Global Awakening: I'm the Only One Ready

Chapter 333. The Zhengyi Yin-Yang Furnace, Further Tempering, and the Movements of the Various Races

The name Zhang Daoling carried an almost legendary weight.

Whether in the history of Huaxia or in myth and folklore, he was regarded as an extraordinary figure. Legend held that he was a descendant of Zhang Liang, one of the three heroes of the early Western Han.

Later, he was said to have received teachings from the Supreme Elder Laozi himself and went on to found the Zhengyi School.

It could be said there was an exceptionally abundant amount of historical records concerning him.

Of course, no one could say for certain how much of that was true and how much was rumor. But one thing was certain: he was a towering figure in the entire Daoist school of thought.

For Daoists, the pursuit of immortality, alchemy, and longevity had always been at the heart of their path.

So as the Founding Celestial Master, Zhang Daoling naturally possessed the art of alchemy as well. He had also forged several pill furnaces.

The one before Lu Yuan was one of them.

Lu Yuan possessed the memories of his previous life, he knew both the name and the use of this pill furnace.

This furnace was not meant for refining pills. It was meant for refining people.

Yes.

One could cast a person directly into it for refinement.

Of course, it was not a matter of simply burning them. Within Daoism, there existed a method of cultivation known as refining oneself.

One treated one's own body as though it were a pill and refined it, comprehending the heavenly bodies in the process and thereby undergoing a certain transformation. In other words, it was somewhat similar to internal alchemy. But Daoist cultivation was vast and profound, with many different branches.

This was only one of those many paths.

What Lu Yuan valued was precisely the furnace's ability to refine the self and strengthen the physical body.

More importantly, he knew that this object could be fused into the body itself.

One had to remember he had already fused the Eleven-Tier Blood Pagoda and the Great Sun's Flame Divine Furnace gifted to him by Jiang Ningxian.

His physical body had already reached an unimaginably powerful level. If he acquired another divine artifact of the same type, it would inevitably become even more terrifying.

Lu Yuan had just one simple goal. No matter who his opponent was, as long as they stood in the same realm, his physique had to completely overwhelm theirs. Coupled with the strength of his soul, it meant he would possess virtually no weaknesses at all.

The three-legged alchemy furnace before him was precisely the finest divine artifact Lu Yuan had chosen for himself.

Its name was the Zhengyi Yin-Yang Furnace.

Bearing yin and yang in its name, it was unlike the Great Sun's Flame Divine Furnace from before, which was supremely hard and purely yang. Once fused into his body, it would allow the power of Lu Yuan's physique to reach a state where yin and yang were brought into harmony.

True to its name, it embodied the powers of yin and yang. Unlike the Great Sun's Flame Divine Furnace, which was supremely hard and purely yang, this furnace would allow Lu Yuan's physique to reach a state of yin-yang harmony once fused with his body.

In my previous life, this thing was seized by those Outer-Cosmos beings as soon as it appeared. This time, though, no one is fighting over it.

As Lu Yuan gazed at the alchemy furnace before him, his thoughts drifted back to his previous life once more.

But he did not continue dwelling on it. Instead, he walked straight up to the furnace and casually waved a hand, instantly blowing away the dust that had settled on its surface.

Originally, Lu Yuan had planned to take the furnace away first and refine it elsewhere.

After all, no matter what, this place wasn't considered completely safe.

But with Jiang Ningxian outside, he made a rough estimate and concluded that fully refining it and fusing it into himself should not take too long.

In the end, Lu Yuan simply sat down cross-legged and used the Great Luo Sword Embryo to cut open his palm.

At once, drop after drop of blood fell onto the furnace.

In the very next instant, the Zhengyi Yin-Yang Furnace began to tremble continuously. Threads of light started to spread from it, illuminating the entire small folded space. The powerful aura radiating from it was so intense that even the space itself began to grow unstable.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan kept it under control, so the impact was not too great.

As time passed, wave after wave of power surged from the furnace.

These were two different forces, one yin and one yang, repelling one another even as they complemented each other.

It's starting!

Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. Then, with another wave of his hand, the golden vital qi within his body burst forth directly.

A thunderous roar immediately resounded.

The Great Sun's Flame Divine Furnace appeared and intertwined directly with the power of the alchemy furnace.

The next moment, the Zhengyi Yin-Yang Furnace vanished.

At that instant, an immensely powerful force erupted from Lu Yuan's body.

His golden vital qi became even more brilliant than before, dazzling to behold. Although the Great Sun's Flame Divine Furnace also disappeared at that moment, Lu Yuan himself now seemed to have transformed into a sun.

The heat radiating from him felt as though it could evaporate everything in existence; and this was merely the power being released by his physique alone.

"Just as I expected. Once the Zhengyi Yin-Yang Furnace is fully fused into my fleshly body, my physique will become even stronger."

A flicker of delight rose in Lu Yuan's eyes as he clearly felt that power for himself.

Even though the furnace had not yet been completely fused, the transformation had already begun.

Without sparing it another thought, he closed his eyes and focused fully on the fusion.

Of course, during the process, the power pouring from his body seemed almost capable of destroying the entire folded space.

His golden vital qi spread outward like a volcano in constant eruption.

At the same time, Jiang Ningxian, who was still in the vicinity of Mount Hulong, sensed that force immediately.

She turned toward the place where Lu Yuan was and a look of astonishment could not help but surface on her visage.

"What good thing has this guy gotten his hands on this time?"

Jiang Ningxian truly found him rather mysterious. It always seemed as if he could foresee things in advance and knew what was coming next.

All other things aside, take the founding of the Celestial Court. Whatever his original purpose might have been, it had now already become a force capable of standing against the Outer-Cosmos beings.

And as the people within the Celestial Court continued to grow stronger, the Milky Way Starfield would likely return to glory little by little in the future.

Jiang Ningxian had a clear sense of that in her heart, and Lu Yuan had already done all this in advance by establishing the Celestial Court.

It was almost as if he had long known that disaster was about to descend.

Then there was his own strength and realm. Without any special bloodline, he had still reached such a level. Who else could compare with him?

Just how many secrets does he still carry? Jiang Ningxian pondered, then broke into a smile.

No matter what, he was still the Lu Yuan she knew, and that was enough.

As for everything else, there was no need to concern herself with it too much.

With that, she walked a short distance away and sat down cross-legged. She made no extra movements, but an immensely powerful aura burst forth from her body all the same.

For a time, even the sky trembled faintly, while the mutated beasts within the mountains below immediately fled in all directions after sensing that aura.

To be safe, Jiang Ningxian released her own aura and temporarily cleared out all living creatures in the surrounding area. Naturally, she did this because she did not want any accidents to occur.

Time slowly passed by.

Elsewhere, on Mount Tai, Elder Ji and Elder Yun were playing chess in the courtyard.

Although they were temporarily overseeing the Celestial Court, in many matters they had already stepped into the second line. Quite a few affairs were now handed directly over to Zhu Qingyu and the younger generation to manage and handle.

Most days, they simply played chess and cultivated. It was a very carefree life indeed.

"Elder Ji. Elder Yun."

Not long afterward, Zhu Qingyu and the Ice Fairy arrived.

They were both remarkable in beauty and bearing. As soon as they entered the courtyard, Zhu Qingyu spoke first, "There's been a new development. Signs of movement from the various Outer Cosmos races have already been detected around the five supercities. It seems they're starting to lose patience."

Upon hearing those words, the two elders did not become anxious in the slightest. Instead, they rose to their feet at once and smiled.

"Good. Just as King Lu predicted. It seems it's our turn to act as well."