Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Chapter 611: Upgrading the Myriad Treasures Qiankun Cauldron

After finalizing the contract with Zeng An, Zeng An left filled with joy, simply waiting for a period of time before he could collect his own Dominator artifact.

Su Yuan, on the other hand, happily accepted Zeng An's materials.

"With my refining skills, these materials are enough to forge ten twenty-ninth-rank Chaos Dominator artifacts!"

Su Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

The money earned was secondary; what truly delighted Su Yuan was the process of reaping these benefits.

This felt far more rewarding than simply using the True Name Jade Disc to obtain Chaos Jade.

"A single twenty-ninth-rank Chaos Dominator artifact is worth at least several Kalpa units. This profit rate is much faster than batch-producing standard equipment."

"Forget it, treat it as a loss leader. The money earned isn't actually little either."

Su Yuan muttered to himself internally, then walked towards another VIP room.

Soon, Su Yuan signed artifact refining contracts with three other Dominators. The grades weren't low either, all being at least twenty-seventh-rank weapons!

Those attending the Jiaqing Banquet who weren't artificers were all major figures in Black Flame City, so naturally, their offers were extraordinary.

Once Su Yuan successfully completed these few orders, subsequent orders would definitely come rolling in continuously.

He announced to Li Chun and the others that he was going into seclusion to refine artifacts and that they should not disturb him.

Afterwards, he began the artifact refining.

He didn't start by refining other Dominator artifacts first. Instead, he began upgrading his own [Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron].

He poured materials sufficient for refining ten twenty-ninth-rank Dominator artifacts into the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron, allowing it to devour and evolve.

One hundred years passed in the outside world, and one hundred million years passed in the time-accelerated state before the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron finally completed its evolution, becoming a twenty-ninth-rank Chaos Dominator artifact.

Su Yuan summoned the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron from the Chaos Furnace, running his hands over its walls.

"Good, very good. Twenty-nine Chaos Secret Patterns have condensed internally, possessing numerous wonderful uses like suppression, entrapment, protection, devouring, and refining. Of course, the most important thing is that its effectiveness in artifact refining has become even greater!"

Su Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Su Yuan noticed that the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron transmitted a trace of blessing, crossing through the Nothingness to somewhere else.

Su Yuan's gaze followed, piercing through layers of space, arriving at the Nine Stars Land within the Taihao Chaos.

At this moment, Su Qian was comprehending the Dao of Creation within a certain treasure land. He walked the path of the Chaos Creation Great Dao, with the Creation Dao Principle as the core and other Dao Principles as supplements. Unknowingly, he had already cultivated to the twelfth-rank Dao Venerable.

Within the Taihao Chaos, several Kalpas had clearly passed.

Time operates independently between different Chaos realms. So, while it seemed not much time had passed for Su Yuan in Black Flame City, tens of millions of billions of years had already passed inside the Taihao Chaos.

Not only had Su Qian made remarkable progress, but Su Yuan's disciples had also each reached the quasi-Dominator realm.

Therefore, Su Qian's current realm could already be considered lagging at the back of the pack.

Su Qian was in the midst of contemplation when suddenly, he vaguely sensed a certain power descending upon him out of nowhere.

He originally had no clue about how to finally fuse the Creation Dao Principle with other Dao Principles. However, under the influence of this power, he inexplicably gained insights into fusion.

He immediately immersed himself in these insights, easily resolving the many difficulties regarding fusing Dao Principles one by one. Within a mere thousand years, he smoothly completed the fusion process, thoroughly comprehending the twelve-principle Chaos Creation Dao!

Su Qian was ecstatic and bewildered. What exactly happened? Could it be the Patriarch showing his divine power?

He felt the result probably wasn't far off.

And at this moment, he faced a choice. One was to continue fusing more Dao Principles, thereby increasing his potential for a future breakthrough to Chaos Dominator.

The other was to directly break through to the quasi-Dominator realm and open up a Little Chaos!

He naturally had self-awareness. Managing to luckily achieve the perfect fusion of twelve Dao Principles had already completely met his psychological expectations.

Seizing this inexplicable guiding power, he decisively broke through to the quasi-Dominator realm.

Sure enough, that power helped him smoothly overcome the bottleneck. He encountered absolutely no obstruction in the middle; many details became naturally understood. It was practically no different from cheating.

During the process of opening up the Little Chaos, Su Qian directly invested all the accumulated Chaos Jade he had. The process of deducing the Little Chaos was also incredibly smooth, as if someone had been paving the way for him the entire time. Thus, he progressed all the way to the eighth step, only one step away from the final leap, directly catching up to the first tier within the Chaos!

He felt the Chaos Dominator realm was within reach, but that inexplicable power also dissipated at this moment.

While overjoyed, a sense of loss welled up in Su Qian's heart. Vaguely, he felt he had forever lost something.

The image of a great cauldron flashed through his mind, and a moment of clarity arose in his heart.

"Is it the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron? So it was you helping me!"

Su Qian stared blankly towards the Nothingness. He hadn't expected that, in the end, he still relied on the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron to cross the cultivation path of the Dao Venerable.

Meanwhile, Su Yuan could see that within the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron, a brand new warship spirit had been born!

The Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron had settled its karma with the former warship spirit and now had its own completely new existence as an artifact.

Su Yuan did not interfere with this step, only shaking his head regretfully. "What a pity. I wonder if this is a good or bad thing for Su Qian. This is the price of freedom, isn't it?"

Su Qian was forced to become a warship spirit from the beginning. Later, when Su Yuan no longer needed the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron's assistance, Su Qian applied for his freedom to grow independently. Now, he has completely severed ties with the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron.

Probably before long, Su Qian would be able to break through to Chaos Dominator due to the blessing from the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron, truly a case of "when a man gets to the top, all his friends and relations get there with him."

Su Yuan stopped paying attention to Su Qian.

Playing with the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron, a hint of killing intent gradually rose in his eyes.

He remembered something that needed handling.

The matter of the Void Ark fragment must be resolved as soon as possible. Delays breed trouble.

To be honest, this karma is not small. If you can't resolve the karma, then resolve the person who created it.

Now that the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron upgrade was complete, it was time to act.

The [Stealth Walker] entry and the Heaven-Shrouding Cloak auxiliary Dominator artifact concealed Su Yuan's aura.

Then, using the ability of [World Traveler], Su Yuan quietly disappeared from the shop.

And quietly arrived at the residence of the Green Forest Recluse.

At this moment, the Green Forest Recluse was in his own room, organizing the insights gained from the banquet.

He had personally witnessed Chongxiao's refining process and Su Yuan's simulation process. There were many techniques within that could be learned. As an Artifact Refining Master, he naturally wanted to study and borrow from them. Taking advantage of having just returned while the sensations were still fresh, he quickly tried to recover them.

As for the matter of Wang San, he was aware of it, but that was just a minor character, not within his scope of concern. However, after learning that Deputy City Lord Jia personally went to the Seven Stars Artifacting Shop, he felt extremely fortunate he had quickly offered his apologies.