Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

(I apologize for the extremely low word count today. I will try my best to catch up on the updates and update more frequently in the near future.)
At this moment, inside the weapon-refining room.

"Pengyun, I am truly grateful for your help in reforging these treasures. Otherwise, I don't know when I would have been able to possess these two powerful fifth-grade top-quality natal spirit treasures."

"Moreover, it only took two attempts to successfully reforge the Starry Sea Flying Sword. As a result, I can save the remaining refining materials that could repair its origin. In addition, the flying sword has reached the fifth-order top-grade level, and its foundation has become broader. I can use those materials to deeply temper its foundation and help it become even stronger."

"Upon closer examination, Pengyun, you have indeed done me a great favor."

"By the way, Pengyun, these things are for the cost of refining the weapon. Please don't be polite with me, you must accept them, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

Star Sea Ancestor gazed at the two newly reforged fifth-grade top-quality natal Star Sea Flying Swords and Star Sea Flood Dragon Banner, his eyes gleaming with brilliance. Then, he readily handed over all the refining fees he had previously agreed to to Ling Pengyun.

In addition, because the reforging of the spirit treasure far exceeded his expectations, he gave Ling Pengyun many extra treasures.

Among them are rare spiritual items such as the Gathering Yuan Pill, a cultivation resource of the fifth-grade supreme quality and the fifth-grade superior quality.

Even more remarkably, one of them was a top-grade, fifth-tier water-attribute refining material called Azure Crystal.

Although its size is average and it is difficult to serve as the main material for a fifth-grade top-quality spiritual treasure, it is sufficient to serve as a decent auxiliary material.

Moreover, its attributes are extremely compatible with Ling Pengyun's Five Elements Treasures River, which is enough to increase Ling Pengyun's chances of reforging it in the future.

Most importantly, upon closer examination, the value of those spiritual items was extraordinary, even comparable to all the benefits of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.

However, this was just a drop in the ocean for the Star Sea Ancestor, since he had gained quite a few benefits from the various upheavals, and his wealth was already quite substantial.

'But regardless, our ancestor was truly magnanimous.'

'And I actually made a fortune from this.'

'It's estimated that for the next few decades, there will be no need to worry about cultivation resources.'

Ling Pengyun was overjoyed when he saw the enormous cost of refining the weapons.

He then gave a brief thank you, closed his eyes, and began to carefully contemplate the experience he had gained from reforging the spiritual treasure for the Star Sea Ancestor, using it to hone his skills in weapon crafting.

Meanwhile, the Star Sea Ancestor excitedly took the Star Sea Flying Sword and the Star Sea Flood Dragon Banner and went into seclusion.

These two treasures, being his natal spiritual treasures, not only possess great power but can also help him refine his spiritual energy.

Furthermore, because the Star Sea Flying Sword is extremely sharp and the Star Sea Flood Dragon Banner contains immense power, their refined spiritual energy will become extremely tough and incredibly abundant.

This matter is of great benefit to both the Star Sea Ancestor's strength and his future breakthroughs in overcoming bottlenecks.

Inside the cave.

'Judging from the current progress of those two treasures in refining my spiritual power, this matter may be completed in less than a hundred years.'

"And by then, even if my cultivation hasn't improved much, I'm afraid my refined spiritual power alone will be enough to reach a high-level among those of the same rank, far surpassing that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators at the peak of their cultivation."

Ancestor Xinghai was overjoyed to see how the Xinghai Flying Sword and the Xinghai Flood Dragon Banner were refining their spiritual power.

……

at the same time.

In a cave in Cangxuan Mountain.

"Unexpectedly, young friend Pengyun has assisted fellow Daoist Xinghai in reforging two top-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasures. His skill in weapon crafting is truly astonishing."

'However, this is for the best. Perhaps with their help, our sect's most treasured Zhengyuan Flying Sword may also reach the fifth-tier top-grade level.'

The veteran late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Righteous Path Alliance recalled the unusual events that had occurred at Cangxuan Mountain, his brows furrowed with anticipation.

He then sought out Ling Pengyun to inquire when he would help him reforge the Zhengyuan Flying Sword.

The two had already agreed on this matter.

Ling Pengyun had previously considered his good relationship with the Star Sea Ancestor.

Moreover, the amount of precious materials that Master Zhengyuan possessed for reforging spiritual treasures was extremely limited, meaning that there were only two opportunities to reforge the Zhengyuan Flying Sword, which was very rare and carried a considerable risk of failure.

Ling Pengyun then postponed the matter.

However, the matter of helping Ancestor Xinghai refine treasures is now over.

Moreover, the Xinghai Flying Sword, one of the two spiritual treasures he helped Xinghai Patriarch reforge, is a flying sword, just like the Zhengyuan Flying Sword of Zhengyuan Laodao.

There were similarities between the two during the reforging process, which indirectly gave him more confidence in reforging the Zhengyuan Flying Sword, so he immediately agreed to the matter.

"This matter can be carried out now."

Ling Pengyun said.

"So good."

Master Zhengyuan was overjoyed.

He then took out the Zhengyuan Flying Sword and handed it to Ling Pengyun.

With the help of the old Taoist Zhengyuan, the Zhengyuan Flying Sword had been refined with many precious materials, and its foundation had reached the level of a fifth-grade top-quality spiritual treasure.

It even occasionally exudes a powerful sword intent, appearing extremely domineering.

The only drawback is that the decoration is slightly incomplete.

It has three fifth-tier superior core artifact patterns: Zheng Yuan Solid, Zheng Yuan Sharp, and Zheng Yuan Rapid, as well as more than ten auxiliary artifact patterns.

The main task during the recasting of this treasure was to perfect the patterns on the vessel.

In addition, it is slightly different from the Starry Sea Flying Sword.

The Starry Sea Flying Sword is a water-attribute flying sword, combining softness and strength.

The Zhengyuan Flying Sword, on the other hand, is incredibly fierce and unstoppable.

Its body is much harder than the Starry Sea Flying Sword.

'It's estimated that this recasting process will require considerable effort.'

'Furthermore, judging from its current condition, if it can reach the fifth-tier top-grade level, its ability in a direct confrontation would likely be stronger than the Ancestor's Star Sea Flying Sword.'

However, it's estimated that it will consume more spiritual energy; both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Ling Pengyun examined the Zhengyuan Flying Sword and made his own assessment.

In addition, since he had already comprehended the method of reforging the Zhengyuan Flying Sword that the old Taoist Zhengyuan had given him more than ten years ago, he directly took out the Silver Moon Refining Furnace and worked with the old Taoist Zhengyuan to refine the Zhengyuan Flying Sword.

Besides being a veteran sword cultivator, Master Zhengyuan also possesses considerable skill in crafting flying swords.

Moreover, he had already mastered the techniques passed down by the Righteous Alliance and refined the Zhengyuan Flying Sword into his natal spiritual treasure.

Therefore, he also provided some assistance in the recasting of this treasure.

In addition, Ling Pengyun's current skill in weapon crafting is extremely high.

Their reforging of the Zhengyuan Flying Sword went relatively smoothly this time.

Although the first attempt failed, the Zhengyuan Flying Sword was backfired, and its origin was severely damaged.

However, Master Zhengyuan had made preparations in advance, having prepared some high-grade refining materials, and used them to quickly heal the injuries of the Zhengyuan Flying Sword.

The two then began reforging the sword a second time. During this process, they learned from their previous failures and eventually managed to reforge it with some difficulty.

Immediately afterwards, the Zhengyuan Flying Sword triggered the Heavenly Treasure Thunder Tribulation Clouds, which were then overcome by other great formations and other methods prepared by the old Taoist Zhengyuan.

After everything was settled, the Zhengyuan Flying Sword, nourished by the sweet dew that fell from the tribulation clouds, successfully transformed into a fifth-grade top-quality spiritual treasure.

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Its power was even stronger than before, as if it contained boundless sword intent, and its body was covered with sword energy.

Even a glimpse from afar would be enough to wound an ordinary person with its sharp edge.

In addition, although the cultivation level of the old Taoist Zhengyuan was still in the late stage of the old Nascent Soul stage, it was slightly weaker than his rank.

However, his cultivation level is quite high, and he is also skilled in swordsmanship, having already cultivated his swordsmanship to the level of a veteran fifth-grade expert.

Therefore, Master Zhengyuan was not only able to activate it for a long time, but also to perfectly unleash its power.

Even the old Daoist Zhengyuan could use this to have a chance against an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

"With this sword, I've barely managed to join the ranks of the most elite combatants in the Heavenly River Realm. Moreover, this sword has already developed a weapon spirit, so even without anyone activating it, it can still unleash considerable power for a short period."

"Furthermore, its sturdiness is unparalleled; it can last for tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years. If we consider this carefully, with this sword, the future path of our righteous alliance should be secure."

Moreover, since young friend Pengyun only used two attempts to help reforge this treasure, the amount of precious materials consumed in the process was relatively small.

'Even the cost of reforging this treasure is estimated to be only half the value of a fifth-tier top-grade spiritual treasure.'

"This reforging of the treasure has been quite profitable."

At this moment, Master Zhengyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, his family's resources were far inferior to those of the powerful Star Sea Ancestor, who was at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

He then exhausted all the high-grade treasures he possessed.

If he fails to reforge the flying sword a second time, he will find it difficult to heal the sword's damage as quickly as before.

Fortunately, young friend Pengyun seized this opportunity, and Daoist Zhengyuan was overjoyed. He then thanked Ling Pengyun and, as previously agreed, gave Ling Pengyun a large sum of money for refining weapons.

This incident also increased Ling Pengyun's benefits.

'The profits one can gain from the art of weapon crafting are truly numerous.'

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.

Afterwards, he chatted briefly with Master Zhengyuan before going into seclusion to reflect on the gains from reforging the spiritual treasure.

Just like the Star Sea Ancestor before him, Master Zhengyuan quickly bid farewell, intending to use the Zhengyuan Flying Sword to temper his spiritual power.

In addition, because the Zhengyuan Flying Sword is of a higher grade, its effect in refining spiritual power is stronger.

In fact, the Zhengyuan Flying Sword could even help him build a decent foundation for the Nascent Soul stage.

'This flying sword is truly my lucky star.'

Master Zhengyuan was extremely excited about this.

……

In the blink of an eye, several years have passed.

Inside Ling Pengyun's cave.

"Unexpectedly, the gains from helping the Ancestor and Senior Zhengyuan reforge the spiritual treasure have actually helped me cultivate the art of weapon crafting to the fifth-tier top-grade level. This is truly an unexpected gain."

"It's true that one must refine more treasures to improve one's skill in weapon crafting."

"Furthermore, as my weapon-refining skills improve, I'm afraid I'll be considered the number one person in the entire Heavenly River Realm."

Ling Pengyun slowly opened his eyes, his brows furrowed with surprise.

The art of weapon crafting is extremely difficult.

Moreover, the higher one climbs, the more difficult it becomes.

Even though Ling Pengyun was exceptionally gifted, he had only managed to elevate his weapon-refining skills to the advanced fifth-tier level.

If it weren't for the fact that he had previously reforged several top-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasures, it would have taken him at least a thousand years of arduous cultivation to elevate his weapon-refining skills to the top-grade fifth-tier level.

For ordinary people to reach this level is even more difficult than climbing to heaven.

Moreover, the same applies to all other arts and crafts.

In fact, in the entire Tianhe Realm today, apart from Ling Pengyun, only the Yaoxing Daojun of the Yaoxing Immortal Sect has reached the fifth-order top-grade level in alchemy.

No other artisan has reached such a level.

Upon closer examination, Ling Pengyun and Yaoxing Daojun can be considered masters of all arts in the Tianhe Realm.

"Furthermore, with this level of expertise, I estimate that reforging my natal Five Elements Hundred Treasures River and the Qi and Blood Spiritual Treasure Hunyuan Axe will be much smoother."

"Furthermore, with the passage of time, and recently, with the assistance of various precious materials, my Five Elements Hundred Treasures River and the Primordial Chaos Axe have gradually gained the foundation to break through to the fifth-tier top-grade spiritual treasure level."

'They really should be rebuilt.'

Ling Pengyun's eyes narrowed slightly.

He then used the art of weapon forging to recast the two treasures.

However, those two treasures, like the Black Dragon Armor he successfully reforged, were his natal spiritual treasures, making their reforging relatively easier for him.

Given his exceptional skill in weapon crafting, the probability of this happening is as high as 50% to 60%.

Moreover, just like Ancestor Xinghai and Daoist Zhengyuan did back then, he prepared two or three sets of precious materials in advance to repair the origin of the two treasures, so as to prevent the two treasures from being damaged if the reforging failed.

Therefore, even though he failed several times during the process of reforging those two treasures, with the accumulation of resources and his skill in weapon crafting, he eventually succeeded and reached the fifth-order top-grade level.

The power of the Five Elements Treasures River and the Qi and Blood Primordial Axe also surged. In addition, since they are special spiritual treasures containing immense power, they now each contain at least nearly a billion catties of immense power.

Most importantly, the Five Elements Treasures River is a spiritual treasure of the spiritual power path, while the Primordial Chaos Axe is a spiritual treasure of the qi and blood path.

With the assistance of both, the advantages of Ling Pengyun's dual cultivation of body and spirit can be perfectly brought into play.

If he were to add the help of the fifth-tier top-grade black dragon armor that I successfully reforged back then, I'm afraid he would be able to directly suppress the ordinary Yinming Old Demon of the Yinming Demon Sect who was at the peak of the Yinming stage, based on his current late-stage Nascent Soul realm.

"However, that's not enough, after all, my natal spiritual treasures, such as the Nine Heavens Thunder Banner, are still hovering around the upper-grade fifth rank."

'But I've run out of high-grade refining materials. I'll have to figure out a way to get more.'

Looking at the two newly reforged spiritual treasures, Ling Pengyun felt confident and secretly pondered his future plans.

Although such precious materials are extremely rare, even if the family currently controls many treasure lands, it would be difficult to gather them all in a short period of time.

But there is one place that must have many high-level treasures.

That is... the Realm of Ten Thousand Souls.

After all, it is said that although the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm is a ghost realm, it is rich in resources. Ghost resources and righteous resources are both natural resources, and with proper refinement, they can become pure spiritual treasures. (End of Chapter)