Under One Person, your rebellious life has reached the heavens?

Xu Yi was so shocked that he murmured in a daze:

"So that's how it is... I originally thought it was a treasure that the Mystic Venerable obtained while exploring some ancient ruins, but I never expected it to be something that was conceived within his body."

"Ancient ruins? I've never been to those places." Jiang Mo smiled faintly; he wasn't interested in these mass graves.

The ancient lands that Xu Yi mentioned were some dilapidated and abandoned secret realms that were the strongholds of human forces, demon forces, or other races in ancient times.

Even as time goes by, those desolate places still harbor unfathomable creatures and hold countless opportunities.

"I have truly learned something new, Venerable Xuan. Thank you so much for being willing to share such a precious secret with me."

Xu Yi's face was filled with deep gratitude. From now on, he would no longer be obsessed with finding the best materials, the most extreme forging techniques, and the most mysterious array patterns in order to forge an innate magic weapon. Instead, he planned to take a different approach and create one himself.

However, his three fires are balanced, and if he wants to extinguish two of them, it will probably take many years of effort.

Jiang Mo saw through his thoughts, frowned slightly, and advised him in an extremely responsible tone:

“It’s nothing to tell you this, because this is a path that will eventually be discovered, but I can’t be sure right now whether my situation is something that every one of you will go through.”

“Fellow Daoist, if you abandon your path because of this and insist on reaching the end of cultivation and seizing the divine fire to live forever, I'm afraid the final result will not be as you wish. So... you should wait and see.”

“Senior Ji, he has almost overcome this hurdle. We can see if he has nurtured a primordial magic weapon before you make a decision.”

"That makes sense. I'm sorry to trouble you with this, Venerable Master. But this is my own choice, and even if it all comes to nothing in the end, I will never regret it."

Xu Yi tilted his chin up, his weathered yet resolute face filled with joy. Then he asked:

"Did the Venerable Master inform his two friends from the Flying Immortal Sect about this matter?"

"Let's not count that. Old Master Xianhua is too old and hasn't reached the end yet, so there's no point in him saying anything. As for Master Ji, I did mention sharing my insights on breaking through the barrier, but he declined. So, in general, you are the first person to know this secret."

After saying this, Jiang Mo took a few steps forward and patted Xu Yi's shoulder several times with his left hand to show his trust.

"!"

"Please rest assured, fellow Daoist, I will keep this secret firmly under my control!"

Xu Yi made a solemn promise, his tone resolute.

"I believe you."

Jiang Mo continued, "Refining magical artifacts is something you can't do alone. How many elders from your sect can help you? If you can help me enhance the Jade Pendant and the Immortal-Breaking Sword to level 25, our strength in fighting against the Starry Sky Human Race will be even greater."

"I owe you a favor for this request. If you ever need any help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask."

"No, no, no, it's not about favors, Venerable Xuan. You've already shown us a great favor by letting us know this secret. How could we possibly let you owe us a favor?"

Xu Yi quickly waved his hand, denying his statement, and said, "Currently, there are six ancestors still sleeping in the blood coffin in the Divine Forging Sect, but I am not sure if they are all still alive."

"One of them was my grandmaster, and the other five were all senior figures from sects of even more ancient times. Before they were placed in their coffins, they had an extremely strong obsession with completing their sect's goal of forging innate magical artifacts. As a result, they clung to life, not passing away, and continued for thousands of years..."

"Is that so..."

Jiang Mo seemed to be deep in thought. Although the blood coffin could perfectly seal the loss of blood energy, keeping the person sleeping inside in an immortal state, if the sleeping time was too long, even if the body was immortal, the soul would still wither. The weapon-refining skills used in life could not necessarily be fully recovered.

"Take me to them. If there are any survivors, I will extend their lives."

Jiang Mo made a request: his physical body was very special. Now that his soul and body were united, it contained terrifying blood energy and soul spirit, making it a supreme treasure, even more effective than many pills that could prolong life.

"Mysterious Venerable, is it true?" Xu Yi was extremely excited, his eyes filled with joy.

"You think I'm lying to you? Let's go—"

Jiang Mo smiled, put away the two magical artifacts, and with a casual wave of his hand, a void portal immediately appeared, its coordinates locked onto the Divine Forging Secret Realm thousands of miles away, and he strode away.

“That would be wonderful. Please come to my sect as a guest, fellow Daoist.”

Xu Yi followed, and as he stepped down, he had already arrived outside the Divine Forging Secret Realm. With a thought, he opened a passage, and the two of them instantly disappeared.

Unlike other secret realms, the Divine Forging Secret Realm is a huge lava basin with terrifyingly high temperatures underground. Every disciple there wears special Taoist robes to protect themselves from the horrific heat waves.

Jiang Mo made his way down the eighteenth level of lava without any obstacles. In just a few breaths, he followed Xu Yi straight down to the deepest part of the entire secret realm.

This is the resting place of the successive masters and Dao Lords of the Divine Forging Sect. One after another, huge blood coffins hang on the cave walls where lava flows, and they are divided into dark and gold colors.

According to Xu Yi, the dark-colored blood coffins belong to deceased individuals, while the golden blood coffins represent those whose fate is unknown.

Looking around, Jiang Mo saw over a hundred dark coffins, but only six golden coffins.

"Mystic Venerable, step back a few paces, I am about to cast a spell."

"it is good."

Xu Yi walked on the scalding molten water as if it were flat ground towards the place where many blood coffins converged. He took out an ancient mirror from his pocket, and at the same time, he formed a hand seal with his left hand and kept chanting obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations.

"Boom!!!"

Ten seconds later, the ancient mirror in front of him suddenly emitted a bloody light, extending six blood-red iron chains that climbed up the cliff like serpents awakening from hibernation, piercing through the six ancient coffins and building a bridge to communicate with the beings sleeping inside.

"My ancestors who have been sleeping for generations, and Xu Yi, the fourteenth master of the Divine Forging Sect, have come across two innate magical artifacts. I have brought them back to the sect and hope that all the sages will awaken quickly and join me in witnessing this sacred scene and forging an unparalleled weapon."

Xu Yi recited this sentence repeatedly with utmost sincerity.

Jiang Mo watched silently from a distance. Several minutes later, the six blood coffins remained motionless. At this moment, Xu Yi's expression had undergone a subtle change.

If the ancestors were still alive, they would never have been able to resist the temptation of the innate magical artifacts. The answer is cruel: the people inside probably died a long time ago!

"Ancient ancestors, please awaken!!!"

"A primordial magical artifact, brought back by its descendants!!"

"Your lifelong quest is contained here!! Please wake up!!"

Xu Yi never gave up and kept calling out, and finally received a response.

"Crack!!!"

"Boom!!"

The blood coffin on the far left trembled violently, and a stench of decay poured out of it like a tide, accompanied by a hoarse, weak lament.

"Junior...you did it?"

"It's done! May the Ancient Ancestor be revived!"

Xu Yi responded loudly and turned to Jiang Mo for help. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were full of pleading.

"Boom!!"

Jiang Mo swept his gaze over, and the blood coffin instantly turned to dust. The foul-smelling blood and endless death energy inside also evaporated in an instant.

An old man, reduced to skin and bones and on the verge of death, was carried by the vast primordial energy and arrived in front of Jiang Mo in the blink of an eye.

"........"

"You...you are...?" A glimmer of light appeared in the old man's dim eyes, as if he had witnessed the most unbelievable thing.

"Senior, I am not."

Jiang Mo knew what he wanted to say, so he immediately denied his guess. He then stretched out his right hand and transferred the purest life energy, allowing the dying old man's withered body to become fuller at a visible speed. In just over ten seconds, he looked more than a hundred years younger.

"Cough cough..."

The old man coughed violently and didn't recover for a long time. He had been asleep for too long, almost three thousand years, and he was still not used to his body when he woke up this morning.

"Are you from the Sanyi Sect? His... descendant?"

The old man asked Jiang Mo again, who was a Daoist master of the same generation as the Three Ones Ancestor.

After the revival, upon seeing Jiang Mo's white hair and his appearance that closely resembled that of the Three Ones Ancestor, she even thought that the genius had lived until now. Only after her conjecture was denied did she change her questioning style.

"I am the current Trinity Master, not a descendant of the founder, senior."

Jiang Mo politely answered the old man's questions, and while Xu Yi was still contacting other blood coffins, he gave the old man a general account of the Trinity Sect's lineage and the purpose of his visit.

"Oh...so that's how it is...impressive...young man..."

Upon learning the whole story, the old man showed admiration. He was at the early stage of the Immortal Palace, while Jiang Mo, this junior, was above the Immortal Palace, which made him sigh with admiration. This was even more amazing than the Three Ones Ancestor back then.

"I am Si Yue, thank you for saving me, fellow Daoist. I am fortunate to have been brought back from the dead."

The old man bowed to Jiang Mo, then let out a long sigh of relief. He had finally come back to life. The life force that the young man had just transferred to him was surging and powerful, which stopped his decaying body from dying and restored it to a good state.

"You're too kind. It's nothing, not worth mentioning," Jiang Mo smiled slightly.

During their conversation, Xu Yi's expression turned grim, because under his gaze, four blood coffins turned dark, indicating that... the sages inside had silently passed away before his arrival, unable to live to witness the day when they saw the innate magical artifacts.

"Boom!!"

Suddenly, the lid of the last remaining blood coffin was blown off, and a withered, pale hand emerged, accompanied by a low curse.

"This...the feeling of sleeping...waiting to die...is truly agonizing..."

"Master!"

Xu Yi shouted loudly, and the next moment, he saw a trembling figure stand out from the blood coffin, instantly unleashing powerful true qi to continuously restore his weakened body.

"Little Yi... how have you been..."

The old man revealed a kind and gratified smile, and in the blink of an eye, he moved swiftly and steadily, landing on the lava surface.

He was in relatively good condition, being the first to fall asleep among all the blood coffins. When he was first placed in the coffin, he still had a hundred years of lifespan remaining, and now that he has awakened, he still has sixty years of lifespan left.

Soon, with Xu Yi's introduction, the group became acquainted.

"Seniors, this is the magical artifact I need to refine. Please take a look."

Jiang Mo summoned two innate magical artifacts and handed one to each person, asking them to examine them carefully.

"hiss......."

"It's true, a primordial magic artifact! I never imagined I would see such a primordial treasure in my lifetime."

Xu Yi's advisor's eyes were moved. He ran his hands over every inch of the Broken Immortal Sword, feeling its terrifying rhythm. As a master swordsmith himself, he observed for only a moment before judging:

"This sword is truly mysterious... There is no sword in the world sharper than this one, and the inscriptions on the blade are especially unique. If I'm not mistaken, anyone struck by this sword will not be able to heal, and its very life force will be severed, right?"

Based on his intuition, the advisor made a guess and sought confirmation from Jiang Mo.

"Correct."

"Those struck by it will have their maximum health reduced."

Jiang Mo acknowledged the old man's statement. In layman's terms, any being struck by the Immortal Slayer, no matter how powerful or how vast the secret realm it was backed by, would have its lifespan severely reduced.

Normally, when a Master dies, their health bar is emptied. However, with the blessing of the Secret Realm, it will be fully restored, making them lively and energetic again.

Masters struck by the Broken Immortal Sword will have their health bar reduced by more than half upon death, making them easier to kill. Even with the blessing of a secret realm, they will not be able to recover to their peak condition.

"Perfect and flawless, without a trace of tempering. To upgrade such a primordial magic weapon, it would probably require a massive amount of resources. Even if my Divine Forging Sect were to lend you a hand, we might not be able to gather that many resources."

The advisor spoke with a hint of regret, telling Jiang Mo to prepare himself mentally.

At the same time, Si Yue was also examining the jade pendant, then snatched the Folding Immortal Sword to observe it. His brows furrowed, and after deep thought, he said:

"This jade pendant... is not complete... no, that's not how it should be said, um... it has a second stage that hasn't been awakened yet!"

"Isn't that right, young friend?"

"ah.......?"

Jiang Mo was also stunned. He had nurtured two innate magical artifacts and knew a lot of key information, but the Human Desire Pendant only had this one form.

"I don't know. This is the only form I can control."

"It seems that some key steps are missing. You extinguished the human fire and the beast fire. Judging from the current situation, the beast fire is related to the formation of this Immortal-Breaking Sword, and the Human Desire Pendant is related to your human fire."

Si Yue slowly analyzed, saying, "Perhaps your human fire is stronger than beast fire, but not enough to support the complete refining of the Human Desire Pendant, which is why it's stuck at this in-between stage. Even so, it's still a peerless treasure."

"Perhaps during the tempering process, it will continuously increase in size and have the opportunity to awaken the second stage form."

"Very well, then I'll trouble you two seniors to help me refine the magic weapon. Just tell me what materials you need."

"The resources required are too many. Are you sure you can afford them?"

Si Yue sighed slightly; he also had high expectations for this weapon-refining commission.

As a weapon refiner, one naturally wants to forge the greatest magical artifact of all time, but the weapon being forged is of such a high grade that the required resources become a headache.

"The cost of refining an innate magic weapon is nine to ten times that of a Dao-rank magic weapon. We, as refining Dao Lords, can reduce the consumption to about seven times through our superb skills, but two innate magic weapons are a bottomless pit. I must tell you in advance that you cannot refine them to the 25th rank."

Xu Yi's advisor chimed in, "That's right. In my opinion, refining to the tenth level is about right. Our sect is willing to lend you its resources and foundation. What do you think, young friend?"

"Thank you for your kindness, seniors, but there's no need. I have plenty of resources. I'll just keep refining and see whichever level I can reach."

Jiang Mo calmly replied, and with a flick of his sleeve, more than a dozen storage rings filled to the brim flew out, all treasures he had obtained while annihilating various secret realms.

"!!!"