Born with immortal seed

Chapter 778 Sword Manual Summary

Advancing to the fourth rank involves the tribulation of spiritual treasures, let alone the Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

Within the grotto, calamity clouds had already gathered, and thunder roared in the clear sky.

Fortunately, it was a tribulation of material objects. If it were a tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage, no grotto-heaven could withstand it, and one would have to return to the real world.

This is related to the realm of the cave master. If Bai Zichen is a Void Refining cultivator, the cave will truly become a small world, which can naturally accommodate the birth of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The power of this heavenly tribulation was vastly different from that of the tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage. Whenever heavenly lightning struck, it was blocked by the power of the grotto-heaven.

One hundred and nine mother coins were blasted back and forth, the dense clatter of coins like a torrential rain, streaks of golden light shattered, and many mother coins even rolled off the sword and fell to the ground.

"With such a large number of coins, it's inevitable that the quality varies. A considerable portion of the mother coins were only issued on a small scale by Nascent Soul level sects and were quickly abolished... There are not many sects qualified to issue universal currency to begin with, and it just so happens that the mother coins were obtained by the Money Sect, making it even more scarce."

Bai Zichen's heart tightened. In terms of power, the Falling Treasure Golden Coin Sword was at the bottom among swords of the same level and could hardly be used as a normal flying sword.

The higher the rank, the more pronounced the effect.

He even suspected that if the two were to clash, both being fifth-tier flying swords, they would fall apart after only a few rounds.

However, using the sword to fight is not the strength of the Falling Treasure Money Sword. Its true power lies in its ability to knock down magical treasures with the energy of the mortal world and the power of money.

For items below level five, the effect is instantaneous.

Even though they are both at the fifth rank, they should at least be able to be suppressed for a few breaths.

Various mother coins took turns appearing, and several were eliminated after each strike of lightning, with only the strongest coins holding out for several rounds.

When the last bolt of lightning struck, only a dozen or so mother coins, led by the Time-Traveling Coin, converged into a golden light and crashed into the ground.

With a loud bang, the thunder subsided and the clouds dispersed. The Time-Traveling Coin, on which he had placed high hopes, did not disappoint him. The Falling Treasure Golden Coin Sword finally stood firm at the fifth rank.

It can be considered a clever trick, as so many parts are distributed to absorb the damage from the heavenly tribulation.

"To be able to reach the fifth rank without the nourishment of the great power of heaven and earth must be the first time in the cultivation world in tens of thousands of years..."

Bai Zichen raised the Falling Treasure Coin Sword with satisfaction, which sometimes transformed into a pure gold flying sword and sometimes scattered into various kinds of mother coins.

When trying to communicate with the sword spirit, the responses were all jumbled and chaotic, as if there was no unified thought process.

"With this sword completed, all twelve fifth-tier flying swords will be gathered. Even if I went to the Earthly Immortal Realm, my wealth wouldn't be bad."

In the Immortal Realm, even fifth-order flying swords are not commonplace; they represent the upper limit achievable through conventional weapon-refining methods.

Sixth-order flying swords or magic weapons cannot be obtained directly through refining; they have already formed their own grotto-heavens and their weapon spirits have taken shape.

Unlike the Creation Treasure, which must be born at the beginning of a world, fused with primordial Qi and enlightened by a bit of pure spirituality, it still needs to obtain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to advance to the sixth rank.

This has resulted in many cultivators at the Void Refinement stage still primarily possessing fifth-tier magical artifacts.

Those who can wield sixth-order divine weapons are the best among those who have reached the Void Refinement stage.

Among these twelve flying swords, the Queen Mother of the West Sword and the Taiqing Crystal Sword have a slight chance of being upgraded.

Once the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword is fully awakened, it will undoubtedly be at the sixth rank.

Therefore, there's no need to worry too much about personal magical artifacts.

The main cultivation technique is the Dongxuan Lushen Sword Scripture, which allows one to directly reach the Body Integration stage without needing to change cultivation techniques.

"As for Song Ding, we need to arrange for him to start studying the sword manual, otherwise it will be too late..."

Thinking about the cultivation method, Bai Zichen realized that Song Ding was already in the mid-stage of Core Formation, and would soon reach the minimum level for cultivating the Dongxuan Lushen Sword Scripture.

Regardless of whether he is the reincarnation of the Sword Emperor, it would be a pity if he didn't cultivate the most advanced sword techniques with such talent.

After thinking it over, he sent a letter to Zhuo Xiong, since the other party was the rightful successor of the Taibai Sword Sect, and this matter still needed to be done by him.

I believe Zhuo Xiong will not refuse, as the Taibai Sword Sect is now completely dependent on the name of the Time Sword Lord for survival.

Otherwise, if a sect with countless enemies were to re-establish its lineage, how could no one come to provoke it?

Only by having Song Ding learn the Dongxuan Lushen Sword Scripture can the bond between the two be strengthened.

Otherwise, once Zhuo Xiong passes away, the disciples of the Taibai Sword Sect won't be able to maintain that image.

“Xuanzhou can just send his disciples to take a look. It’s not worth my personal visit unless there are clues about something like a creation-level spiritual treasure… I should take advantage of this free time to summarize what I have cultivated. Otherwise, when I ascend to immortality, I won’t be able to leave much for my future disciples.”

Bai Zichen didn't look down on fifth-tier flying swords; he just didn't want to interrupt his cultivation.

In any case, whatever Xuanzhou gains, regardless of who obtains it, if it is related to the sword path, will eventually be presented to him.

His strength was primarily in flying swords; physical skills were crucial in the early stages, but gradually fell behind.

Upon closer examination, it can be divided into two main branches.

The Dongxuan Slaughtering God Sword Scripture and the Star River Sword Formation originated from the Taibai Sword Sect.

Surrounding the Supreme Pure and Subtle Sword Box, along with the Purple Star Thunderclap Sword, the Azure Emperor Longevity Sword, and others, all originated from the Nameless Sword Immortal.

As for other supernatural powers, they are either derived from this foundation or are supernatural powers that one comprehends through the Great Dao.

"Why not use the Enlightenment Sword Manual as a foundation, and add all the other sword techniques I am proficient in, to compile a true sword manual? This would be both a self-examination and a way to leave the sect with a complete collection of sword techniques. Otherwise, the sect of the dignified Sword Lord of Time will be left without its disciples knowing how to cultivate if they want to achieve something in the way of the sword."

Bai Zichen's swordsmanship emphasizes the Dao over technique, partly because the Dao of Time is too unpredictable and powerful, so there's no need to be distracted.

However, this does not mean that he has no in-depth understanding of swordsmanship.

After all, being able to create the incredibly diverse Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword Technique from a single celestial sword intent is undoubtedly worthy of being called a swordsmanship genius.

Countless sword techniques came one after another, all added to the Wuzhen Sword Manual, making it an extremely bloated sword manual.

Then, using my own judgment, I reduced and selected these sword techniques, keeping only the most suitable ones.

Therefore, Bai Zichen summoned back the Nine Yang Divine Fire Mirror and commanded its spirit to run the Enlightenment Sword Manual day and night, evolving it from its own perspective.

The work of compiling the sword manual was largely tedious and exhausting.

The existence of the Nine Yang Divine Fire Mirror perfectly compensates for this problem.

The Wuzhen Sword Manual was being perfected at a speed visible to the naked eye.

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More than a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the cultivation world has long since seen a new generation replace the old.

Although the major Nascent Soul sects did not achieve a great victory in their expansion into Xuanzhou, they at least sent back a large number of rare and exotic plants, all of which were spiritual plants never seen in the Ancestral Continent.

Many of these are elixirs recorded in ancient alchemical formulas, meaning that those lost elixirs may be re-refined.

The status of alchemists has been elevated once again. Alchemists were already the foremost among all the arts of cultivation, and now they have completely surpassed the other arts that were originally on par with them.

As a result, the status of plant masters has improved considerably, rising above that of talisman masters.

Those spiritual plants from Xuanzhou are all seeds or seedlings, which urgently need the care of spiritual plant masters to grow and expand the scale of cultivation.

The involvement of plant sculptors is indispensable in this series of actions.

All major sects have increased their efforts in training spirit plant masters.

"The ten-year term is up, it's time to return to the sect, and there's no longer any point in continuing my training at the Ice Soul Palace..."

Bai Zhaoqing exhaled a breath of cold air, her complexion gradually returned to normal, and the frost on her body slowly faded away.

But he still seemed like a block of ice, radiating an astonishing chill, and the temperature around him was much lower.

He possessed the aptitude of ice spirit root. He entered the Qingfeng Sect at the age of six, where he learned the Five Elements Qi Gathering Method and recited the Pure Bright Dao Scripture. He did not cultivate magic but was busy refining spiritual energy.

He didn't begin formally cultivating the Dao as an inner disciple until he was twelve years old, when he naturally advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

On the advice of his teachers, he chose the Bitter Cold Ice Heart Technique, which allowed him to cultivate to the late Nascent Soul stage in one go.

The technique has little advantage in the early stages, but the further one progresses, the more one can comprehend the Great Dao, which helps to enhance one's true meaning and prevents one from being trapped by it.

Furthermore, it comes with incredible supernatural powers that can inflict devastating damage, ensuring that it won't be at a disadvantage among opponents of the same level.

At the age of sixteen, he achieved the completion of Qi Refining and was given the opportunity to further his studies at the Ice Soul Palace, using the environment of the vast ice plains to break through his bottleneck.

Despite having the Foundation Establishment Pill at hand, Bai Zhaoqing stubbornly spent two years in the Ice Soul Palace. Upon hearing the news of Foundation Establishment, three inches of white snow piled up beside him that day.

The Foundation Establishment method of "hearing the Dao" does not necessarily have many advantages over using Foundation Establishment Pills, but it at least proves that this disciple's sensitivity to the Great Dao is not a problem, and that his potential is higher.

In the following years, he focused on consolidating his realm and cultivating ice-type divine abilities.

As for sect missions, he didn't participate in any of them.

Anyway, the magical artifacts, spirit tools, and even magical treasures needed along the way have been prepared by the elders at home, so there's no need to worry.

Pushing open the door, I saw a dazzling expanse of shimmering ice crystals outside, so white it was almost blinding.

Bai Zhaoqing went to the center of the Ice Soul Palace, handed over the sect token, and then returned to Black Mountain.

"I heard that a few years ago, Black Mountain opened a direct airship route to Rotten Axe Mountain. A ticket costs 500 sect contribution points and is still in short supply... I'll go back and see if I can get a spot to study at Rotten Axe Mountain. Black Mountain is nothing compared to Rotten Axe Mountain, where talents abound."

To date, the Qingfeng Sect has had five Nascent Soul True Monarchs, two of whom reside at the main mountain and three at Rotten Axe Mountain.

The key point is that the White Ancestor's Dharma carriage remained at Rotten Axe Mountain, so you can imagine what his focus was.

Even if all the disciples of Rotten Axe Mountain are promoted and have to return to Black Mountain to report and exchange information, it cannot stop the disciples of this mountain from yearning for Rotten Axe Mountain.

The main advantage is that it's more convenient to communicate with sects in the Eastern Region, the Central Region, and overseas.

In the Northern Region, the Qingfeng Sect had long been the only dominant sect, and there were no other sects of the same caliber. Every sect wished they could become its vassal, but they just didn't have the opportunity.

After completing the formalities in the main hall, Bai Zhaoqing began to plan his next steps.

"Give me back my contribution!"

"Once it has been given, there is no reason to ask for it back!"

The disciples formed two circles in front, with a man and a woman facing off in the center. Bai Zhaoqing passed by and asked a question, learning the story from the people around him.

Both were newly recruited inner disciples with bright futures. Because they came from the same county, they developed feelings for each other during their cultivation and secretly became Daoist partners.

During the Foundation Establishment stage, the male disciples contributed an extra 5,000 sect contribution points to make up for the shortfall in Foundation Establishment Pills for the female disciples.

Unexpectedly, after emerging from seclusion, the male disciple failed to establish his foundation, while the female disciple succeeded, thus creating a gap in their status.

I also heard that the female disciple had married into a wealthy family and was now entangled with a scion of a powerful clan within the sect. She wanted to end her relationship with her former lover, which led to the scene described earlier.

Bai Zhaoqing shook his head helplessly. As the number of disciples increased, such melodramatic scenes often occurred, and he was used to it.

(End of this chapter)