Chapter 618: Rebirth, Heaven and Earth Furnace (1)

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Being one with the weapon had always been the art of forging’s pursuit and end goal.

Previously, when Zhou Shu forged connate divine weapons, he had already understood that there were two paths of forging.

One was to unite with their weapons like Shi Changsheng had done.

The other was to refine intrinsic divine weapons to unite with them. He had handed over the connate divine weapons that he had forged to his subordinates.

Now, Zhou Shu was taking the third path—forging himself as a weapon!

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Compared to demonic beasts, the greatest weakness of the human body was that the human body was not strong enough.

Zhou Shu had cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, Golden Bell Shield Technique, and Eight-Nine Arcane Art, and each of these were top-notch body-tempering techniques. But even so, his body wouldn’t be considered the strongest among demonic beasts.

Most demonic beasts in the Demon Realm were born with thick skin and thick flesh. Even if humans cultivated painstakingly, they wouldn’t be able to catch up.

It was also because of this that the human sages had created weapons.

The human body was weak. Only with weapons could humans compete with demonic beasts.

In a sense, the human body was incomparable to weapons, and weapons had been created to make up for the flaws in the human body.

If the human body was forged as a weapon, the result would be that it would turn to ashes in the high-temperature flames.

Zhou Shu had mastered the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, Golden Bell Shield Technique, and Eight-Nine Arcane Art. In terms of his physical body, no human in the world could compare to him.

Even ordinary weapons couldn’t compare to his body.

But even so, under the attack of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, he felt that his body had reached its limit and could really burn at any moment.

The feeling of his entire body being evenly heated made him feel that he was already a walking piece of roasted meat.

He gritted his teeth and kept visualizing the Five Mountains’ True Form to resist the extreme pain. At the same time, he circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art desperately.

With the help of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, the Eight-Nine Arcane Art was like a hammer that was constantly tempering every cell in his body. The spiritual qi of heaven and earth surged into his body crazily to replenish the consumption of his cells.

Just as Zhou Shu had thought, his body was indeed constantly becoming stronger like steel undergoing hundreds of refinements. The realm of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art was also constantly increasing as he cultivated.

But it wasn’t enough. It was far from enough!

The speed of his improvement was far inferior to the increase in the temperature of the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

The lingering sharp power emitted by the Heaven and Earth Furnace didn’t seem very powerful, but it was constantly accumulating. Anyone who was attacked by it would turn into wisps of black and yellow qi and disappear into the depths of Yuheng Valley under its continuous attacks.

Zhou Shu had originally wanted to find the main body of the Heaven and Earth Furnace and deal with it.

But he realized that the entire Yuheng Valley was actually within the influence of the Heaven and Earth Furnace. He couldn’t approach its main body at all. The farther he walked, the higher the temperature and the greater the pressure.

Time passed bit by bit. After an unknown period of time, Zhou Shu could clearly sense that he had reached a limit and that his body was about to burn.

Boom!

A determined look appeared in Zhou Shu’s eyes. With a flip of his wrist, a Cosmic Bangle appeared in his hand. He clasped his hands together, and the treasures in the Cosmic Bangle started pouring out.

His body was surrounded by the sharp power of the Heaven and Earth Furnace. As soon as the treasures appeared, they were naturally refined by the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

In the Heaven and Earth Furnace, everything was copper and could be refined.

The forging materials melted at a visible speed and turned into wisps of black and yellow qi that were about to flow into the depths of Yuheng Valley.

This is it!

Zhou Shu’s eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed the wisps of black and yellow qi. He circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art with all his might and seemed to have transformed into a ferocious beast as he swallowed the black and yellow qi into his body.

Boom!

Zhou Shu felt as if rain had suddenly fallen on his scorched body. Wherever the black and yellow qi passed, his meridians emitted cracking sounds, and cracks appeared in his perception.

After his meridians were heated to the extreme, they actually showed signs of collapse under the stimulation of the black and yellow qi.

Zhou Shu snorted coldly, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. But under the sharpness of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, it turned into black and yellow qi and was absorbed by Zhou Shu.

The entire process was a little strange. But after replacing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth with the black and yellow qi, his body once again entered a state of slow improvement.

It’s really useful!

The black and yellow qi produced after the Heaven and Earth Furnace refined everything could really be used for cultivation.

Moreover, the effect of cultivation was better than the spiritual qi of heaven and earth!

Zhou Shu could even clearly sense that the realm of his Eight-Nine Arcane Art was rising steadily. A moment later, it had already reached the lesser mastery stage.

It had to be said that since he started cultivating, this cultivation was the fastest it had been.

Previously, his cultivation had increased mostly because of the benefits from the Legendary Armament Canon. His Martial Dao aptitude was so poor that his cultivation speed was not worth mentioning.

But in this Heaven and Earth Furnace, Zhou Shu forcefully absorbed the black and yellow qi, and his body was truly being reborn!

His body was reborn from the inside out, and every cell in his body was reconstructed. He felt as if he was becoming a completely new person.