The ancient return was exposed by his sister's live stream.

Chen Hao took out the Boundary Stones from his Qiankun Bag and examined them. Thirty-seven dark purple stones were stacked on the table, each emitting a faint spatial fluctuation.

enough.

The raw materials for refining are available. It's more reasonable to bring a person's consciousness to the surface than to bring their body.

Then let's make a device that can carry the projection of divine consciousness.

The method for refining this thing had already taken shape in his mind.

But there's no rush today. Let's wait for my sister to come back and tell her first.

Chen Hao carefully put away the Boundary Stone, brewed a pot of tea, and sat on the balcony to wait.

As darkness fell... footsteps echoed from the other end of the approach bridge.

Yang Wanqing's voice came first.

"Yaoyao! Did you see that?! The structure of that spirit-gathering array! It's nested in three layers! I've never seen it drawn like that before!"

Chen Siyao's answer was much calmer: "I saw it. It's an ancient formation concept, completely different from the methods used on Earth now. I need time to digest it."

The two entered the attic. Yang Wanqing was the first to spot Chen Hao on the balcony.

"Master, you're back."

Chen Hao nodded.

Yang Wanqing ran to the balcony, dragged a chair over, and sat down, beaming with excitement: "Master, Yao Yao and I went to a sect famous for its array formations today, called the Tianji Array Sect."

"It's full of all kinds of formations: spirit-gathering formations, binding formations, illusion formations, offensive formations—you name it! And there are several training grounds similar to the Listening Sword Hall of the Golden Cloud Sect, specifically designed to hone one's cultivation using the power of formations!"

She became more and more excited as she spoke, leaning forward and gesturing with her hands in the air.

"I spent the whole day cultivating inside, Master, guess what?"

Chen Hao glanced at her.

No need to guess. He sensed it the moment Yang Wanqing walked in.

"A breakthrough has been achieved."

Yang Wanqing grinned. "Hehe, Golden Body Realm! I've broken through to the Golden Body Realm!"

Originally at the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm, now at the early stage of the Golden Body Realm.

Breaking through a major realm in a single day would be explosive news in the cultivation world of Earth.

However, in the environment of the Thirty-Three Heavens with its high concentration of spiritual energy, coupled with the assistance of those ancient formations for tempering, it is actually reasonable.

Yang Wanqing had been stuck at the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm for some time, and all he needed was the right opportunity for that final push.

"Not bad," Chen Hao said.

Two words.

Yang Wanqing waited for three seconds.

That's it?

She was still a little unwilling to give up: "Master, just one 'not bad'? I've broken through to the Golden Body Realm! There's probably no one else on Blue Star besides Yao Yao who has done it! I'm only nineteen! A nineteen-year-old Golden Body Realm cultivator!"

"Hmm, not bad."

It's still just two words. And it's the same sentence as before.

Yang Wanqing pouted.

Chen Siyao chuckled from behind. "Alright. Don't brag in front of your brother. He broke through to the Refinement Realm in two hundred years."

She thought about it and decided not to say anything.

Yang Wanqing finally realized what was happening. His master had cultivated to the point of refining emptiness and merging with the Dao in two hundred years. Chang'e, on the other hand, had taken three thousand years.

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more discouraging it becomes.

"Hmph." Yang Wanqing rested her chin on the table. "Anyway, I think I'm pretty awesome."

Chen Siyao walked onto the balcony. "Brother, I happen to be minoring in formations. The Tianji Formation Sect has been a great help to my studies in formations."

"The way those ancient formations were conceived is completely different from what we have now. I've only been looking at them for a day, and I already feel that what I learned before needs to be overturned and rebuilt."

She paused.

"I want to stay a few more days."

Chen Hao put down his teacup. "Stay as long as you want."

Chen Siyao nodded. "Thank you, brother."

Yang Wanqing propped herself up from the table: "Then I'll go too! Although I'm not very good at formations, the training grounds over there are good for stabilizing one's cultivation level after a breakthrough!"

"Whatever you want," Chen Siyao said without refusing.

The matter was settled. The three of them packed up and prepared to rest.

Chen Hao carefully put away the empty teapot. Tomorrow, it's time to go to the Bagua Furnace.

The next day, my sister and Yang Wanqing left early in the morning.

After they had gone some distance, Chen Hao got up and walked towards the northeast corner of the Jade Void Holy Temple.

Tushita Palace.

Chen Hao entered the alchemy chamber of the Tushita Palace.

The hall was very large. The four walls were covered with flowcharts and material catalogs for weapon crafting.

In the center of the floor, an octagonal furnace occupies one-third of the entire hall.

Eight Trigrams Furnace.

The furnace body is dark red, with a trigram engraved on each of its eight sides. The top of the furnace is open, and a faint golden-red halo remains inside, traces of the last use of the Samadhi True Fire.

It's been so many days, and it's still not completely cold.

Chen Hao walked to the stove and reached in. The residual warmth felt to him almost like touching a warm stone.

He walked around the Bagua Furnace, checking its structure and the state of its array patterns.

The array patterns are well preserved, but the spirit stone slots are empty. However, replacing them with new ones will allow it to restart.

Chen Hao took out the Flame Spirit Stones from his Qiankun Bag and embedded them one by one into the eight grooves.

The array patterns on the Bagua Furnace lit up.

A golden-red light emanated from the bottom of the furnace, and the temperature began to rise. Three breaths later, the temperature inside the furnace reached a level suitable for refining artifacts.

Chen Hao didn't rush to start.

He sat in front of the stove and took out the items from the Qiankun bag one by one.

Several kinds of auxiliary materials were laid out on the table.

Chen Hao began to mentally rehearse the refining process.

What he's making is a consciousness helmet. Function: Allows the user's consciousness to be projected into the space of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

The principle is not complicated. The Void Stone provides spatial anchoring, while refined gold and star-patterned iron form the shell for conduction.

Chalcedony is used as a buffer layer for spiritual consciousness to prevent the user's spiritual consciousness from being depleted due to projection too far.

Chen Hao had studied weapon crafting as a secondary skill for many years. Like formations and divination, it wasn't his main area of ​​expertise, but his skill level was unmatched on Earth.

He put the first boundary stone into the furnace.

The golden-red flames enveloped the dark purple stone. The Boundary Stone softened slowly under the high temperature, and the spatial fluctuations on its surface became more pronounced.

Chen Hao channeled his spiritual energy into the furnace, precisely controlling the temperature and pressure.

The Boundary Stone cannot melt too quickly—if it melts too quickly, the internal spatial structure will collapse.

We need to take it slowly, peeling away the outer shell layer by layer while preserving the core's spatial lattice.

Two hours.

The first Boundary Stone has been refined. A purple crystal core floats in the center of the furnace fire, emitting stable spatial fluctuations.

Chen Hao delivered the refined gold.

Financialization.

Spiritual energy guided the liquid refined gold to envelop the spatial crystal core, stacking and shaping it layer by layer.

The shell gradually took shape under his spiritual power, becoming a semi-circular shape that could cover a person's face.

There is a transparent chalcedony plate at the front, which is used for visual projection.

The earcups extend out in an arc shape on both sides, with star-patterned wires embedded inside, which are the antennas for connecting with divine sense.

long time.

"bite..."

A crisp metallic sound came from the furnace.

Chen Hao stopped.

The furnace fire automatically cooled down. A semi-circular object rose from the golden-red halo and hovered above the furnace opening.

The shell is dark silver with smooth curves. The front is a transparent, curved mirror. The earcups on both sides glow slightly, and star-patterned metal parts rotate inside.