Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 602: Rainbow Skyfire Liquid

"Of course." Tang San interrupted him. He understood the Grand Elder's concerns. After all, the Lion-Tiger clan had faced many hardships and had only recently resolved their bloodline conflict. It was completely natural for this diligent and hardworking Grand Elder to be worried.

"Golden Valley will always be the home of the Lion-Tiger clan."

"Thank you, Benefactor." The Grand Elder was about to bow to Tang San, but the latter stopped him.

"Grand Elder, I will be staying here for a while to heal my injuries and to strengthen the defenses of Golden Valley."

With the growth of the ancient golden tree, the life energy within the valley had become increasingly strong. Although the illusion arrays could still conceal this area and prevent life energy from leaking out, the life energy was affecting the vegetation around the valley. When Tang San returned, he noticed that many plants were growing much more luxuriantly than those in more distant areas. If this attracted attention, it would be a major problem. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

His current cultivation level was far beyond what it had been when he first set up the illusion arrays. Both his strength and resources were much more abundant. It was necessary to reconfigure the arrays, expanding the range of Golden Valley and better containing the life energy to prevent any leakage. This would also more effectively isolate everything within the valley.

Moreover, he needed to process his gains from the Ancestral Court, which would also involve significant energy fluctuations, so the level of insulation required was also much higher.

"No problem. If there is anything the Lion-Tiger clan can help with, just let us know. The young ones in the clan see you as an idol. They are all willing to follow you."

"Good. I’ll take you up on that." Tang San wouldn't stand on ceremony. There were indeed some tasks that required manpower, and everyone had to earn their daily bread.

For the next entire week, he was busy setting up the arrays. Using various resources he had brought back, he expanded and enhanced the illusion arrays around Golden Valley, increasing their number to eighty-one and creating a much larger array. This ensured that even an Emperor flying overhead wouldn't notice anything amiss below if they didn't directly enter the array.

At the same time, he enhanced the Spirit Summoning Array's power, providing more energy to the Golden Tree to aid its growth.

After a week, Tang San's various bloodline imprints had mostly recovered. Only his divine consciousness had not yet returned to its optimal state.

He wasn't in a hurry. Although his divine consciousness was weakened, its recovery rate was much higher than before. After completing the arrangements in Golden Valley, it was time to thoroughly absorb the good things he had obtained earlier.

Tang San did not want to feel again the sense of powerlessness he’d felt while being chased by the Tenebrous Demon Emperor. But in the future, he would inevitably face beings of this level, so he had to make preparations to withstand such power.

The Chrono Croc essence blood and the Golden Roc essence blood he obtained in the Ancestral Court had already been given to Gu Li and Cheng Zicheng. Last time he returned, he used the Fox Tail Relics to enhance the bloodlines of the Crimson Fox girls. As their bloodlines were purified, their strength increased significantly. The weakest among them was now at the fifth order, and Red One had even reached the seventh order.

On the Daemon Continent, the strength of one's bloodline was the best indicator of their potential power. Thus, by purifying their bloodline, the Fox Tail Relics had raised the ceiling of their cultivation, which was about as important as it could be.

Aside from these items, the most important one was the Spacetime Beacon. It wasn't just a nascent divine artifact but could even be considered a transcendent divine artifact. Even though he hadn’t yet refined it, Tang San had already used its power multiple times.

Besides the Spacetime Beacon, there was also the massive Black Crow Stone. Tang San had long thought about how to use it.

Moreover, with his current cultivation level, he could reforge Sky Shatterer, and truly make good use of the properties of the Heavenly Fire Essence Iron. Whether for refining the Black Crow Stone into black gold or working on the Spacetime Beacon, a suitable tool was essential. Thus, after careful consideration, Tang San decided first to reforge the hammer.

Tang San chose a suitable location to install his "forge" and had the Crimson Fox girls guard the perimeter, while he set up several isolation arrays inside to block sound and energy before starting the forging process.

The most important characteristic of Heavenly Fire Essence Iron was that it couldn't be forged using external force; its intense heat could burn through any material. To forge it, one needed to temper it with spiritual power, ideally with divine consciousness, in order to unleash its true power.

The original Sky Shatterer could be described as merely half-baked; it had been turned into the shape of a hammer, but it wasn’t truly forged. Tang San's previous cultivation was insufficient, so he hadn't bothered to attempt it either, merely using the Heavenly Fire Essence Iron to purify his spiritual power and the hammer as, well, a warhammer.

But now his divine consciousness had recovered significantly, and its level had also increased, making it possible to forge the Heavenly Fire Essence Iron.

Sky Shatterer floated quietly in front of Tang San. Due to the insulation arrays, the temperature inside the cave had noticeably increased.

Tang San enveloped Sky Shatterer with his spiritual power, silently sensing its changes.

Heavenly Fire Essence Iron was the most powerful fire-attribute metal, extremely active by nature. Its intense energy waves were arrogant and fierce, capable of even burning divine consciousness.

Since Tang San had previously guided it many times with his spiritual power, Sky Shatterer had a relatively close spiritual connection with him and did not reject his spiritual power.

A faint smile appeared on Tang San's face as purple light flickered in his eyes. His spiritual power, enhanced through the Purple Demon Eyes, directly enveloped the Heavenly Fire Essence Iron.

The Heavenly Fire Essence Iron vibrated slightly for a moment before intense heat burst outward. While it was true that only spiritual power could forge it, the strength of that spiritual power mattered. The metal could quite literally ignite spiritual power, even turning it into its own nourishment by burning it.

Tang San remained calm and composed; he hid a bit of his divine consciousness within his spiritual power, then suddenly injected it into the Heavenly Fire Essence Iron.

Immediately, Sky Shatterer started to vibrate intensely.

The bit of divine consciousness penetrating its core was equivalent to a foreign entity attempting to take control of it. Naturally, it resisted, and intense flames erupted instantly.

A strange scene appeared. As the flames burst out, they transformed into seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, flickering continuously. With each change in color, the temperature increased a bit, madly burning in an attempt to incinerate Tang San's divine consciousness.

If this had happened before his divine consciousness evolved under the influence of the Sea God’s Trident, Tang San would have struggled to withstand it. But now, his divine consciousness was different; it had been imbued with a touch of God King-level aura.

No matter how the flames burned, Tang San's divine consciousness remained unmoved. On the other hand, the piece of Heavenly Fire Essence Iron began to change in size under the intense burning. Impurities turned to ash, and the fiery seven-colored flames kept changing.

Tang San sensed the fluctuations of the flames. His divine consciousness was affected, but under the scorching of these seven-colored flames, that bit of divine consciousness became increasingly brighter. It felt as if it was being purified.

Previously, only his spiritual power could be purified, due to his insufficient cultivation. Now, even his divine consciousness felt this purification. Instead of being alarmed, Tang San was delighted and immediately injected more of his divine consciousness into the Heavenly Fire Essence Iron, allowing it to continue burning.

The volume of his divine consciousness shrank, but it became increasingly bright and dazzling. At the same time, the seven-colored flames of the Heavenly Fire Essence Iron, fueled by the burning of his divine consciousness, also grew hotter and more radiant.