Chapter 791 - 420: Five Elements Dao Sword
Time flies, two years have passed.
During this period, ’Li Mu’, using a Substitute Puppet body, frequently appeared in the Seven Profound Sect, calmly taking on the role of Sect Master. However, his true self has always been hidden within the mysterious Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, continuously refining puppets and refining spirit treasures.
In these two years, Li Mu’s Puppetry Technique has become increasingly refined. He has refined a vast number of combat puppets and Substitute Puppets, while also exhausting spiritual materials to refine a batch of High-Tier Spirit Treasures and Spirit Pills, greatly enhancing his foundation in preparation for exploring the Water Mansion Secret Realm in the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars.
Meanwhile, Li Mu made a trip to Ice Ghost Valley using a Teleportation Array to repair the seal restriction of the Land of Extreme Yin, quietly ’planning’ a large piece of Spiritual Land for himself to plant High-Tier Spirit Plants in the future.
The Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, atop the Five Elements Spirit Mountain.
Li Mu sat cross-legged in the center of the Artifact Refining Room, his eyes slightly closed, his Divine Thought attached to the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace in front of him. The Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, formed by the Yin Yang Thunder Flame, contained flames that leaped and tumbled, releasing a daunting high temperature.
The Cyan Moon True Dragon and the Chi Lian Fire Phoenix were seated beside Li Mu, manipulating the Blue Spirit Glaze Water and Extreme Yang Celestial Fire. Under the control of Li Mu’s Shared Soul Technique, they jointly participated in this artifact refining.
Under Li Mu’s control, the two masses of Celestial Fire exerted their full power, refining two High-Tier Spiritual Materials within the furnace: Tier Seven Gold Spirit Material - Star Meteor Gold Marrow, Tier Seven Wood Spirit Material - Supreme Profound Wood Crystal.
Several High-Tier Spiritual Objects of different attributes began to slowly fuse together in the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace. The Star Meteor Gold Marrow melted into liquid, shining with dazzling golden light, while the Supreme Profound Wood Crystal emitted a faint green light, representing the endless life of the Wood Attribute.
As time passed, these two High-Tier Spiritual Materials gradually melted, their essence converging and fusing in the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace to form a new substance. This substance contained the solidity and sharpness of Star Meteor Gold Marrow, while also possessing the toughness and life force of Supreme Profound Wood Crystal.
Under Li Mu’s direction, the Cyan Moon True Dragon and Chi Lian Fire Phoenix meticulously controlled the Blue Spirit Glaze Water and Extreme Yang Celestial Fire to ensure the refining proceeded smoothly, their eyes fixed upon the refining furnace as if expecting something.
Since advancing his Artifact Refining Technique to Level 7, over the past two years, Li Mu not only refined large quantities of puppets but also refined several Tier Six Spirit Treasures, continuously familiarizing himself with Level 7 Artifact Refining Skills, accumulating more Artifact Refining Experience. All of this was preparation for personally refining a Tier Seven Daoist Soldier. Now, he had finally stepped into this critical phase of practice.
To ensure the success of this artifact refining, Li Mu carefully selected several treasured Tier Seven Spiritual Materials: Tier Seven Wood Spirit Material - Supreme Profound Wood Crystal, Tier Seven Gold Spirit Material - Star Meteor Gold Marrow, Tier Seven Fire Spirit Material - Flame Prison Golden Lotus, Tier Seven Water Spirit Material - Jade Clam Pearl, Tier Seven Earth Spirit Material - Earth Spirit Marrow.
These Five Elements Tier Seven Spiritual Materials are rare treasures, each containing potent spiritual power. Some were rewards Li Mu earned from refining artifacts for others over the years, or obtained through contributions exchanged within the Celestial Profound Sword Sect, all prepared for this day.
Li Mu prepared to use these high spiritual materials as the foundation to refine an unrivaled Five Elements Dao Sword for himself.
Although Li Mu already possessed a Tier Seven Daoist Soldier, the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, its display of releasing ten thousand swords at once created immense momentum, making it more suitable for large-scale battles. At this moment, what Li Mu pursued was a more delicate Dao Sword, better suited for single combat, hoping to maximize his strength for any potential future challenges.
Inside the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, the fierce flames were high enough to melt anything. Li Mu once again added the Tier Seven Fire Spirit Material - Flame Prison Golden Lotus and the Tier Seven Earth Spirit Material - Earth Spirit Marrow. These two spiritual materials quickly melted and fused in the intense flames, perfectly combining with the other already fused spiritual materials to form a powerful new substance.
To further enhance the sword nature of the Five Elements Dao Sword, after careful consideration, Li Mu decided to use the Flame Prison Golden Lotus’ liquid as the sword’s veins, granting the sword body a fiery flame attribute and formidable attack power; simultaneously, using the Star Meteor Gold Marrow and the Supreme Profound Wood Crystal as the sword’s edge and soul made the sword both hard and agile; the Earth Spirit Marrow served as the sword’s skeleton, providing strong support and endless Earth Attribute Spiritual Power for the entire sword; finally, embedding the Jade Clam Pearl into the sword hilt completed the Five Elements, forming the complete Artifact Embryo.
As the rare spiritual materials in the furnace began to slowly fuse, Li Mu took a deep breath and then cast his Artifact Refining Divine Technique - Celestial Fire Spirit Forging, using the Power of Fire to meld the materials into one and grant them new form. Under his control, in the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, several High-Tier Spiritual Materials gradually gathered to form an ancient four-foot Sword Embryo, the sword emitting a powerful Spirit Light.
The Artifact Embryo solidified, and the sword hilt naturally formed a circular hole in preparation for the next step. Li Mu quickly delivered the Tier Seven Water Spirit Material - Jade Clam Pearl into the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, precisely embedding it into the circular hole of the sword hilt. The Jade Clam Pearl contained powerful Water Spiritual Power, adding a touch of softness to the Sword Embryo, completing the Water base for the Five Elements Array.
Then, Li Mu utilized another Artifact Refining Divine Technique - Refining Heaven and Earth. With a Two-Hand Seal, he urged the Extreme Yang Celestial Fire and Yin Yang Thunder Flame to intertwine, like two nimble fire snakes coiling around the Artifact Embryo, refining the Sword Embryo and Jade Clam Pearl, allowing them to gradually integrate as one, indistinguishable from each other.