In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

Under the continuous refinement of the Dao Fire, the black stone finally couldn’t hold on. With a crisp ’crack’, its surface developed dense cracks.

Immediately after, it completely shattered, revealing what was wrapped inside.

At this moment, a thumb-sized green crystal floated before Fang Hong.

This crystal was translucent, enveloped by a faint green glow, emitting an indescribably profound aura.

"Hahaha. It’s such a treasure. I’ve really hit the jackpot this time."

Fang Hong looked at the green crystal floating before him, slapped his thigh in excitement, and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

This green crystal was called a "Time Crystal," a rare crystal containing the Law of Time.

Time Crystals were not artificially refined but naturally condensed from the Law of Time between heaven and earth after long years of accumulation, so its preciousness was imaginable.

Time Crystals had extremely wide uses; it was not only a core Material for refining Time Dao Artifacts, allowing Dao Artifacts to possess the magical ability to control time.

More importantly, after a Cultivator refined a Time Crystal, he could also condense mysterious law meridians of Time within his body.

Such a treasure was even rarer than the fire bodhi fruit, golden thread peach, thunder crystal, and other treasures Fang Hong had refined before.

With this precious Time Crystal, his years pearl finally had a chance to upgrade again!

Fang Hong condensed Qi into a blade on his fingertip and gently sliced towards the Time Crystal.

With a crack, the Time Crystal was precisely divided into two.

Fang Hong planned to use the larger portion to condense the law meridian of Time and the smaller portion to upgrade the years pearl.

Without further delay, Fang Hong immediately put away the half of the Time Crystal intended for condensing law meridians, exited the Years Pearl Space, and decided to prioritize upgrading the years pearl.

For the next period, Fang Hong sat cross-legged in the secret chamber of his luxurious Immortal Cave, holding the years pearl in his palm.

At the same time, he picked up the other half of the Time Crystal and began to guide the pure Origin contained within the Time Crystal, slowly injecting it into the years pearl, fully assisting the years pearl in its upgrade!

One day, two days, three days.

Ten days passed in a flash.

On this morning, a dazzling green light suddenly erupted in the secret chamber of the Immortal Cave, illuminating the entire chamber in a vibrant green.

Fang Hong floated in mid-air, his eyes closed, his expression focused.

The years pearl in his palm was now emitting an unprecedented brilliant light; its original faint white halo had turned green, clearly indicating a successful advancement.

After ten days of unremitting effort, Fang Hong successfully refined the Origin of half a Time Crystal completely into the years pearl.

The years pearl did not disappoint, successfully advancing from a first-rank Immortal Artifact to an eighth-rank immortal artifact, and the power of its Divine Power also increased severalfold.

Now, with the years pearl, one year outside meant the years pearl could accelerate the growth of immortal herbs by ten thousand years inside!

This meant that in the future, if Fang Hong wanted to cultivate ten-thousand-year immortal herbs, he no longer needed to spend three or four years waiting, greatly improving efficiency.

If he could find more Time Crystals in the future to upgrade the years pearl to a Dao Artifact, its Divine Power power would definitely be even stronger.

Perhaps it could truly make immortal herbs grow ten thousand years of Dao cultivation overnight.

Of course, this was just Fang Hong’s thought; Time Crystals were extremely rare treasures, hard to come by, and getting one this time was already a huge opportunity. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

To find more, he could only rely on future fortune.

The current years pearl was already fully capable of meeting his current needs.

Fang Hong stopped thinking too much and re-entered the secret chamber of the Years Pearl Space, taking out the remaining half of the Time Crystal.

In the following days, Fang Hong devoted himself entirely to quiet Cultivation.

While refining the Time Crystal to condense the law meridian of Time, he also refined Immortal Pills, fully boosting his cultivation to prepare for the upcoming assessment... In a blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

On this day, Fang Hong was frantically performing alchemy in the alchemy room.

The Dao Fire burned fiercely, and under the repeated tempering of Great Dao Power, furnace after furnace of Qi Emperor Pills, Southern Dipper Pills, and Snow Lotus Pills were continuously produced.

These medicinal pills were all imbued with Great Dao Power, all first-rank Dao Pills, and refining them would greatly help improve cultivation.

Since the years pearl successfully advanced to an eighth-rank immortal artifact, Fang Hong’s speed in cultivating immortal herbs had increased significantly.

Now, Fang Hong no longer needed to wait half a year; he could cultivate a large number of high-quality mature immortal herbs in just one or two months.

This greatly improved his alchemy efficiency.

At this moment, three jade gourds were placed on the floor of the alchemy room, containing hundreds of Qi Emperor Pills, Southern Dipper Pills, and Snow Lotus Pills.

However, Fang Hong had no intention of continuing alchemy.

The half-year period was up, and the Qingyun Dao Lineage’s Elder assessment was about to begin.

These medicinal pills could be stored for now; it wouldn’t be too late to slowly refine them after successfully passing the assessment.

Fang Hong raised his hand and took out his registration identity token.

A soft spiritual light glowed on the surface of the identity token, and a clear message slowly emerged:

The Elder assessment is about to begin. All Cultivators participating in the assessment are requested to immediately proceed to Qing Yun Pavilion for assembly.

After reading the message, Fang Hong no longer delayed, exited the Years Pearl Space, and transformed into a streak of light, flying rapidly towards Qing Yun Pavilion.

During these past six months, Fang Hong was not only focused on alchemy.

He also took out all the Immortal Pills, Time Crystals, and starlight grass he had accumulated and purchased before, refining and absorbing them one by one.

After spending several months refining all the Immortal Pills, Fang Hong’s cultivation once again improved, finally successfully advancing to the Immortal King Realm Middle Stage.

As for the precious Time Crystal and starlight grass, their effects also met Fang Hong’s expectations.

Time Crystals could help Cultivators condense law meridians of Time, and starlight grass corresponded to law meridians of Light.

During these six months of focused Cultivation, Fang Hong successfully condensed two more law meridians within his body.

At this moment, Fang Hong had already cultivated eleven Great Dao Laws simultaneously.

These were the basic Five Elements Laws of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, plus the Laws of Thunder, Darkness, Light, Ice, Life, and Time.

The more Great Dao Laws one cultivated, the more profound one’s immortal power, the stronger the power of the Daoist Magic displayed, and naturally, the overall combat power would far exceed Cultivators of the same realm.

Fang Hong’s ability to master so many Great Dao Laws in the Immortal King Realm was extremely rare even in the entire Immortal Realm.

In terms of Dao Artifacts, there had been no new progress during this period.

Fang Hong had been busy improving his cultivation and condensing law meridians, and the Spirit Devouring Secret Art he had planned to optimize earlier was temporarily put aside.

He could only slowly research it when he had free time later.

After a short while, Fang Hong arrived at Qing Yun Pavilion again. As soon as he passed through the main entrance of Qing Yun Pavilion, he immediately found himself in an enormous plaza.

The plaza was vast and boundless, stretching as far as the eye could see.