Cultivating To Immortality

The Thunderbolt Sword Art is a top-tier Mahayana level cultivation technique, allowing one to cultivate to the peak of the Mahayana realm.

The most exquisite part of this cultivation technique lies in its accompanying Thunder Sword Array, which is the incredibly powerful sword array Grand Elder Hu San unleashed a few days ago.

Fang Hong was deeply impressed by this sword array and thought its power was quite good.

If his physical body hadn't been strong enough that day, he would have been torn to shreds by the dense, crisscrossing Sword Qi.

Precisely because he had witnessed its overbearing power, Fang Hong decided to thoroughly comprehend the essence of the Thunderbolt Sword Art and integrate it into his own cultivation technique system.

This way, he would also be able to personally wield such a profound sword array.

However, to unleash the true peak combat power of the Thunder Sword Array, there was a strict requirement: a total of seventy-two Flying Swords had to be refined.

Moreover, the higher the grade of the Flying Swords, the more terrifying the power unleashed when the sword array was activated.

Fang Hong currently did not have a complete set of Flying Swords available.

Grand Elder Hu San, on the other hand, possessed thirty-six Thunder Flying Swords, each reaching the standard of a High-Grade spiritual treasure.

But these Flying Swords were, after all, just ordinary items, without the enhancement of a special Divine Power; using them to unleash the sword array could at most achieve fifty percent of its power, which was far from meeting Fang Hong's requirements.

With Fang Hong's discerning eye, he naturally wouldn't look down on these mediocre items; he could only start anew and refine a set of Flying Swords belonging to him.

As for the materials for artifact refining, Fang Hong had already decided: once the sky thunder bamboo and Yin Underworld Tree were fully mature, he would use these two Divine Woods of Heaven and Earth as the main materials to refine the Flying Swords.

At that time, the power of the Flying Swords would certainly far exceed Grand Elder Hu San's set of Thunder Swords.

Besides the mysteries of the Thunderbolt Sword Art, Fang Hong also learned some hidden intelligence about the Fallen Immortal Sect from Grand Elder Hu San's memory.

This Fallen Immortal Sect was far more unfathomable than rumored by the outside world; the sect actually had three Mahayana Stage Old Ancestors.

The one with the strongest cultivation had even reached the peak of the Mahayana realm, just one step away from assaulting the True Immortal realm.

Even more shocking was that the Fallen Immortal Sect actually housed an Immortal Artifact as its protective sect treasure.

This should be the supreme treasure left behind by an Ancestral Master who Ascended to Immortality at the beginning of the sect's founding.

The might of an Immortal Artifact was comparable to an Immortal's personal presence; once fully activated, even a Mahayana Peak Cultivator would be obliterated in an instant, truly a great weapon of destruction.

Of course, activating an Immortal Artifact required some cost; even the Mahayana Old Ancestors of the Fallen Immortal Sect would never dare to easily use this supreme treasure.

Ordinarily, it could only be used as the ultimate protective sect card, never to be revealed unless at a life-or-death juncture.

Otherwise, with the power of an Immortal Artifact, the Old Ancestors of the Fallen Immortal Sect would probably have already swept across the entire Profound Fallen Realm, allowing the sect to unify the world.

With an Immortal Artifact and three Mahayana Stage Old Ancestors guarding it, the Fallen Immortal Sect's ability to firmly hold the position of the Azure Holy Continent's number one force was indeed well-deserved.

"Ahhhh, your... your retribution will come soon, just you wait."

Although Grand Elder Hu San's soul body was severely tormented, the venom and arrogance in his tone did not diminish in the slightest.

Fang Hong snorted, completely ignoring him, and directly summoned the demon soul banner, sucking Grand Elder Hu San's soul into it.

"Ahhh. No, no."

Grand Elder Hu San's soul struggled frantically within the banner, his shrill screams rising and falling.

Under the devouring of the skeleton Artifact Spirit, it gradually weakened, eventually completely dissipating without a trace.

Having dealt with Grand Elder Hu San, Fang Hong began to carefully tally his gains from this trip.

After a thorough search, the harvest was truly gratifying:

Hundreds of thousands of origin stones, thirty-six Thunder Swords, one Space-Locking Chain, one soul Suppressing Pearl, one Golden Buddha Kasaya, several precious pill formulas, a pile of low-grade spiritual artifacts of little use, and many scattered artifact refining materials.

As expected of a Grand Elder of the Fallen Immortal Sect, as a Body Integration Late Stage Cultivator, his wealth was indeed abundant.

This was Fang Hong's most fruitful haul in all his previous searches.

The value of primeval stones goes without saying; they are a universal resource, indispensable for daily transactions and cultivation breakthroughs.

The Thunder Swords, Space-Locking Chain, and Golden Buddha Kasaya were all genuine High-Grade spiritual treasures, while the soul Suppressing Pearl was a Mid-Grade spiritual treasure.

These four spiritual treasures each had their unique uses; Fang Hong pondered for a moment and decided to keep the Space-Locking Chain and soul Suppressing Pearl for his own use first.

As for the thirty-six Thunder Swords and the Golden Buddha Kasaya, he would temporarily put them away and refine them later as circumstances dictated, to feed his life bound spiritual treasures and enhance their grade.

It is worth mentioning that the soul Suppressing Pearl and his Soul Nurturing Pearl were similar in attributes, both having the miraculous effects of nourishing Divine Sense and stabilizing the Divine Soul.

Fang Hong planned to find a suitable opportunity to fuse these two treasures together and re-refine them.

Perhaps he could refine an even higher-grade spiritual treasure, and at that time, the amplification to his Divine Sense would undoubtedly be even more significant.

In terms of pill formulas, Grand Elder Hu San had collected quite a few, among which two piqued Fang Hong's interest: the Void spirit pill and the Demon God Pill.

The Void spirit pill was a medicinal pill for Body Integration Cultivators; after refining it, one could enhance their magical power.

The Demon God Pill, on the other hand, was a unique Pill specifically prepared for Spiritual Beasts, containing pure demonic power that could help Spiritual Beasts quickly breakthrough their realm.

It could be refined for Little Rainbow to consume, helping it grow up sooner.

Regarding artifact refining materials, Fang Hong also discovered quite a few lava crystals in Grand Elder Hu San's storage bag.

Once the sky thunder bamboo and Yin Underworld Tree matured, they could be used to refine Flying Swords, which would surely elevate the power of the Flying Swords to a new level.

As for those low-grade spiritual artifacts, Fang Hong merely glanced at them casually and lost interest.

These items had no special effects and were of low grade; keeping them would only take up space, so they could all be used to feed his spiritual treasures, considering it reasonable utilization.

After dealing with these miscellaneous matters, Fang Hong took out the Star Tower he carried with him, and with a flash of his figure, he entered the third layer space within the tower.

In the center of this space, a huge crystal coffin was prominently displayed.

Sealed within the coffin was the corpse of the Demonic Roc that he had brought back from the depths of the Underground World.

This was Fang Hong's most valuable gain from his trip to the Underground World.

Coupled with the wealth he had plundered from Grand Elder Hu San, it was enough to compensate for the previously lost Heavenly Thunder Needle and Dragon Suppressing Cauldron.

Fang Hong gazed at the Demonic Roc's corpse, which appeared lifelike, as if it were merely in a deep sleep.

Except for the missing demonic core within its body, the rest of the corpse was extremely well-preserved, especially those dark golden giant wings.

Fang Hong planned to cut them off and, through the soul Fusion Secret Art, integrate them into his Swift Wind Wings.

The Demonic Roc was originally one of the fastest demonic birds between heaven and earth, and its wings contained the Law of Wind.

After the two were fused, it might allow the Swift Wind Wings to breakthrough their bottleneck again, bringing a qualitative leap in both power and speed.

Having made up his mind, Fang Hong rose into the air and slowly pushed out his palms.

A condensed ball of magical power roared forth, firmly enveloping the entire crystal coffin, and he began to process the Demonic Roc's corpse.

For three days and three nights, Fang Hong had already removed the Demonic Roc's wings and preserved some other hard parts.

As for the rest of the corpse, it was all fed to the demon gourd, refined into a Mahayana-grade spirit pill.