Chapter 3720

Upon advancing to the True Immortal stage, Wang Changsheng mastered the Spirit-Connecting Art and could now wield immortal artifacts.

He took out five immortal artifacts: a white longsword, a white hammer, a blue orb, a white banner, and a golden seal.

These five low-grade immortal artifacts were the Profound Jade Sword, Profound Cold Hammer, Vast Cold Pearl, Profound Jade Banner, and Primordial Magnetic Seal.

The first four low-grade immortal artifacts were obtained from Vast Cold Master, while the Primordial Magnetic Seal came from Nine Flames Immortal Palace. There was also another low-grade immortal artifact, the Immortal Suppressing Flute.

Generally speaking, True Immortals wield low-grade immortal artifacts, Golden Immortals wield mid-grade immortal artifacts, Grand Unity Golden Immortals wield high-grade immortal artifacts, and Grand Luo Golden Immortals wield top-grade immortal artifacts.

The higher the grade of an immortal artifact, the more immortal power it consumes. Golden Immortals can also wield high-grade immortal artifacts, but not for long, unless their immortal power is exceptionally abundant.

Mahayana cultivators can open a maximum of three orifices, True Immortals up to five, Golden Immortals up to seven, and Grand Unity Golden Immortals up to nine. As for how many orifices Grand Luo Golden Immortals can open, Xiao Feng was unsure, and Wang Changsheng naturally didn't know either.

True Immortals who have opened five orifices are considered top-tier True Immortals. According to Xiao Feng, there are not many True Immortal cultivators in the Nine Immortals Sect who can open five orifices, and they are all promising talents being specially cultivated.

It is unknown who created the first orifice-opening secret technique. These techniques vary in quality; a good one can even incite Grand Unity Golden Immortals to fight over it. Orifice-opening secret techniques are also a significant factor in compelling high-level rogue cultivators to join major powers.

At the same cultivation level, Immortals with more opened orifices possess more abundant immortal power. Besides orifice-opening secret techniques, other external items can also increase an Immortal's immortal power, though their augmentation is not as dramatic as that provided by the secret techniques.

Special cultivation methods, exotic insects, rare immortal waters, and unique immortal flames can all achieve this, but these items are also very rare.

The Nine-Colored Peach is one of the Ten Great Immortal Fruits. A single one can extend lifespan by 100,000 years. However, its growth cycle lasts nine million years, making it unattainable for True Immortal cultivators.

There are many types of immortal fruits in the Immortal Realm, with growth cycles starting from 200,000 years. Ten types of immortal fruits with extraordinary effects are known as the Ten Great Immortal Fruits. This designation is not man-made but is displayed on the Immortal Fruit List of the Primal Chaos Ranking. The Immortal Fruit List is part of the Earth Ranking and records ten types of immortal fruits with unique effects.

Wang Changsheng picked up the Profound Jade Banner, tossed it into the air, and exhaled a stream of essence energy which flowed into the banner. He then cast a series of incantations into it.

He intended to refine these five immortal artifacts to enhance his strength.

According to Xiao Feng, Xuan-Tian Treasures could be considered pseudo-immortal artifacts, which could be refined into true immortal artifacts through post-natal crafting.

Immortal artifacts are categorized as innate or acquired. Their power depends on their grade, the materials used, and the skill of the artifact crafter. It is not necessarily true that an innate immortal artifact is always stronger than an acquired one.

Innate immortal artifacts are relatively rare. Most immortal artifacts wielded by Immortals are acquired ones. Immortals pursue powerful immortal artifacts without caring if they are innate or acquired.

Wang Changsheng's natal artifact, the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, was a high-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and he could gather materials to upgrade it into an immortal artifact.

When ascended cultivators join the Nine Immortals Sect, if they gather the materials, the sect's artifact crafters can help them for free to upgrade their natal artifacts into natal immortal artifacts. This is one of the benefits for ascended cultivators.

Believing it's better to be taught how to fish than to be given a fish, Wang Changsheng did not intend to seek help from others. He wanted to rely on his own strength to upgrade the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl into an immortal artifact.

Immortals are capable of comprehending the power of laws. Spirit Domains are merely simplified versions of laws, and cultivating a Spirit Domain to grand completion provides some assistance in comprehending laws.

Not all True Immortals can comprehend the power of laws. Comprehending the power of laws is a time-consuming endeavor, and the exact time varies from person to person.

Some True Immortals spend tens of thousands of years yet fail to comprehend the power of laws. The power of laws is divided into initial comprehension, minor attainment, major attainment, and grand completion. Immortals can comprehend multiple laws, depending on the individual.

Most Immortals only comprehend two or three laws. Reaching grand completion in a single law has little to do with one's cultivation realm; it is not true that the higher one's cultivation, the greater their mastery of laws.

Some Immortals have exceptionally high comprehension; they can achieve initial comprehension of a law in a few thousand years and minor attainment in ten thousand years. Such cultivators are rarely seen even over tens of millions of years. Most Immortals do not possess such exceptional comprehension, but fortunately, they can use external aids.

Immortal artifacts, immortal pills, immortal talismans, immortal formations, immortal wine, immortal beasts, immortal insects, and immortal wood, among others, can all provide assistance.

Wang Changsheng spent two days refining the five low-grade immortal artifacts.

He cast an incantation into the Profound Jade Banner. A wave of ice law fluctuations swept out, instantly freezing the stone walls and causing numerous white ice cones to appear in the void.

The ice spread near the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron but stopped its advance there. The Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron did not freeze.

Wang Changsheng put away the Profound Jade Banner, exhaled a mouthful of essence energy which entered the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron, and then cast a series of incantations into it.

A day passed. Wang Changsheng changed his incantations and cast an incantation into the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron, but the cauldron remained motionless.

"Even the Spirit-Connecting Art can't activate it!"

Wang Changsheng was stunned. Was his cultivation too low, preventing him from gaining the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron's recognition, or was there another reason?

After some thought, Wang Changsheng tried injecting immortal power into the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron.

The immortal power within him surged frantically into the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron, like floodwaters bursting a dam. The Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron emitted a dazzling green light, and the azure lotus patterns on its body began to rotate.

Wang Changsheng's face gradually turned pale. He quickly stopped injecting immortal power, and the spiritual glow of the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron dimmed.

Wang Changsheng frowned deeply. The scene before him was beyond his comprehension.

He could successfully refine low-grade immortal artifacts, yet he couldn't refine the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron. The fact that the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron could absorb immortal power seemed no different from how things worked in the lower realms.

Simply put, he could use the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron for crafting artifacts or purifying materials, but he couldn't wield it freely like an ordinary artifact-crafting furnace.

"Is it a top-grade immortal artifact, an innate immortal artifact with a spirit, or a damaged special immortal artifact?"

Wang Changsheng was filled with confusion.

Above immortal artifacts are Dao artifacts. Could the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron be a Dao artifact?

As Wang Changsheng thought of this, his heart pounded. If it were a Dao artifact, everything would make sense. If the news were to leak, even Dao Ancestors would hunt him down.

New characters appeared on the walls of the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron, but Wang Changsheng hadn't yet discovered any new functions.

He took a deep breath, staring intently at the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron, his eyes burning. The existence of the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron absolutely could not be leaked.

The Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron looked very ordinary and did not emit any powerful fluctuations. Even if outsiders saw it, they would not recognize it as an immortal artifact.

"Will you be a powerful aid for our family to dominate in the Immortal Realm?" Wang Changsheng muttered to himself, then put away the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron and began meditating to recover.

His current cultivation was too low, and the information he had access to was limited, making it impossible to accurately determine the grade of the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron. He might understand more once his cultivation improved.