Chapter 6: Scheming for Merit and Virtue, Refining the Heavenly Pillar

  Zhang Xue had decided at this moment to save Pangu and was definitely going to think of a way to prevent Pangu's downfall.

  Pangu's demise was after the creation of heaven and earth, he died from exhaustion after holding up the sky and standing on the ground, his body transformed into all things. So, I just need to refine a few treasures that can replace Pangu in propping up the sky, let the treasure take Pangu's place, isn't that enough?

  As for what was said in the previous book that Pangu was killed by the heavenly way, Zhang Xue definitely didn't believe it. First of all, even if there is a heavenly way, it should be something like the rules of heaven and earth, and it's impossible to have consciousness.

  In Zhang Xue's heart, the Tao of Heaven is like something with rules similar to water having three states, oil being flammable, water extinguishing fire, iron conducting electricity, etc. However, the Tao of Heaven is a million times more profound than these, but its essence is the same. Just like the relationship between primary school math problems such as 1+1=2 and high school and university Olympiad math function problems, the essence is the same, only the profundity is different.

  If the heavens have their own consciousness, then they can do things according to their own ideas. Everyone can think about it, and the world will definitely be in chaos. When you want to put out a fire, water becomes like oil and strengthens the flames. When you make a fire, oil becomes like water and puts out the fire. Or one day the global power grid stops working because the wires become non-conductive.

  By then, the world will have changed in ways that everyone can imagine, and it's no exaggeration to say that it will be the end of the world.

  So in Zhang Xue's mind, the Heavenly Way exists, but there is no consciousness of what it is or who controls it. Of course, this is just Zhang Xue's own idea, and nobody knows whether the Heavenly Way really has consciousness or not. After all, this is the Desolate World where everything is possible.

  Plan to refine some substitutes for the top treasure, but also think that opening up the sky will consume the internal law power without stopping. And then there's something about the Three Thousand Chaotic Magic Gods causing trouble, don't know if it's true or not. Looks like I'll have to refine some more elixirs to replenish the consumption.

  "I'll take the Taoist teachings from you, brother Pangu," he said. "I'll organize them properly and also refine some magical instruments and elixirs. What about you?"

  "Hehe, I've just been born and now want to go to other places to travel and see if there are any other fellow Taoists. Fellow Taoists only need to cultivate here and wait for me to return after my travels."

  "It's okay like this, but I'd like to ask Brother Dao for a favor." Zhang Xue said with embarrassment.

  "What's going on? I'll definitely help with Brother Dao's matter, tell me about it." Pangu asked curiously.

  "Hehe, actually nothing much is going on, just that there's a small world below which is quite desolate. I'd like to ask fellow Taoists to help collect some pre-heavenly spiritual roots when they're traveling."

  Pangu suddenly said: "It turns out it's just a small matter, since that's the case I'll go then."

  He vanished in the blink of an eye before Zhang Xue's eyes, and Zhang Xue didn't even know how Pangu had left.

  "It seems that I'm just defensive, my strength and recovery are stronger than Pangu's, but in other aspects, I might be even weaker than the Great Luo Golden Immortal of the Primordial Chaos. Things like using the laws of operation, realms, calculating the future, etc., I don't know at all, let alone comparing to Pangu. However, this is also good, my body is great, you can hit me a billion times and I won't be harmed, but if I hit you once, you'll definitely die. Even saints can't withstand it, so I have some confidence in that. At least, I won't be in danger in the future, except for that Hongjun, who was a bit worrying, he said something too mysterious earlier. But there's no need to worry too much, now even Pangu and the Primordial Chaos' Opening Heaven Axe can't break through my defense, what is there to worry about? Later, after I transform, eating more treasures will be fine, nothing to worry about. Now, let's just refine the treasure."

  With a thought, he entered the ocean of knowledge and sorted out the legal decisions in his mind.

  Time always flies especially fast when people are doing something serious, and countless years have passed in the blink of an eye. Zhang Xue has also organized all the knowledge she needs to use in the law decision, and after mastering the formation method, alchemy, and equipment refining, she woke up.

  Embarked on the first journey of practice.

  Take out the chaotic materials collected from your own space for many years, and plan to refine the five heavenly pillars of the five directions, namely the Qinglong Heavenly Pillar in the east, the Zhuque Heavenly Pillar in the south, the Xuanwu Heavenly Pillar in the north, the Baihu Heavenly Pillar in the west, and the Qilin Heavenly Pillar in the center.

  As for why they were named after the five great divine beasts, Zhang Xue simply thought it sounded powerful and majestic. However, Zhang Xue never could have imagined that this casual move would give rise to the Five Great Tribes of the Primordial Wilderness, and turn the original Dragon and Phoenix Calamity into a war between the five tribes.

  Looking at the countless chaotic materials in front of him, he picked up five chaotic giant stones that were as big as a million miles.

  A thought stirred and released the never-before-used Fire Control Divine Ability, and a gray primordial flame appeared in Zhang Xue's palm.

  "With a big wave of his hand, the primordial fire flew towards the five huge primordial stones. As it approached, the primordial fire grew larger and larger, until it was bigger than the sum of the five giant stones combined. It surrounded the five stones, quietly burning within."

  Thousands of years passed, the Chaos Giant Stone slowly melted under the burning of the Chaos Fire until it was all melted into a gray **. Seeing that the giant stone had all melted, just refining the impurities would be fine, and then five large pieces of Chaos Refined Gold were added inside. Similarly, the Chaos Refined Gold, like the Chaos Giant Stone, was also melted by the Chaos Fire. Only to see the two different ** of the Chaos Stone and the Chaos Refined Gold entwined together, and soon they would be completely fused into one ** as the flame burned, and its volume became smaller and smaller.

  When it finally became a sphere with a diameter of only one meter, all impurities were removed. The color also changed from the original gray to black.

  As soon as he saw it, his mind moved and he imagined the appearance of the five heavenly pillars. The black **also changed accordingly, slowly forming five sticks. The shape was still acceptable, with each stick having a divine beast representing its name carved on it. Each stick had nine stripes, with different patterns, some flying, some sitting, some sleeping, some coiling, or standing, and so on.

  Then apply countless defensive, self-hardening and expanding-contracting arrays to each stick. As for other things like increasing attack, inner space, etc., don't use them, just use the previous three, and put all that you know into it.

  According to Zhang Xue's way of thinking, I refine treasures to prop up the sky, what's the use of attacking.

  It didn't take long for the array method to be fully implemented, and the first refining of the treasure can be said to have been completed. Looking at the five functional treasures in front of me that are exactly the same, I feel particularly awkward in my heart.

  "The five attributes are exactly the same, and they look so similar, it's better to just call them by one name. Ah, names! Since they're related to the names of the five divine beasts, their properties should match those of the corresponding divine beast."

  He then took out materials of five different attributes, each rod was infused with one attribute, and added the corresponding formation method. The five color-changing Heavenly Pillars were finally successfully refined.

  The Eastern Green Dragon Pillar represents Jia-Yi Wood in green, the Southern Vermilion Bird Pillar represents Bing-Ding Fire in red, the Western White Tiger Pillar represents Geng-Xin Metal in gold, the Northern Black Warrior Pillar represents Ren-Gui Water in black, and the Central Qilin Pillar represents Wu-Ji Earth in yellow.

  Looking at the five heavenly pillars in front of him, Zhang Xue's heart was filled with pride. "This is actually my first work, and it will replace Pangu's work that holds up the sky in the future! Now it's actually my own work. In the future, whoever sees me in the vast wilderness won't give me a few points of face? At that time, I might be the most famous person in the vast wilderness! For now, let's first refine this treasure."

  He immediately opened his huge mouth and swallowed the five heavenly pillars, then moved them to his heart under the control of his mind, starting the Blood Refining Treasure. This was also because Zhang Xue's primordial spirit couldn't separate from her body, fundamentally unable to leave her body like other cultivators to enter the treasure for spiritual refining, so she could only use the blood refining method obtained from Pangu's information to refine the treasure.

  The treasure refined by blood can only be used by the person themselves or their descendants, others even if they get it can't use it at all, this is also a benefit of blood refining, haven't you seen that in the Desolate Era no one dares to seize the Witch Clan's weapons? But blood refining isn't something anyone can do, it requires someone with a strong physical body and abundant blood energy, otherwise they will be sucked dry of their essence and soul during the refinement process, that is truly terrifying, their soul will scatter.

  This is also why there are very few people in the Primordial Chaos who practice blood refinement, and almost all of them are from the Witch tribe. Because cultivators pay more attention to the cultivation of their yuan Shen (primordial spirit), they basically don't cultivate their physical bodies, but instead let their magical powers automatically refine them. And their yuan Shen merges with the heavens and earth every day to comprehend the Great Dao.

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