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Chapter 458 - 86 Refining the Sword Lotus (3/3)

Chapter 458: Chapter 86 Refining the Sword Lotus (3/3)

In fact, Shuo Yueying had also noticed this.

This Demon King hiding within the Divine Repository had always been trying to enter the Underground Palace but to no avail.

The Immaculate Wood, with its limited wisdom, instinctively refused entry to anyone. Shuo Yueying tried various methods to gain access, only to end up suffering from the corruption of Demonic Qi, an experience too bitter for words.

"It seems that the situation with the central Underground Palace is not very good,"

An Jing fell into deep thought. According to the Immaculate Wood, although the seal was still intact, the activity of the Demonic Qi inside far exceeded everyone’s expectations... The fragments of Subdue Evil should indeed be within that Underground Palace, but obtaining them seemed to be problematic.

However, this was not a situation that could be rushed. An Jing decided to prioritize increasing his own strength; then, whatever he did afterward would be with greater confidence.

Without hesitation, taking advantage of the surging Golden Qi within the Primordial Spirit Cave and with the full support of the Immaculate Wood and the Xuanyuan Pure Light within him, An Jing directly sat down under the Immaculate Wood and embraced the Primordial Spirit Sword Lotus to meditate in deep contemplation.

The Taibai Fiend Qi enveloped his whole body, surging like a tide, as if to refine and forge this wonder of heaven and earth for his own use.

And at the moment when the purest Taibai Fiend Qi that An Jing had made contact with the Primordial Spirit Sword Lotus, endless Gold Qi burst forth from the Lotus Platform.

Every conceivable type of Golden Qi, iron red, gold, purple tin, bronze, silver...

The subtle Qi of needle pricks, the Qi of narrow Edge Blades, the agitated Qi of Merging Gold, the undercurrents of flowing mercury Qi...

All sorts of Golden Qi spread like a peacock unfurling its feathers, a hundred flowers blooming as they vied with one another, gushing from the Sword Lotus in various ways.

Not only that, the entirety of the Primordial Spirit Cave, whether the air or the ground beneath, the dome or the walls, was permeated with Golden Qi.

Like seawater drying up to leave salt crystals, An Jing found himself completely enveloped in countless sharp and keen streams of Golden Qi, complex or simple, with the grand transformation and essence of creation, all cast from the Divine Intention of opening and forging.

"The Ten Directions Furnace, this is what it truly is." It was only now that An Jing realized that the Primordial Spirit Cave, as the convergence of the Ten Directions Spirit Vein of the Broken Blade Mountain Range, was not just a simple cultivation sanctuary but a furnace meant for refining one’s foundation and transforming one’s body and spirit.

The Immaculate Wood sought to use it to recast the seal and become the Divine Wood of the Divine Repository, while Shuo Yueying also sought to transform her True Spirit, desiring to become a white dragon.

While An Jing was refining the Sword Lotus, he was actually fulfilling the true purpose of the Ten Directions Furnace. Suddenly, not only the Golden Qi from the Sword Lotus itself, but also from Broken Blade Peak and nearby Spirit Mountains flooded in to join, turning into a massive grinding furnace.

Either An Jing would refine the Sword Lotus, or he would be assimilated into the mountain, becoming a part of the Golden Qi in this domain.

"You, young man, are quite lucky,"

Subdue Evil, however, was not the least bit nervous, having full confidence in An Jing, "If it were anyone else, I’d be worried they’d be frightened, but for you, someone who attains Enlightenment as easily as eating or drinking, this sensation is nothing unfamiliar, right?"

Indeed. If it were an ordinary person, they would certainly be terrified by the sight of the world’s Golden Qi sweeping in.

But An Jing’s two enlightenments involved the essence of heaven and earth surging towards him as if to drown him, running the risk of entering Dao and losing oneself at any moment.

But An Jing knew very well that as long as he steadied his mind and did not let the world take over, there would be no danger. Instead, he could use this to better grasp the nature of the myriad forms of Golden Qi in the world.

Countless streams of Golden Qi in the Primordial Spirit Cave churned endlessly like a hundred rivers, forming a huge vortex, with An Jing’s Sword Lotus at its center, and behind him, the Primordial Spirit Immaculate Wood.

At that moment, An Jing’s mind was supremely tranquil, connecting his fundamental Fiend Qi with the Sword Lotus, using the methods of Demon Core to organize and sort the many complex strands of Golden Qi, arranging the various Spiritual Fiend Qi in neat order.

Then, within the center of the Sword Lotus, a phantom and hazy Pill Body began to condense!

In terms of the essence of Pill Intent, An Jing had known a bit in his previous life, and with the Enlightenment of this life, he was able to integrate the skills of his past and present lives—humans are one of the myriad spirits, intelligent Demon Spirits, and thus, Demon Cores are also part of Alchemy Dao!

As long as he sorted the Golden Qi and used the Primordial Spirit Sword Lotus to condense his own Golden Qi Pill, he could refine it from the inside out, turning this embryonic magical treasure accomplished by the world into his magic treasure!

Without any hesitation, An Jing utilized a portion of Xuanyuan Pure Light, causing the Taibai Fiend Qi throughout his body to surge even more fiercely as he penetrated deep into the core of the Sword Lotus, seemingly succeeding in the refinement.

But the essence of the Primordial Spirit Sword Lotus seemed a bit too strong.

If he were dealing with a common Divine Repository Purple Mansion realm’s wondrous object from heaven and earth, or a nascent form of a magic treasure, with An Jing’s current level of skill, coupled with the enhancement of Xuanyuan Pure Light, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he could refine it in an instant; at the very least, he would be able to make substantial progress.

However, on the inside of this Primordial Spirit Sword Lotus, there was a streak of gold Qi of such purity that it exceeded An Jing’s Taibai Fiend Qi by many times over; it was unparalleled in its essence.

"Innate Geng Metal Essence?"

Noticing Subdue Evil’s moment of surprise, followed by astonishment, it said, "This is excellent news—terrible news!"

"An Jing, I know which part of me lies beneath Broken Blade Mountain... It is where the edge blade of my sword tip is located! The essence of Innate Geng Metal in this sword lotus is the embodiment of my sword blade’s aura!"

An Jing was fully focused on combating this strand of gold Qi, which had hardness and sharpness to the extreme. His skin burst open spontaneously, leaving wounds that seeped thin stands of golden blood capable of slicing through the dirt and rocks beneath.

He heard Subdue Evil’s voice but had little energy to ponder, managing just to gasp out a question, "What’s the good in this? And the bad?"

Subdue Evil didn’t waste words: "The good lies in the fact that my edge blade is capable of carving through the Great Void. If I can integrate this fragment, the passages in the Great Void that I can open will be greatly strengthened—far surpassing any other fragment I might acquire."

"Furthermore, the essence of Innate Geng Metal is an innate spirit fiend, which in the Golden Core realm, only during the attempt to achieve a Daoist Profession can one refine a touch of undying fundament. This sword lotus, as a nascent form of a magic treasure, is of a higher order than we imagined."

"The problem is, this thing is too powerful. An Jing, although you have exceptional talent, and I feel that you could easily refine any Divine Repository nascent form of a magic treasure—in fact, you indeed can—but a nascent form with the qualities of a golden core is too much. All your techniques, in its regard, are like trying to ignite a forest with the gleam of dawn or melt steel with boiling water; there’s a fundamental difference."

"So we give up?"

An Jing never persisted in meaningless efforts. If something was impossible, he would stop there and wait for another opportunity.

"No need. Start up the Tranquil Sword Manual, and take out my core..." Initially, Subdue Evil wanted to suggest that An Jing use its own Sword Fiend essence, leveraging the same source power combined with the immortality of its sword handle’s essence, to absorb and refine this thread of Innate Geng Metal Essence.

Although it might be cumbersome and possibly cause aftereffects, compared to the advantages brought by the essence of Innate Geng Metal, these were minor and insignificant.

But before it could finish speaking, another surge of Xuanyuan Pure Light suddenly ignited inside An Jing’s Divine Sea.

And in the place where his Heavenly Mandate resided, the great white-golden star that represented ’Taibai Erosion and Soaring’ suddenly burst into light.

—Heavenly Mandate!

At that moment, even Subdue Evil involuntarily fell silent. It had never seen the power of an awakened Heavenly Mandate before, nor did it know how things were now—but did the situation seem to be turning?

Opening his eyes, An Jing illuminated a halo round the back of his head, in which many symbols and phenomena emerged, portraying Taibai Passing Heaven and the Great Star invading Mao, causing chaos among earthly blades and slaughter in the heavens.

—The moon governs heavenly punishment and evil; the sun commands heavenly authority and virtue. When sun and moon go against each other, thus come the annual fiend hunger, Mars chaos, Star Suppressing Murder, Taibai Army, Stellar Law Reversal!

—Taibai Fiend, the master of arms, brings chaos to the world with its force!

Since the awakening of his Heavenly Mandate, An Jing actually hadn’t felt any extraordinary divine powers from it, considering that Divine Mandate came with an innate Lingxiao inheritance, while he only possessed divinely gifted skills akin to Strange Mandate, most likely due to his perception rather than the Heavenly Mandate itself.

If one had to point out something special about the Heavenly Mandate, it would only be an exceptional resistance to Evil Qi and Demonic Qi.

An Jing had fought many demons, and not once had Demonic Qi invaded his body, which was not a coincidence but the essence of Heavenly Mandate.

But now, An Jing finally understood. It wasn’t that his Heavenly Mandate lacked extraordinary divine powers, but rather that ordinary matters and wondrous objects simply didn’t trigger the power of the Heavenly Mandate.

Just like now, when An Jing’s Taibai Star Fate, one of his Seven Fiends, was in full swing, a Taibai Fiend star evolved into a stellar phantom that vaguely overlapped with the phantom of the demon core he was condensing!

—Stars are the Heavenly Pill!

In an instant, a force rooted in the essence of the Heavenly Mandate surged out. The core of the sword lotus, which was impervious to fire and water and unaffected by any of An Jing’s refinement techniques, was suddenly refined, and then, like a tired bird rushing to its nest, it hurried towards the demon core.

In an instant, the Primordial Spirit Sword Lotus was refined!