Chapter 872: 872
Not long after Han Li activated the Brightsight Spirit Eyes, his expression began to stir as if having discovered something . He raised his finger to the Heavenvoid Cauldron and released several thin threads of azure spiritual Qi that soon disappeared from sight .
In a flicker of blue light, the ice flames began to surge around the cauldron, causing it to expand from its original size of several inches to three meters wide . Clear carvings of landscapes, animals and other aspects of gentle nature could be seen on its surface .
When Han Li saw this sudden transformation, he calmly stood up and beckoned to it, having it move a meter in front of him as it floated in the air .
After examining it a moment more, Han Li passed his hand through the icy flames and pressed it against the cauldron . As a result, the icy flames surged and swept up into a tornado around it . Followed by the sound of dragon cries, a three-meter-long flood dragon of blue flames emerged from the tornado . It shook itself with delight before suddenly disappearing into the cauldron .
At that same moment, the cauldron’s faint copper exterior instantly turned blue . The various animals on its exterior suddenly began to shine with light and seemed to come to life, roaming across its surface in an incredible display .
Han Li was unphased by the sight of this and quickly pierced the cauldron with several azure threads from his palm, pouring in an unending stream of spiritual power . When a large quantity of spiritual power was absorbed, the cauldron began to hum .
As Han Li gazed at the cauldron, blue ancient characters began to appear and float across on the cauldron’s surface, and in a flicker of light, they began to gather three meters in the air to form a strange spell scripture . Han Li raised his head to look at it and unconsciously slowed the infusion of spiritual Qi into the cauldron, causing the characters to suddenly dim before disappearing . In his alarm, he hastily resumed the flow of spiritual Qi, causing the scripture to appear once more in a faint blue light .
The scriptures weren’t long and only reached about a thousand characters in length . When Han Li read through it, his face initially revealed happiness but his smile soon turned bitter . The scripture was easy enough to understand; it was the method to control the Heavenvoid Cauldron .
The scripture clearly stated that there were two conditions to control the cauldron . The first would be to refine the Celestial Ice Flames . The second condition was a kind of ancient technique known as the Artifact Imprint Techniques .
These techniques were established to control Divine Spirit Treasures and other equivalent treasures . Each and every Divine Spirit Treasure passed down from antiquity has their own specific Artifact Imprint Technique . These specific techniques were incapable of being exchanged between their respective treasures as each one had their own characteristics and abilities .
As a result, there is a clear divide between ordinary ancient treasures and Divine Spirit Treasures . Only ancient treasures that had an Artifact Imprint Technique could be considered Divine Spirit Treasures . And it was only after their respective command technique was cultivated that they could be sealed within one’s body and could be slowly tempered .
Of course, Divine Spirit Treasures aren’t able to be fused with one’s spiritual sense unlike common treasures . Rather, they are closer to devilish artifacts in this regard . In order to gain influence on the treasure’s spiritual nature, one had to use Artifact Imprint Technique as the treasure was housed in their body . As a result, the Divine Spirit Treasure’s spiritual nature will gradually shift to become suitable to the user’s spiritual sense, eventually reaching the stage where one could wholly unite with their treasure and use it to its fullest extent .
And given the fantastical might of Divine Spirit Treasures, it reduces its wielder to a supporting role while in use due to the strain it puts on the user’s spiritual sense . As a result, it isn’t something that can be casually used such as one’s own bonded magic treasure; rather, it requires opportune timing to use but would allow its user to easily defeat their opponents . In summary, the tradeoffs for a Divine Spirit Treasure’s amazing power was the inability to use it immediately, requiring its owner to use its respective Artifact Imprint Technique to mold the spiritual nature of the Divine Spirit Treasure, as well as some difficulty in using it during combat .
The scripture above the Heavenvoid Cauldron had explained this in simple terms, and Han Li felt quite a bit of joy from this . But after he read the incantation, his expression to turn unsightly .
Although the incantation itself was rather simple, it comprised of three layers . The first layer of the incantation required the cultivator to be at mid-Nascent Soul stage . As for the second and third layers, they required the cultivator to be at late Nascent Soul stage and the Deity Transformation stage respectively to cultivate .
As a result, he would only be able to use only a small portion of the Heavenvoid Cauldron’s power after he cultivated the first layer . Greatly disappointed, he withdrew his hand and ceased pouring spiritual power in the cauldron, causing the scripture to immediately fade away .
Han Li stared at the huge cauldron in front of him with a gloomy expression . Although he didn’t know how much strength was a small portion of the cauldron’s power, Han Li didn’t have high hopes for it . Would it be able to compare with the Aureate Sword Formation and Purple Apex Flames?
After a moment of silence, Han Li sighed once more and decided on refining the first layer of the cauldron’s Artifact Imprint Technique . This would allow him to store the Heavenvoid Cauldron within his body, allowing him to later nurture it .
With that thought, Han Li swept his sleeve, sweeping up the huge cauldron in a jet of azure light and instantly shrinking it back to its original size . Then with the cauldron grasped in his hand, he put it away into his storage pouch in a flash of light .
With that done, Han Li sat cross-legged and slowly closed his eyes . The first layer of the Artifact Imprint Technique appeared in his mind and he began to silently comprehend it .
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