Chapter 736: Chapter 735: All Monsters Shocked, Top-notch Taoist Items

Bai Qian, being the God Emperor of the Monster Path, her carriage wasn’t simply just for pomp and show when she travelled.

Originally carved from an extremely rare natural spirit treasure, it was further refined by the top Artefact Refiners from the Upper Three Realms that were handsomely paid by the Eight Heavens themselves, aiming for it to be fully functional as long as enough Spirit Crystals were stuffed into the treasure’s nucleus, without needing a driver.

As long as there were enough Spirit Crystals, dozens of 15th Realm Immortal Kings could not breach this carriage’s defenses.

Not only that.

Unique boundaries were imprinted on the carriage.

Although the carriage itself had an open design with no roof and openings on all sides, under the effect of these imprinted boundaries, unless the adversary knew how to crack the boundaries, no one could see or hear anything that was happening inside.

Therefore, no matter what was happening in the carriage, neither of the hundreds of thousands of powerful monsters in the company knew of it.

They only saw the inception of Heavenly Punishment that made all souls quiver in the scene.

Only extraordinary monsters were present in the scene.

After all, every single one of them that has been carefully selected to accompany God Emperor Bai Qian for the grand occasion were formidable entities from Eight Heavens.

Being selected to serve as her entourage already proved they are extraordinary.

Although the unique boundary surrounding Bai Qian’s carriage made it impossible for them to peek into what was happening inside, they easily figured out that someone was probably refining a Taoist Item inside, and this item was absolutely exceptional.

Unlike the tribulations associated with different breakthroughs in cultivation, the Heavenly Punishment for an artifact does not have any refinement effect, it purely exists to destroy the ’design’ in the ’rules’ of heaven and earth that should not appear.

Items barely formed by relying on other items usually cannot resist the Heavenly Punishment.

This resistance required the assistance of others.

This much was understood by all the monsters present.

But what was to come next.

They just couldn’t understand even if they tried...

From the moment an Immortal Item is formed, Heavenly Punishment is bound to appear.

There’s nothing to argue on this.

The rules of Heaven and Earth were "designed" in such a way, nothing beyond an Immortal Item should appear.

There were many aspects involved in this, but the main reason was the involvement of the Power of Rules.

The Power of Rules should not be manipulated or controlled by any living creature, nor should it be driven by objects. This power belongs to the Heavenly Path.

Heavenly Punishment is a barrier set by the Heavenly Path.

Only those who have resisted the Heavenly Punishment, have the right to exist in the world beyond an Immortal Item.

This is actually the same principle as facing tribulations during cultivation.

The act of cultivation is inherently against the heavens, so when cultivators break through their realms, they need to face Heavenly Tribulations which serve both as tests and constraints. It’s just that the rules for the cultivation path for the living creatures are slightly lenient.

Then the question arises.

Exactly what level of Taoist Item was refined inside the carriage to invite such terrifying Heavenly Punishment, that it made all the souls present tremble?

And who was the refiner?

The answer to the first question is hard to ascertain without seeing the item itself.

The answer to the second question, however, is easy to deduce.

The refiner of the Taoist Item, could only be Fox Demon Venerable Jiu Li.

Refining is a technical work, requiring skills, experience, materials among other factors.

In order to refine a Taoist Item directly.

It requires the refiner to meet very high realm requirements.

If it wasn’t Venerable Jiu Li who refined such a terrifying Taoist Item inside the carriage, then who could it be?

The problem is, Venerable Jiu Li is a demon...

Demons normally don’t understand techniques or artifact refinement, so how on earth did she refine such a terrifying Taoist Item?

Furthermore, the time since she "boarded the carriage" up until now was just a mere quarter of an hour...

Don’t even talk about a Taoist Item of this level.

Even the refining of an ordinary Taoist Item couldn’t be completed within a quarter of an hour, let alone the required preparatory work for the refinement which takes a lot more time than this.

On considering it again.

That terrifying Heavenly Punishment, just vanished.

None of those present had any idea what happened...

How could the Heavenly Punishment just disappear without anyone making a move to break it?

The monster strong ones traveling with the chariot all had baffled looks on their faces and collectively chose to give up thinking.

If they couldn’t figure something out, they wouldn’t bother trying.

Praise be to Sky Control...that’s all that mattered.

Putting aside the monsters traveling with the chariot.

Bai Qian and Han Youran inside the chariot also had the same look of stupefaction on their faces. Even Ye Piaoran was making an O with her mouth.

Let’s leave the former two aside.

Although Ye Piaoran knew that Li Jing had the ability to refine Taoist items and had witnessed it firsthand, she didn’t know how he dealt with Heavenly Punishment while refining outside the Little Universe because he usually scattered it before it could gather in the Little Universe.

Ye Piaoran would never think that Li Jing couldn’t cope with mere Heavenly Punishment.

No matter how terrifying or strong the Heavenly Punishment is, it is only the result of rules.

As long as one is strong enough, one can break it with force.

Li Jing is a strong one at the Heaven Respect Level.

How could the Heavenly Punishment brought about by the formation of a Taoist item be something he couldn’t handle?

But it’s a bit too absurd that Heavenly Punishment dispersed when he just glanced at it. He didn’t even use a glare.

It felt like...

Instead of Li Jing dispersing the Heavenly Punishment, it seemed more like he controlled the rules of Heavenly Punishment.

But unquestionably, these are not rules that humans can drive!

There are countless rules in the world, and different heavenly and earthly places have numerous unique aspects.

Various cultivations can control and operate most rules through understanding the Heavenly Path, but exceptions like Heavenly Punishment cannot be controlled, only the Will of Heaven has that ability.

The Upper Three Realms is not the Little Universe, how can Li Jing control the rules of Heavenly Punishment!?

Ye Piaoran was a bit confused.

Mainly because she didn’t know that Li Jing controlled the rules of the Heavenly Punishment.

After all, even within Chen Tang City, very few people knew about this, and those who did wouldn’t talk about it.

As for those in the outside world who knew about Li Jing’s control of the Heavenly Punishment, basically none exist...

Li Jing had fully mastered the rules of the Heavenly Punishment over two hundred years ago, even causing a bug in the rules of the Heavenly Punishment. The Heavenly Punishment that should have fallen on him would randomly select a "related person".

Heavenly Punishment can’t hit him, how can such "lower-level rules" as Heavenly Punishment and tribulation possibly fall on him?

Since fully mastering the rules of the Heavenly Punishment, only Li Jing knows how many times he has missed the baptism of the tribulation when he has been promoted to a higher realm. Of course, given his circumstances, he doesn’t really lack such things.

While Bai Qian and the others were stunned, a small kiddie, round and chubby yet exceptionally cute, formed from the hairpin in Li Jing’s hand.

At first glance at this little kiddie, Bai Qian and the others’ eyes widened on the spot.

This spirit weapon was just too cute.

Aside from that, it was quite different from the typical spirit weapon.

The trio could easily sense it.

The affinity of this girl spirit weapon with the three rules swirling around her was chillingly high.

The affinity between a Taoist Spirit Weapon and the rules it controls has a direct bearing on how much power it can exert with the corresponding rules in its hands.

At the same time, it also has to do with the control of the corresponding rules when they encounter a device that also controls the same rules.

If the affinity is high enough.

The spirit weapon could even make the other party temporarily lose control of the corresponding rules, plummeting in grade to become a pseudo-Taoist artifact.

Just like understanding the rules of a spirit weapon.

Generally speaking, the affinity of the rules cannot be artificially interfered with, and it can only be slowly improved after the spirit weapon has understood the rules and then deepened over time.

This spirit weapon just formed and already has a sky-high affinity with the rules it controls. It’s simply against the rules!

Damn it!

Want it!

Putting aside Bai Qian and the others.

Li Jing’s expression was somewhat strange at the moment.

Dispelling Heavenly Punishment and the like, small scene.

It was also reasonable to refine a unique Taoist artifact with several divine objects as raw materials.

The key point is.

This time, he critically succeeded in refining...

Just because he critically succeeded, the hairpin in his hand seemed extremely against the heavens from the moment it was refined.

What’s even more valuable is...

This hairpin controls three conceptual rules.

The first one is Guarding.

It can autonomously provide the owner with defense against a single lethal injury.

The second one is Boundaries.

It can stretch open any boundaries, including defense, according to needs with the power of rules. The intensity depends on the power of rules that the spirit weapon can mobilize.

The third one is Reflection.

It can reflect any attack, including the power of rules, within a few moments regardless of realm difference.

None of these rules are offensive, but three different conceptual rules determine its boundless potential and extremely high controllability.

Moreover, the spirit weapon itself has an inherent high affinity for rules.

This hairpin is undoubtedly an amazing lifesaving divine object.

If properly used, it could even yield unexpected benefits in critical times.

The level of this hairpin and its ease of use could be said to be Li Jing’s highest achievement in his life’s artifact refinement.

This...

Honestly, it’s a bit embarrassing.

He actually refined this hairpin to give it to the little fangirl Bai Qian as a token of affection.

He also wanted to make a show off a bit, and let her speculate slightly that he is not actually a monster...

Having an additional God Emperor fangirl for no reason, Li Jing doesn’t feel anything wrong.

But the person she is fanning over from beginning to end is not him, but a female demon Heavenly Respect.

This is a bit... awkward...

If left alone, who knows what will happen one day in the future when Bai Qian finds out the truth.

Perhaps, she will develop inner demons because of it, or even turn into a yandere...

That’s not what he wants to see.

However, he never expected that he would have a critical success after such a long time, and refined this top-notch defensive Taoist item.

Now he’s a bit reluctant to give it away.

Li Jing glanced at Bai Qian, who was sitting across from him and staring blankly at the spirit weapon in his hand, hesitated for a moment, then looked at the little spirit weapon in his hand that was looking at him with a silly face.

"Go, recognize your master."

???

On the other side, Bai Qian,

Fox demons have always been known for their intelligence among the monsters.

As a God Emperor of the Monster Path, she is even more discerning.

Li Jing suddenly refined an artifact and flaunted it in her face, she easily understood that he intended to give her a small gift.

Not only this.

What Li Jing indirectly wanted to explain, she also accurately understood.

Including the fact that he is not the Demon Race Heavenly Respect she expected, let alone a fox demon.

Honestly,

This is quite a shock to Bai Qian.

But just as Li Jing expected beforehand,

Even knowing the truth, Bai Qian decided to play dumb in a split second.

There was no choice.

The demons of Eight Heavens need a Heavenly Respect.

Even if Li Jing is not affiliated with Eight Heavens and cannot join, the existence of a Heavenly Respect level character among the demons is enough to make all of the Upper Three Realms think twice.

Li Jing indirectly explained this with artifact refinement, and Bai Qian also believed that he would not mind the Ten Thousand Demon Palace borrowing his prestige.

What’s even more rare is,

Li Jing is obviously not a demon, but he doesn’t hold a greedy or hostile attitude towards the monsters like other races. He even considers the feelings of the demon cultivators, including her, from Eight Heavens.

She, Bai Qian, has decided to stick with this big leg!

And Bai Qian is not greedy either.

The Taoist item in front of her is exceptionally extraordinary, she had no expectation that Li Jing would normally give it to her.

And moreover,

This Taoist item would not be very useful in her hands.

Demons cannot control artifacts.

In her hands, it can only rely on the spirit weapon itself for operations.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Taoist item to exert all its power like this.

Before this, it was rare for a demonic beast to make a Taoist item recognize it as its master.

Because this can only be achieved if the Taoist item chooses to recognize the master on its own.

Demons can’t control artifacts, how can they tame a spirit weapon?

Now he not only wants to give this Taoist artifact hairpin to her, but he even urged the spirit weapon to recognize a master, which made Bai Qian unable to digest all this at once.

Newly refined artifacts do maintain some connection with the refiner for a certain period of time, but this can’t influence the spirit weapon’s choice of master.

Even if the artifact refiner himself wants to tame the spirit weapon into recognizing him as its master, he must have enough ability to make it submit.

Li Jing, as an artifact refiner, should be very clear about these things and there’s no reason for him to say this.

Thus, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion,

He has the ability to influence the spirit weapon to recognize a master.

If he can really do it,

Then his existence would mean more than just the symbolic name of Heavenly Respect for the demon cultivators. He even has the ability to change the current status of the entire demon race!

Bai Qian had thousands of thoughts. The little spirit weapon was quite reluctant when told to recognize a master, her chubby face full of resistance.

Not only is she a Taoist spirit weapon, but she is also an inherently high-level one.

No one but Li Jing, who refined her, is qualified to be her master.

Even the Body of Demon Emperor, Bai Qian, who is not simple and can break through the 15th Realm at any time even though she has just entered the Sixteenth Realm, she looks down on.

However, Li Jing said,

She dared not disregard his order...

Had no choice.

Her refiner was too terrifying.

Since the moment she was refined, she was well aware that Li Jing could easily overhaul her and erase her spirit weapon consciousness.

This is usually very difficult to do.

Especially since she is not only a top-notch spirit weapon but also a defensive artifact.

But in front of Li Jing,

These are not obstacles.

Seeing him looking at her with a calm expression, the spirit weapon had no choice but to fly to Bai Qian with a wronged expression on her face.

When Bai Qian saw this, she was stunned.

What!?

This spirit weapon really wants to recognize a master!?

Li Jing only said one sentence...

Looking at the spirit weapon hovering in front of her with her small mouth pouted high in a cute manner, Bai Qian, pleased at heart, swallowed hard, and raised her hand to extend a slender finger.

Seeing this, the spirit weapon turned her head and took a tearful last look at "faithless man" Li Jing, clung to Bai Qian’s finger, bit into her Body of Demon Emperor lightly, took a bit of essence blood, and then transformed into the Taoist Item itself and fell into her hand.

Bai Qian is a demon.

She cannot hold the artifact inside her body.

But the spirit weapon has indeed recognized a master.

The Taoist item hairpin in her hand can now be used by her.

Also, due to having completed the master recognition, even though she cannot directly operate this Taoist item, the spirit weapon can extract the demon power in her body to autonomously exert its due power...