Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 482: Chapter 287 Sacrificial Refinement_2

The flying sword treasure is named “Xingyi Sword,” and upon learning its name, he knew its creator was Yun Xingyi.

The Xingyi Sword was crafted using “Star White Yan Gold” of the third grade as the primary material, supplemented with more than ten types of various third-grade auxiliary materials, refined through a special technique.

Yun Xingyi’s artifact refining skills were not particularly brilliant; he merely brought out the properties of the top-tier third-grade material “Star White Yan Gold.” Once Li Shiming reached the Golden Core stage and refined using the same “Star White Yan Gold,” he would likely craft an even stronger flying sword treasure.

However, the top third-grade “Star White Yan Gold” was nowhere to be found, and with Li Shiming’s current status as an alchemy master, obtaining such top-tier materials was impossible.

Among third-grade materials, the lower quality ones were more common, while intermediate materials became scarce, and as for the top-tier materials, these were treasures that could only be encountered but not sought.

Of course, as the lifebound flying sword of a sword cultivator, such treasures were not solely judged on material, but the long-term dedication of the sword cultivator in refining it was crucial.

Though the crafting technique of the Xingyi Sword was not outstanding, centuries of dedication by Sword Cultivation Golden Core Yun Xingyi had endowed the Xingyi Sword with qualities surpassing ordinary treasures.

Besides being sturdy and sharp, and extremely compatible with spiritual power, the Xingyi Sword also enhanced sword intent, a benefit gained from Yun Xingyi’s centuries of refining.

Li Yuanba found that the Xingyi Sword enhanced sword intent by 135%, which meant that when he used the Xingyi Sword to launch attacks, his sword intent would be more than doubled.

He finally understood why sword cultivators were powerful. Currently, using the Xingyi Sword wasn’t too conspicuous, but once his sword intent was sufficiently boosted, and increased over twice more, he guessed that few of his peers could withstand a single strike from him.

He was very satisfied with his decision to make the Xingyi Sword his lifebound flying sword, as its power had exceeded his expectations after successful refining.

The flying sword of a sword cultivator didn’t need any fancy features such as cold ice, flaming fire, deadly poison, and so forth; none were as substantial as a sword cultivator’s sword intent.

Sword intent was indeed the foundation of a sword cultivator’s ability to break all spells with a single strike, and the fact that the Xingyi Sword could enhance sword intent by 135% was more perfect than any other effect.

Moreover, as he continued to refine the Xingyi Sword, the effect of enhancing sword intent would continue to grow.

The Cloud One Sword no longer needed Divine Thought to support it; it moved as if alive in front of Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba opened his mouth and inhaled sharply, and the Cloud One Sword instantly shrank and flew into his mouth.

The lifebound flying sword entered his body. This inhalation was a secret technique from the “Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique” for retrieving one’s lifebound flying sword, transforming it into an energy form and collecting it inside the body.

This was the only opportunity in a Golden Core cultivator’s life to convert a lifebound treasure into an energy form and withdraw it into the body.

The difference between a lifebound treasure and other treasures lay herein; other treasures could also be strengthened through prolonged refining, but their enhancement effects were far less effective than those always inside a Golden Core cultivator’s body.

Li Yuanba had some concerns in his heart, though. Although he had refined the Xingyi Sword into his lifebound treasure, taking such a flying sword treasure into his body still made him feel like he might be injured.

He introspected, and saw the Xingyi Sword just above the tiny Golden Core; the qi emitted by the Golden Core was nurturing the Xingyi Sword.

Even without special refining practices, just the simple act of the Xingyi Sword being in this position meant it was continuously nourished by the Golden Core.

Only after the Lifebound Flying Sword Xingyi had been refined and absorbed into his body did Li Yuanba feel somewhat confident; he now possessed the strength to battle a Golden Core cultivator.

Of course, he could still only combat early-stage Golden Core cultivators, but when facing stronger Golden Core cultivators, he wouldn’t be entirely helpless anymore.

Li Yuanba extended his right hand, and a simplistic longsword appeared in it.

This was the final form of the “Sword Demon Secret Manual,” a third-grade sword base crafted into a treasure.

Surprisingly, although the “Sword Demon Secret Manual” could no longer enhance body refinement, it could still continuously improve the quality of the third-grade sword base, a process different from typical sword cultivators using a Golden Core to nurture a flying sword.

The “Sword Demon Secret Manual” enhances the quality of the Third Grade Sword Base according to the cultivator’s physical constitution, even as it remains fused within the cultivator’s body.

By using the secret techniques of the “Sword Demon Secret Manual,” it was possible to strengthen the third-grade sword base within the body along with the cultivator’s body, continuously enhancing its quality.

“The first thing to do after coming out of seclusion is to find a body refining technique!” Li Yuanba muttered to himself.

This had been his plan all along, and now, to enhance the quality of the third-grade sword base, he needed a body refining technique even more.

Although he was purely a sword cultivator, Li Yuanba had already possessed three treasures soon after he initially reached the Golden Core Stage.

The Third Grade Sword Base had been the foundation he built during the Qi Refinement Realm, and besides the ‘Mind Hoop,’ an auxiliary marvel, there was his Lifebound Flying Sword Xingyi.

He also planned to complete the final step of transforming Ten Thousand Sword Peak into a treasure, which essentially completed his set of treasures for the Golden Core Stage.

He estimated that there were few cultivators in the Cultivation World who could possess four treasures upon first entering the Golden Core Stage, each with its unique features and formidable power.

Only Li Yuanba, with the core of the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure made from third-grade refining materials, could undertake this task currently; Li Shiming couldn’t handle third-grade materials yet due to limitations in his realm.

Li Yuanba placed the required refining materials in front of him and once again thanked Elder Lv in his heart.

He was grateful for Elder Lv’s generosity in gathering all the materials needed for the consecration of Ten Thousand Sword Peak; otherwise, even with Li Shiming’s help in collecting such numerous and varied refining materials, it would not have been easy to gather them all.

Li Shiming’s primary identity ceased all other activities to lend his focus to the refining process here.

This was the first time refining third-grade materials, and since there was only one batch of third-grade materials, any mistakes could mean a lot of time required to gather them again.

What Li Yuanba lacked the most at the moment was time. He needed to refine Ten Thousand Sword Peak into his treasure to truly protect it.

The artifact refining process went smoothly with the only trouble being that Li Yuanba’s Golden Core was relatively weak, and the duration of the alchemic fire was somewhat short.

However, thanks to the precise calculations of the IBM z15, all stages of the refining process were optimally scheduled, making the best use of the alchemic fire.

Three days later, the core of Ten Thousand Sword Peak was successfully refined.

Li Yuanba arrived at the rock where five treasured flying swords were implanted; he carefully positioned the newly refined third-grade core at the site of the five treasures, tightly integrating it with them.

As the core was set, all the external spiritually active objects on the surface of Ten Thousand Sword Peak emitted a dazzling light.

These lights interconnected, forming a large net that spread over the entire Ten Thousand Sword Peak, enveloping it completely.

Li Yuanba traced complex patterns in the air with his finger, embedding them into Ten Thousand Sword Peak. With each pattern entered, a light pillar surged at each location on Ten Thousand Sword Peak.

These light pillars were nodes for the formation he had arranged, which were integrated into the existing nodes of Ten Thousand Sword Peak’s grand formation, expanding it with each new node added.

Unknown to Li Yuanba how much effort and time Elder Lv had spent, but the IBM z15 alone had consumed considerable computing power to simulate and optimize this grand formation afterward to achieve its purpose.

With the continuous addition of formation nodes, Ten Thousand Sword Peak’s grand formation became increasingly intricate, its spiritual power circuits immensely complex.

Fortunately, the ongoing grand formation of Ten Thousand Sword Peak remained unaffected. The changes to Ten Thousand Sword Peak were concealed by the grand formation, not attracting the attention of other cultivators from the Senluo Sect.

But the transformations within Ten Thousand Sword Peak were becoming more intense, and it seemed that this concealment might not last much longer.