From the perspective of Spiritual Energy affinity, the Vermilion Peak Pen was relatively balanced and upright, neither favoring Yin nor Yang.

The Nine Abyss Earth Fire, on the other hand, inclined toward Yin.

For this reason, Lei Jun prepared some Yang-based raw materials to add in reserve, intending to further balance Yin and Yang.

But referencing the past experience with the Southern Extreme Cold Iron, Lei Jun then considered whether he could also draw upon that page of the Celestial Book for assistance.

After roughly pondering it, Lei Jun felt there was a real possibility.

However, something occurred that took him by surprise.

Just before he took action, the orb of light in his mind actually flickered, and writing emerged,

[Within the book lies a new world, within the book lies the web of karma, pass through the portal, enter and exit at your own will.]

After reading it, the first thing that came to Lei Jun's mind was the contents of that extremely good lot he had once received when obtaining the Celestial Book,

To obtain a third-rank opportunity, with potential for further expansion, expansion carried no risk or consequence beforehand.

Interpreted literally, simply acquiring this page of the Celestial Book posed no problem.

Indeed, after that, until now, several years had passed, and Lei Jun would study it from time to time, yet nothing unusual happened.

Although before his Root Bone had been elevated to the Yin Yang Sacred Body, the Celestial Book could not help him replenish Yin and Yang, pondering its principles and artistic conception was still exceptionally marvelous.

After Lei Jun obtained the Yin Yang Sacred Body, this Celestial Book yielded even more wondrous effects.

Moreover, nothing particularly unexpected occurred.

But unexpectedly, today at last, new developments arose.

"…Was it because I was about to establish deeper contact with the Celestial Master Seal—or rather, the True One Altar?" Lei Jun considered.

Precisely because he remembered the content of that previous lot, Lei Jun had never pursued overly aggressive studies of that page of the Celestial Book over the years.

He had also never introduced the Celestial Book into the True One Altar Cave Heaven.

Now it seemed, though the Celestial Master Seal remained dormant, it could still stimulate that page of the Celestial Book.

*But then, who could say what the ultimate result would be.*

Opportunity could be expanded, expansion carried no risk or harm beforehand.

Conversely, this meant that if he expanded it, the situation might not be so certain.

From within the orb of light in Lei Jun's mind, two lots flew out,

[Moderately good lot, combine the True One Altar and Celestial Book III, bless the artifact refining, and obtain a third-rank opportunity, no danger, but potential involvement in karmic entanglements later, act with caution, auspicious.]

[Perfectly neutral lot, simply use the True One Altar to bless the artifact refining, no extra gain, no loss either, peaceful.]

"Mm, at least it's a moderately good lot, not bad," Lei Jun nodded slightly.

After pondering briefly, he made up his mind and chose the fate of the moderately good lot.

As Lei Jun's thoughts stirred, that page of the Celestial Book soared up, spreading itself in mid-air, shimmering with light.

At the same time, Lei Jun tapped his finger through the air, and again, a phantom greenish flame flickered in the air.

The Celestial Book's surface seemed to quiver slightly.

Lei Jun temporarily settled his mind and continued refining the magic artifact first.

This time, the Vermilion Peak Pen no longer floated above the Three Pure Palace, but flew directly into the Three Pure Palace.

Simultaneously, within the ethereal Tao Palace, the Coiling Dragon Whiskers, the Green Wood Core, and other precious raw materials were also enshrined.

These ingredients, later on, would be blended into the Vermilion Peak Pen, striving to upgrade the magic artifact further.

At that moment, the page of the Celestial Book floated and flew, settling above Lei Jun's Three Pure Palace.

On the surface of the book page, radiant light shimmered exquisitely, and illegible Dao Patterns appeared, seemingly even more mysterious and wondrous than before.

Lei Jun performed the Star-stepping Spell, once more circling around the Three Pure Palace, sending streams of Mana one after another into the Tao Palace to empower the artifact.

A page of the Celestial Book drifted about.

Lei Jun suddenly sensed, in the depths of his Spiritual Soul, the True One Altar derived from the Celestial Master Seal seemed to be eliciting some kind of reaction at that moment.

Within the first layer of the Altar, a great number of Talisman Scripts and Dao Containment rune patterns emerged.

Though the Celestial Master Seal still lay dormant, and the second and third layers of the True One Altar remained sealed, the Spiritual Nature emanating from the altar was far richer than before.

He did not know how much time had passed when suddenly, a great radiance flooded the Three Pure Palace.

Lei Jun also halted his footsteps, formed a spell sign with his hands, and thrice jabbed through the air toward the Tao Palace.

The Tao Palace gates swung open, and a black and a white stream of energy burst forth from within.

Inside the palace, there were no other raw materials left, only a single Talisman Brush, which drifted out together with the currents of energy.

Upon the brush's tip, distinctly, black and white intertwined—exquisitely enchanting, yet upright and balanced.

After grasping the Talisman Brush, Lei Jun exhaled deeply, a smile rising on his face.

Yin Yang Pen.

It was done.

At last, he had not wasted his master's Vermilion Peak Pen.

With even more premium raw materials, the help of the Celestial Book and Nine Abyss True Fire, the Talisman Brush had successfully reached new heights!

Back when Lei Jun was at the Fourfold Heavenly Origin Talisman Realm, on his own, he could create lower-grade High-grade Spirit Talismans.

With the Vermilion Peak Pen, he could craft his own life-bound Talisman Methods and Skills at the medium tier of High-grade Spirit Talismans.

Now, his cultivation strength had already reached the Fifth Layer Heaven Tao Palace Realm, and by his own strength, he could make every kind of medium-tier High-grade Spirit Talisman.

At present, the Vermilion Peak Pen's benefit to him had grown limited.

Now, with the Vermilion Peak Pen re-refined into the Yin Yang Pen, the circumstances had shifted.

He could now, with Fifth Layer of Heaven Realm, directly produce top-tier High-grade Spirit Talismans!

Generally, only cultivators of the Sixth Layer of Heaven Dao Seal Realm within the Talisman Sect possessed such wonders.

"Without the Celestial Book's help, simply using the Nine Abyss True Fire to reforge the Vermilion Peak Pen, the results should have been slightly worse," Lei Jun mused over the Talisman Brush for a moment and understood in his heart.

If he had only followed his original plan to reforge the Talisman Brush, although he could have also produced top-tier High-grade Spirit Talismans now, it likely would have been limited to just a few types of life-bound Talismans.

Although the Talisman Brush had improved, it would still be confined to the Middle Three Heavens level.

This Yin Yang Pen, however, had now reached the limits for magic artifacts of the Middle Three Heavens level, and even held potential for further advancement.

When one day Lei Jun's own cultivation broke through to the Seventh Layer of Heaven Realm, there'd be no need to reforge the Yin Yang Pen—the brush could still keep pace with his progress.

Before that, if Lei Jun attained the Sixth Layer of Heaven Dao Seal Realm, he might even produce supreme-grade High-grade Spirit Talismans.

In most cases, that was the exclusive skill of Upper Three Heavens Cultivators.

Lei Jun turned to look at that page of the Celestial Book, "This third-rank opportunity is not limited only to the Yin Yang Pen…"

With the True One Altar working together with this page of the Celestial Book, Lei Jun's refining of other artifacts and spirit pills, depending on the circumstances, would also see corresponding improvements.

Very well, then. Next, what is the price to pay?

As Lei Jun watched, the glow on the surface of the Celestial Book shimmered with an unnatural, distinctly different radiance than before.

He seemed to sense a Portal opening within.

Amid the flashes of light, Lei Jun realized he was now standing inside the door.

What met his eyes was radiance spread across the land, though fortunately, it was not dazzling.

Within the light, a voice suddenly echoed, impossible to tell if it was male or female, ethereal as if spoken by the Dao itself.

In that moment though, Lei Jun understood its meaning perfectly in his mind.

Yet, the very content gave Lei Jun's mind a moment of tension.

It was a single sentence.

The words were not long—only seven characters in total,

"The third, and the fourth?"

But the content itself was deeply bizarre.

Lei Jun could even discern the tone from it.

This voice definitely was not the expression of natural principle the Celestial Book usually offered, but sounded like someone else was speaking.

*So it really was a large-scale online matchmaking platform?*

*There truly were other pages of the Celestial Book, and they were already in someone else's hands.*

At this, Lei Jun arched his brow slightly.

*Yet in his heart, he did not relax his vigilance.*

*For good reason: this medium of communication, the Celestial Book, was not just a simple communicative tool.*

Judging from his own Celestial Book, Lei Jun surmised that the others would also illuminate the mysteries of heaven and the principles of the Dao.

In other words, such things were a kind of cultivation manual and resource.

Since that was the case, it meant competition was bound to exist…

*Lei Jun did feel some curiosity about the contents of other Celestial Books, but as long as the other person harbored no hostility, he generally would not be greedy, insisting that all good things must belong to him alone.*

But he could not guarantee others would think the same.

For now, Lei Jun kept silent.

As the surrounding radiance gradually stopped obscuring his vision,

what replaced it was utter darkness, scattered with starlight, resembling the universe.

The earlier radiance had not been blinding,

and now, though the starry sky was not dim,

all the other starlights lay very far away.

What drew Lei Jun's notice nearby were seven stellar luminaries.

Taiyang Riyao.

Taiyin Yueyao.

Taibai Metal Scepter.

Age Star Muyao.

Mercury Water Luminary.

Mars Fire Radiance.

Saturn Earth Radiance.

Though there were no labels, moving amidst them, Lei Jun nevertheless naturally realized their identities.

He himself, at the moment, stood amid the Taibai Metal Scepter.

Or rather, within this illusory universe, he was the Taibai Metal Scepter itself.

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