Chapter 837 - 672: Fivefold Thunder True Law
And this is merely the forging of a Spiritual Treasure’s body.
What truly brings a Spiritual Treasure to undergo a qualitative change is the Artifact Spirit.
The inheritance details three methods of nurturing spirits.
The first is Heaven and Earth Nurturing.
Place a High Tier Spiritual Artifact at the core of a Spirit Vein or where sun and moon converge, through long years and even wash of Celestial Thunder, spirits naturally arise.
The Artifact Spirit obtained through this method is the purest and holds the greatest potential, but it commonly requires thousands of years, attainable only with great fortune and patience.
The second is Spirit Snatching and Soul Sealing.
Find a powerful Demon Beast or Cultivator’s remnant soul, erase its original intelligence, retaining only the essence power and Innate Divine Power, and seal it within the artifact.
This method is fast, but extremely risky; soul backlash or incompatibility with the artifact can lead to disaster.
The third, the most common and stable, is Lifebound Nurturing.
The cultivator uses their own Essence Blood and Divine Soul as a guide, nourishing a Lifebound Spiritual Artifact day and night, like dripping water wearing away stone, granting it a spiritual foundation slowly.
The Artifact Spirit born this way resonates with the owner’s intentions, akin to an extension of their body.
However, damage is mutual, deeply intertwined.
If the Artifact Spirit is injured or falls, it severely damages the cultivator’s Divine Soul.
Shen Xuan made a decision in his mind.
He had long planned for the Lifebound Spiritual Artifact of his Ice Technique Golden Core to be the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus.
This was originally a Spiritual Treasure’s Spirit Embryo, already nurtured for a hundred years, perfectly resonating with his intentions.
The "Nine Apertures Ice Heart Lotus" obtained from True Monarch Tian Gong this time can be integrated into the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus, enhancing its essence.
For the Fire Technique Golden Core, he would use that True Fire Gourd.
An innate Spirit Plant, of extraordinary roots.
Shen Xuan merged six kinds of Anomalous Fire from heaven and earth, forming the Six Harmonies True Fire.
Given time, should he seek some high-quality Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, he can further improve.
"The path of Artifact Refining perfectly aligns with my current cultivation."
Shen Xuan pondered secretly.
If he succeeds in cultivation, it’s not only possible to refine Spiritual Treasures for himself.
He can also improve and create some cost-effective, pleasantly powerful Low Tier standardized Spiritual Objects.
Demon Cultivators are gradually rampant on the Profound Origin Continent.
In the future, when the Demon Race invades in force, Low Tier standardized Spiritual Objects will play a crucial role.
On the Profound Origin Continent, sect disciples are, after all, just a minority.
The vast numbers of Loose Cultivators account for more than ninety percent of the cultivator population.
These people, being at the base of the pyramid, are long oppressed.
Bearing the most pressure and receiving the least resources.
Many struggle their entire lives just to take a few more steps on the path.
In Shen Xuan’s view, these Loose Cultivators are unpolished gems awaiting discovery.
They may not have talents comparable to sect disciples, but their sheer numbers make up for the gap.
Moreover, the Taoist Venerable said, heaven doesn’t birth useless wood.
Loose Cultivators possess one or two talents.
Yet, lacking opportunity, they remain buried.
"Nonetheless, the foundation of all things is still personal strength."
Shen Xuan’s gaze was resolute.
"Body Refining and Ice Technique can slow down slightly. Fully sprint towards Fire Technique cultivation to condense a Fire Technique Golden Core soon."
Shen Xuan still has half of True Master Primordial Fire’s Golden Core and True Master Yanghuo’s Golden Core.
Several types of True Flame are in hand.
Digesting these foundations, advancing Fire Technique cultivation to Foundation Establishment Perfection is without issue.
"As for condensing a Fire Technique Golden Core, it requires careful planning."
"However, before that, I must establish Starlight Research Institute first."
A single person’s strength has limits.
Setting up a platform to gather collective strength and intelligence is the way to walk far.
The research institute is the seed Shen Xuan sowed.
No matter how harsh the circumstances, life always finds a way.
One day, he will leave Starlight Island, leave Song Country.
Even leave the Profound Origin Realm.
Once the Fire Technique Golden Core condenses, he will set off for the great cultivation countries like Jin, Zhao, and Qin.
There, collecting Nascent Soul Pills and Nascent Soul Formation Spiritual Objects will be more convenient.
Thinking gradually clarified, Shen Xuan’s mind brightened.
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Shen Xuan rested for a while.
Then, he took out a storage pouch of an ancient style.
This was a relic obtained from the remnant soul of Carefree True Monarch.
As time passed, the Divine Soul Brand left by the original owner on the pouch loosened significantly.
Shen Xuan was not careless.
He mobilized Spiritual Power, like unspooling silk, carefully removing the Divine Soul Mark layer by layer.
In his Divine Sense perception, he seemed to hear faint obsessions dissolving silently.
Finally, the last bit of obstruction dispersed.
With a slight mental stir, Shen Xuan extracted the pouch’s contents, displaying them on the jade table before him.
There were over a dozen jade boxes of varying sizes.
Most of them exuded a decaying aura.
Shen Xuan opened them one by one.
Inside, sealed Spirit Pills mostly appeared grey and lackluster, with their medicinal fragrance vanishing, turning into useless powder.
He silently closed the box lids.
Some other jade boxes contained Spirit Talismans.
The Talisman Paper was of unique quality, enduring through time; it still felt tough in hand.
Magic Patterns flowed like dragon snakes, vigorous in force, carrying an indescribable profound rhythm.
Yet the contained Spiritual Qi had dwindled like a candle in the wind, with little left.
Shen Xuan gently touched the talisman surface with his fingertips, delicately.
These Spirit Talismans were of no low grade, many being Tier Four items.
If a method could be found to rech
rge them with Spiritual Qi, there’s a chance for activation.
Even if ultimately unsuccessful, the talisman techniques contained within are excellent references for his understanding of the Path of Talismans.
He carefully gathered these ancient talismans to one side.
The most numerous were various refining materials.
Metal ores, Spirit Woods, Water Attribute Spiritual Materials, Fire Attribute Crystals, spirit earth that seemed like ordinary mud, and so on.
They had lost their Spiritual Qi over long ages, nearly resembling mundane objects.
Shen Xuan did not discard them.
These were Tier Four materials.
Shen Xuan barely recognized them.
But they were still worth salvaging.
He took out some blank jade boxes again.
Using his finger as a pen and Spiritual Power as ink, he carefully inscribed small gathering spirit array magic patterns on the inner walls of the boxes.