"Gift?"
Hearing the Primordial Immortal Pagoda's words, Mu Chen's eyes flickered with interest.
With a smile, the silhouette waved his hand and the surrounding heavens and earth changed. In the end, it turned into an ancient golden starry sky with countless stars flickering.
The starry sky was filled with a dark golden mist. The mist was mysterious and mystical, giving off an immortal feeling. It was obviously formed from the Immortal Source.
"Although you've become the new owner of the Primordial Immortal Body, you still can't unleash its true power." The silhouette said.
Mu Chen nodded his head. Although he could control the Primordial Immortal Body to deal with Maha You, it was akin to an outsider, and he couldn't fuse the two together.
On the other hand, his Immortal Golden Body could fuse with his main body to unleash greater power.
According to his estimations, the Primordial Immortal Body should be comparable to a pinnacle Initial Phase Saint Heavenly Sovereign, but it was still far from the pinnacle.
He wanted to control the Primordial Immortal Body like how he controlled the Immortal Golden Body in the past. But for some reason, he could vaguely sense a barrier between him and the Primordial Immortal Body.
"That's because you're still a mortal, so you can't connect with the Primordial Immortal Body. Thus, you can't unleash its true power."
The silhouette smiled, "You're still lacking an important step."
"Which step?" Mu Chen's expression turned grave as he urgently asked.
"The Immortal Body refinement, using the immortal energy to refine the body to achieve the Immortal Body. This way, you can perfectly fuse with the Primordial Immortal Body." The silhouette explained.
When Mu Chen heard her words, his heart trembled. He had once bitterly cultivated his physique, so he naturally knew how powerful the Immortal Body was. Even a Saint Heavenly Sovereign couldn't cultivate such a powerful physique.
With the Immortal Body, Mu Chen would probably be able to resist the attacks of a Saint Heavenly Sovereign in the future.
"Senior, how should I cultivate my Immortal Body?" Mu Chen asked with a burning gaze.
The old light figure smiled and said, "It's actually very simple. To cultivate an immortal body, one naturally needs the power of the Immortal Source. A portion of the Immortal Source collected over the past tens of thousands of years is for the new master to refine his body."
Hearing this, Mu Chen was overjoyed. Although it sounded simple, only he knew how rare it was. The Immortal Source could only be condensed after cultivating the Immortal Golden Body. In order to condense such a large amount, who knew how many Immortal Golden Bodies had to be extracted. If it wasn't for the Wangu Pagoda's collection over tens of thousands of years, it would be impossible to cultivate the Immortal Golden Body.
"However, the Immortal Body Refinement Art is essentially a reconstruction of one's flesh and blood. The pain is unbearable. If one cannot endure it, it will take an unknown amount of time to refine it again in the future," the old figure of light reminded.
Mu Chen's gaze flickered as he sharply asked, "How long will it take to refine the Immortal Body?"
With a smile, the old figure stretched out his hand. "A conservative estimate would be five years."
Mu Chen couldn't help taking in a cold breath. That meant that he would have to stay in the Primordial Immortal Pagoda for the next five years?
It would be fine if he was somewhere else, but this was the Ancient Maha Clan. If he stayed for too long, he was afraid that the Ancient Maha Clan might cause trouble.
This made Mu Chen lock his brows together.
"You don't have to worry about time. Can't you sense that this place is different?" The old figure reminded with a smile.
With that reminder, Mu Chen's expression slightly changed as he looked at the purplish-golden starry sky in astonishment. After a long while, he said with a grave expression, "The flow of time is different?"
Nodding his head, the old figure replied, "The time here has been slowed down by the Immortal Emperor's divine ability. So five years here is only half a year in the outside world."
Hearing that, Mu Chen felt relieved. Half a year in the outside world was still acceptable. However, this method was truly shocking. The Immortal Emperor was truly worthy of being the strongest powerhouse in the Great Thousand World.
"Then, Senior, please help me to refine the Immortal Body." Mu Chen respectfully cupped his hands towards the aged silhouette.
This was a great opportunity for him. The Immortal Body was something that not even many Saint Heavenly Sovereigns could reach. With such a powerful physique, Mu Chen could be ranked amongst the top in the Great Thousand World in terms of endurance.
Nodding his head, the old figure accepted Mu Chen's bow and waved his hand. A boundless purplish-golden radiance swept out and formed into a purplish-golden cauldron.
Huff!
The old figure opened his mouth and the purplish-golden flames blazed, enveloping the cauldron with a terrifying temperature that even caused space to distort.
"Enter the cauldron." The old figure said.
Mu Chen looked at the crimson cauldron as his brows uncontrollably twitched. The terrifying temperature in it made even his skin feel a stinging pain. One could only imagine the pain of body refinement that he would have to endure if he were to enter it.
However, Mu Chen wasn't a weakling. Calming his heart, he turned into a streak of light and entered the cauldron. Sizzle!
Sizzle!
The moment he entered the cauldron, his clothes and hair were instantly incinerated. His skin started to turn red with faint signs of melting.
An indescribable pain surged up.
Mu Chen's body violently trembled as intense pain engulfed him. However, he maintained the clarity in his heart. He knew that if his mind was incinerated, his body refinement would fail.
He had experienced a lot over the years since he left Hokuang Reiwon. He had wandered between life and death time and time again, which allowed him to achieve what he had today. And now, he had finally reached his dream. Therefore, he had to persevere no matter what.
An unshakable resolution surged in Mu Chen's eyes. Shortly after, blood flowed from his eyes as he gradually closed them, allowing the dreadfully high temperature to envelop him.
Outside the cauldron, the old figure nodded his head as he watched Lin Fan's body gradually melt. To be chosen by the Primordial Immortal Body, this young man indeed had extraordinary willpower.
"This is the most important step. I hope that you can persevere."
He muttered before waving his hand. Strands of purplish-golden Origin energy descended from the starry sky and poured into the cauldron. While Mu Chen's body was melting, strands of it entered his body.
The atmosphere outside the Primordial Immortal Pagoda was still oppressive.
The Elders of the Ancient Maha Clan looked at the Primordial Immortal Pagoda and couldn't help muttering, "Why isn't that brat out yet?
Is he planning to hide in there? "
Standing before them, Maha Tian wore an indifferent expression with his eyes closed. It was as if he was taking a nap, but his lips moved with an emotionless voice resounding, "No matter how long he hides, we will wait."
The Elders inwardly nodded their heads. Their Ancient Maha Clan had protected the Primordial Immortal Body for tens of thousands of years, so they couldn't allow Mu Chen to take it away under their noses.
"I'll see how long that brat can hide for. As long as you dare to show yourself, you will have to obediently hand over the Primordial Immortal Body!"
Outside the Primordial Immortal Pagoda, Maha Tian and Qing Yanjing did not move as they waited for time to pass. Under the confrontation of the two Saint Heavenly Sovereigns, the other experts did not leave. But as time passed, this matter swiftly spread throughout the Great Thousand World.
The confrontation between the two Ancient Clans might even lead to a war, which caused countless gazes in the Great Thousand World to be directed towards the Maha Continent.
Time gradually flowed, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
Over the past three months, the number of experts gathered in the Primordial Immortal City did not decrease. On the contrary, as the news spread throughout the Great Thousand World, more people rushed over.
After all, the confrontation between two Ancient Clans was too shocking, and the last force that fought with the Ancient Maha Clan in the Great Thousand World was the Endless Fire Territory, whose name had shaken the entire Great Thousand World.
It's just that Maha Tian was defeated by Yan Emperor, so he had no choice but to restrain his ambition. But this time, no one knew who in the Ancient Maha Clan could stop this pinnacle expert that once challenged Yan Emperor.
Regardless of anything, the moment the two of them fought, it would definitely be an earth-shattering battle.
While the outside world was in a state of confrontation, the Primordial Immortal Pagoda was filled with a high temperature that distorted space.
Roughly three years had passed in the purplish-golden starry sky.
In the past three years, the purplish-golden cauldron had never stopped burning.
In the cauldron, there was a silhouette enveloped in purplish-golden flames. Looking closely, that silhouette didn't have any flesh, only a skeleton that quietly sat in the flames.
Under the three years of the purplish-gold flames, the pale bones had a faint golden luster, vaguely emitting an immortal aura.
Outside the cauldron, the elderly silhouette suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the skeleton in the cauldron. If it wasn't for the fact that he could sense a trace of vitality in the depths of the skeleton, he would have thought that Mu Chen had already been incinerated.
"Not bad."
The silhouette's voice contained a trace of praise. In the past three years, Mu Chen's perseverance and tenacity had exceeded his expectations. If it was someone else, they would have already lost their consciousness under the endless pain.
"Next, it's time to reconstruct his flesh and achieve immortality."