Born with immortal seed

Chapter 333 Great Sun Heavenly Furnace Sword

The Ice Soul Sect's sphere of influence extends across the vast ice plains, but due to limited manpower, it has only occupied a county near the ice plains so far.

Many Core Formation level forces have flocked to them, choosing to become their vassal forces.

The Tenri Sect made little move and had no intention of accepting its junior members.

It is said that the sect leader Shi Chengdong visited the Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Nine Forging Sect of the Frost Kingdom and reached a cooperation agreement, after which countless spiritual materials were transported over.

Large crystal blocks, after being roughly refined, were transformed into components of the airship in the hands of the Tianli Sect cultivators.

When they left the Central Region, not only did they lose two airships, but the remaining three were also severely damaged.

On the Blood Demon Sect's side, conflicts erupted with multiple sects, leading to a major war.

Regardless of whether the other party was willing to offer treasures, cede territory, or make peace through negotiations, or to surrender unconditionally, the Blood Demon Sect ignored them.

It seems they've fallen into a kind of demonic possession, with only one path: relentless killing.

Of the original five major sects of the demonic path, the Fragrance Sect was wiped out and its mountain seized by the Heavenly Principle Sect, while the Ghost Spirit Sect was swept into the dust of history by the Green Maple Sect.

Under the leadership of Fairy Lianyu, the entire Hehuan Sect defected to the Bingpo Sect.

Only one henchman from the Corpse-Driving Sect remained, serving him faithfully.

However, the complete defection of the original biggest rival, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, shocked everyone.

With the addition of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, the loss of the three demonic sects is enough to make up for the missing forces.

The entire cultivation world of Liang Kingdom was on edge, fearing that they would be the next target of the Blood Demon Sect.

These sects either banded together for mutual support or sought powerful backers.

The Heavenly Principle Sect displayed an attitude of detachment from the world and aloofness. The Ice Soul Sect, located far away in the icy plains, could not help the nearby sect unless they were willing to abandon their homeland.

Although the Holy Lotus Sect is still a powerful force, it is strong enough to protect itself, but it is not strong enough to protect its members under the fierce attack of the Blood Demon Sect.

In recent years, at least ten Core Formation level sects have openly or covertly shown goodwill towards Qingfeng Sect, seeking its protection.

Although Qingfeng Sect does not have a Nascent Soul True Monarch in charge, it has a record of killing a Nascent Soul True Monarch with its sword, so who would dare to underestimate it?

The sect did not give a clear response to any of them.

The two patriarchs were still at the Core Formation stage; how could they possibly confront the Blood Demon Sect for the sake of some unrelated forces?

The right path is to take this opportunity to cultivate internal strength and improve the sect's overall power.

"Having destroyed so many sects, Blood God True Person should have already had enough to condense the Blood River... Blood Demon Sect still hasn't stopped. Do they really want to become the common enemy of the cultivation world?"

Bai Zichen looked at the latest intelligence that the Righteous Qi Sect, which once led the righteous path and formed the Righteous Qi Alliance, had its mountain gate formation officially breached.

With two Core Formation disciples and two Core Formation guest elders under the Blood God True Person, plus Fang Tiansheng personally taking action, the Myriad Beasts Sect mobilized thousands of spirit beasts, overwhelming the sky and earth.

Among them, there were as many as four third-tier spirit beasts.

Despite such a formidable array, the Righteous Qi Sect held out for half a year until the mountain-protecting formation drained the earth's spiritual energy, was exhausted to its last moment, and collapsed with a deafening roar.

Over a thousand disciples of the Righteous Qi Sect fell simultaneously the moment their sect was destroyed, each using their own magical power to sustain the formation until they were completely exhausted.

Many of them had white hair and looked withered; at least half of them had fallen into a permanent sleep.

The remaining disciples of the Righteous Qi Sect did not surrender or beg for mercy; instead, they continued their counterattack by utilizing the terrain and small-scale array restrictions.

It was widely known that the Blood Demon Sect did not take prisoners after its destruction, and the two sects had been locked in a century-long conflict, their hatred running deep.

Many disciples of the Righteous Qi Sect harbored even greater resentment towards the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, who had turned against their former allies after defecting to the Demonic Path, and thus specifically targeted and attacked the disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Five days after the protective mountain formation was broken, the sounds of fighting, shouting, and colliding treasures within the Righteous Qi Sect finally ceased.

Countless limbs and broken bones remained, and blood flowed like rivers. Even a third-tier spirit beast from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was struck by several talismans and restrictions during the final attack on the secret vault, and half of its body disappeared.

Ultimately, unable to withstand such severe injuries, he died inside the gate of righteous energy.

Throughout the entire war, the losses suffered by the Beastmen Sect were several times greater than those of the Blood Demon Sect.

"The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect has sided with the Blood Demon Sect without reservation, even cutting off all contact with our sect. Are they really going to go down this dark path... or did the Blood God True Monarch offer Fang Tiansheng some irresistible conditions that made him willingly do this?"

Bai Zichen was still somewhat worried. The Qingfeng Sect was currently at its peak in all aspects, but in reality, it was all bark and no bite.

The two ancestors who were truly capable of confronting a Nascent Soul True Monarch, Ge Cang Zhenren's Five Crystal Glazed Body has been destroyed, and he is currently in seclusion to recuperate his physical body.

Bai Laozu has already used the Azure Emperor Longevity Sword. Without a spiritual object of heaven and earth that involves the power of time, such as the remains of the Spring and Autumn Cicada, he would have to wait a full hundred years to master this supreme divine power again.

If the Blood God True Monarch were to go mad and come to Black Mountain to test the true strength of the two rumored Core Formation True Immortals who possessed strength beyond their level, he would immediately reveal his true colors.

Only Bai Zichen could take his place and unleash the Pink Crystal Shattering Jade Technique.

Fortunately, his clean and decisive kill of the Nine Lotus True Monarch was so shocking that no Nascent Soul cultivator dared to challenge him and test his sword.

Especially Suihan Zhenjun and Shi Chengdong, who personally witnessed the passage of time and the arrival of the true meaning of time.

Unless one possesses the same level of profound Dao essence to contend with, or has comprehended the Dao to the late Nascent Soul stage, who dares to claim that they are absolutely exempt from the mysterious and unpredictable power of time?

Shortening the concealment time of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword is too difficult; the Fish Dragon Sect has been unable to figure it out for so many years.

Even the Spring and Autumn Cicada, one of the five most wondrous insects in the cultivation world, is not something one can encounter every now and then. The only way to increase one's strength is to start with one's own cultivation.

The list of apologies from the Holy Lotus Sect included twenty Nine-Turn Jade Lotus Pills, and even Master Zhu from the Danxia Sect personally delivered a pile of rare pills.
They only hope that if Danxia Sect truly suffers a great calamity, Qingfeng Sect can lend a helping hand to protect a hidden lineage and prevent Danxia Sect's lineage from being severed.

Among the sects capable of accomplishing this, Qingfeng Sect is the closest to Danxia Sect, and it upholds the orthodox Taoist tradition with a righteous and cautious sect style.

If it were any other sect, Master Zhu would have to worry that they would agree to everything but then turn around and steal everything, including the secret treasures passed down through generations of the Danxia Sect and used to restore the sect.

When the matter was reported to Bai Zichen, he agreed after a moment's thought.

Upon hearing the reply, Master Zhu was overjoyed and then presented him with two more third-grade pills before departing.

Bai Zichen used these pills to directly reach the upper limit of the Nine-Turn Jade Lotus Pill and Guangling Pill, and only stopped after developing resistance to the pills.

This leaves him with only twenty-four years of cultivation time to reach the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation realm.

This is also the source of his confidence in cultivating to the late stage of Core Formation in one go, as the difference is not too great.

He then summoned the Supreme Pure Sword Box, placed it in front of him, and displayed the flying swords inside one by one.

Although the fourth-tier Moon Spin Sword is the highest grade, it can only occupy the second position in the sword box, behind the Purple Star Thunder Sword.

The moonlight was restrained, spreading out faintly, like a pool of silvery spiritual spring.

Compared to its original form as a sword embryo in the dantian, the now-awakened Ziwei Xuanlei Sword is much more imposing.

Lightning flashed and crackled, almost obscuring the pure energy within the Supreme Pure Micro Sword Box.

However, with the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword now protecting it, it became slightly calmer, as if it had entered a dormant state.

However, upon closer inspection, one can still see that the sword is never still; it simply sinks its power deep into its core.

"The Supreme Pure Sword Box claims to have the ability to slowly improve the quality of flying swords, but decades have passed and no flying sword has shown any significant improvement in power... Could it be that the slowness it refers to is the concept of time in the upper realm?"

Other flying swords are one thing, but the difference between flying swords of one rank is like heaven and earth.

However, the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword was originally a high-level flying sword that fell from its peak, so theoretically it should be much easier for it to return to its peak than other flying swords that have been upgraded.

There was still no movement, which made Bai Zichen wonder about the time required for the Supreme Pure Micro Sword Box to upgrade the flying sword.

However, there was some good news. His gaze swept past the White Bone Cold Light Sword and landed on the Green Maple Sword.

With a gentle tap of his finger, the damaged flying sword jumped out and rolled twice in his hand.

After spending more than ten years in the sword box, it finally regained a little bit of its spiritual energy, and the cracks on the sword body became much less noticeable.

At least it's no longer a dangerous flying sword, the kind that's on the verge of completely collapsing at any moment.

However, it's still a ways off from normal use.

"Consider yourself lucky to be able to nurture and repair yourself here. In the past, even a fourth-tier flying sword wouldn't have been qualified to enter the sword box..."

Bai Zichen saw that the pure energy at the location where the Azure Maple Sword had been was completely absorbed, leaving only a sliver of azure light.

Knowing that it was to repair the flying sword, the pure energy consumed its power and needed time to recover.

Fortunately, there are plenty of empty spaces in the Supreme Pure Sword Box. With the number of flying swords he currently has, one flying sword can easily occupy several clusters of pure energy.

Turning our attention to the end, a new member appeared in the Supreme Pure Sword Box: a ball of raging flames crashing back and forth, but contained within the pure energy.

The flames manifested various fire-type spirits, spewing flames and causing the temperature to rise continuously.

Bai Zichen slowly reached out and grasped the ball of fire. When it left the sword box, it had already transformed into a fiery red flying sword.

"The Great Sun Heavenly Furnace Sword, a third-tier flying sword... It was forged using a piece of extraterrestrial divine iron collected from ten thousand feet in the sky, combined with the Great Sun Heavenly Fire, and took a full thirty-three years to complete. During the forging process, the flying sword was exposed to the rays of the Great Sun Heavenly Fire, giving it the power of transforming into heavenly fire, with a blazing intensity like the sun."

Bai Zichen gripped the third-tier flying sword from the Holy Lotus Sect tightly, his palm emitting wisps of white smoke as the intense heat evaporated all the moisture from his skin.

"In terms of sheer power, the Great Sun Furnace Sword is among the best of the third-tier flying swords, certainly surpassing the White Bone Cold Light Sword... If it weren't for its major flaws, the Holy Lotus Sect wouldn't have included it in the apology list, and it ended up in my hands again."

In exchange for the body of True Monarch Nine Lotus, the Holy Lotus Sect paid the price of a third-tier flying sword, twenty Nine-Turn Jade Lotus Pills, and a Five-Eyed Bodhi Tree of Winding Stream.

The third-tier flying sword was the main compensation item, while other items were added gradually during the negotiations as supplementary items.

As the victor, Bai Zichen rightfully received all the apologies from the Holy Lotus Sect.

(End of this chapter)