Chapter 545

The true significance of the appearance of the spiritual spear is that it can help those refining Qi or even Foundation Establishment cultivators when facing strong enemies; as long as there are enough people and the firepower is fierce, casualties can be greatly reduced, thereby directly increasing the survival rate of low‑level cultivators.

But to affect high‑level cultivators, Yan Buji estimates that even after tens of thousands of years of development, no one could solve the fundamental problem of the spiritual spear and spiritual cannon.

Accumulation Tool

If this cannot be achieved, at most the spiritual spear and spiritual cannon are indeed highly competitive before the great sects, but for the countless scattered cultivators across the Five Domains, they are less useful than self‑crafted Accumulation Devices.

Superior-grade Spirit Stone

Heaven-Observing Demon Ascension Form

Dharma Cultivation

Fourfold Transformation

Yan Buji spent three years and finally fully cultivated the Great Transformation Return to Origin Technique, completing a scattered‑skill re‑cultivation.

Dual Cultivation of Martial and Dharma

Yan Buji sighed; his Magical Cultivation talent is dreadfully weak, and only by supplementing his magical power with the Nine‑turn Technique can he have any prospect in Magical Cultivation.

If an ordinary cultivator can incorporate a cultivated technique into their own system, they can breakthrough, but it offers little competitiveness.

Yan Buji knows clearly that his advantage lies in Martial and Law Dual Cultivation; although his Martial Dao is already strong, his lifespan issue forces him to progress in tandem on the Magical Cultivation path.

Great Transformation Return to Origin Secret

Nevertheless, since he can practice Magical Cultivation, Yan Buji naturally does not wish to fall far behind others; even if he is somewhat inferior, he should still be able to suppress those with even poorer talent, right?

Thus, Yan Buji cultivated steadily for twenty‑seven years, finally completing the Nine‑turn of the Great Transformation Return to Origin Technique, then integrating it into the Heavenly Gate Five‑Elements Method, naturally achieving the mid‑stage Golden Core.

Heaven Gate Five Elements Law

Yan Buji looked distressed; these Spiritual Stones were hard‑won, and the brief twenty‑seven years of cultivation consumed three‑tenths of them. What will happen if he later reaches the Nascent Soul stage?

Asura Accumulated Armor

"There is no free lunch in the world; having cultivated the Nine‑turn Technique, one must endure this massive Spiritual Stone consumption. This is even with the aid of my Spirit‑Gathering Formation and Jade‑Faced Toad, not to mention the spiritual energy accumulated over the years from the Seven‑Leaf Ghost Orchid and the many potions that increase magical power that I have refined..."

In other words, Yan Buji has already maximized opening sources and cutting expenses, yet this consumption is still beyond what a normal cultivator can bear.

For this, Yan Buji has spent three hundred years cultivating, from initially seizing resources to daily gathering; he spends his whole day either gathering resources or on the road to seize them, and during that time someone even snatched a handful from him.....

It shows how hard it is to be a scattered cultivator in the cultivation world; someone like Yan Buji who has survived life and death and gained something is fortunate, but who would remember those who died?

It also owes to having obtained the Patterned Profound Technique; otherwise Yan Buji cannot imagine supporting himself without Martial Dao strength, and how could he have made it to today?

Yan Buji has cultivated for so many years yet has never truly indulged even once. He never acts without profit to be gained, but when he does act, he never hesitates.

However, no matter how much he opens sources and cuts expenses, whether it's the Nine‑turn Technique, Alchemy Technique, or later Artifact Refinement, Yan Buji still consumes countless Spiritual Stones.

Heavenly Thunder Tribulation

Yan Buji's primary Accumulation Devices consist of two items: an Asura Accumulation Armor and a Rifted Scepter, both at the Threefold Transformation stage.

"With my current resources, pushing these two Accumulation Devices to Fourfold Transformation is no problem, but the Rifted Scepter is used alone and not as a weapon component, so I'll start with the Asura Accumulation Armor."

Helmet Accumulation Diagram

"Yan King's Judgment of Ghosts, Abyssal Hell..." Yan Buji examined these two pictures; with his current eyesight he could naturally see that these three pictures are actually martial Dao inheritances left by ancient warriors who entered the Youming Jie, not the original creation of the great demon Wuji of that era.

Moreover, whether these three pictures are used to craft Accumulation Devices or directly as tattoos, their usefulness is considerable; however, Yan Buji's tattoo disappeared long ago when he passed the Thunder Tribulation, and he has no intention of tattooing them again now, so it is completely unnecessary.

Using the information preserved in these three pictures, Yan Buji designed the Asura Accumulation Armor, and benefited from his previous journey to the Youming Jie where he witnessed the true Asura Sea of Blood, enabling him to forge it.

Artifact Forging Technique

Patterned Mystic Skill

"Anyway, they all focus on the Youming Jie; if we were to refine them, we'd still have to go to the Youming Jie to find suitable Spiritual Material, and first produce the Accumulation Diagram before anything else."

He thought for a moment, then Yan Buji set to work designing an Accumulation Device.

First he would design the Accumulation Device, then design the armaments according to his needs; the ancillary issue of the Distorted Bone is not hard to solve, but how to mount a high‑power spiritual cannon and spiritual spear is a problem.

Moreover, Yan Buji requires versatile methods and does not wish to keep distance for counter‑striking techniques, so he also has to prepare a close‑combat Accumulation Device.

Relying solely on the Rift Staff is insufficient, yet Yan Buji has never studied any close‑combat Magical Cultivation techniques.

Are there any close‑combat Magical Cultivation techniques, then?

Most cultivators may wield swords, spears, staffs, or clubs, but as Magical Cultivators they are at a disadvantage in close combat with others; even though many cultivators are versed in melee killing, who would engage you in melee when they can control flying knives and flying swords?

Isn't that also because they are forced into close‑quarters combat with no other option?

Nevertheless, Yan Buji still managed to design it.

First, a helmet Accumulation Diagram designed using the Yan Wang Shen Gui pattern; the Asura Accumulation Armor only protects the torso and limbs, not the head.

Although Yan Buji could never find himself in a situation where someone breaks his skull, it's better to be prepared than sorry.

The top of this helmet is sealed with an iron bowl; iron plates are forged into a curved rectangular shape to fit the head. Lacking a front plate, it can still protect the occiput; the cheeks are guarded by plates or leather, and the bowl‑shaped helmet has tabs or leather hanging on the left and right rear to shield the neck.

"It does look like what battlefield generals wear," Yan Buji chuckled.

Anyway, Accumulation Devices come in all designs; some people even deliberately shape theirs like a clapper drum to confuse outsiders.

Yan Buji intends to engrave the patterns of the Yan Wang Shen Gui diagram onto this Accumulation Device, ensuring it possesses both deterrence and concealment. Though these two functions seem impossible to coexist, they actually rely on activating the spirit sense to interchange the effects, and the snug fit to the head and neck also serves to boost defense.

Next came a longsword designed from the Abyssal Hell motif; however, Yan Buji's sword differs from the ordinary three‑foot green blade used by cultivators—it leans toward a heavy length, large and weighty, with a hilt that looks as if countless ghostly hands were forced together. Its surface bears Abyssal Hell engravings that have a soul‑shaking effect, primarily intended to assault an enemy's spirit‑sense protection.

A normal person would never imagine that a sword nearly the size of a door panel is meant to strike spirit sense, so its aim is to catch foes off guard.

The design of these two Accumulation Devices is mainly Yan Buji's attempt to fill the gap in his spirit‑sense offense. Throughout his journey he has encountered many lethal dangers that exposed flaws in his spirit sense; had he not cultivated the Sensory Chapter and spirit‑sense protection Magical Cultivation, his foundation wouldn't have been strong enough to block them.

But he cannot keep brute‑forcing forever; he must find an opportunity to strike.

After completing the Accumulation Diagrams, Yan Buji began to contemplate the armament schematics.