I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2532 - 1140: Primordial Clock’s Advancement

Atop Mount Wudi, a hint of astonishment crossed the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord's face as he received the assignment from Xiao Yuli.

"Palace Master, should I lead these disciples off the mountain, we'll leave it completely deserted..."

The Primordial Clock needed to draw in Mount Wudi's Spirit Vein, so to avoid disrupting the disciples' cultivation, Chen Mobai directed Xiao Yuli to evacuate them. She promptly leveraged her Palace Master authority, commanding the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord to escort the group to the Eastern Barbarians and reinforce the core of the Five Elements Sect.

"Prioritizing visibility before the Sect Master is crucial. With the clash between the Eastern Barbarians and the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court hitting its fiercest stage, our main sect demands our aid..."

Xiao Yuli rattled off several grand justifications, and although the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord raised no objections, he sensed something off about whisking away every disciple.

Nevertheless, with Xiao Yuli pressing as Palace Master, he had no choice but to agree.

After all, Yi Yuan Immortal City down the slope still held plenty of hands to utilize.

Besides, even if Xiao Yuli dragged them into sect-damaging schemes, any repercussions from the Sect Master would fall solely on her, leaving him unscathed.

With such thoughts easing his mind, the Wood Virtue Mountain Lord gladly guided the disciples toward the Eastern Barbarians.

At the same time, Chen Mobai lingered in the rear mountain, sharing tea with Earth Virtue.

"I never thought I'd be so fortunate as to sip tea alongside the Sect Master," Earth Virtue, stripped of his cultivation, looked aged, yet his vitality surpassed its former state.

The pair settled in a serene pavilion midway up the slope, gazing at the drifting mists afar, savoring their brew while chatting about the Dao as if lifelong companions.

"I've got some good news and some bad; which would you prefer first?" Chen Mobai set aside his teacup, inquiring with a relaxed drawl.

Noticing this, Earth Virtue hastily grabbed the teapot to refill Chen Mobai's cup: "Start with the good news. At my age, I'm hanging by a thread. Bad tidings might push me over the edge."

Chen Mobai hadn't noticed earlier how Earth Virtue possessed such a sharp wit and humor.

"Hahaha, alright, the good news it is: Xing Ji botched his Divinity Transformation!"

Through his chuckles, Chen Mobai shared details that brought a wicked grin to Earth Virtue's lips.

"Excellent, excellent, splendid—failure suits him perfectly!"

In the days of Dongling Domain, Earth Virtue and Xing Ji vied so fiercely they nearly shredded their bonds, each nursing hidden intents to eliminate the other.

Luckily, Dao Morale Sect's rigid rules, combined with Xing Ji's wary disposition, denied any openings.

When Xing Ji boldly sought Dustless True Monarch's protection post-Sacred Spirit Pill acquisition, Earth Virtue realized his shot had vanished, prompting his retreat to Mount Wudi for his own Divinity Transformation attempt.

Now, with Xing Ji's flop too, Earth Virtue found his own setback far easier to swallow.

Truly, contrasts make all the difference.

"Did Xing Ji perish?"

Earth Virtue probed further; earlier, Chen Lingming had dropped by the back mountain now and then for chats, but lately, he'd been tied up in the Eastern Barbarians, and Xiao Yuli held no regard for him, leaving a decade of isolation.

"He's alive, perhaps the Three Lights Divine Water holds deeper mysteries."

Chen Mobai shook his head.

This event drew keen interest from the Eastern Land's Four Great Sacred Lands, since Xing Ji's success would birth another Holy Land.

Plus, he'd bartered with the Eastern Earth Holy Land for a slot in exchange. His failure spared the Three Lights Divine Water recipe but required offering the immortal book jade slip for the Four Great Sacred Lands' single perusal.

By now, Shenxi had finished studying the immortal book jade slip, passing it to Ni Yuanzhong, with Taixu MiaoMiao Palace and Five Elements Sect up next.

Over these years, Chen Mobai focused on the old Flood Dragon skirmishes in the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court, deliberately queuing himself last.

Furthermore, this treasure's appeal paled for him personally.

After all, the Dan Cauldron Jade Tree housed countless Dao Fruit Pill Recipes rivaling the Three Lights Divine Water.

"Such a shame..."

Learning Xing Ji survived, disappointment clouded Earth Virtue's features.

Right then, a streak of five-hued escaping light touched down before them—it was Xiao Yuli, who bowed deferentially to Chen Mobai: "Sect Master, Wood Virtue has cleared the mountain of everyone. To serve by your side, I'll remain here to help."

Xiao Yuli aimed to secure Sixth Rank Artifact Refiner status.

During her prior Fifth Rank Artifact forging in Huozhen Immortal City, her efforts fell short, which she blamed on insufficient readiness, convinced that tutelage under the Sect Master like Chen Lingming would have equaled her skills.

Success here would crown her as Tianhe Realm's second-top Artifact Refiner after the Sect Master.

What's more, it involved elevating the sect's pinnacle treasure, the Primordial Clock!

This realization only fueled her resolve to seize the chance.

"Will Mount Wudi vanish?"

From Xiao Yuli's report, Earth Virtue pieced together the grim update Chen Mobai meant to share, his face darkening as he sighed the question.

"It endures; merely the sixth-tier spirit vein ceases to be. Yet for you, this change stings deeply."

Addressing Earth Virtue, Chen Mobai finished his tea, rose, and departed alongside Xiao Yuli.

Clang!

A crisp, booming bell tolled, sending tremors through the grand Five Emperor Mountain.

Earth Virtue rose, eyes fixed on the fog-veiled peak ahead, where the thousand-meter Yi Yuan Avatar gestured, unleashing a torrent of pure Five Element Spiritual Energy that bloomed into a dazzling array of hues, stirring within him a flicker of eager curiosity amid his bitterness and envy.

He anticipated the emergence of a fresh sixth-rank artifact refiner in their ancestral lineage.

Even if that figure was the arch-foe who shattered his existence.

Before the Yi Yuan Hall on the plaza.

Chen Mobai, face etched with focus, shaped a Yi Yuan seal with his hands, as the Primordial Bead morphed into a vibrant five-colored peacock, alighting upon the quivering, humming Primordial Clock.

He'd personally arrayed the formations onsite. As his divine sense stirred, array plates and flags sprang to life, siphoning the sixth-tier spirit vein's core, weaving it into threads of rainbow brilliance like silken bands that draped over the drab gray-white Stone Bell's surfaces.

Amid the resonant buzzes, a Five-Colored Treasure Orb, sheathed in swirling prismatic mists, emerged from the Five Emperor Mountain's spirit vein heart.

This marked one of two artifacts Chen Mobai had stationed as anchors for the sixth-rank Grand Formation.

The Heavenly Bead and Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo!

The Heavenly Bead had reached fifth-rank intermediate quality, Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo fifth-rank lower-grade!

Beyond the sixth-tier spirit vein's boost, their long service with Chen Mobai had nurtured robust spirituality.

After over six millennia at Five Emperor Mountain, the Primordial Clock's return reclaimed dominion, rendering these artifacts redundant.

Beneath Xiao Yuli's tense watch, Chen Mobai unsealed all Five Emperor Mountain restrictions, and with a thrust of his seal incantation, the immense sixth-tier spirit vein's qi burst forth, rattling the whole mountain and even jostling the Yi Yuan statue by the hall.

Swiftly, Chen Mobai hurled Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo to shield the ancestor's effigy, then channeled the gushing Five Element Spiritual Energy straight to the hovering gray-white Stone Bell.

Its form quaked, issuing a deep, resonant hum.

The overwhelming spiritual energy, nearly suffocating Xiao Yuli, coalesced into a colossal five-hued whirlpool atop the peak—fueled by the Primordial Clock's voracious intake of the central energies.

Chen Mobai's demeanor stayed steady, while in his thoughts, Dan Ding Taoist's sixth-rank artifact forging lore surfaced sequentially. He sifted the relevant segments for the moment and directed the Primordial Clock via "The Union of Differences."

Forging artifacts mirrors culinary arts; every treasure resembles a unique cuisine, demanding prime materials and deft methods alike.

Guided by Chen Mobai's expertise as an artifact refiner, the Primordial Clock adhered to the blueprint, devouring and tempering Five Emperor Mountain's sixth-tier spirit vein. Slowly, its stony gray-white exterior gleamed with a subtle jade sheen.

This signaled its climb toward sixth-rank superior grade.

Joy sparked across Xiao Yuli's countenance at the sight.

Yet for Chen Mobai, this merely kicked off the process.

With a flex of his divine sense, space above the Primordial Clock warped faintly, dropping a massive stele from the heavens—the Boundary Stone itself.

Attaining sixth-rank superior grade formed the baseline for this forging. The true pinnacle lay in fusing void and Power of Destruction, laying groundwork for ascension to Primordial Golden Dou.

As the Boundary Stone plummeted, the Primordial Clock inverted, its mouth gaping skyward like an endless abyss, engulfing one end of the stele.

With a thunderous roar!

Blinding silver sparks exploded from the Boundary Stone, akin to a shooting star piercing the night, aglow with splendor.

Chen Mobai detected the Primordial Bell Spirit's resistance and seized command of the forging through "The Union of Differences."

On void power matters, he ranked among masters.

In that instant, even Turtle Treasure surfaced, hungering to consume this abrupt surge of potent void essence.

But Chen Mobai favored bolstering the Primordial Clock foremost. He pushed "The Union of Differences" to its limits, summoning five-colored flames from the Primordial Clock—the quintessence of the sixth-tier spirit vein—then the Eight Scenic Lanterns soared forth, kindling nine Douluo Flames to elevate beneath the Clock, steadily aiding the refinement.

Bit by bit, the Boundary Stone, once mismatched with the Primordial Clock's essence, yielded a silvery droplet melting on its face.

That silver bead, reminiscent of a tear from a blazing sun, trailed down the Boundary Stone, casting a luminous silver glow that bathed the entire summit.

Chen Mobai perceived that this lone drop harbored the formidable void might of an Immortal Gate Nascent Soul cultivator's Domain.

And it represented scant more than a ten-thousandth of the Boundary Stone.

As moments ticked by, the Primordial Clock's quakes intensified, until abruptly, a fissure split its wall.

Xiao Yuli gasped at the crack, though Chen Mobai breathed easier.

With a sharp crackle.

A slab of stone skin sloughed from the Primordial Clock, unveiling its reborn body, sleek as fine suet jade.