Chapter 127: Life-Bound Flying Sword

Qian Chen escaped into the rift in the earth. After going deep for several dozen miles, what met his eyes was boundless dark red heat. Lava fire tides surged between heaven and earth, and the infinite heat radiated a scorching white, making his eyes ache instantly. This was only because Qian Chen had achieved success in his cultivation and had the protection of the Guanghan Ice Soul Origin Pill; otherwise, just the dazzling scorching white light around him would have simply blinded a person's eyes.

The power of the Ice Soul Origin Pill was contained and not revealed, always maintaining a suitable temperature around Qian Chen.

The Ear-Dao God carefully crawled out from Qian Chen's collar, saw the scene of the sea of fire around him, and was so frightened that he retracted his head again.

Molten gold streams of ore flowed in the magma. After Heavenly Fiend Peak collapsed, many metal mineral veins fell into the earth's lung. At this time, they had not yet melted into the magma and presented a molten state under the scorching fire.

Qian Chen casually took some of the molten metal streams, refined them with the cold energy of the Ice Soul Origin Pill, and prepared to use them to re-refine the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword.

Refining magic treasures consumes a lot of spiritual materials. Take the Iron Mother, which is most commonly used for refining flying swords, as an example.

A side-door flying sword only needs to temper the sword embryo, which requires thousands of taels of Iron Mother, and every tael of Iron Mother requires tens of thousands of jin of refined iron to be refined. If a side-door cultivator does not have a good alchemy furnace, they have to sit in front of the furnace and work hard for several years to smelt the required Iron Mother. To cultivate spirituality in the sword embryo tempered from Iron Mother, it also requires hundreds of types of spiritual medicines to wash and refine.

Finally, through hard work with magic power, striking in true talismans, and forming seals, it takes forty or fifty years of hard work to obtain a flying sword of not-so-excellent quality.

After refining the flying sword, one still needs to refine the form and quality, and refine the layers of seals.

The cultivation and hard work consumed by such a flying sword are truly hard to tell. Many side-door loose cultivators spend three generations—from the master collecting materials, to the disciple working hard to refine the furnace, to the grand-disciple refining the form and quality—to refine a usable flying sword... It is not something that can be compared to those ninth-rate "magic treasures" that are just casually refined and have some spiritual response.

The Zhen Daoist whom Qian Chen killed in the past had only provoked Qian Chen, that star of malevolence, in order to refine a Dragon-Snake Yin-Sha Sword that was considered merely low-rank among side-door techniques; in the end, he also took the bait and lost his life for the sake of a Black Gold Black-Sha Hook. His entire cultivation base became the resources for Qian Chen to refine the Three Corpses Gods and Demons.

If Miaokong hadn't been truly terrified of Qian Chen to the extreme and had no confidence in keeping this flying sword under Qian Chen's hands, he probably wouldn't have been willing to destroy the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword, this magic treasure-level flying sword.

Even if he couldn't use it himself, selling it to the Lord of Samsara would be worth thousands of moral points!

Qian Chen took some spiritual materials used to repair the flying sword. The destruction of this blessed land, Heavenly Fiend Peak, which could nurture earth-sha yin veins, left many spiritual objects hidden in the earth veins with nowhere to hide. Qian Chen even found a small piece of Taiyi Origin Gold from the earth fire. Although it was not as heavy as the meteorite in his hand, it was extremely rare!

As for spiritual materials like Post-Hou Hou Tian Geng Jin and Xin Metal, although they were not everywhere, they were not uncommon.

The Gold and Silver Children carefully hid under the protection of the Guanghan Ice Soul Origin Pill, taking small bites of the Post-Hou Hou Tian Geng Jin that Qian Chen casually handed them. These gold and silver spiritual materials could nourish their essence. If Qian Chen were more ruthless and fed them until they were fat and white with Geng Metal and Xin Metal, perhaps he could refine Pre-Heaven Xin Metal and Pre-Hou Hou Tian Geng Jin from them later.

Fortunately, Qian Chen had no such malice in raising these little fairies; he just treated them like pets in his previous life, to relieve the loneliness during hard cultivation.

The Gold and Silver Children were truly uncomfortable in this environment; even delicious spiritual pills could not comfort their trembling little hearts.

But Qian Chen still had to rely on their natural spiritual response to find the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword. The fire energy in the earth's lung was truly too fierce, so much so that even Qian Chen's spiritual sense was greatly affected, making it extremely difficult to find that trace of sharp metal nature in the vast fire-attribute origin energy.

The Gold and Silver Children pointed to several places, but after Qian Chen searched them, they were all mineral veins that had fallen into the earth fire from Heavenly Fiend Peak, such as Purple Cloud Spiritual Copper, One-Yang True Gold, Star-Patterned Refined Iron, Red Fire Tungsten Gold, etc. He even found an Earth Fire Origin Copper mineral vein nurtured in the earth fire. Although his Qiankun bag was filled to the brim, Qian Chen finally couldn't help but flick the Gold and Silver Children on the forehead and said: "Those two demon lords didn't leave me much time, and you are still searching for rations here!"

The Gold and Silver Children touched their little heads, hurriedly became serious, and tried hard to sense the metal nature with sharp energy.

Their cultivation was weak, and even Qian Chen could not go deep into the earth's lung to this depth without the Guanghan Ice Soul Pill. This divine gold ore was most abundant under the earth's crust. In their sensing, it was truly like a mouse entering a rice jar, dizzy and dazzled, so how could they have the heart to distinguish carefully.

Now that they calmed down, they locked onto a place.

Qian Chen followed the guidance of the Gold and Silver Children, escaped through several dark lava currents, carefully avoided those black Tai fires, and finally found a fire cave in the earth's orifice.

Seeing that point of golden light struggling in the infinite Tai fire in the distance, Qian Chen's spirit was shaken; he finally found it!

The current state of the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword was really not very good. The seal's golden light was already extremely weak and about to collapse, and its level had even fallen from the magic treasure level. Fortunately, the sword body was not damaged much. It was because Qian Chen acted decisively and suppressed Miaokong with a backhand early on; otherwise, it might not have been able to hold on until Qian Chen came to search.

Fire overcomes metal, which is a natural instinct. The Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword fell under the earth's crust and immediately incited the infinite poisonous fire in the earth's lung.

That black Tai fire was like a poisonous dragon, entwining the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword. Qian Chen also had to carefully observe it first, not daring to act rashly. If he disturbed the eruption of the Tai fire, even if he had the Ice Soul Origin Pill to protect him, he would have to shed three layers of skin.

"The Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword is, after all, a flying sword refined by someone else. It is certainly not as handy as one refined by oneself, and the seals of this flying sword are too severely damaged. It would be better to re-wash and refine it!" Qian Chen felt more and more that his idea was feasible: "Although the poisonous fire of the earth's lung is violent and difficult to tame, the 'Taishang Alchemy Scripture' has methods to subdue and utilize it. The principles of alchemy and refining are the same."

"This place is so uniquely endowed by nature, it is just right for me to refine my life-bound flying sword."

"That piece of Taiyi Origin Gold, there is no need to wait until I form the core and refine the Samadhi Taiyin Zhenhuo before refining it!"

Qian Chen hung the Ice Soul Origin Pill above his head, condensed an alchemy furnace shape with Ice Soul Cold Light on the periphery of the Tai fire poisonous dragon, and sealed the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword together with the Tai fire poisonous dragon inside. Magic power at the level of the Pre-Sima Sima Tianyi-Qi Taishang Divine Talisman surged out, carefully transforming into chains, slowly binding the Tai fire poisonous dragon.

With the violence of the Tai fire, it immediately became restless after the chains were added. Qian Chen had to risk his life to subdue its ferocity with Ice Soul Cold Light.

That black fire dragon poisonous dragon churned in the ice alchemy furnace transformed by the Ice Soul Cold Light.

Fortunately, Qian Chen had already isolated the surrounding fire power; otherwise, with the continuous supply of fire power from the earth's lung, this Tai fire poisonous dragon would have infinite energy and be even more irritable and restless.

As the chains transformed by Qian Chen's magic power became more and more numerous, he finally transformed the Fire-Control Alchemy Formula into an iron ring and locked it on the nose of the Tai fire poisonous dragon. The Tai fire was furious, the black flames broke free from the layers of magic power shackles, and even the Ice Soul Cold Light could not support it; the ice tripod was about to melt.

Qian Chen saw that the seals of the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword were crumbling, knowing that if he didn't subdue the Tai fire before the seals shattered, he would never be able to re-wash and refine this flying sword and preserve its sharp essence.

He didn't even have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead. His right hand quickly drew a divine talisman on the ice tripod alchemy furnace. It was the true core secret transmission of the Dao Sect—the Three Pure Divine Talisman. Like the Pre-Sima Sima Tianyi-Qi Taishang Divine Talisman that Qian Chen had refined, the three Dao Ancestors were already equivalent to the embodiment of the Great Dao. Although they were not gods, they were better than gods.

This divine talisman could communicate with the Three Pure Heavens opened by the three Dao Ancestors, borrowing a bit of the heavenly realm's power and Pre-Heaven Qi.

If Qian Chen hadn't sensed the Taishang Heaven in the dark when he refined the Pre-Sima Sima Tianyi-Qi Taishang Divine Talisman magic power, he wouldn't have had the ability to use this talisman...

"Taishang Divine Talisman, suppress the Tai fire, Taishang Dao Ancestor, act as quickly as the law!"

That bit of Pre-Heaven Clear Qi fell from the void. The incomparably profound Taishang Divine Talisman in Qian Chen's sea of qi shook slightly. Immediately, the layers of magic power chains that bound the Tai fire drilled into the acupuncture points of the Tai fire poisonous dragon, suppressing its ferocity. And the Pre-Heaven Clear Qi suppressed the Ice Soul Cold Light, also preventing the ice tripod alchemy furnace from melting.

Qian Chen took the opportunity to lock the Tai fire poisonous dragon tightly. The clear light of the nose ring transformed by magic power flourished, firmly locking the ferocity of the Tai fire.

At this time, the Tai fire poisonous dragon let out a mournful cry, honestly accepting Qian Chen's control, and retracted its fire power.

"The Tai fire of the earth's lung is indeed the most ferocious and ruthless true fire among the nine great true fires. No wonder few people subdue this kind of fire seed for alchemy and refining. This violent power that burns everything and melts everything is truly difficult to control. Compared to the gentle and controllable Southern Bright Departure Fire, it is completely gunpowder that explodes at the touch!"

Qian Chen felt a lingering fear. If his magic power quality hadn't been truly astonishing and he hadn't had a backer like the Taishang Heaven, it wouldn't have been strange if the Tai fire of the earth's lung had burned off seven layers of his skin today.

The Tai fire poisonous dragon spat out fire power, finally suppressing the ferocity of the violent black flames, transforming them into soft water, slowly tempering the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword in the furnace. Qian Chen's magic power continuously washed and refined the seals in the sword, striking out magic power true talismans bit by bit, rebuilding the seals.

The Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword refined its form and quality, transforming into a point of sharp sword light!

Qian Chen threw the piece of Nine-Heaven Meteorite obtained from the previous Samsara Realm into the furnace, continuing to drive the Tai fire poisonous dragon to refine it. Taiyi Origin Gold slowly precipitated, and the bit of tough, sharp Taiyi Origin Gold essence was refined into a sword shape. At this time, Qian Chen discarded the various seals of the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword, leaving only the most essential bit of sharpness.

"Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Divine Talisman... No! I am a disciple of the Taishang Sect, what kind of Profound Heaven Divine Talisman should I refine..."

"Slaying Demon Sword Intent? A flying sword should be pure and pure. As long as there is a bit of sharpness, which immortal, god, demon, or monster cannot be slain? Why go to the trouble of refining some demon-breaking ability?" Qian Chen's best life-bound flying sword in his heart was one that didn't add any messy Daoist arts. If he pursued the mystery of additional spells, why wouldn't he refine a magic treasure?

Flying swords that add spells refined with sha qi and messy bones like the Zhen Daoist are at most a kind of magic treasure in the shape of a flying sword with the ability to fly, and cannot be considered orthodox flying swords.

And those like the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword, which carry the Profound Heaven Divine Talisman and various seal Daoist arts, are also the mainstream today, flying swords that possess both the abilities of a flying sword and a magic treasure. They follow the sword array style of one sword giving birth to ten thousand laws. Although they are also orthodox, they are not liked by Qian Chen.

What he liked most was the ancient sword cultivator style of refining life-bound flying swords like the Shaoqing Sword Sect, taking only incomparable sharpness, moving flexibly and as one wishes in the owner's hands, one sword breaking ten thousand laws, and nothing that cannot be slain.

As Qian Chen raised the fire power of the Tai fire poisonous dragon to the highest, the Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword had already transformed into a point of sword light, merging with the Taiyi Origin Gold. The Profound Heaven Demon-Slaying Sword did not use pure Taiyi Origin Gold, but also mixed in one or two taels of Heavenly River Star Sand, two taels of Taibai Jin Jing, and other spiritual materials. Qian Chen only refined those of poor quality as impurities, re-condensing the sword light with the purest metal nature.

After condensing the sword light like this, more than half of the remaining divine gold was left, which shows how solid Qian Chen's materials were.

He filled in a magic treasure-level flying sword and it still wasn't enough, and he also threw in all the Taiyi Origin Gold he had prepared to refine into a life-bound flying sword, which was enough to refine three flying swords. The extravagance of the materials was already one of the best quality flying swords in the world.

After seeing the sword light take shape, Qian Chen spat out the Lung Gold Qi he had been nourishing in his chest, preparing to use it as a Core Formation Great Medicine. The white-gold Lung Gold Qi fell on the sword light, letting the sword light swallow Qian Chen's magic power, gradually giving birth to a spirituality that was handy. Qian Chen's face was pale; he had truly spent his blood capital. If this life-bound flying sword didn't succeed, his Core Formation would be delayed by at least a hundred years.

He had to take the life-bound flying sword into his lungs to nourish it before it was possible to re-nourish the better quality Five Qi in his chest.

At this time, the sword light finally stabilized... Qian Chen looked at the Taiyi Origin Gold that was more than half left, only missing that bit of Pre-Heaven Gold nature, which was the bit of spirituality of a magic treasure-level flying sword that could slay everything, and pondered what to refine these leftovers into?

"How about using the alchemy method, borrowing the sharp energy of the life-bound flying sword taking shape, to refine a few good sword embryos?"

Watching the Tai fire poisonous dragon slowly nourishing the life-bound flying sword, calculating that it would take seven days for the flying sword to come out of the furnace, in time to slay the winner between the Blood Demon and Miaokong, Qian Chen finally relaxed a little, considered other things, and had time to let his imagination run wild.

"After all, I still have to rebuild the Louguan Sect in the future, so I should prepare a few good sword embryos for future disciples!"

Although he had been using a blade to hack people quite frequently lately, Qian Chen was still a flying sword enthusiast at heart; after all, the sight of sword light rampaging wantonly was simply too cool! As for having a divine blade flying up and down, the blade light being sharp and the momentum being astonishing—while he could still maintain his air of superiority, it ultimately did not suit his preferences as well as a flying sword and white robes, so he had never thought about refining a divine long blade or anything of the sort.

Whether it was the Supreme Supreme Tian Mo Blood-Transforming Ancient Shendao or the Ice Soul Ancient Shendao, they all had a strange curse, and the trouble they brought was truly too much...

Qian Chen didn't want to provoke the Demon Path and Guanghan Palace anymore!

Whether it was the Demon among Demons, the Taishang Supreme Supreme Tian Mo!

Or the Guanghan Feng Xianzi, the Taiyin Knife God!

None of them were the style Qian Chen wanted... Especially the Guanghan Feng Xianzi... That scene was too beautiful, Qian Chen couldn't bear to look directly at it. He would rather enter the Demon Path again than consider this matter even half a bit. ===== CHAPTER 128 =====