Elven cultivators

Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Autumn of the year 9376 in the Dawn Calendar.

Primordial City, Nine-Tiered Tower.

The weapon-refining room.

The Five Elements True Fire slowly circulated deep within the furnace, its five-colored flames intertwining and swirling, illuminating the entire quiet room with shifting light and shadow.

Anton sat cross-legged in front of the refining furnace, his eyes lightly closed, his divine sense closely connected with the object taking shape inside the furnace.

This is the final stage of refining the mystical weapon.

All the restrictions have been inscribed, and the Five Elements True Fire is completing the final tempering, pressing the restrictions deep into the embryo, making it truly integrated and inseparable.

I don't know how much time passed.

Deep within the furnace, the ball of dark yellow light suddenly shrank, collapsing from the size of a fist to the size of a pigeon egg, and then expanding back to its original size.

The contraction and expansion, like the beating of a heart, caused a rapid surge of energy in the surrounding天地 (heaven and earth) with each pulse, creating visible ripples in the air.

Anton suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of mysterious light disappearing from them.

The Five Elements True Fire receded instantly like a tide, dissipating from the furnace, leaving only a wisp of green smoke rising gently.

The furnace lid flew up on its own and hovered in mid-air, revealing the object that was quietly suspended deep inside the furnace.

Anton raised his hand and gestured.

The object rose slowly from the furnace, drifted down towards him, and finally hovered three inches above his palm, slowly rotating.

That was a seal.

The seal is thick and square, with a dark yellow color that is as deep as solidified earth, yet also faintly reveals the vastness of the sky.

The seal knob is carved into a towering mountain peak, with steep slopes, overlapping peaks, and piercing the clouds.

The seal face is engraved with the veins of mountains and rivers, with fine textures as fine as hair. Each line is in harmony with the principles of heaven and earth, like the earth's calendrical pattern or a star map in the sky.

The entire seal is perfectly integrated, without a single trace of carving, as if it were not "forged" but rather formed naturally from the heavens and earth.

Holding the seal, Anton could clearly feel the profound power contained within it.

It was a profound feeling, as if one were connected to the entire world.

It's like a mountain shrunk a million times, pressing heavily in your palm.

Looking at the mysterious seal in his palm, Anton's face showed a satisfied smile.

After the Tree of Eternity was strengthened, he placed the earth elemental core, which had been infected by death energy, under the Tree of Eternity, using the latter's rich and pure life energy to wash away the death energy in the earth elemental core day after day.

After three long years, the core of the earth element has finally been restored to its purity.

After that, Anton began to refine this mystical artifact using an earth element core as the main material, supplemented by many rare materials, and finally succeeded today.

It was this dark yellow seal.

Instead of directly copying the design of a mystic artifact from the Great Dao Jade Slip, Anton consulted countless earth-element mystic artifact refining concepts, combined them with his own refining experience and insights over the years, and repeatedly deliberated, modified, and perfected them before finally creating this finished product.

The crafting philosophy behind this mysterious artifact can be summarized as "supporting the heavens above and suppressing the earth below," emphasizing the use of power to intimidate others.

The moment the seal was pressed down, it was as if the entire sky had collapsed, and immense pressure surged from all directions, making it difficult for the enemy to resist.

At the same time, the ground beneath your feet will surge and roll back, locking the enemy firmly in place, unable to move.

Heaven and earth attacked from both sides, and we were caught in a pincer movement, as if plunged into chaos, with nowhere to escape.

Those with weak cultivation will be forced to kneel on the ground before the seal is even placed, unable to even muster the thought of resistance.

Even those with profound strength will feel their blood surging and their movements sluggish due to the pressure of this seal, as if they are bound in place by invisible chains, making their movements slow and difficult.

The power of this mysterious weapon lies not in its sharp and ruthless single-target killing ability, but in its overwhelming and irresistible suppressive force.

Compared to the sharp and powerful sword pellets, it focuses more on the word "suppression," which complements the sword pellets perfectly, one being strong and the other gentle, one attacking and the other suppressing.

Anton stared at the mysterious artifact in his palm and suddenly remembered a legendary magic weapon.

"Let's call you the Heaven-Turning Seal."

Legend has it that the Heaven-Turning Seal was forged by an ancient powerful being from a section of Mount Buzhou. When the seal was pressed down, it was as if the pillar of heaven had collapsed, and all things were destroyed.

Although his seal is far inferior to that legendary magic weapon, with continuous strengthening and advancement, it may one day reach the level of that magic weapon of the same name.

Anton put away the Heaven-Turning Seal and let out a long breath.

The completion of this seal signifies a qualitative breakthrough in his accumulated expertise in crafting mystical artifacts.

And it's not just the Heaven-Turning Seal.

In the past three years, he has also successfully crafted the third Water Element Enlightenment Stele, which is now placed in the Enlightenment Platform of the Nine Heavens Tower for his clansmen to study.

The laws of water encompass everything, from the balance of strength and gentleness in the tides to the solidification and freezing of frost, from the ever-changing and concealing mist to the surging and boundless torrents, all of which can be traced back to their underlying principles.

Including this Water Element Enlightenment Stele, the clan now has three laws to comprehend.

There will be more in the future.

Metal, Fire, Wind and Thunder, Yin and Yang... the forging of each Enlightenment Stele is adding bricks and tiles to the future of the clan.

As for the forging of the Jia Shen Divine General, the progress was not so smooth.

The process of crafting high-level Dao soldiers like the Six Ding and Six Jia, which can manipulate the power of laws, is somewhat similar to crafting the Enlightenment Stele. Both require incorporating one's own understanding and insights into the power of laws.

Simply put, it means solidifying and materializing the power of laws and integrating it into the Dao weapon, making it a "power" that can be reused.

In the process of refining the Six Ding and Six Jia Guardian Generals, Anton needs to implant a core structure called "Law Seed" into the body of the Dao soldier.

Once successful, Dao Bing can use this seed of law as a bridge to "borrow" a wisp of the power of the origin of laws from heaven and earth.

To put it more bluntly, the process of Anton refining the Jia Shen Divine General was not "I infused this Dao weapon with my understanding of the Law of Severance", but rather "I used my understanding of the Law of Severance as a guide to pry open the Law of Severance that already existed in the world, and extracted a wisp of primordial power from it to seal into this Dao weapon".

This wisp of primordial power is part of the laws of heaven and earth themselves, and its quality naturally surpasses the comprehension of laws by Golden Core cultivators.

All Anton did was "seal" and "guide".

Compared to refining the Enlightenment Stele, there is an additional step.

It is precisely because of this wisp of the power of the law as the core that General Jia Shen was able to unleash combat power far exceeding An Dong's current cultivation level.

It doesn't require Anton to have a deep understanding of the Law of Severance; it only requires him to be able to "touch" this law and "borrow" that wisp of primordial power from heaven and earth.

Therefore, even a cultivator at the first level of the Golden Core stage can refine the Six Ding Six Jia Guardian Generals as long as they can touch the threshold of a certain law.

This is the mystery of the Six Ding and Six Jia.

However, refining a seed of law is extremely difficult.

Even though Anton had experience in crafting Enlightenment Steles and mastered the metal element supernatural power "Yuan Yi Zhen Gang," he still encountered many obstacles along the way.

As he was pondering, Anton suddenly changed his expression and abruptly turned his head to look upwards.

Even through layers of array formations and restrictions, he could still clearly sense a powerful aura emanating from the direction of the Enlightenment Platform.

The aura was deep and profound, carrying the weight of the earth and the vitality of plants, like an ancient tree that had been sleeping for thousands of years stretching its branches in spring.

The aura of laws!

Anton's expression shifted, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

He flashed and disappeared from the weapon-refining room in an instant.

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Nine Heavens Tower, Enlightenment Platform.

This is an extremely open space, occupying an entire floor of the Nine Heavens Tower.

Dozens of doors surround the central stone platform, arranged at equal intervals.

In the center of each doorway hangs a palm-sized jade plaque, each engraved with different characters.

"Wood element", "Earth element", "Water element"... and a blank jade plaque, waiting to be filled in the future.

At this moment, the tightly closed door facing the east side of the stone platform faintly exudes a vibrant vitality.

Whoosh!

One figure after another soared through the air and landed on the central stone platform.

Second Elder Axel, Third Elder Cassian, Cedric, Eleanor, Roman, Elena... all the clan's high-ranking members were drawn to the commotion.

Upon seeing Anton in the center of the stone platform, the elves all bowed in respect.

Anton nodded slightly to them, then his gaze returned to the door and did not look away.

Seeing this, the elves exchanged glances and remained silent, waiting patiently, their expressions revealing undisguised excitement and anticipation.

About half an hour later, the aura behind the door suddenly receded, like the tide going out, and quickly returned to silence.

Not long after, the door opened and the Grand Elder slowly walked out.

The elves present immediately noticed the change in his demeanor.

If Leonard in the past was like a lush old oak tree, steady and dignified, using his abundant branches to shelter his people from wind and rain.

At this moment, he was like an ancient tree that had survived the harsh winter and was rejuvenated in the spring, exuding an aura of rebirth.

That is the change that occurs after a leap in the level of life, and the natural aura that emerges after the power of the laws permeates the body and mind.

"Congratulations on your breakthrough." Anton offered his congratulations immediately.

"It's all thanks to the clan leader's Enlightenment Stele." The First Elder's face was filled with heartfelt joy.

Taking this step meant more than just a significant extension of his lifespan; it also meant that a much wider world was opening up to him.

The Third Elder stepped forward, patted the First Elder's shoulder forcefully, and laughed loudly, "Reinard, you've finally broken through! Now our clan has gained another legendary warrior!"

A rare smile appeared on the Second Elder's usually cold and hard face.

The two had worked with the Grand Elder for hundreds of years, experiencing the clan's most difficult years together and enduring those long, hopeless nights together.

Seeing their old friend finally take that step, their emotions are deeper than anyone else's.

The other elves also had joyful expressions on their faces.

Having an additional legendary combatant is a real benefit to the clan.

It is highly beneficial for both external deterrence and internal stability.

In addition, the Grand Elder's successful breakthrough also proved the effectiveness of the Enlightenment Stele.

This gave hope to the Second Elder, Third Elder, and Cedric, who were still hovering on the edge of becoming legendary, and their faith became even stronger.

"Let's celebrate properly today."

Roman's suggestion was met with approval from everyone.

As the group was preparing to leave the Enlightenment Platform, they suddenly saw a paper crane flying over.

Eleanor quickly reached out and caught the paper crane.

The latter unfolds automatically, transforming into a flat sheet of letter paper.

Eleanor looked down and scanned the area, her expression immediately becoming serious.

The elves around her noticed her unusual behavior and stopped in their tracks, their eyes fixed on her.

"What's wrong?" the Third Elder asked first.

Eleanor raised her head and spoke in a low voice:

"The allied forces have breached the Annihilation Fortress."