Chapter 293: The Seventh-Tier Star Array

Inside the Qingxuan Cave Heaven.

Ye Qingxuan's true form sat cross-legged.

He was drawing in the spiritual energy radiating from the mountain-high piles of top-grade spirit stones around him to boost his cultivation base.

After a long while, Ye Qingxuan stopped his breathing exercises and slowly concluded his work.

Within Ye Qingxuan's sea of consciousness.

A small ancient bell stood under the glow of the immortal soul's radiance.

It was slowly establishing a special connection with Ye Qingxuan, imprinting a mark belonging solely to him.

This small ancient bell was precisely the spirit of the magic treasure, the Heaven-Shaking Bell.

Several months passed.

The mark of Gu Daoxu within the Heaven-Shaking Bell had long been erased by the heavenly and earthly forces of the Qingxuan Cave Heaven's blessed land.

A Void-Return realm expert would not clash directly with a fully revived magic treasure, and Ye Qingxuan could do nothing about it.

But if this information leaked beyond the Starfall Province.

What if some experts who had just broken through to the Void-Return realm, or were still in deep cultivation within the Eastern Extreme Domain and had not yet left, learned of it?

After a full revival, the power unleashed could temporarily rival that of a Void-Return realm cultivator.

Regarding the rumors causing a stir throughout the Starfall Province, although Ye Qingxuan appeared indifferent on the surface.

A magic treasure requires time to revive, and ultimately, a magic treasure is just a magic treasure; its flexibility can never match that of a Void-Return realm expert.

By then, he could dispatch one of his clones to carry the Heaven-Shaking Bell to the Eastern Xuan City.

Even if the powers of the Starfall Province knew that the Eastern Xuan City possessed two low-grade magic treasures, they would be powerless against the city.

Recalling the news causing a huge uproar within the Starfall Province.

Although magic treasures also possess the power of profound principles and rules.

Even if Ye Qingxuan possessed the three-star low-grade magic treasure, the Starlight Hall, and managed to fully revive it in time by borrowing a vast amount of spirit crystals.

Ye Qingxuan frowned slightly, a look of contemplation appearing in his eyes.

After erasing Gu Daoxu's mark, Ye Qingxuan extracted the spirit of the Heaven-Shaking Bell and began to refine it.

This was to allow his external clone to break free and execute the plan to expand the Eastern Xuan City.

At the current speed, it would likely take another seven years or so.

With the help of the immortal soul, Ye Qingxuan could successfully refine the spirit of the Heaven-Shaking Bell and make this low-grade magic treasure his master.

It seemed the rumors in the Starfall Province had no real impact on the Eastern Xuan City.

But if he were to face a Void-Return realm expert in their prime.

He could have his external clone temporarily garrison the Eastern Xuan City.

Yet, a sense of urgency still lingered in his heart.

There was no guarantee that some Void-Return realm experts would not be driven by greed and attack the Eastern Xuan City directly for the two low-grade magic treasures.

And it could use spirit crystals as an energy source to maintain the power of the Starlight Hall for an extended period.

At best, he would only possess the power of self-defense.

He would have no spare strength to ensure the safety of the Eastern Xuan City.

Because, after all, the formation array of the Eastern Xuan City was only at the sixth-tier level.

With the aid of a low-grade magic treasure, it could only briefly unleash seventh-tier defensive power, unable to sustain a prolonged defense against the attacks of a Void-Return realm expert.

He wanted the Eastern Xuan City to possess the strength to defend itself before Void-Return realm grandmasters.

There were only two ways.

First, upgrade the city's protective formation array to a true seventh-tier formation.

Second, elevate his own cultivation base to the Void-Return realm level.

Ye Qingxuan's true form was currently only at the mid-stage of the Soul Transformation realm.

Elevating his cultivation base to the Void-Return realm level was not something that could be achieved in the short term.

Therefore, he could only focus his attention on the Eastern Xuan City's protective formation array.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan took a step forward and arrived before the sixth-tier smelting formation.

He took out a seventh-tier starlight stone and cast it into the furnace of the smelting formation.

Under the observation of Ye Qingxuan's spiritual sense, that seventh-tier starlight stone was slowly melting under the furnace's refining, at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan's expression relaxed slightly, and a faint smile finally appeared at the corner of his lips.

For a seventh-tier formation, the most critical element was the power of profound principles and rules.

Next came the seventh-tier spiritual materials and the seventh-tier formation patterns.

Ye Qingxuan's comprehension was heaven-defying; while comprehending seventh-tier formation patterns across realms was difficult, it was not impossible.

As for seventh-tier spiritual materials, after seizing the Starlight Cave Heaven secret realm, Ye Qingxuan was temporarily not lacking.

It was merely that his strength was insufficient; even with the aid of the smelting process and the heavenly and earthly forces of the Qingxuan Cave Heaven's blessed land.

The speed of refining seventh-tier spiritual materials was simply too slow.

But it was better than having no hope at all.

As for the power of profound principles and rules, it could be entirely replaced by the principles and rules contained within a magic treasure.

As long as Ye Qingxuan could perfectly integrate the low-grade magic treasure, the seventh-tier formation patterns, and the seventh-tier spiritual materials.

It would not be impossible to construct an alternative seventh-tier great formation in advance to protect the safety of the Eastern Xuan City.

The three-star low-grade magic treasure he possessed, the Starlight Hall, was itself crafted from a vast quantity of seventh-tier starlight stones.

Therefore, if he used the Starlight Hall as the core, Ye Qingxuan would not need to worry about the compatibility between the Starlight Hall and the seventh-tier starlight stones.

And within his Earth Immortal inheritance.

Fortunately, there was a Seventh-Rank Star Array that perfectly matched the properties of Starlight Stones and the celestial principles contained within the Starlight Hall.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan's eyes grew even brighter.

Keeping danger in mind while in safety, he did not wish to wait until powerful enemies attacked before considering countermeasures.

Since he had a clear plan, Ye Qingxuan immediately set to work without delay.

He ordered his clone explorer to bring all the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones from the Starlight Cave Realm.

All the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones mined over the years, along with those previously gathered, were to be sent to the Qingxuan Cave Realm.

Meanwhile, his main body began setting up multiple Sixth-Rank Peak Refining Arrays within the Qingxuan Cave Realm, preparing to refine the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones.

Once the clone explorer delivered all the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones and the multiple Sixth-Rank Peak Refining Arrays were fully established,

Ye Qingxuan threw all the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones into the furnaces condensed by the Refining Arrays.

These furnaces also gathered the spiritual power of the Qingxuan Cave Realm's blessed land.

Under the combined effect of the Sixth-Rank Refining Arrays and the spiritual power of the Qingxuan Cave Realm's blessed land,

the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones began to be refined drop by drop at an extremely slow pace.

Previously, when Ye Qingxuan explored the Starlight Cave Realm, he obtained a total of three thousand cubic units of Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones.

Later, during the mining of the Starlight Cave Realm, the annual yield of Starlight Stones was one hundred cubic units.

Now, more than sixty years had passed since the development of the Starlight Cave Realm began.

This meant that the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones Ye Qingxuan was refining this time totaled over nine thousand cubic units.

Array discs and array bases made from Seventh-Rank spiritual materials inherently covered a far greater range than those made from Sixth-Rank materials.

With over nine thousand cubic units of Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones as raw materials, the Seventh-Rank Star Array constructed

should be able to cover the expanded area of Dongxuan City, shouldn't it?

Ye Qingxuan stroked his chin, pondered briefly, and then shook his head.

The territory he chose to expand was not close to the current Dongxuan City.

The Seventh-Rank Star Array set up with over nine thousand cubic units of Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones might not necessarily cover that territory.

"Never mind, I'll deal with that later!"

Seeing that the refining of the Seventh-Rank Starlight Stones was proceeding smoothly, Ye Qingxuan temporarily stopped thinking about these matters.

He directly entered a new period of seclusion to begin comprehending the array patterns and mysteries of the Seventh-Rank Star Array.

(End of this chapter)