Chapter 1010: Chapter 433: The Limit of Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure; Sword Momentum Turns to Intent, Entry Level 2

The space inside the banner was vast, with billions of fierce and malicious souls forming a terrifying Ghost Army under the dominion of specters.

But....

"If we want to pass through the tribulation of the supreme treasure, especially the tribulation of the demonic treasure... I’m afraid we’re still a bit lacking." Xu Ping frowned slightly.

He could feel that although the foundation of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was deep, the certainty of provoking a heavenly tribulation and successfully overcoming it might only be fifty percent.

Fifty percent certainty, how is that different from courting death?

At the very least, it must be raised to above ninety percent to have some assurance.

"It needs to continue devouring and accumulating a deeper foundation."

"The target... perhaps we can start with the Star Palace." Xu Ping’s eyes flashed with a cold light.

After all, with Hongyi as an undercover agent deeply embedded in the Star Palace providing intelligence, it could both weaken the Star Palace’s strength and enhance his own Magical Treasure, truly killing two birds with one stone.

With the plan set, Xu Ping put away the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Immediately, he took out the jade box that contained the Five Element Divine Clay.

The lid opened, and the five-colored radiance flowed, illuminating the dim cave abode with extraordinary splendor.

The mud, writhing slowly like a living thing and emitting a pure and deep dao charm of the Five Elements, was the supreme treasure that Artifact Refiners dreamed of.

As a supreme treasure of the Five Elements, the Five Element Divine Clay was immensely miraculous, able to perfectly merge with any treasure of the Five Elements attribute, enhancing its essence, purifying its spirituality, and even compensating for its innate deficiencies.

And Xu Ping’s Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Canghua Divine Wood Sword, was an extremely pure Wood Attribute Spirit Treasure, and quenching it with this clay was a perfect match, capable of excavating its potential to the utmost.

However, Xu Ping was not in a hurry to start.

Five continuous years of using Divine Sense to assist specters in refining took a considerable toll on himself as well.

He needed to adjust his state to the most perfect peak.

After spending a month meditating and regulating his breath, Xu Ping finally fully restored the depleted Divine Sense and Mana, with his aura around him full and vibrant, and his spirit radiant.

"Let’s begin."

Xu Ping opened his mouth and spat out a mass of incomparably pure True Flame, containing the essence of his own life, which surged out, completely enveloping the Canghua Divine Wood Sword suspended before him.

The verdant sword body trembled slightly in the True Flame, emitting a cheerful soft hum.

The Sword Spirit conveyed emotions of longing and anticipation.

Xu Ping formed a Spell with his hand, guiding a strand of Five-Colored Clay as thin as a hair to slowly approach the True Flame.

Under the combined action of high temperature and Mana, the Five Element Divine Clay began to soften, separating the purest five-colored radiance, which, like possessing life, took the initiative to entwine the Canghua Divine Wood Sword, seeping into the sword body bit by bit.

This process required utmost patience and precise control.

Too fast, and it would easily cause attribute conflict and damage the sword body; too slow, and the spirituality of the clay would be lost, greatly reducing the effect.

Xu Ping was fully engrossed, with his Divine Sense closely feeling every change in the sword body, guiding the power of the Five Elements.

Using the principle of Earth engendering Metal, Metal engendering Water, Water engendering Wood, he finally transformed the vast origin of the Five Elements into the purest, most nourishing essence of Wood Attribute, perfectly merging it into the core of the Canghua Divine Wood Sword’s origin.

In the cave abode, time once again lost its meaning.

Another two years passed, flowing like water.

When the last strand of five-colored radiance completely merged into the sword body, the Canghua Divine Wood Sword suddenly emitted a sonorous sword hum as though it could split gold and crack stone.

The sword’s glow flourished, with the whole body becoming even deeper and more restrained in its verdant color, intertwined with the five-colored radiance, adding a layer of mystery and depth.

With a slight tremor of the sword body, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi converged spontaneously, and a vague phantom of a green lotus blossomed and vanished at the sword’s edge.

The Spiritual Pressure it emitted had already reached the limit of a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

Even Xu Ping could clearly feel that the Sword Spirit’s conveyed thoughts were clearer and more lively, filled with exuberant vitality and a sense of powerful strength.

It was already qualified to invoke a Thunder Tribulation, impacting the level of supreme treasure.

However, delicate thoughts turned over in Xu Ping’s mind, forcefully suppressing the eager impulse of the Sword Spirit.

"Still not stable enough."

Xu Ping thought to himself, "The Thunder Tribulation of a supreme treasure is by no means trivial."

"Although the Canghua Divine Wood Sword has significantly increased in foundation, if it can further enhance its spirituality with the ’Spirit Descending Art’ and purify its origin, the assurance of overcoming the tribulation would be greater."

What he wanted was not just a reluctant advancement, but a perfect transformation without the slightest chance of failure.

Sheathing the inwardly radiant and even more extraordinary Canghua Divine Wood Sword, Xu Ping felt pleased, sensing huge gains from this period of seclusion.

He strolled out of the Artifact Refining Room to a relatively spacious area within the cave abode.

Holding the sword hilt, warm as jade yet immensely heavy, an indescribable impulse to indulge and wield it arose from his heart.

Without channeling any Mana, without activating any Sword Technique.

Xu Ping merely followed that impulse, guiding purely with his mind, and using physical strength, began to slowly dance with the Canghua Divine Wood Sword in hand.

The starting stance was plain and unremarkable, like a child at play.

But gradually, his movements began to take on a unique rhythm.

The sword edge glided silently through the air, as if stirring some invisible trajectory.

His mind completely immersed within, echoes of the profound interpretations of "dispersing spiritual energy back to its source" and "condensing its spirit" from "True Understanding of Sword Dao" reverberated in his brain.

The speed of the sword was becoming faster, yet gave an impression of extreme slowness.

It wasn’t he dancing the sword but the sword guiding him, interpreting the Sword Dao within the inch-sized space.

At this moment, he wasn’t cultivating but communicating with the sword, resonating with the Dao.

Within the cave abode, only the sound of clothes breaking through the wind and the Sword Intent, faint yet directly striking true to the heart, flowed silently.

He tirelessly continued, his understanding of "dispersing spiritual energy back to its source" deepening like unraveling silken threads, layer by layer.