didn't doubt and exhaled streams of Primordial Essence, injecting them into the Acquired Divine Instrument, refining it first.

"With this Acquired Divine Instrument in hand, I can perform the Palm Dao Holy Technique without any damage, temporarily gaining power comparable to the Primordial Spirit Realm.

Even though I still cannot contend with a Primordial Spirit True Honor, I have the means to maneuver and seek survival."

Successfully refining the Acquired Divine Instrument, Qi Xiu felt a bit reassured, then exited the state of Body Fusion with Dao.

"Hmm? This time, it seems much easier than before."

Immediately upon exiting the state of Body Fusion with Dao, Qi Xiu noticed a subtle difference.

Previously, every time he used Body Fusion with Dao, no matter the duration, he would feel tired and weakened from the depths of his soul afterward.

But this time, although he still felt fatigue and discomfort, it was notably less than before.

Even though this relief was very subtle, imperceptible without careful feeling.

It was, however, genuinely present.

"Could it be... am I gradually adapting to the backlash of Body Fusion with Dao?"

His brow slightly furrowed, Qi Xiu speculated in his mind.

Body Fusion with Dao was a trump card he had discovered by chance, its efficacy being one of his strongest aces.

The only drawback was the risk of being assimilated and losing control to the Heavenly Dao Consciousness if used for long and it heavily burdened the soul.

Yet this unexpected finding seemed to foretell that the backlash of Body Fusion with Dao was gradually diminishing in an imperceptible manner.

Pushing down his doubts for the moment, Qi Xiu silently noted this discovery and transformed into divine light, returning to the ground.

"Refined it?"

On the ground, Xu Zhitian, who had been waiting, asked as Qi Xiu returned.

"Yes, it's done."

He slowly raised his right hand, revealing the compass that seemed to contain the infinite Charm of the Five Elements, and said softly:

"This Divine Artifact is called the Great Luo Five Elements Gold Plate.

It combines the supreme destructive power of the Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel and the vastness of the Twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, transforming with All Heavens' divine marvel.

Once unfurled, it can manifest a Great Luo Five Elements Formation.

It traps enemies within, invoking the Power of the Five Elements to crush them.

And this Great Luo Five Elements Formation upholds the powers of the Five Elements' mutual reproduction and suppression, with five layers that interlink and recirculate.

Defeating one layer births another endlessly.

Unless one can break through twenty-five layers of the Great Luo Five Elements Formation all at once.

Otherwise, one will be perpetually trapped, unable to escape."

Having heard the power of the Great Luo Five Elements Gold Plate, Xu Zhitian lightly clicked his tongue.

"Sounds quite ordinary, shouldn't it be a bit more than this?"

"Elder Xu, you have good insight. Since the Great Luo Five Elements Gold Plate is a Divine Artifact of the Great Five Elements Path, it naturally possesses the most fundamental divine marvel of the Great Five Elements Path."

With a slight smile, Qi Xiu didn't reveal the answer directly but instead played coy, prompting Xu Zhitian to guess.

"The most fundamental divine marvel?"

His eyes flickered as Xu Zhitian squinted in silence. Suddenly, recalling something, he hesitantly looked at the compass that flowed with five-colored Dao Charms:

"Could it be... the Five Elements Sealing?"

"Exactly."

"That's quite intriguing indeed."

Upon receiving Qi Xiu's confirmation, Xu Zhitian's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

The strength of the Great Five Elements Path lies not only in its annihilating forces of mutual suppression and generative forces of mutual reproduction.

But most importantly, the power of Five Elements Sealing, which is both fundamental and formidable.

It's known that all beings and entities within the Three Realms exist within the Five Elements.

If the Five Elements were sealed, ninety percent of cultivators in the world would be rendered powerless.

"So, to fall into your Great Luo Five Elements Formation would mean being sealed by the Five Elements, rendering any technique unusable, and there's no talking about breaking free.

Entering the formation means a dead end.

Interesting, truly interesting."

Recognizing the terrifying nature of the Great Luo Five Elements Gold Plate, Xu Zhitian nodded lightly.

The Great Five Elements Path is indeed ranked among the top fifty in the Three Thousand Grand Paths.

Thus, its Divine Artifacts being particularly powerful is expected.

Were it an Innate Five Elements Divine Artifact, an ordinary Primordial Spirit True Honor would probably shake their head.

Seeing even Xu Zhitian, who wielded an Innate Dao Divine Artifact, praise the Great Luo Five Elements Gold Plate, Qi Xiu felt a sense of relief.

It was well worth the effort and cost he put into refining this Acquired Divine Instrument.

"However, although this Great Luo Five Elements Gold Plate is immensely powerful and can lead ordinary Dao Experts into a deadlock.

"There's one thing you must also consider."

After the praise, Xu Zhitian spoke again.

"Divine Artifacts differ from magical treasures; once a Divine Artifact embodying the Power of the Great Dao takes form, it incubates Spirit Essence from the Three Thousand Grand Paths itself.

Therefore, fully mastering and refining a Divine Artifact is apparently more challenging than refining a magical treasure.

Even if you personally refined it, the same applies.

If you can't fully subdue it, you can only command this Divine Artifact temporarily, unable to wield it as freely as your limbs."

Upon Xu Zhitian's words, Qi Xiu's gaze fell on the Great Dao Divine Artifact in his hand.

At the moment of its refinement, he did indeed sense something mysterious merging within.

Upon reflection, it must be that the Path of the Five Elements itself had imbued it with Spirit Essence.

Moreover, from its final refinement to now, mere moments had passed, and he could already feel the Spirit Essence within this Divine Artifact growing stronger, possibly awakening soon.

By then, whether he could subdue and command it remained uncertain.

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