The refinement continued. A few months later, Wang Lin inhaled all of the origin energy in front of him.
It was like he was inhaling smoke. When all of the origin energy disappeared, a skinny figure was revealed. A bone-chilling aura came from this figure and filled the surroundings.
This figure's skin was pale as if there was no blood at all. In fact, this was the case. All of his blood had melted and fused with his bones.
Wang Lin's expression was gloomy and he let out a sigh.
"Failed again!"
Wang Lin had failed countless times in the past few months. Luckily, the jade said that even if he failed the first step, the person being refined wouldn't dissipate.
Looking at the puppet before him, Wang Lin frowned. According to the jade, he needed to add all kinds of materials during the refinement process and fuse them with his body to complete the first step.
"Gold, silver, copper, and iron. Right now, it hasn't even reached the level of an Iron Celestial Guard." After pondering a bit, Wang Lin slapped his bag of holding and a large amount of low quality magic treasures flew out.
These magic treasures were things that Wang Lin couldn't use in the past, but it would be a pity to just throw them away.
"I don't have the materials, but I do have magic treasures. If I refine these magic treasures into liquid and fuse them with this puppet, it should have some effect …" Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He immediately formed a seal with his right hand and sent out a flame to surround the magic treasures.
As the flame burned, several of the magic treasures melted. In the end, almost all of the magic treasures melted, forming a fist-sized ball that emitted a black light.
After pondering a bit, Wang Lin's divine sense entered his bag of holding. After searching for a bit, more magic treasures flew out and fused with the small ball. This could be said to be a big cleaning of Wang Lin's bag of holding.
In these eight hundred years, the items in Wang Lin's storage pouch were extremely varied. Most of them he had only used a few times before not using again. After all, with the improvement of his cultivation, many magical treasures had lost their sharpness in Wang Lin's eyes.
As the magical items flew out one by one, Wang Lin threw them into the ball. It was at this point that a blue rose suddenly appeared in Wang Lin's hand.
Looking at the rose, a fiery red figure seemed to appear in front of Wang Lin. He hesitated for a moment, then put away the rose and threw the other magic treasures into the small ball.
The process lasted for several days. As he cleaned out his bag of holding, vast quantities of low-tier, mid-tier, and even high-tier magical items were refined into liquid.
As a result, the melted ball floating in front of him became colorful and sparkling.
Wang Lin's right hand moved, grabbing the liquid and pressing it onto the puppet's body. Another round of refining began.
In the blink of an eye, two months had passed. On this day, the puppet's body emitted a yellow light that lit up the crack.
Wang Lin opened his eyes and revealed a hint of exhaustion. He looked at the yellow light on the puppet's body and his eyes flashed with disappointment.
"The strength of the bronze rank … Whatever, this should barely be enough."
Although the first step of the Celestial Guard was said to be powerful, the second step was to grind the Nascent Soul. As long as it failed once, it would immediately cause the refinement to fail. Moreover, if it failed, the body could not be possessed, and naturally, it could not be fused with another Nascent Soul to refine.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and revealed a rare hint of hesitation.
He raised his head and looked outside the crack. In the past six months, the suction force had never stopped and it seemed to be getting stronger.
Wang Lin clenched his teeth and slapped his bag of holding. The one-billion-soul soul flag flew out and shook it. A giant head appeared inside the flag.
The head was illusory and seemed to be floating within the banner. Its entire body was greenish-black, and there was no hair on its head. It looked like an evil spirit, especially its eyes. Although they were illusory, they seemed to be real and gave off a cold glint.
It was inside the one-billion-soul soul flag as it stared at Wang Lin and let out a roar.
Most of the souls inside the one-billion-soul soul flag were far away from the head, as if they didn't dare to get close. This allowed the head to occupy its own territory inside the flag.
Only the qilin didn't. After eating a large amount of celestial food, its body had undergone a series of strange changes. When it saw the head roar, it let out a low roar.
The head and the qilin stared at each other. Neither of them backed down and let out a ferocious roar.
This head was the heavenly ghost!
Wang Lin's eyes were like torches as he stared at the heavenly ghost. His right hand reached out toward the one-billion-soul soul flag and pulled out the heavenly ghost.
The heavenly ghost was a ferocious creature. If it wasn't for the fact that it couldn't recover in time and was captured by Wang Lin when it was at its weakest, it wouldn't be easy to deal with once it reached its peak.
The heavenly ghost roared in Wang Lin's hand and opened its mouth to devour Wang Lin. Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he let out a cold snort. The mark he left in the heavenly ghost immediately trembled, causing it to be on the verge of dissipating.
The heavenly ghost had no choice but to retreat. It stared at Wang Lin and let out a low roar.
"The puppet's body isn't strong enough, and its origin soul won't be able to survive the second step of refining. However, I'll add the heavenly ghost to it to extract its ferocious aura and steal its body. If I still fail, then I won't be able to refine this celestial guard!" Wang Lin was decisive. He grabbed the heavenly ghost and pressed it between the puppet's eyebrows.
"Since I'm going to refine a puppet, I'm going to refine a top quality puppet. If it's only at the peak of the late stage of Ascendant, then how can I be worthy of my treasures and the heavenly ghost?"
Wang Lin's eyes became cold. His left hand formed a seal and touched the spot between his eyebrows. As he pulled it out, it brought with it traces of lightning. This lightning contained fire energy, and Wang Lin threw it into the puppet's body.
"Refine!"
The heavenly ghost was extremely ferocious, so it naturally wasn't willing to be sealed inside the puppet to be refined by Wang Lin. It let out a roar and was about to charge out when a whip appeared in Wang Lin's hand and he lashed out.
There was a cracking sound and the heavenly ghost immediately let out a miserable cry. This whip was the thing that restrained it.
If it wasn't for the fact that Wang Lin's imprint on the scattered devil's soul was so deep that he was preparing to use it as his second origin soul, then it would have been more suitable to throw the scattered devil's soul inside. However, the scattered devil's soul was a bit troublesome to control, so it wasn't as easy as the heavenly ghost.
Several months passed by. Under Wang Lin's continuous refinement, the heavenly ghost inside the puppet and Du Jian's origin soul fused and were destroyed. However, the heavenly ghost was very powerful, so even though it was destroyed, its aura was still connected.
This was the most important requirement for the second step in the jade. The failure of the second step was almost entirely due to the origin soul. It wasn't that the origin soul was lacking, but that the pain of the origin soul being destroyed was not something a normal person could endure. Once they relaxed, they would die.
Even if they didn't relax and persisted until the end, they wouldn't be able to reach the point where their auras were connected. They wouldn't be able to reach the point where their auras were no longer connected.
The only way to do this was to have a strong obsession in their heart, an obsession comparable to a heaven-defying cultivator!
This was also why cultivators with their own dao had a high success rate when refining a celestial guard.
After more than half a year of time, Wang Lin finally refined his first celestial guard puppet. Although the success rate of refining a celestial guard was very low, being able to capture a heavenly ghost and fuse with a person's origin soul to refine it was no fluke.
Even if it was Wang Lin, unless he used the scattered devil's soul, he wouldn't be able to refine a second celestial guard.
Wang Lin revealed a hint of excitement. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He stared at the skinny puppet that was emitting a faint yellow glow and a connection that he could freely control echoed in his mind.
Celestial Emperor Qing Lin wouldn't allow any betrayal during the refining of a celestial guard. Naturally, there were countless ways to control it. Wang Lin used his origin soul energy to refine it, and after a long time, his control over the puppet had reached a peak.
As for the heavenly ghost, although it was arrogant, during the refining process, it was fused with the puppet's body.
Wang Lin squeezed out a drop of blood and flicked it onto the puppet's forehead. The drop of blood released a red glow and fused with the puppet. Suddenly, the puppet opened its eyes.
This was a pair of empty eyes, but there was a hint of sharpness inside.
"The Yin and Yang Illusory Realm!"
Wang Lin scanned the puppet with his divine sense and immediately felt an aura on the same level as Situ Nan's. Although it wasn't as strong as Situ Nan's, it wasn't much weaker.
Wang Lin let out a laugh. He really admired Celestial Emperor Qing Lin. This person's intelligence could be considered excellent to be able to create a method to refine a treasure.
"Although this celestial guard can't use many spells because its origin soul is fused with its flesh and blood, making it inferior to a real Yin and Yang Illusory Realm cultivator, the spells on the jade are specially prepared for celestial guards!"
Wang Lin's eyes lit up.
"In addition, I've prepared a big gift for this celestial guard!"
Wang Lin's right hand hit the spot between his eyebrows and strands of grey gas appeared. They turned into one million strands of slaughter energy and entered the puppet's body.
The puppet's eyes immediately released the intent to slaughter. After a few flashes, it was gradually hidden. However, its gaze became even more fierce.
After doing all of this, Wang Lin slapped his bag of holding and the jade flew out. He waved his hand and the jade landed between the puppet's eyebrows. There seemed to be a flash of runes in the puppet's eyes.
After a long time, the jade returned to Wang Lin's side.
Wang Lin calmly said, "Hide!"
The celestial guard's body flickered, turned into nothing, and hid behind Wang Lin. There was no light here, so he couldn't see the celestial guard's shadow. However, Wang Lin knew that the celestial guard was hiding in his shadow.
"With the celestial guard's spells, I have a 60% chance of leaving this place. Although this place is a danger zone, it is because it is a danger zone that it is safe!"
Wang Lin began to ponder. After a while, he slapped his bag of holding and a large sword flew out. This sword was very big, like a door!
"Great Wealth … This is my first sword, Wang Lin's!
What kind of secret do you have … "Wang Lin gently rubbed the body of the sword. He calmed his mind and slowly merged with it.
(To be continued)