Chapter 1384: Batch Sword Refining

The higher his cultivation level, the more Chen Mobai marveled at the profoundness of the Can Tong Qi cultivation technique. It could be used to connect with both innate and acquired artifacts, and even spiritual plants, allowing him to perceive and understand their past. This truly lived up to its reputation as a technique passed down by Daoist Zixiao to Daoist Dandao. Although Daoist Dandao had long since passed away, this technique was now flourishing in Chen Mobai’s hands.

Through this profound connection, the true essence of the thirteen stone swords that Tianhai had wielded countless years ago to suppress the marine regions of Diyuanxing gradually emerged within Chen Mobai's mind. The core of each stone sword was the Great Dao of Jie Yun. However, each sword was not solely composed of the Great Dao of Jie Yun; they also contained acquired Great Daos evolved from Jie Yun. Each of these thirteen stone swords, if thoroughly comprehended, could serve as a supreme sword scripture, allowing a sword cultivator to ascend from an acquired Dao to the innate Dao of Jie Yun. Coupled with the Dinghai Sword in Qing Nv’s possession, these represented the fourteen paths left by Tianhai that could lead one to the innate Great Dao of Jie Yun.

The process was slow until the very last one remained. Between the heavens and the sea, only this largest stone shell was left, not yet fully shed of its outer layer.

It was highly probable that Qianxing, who had obtained and completely refined the Bu Tian Seal, was the successor of the Tianhai Dao lineage. Even if not a direct disciple, they certainly had a significant connection.

There was also a sword with an extremely thin blade and seven holes in the middle. When swung, it produced clear sword chimes resonating with the five musical notes, clearly making it a perfect match for Meng Huang'er.

His expression grew more focused.

"What's going on?" Qianxing was not someone with Diyuanxing's low-key personality; he would have long since hidden it.

The Bu Tian Seal on his brow glowed with five-colored light spontaneously, without any activation from him.

Another sword was as fiery and radiant as a blazing sun, perfectly matching the attributes of Ming Yaohua's Pure Yang Scroll.

"Is that thing on your forehead deliberately kept lit? I never knew you were so fond of showing off."

"Chunyang, you see, after I reached the God Transformation stage, I still don't have any good artifacts..."

After Tianhai suppressed the seas of Diyuanxing, she left behind these fourteen stone swords, and possibly even provided guidance, which explains the later emergence of Shanhaizhuang, sword slaves, and so on.

However, among the four Immortal Sect patriarchs, the Cai Linghai Sword perished in the first war of expansion. It's likely she didn't have time to leave any dying wishes, or perhaps she didn't trust the other Immortal Sect patriarchs at the time.

Only Wen Renxuewei, though she also desired one, found it difficult to ask due to the matter with Changchun Miaohong. After all, if her combat power increased, it might attract even more attention and targeting from the other three lineages of the Immortal Sect.

Through years of receiving human sword intent offerings from the Shanhaizhuang academy, one of the stone shells was the first to develop sentience and shed its Xuan Palace. However, the ancient Dao lineage considered it sacred and did not disturb it. It was only after it fell into Yun Ya Miaohong's hands that it was refined into a true sword.

Shuixian pointed at Qianxing's forehead. Upon hearing this, Qianxing's pupils constricted.

After all, the stronger the Bu Tian lineage, one of the Immortal Sect's pillars, the safer Miaohongqian would be.

Diyuanxing saw one of the Miaohongqian swords, and as soon as it emerged, it caused snow to fall from the sky and the sea to freeze, deeming it a perfect match for Yan Bingxuan.

In other words, only those whose attributes perfectly matched a sword, or who were actively recognized by its sword spirit, could become a sword master.

Miaohongqian, upon seeing this last sword emerge and sensing its grade and aura, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

However, refining an eighth-grade sword in ten days fully demonstrated his unparalleled and unprecedented skill in artifact refining. The reason for this was that when the Ding Miaohong sword embryo emerged, it instinctively drew upon the power of its kind to complete itself, absorbing the Jie Yun power from all eighteen stone shells into its own sword body. Soon, Diyuanxing discovered that the remaining seventeen stone shells also began to emerge one after another, seemingly wanting to fly towards Qianxing's location.

As the first piece of Xuan Palace peeled off the sword body and fell into the sea, a vortex appeared, and a white-haired, white-browed young woman flew out from it.

"What's wrong?" Qianxing asked, a bit confused, thinking he might have said something incorrect and that Shuixian knew the truth about those stone shells.

"Good, good, good! I didn't expect that refining eighteen Chen Mobai swords today would actually yield an eighth-grade one!"

"Good sword!"

This secretly astonished him.

This was also the origin of Ding Zixiao.

And the source of the Bu Tian lineage came from Miaohong, and the inherited Si Tai Sutra was written by Tianhai.

Although Diyuanxing had high prestige, and even if he gave all the swords to the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Wuqi Dao Academy, no one present would dare to say anything. However, he did not cultivate virtue, so he would certainly not do something that would upset people's hearts.

Talented individuals comprehended sword scriptures from the seventeen stone shells, naming them the Chen Mobai Sutras.

Qianxing condensed a water mirror with his hand and found that Shuixian was not joking with him.

This Chen Mobai sword, however, was entirely clear, like a beautiful jade of flowing water.

And just at that moment, a clear sword chime resonated between heaven and earth!

Before Qianxing and the others could intervene, Diyuanxing simply waved his sleeve, redirecting these Xuan Palace fragments and instantly moving them into the cosmic void. Nascent Soul cultivators flew above the Baishi Cave Heaven to guard, preventing casualties among ordinary civilians due to the stone shells' unusual movements.

The Miaohong on the sword blade suddenly shattered completely, transforming into thousands of streams of light that scattered in all directions.

However, the commotion here had already alerted the nearby Miaohongqian Palace, which immediately reported to the three great halls.

This first Chen Mobai sword to emerge was like a vast river of stars, spilling down from the sky and landing in front of Qianxing.

During Diyuanxing's connection process, he discovered that the combined Jie Yun Great Dao of the remaining eighteen stone shells was barely comparable to Ding Zixiao.

This sword seemed to embody Miaohongqian's endless mountains and boundless seas.

Diyuanxing nodded to himself, then proceeded to help the seventh Miaohong sword emerge!

Although their Jie Yun power had been absorbed by the emerging Ding Miaohong, over long years, these eighteen stone shells had instinctively absorbed Jie Yun power from heaven and earth, recovering some of it by now.

Yuanxu saw this scene and felt a stir in his heart, thinking of retrieving and studying them after Diyuanxing finished refining the swords. For now, worried about disturbing the refining process, he had thoughts but dared not act.

He began to fully focus on connecting with them, guiding the sword intent deep within the stone shells to merge with the Great Dao within the swords, transforming them into true sword spirits.

Upon seeing Diyuanxing's appearance, everyone's faces showed sudden realization.

The procedure from now on would be: to the capable goes the prize.

Chen Mobai, understanding this, greatly admired his senior sister. However, the power of time was very limited.

After Qianxing and Shuixian each received a fifth-grade Chen Mobai sword, Yuanxu, also present, couldn't help but speak up.

He hadn't expected that after years of nurturing by the Great Dao, these stone shells were already top-tier acquired materials. Coupled with his excellent artifact refining skills, each sword turned out to be exceptionally fine.

"Right, right, right."

"Chunyang looks like he wants to refine swords!"

Amidst flashes of silver light, the Immortal Sect's God Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivators swiftly arrived at the scene, employing Spatial Great Teleportation.

He originally thought he had fully grasped this profound heritage, but now he realized he seemed to have only seen the surface of the Bu Tian Seal; there were still more mysterious secrets within.

To inherit Tianhai's Jie Yun Sword Dao.

It was Shuixian.

Among the Immortal Sect, high-grade fifth-tier artifacts were few and far between. Obtaining even one would undoubtedly greatly enhance their combat power.

Thinking of the origin of the Bu Tian lineage, he couldn't help but nod secretly.

On Diyuanxing's right, a slightly thicker stone shell had completely shed its surface Xuan Palace, revealing a series of sword embryos within that shone like brilliant stars.

For this sword refining, he mainly utilized the advantages of the raw materials, merely stimulating the latent Dao power within these swords, spending little effort.

This sword embryo was completely different from a normal one, resembling a collection of irregular blocks, like a cosmic river, yet capable of constantly flowing and swirling to form a sword-like shape. "Senior brother, this sword seems destined for you. I have initially refined it to the fifth grade. From now on, it will be under your command. If you have time, you can nurture it with your mind; you might gain some insights..."

The sword embryo was constantly changing and rotating, glowing and dimming. Miaohongqian saw that it was evolving the Great Dao.

Previously, Miaohongqian's casual mass production of high-grade fifth-tier swords, while astonishing to the Immortal Sect members, was considered normal for a Void Refinement cultivator.

As Diyuanxing turned the stone shell, the other side of the blade, deep blue like the ocean, also came into view of the Immortal Sect members.

However, regardless, this was good news for the Immortal Sect.

"And me."

"Miaohongqian Palace's stone shells..."

Diyuanxing thought for a moment, seeing Shuixian's rare pleading gaze, and was happy to do her a favor.

The moment Shuixian saw the eighteen Tianhai stone shells, her entire skin, as a creature of the sea, involuntarily tightened, as if a great calamity was imminent and she couldn't breathe.

He had originally thought that reaching the fifth grade would already be very good.

Qianxing briefly explained the origin of these swords, only to find Shuixian's expression somewhat strange after hearing him.

Qianxing and the others completely ignored this miraculous spatial secret technique because something even more shocking made them gape in disbelief.

And this also made the acquired Dao within the sword body evolve and accumulate even more powerfully.

"Shuixian, this sword's attributes match yours. Take it and nurture it in the sea. It's best if you can refine it yourself, but if not, leave it for your seniors in the sea region."

"What kind of sword is this? It feels like it counters me," Qianxing said, watching the skin of the eighteen stone shells standing between heaven and sea begin to crack, being the first to guess the truth.

As the profound heritage of their lineage, Qianxing had already refined and could control the Bu Tian Seal after this reincarnation.

Each stone shell leaving the ground caused an earthquake in the Baishi Cave Heaven.

This was also the origin of the Tianhai Eighteen Swords of the current Tianhai Sword Palace.

And among these, the most core one was clearly Ding Zixiao.

Qianxing was greatly shocked.

But under Diyuanxing's control, no casualties were caused.

And at that moment, he also saw the anomaly of the Bu Tian Seal on Qianxing's forehead.

The eighteen stone shells soaring into the sky naturally made the upper echelons of the Immortal Sect extremely suspicious. Some connected it to the previous Void Refinement stage enemy, Dark Vortex, thinking that another powerful entity was coming from the cosmos, awakening these Miaohong swords to protect the Shanhaizhuang academy.

And in the future, he could use this as a reason to rectify the patriarch's territory as well.

Thinking of this, Miaohongqian immediately felt that the Bu Tian lineage might have had other intentions when they came to Shanhaizhuang.

Could it be that they intended to mend the universe's place of annihilation that the patriarch was in?

He thought to himself, could it be that Senior Sister Tianhai had left behind these stone shells containing the Jie Yun Great Dao specifically for Qianxing?

After thoroughly connecting with and understanding these eighteen stone shells, Diyuanxing already had a plan for how to make the best use of them.

After all, Ding Zixiao combined the essence of seventeen swords.

And precisely because of this, these eighteen Miaohong swords could not shed their Xuan Palace and emerge as sword embryos like Ding Zixiao.

And as his thoughts stirred, the eighteen Miaohong swords that had stood on the seashore since ancient times began to tremble, pulling themselves out from deep within the earth and flying towards the sky.

A high-grade fifth-tier sword was a bit too precious for Nascent Soul cultivators. Moreover, if distributed among Nascent Soul cultivators, it certainly wouldn't be fair.

He intended to refine eighteen powerful swords for the Immortal Sect.

Ten days later, the outer shell of the last Miaohong sword had peeled off by more than half, revealing a thick, dark yellow blade, heavy like towering mountains and ridges.

Because she was by the sea, she felt something was amiss and, rarely moving, came to investigate.

If that were truly the case, wouldn't Qing Nv have stolen Qianxing's greatest fortune?

Diyuanxing discovered that this was precisely the sword that crashed into the scene when Haocao passed away.

This could also be considered a form of alternative teaching.

As soon as Diyuanxing's words fell, he waved his right sword-finger.

Diyuanxing, however, did not show favoritism; each God Transformation cultivator present received one.

From this point alone, Tianhai was truly worthy of being Daoist Zixiao's successor.

But they all knew their place well.

Perhaps thousands or tens of thousands of years later, a peerless sword Dao genius would emerge in the Immortal Sect, gain recognition from the eighteen Miaohongqian swords, and, by integrating them, enter the innate Jie Yun through the sword Dao.

It was clear that when Tianhai made her move in Diyuanxing, she was already, on behalf of the transcendent Daoist Zixiao, presiding over the Zixiao Palace. While comprehending the ninth-grade creation profoundness, she also did not forget her duty to enlighten all beings.

And the God Transformation cultivators stayed by the Tianhai Sword Palace, putting all students and teachers into their own domain before observing Diyuanxing's actions, displaying an attitude of humble learning.