Chapter 932: Embryonic Sword Shadow

Li Luo’s purpose in planning for the "Spirit-Enlightenment Pill" was to cultivate the second dragon-tooth sword of the "All-Phase Dragon-Tooth Sword Array": the Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword!

After all, among the three main phases, only the Wood Phase and the Dragon Phase could be combined.

"Once the Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword is condensed, all that will remain in the future is to coordinate the auxiliary phases with the Dragon Phase."

A look of contemplation appeared in Li Luo’s eyes. Currently, of the three phase resonances within his body, his Water-Light Phase was at the Lower Eighth Grade, his Wood-Earth Phase had been raised to the Upper Seventh Grade after continuous tempering with spirit water and wondrous light during this period, while his Dragon-Thunder Phase was the lowest, only at the Lower Seventh Grade.

If Li Luo were to use an auxiliary phase combined with the Dragon Phase to condense a new dragon-tooth sword later, the difficulty would be higher than using a main phase; after all, an auxiliary phase is ultimately just an auxiliary phase, and in terms of the purity and vigor of phase power, it is still inferior to a main phase.

According to Li Luo’s estimation, if an auxiliary phase is below the eighth grade, the success rate for condensing a dragon-tooth sword is likely to be quite low.

Therefore, raising his Wood-Earth Phase and Dragon-Thunder Phase to the eighth grade was the standard Li Luo had set for himself upon entering the "Spirit-Phase Cave Heaven."

If these two phase resonances could advance to the eighth grade, all three of Li Luo’s phases would enter the ranks of the eighth grade, and possessing three eighth-grade phase resonances with main and auxiliary attributes, when it truly came to the quality of phase power, should be able to surpass a Middle Ninth-Grade phase.

The Ninth-Grade phase is the only phase resonance divided into three levels, though most people don't have much of a sense for this; after all, seeing a Ninth-Grade phase is already a rare event, and as for whether it is Lower Ninth, Middle Ninth, or Upper Ninth, it doesn't seem to have much meaning—they are all top-tier anyway.

For instance, in the eyes of many, a rich person is just a rich person, so they aren't very concerned about how many tiers that rich person is further divided into.

As for a Middle Ninth-Grade phase, even now that Li Luo had arrived in the Inner Shenzhou where geniuses were as numerous as clouds, he had yet to see anyone who possessed one.

The highest were Qin Yi’s Lower Ninth-Grade Water Phase, and Li Lingjing, who had also advanced to a Lower Ninth-Grade Mysterious Snake Phase later due to the feedback from the "Spirit-Devouring True Demon."

As for Jiang Qing’e, could her Light Phase possibly be a Middle Ninth?

After a chaotic train of thought, Li Luo turned his mind back to the "Spirit-Enlightenment Pill" in his hand. Because the forging of a "Dragon-Tooth Sword" was extremely difficult, the reason Li Luo had been able to successfully forge the "Water Dragon-Tooth Sword" previously was because he had borrowed the "Heavenly Treasure Lotus Seat" provided by Li Jingzhe and the burning of its "treasure pistils." However, such a wondrous object was a great treasure even for King-level powerhouses, and he couldn't possibly have the thick skin to keep asking for it.

Therefore, he settled for the next best thing and chose the "Spirit-Enlightenment Pill." Although its effect was bound to be far inferior to the "Heavenly Treasure Lotus Seat," it could still provide Li Luo with some assistance.

Moreover, he did not expect to condense the "Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword" successfully in one go. His goal this time was merely to use the "Star River Sword Intent" to create the embryonic form of the "Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword," then slowly polish it, and when the time was ripe, fully cultivate it.

Thinking of this, Li Luo no longer hesitated and placed the Spirit-Enlightenment Pill into his mouth. As strands of cool energy spread through his body, Li Luo felt his mind become much clearer, and even his perception of the flowing phase power within his body became much sharper.

Afterward, he closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into his body.

A mysterious and vast sword array appeared under Li Luo’s mental gaze.

Majestic sword intent circulated within the sword array; the sharpness of that sword intent reached a rather terrifying level. Under the scouring of this sword intent, even phase power flowing into it would be annihilated.

At this moment, in one corner of the sword array, a deep blue dragon-tooth sword hung silently. As waves of majestic sword intent scoured it, ripples like water waves appeared on this dragon-tooth sword, and the sharp aura it emitted became a fraction stronger.

Li Luo admired this mesmerizing "Water Dragon-Tooth Sword" for a while, then contentedly summoned the "Star River Sword Intent" he had collected during this period.

For nearly this past month, he had not stopped for a moment, and the number of "Star River Sword Intent" strands had reached about a hundred.

After successfully constructing the "All-Phase Dragon-Tooth Sword Array," Li Luo’s efficiency in collecting "Star River Sword Intent" had also improved.

As Li Luo’s thoughts stirred, strands of Star River Sword Intent gathered, then began to fuse with one another to forge the embryonic form of the "Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword."

About half an hour later.

Li Luo looked at the spot that had consumed more than twenty strands of "Star River Sword Intent" yet remained completely empty, and he fell into a silence.

The twenty strands of "Star River Sword Intent" that Li Luo had painstakingly and laboriously collected had just gone down the drain.

"Is it this difficult?" Li Luo muttered to himself. Last time, when condensing the "Water Dragon-Tooth Sword," the efficiency didn't seem this low. At that time, he felt that although the "All-Phase Dragon-Tooth Sword Array" was hard to cultivate, it hadn't reached the point of making one despair, but coming at it again this time, he felt something was a bit off.

"Is it because of the 'Heavenly Treasure Lotus Seat'?"

Li Luo pondered for a moment and understood the key point. Previously, without a comparison, he just felt that cultivating within the "Heavenly Treasure Lotus Seat" was very easy, but now, using the "Spirit-Enlightenment Pill" to cultivate the All-Phase Dragon-Tooth Sword Array, the difference between the two was immediately highlighted.

The effects were like heaven and earth.

To this, Li Luo could only smile bitterly to himself. Well, it was worthy of being a cultivation treasure valued by King-level powerhouses; how could a mere Spirit-Enlightenment Pill compare to it?

And... "Peerless Embryonic Art," it lived up to its name; it was extremely difficult to cultivate.

But there was no help for it; he could only take it slowly.

Li Luo’s state of mind calmed down, suppressing his impatience, and he continued to control the remaining "Star River Sword Intent," forming the trajectory of the dragon-tooth sword through those repeated fusions.

Thus, in the following few days, Li Luo devoted all his energy to the forging of the "Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword" embryonic form. Although progress was quite slow, with the consumption of each strand of Star River Sword Intent, the progress of the "Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword" embryonic form was gradually improving.

By the fifth day, the Star River Sword Intent stored within Li Luo’s body was completely exhausted, and the "Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword" embryonic form, as expected, had not fully taken shape.

Li Luo looked inward at the Dragon-Tooth Sword Array and saw a jade-green sword shadow flickering in and out of existence. This sword shadow was extremely illusory, as if it did not truly exist.

This was the "Wood Dragon-Tooth Sword," though it couldn't even be considered an embryonic form yet; at best, it could only be called an embryonic sword shadow.

But this was already the result of Li Luo exhausting all his efforts.

"An embryonic sword shadow is better than nothing, right?"

Li Luo consoled himself with this thought, then withdrew his consciousness, leaped down from the bed, stretched, and walked to the window to look at the sky outside.

"I have to set off tomorrow."

A sense of eagerness appeared in Li Luo’s eyes. The famous "Spirit-Phase Cave Heaven" was finally about to open. This was a grand event among the younger generation of the Tianyuan Shenzhou. Every time it opened, it would draw countless geniuses to compete. Those who stood out would naturally reach the summit and be recorded by the Golden Dragon Treasure Bank on the List of Elegance, becoming famous throughout Tianyuan.

Li Luo didn't have much interest in that List of Elegance; he was more pragmatic. After all, if he didn't seal a Marquis as soon as possible, even if he made it onto the List of Elegance, it would eventually just turn into a single sentence.

This child had immense talent, but unfortunately, he was short-lived.

"Whether my three phases can all enter the eighth grade depends on this trip."