Chapter 1672
The 7th Tier 5 High-Grade Spiritual Treasure
Soon, the powerful members of the Cangxuan lineage gathered together.
However, the benefits offered by Yaoxing Daojun were rather generous.
Furthermore, the Cangxuan lineage currently has three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators on the surface, as well as one fifth-tier high-grade array master, and secretly another late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
A total of five late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
And none of them are weak.
Ling Pengyun's physical body and spiritual body have both reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage, and he has extraordinary attainments in the Great Divine Power path, making him incredibly powerful.
Ling Pengxing, the ghost sword cultivator hidden in the shadows of the family, is skilled in swordsmanship and has a fifth-grade superior natal ghost sword and other treasures to assist him.
Its actual strength is also quite good, enough to rank it in the upper-middle range among its peers.
The Star Sea Ancestor was exceptionally talented, and like Ling Pengyun, he was also skilled in the path of great supernatural powers.
Moreover, he also possessed mastery of swordsmanship and formation techniques, among other things. He had a multitude of skills and could often defeat his enemies with a dazzling array of methods.
As for the fifth-rank superior-grade Xingqing Elder of Xinghai Pavilion, his mastery of formations is indeed formidable.
Once it has the assistance of a fifth-grade high-level formation, it can fully utilize special formation techniques to enhance its power, ensuring the formation's effectiveness.
Even a typical late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would likely be badly beaten by him.
It can be considered the most unique existence in the Cangxuan lineage.
Zhengyuan Laodao is a veteran sword cultivator whose swordsmanship is no less than Ling Pengxing's, and his strength is also quite good.
Under such circumstances, if they joined forces, they would probably be able to put up a fight even against a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.
In addition, the other powerful members of the Cangxuan lineage had all gained some opportunities and their strength had increased considerably due to the previous battle that destroyed the Vajra Demon Rock Sect.
Most importantly, the Shining Star Immortal Sect currently holds an extraordinary advantage.
Moreover, his conduct is excellent and he is trustworthy.
The powerful figures of the Cangxuan lineage then decided on this matter of providing support.
"However, gentlemen, could this matter be postponed?"
"I have recently gathered enough resources and am confident that I can rebuild my natal formation to the fifth-grade superior level."
"But this matter will take some time. But rest assured, as long as this matter is successful, my strength will surely make a leap forward, and at that time I will definitely do my best to help you."
At this moment, Elder Xingqing, a fifth-tier superior array master of Xinghai Pavilion, hesitated for a long time before speaking.
Although he is skilled in formations.
However, it has only been a few hundred years since his formation technique reached the fifth-order superior level.
His background is rather turbulent.
Furthermore, his natal formation, the 'Mountain Formation,' is still at the mid-grade of the fifth rank. To reforge it to the high-grade of the fifth rank would require an immense amount of high-level formation resources.
This matter has been delayed indefinitely.
Fortunately, in his previous battle, he had made extraordinary contributions and acquired many valuable items by taking advantage of the fifth-grade high-level protective formation of the Cangxuan Flying Boat Group.
In addition, he recently made a small fortune by helping various forces quickly refine high-level demonic veins into spiritual veins using formations.
He managed to gather two or three sets of spiritual materials to reforge that kind of natal formation.
Moreover, because he had prepared all the necessary materials and his recent mastery of formations had improved, he was more confident in reforging his natal formation.
If this matter succeeds, his skills in array formations will undoubtedly become even stronger.
After all, the natal formation is of the same origin as the natal formation, and its power when activated is much stronger than that of an ordinary fifth-grade high-level formation.
Furthermore, given his mastery of formations, he could simultaneously activate his natal formation and the protective formation of the Cangxuan Flying Boat fleet.
In this way, it would likely possess the power to kill ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
Such skills would be of great benefit to him in his next battle, and he could use them to plan for even greater opportunities.
That is why they dared to delay the support time.
But this is ultimately a good thing.
Moreover, it is beneficial to support the Cangxuan lineage.
Most of the powerful members of the Cangxuan lineage agreed.
"In addition, I also need some time to consolidate the foundation of my fifth-grade mid-level Qi and Blood natal spirit treasure and reforge it to the fifth-grade high-level."
"In addition, my wife is expected to recover from her injuries soon and attempt to break through to the late stage of the second Nascent Soul stage."
"Therefore, I am also inclined to postpone the time for supporting the Radiant Star Immortal Sect."
Ling Pengyun nodded in agreement and revealed some secrets.
"In that case, let's settle this matter as it is."
"It just so happens that our Cangxuan lineage can take advantage of this time to digest our previous gains. Moreover, there are still many demonic veins in the various territories of the Vajra Demon Rock Sect that we just occupied that have not yet been refined into spiritual veins."
"The situation in this area is unstable."
"Also, we can see if there will be any changes in the battle situation on the side of the Shining Star Immortal Sect."
Seeing that Ling Pengyun and Elder Xingqing had both expressed their opinions, and that Ancestor Xinghai, though silent, also seemed to agree, Old Daoist Zhengyuan tactfully responded.
In this way, apart from Ling Pengxing, who was not present and was at the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage in the family's sword path, the other four late-stage Nascent Soul combatants of the Cangxuan lineage all agreed to delay the reinforcements.
"We are willing to follow your arrangements."
"..."
Seeing this, the other Nascent Soul cultivators of the Cangxuan lineage, even if they had objections, dared not speak out and all agreed.
Upon hearing this, everyone noticed that although the Star Sea Ancestor had not spoken, his expression showed agreement.
The group then discussed the duration of the delay.
However, this time should not be too long, otherwise it will easily displease the Radiant Star Immortal Sect.
The group then set the timeframe at ten years.
This amount of time is sufficient for Ling Pengyun to reforge the spiritual treasure and for Elder Xingqing to reforge the formation.
With everything settled, Ling Pengyun and the others immediately contacted Daoist Yaoxing and informed him that the Cangxuan lineage was temporarily in trouble and needed support in ten years.
Daoist Yaoxing could understand this, after all, the Cangxuan lineage had just experienced a great battle.
Moreover, ten years is not a long time; the Radiant Star Immortal Sect can barely afford to wait.
"In that case, my Radiant Star Immortal Sect will await your support ten years from now."
Daoist Yaoxing replied via communication.
"Rest assured, senior. Our Cangxuan lineage will arrive in ten years."
"..."
Ling Pengyun and the others made some assurances.
This matter also put Yaoxing Daojun at ease a little.
Afterwards, the group chatted briefly before ending the message exchange.
The powerful figures of the Cangxuan lineage dispersed and returned to normal.
……
In a blink of an eye.
Eight years have passed.
This day.
Deep within the Vajra Demon Rock Secret Realm, atop the fifth-grade superior Demon Rock Mountain.
Inside a cave.
Ling Pengyun sat cross-legged on the ground, continuously using his spiritual power to nourish the fifth-grade, mid-level natal spirit treasure, the Hunyuan Axe.
He would even occasionally take out some pure spiritual materials refined from high-level magical treasures and let the Primordial Chaos Axe devour them.
As time went by, it's unclear how much time had passed.
Its energy gradually reached the limit of the middle grade of the fifth rank, and its foundation was extremely solid.
'The foundation for this treasure has finally reached this stage.'
'In that case, it's estimated that it can now withstand the runes of a fifth-grade high-quality weapon. It's time to try to perfect the various runes it contains.' Ling Pengyun's eyes lit up when he saw the condition of the Hunyuan Axe.
The various patterns contained within that treasure are currently only at the mid-grade of the fifth rank.
The patterns on the artifact are the key to its spiritual value.
The Hunyuan Axe has two core weapon patterns: 'Hunyuan Giant Force' and 'Hunyuan Blade Breaker'.
Once activated, they can make the Hunyuan Axe, which contains immense power and carries a powerful force to break through the enemy's defenses, become extremely sharp.
However, if those artifact patterns cannot be improved, then even if the spiritual treasure has a strong foundation, it will be difficult to make further progress.
However, improving the texture of the artifact is extremely difficult.
However, Ling Pengyun's skill in weapon crafting was formidable; he had even crafted a fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasure in his early years.
In addition, the Hunyuan Axe was his natal spiritual treasure, and he was extremely familiar with it.
He was then quite confident about the matter.
Afterwards, he briefly recovered his energy and spirit, and then took out the fifth-grade, mid-level Lingxiao Refining Furnace.
Using the 'Great Divine Power of Morning Glow Treasure Fire' as its source, it summoned a pure and powerful Morning Glow Treasure Fire, which continuously burned the bottom of the refining furnace.
As time went by, the temperature inside the furnace gradually increased.
Once a certain level was reached, Ling Pengyun immediately threw the 'Primordial Axe' into it and used the high temperature to refine it, causing it to quickly turn into a large mass of pure spiritual iron liquid.
'now!'
Ling Pengyun made a hand seal, and the ball of liquid spirit iron immediately flashed with spiritual light, and special patterns gradually appeared on its surface.
Those are the patterns on the vessel.
They made full use of most of the essence of the spirit iron liquid, and could unleash astonishing power with it at crucial moments.
However, in Ling Pengyun's eyes, they still have some shortcomings.
Ling Pengyun immediately used his divine sense as a pen, gradually modifying the weapon patterns according to the special weapon-refining techniques he had perfected in his early years using various high-level spiritual treasures.
However, this matter is complicated, especially since this is the first time Ling Pengyun has reforged this treasure to a fifth-grade high-quality level.
He became somewhat unfamiliar with the process.
Whether it was the first, second, or third attempt to reforge that magical treasure, all ended in failure.
Even the Hunyuan Axe suffered a backlash as a result, sustaining some serious damage.
However, Ling Pengyun still had a lot of excellent refining materials made from high-level magical treasures, so he quickly used them to help the Hunyuan Axe recover to its peak.
Furthermore, he has been learning from his previous failures and refining his weapon-forging skills.
Gradually, he became more and more skilled at reforging the treasure.
Finally, on the fourth attempt to reforge that treasure, they succeeded.
The aura of the Primordial Chaos Axe surged dramatically, even attracting the heavenly tribulation clouds and unleashing powerful bolts of lightning.
However, the Hunyuan Axe was, after all, a supreme weapon of slaughter, and its power was not to be underestimated. It directly met the incoming thunderbolt and cleaved it in two.
It also forcefully absorbs the essence of thunder to refine the impurities contained within the weapon.
The same thing happened with some of the subsequent tribulation lightning.
It wasn't until the last few tribulation lightning bolts that he began to feel the strain, but Ling Pengyun managed to block them all.
When the remaining power of the tribulation clouds was exhausted, a drop of sweet dew fell and then dissipated on its own.
And this moment.
The Primordial Axe, suspended in mid-air, is undergoing an astonishing transformation under the nourishment of that sweet dew.
Its aura flashed with sharpness, and its power surged to the fifth-tier high-grade level.
Its power also increased dramatically. With just a slight sway, the surrounding void seemed to be crushed by it, emitting strange cracking sounds.
'After this treasure was reforged to a fifth-tier superior grade, its power is quite impressive, not inferior to any ordinary fifth-tier superior grade spiritual treasure.'
'Moreover, with this treasure, I can fully utilize my physical strength.'
After Ling Pengyun retrieved the treasure, he sought out his wife, Yan Siyi, and they practiced a battle.
However, the "Hun Yuan Gong" he practiced did increase his strength to some extent.
In addition, the Hunyuan Axe is extremely heavy and contains immense power.
He then discovered that if he were to fully unleash the power of the Hunyuan Axe, a single strike from it could contain a force of nearly seven or eight hundred million jin.
In addition, it contains the power to break through enemy defenses, making it extremely sharp.
I fear that with a single strike, it could easily destroy a mid-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasure.
Moreover, this undoubtedly boosted Ling Pengyun's overall strength significantly.
Even if he were to face a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of his cultivation level alone, he was confident that he could fight them to a draw and retreat safely.
As for ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, they would struggle to even withstand the power of a single incense stick in front of him.
Furthermore, with the appearance of this treasure, Ling Pengyun now possesses as many as seven fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures.
The other six items are the Nine Heavens Thunder Banner, the Pine Tree Pearl, the Morning Gourd, the Five Elements Treasures River, the Sky-Sounding Blade, and the Black Dragon Armor.
Such spiritual treasures possess extremely rich resources; if they were distributed, they would probably be enough to equip three or four late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
"Congratulations, my husband, on acquiring such a powerful weapon. Moreover, given your current strength in both the physical and magical aspects, it's estimated that you could rank among the top ten even in the entire Heavenly River Realm."
"..."
Seeing Ling Pengyun's strength increase dramatically, Yan Siyi was overjoyed and quickly offered her congratulations.
Although the Heavenly River Realm is a prosperous place for immortals and produces many talented people.
However, there are relatively few experts stronger than Ling Pengyun.
However, this does not mean that Ling Pengyun can do whatever he wants.
There are quite a few powerful forces in the Tianhe Realm.
They have even cultivated many Nascent Soul cultivators as a result, and possess all sorts of strange and unusual offensive spirit objects, as well as high-level formations and so on.
It was precisely for this reason that Ling Pengyun paid special attention to the development of his family and the path of his wife, Yan Siyi, a potential cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Afterwards, having accomplished the task of reforging the magical treasure, he felt a great weight lifted from his heart.
He often gave Yan Siyi guidance in her cultivation, and even shared all his experiences from his early years when he was trying to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
This incident also greatly benefited Yan Siyi.
One year later.
Yan Siyi has finally recovered from the backlash she suffered when she failed to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm more than ten years ago.
Moreover, he had one or two high-grade fifth-level spiritual items left over from his early years, plus one or two more that he had recently obtained from his family.
He possessed four high-grade fifth-tier spiritual items capable of breaking through realms.
This foundation for breaking through to the next realm is quite impressive, even far exceeding her preparations when she first attempted to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Without the slightest hesitation, she seized the opportunity and went into seclusion to break through her cultivation barrier.
'I only hope that this time, Madam's breakthrough will be successful.'
'Otherwise, if he misses this opportunity, he might be unable to reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm for the foreseeable future.'
Ling Pengyun felt somewhat uneasy while protecting Yan Siyi.
Some time ago, the family used the primordial spirits of many powerful Vajra Demon Rock Sect members they had killed, as well as other spiritual materials, to seek out the Star Sea Ancestor and refine a number of high-level breakthrough spiritual items.
However, very few of them reached the fifth-grade superior level.
Moreover, most of the fifth-grade high-level spiritual items that Yan Siyi acquired some time ago have already been used up by about 70-80%.
The four fifth-grade high-quality breakthrough spiritual items he brought with him this time were all the fifth-grade high-quality breakthrough spiritual items that his family possessed.
In addition, such breakthrough spiritual items are rare, and even the family would find it difficult to gather more for them in a short period of time.
Therefore, if he fails to break through this time, he can only continue to wait for an opportunity to gather spiritual items to break through to the next realm.
In addition, there are also cultivators in this world who successfully break through to a higher realm on their own.
But those were a minority, and each of them possessed exceptional abilities. (End of Chapter)