Yuan Ming was not surprised by this. To expel the Divine Soul Mark from a Magic Treasure was extremely difficult. Some Lifebound Magical Treasures, refined with particular secret techniques, had exceptionally strong Divine Soul Marks. Even if someone killed for treasure, they could only unleash part of the Magic Treasure's power.

"The Divine Soul Mark is composed of Soul Power, perhaps I can try taking a shortcut," Yuan Ming thought inwardly as a soul crow shot out from his brow and entered the Golden Sun Ruler.

The soul crow transformed into a surge of Soul Power, struggling to break through the rune formation's obstruction within the Golden Sun Ruler before reaching the side of the Divine Soul Mark. It then opened its beak and exerted a sucking force, which was precisely the Soul Feeding ability.

The soul crow's Soul Feeding power had increased a lot, perhaps enough to suck away the mark.

The Divine Soul Mark trembled, and threads of Soul Power diffused out and were sucked into the soul crow's mouth, gradually thinning the mark.

"It really works!" Yuan Ming quietly delighted and continued to perform the Soul Feeding.

An hour later, the Divine Soul Mark had become extremely faint, barely discernible.

The soul crow issued a sharp cry, and its Soul Feeding suction power suddenly increased. The entire Divine Soul Mark completely crumbled and was absorbed into the mouth of the soul crow.

The Golden Sun Ruler dimmed for a moment before becoming ten times brighter. It floated up and emitted joyful tremors.

Yuan Ming recalled the soul crow and activated the Golden Sun Ruler with a hand seal. It transformed into a Golden Shadow that shot out, and as it travelled, it split into several dozen golden ruler shadows that fiercely struck the secret room's wall.

The Five Elements Illusion Destruction Array within the secret room's wall automatically activated, radiating a thick layer of green light in which patterns resembling tree rings emerged, making it look exceptionally sturdy.

Over the years, Yuan Ming had not neglected his research on the Five Elements Illusion Destruction Array, so the power of this array had long since improved drastically.

However, accompanied by a series of clangs, the green light quickly thinned but still barely managed to block the bombardment of the golden ruler shadows.

Yuan Ming pointed a hand seal and the Golden Sun Ruler flew back to him.

He silently nodded, the rune within the Golden Sun Ruler was indeed as he had anticipated, able to morph into substantial ruler shadows, somewhat similar to the Shadow Transformation Light Splitting Divine Power.

This Golden Sun Ruler Magic Treasure was quite powerful, but unfortunately, he did not cultivate the Gold Attribute Technique, so he couldn't fully unleash its power.

Yuan Ming put away this object and took out the White Bone Knife from Elder Hai, starting the refinement using the same method, rapidly expelling the Divine Soul Mark within the rune formation.

The rune formation on the White Bone Knife consisted of Yin Attribute Runes, and one Yin Fire Rune was quite miraculous. Combined with the original spiritual power of the White Bone Knife, it could trigger the strange White Bone Cold Flame, which was extremely damaging to flesh and blood.

During the mine battle years ago, it was fortunate that he faced Vajra and its strong physical strength, nearly cultivating the Body Cultivation Internal Breath, which could resist the erosion of the White Bone Cold Flame.

If Yuan Ming himself had been touched by the White Bone Cold Flame, his body would have turned to ash within a few breaths.

Finally, Yuan Ming picked up Elder Guo's Bronze Small Tripod from the Five Thunder Sect and began refining it with a hand seal.

"Huh!" His face showed surprise as the rune formation inside the Bronze Small Tripod turned out to have six runes.

"Could it be that rune formations are not all composed of five runes?" Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes and activated his Divine Sense to sense the rune formation in the Bronze Small Tripod, which was noticeably stronger than those in the Golden Sun Ruler and the White Bone Knife.

Thoughtful, he completed the refinement of the Bronze Small Tripod and stored it away.

For a Core Formation Cultivator, having more Magic Treasures was naturally better, but during actual combat, managing too many treasures simultaneously could be distracting.

But Yuan Ming did not have this problem. With the strength of his Divine Soul, he could fully control multiple Magic Treasures against enemies without any hindrance, and the more refined Magic Treasures, the better.

The dramatic increase in strength filled Yuan Ming with quiet joy, but after all this, he wasn't rushing to leave his retreat. He took out an object that had accompanied him for a long time, the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

Ever since acquiring it, Yuan Ming had always wanted to refine it, but he was hindered by the golden runes and forbidden markings on it. Even though he had cultivated the Moonlight Technique to the Fifth Layer, he couldn't break through them and fully understand the tripod's internal mechanisms.

Now that he had entered the Core Formation Stage, capable of refining Magic Treasures, perhaps he could also refine the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

Yuan Ming exhaled a stream of Mana, wrapping around the Stealing Heaven Tripod, attempting to refine it.

The golden patterns on the Stealing Heaven Tripod emerged again, resisting his refinement, but Yuan Ming had reached the Core Formation Stage, and his Mana had undergone a qualitative change, slowly seeping into it.

Divine Patterns slowly faded as he continued to refine.

Noticing this, Yuan Ming was invigorated and then calmly focused, wholeheartedly devoting himself to the refinement.

...

Three days later.

Yuan Ming sat cross-legged in his room, and in front of him, the Stealing Heaven Tripod was wrapped in Mana, slowly rotating mid-air, with only the last thin ethereal shadow of the golden runes and forbidden markings remaining.

With a gleam in his eye, he exhaled a stream of Mana to speed up the refinement.

As time passed, the shadow faded more and more, and after half an hour, it completely dispersed.

Just at that moment, a buzzing sound suddenly came from Yuan Ming's mind and the Stealing Heaven Tripod in front of him also shook violently. A blue spirit light burst out from the tripod, shooting directly into Yuan Ming's brow, rushing into his Sea of Consciousness, and finally merging into his Divine Soul.

The Divine Soul, sitting atop a sea of Soul Power, had a lunar-like halo behind it. Suddenly, the blue spirit light emerged, rapidly condensing into the spectral image of the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

A Tripod hidden within the moon, with a man sitting inside the Tripod— the three overlapped and intertwined, appearing as one.

Yuan Ming felt that the Stealing Heaven Tripod had truly merged with him, and he could manipulate it as he wished with just a thought.

He tried to mobilize the Desire Power stored in the tripod and immediately discovered that an invisible warm current rushed out from a mysterious space within the tripod, flowing into his Sea of Consciousness like spring water.

The Desire Power stored in the tripod was extremely pure, not even containing any emotional thoughts, purer than after refining the first soul.

Yuan Ming greedily absorbed this warm current, quickly restoring the Soul Power he had expended refining three Magic Treasures.

As soon as his Divine Soul recovered, the warm current promptly ceased.

Yuan Ming furrowed his brows, he had already refined the Forbidden on the external part of the Stealing Heaven Tripod, but just like before, he could only use the warm current inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod to restore his Divine Soul and could not enhance his Soul Power.

He activated his Divine Sense and penetrated into the interior of the Stealing Heaven Tripod, investigating the source of the warm current.

A faint calling sound came from within the Stealing Heaven Tripod, ethereal and elusive, not noticeable if one didn't listen attentively, let alone hear the content of the callings. Moreover, these callings were numerous and chaotic, with tones and timbres all different, seemingly not emanating from the same person.

Just as Yuan Ming was about to listen carefully to these sounds, a sudden "bang" like thunder exploded in his ear, his head became heavy, the scenery before his eyes shifted, and he suddenly appeared in an unfamiliar, dimly white space.

"Where is this?" Yuan Ming was inwardly startled and quickly looked around.

All around him were dim white walls of fog, the visible space was only twenty or thirty feet in size, and farther areas were drowned in dense white fog, impenetrable by sight or Divine Sense.

The sky also reached only about ten feet high, also enveloped in white fog.

This twenty or thirty feet space wasn't empty; the ground was paved with warm jade stone bricks, looking crystal clear and bright.

More importantly, a cylindrical White Jade Altar was situated not far away, about ten or so feet in size, four or five feet high, with a White Jade Lotus Platform placed on its top surounded by countless flickering Golden Light, like the stars of the night sky, making the Lotus Platform appear even more sacred and mysterious.

Yuan Ming checked his body, his storage magic tool, Golden Sun Ruler, White Bone Knife, and other Magic Treasures were all present, which slightly relieved him.

Although he didn't know where he was, having a few Magic Treasures in hand meant that he had some ability to protect himself should danger arise.

Yuan Ming waved his hand and raised the Bronze Small Tripod, a palpable golden light emanating from within enveloped his body.

The Golden Sun Ruler and White Bone Knife also appeared and circled around him, fluttering in flight.

After completing these actions, Yuan Ming slowly walked towards the White Jade Altar, inspecting and moving as he walked.

The altar was cylindrical, its exterior walls engraved with many ancient golden patterns that appeared to form a golden formation.

Yuan Ming closely inspected the golden Array Patterns, becoming more and more astonished as he did so.

These patterns resembled the golden patterns that appeared on the body of the Stealing Heaven Tripod during his recent refinement, only these were significantly more complex.

"Could it be that this is inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod?" Yuan Ming suddenly thought wildly.

But recalling everything that had just happened, the more he thought about it, the more he felt he was correct.

He placed his palm against the exterior wall of the altar and activated his Mana, trying to stimulate the golden formation.

However, the interior of the altar was immeasurable and deep, and the robust Mana entering it vanished like a stone sinking into the ocean, only causing the Array Patterns near his palm to faintly emit golden light while other areas remained still.

Yuan Ming then activated his Divine Sense, attempting to probe the interior of the altar, but a flexible force ruthlessly blocked him out.

He became silent, then looked towards the White Jade Lotus Platform at the top of the altar and flew up onto it.

As soon as he reached the top of the altar, the numerous calls he heard earlier reappeared, originating from the White Jade Lotus Platform. As Yuan Ming approached, the calls grew clearer and more urgent, those seemingly disordered words landing in Yuan Ming's ears now all transformed into titles uniquely his.

"Lord Yuan Ming..."

"Lord Nether Moon God..."

"Master..."

Accompanied by countless calling voices, streams of Desire Power converged from all directions, pouring into the White Lotus Platform.

Feeling this scene, Yuan Ming was completely certain that this was inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

The Lotus Platform flickered with tens of thousands of points of Golden Light, bright and dark, near and far, each one emitting streams of Desire Power filled with complex emotions, continuously transferred here.

The White Lotus Platform emitted a soft white light, the complex emotions swirling around the Desire Power touched the white light and immediately vanished like ice and fire, turning into streams of pure Desire Power, merging into the White Lotus Platform.

Yuan Ming slowly nodded, the Stealing Heaven Tripod used this Lotus Platform to refine the emotions within the Desire Power; what kind of treasure was this White Jade Lotus Platform?

Just then, the White Lotus Platform suddenly burst forth with bright white light, releasing a tremendous suction force enveloping Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming was greatly alarmed and urgently activated his Mana to resist, but it was like trying to stop a vehicle with a mantis's arms, and he was pulled over without any ability to resist, "bang," landing on the Lotus Platform.

As streams of Desire Power converged toward him, Yuan Ming was greatly shocked and hurriedly tried to activate the soul splitting technique to refine the Desire Power to prevent being overwhelmed by the surging emotions contained within it.

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