Born with immortal seed

Chapter 600 Innate Essence Fire
The twelve flying swords did not form a sword formation, but instead formed a star formation, scattering their sword light across the entire volcano in an orderly fashion.

Even the thick rock walls and churning lava could not stop the sword light from advancing.

Countless fire-type spirits appeared in his sight, densely packed, probably numbering in the thousands.

Even thousands of feet below, they were piled up in a dark, dense, and terrifying mass, countless in number.

If the whole situation is alarmed, even with Bai Zichen's abilities, it will be a huge headache.

Even if you set up the Star River Sword Formation, it would take countless rounds of fighting to clear it out.

These spirits are born of fire, and as long as the volcano exists, they will be reborn in an endless cycle, impossible to kill.

The key point is that, unlike killing demons, there are no extra rewards, so why bother?

Several more dark red lights, scattered in all directions, resembled the clear moon in the darkness, unable to be concealed.

With a dragon's roar, the dragon's graceful body darted through and swallowed the few red lights.

His body transformed into a fire dragon, and his rank increased as his cultivation level improved. Now he is equivalent to a high-grade fourth-rank demon.

In such an environment, one truly thrives, adapting much better than in one's physical state.

The last glimmer of red light was about to fall into the dense swarm of monsters with the undercurrent, but it was sucked in by the fire dragon and flew back upside down.

The fire-type spirits were restless and the shadows were agitated, but they quickly calmed down after feeling the pressure of the fire dragon.

The fire dragon rolled over and landed on the rock slab, now appearing as a leisurely young man.

He opened his palm, revealing five square crystals shimmering with flames. Fire-elemental spiritual energy spontaneously seeped into them, forming a small vortex.

It turned out to be five top-grade fire-attribute spirit stones, a rather unexpected gain.

As for the scattered fire-type spiritual materials and ores formed from solidified magma, they are all welcome.

Regardless of whether it was third- or fourth-order or even several second-order ores, they were all absorbed into the nascent cave, falling like a heavy rain onto the surrounding dark brown land.

This will lay a foundation for the future creation of this magical world.

The true grotto-heaven is teeming with countless creatures, much like a small world.

The amount of resources within also determines the speed of the cave's development.

Preliminary calculations indicate that there are five types of fourth-tier spiritual materials and twenty-two types of third-tier spiritual materials.

As for the largest quantity of second-order ore, the total amount exceeded hundreds of millions of kilograms, and a mountain composed of ore rose abruptly from the wasteland.

Unfortunately, they are all fire-type, so the cave's attribute will be too singular in the future. We will need to find other ways to strengthen it.

To know without doing, to understand without seeing, to accomplish without doing.

Using the sword formation, he brought his "Insightful Observation" ability to an unprecedented level, and a series of insights began to emerge in his mind.

Bai Zichen suddenly raised an eyebrow; this insight was quite remarkable.

Even if one has not yet achieved one's own great path, one can still forge a different one.

Most cultivators who cultivate two paths are like this; their two paths are equally matched, and they are unwilling to fall behind in either one.

However, no matter what kind of great path it is, it pales in comparison to the Great Path of Time and cannot shake its position.

Even if he did have the idea of ​​standing alone, he would be overshadowed by the great road of time and have no presence at all.

"It's obvious even without seeing it... it's you!"

Bai Zichen looked at a heavy shadow, but before he could make a move, a beam of crimson-gold flames flew out.

The molten lava parted on its own, causing all the surrounding flames to lose their luster, leaving only that touch of crimson gold.

Inside the already unbearably hot volcano, a clear phoenix cry rang out, and all the flames suddenly surged, even the crystallized rock walls began to melt.

"Nanming Lihuo Sword!"

Although he had never seen the Nanming Li Huo Sword before, Bai Zichen was able to identify it at a glance.

Regardless of the true meaning of the flying sword, the sharp destructive power that divides the sword into two realms and cleaves the void is unique to fifth-tier flying swords.

Furthermore, given the sword's appearance at this time and place, it's impossible for any other flying sword in the cultivation world to achieve this.

The moment the Nanming Fire Sword appeared, it caused all the fire-elemental spiritual energy in the world to bow down to it.

As the phantom of the fire phoenix descended, its wings spread, and a Great Virtue Phoenix Seal grew in each of its feathers.

Countless fire-type spirits, as if given a command, charged forward recklessly, attempting to engulf the solitary, upright figure.

Nanming Li Huojian had no intention of lingering in battle. The newcomer was quite skilled and possessed a flying sword of comparable strength. Even with the advantage of home ground, Nanming might not necessarily come out on top.

It would be better to let the fire-type spirits block them, and take this opportunity to escape to the deeper parts of the volcano to continue devouring various fire spirits.

Nie Chixia used it to block three attacks of the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation. Even a fifth-order flying sword was seriously injured, but fortunately, it was not fundamentally damaged.

Without any nurturing or care, relying solely on its own self-repair, it only recovered to a rough extent over six hundred years.

It would take at least a thousand more fire essences to bring the Southern Bright Fire Essence back to its peak.

A flash of crimson-gold flames, and just when they were about to escape, the world of fire transformed into an endless starry sky.

"A sword formation? You're a disciple of the Taibai Sword Sect!"

The sword spirit of the Nanming Li Huo Sword rang out with a clear voice, immediately breaking through the starry sky that had trapped it.

"That's right, become my flying sword and practice the Great Dao together, and you can ascend to the Immortal Realm with me in the future!"

Bai Zichen was slightly taken aback, then thought about the existence of the fifth-order flying sword and whether it had even interacted with cultivators of the Taibai Sword Sect, so it was normal for him to recognize it.

The twelve flying swords were already arranged in formation. As soon as the target showed its head, they instantly formed a formation, giving no chance to escape.

Dozens of the fastest-charging fire-type spirits were stopped within the sword formation's range, and under the sky full of sword light, they couldn't even withstand a single exchange.

"Nonsense! I followed four sword masters of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect. Two died under the Heavenly Tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage, and one died young, trapped in the ancient ruins just as he reached the Nascent Soul stage, and died of old age. That caused me to be trapped for a thousand years before I could escape when the ruins opened again. The last one was even more misjudged; he couldn't even break through to the late Nascent Soul stage!"

The Nanming Fire Sword chirped and chattered, unlike any sword spirit he had ever seen before.

"You seem to be a bit stronger than them, your Nascent Soul stage is about 50/50... but if you want to ascend, go dream about it! I'm just living a carefree life in the mortal realm, and I don't have the obsession to go to that Earthly Immortal Realm, lest I get caught up in the void turbulence during my final ascension."

"Drifting in the Void Wasteland for tens of thousands of years, even a fifth-order flying sword can't withstand it. After a few storms, it would probably be reduced to a pile of scrap metal. It's not as comfortable as staying in the human world!"

"If I were to ascend, I would be absolutely certain... Moreover, with this Supreme Pure and Subtle Sword Box, even if my essence is damaged in the void turbulence, I can quickly recover."

Bai Zichen was dumbfounded; he had never seen such an unambitious sword spirit before.

To enhance his persuasiveness, he had no choice but to bring out the sword box again, attempting to attract it with his pure spiritual energy.

“You humans all think too highly of yourselves. Take Nie Chixia, for example. I told him to cultivate for another hundred years before trying to transcend the tribulation, but he insisted that the Nascent Soul realm was no longer challenging and refused to borrow another Heavenly Spiritual Treasure to share the burden of the tribulation. I advise you to release me. Unlike other fifth-order flying swords, as long as I refuse to acknowledge a master, even a Nascent Soul cultivator can only trap me and not forcibly refine me.”

Even when trapped, Nanming Li Huojian remained full of confidence.

"As soon as you withdraw this sword formation, I will immediately flee. It will only be a waste of everyone's time."

“Master, this sword should have been upgraded to the fifth rank in this world, unlike me and Venerable Purple Thunder who were brought down from the upper realm... It won’t care about the points you mentioned.”

The Avici Heavenly Prison Demon Sword spoke up at the right moment, explaining his question.

"Then we have no choice but to forcibly suppress and refine it!"

This was the first time Bai Zichen had encountered a flying sword that refused to acknowledge him as its master. Since he obtained the Supreme Pure Micro Sword Box, his ability to command flying swords was at the pinnacle of the cultivation world, making him invincible.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to gather so many fourth-tier flying swords.

However, after facing the fifth-tier Nanming Li Huo Sword, it finally suffered its first defeat.

Neither the ingenious use of the sword box nor its extraordinary swordsmanship talent attracted the sword spirit.

Dealing with a fifth-tier flying sword involves suppressing and capturing it, rather than completely destroying it, which differs from dealing with cultivators or great demons.

The twelve constellations directly manifested their true forms, taking turns colliding with the Nanming Lihuo Sword, consuming its power and preventing it from fully utilizing the advantages of a fifth-tier flying sword.

In any case, with the support of the Star River Sword Formation, apart from the Great Sun Furnace Sword, the other flying swords are not afraid to collide head-on with the Southern Bright Fire Sword.

The two anomalies, the Abyssal Prison Demon Sword and the Purple Star Thunder Sword, had a clear advantage, suppressing the Southern Bright Fire Sword in their back-and-forth clashes.

It certainly didn't expect that a Nascent Soul sword cultivator could possess flying swords in terms of quantity, grade, and other aspects that were almost on par with the entire top-tier sword cultivator sect.

Moreover, this sword formation, operating twelve flying swords simultaneously, showed no signs of strain, making one wonder if their recuperation was not six hundred years but six thousand years, and the way of swords had undergone another astonishing change.

Even the disciples of the Taibai Sword Sect did not include so many flying swords of the same level as their own in their sword formations in the past. They usually used downward compatibility, and if they were of the same level, they would usually use sword formations of the Three Talents or Five Elements.

After the Southern Bright Fire Sword was knocked away by the Demon Flame Star, the user realized that this sword cultivator was no pushover and was terrifyingly strong.

The previous Sword Master, Nie Chixia, was known as one of the top three most talented people in the history of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect. His combat power was heaven-defying. On the Sword Testing Stone within the Sword Sect, even the sword marks left by those Nascent Soul stage experts were not as deep as his.

Even someone like that, at his peak before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, was no match for the young man before him, according to Nanming Lihuo Sword.

The fifth-tier sword spirit was horrified by the three or five moves. It turned from solid to illusory, and the crimson-gold flames scattered into countless sparks, making it impossible to detect even a trace of the flying sword's aura.

"When forging a sword, it is refined from substance to nothingness, and then from nothingness back to substance. This process is repeated nineteen times before the sword is obtained... So that's what it relies on. No wonder it boasts that unless you are willing, no one can forcibly refine you."

Holding the crimson spark in my hand, I felt only warmth and heat, nothing else.

Under the all-seeing gaze, the Nanming Li Huo Sword did not disappear, but rather transformed into a very special state.

Every spark of crimson gold could be mistaken for the Nanming Li Huo Sword, but once it falls into your hand, it becomes an ordinary spark, with no possibility of tracing it back to the flying sword itself.

It is constantly in a superposition of matter and intangibility. It becomes intangible when someone tries to touch or even capture it, and it becomes matter when it is not attacked. It can be gathered together to form a flying sword.

"Could it really be as the legends say, that a primordial southern fire essence was infused during the forging of the sword, a primordial fire stripped from a creation artifact, which explains its many incredible wonders? No need for refining or nurturing, it directly reaches the Heavenly Tribulation of Spiritual Treasures..."

It was precisely because of the innate essence fire that the Nanming Lihuo Sword possessed the unique qualities of other fifth-tier flying swords, leaving even Nascent Soul cultivators only able to sigh in despair.

(End of this chapter)