Chapter 1105 - 1093: Sword of Enlightenment (Part 2)

Chapter 1105: Chapter 1093: Sword of Enlightenment (Part 2)

There’s no need to set up any formations; just releasing all the Demon Soul Generals from the banner can trigger a demonic calamity that sweeps across the entire Phoenix Continent!

Of course, there are gains and losses.

The countless Demon Soul Generals all practice the No-self Demon Sutra, and their demand for nature’s spiritual energy is also astonishingly high.

This is why they draw the spiritual energy from the area of the Hollow Venerable cave mansion relics, like a bottomless pit!

"The spiritual energy consumed by the Demon Soul Generals is but a drop in the ocean for the Universal Realm. But for the spirit vein here, it can have a significant impact. In less than a hundred years, the spiritual energy will become much thinner. But, on the bright side, it can suppress the growth of insect demons..."

Shen Mo opened a temporary cave mansion near the Soul Refining Flag and then manifested the Hunyuan Dharma Phase to begin his cultivation.

The surging nature’s spiritual energy, like a tidal wave and landslide, rushed in, and upon passing through the Dharma Phase, was divided into two streams by the skills such as Flawless and immunity. One stream surged into Shen Mo’s body, while the other was sent into the Soul Refining Flag.

Both pure and turbid attributes surged into Shen Mo’s body.

Pure spiritual energies, like the breath of Primal Spirit and Clear Spirit Qi, were refined by him into the power of chaotic Yuan.

The demonic and turbid energies like Gold Iron Demonic Qi, herbal energies, and evil Qi of stones and earth were refined using the South Hua Treasure Body Traversing Difficulty Immortal Scripture to enhance his five viscera and six bowels and improve his physical vitality!

The turbid and demonic energies sent into the Soul Refining Flag accounted for about thirty percent of the entire nature’s spiritual energy. These could not be utilized by Shen Mo; attempting to forcefully refine them would be harmful, but the Demon Soul Generals practicing the No-self Demon Sutra are not picky and can refine these energies into demonic primal intent.

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Shen Mo did not continue to address the future tribulation’s hidden dangers. Times have changed, and at this moment, manifesting the Dharma Phase and cultivating immortality is more urgent for him.

His method of imprinting the Demon Soul Generals’ Great Path onto the Soul Refining Flag is a means of stealing the Heavenly Demon Ancestor’s Great Path. Once the Heavenly Demon Ancestor realizes something is amiss, he will undoubtedly manifest and personally come to slay him and seize the Soul Refining Flag.

In front of a top-notch Heavenly Immortal, no matter how fierce the immortal tribulation, it counts for nothing!

Only by quickly becoming a True Immortal, achieving not just the level of Ghost Immortal or Human Immortal, even if only attaining the Earthly Immortal Dao fruit... Shen Mo is confident that with his past accumulation and various methods, he can hold his own against the not-yet Empyrean Heavenly Demon Ancestor, retaining his life and the Soul Refining Flag.

In the mountains, years pass without notice, and suddenly it has been a millennium.

With each magical power and skill being continuously added by Shen Mo to the Hunyuan Dharma Phase, the Dharma Body gradually becomes enriched.

Every inch of flesh, bone, and every organ reflects his entire magical powers and skills, ultimately governed by the power of chaotic Yuan, capable of unleashing a terrifying might with every movement.

However, the greatest significance of condensing the Dharma Phase is not in enhancing combat power.

This process is an integration of one’s knowledge and learning...

It’s like refining a supreme pill from a great variety of complex raw materials through the mysterious means of alchemy, and the process of condensing the Dharma Phase is the process of refining the "supreme pill," with the final product being the Primordial Dao Fruit, the embodiment of one’s own Great Path.

Once the Primordial Dao Fruit is complete, further perfecting the Great Path, one can smoothly step into the Realm of True Immortal!

Of course, the paths to becoming a True Immortal are manifold.

For example, the Longevity Demon Lord, who fell during the immortal tribulation, relied on the vast medicinal power provided by a large amount of high-class Longevity Pills.

For example, Banzhi Jiajun, who ascended to Class VII by practicing the No-self Demon Sutra, and the Taiqing Sect disciple who became a True Immortal by cultivating the No-self Sutra, relied on the favor of universal will.

For instance, Jade Spring Fairy, who follows the path of severing obsession and cutting off the three corpses, indulges in fine spiritual wine as a method of cultivation, and once she severs this desire, her cultivation level naturally rises, allowing her to accumulate the achievement in heaven and earth and obtain the God Immortal Dao Fruit...

And the method of condensing the Hunyuan Dharma Phase originated from the Mixed Yuan Qi Technique, which has been derived seven times;

Each simulation of the "Performance Martial Arts" Destiny was tailored to Shen Mo’s state!

As the level of Mixed Yuan Qi Technique continues to rise, becoming more perfect and profound, it independently develops the method of "condensing Hunyuan Dharma Phase and achieving Primordial Dao Fruit," making it undoubtedly the most suitable path for Shen Mo’s becoming an immortal!

Although enhancing combat power is just a side effect of condensing the Dharma Phase.

But in the future, when addressing the immortal tribulation, Heavenly Demon Ancestor, the leftover evils of the old era, universal will, and all known and unknown enemies, powerful combat power is indispensable.

"I still need to forge a Dao sword that aligns with my own Dao!"

Prompted by the Soul Refining Flag, apart from condensing the Dharma Phase and advancing in cultivation level, such a thought sprouted in Shen Mo’s heart.

Over the centuries, he has primarily used only the Demon Slaying Sword and the Taiyi Sword.

The former is now a lower-grade spiritual treasure, while the latter has transformed into a middle-grade spiritual treasure. The speed of their advancement is already astonishing, yet they still slightly lag behind his cultivation progress. Only an immortal sword can fully unleash his sword path prowess;

And whether it’s the Demon Slaying Sword or the Taiyi Sword, ascending to the celestial level magic treasure, it’s unknown how long that will take!

Besides, neither of these swords were crafted by his own hands, and even if they were to ascend to a celestial magic sword, it’s uncertain if they could perfectly align with his Dao...

Although Shen Mo has re-forged the Demon Slaying Sword, its origin from the auction house in Jiyun Town, with a style similar to the Thunderstroke Sword, likely crafted by Grade IV Forgemaster Li Chongbao of the Jinding Treasure Refining Pavilion;

The Jinding Treasure Refining Pavilion located at the junction of You State and Jing State in Red Flame Country, near the Black Mountain Demon Suppression Cave and Ghost Country Ruins, was destroyed in the fifth year of the demonic calamity by a Class IV Heavenly Demon, leading to the sect’s demise, with Li Chongbao and the pavilion’s five hundred members all perished at the hands of the Heavenly Demon.

Until this Forgemaster’s demise, Shen Mo never had the chance to meet him, something he always regretted.

The Taiyi Sword, acquired from the Taiyi Sword Alliance in the Heaven Patrolling Zone, originally belonged to the Sword Alliance’s founder Gu Song. After Immortal Master Gu Song fell, he left the sword in the mountain gate as a guarding magic treasure, and later, this sword came to be persuaded by Sword Alliance Elder Zhu Zhao to slay Shen Mo, only to be suppressed and subdued by Shen Mo instead.

These years, Shen Mo has used the Taiyi Sword to slay numerous formidable enemies, having long achieved a state of spiritual fusion with it, yet the Taiyi Sword still isn’t the most fitting magic sword for his own Great Path!

Nonetheless, for Shen Mo right now, whether crafting a new magic sword or seizing a celestial magic sword from another isn’t quite suitable.

Shen Mo is now a Grade six Forgemaster, steadily crafting middle-grade Spiritual Artifacts, occasionally reaching high-grade and top-grade Spiritual Artifacts, yet reforging a Spirit Sword, nurturing it to a spiritual treasure takes considerable time, let alone advancing it to a celestial level.

As for seizing someone else’s celestial artifact, it doesn’t matter if it aligns with his own Dao for the moment; a lifebound magical artifact above spiritual level, with an Artifact Spirit, is almost impossible to betray its original owner. Even if he seizes an immortal sword, taming and refining it would require a massive amount of time and effort, perhaps better spent forging and nurturing a celestial sword from scratch!

However, the Empyrean Fairy’s God Path Wand and the Soul Refining Flag, imprinted with the Great Path of the Demon Soul Generals, offered Shen Mo a new line of thinking.

He doesn’t intend to forge a conventional magic sword but rather a sword of enlightenment, a Dao sword that aligns with his own Sword Path and Great Path!

The Sword Path is part of his Great Path, and after cultivating for many years, Shen Mo has long solidified his own path;

From humble beginnings to comprehending his sword intent, to cultivating to the No Phase State Grandmaster, it has rarely changed. That is summed up in the word Carefree, and both his sword intent and path heart reflect this!

The word Carefree...

On a spatial level, it means going wherever you want, flying to heaven or escaping to earth, wandering between heaven and earth;

On a temporal level, it means living as long as you want, not aging or dying, living for ten thousand years as if normal;

On a personal level, it means doing whatever you wish, unfettered and free, roaming the world unrestrained!

Yet, his own insignificance, low cultivation level, and the various aspects of the world prevent him from being carefree, so... he needs a sword of enlightenment capable of severing all bonds.