Chapter 523 - 38: Profound City Five Spirits Grand Array

「Wilderness Domain—Primordial Qi Celestial Island.」

After returning from the Mingxiao Domain, Fang Cheng gave the Kui Ox Hide and the Blood of the Gu Snake to Jingxuan, instructing him to first refine a Fourth-rank Xuan Du Jade Talisman.

He, in turn, returned to Yongchang Hall to begin his own preparations.

Since leaving the Hanyue Royal Family’s Starfall Abyss, he had lingered in the Mingxiao Domain for several months. Traveling between various Immortal Cities and markets, he used four Tier Five Cold Moon Treasure Beads to acquire five Tier Five Flying Swords all at once!

The number of Flying Swords in his Great Inference Celestial Net Sword Array now totaled eleven.

Even with his now-vast reserves of Magical Power, he felt a strain when activating the Sword Array, a testament to its immense consumption.

Furthermore, he had gathered a massive quantity of Dao Pattern Spirit Jade, which he used to advance his comprehension of the Circulation Qi Collection Technique from Minor Accomplishment to the "Major Accomplishment" stage.

The Lingkong Heavenly Domain Immortal Gate was now almost fully open.

Building on this foundation, he fully immersed himself in refining the five new Flying Swords, and his attainments in the Sword Dao rose accordingly.

It was worth noting that with his Circulation Qi Collection Technique at Major Accomplishment, the abundant Spiritual Qi he drew from the Spiritual Sky Realm now exceeded the refining limits of the Netherworld Giant Kun.

The surging Spiritual Qi flowed into the underground Spirit Vein of Primordial Qi Celestial Island, causing the island’s Spirit Vein to leap from Tier Three to Tier Four, and it even showed signs of breaking through to Tier Five.

Everyone in the Fang Family was both shocked and overjoyed. It was only after Fang Cheng sent a voice transmission to Ye Yan that everyone’s curiosity was settled.

It was foreseeable that before long, Primordial Qi Celestial Island would become a Cultivation Sacred Land rivaling the many Grotto Heavens of the Mingxiao Domain!

But that was a matter for another time.

Only after finishing all this did Fang Cheng focus his mind and begin using the Dream Spirit Technique to refine a new Dream Spirit Incarnation.

This time, he placed the Ancient Profound Talisman, the Void Ghost Market Observation Method, and the artifact refining technique for the Feather Divine Soldiers into the Dream Spirit Array.

This provided the Dream Spirit Incarnation with a very specific and directed "fortuitous opportunity."

During the Dream Spirit’s simulation, he intentionally guided it down the paths of Artifact Refining and Talisman Refining, intending for it to become a grandmaster in these fields.

The results were remarkable.

The first Dream Spirit Incarnation came from humble origins, but with the help of numerous fortuitous opportunities, it quickly rose through the Cultivation Realm to become a renowned genius of the Talisman Dao.

Despite facing numerous setbacks and calamities, this Dream Spirit Incarnation steadily stepped into the Tribulation Realm, becoming a Great Power of its era. Within the Dream Spirit World, it successfully refined a Tier Five Feather Divine Soldier, founded its own sect, and lived a carefree life before ultimately perishing under a Celestial Tribulation.

The second Dream Spirit Incarnation, however, was different.

The Dream Spirit World it inhabited was a World Heaven on the brink of apocalypse. Nineteen colossal abyssal maws had opened one after another across this World Heaven.

Endless demonic monsters swarmed from these abysses, including terrifying beings at the Tier Five Peak, bringing an extinction-level disaster to the Cultivation Realm.

This was the environment in which the Dream Spirit Incarnation grew up.

Although it possessed an "immortal destiny," it had no time or leisure to study and cultivate in a conventional, step-by-step manner.

Like all other Cultivators in this World Heaven, from the moment it set foot on the path of cultivation, it was thrown into a relentless, life-and-death torrent of battle against heaven and earth.

As the saying goes: talent is not roused without adversity, nor is greatness achieved without profound crisis and deep contemplation!

Amidst endless battles, the Dream Spirit Incarnation grew at a distorted, unnatural pace. Its Divine Techniques and Magical Artifacts were also utterly different from those of an ordinary Cultivator.

During this time, it drew upon the Ancient Profound Talisman to enlighten its mind, re-engineering the Feather Divine Soldiers and forging them into even more terrifying weapons of destruction.

Ultimately, after surviving the Third Celestial Tribulation, this Dream Spirit Incarnation fell in battle against the endless horde of demonic monsters.

After refining this Dream Spirit Incarnation, Fang Cheng found it difficult to calm his mind for a long time.

’Just as one cannot choose the era or world they are born into.’

’Some things simply must be faced head-on!’

He took more than ten days to let his thoughts settle and recover his divine soul before once again starting to refine Dream Spirit Incarnations.

The next few incarnations were all of average quality, with no remarkable traits.

「One year later.」

Jingxuan emerged from seclusion, bringing a Fourth-rank Xuan Du Jade Talisman to meet with Fang Cheng.

This Talisman was crafted from Tier Five Treasure Materials, but because Jingxuan’s Cultivation was insufficient, it had not yet broken through to Tier Five.

Fang Cheng had several of his Dream Spirit Incarnations take turns adding the "finishing touches." With the Wuxie Child assisting, they finally refined the complete version of the Xuan Du Jade Talisman.

The Feather Divine Soldiers were treasures jointly created by the sages of the Feather Race and Marquis Li. The great wisdom condensed within them transcended the limits of their era, subtly touching upon the shifting fate of a World Heaven and even hinting at an inheritance from the Upper Realm.

This Xuan Du Jade Talisman was the core of a Feather Divine Soldier, its veritable "divine soul." It used the power of the Talisman to command a massive Profound Celestial Divine Puppet, allowing it to unleash a combat prowess comparable to a Tribulation Realm Great Power.

Moreover, according to Marquis Li, beyond their use in slaughter, the Feather Divine Soldiers served an even more crucial purpose: they were supreme treasures for resisting Celestial Tribulations!

For a Dharma Cultivator, it was merely a weapon for enhancing combat strength.

But for a Tribulation Realm Cultivator, its significance was truly extraordinary.

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「East Cyan Domain, Jin Country, True Flame Sect.」

Within the belly of Spirit Rock Peak, a Feather Divine Soldier three hundred zhang tall stood majestically.

It had the majestic image of a Daoist, like a divine spirit who wielded the thunder between heaven and earth—the master of a billion bolts of lightning.

Its two sleeves were enormous, trailing down like clouds that blotted out the sky.

This was the shell of a Tier Five Feather Divine Soldier: the Nine Heavens Responding Element Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Celestial Venerable.

Elder Yingya, Fang Jingyuan, and the other Life Soul Cultivators of the True Flame Sect were all gathered beneath this colossus, unable to contain their excitement.

After decades of work and the consumption of massive quantities of "Taiqing Divine Iron," "Profound Gold and Red Copper," and other rare treasures, Fang Jingyuan and Elder Yingya had finally succeeded in refining this Divine Puppet!

For the True Flame Sect, this was the legendary Profound Celestial Divine Puppet, an Artifact Refining Technique from the Upper Realm with the power to defy creation itself. To have participated in the refining of such a treasure was a benefit that would last a lifetime.

On this day.

First, Fang Cheng arrived at the True Flame Sect, bringing with him his second son, Fang Jingxuan, and the child, Fang Wu Xie.

Shortly after, two Dharma Realm experts hurried over from the Mingxiao Domain.

They were Xia Guming, patriarch of the Xia Family, a Middle-Aged Noble Family; and Li Huan, the Demon Emperor of the Celestial Pool Grotto Heaven.

The two had come at Fang Cheng’s invitation, with no idea what they were being asked to do.

Only upon arriving at the True Flame Sect did they learn that their purpose involved a Tier Five Treasure.

As Fang Cheng’s concubine, Li Huan didn’t say much. Beneath her cold and glamorous exterior, she displayed a gentle and compliant demeanor.

As for Xia Guming, after receiving guidance from his family’s ancestor, his reverence for Fang Cheng had grown immensely. Though curious, he was also extremely cooperative.

With the addition of Elder Yingya, the Wuxie Child, and Fang Cheng himself, they now had enough people to successfully deploy the Profound City Five Spirits Grand Array needed to refine the Feather Divine Soldier.

「Several days later.」

A brilliant Thunder Array appeared at the feet of the Feather Divine Soldier.

Fang Cheng and the other four each entered the Array, taking their positions at the five major array cores: One, Yushu, Five Thunders, Dou Shu, and Shi Yang. In an instant, the Grand Array erupted with a world-shaking aura.

A vortex of lightning slowly materialized on the chest of the Feather Divine Soldier, from which emanated a terrifying ripple of thunderous power.

The next step, supported by the Profound City Five Spirits Grand Array, was for Fang Cheng himself to personally carve out a "Thunder Pool" within the Feather Divine Soldier’s chest.

He had personally witnessed Master Shengyu perform this very process in the Xuanyu Realm. Now, with his own improved Cultivation and perspective, he was completely confident.

Following that, he would need to merge the Fifth-rank Xuan Du Jade Talisman with the Feather Divine Soldier, making them one.

Meanwhile, Jingyuan and Jingxuan each commanded a Tier Four Feather Divine Soldier, standing guard outside Spirit Rock Peak as they awaited the outcome.

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