Chapter 374

Watching this scene, Jieyin, Zhunti, Xihe, and Changxi were all moved.

"That is... the Qiankun Cauldron?!"

Jieyin was somewhat surprised at first.

But then he felt relieved.

"That's right, when Houtu transformed into reincarnation, the disciple borrowed this treasure."

"I didn't expect that he still hasn't returned it."

Jieyin recalled.

When Houtu transformed into reincarnation and created the underworld, Chen Ku had assisted.

More accurately, the eight-hundred-mile Yellow Springs, the Three-Life Stone, the River of Oblivion, and so on in the underworld were all forged by Chen Ku using this Qiankun Cauldron.

One must know that this was an innate supreme treasure borrowed from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

If it were any other ordinary cultivator, who would dare to be greedy? They would have long since returned it respectfully.

However, Chen Ku was not an ordinary cultivator.

He knew very well that although the Qiankun Cauldron was extraordinary, in Hongjun's hands, it was not considered too indispensable.

It could even be said that only when the Lich War caused the heavens to collapse and the earth to crack, and Nüwa gathered stones to mend the sky, would this Qiankun Cauldron be used.

Therefore, Chen Ku was not in a hurry to return it, keeping it in his own hands, and who knows what amazing effects it might have.

Right now, didn't it just have an effect?!

Chen Ku ignored the surprise and exclamation of Jieyin and the others.

He pinched a seal and immediately began refining.

In Chen Ku's palm, streaks of vigorous and mighty energy enveloped Qianjian, who had just transformed.

In the dark, a vast and peerless grasping force suddenly surged out.

Swish!

Swish!

Everyone clearly saw streaks of innate spiritual sword divine light erupting from Qianjian's body, dazzling and eye-catching.

Looking over, the sword light was dense, vast like smoke and waves, countless in number.

Afterwards, they all fell into the Qiankun Cauldron.

This was nothing else but the thousands of innate spiritual swords that Qianjian had been born with.

Chen Ku was precisely using this as a foundation to refine a companion spiritual treasure that suited Qianjian.

Inside the Qiankun Cauldron, the Dao sound rumbled, deafening.

Streaks of sharp and piercing sword cries were even more ear-piercing, indescribably terrifying.

Sharp!

Fierce!

Everyone present could clearly sense it.

Streaks of sharp energy gradually permeated from the Qiankun Cauldron, making people's scalps tingle and their bodies cold.

Not only that, above the high heavens, under the interweaving of thousands of sword lights, a profound and obscure, indescribably miraculous pattern slowly formed.

Within the mysterious pattern, it could be faintly seen that countless innate spiritual swords had thoroughly merged into it.

With just a thought, it could be activated to form a peerlessly powerful sword array.

Just like the sword array Qianjian had used to neutralize the Zixiao Divine Thunder earlier.

Outside the field, Zhunti was moved, feeling slightly surprised.

"Merging thousands of spiritual swords, the nephew is refining a Ten Thousand Sword Map."

"Hmm... the nephew's attainments in artifact refining are now extraordinary, perhaps comparable to Yuanshi's."

Zhunti exclaimed.

The Saint's divine sense moved, and he already understood Chen Ku's intention.

This action of his was precisely refining a Ten Thousand Sword Map.

More importantly, Chen Ku's movements were smooth and flowing, pure and perfect.

Every move and action displayed the supreme style of an artifact-refining master.

The world says that Yuanshi's artifact-refining dao is extraordinary.

Little did they know, although Chen Ku was the first disciple of the West, his artifact-refining methods were equally deep, as if he were using his own arms.

Finally!

At a certain moment.

Inside the Qiankun Cauldron, the Ten Thousand Sword Map condensed into substance, truly appearing before everyone.

Although it was called a map, it was actually like an innate banner, unfurling and flapping, covering the sky and the sun.

In the Ten Thousand Sword Map, streaks of cold light circulated, sword light erupted, reflecting each other, indescribably terrifying.

But at this moment, this Ten Thousand Sword Map was only at the grade of a post-natal spiritual treasure.

Chen Ku's goal was clearly not limited to this.

The next moment, he struck out with endless power, like a mighty heavenly river, continuously pouring into the Qiankun Cauldron.

Rumble!

Instantly, the heavenly sound became even more intense, exploding incessantly, shocking all living beings in heaven and earth.

Visibly, large swathes of innate divine fire rose, tempering the newly formed Ten Thousand Sword Map.

Reversing the innate!

Streaks of post-natal turbid energy permeated out, silently dissipating above the nine heavens.

Following this came endless innate spiritual light falling, enveloping and merging into the Ten Thousand Sword Map.

Before long, the Ten Thousand Sword Map no longer had any aura of a post-natal spiritual treasure; it had thoroughly become an innate spiritual treasure.

The function of the Qiankun Cauldron was precisely this, which could be called heaven-defying.

Of course, everyone also knew that the Qiankun Cauldron was only one part; Chen Ku's strength and methods could not be ignored.

After all, this Ten Thousand Sword Map was created from nothing; without Chen Ku's vision and reinforcement, it would never have taken shape.

After the refining was finished, Chen Ku waved his large hand and directly bestowed the Ten Thousand Sword Map into Qianjian's hands.

"This Ten Thousand Sword Map will be your companion spiritual treasure from now on."

"It can resonate with your own origin; you must contemplate and master it well, for its power is infinite."

Chen Ku instructed.

However, looking at the "plain" Ten Thousand Sword Map in his hand, Qianjian revealed a bitter expression.

"Master... this... this is too ordinary."

Qianjian knew very well that inside Chen Ku's Chaos Pearl, there were still many top-tier supreme treasures.

It seemed that each one was countless times more powerful than his own Ten Thousand Sword Map.

Clearly, this brat still had "thieving intentions" regarding Chen Ku's accumulation, intending to ask for more.

Hearing this, Chen Ku rolled his eyes, feeling deeply speechless, and said:

"You should sense it, and you will know the mystery of this treasure."

While speaking, Chen Ku signaled to Qianjian, as the latter had not yet realized the true power of the Ten Thousand Sword Map.

Instantly, Qianjian was stunned.

Could his Master be too stingy, hence being so perfunctory with him?!

Although he was somewhat skeptical, he still subconsciously extended his divine sense and began to sense the mystery of the Ten Thousand Sword Map before him.

Before long, his expression shifted, and a look of deep shock appeared in his eyes.

"This... this actually contains a formation?!"

"It seems... it seems to be called the Zhou Tian Star Formation?!"

"And it can also merge with my innate spiritual swords to form an array?!"

Qianjian exclaimed, already knowing the mystery of this treasure.

Not bad!

Earlier, Chen Ku didn't just simply refine a spiritual treasure.

In the past, he had also comprehended the mystery of the Demon Race's Zhou Tian Star Formation.

Therefore, today he made the best use of everything and merged it into the Ten Thousand Sword Map.

Besides this, as Qianjian improved, he could also continuously merge more innate spiritual swords to form arrays.

The higher the quality and the greater the number of spiritual swords, the quality of the Ten Thousand Sword Map itself would also rise accordingly.

In other words, this was also a "growth-type" innate spiritual treasure.

It is no exaggeration to say that if he could merge Tongtian's four Immortal-Slaying Swords into it in the future, then the currently "plain" Ten Thousand Sword Map would instantly rise to the level of an innate supreme treasure.

Using it to suppress fortune would also be a piece of cake.

Understanding the various mysteries, Qianjian immediately beamed with joy.

"Hehe, so that's how it is..."

"Disciple thanks Master."

He said this with a grin, bowing and thanking Chen Ku.

Hearing this, Chen Ku also nodded, quite satisfied.

On the other side.

Watching this scene, Jieyin also had a solemn expression, thoughtfully looking in the direction of Mount Kunlun.

"What a Ten Thousand Sword Map!"

"If Tongtian were to see this treasure, he would surely trade countless spiritual treasures for it."

Jieyin sighed in a low voice.

These words caused Zhunti and the others to nod repeatedly.

The temptation of a growth-type sword-dao spiritual treasure was beyond doubt.

Especially for an existence like Tongtian, whose attainments in sword dao were extremely deep and whose pursuits were extremely high.

Not only that.

Just as Jieyin was sighing.

Let's talk about Chen Ku.

After bestowing the Ten Thousand Sword Map, Chen Ku thought for a moment and flipped his palm again.

"This Chaos Star Fruit, I will also bestow it upon you."

"I hope you will not live up to my high expectations."

That's right!

What Chen Ku took out was precisely one of the Chaos Star Fruits he had harvested in the secret realm earlier.

Once such an immortal fruit appeared, everyone present could not remain calm.

Qianjian was ecstatic and extremely excited.

"Haha... too great, disciple thanks Master!"

"Master really does care about his disciple."

Qianjian's expression could be described as as cheap as it could get, with an ingratiating look.

Such a performance also made everyone have black lines on their foreheads and roll their eyes repeatedly.

Well!

You brat, wasn't it just now that you were using flowery words and all kinds of sycophancy?!

However, while secretly complaining about Qianjian, Xihe and Changxi could not stop being shocked and moved.

"Chaos Star Fruit? That is a legendary Chaos spiritual root!"

"One Chaos Star Fruit is worth an epoch of cultivation."

"Fellow Daoist Chen Ku actually has such top-tier immortal fruit?!"

"We have only heard the name of such immortal fruit but have never seen it."

Xihe, Changxi, and others exclaimed repeatedly.

The gaze they cast toward Qianjian was also extremely envious.

Needless to say, they were all ancient innate great beings, so they naturally had heard the name of the Chaos Star Fruit and knew a thing or two about its effects.

One fruit is worth an epoch of cultivation, and it has no side effects.

Let alone Xihe, Changxi, and the others, even a Saint would likely be moved.

And feeling the almost fanatical gazes of Xihe, Changxi, and the others, Qianjian immediately shrank his neck, hurriedly putting away the Chaos Star Fruit as if protecting food.

After all, he had just been born and didn't know how much respect Xihe and Changxi had for the Buddhist Sect and for Chen Ku.

At this moment, Qianjian couldn't help but guess, would these two goddesses snatch his Chaos Star Fruit?!

His eyes rolled, and Qianjian hurriedly said:

"Hehe... two Goddess sisters, don't stare at my mere one immortal fruit."

"There are more in Master's Chaos Pearl."

As he spoke, Qianjian pointed at Chen Ku without hesitation.

At the critical moment, he chose to "sell out" his own Master without hesitation.

After all, if Chen Ku had any world-shaking harvests before, he would hide them inside the Chaos Pearl.

Although he could hide it from others, he couldn't hide it from Qianjian, who had been nurtured in the Chaos Pearl for tens of thousands of years.

In the end, he had cultivated a "spy" for himself.

Chen Ku was between laughter and tears, completely helpless.

However, Qianjian's action was indeed effective.

Hearing that Chen Ku had more Chaos Star Fruits, Xihe, Changxi, and the others immediately turned their eyes, looking at Chen Ku with strange colors flowing in their eyes.

"Heehee, Fellow Daoist Chen Ku..."

Changxi spoke with a giggle.

Her tone was unprecedentedly gentle, carrying a faint hint of coquettishness.

That rare charm of the Taiyin Goddess was enough to make countless cultivators in the world sink into it, unable to extricate themselves.

And Changxi's eyes carried a thick sense of acting spoiled as she continued:

"We have never seen that Chaos Star Fruit either; Fellow Daoist Chen Ku shouldn't be biased."

"Could you bestow one upon us sisters?!"

Changxi was not polite.

It was not that she didn't know what was good for her.

But over endless years, the relationship between the two sisters and Chen Ku was not just a simple fellow daoist relationship.

Cultivating together in the Western Buddhist Sect, they inevitably had intimate interactions.

Therefore, Changxi made such a request.

Moreover, it is no exaggeration to say that if it were any other cultivator facing a goddess acting spoiled, it would likely be impossible to refuse.

But hearing this, Chen Ku revealed a thoughtful expression.

After a moment, he shook his head and responded:

"This Chaos Star Fruit bears fruit every three epochs; it is truly rare."

"If it is just swallowed, it would be a bit too wasteful."

As soon as these words were spoken, Changxi naturally heard Chen Ku's refusal.

She immediately pouted slightly, her face full of resentment.

In fact, it was not that Chen Ku was stingy.

But just as he said, one Chaos Star Fruit is worth an epoch of cultivation; that is just its most basic function.

With Chen Ku's methods, it is not difficult to discover its more heaven-defying effects.

At that time, Chen Ku naturally would not hide anything from Xihe, Changxi, and the others.

While speaking, Chen Ku also looked meaningfully at Qianjian on the side.

The Chaos Star Fruit he bestowed upon the latter was not meant for him to eat directly either.

Seeing this, Qianjian was also moved, suddenly waking up.

"Master, don't worry, I won't eat this immortal fruit either."

"I will refine it into an innate spiritual sword and merge it into the Ten Thousand Sword Map."

"So as to comprehend the Zhou Tian Star Formation faster."

As he spoke, Qianjian even looked at Changxi and the others as if showing off.

In this way, you can't think about snatching this one from me, right?!

Such small thoughts made Changxi bite her silver teeth in anger, looking very cute.

To this, Chen Ku also nodded, feeling very satisfied.

Qianjian's origin is the Innate Sword Wood.

Therefore, the number and quality of those innate spiritual swords are the foundation of all his cultivation.

Using the Chaos Star Fruit to refine spiritual swords is indeed better than directly exchanging it for an epoch of cultivation.

From this, it can also be seen that although Qianjian's personality is somewhat "indescribable," his talent, comprehension, and so on are ultimately top-tier, needless to say.

Just at this moment.

From afar came sounds of loud laughter.

"Haha, we congratulate Senior Brother Chen Ku on recruiting a good disciple."

As the words rang out.

Maitreya, Dashizhi, and the others also arrived.