Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 343 - Refining the Heavenly Artifact's Fragment

Liu Wuxie took out the ten interspatial pouches he had recently obtained and sorted them out. He spent an entire day organizing them. Then, he threw the pills into the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, converting them into liquified spiritual energy and storing it.

This seclusion wasn’t just to reforge the Heretic Blade, but he was finding ways to reach the seventh-level True Core Realm.

Only by reaching the seventh-level True Core Realm could he enter the upper region in the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

After organizing everything, Liu Wuxie took out the fragment of the heavenly artifact. It might seem insignificant, but it was cumbersome. He tried to engulf it in flame but couldn’t refine it, no matter how he tried.

“This is a heavenly artifact’s fragment; ordinary flame can’t melt it. But what about immortal runes?” Liu Wuxie smiled and stood up, preparing to reforge the Heretic Blade.

He planned on using Earth Essence and the two spiritual treasures to reforge the Heretic Blade before dissolving the heavenly artifact’s fragment into it.

Merging the fragment of the heavenly artifact into it meant that the Heretic Blade would have the potential to grow into a heavenly artifact.

He took out thousands of materials and filled half the cultivation chamber with them. With a wave of his hand, terrifying flames appeared. The forging of this Profound Spirit Pavilion was extremely advanced.

The room was filled with spiritual energy, and he could also mobilize fire energy. Most martial artists came here to make a breakthrough in their cultivation, forge artifacts, and refine pills.

All these activities required fire, so many cultivation rooms were equipped with fire-attributed spiritual arrays.

Liu Wuxie divided his mind into two and used his hands to refine it. He wasn’t willing to waste time even if time was ample.

The Heretic Blade hovered in the air, accompanied by a palm-sized medal and a longsword, emanating the power of spiritual treasures. The surrounding materials began to dissolve into liquid and flow into the sky.

With a single gesture, the liquid penetrated the Heretic Blade. The blade emitted a scorching glow, and the intense heat formed by the flame enveloped the entire blade.

“Let’s start forging!” Liu Wuxie began forming seals and runes and integrating them into the Heretic Blade, and a faint spiritual aura filled the entire chamber.

Time slowly passed, and Liu Wuxie remained calm and composed. When Hou Chi arrived at the Profound Spirit Pavilion, Liu Wuxie had already entered the cultivation chamber.

“You think you can escape by hiding in the Profound Spirit Pavilion?” Hou Chi did not linger any longer and deployed many experts to guard this place. They would notify him immediately as soon as Liu Wuxie exited.

Half a day had passed outside, and five days had passed in the cultivation chamber. Hundreds of materials were refined, making the Heretic Blade longer and more beautiful than before.

Most ordinary materials were refined, and the next step was infusing spiritual treasure laws.

One by one, golden runes were injected into the palm-sized medal, and the medal began to dissolve. Liu Wuxie was in the True Core Realm, but his refining skills were unparalleled compared to many experienced blacksmiths.

A youth was in seclusion in a mysterious hall. Since this forbidden zone prohibited spiritual treasures, he had entrusted his spiritual treasure to Mei Zizheng.

“What’s going on? The aura of my spiritual treasure is weakening. Who dares to refine my spiritual treasure?” The youth stood up, and his murderous intent filled the hall. He was enraged because each spiritual treasure bore the owner’s imprint by blood.

The moment a spiritual treasure perished, the owner could sense it immediately.

Liu Wuxie easily erased the imprint in the spiritual treasure and sped up the forging process. One day had already passed outside, equivalent to ten days in the cultivation chamber.

The palm-sized medal vanished, and the spiritual treasure’s laws were injected into the Heretic Blade. Ever since he had started forging the Heretic Blade, he had incorporated numerous treasures and inscribed runes in it. The power of the blade far exceeded that of ordinary weapons, indicating that future upgrades would require tremendous resources.

Liu Wuxie’s gaze turned to the longsword, and it began dissolving it. The speed was faster this time because the owner of this longsword had already died.

Another day passed in the blink of an eye, and a terrifying aura belonging to a spiritual treasure swept throughout the cultivation chamber.

At this moment, the Heretic Blade had finally advanced to an ordinary spiritual artifact.

“It’s your turn now, Earth Essence!” Liu Wuxie had bought the Earth Essence for 400,000 spirit stones, and the purpose was to raise the Heretic Blade to an unbelievable height.

Spiritual treasures were ranked low to high, and Liu Wuxie aimed to forge a super spiritual treasure.

More than two thousand grains of Earth Essence hovered in the air. Ordinary people couldn’t refine them, but that didn’t mean Liu Wuxie couldn’t, and he integrated an incomplete immortal rune into the Earth Essence.

A spatial ripple spread, and the Earth Essence dissolved into golden liquid. This was a spectacular scene that looked like a golden river moving slowly.

If news got out on how easily Liu Wuxie had refined Earth Essence, it would shock the entire world. After all, it wasn’t surprising for someone in the Astral River Realm to refine it, but Liu Wuxie was in the True Core Realm.

“Let’s start forging!” The Heretic Blade sank into the golden river, cleansed by Earth Essence, gradually purifying the Heretic Blade. With each cleanse, the Heretic Blade’s quality would increase slightly.

After cleansing the surface, the Earth Essence began to penetrate the Heretic Blade, transforming into boundless energy and fusing with it.

With thunderous roars, lightning began to appear on the Heretic Blade. This was because the Heretic Blade was reforged using the lightning-forging technique.

More impurities seeped out of the Heretic Blade and dripped onto the ground. These were black grime from merging thousands of materials, thus causing impurities to accumulate.

Even if Liu Wuxie had a superb forging technique, it wasn’t easy to remove the impurities. But the Earth Essence solved this problem. The Heretic Blade’s spirituality was growing stronger and approaching the level of the xiantian spirit.

A faint milky white light resembling a tiny spot appeared deep within the Heretic Blade. This was a form of xiantian spirit that was slowly developing.

When it grew to the size of a broad bean, it would make the advancement of the Heretic Blade into a xiantian treasure. Spirituality wasn’t something that could be achieved overnight. No matter how many treasures were added to the Heretic Blade, it was futile without absorbing more spirituality.

There weren’t many treasures that contained spirituality, and they were hard to find.

Earth Essence transformed into a colossal mountain entrenching within the Heretic Blade, dramatically increasing its weight. This was because the Heretic Blade’s weight could no longer satisfy his need as his cultivation rose.

However, the Earth Essence could perfectly resolve this issue. Only the fragment of the heavenly artifact remained, floating in the air.

Liu Wuxie hesitated and wasn’t sure if he should merge it into the Heretic Blade. It had now been advanced to a spiritual treasure, even stronger than ordinary xiantian treasures. This meant Liu Wuxie wouldn’t suffer a loss even if he faced an actual xiantian treasure.

The fragment of the heavenly artifact contained terrifying law, and the consequences would be disastrous if the Heretic Blade couldn’t withstand it. The worst outcome would be the Heretic Blade shattering into countless pieces.

He had spent five thousand spirit stones for this fragment, and keeping it aside was a waste.

“Let’s give it a try. Perhaps there might be a surprise!” Liu Wuxie had already made up his mind. Ordinary flames couldn’t dissolve the fragment, but perhaps the immortal rune could.

The heavenly artifact’s surface had no runes and looked ordinary. But a few strands of its spiritual runes were deep within, and spiritual runes were the actual value of this fragment.

Liu Wuxie’s cultivation was limited, and the Heretic Blade had already reached the limit in inscribing spiritual runes meant for spiritual artifacts. He could only inscribe spiritual runes meant for heavenly artifacts by reaching the Nascent Transformation Realm.

However, there was an opportunity right before him, and he didn’t want to miss it. Without hesitation, he injected the immortal rune into the heavenly artifact’s fragment.

The fragment didn’t crack, but cracks began to appear in the surrounding walls because they couldn’t withstand the fragment’s energy.

This shocked Liu Wuxie, and he realized he had underestimated the power of this fragment. Just a fragment could unleash such terrifying power, and he couldn’t imagine what would happen if it was a complete heavenly artifact. It might even be able to split the sky and sea.

He couldn’t imagine what would happen if that was the case. This was because the True Profound Realm was infinitely close to becoming immortal.

A crisp cracking sound came from within when another incomplete immortal rune fused into the heavenly artifact’s fragment. It sounded like egg cracking that echoed throughout the chamber.

“It’s really effective!” After inscribing multiple incomplete immortal runes, Liu Wuxie was severely exhausted since his soul sea was nearly depleted.

The Heavenly Dao Book unfolded to protect Liu Wuxie’s soul sea, preventing him from losing consciousness.

More cracks began to appear on the fragment, and this was the third crack. A terrifying aura swept out from the cracks and engulfed the entire chamber.

Liu Wuxie was sent flying away by the shockwave, unable to withstand the aura released by the fragment. When cracks appeared on the fragment, the heavenly artifact’s spiritual runes were visible. If Elder Tai had known about this, he would have regretted selling it as garbage.

Then again, Elder Tai’s cultivation was too low, and his divine sense couldn’t penetrate the heavenly artifact’s fragment. This was why Elder Tai couldn’t find the actual value of this fragment.

“Heretic Blade, are you prepared?” After advancing to a spiritual treasure, the Heretic Blade's spirituality had increased significantly, and it could understand what Liu Wuxie said.

The Heretic Blade flew around in the air to respond to Liu Wuxie's suggestion that it was prepared. As its spirituality strengthened, it became even more powerful, and he could better control it during flight.

An incomplete spiritual rune flew out from the fragment, and it was only the size of a fingernail. But even such a small piece emanated a powerful aura.

Liu Wuxie had no time to wipe the blood off his mouth, and he was still feeling pain in his internal organs from the impact earlier. But those injuries weren’t worrisome because his physique was stronger than his peers, and such minor injuries would heal quickly.

He didn’t dare to strip too much of the spiritual runes at once, or the Heretic Blade might shatter. The spiritual rune floated in the air and gradually approached the Heretic Blade, making Liu Wuxie’s heart race.

This was his first attempt, and he didn’t know the outcome. The blade began to tremble slightly when the spiritual rune got close to a few inches from it. This was because the Heretic Blade could not withstand the pressure of the spiritual rune.

The Heretic Blade was like a commoner at this moment, while the spiritual rune was an emperor; they were on a completely different level.

If Liu Wuxie forcibly infused the spiritual rune into the Heretic Blade, it would only cause the Heretic Blade to shatter.

Golden runes began to envelop the spiritual rune, making it gentler.

“This is the moment!” Liu Wuxie had done everything he could, and he could only grit his teeth and fuse the spiritual rune into the Heretic Blade. This action also caused the entire cultivation chamber to tremble violently.