Chapter 585: Mica Sword Pill

Chapter 585 -529: Mica Sword Pill

Even the pages burned by Demon Fire, which had only a few partial characters remaining, were all copied.

However, Bai Zichen felt that the person wasn’t doing this because he particularly valued the Three Generations Lowering Sword Technique. Instead, it was out of a Taibai Sword Sect Disciple’s sense of duty to not let any of the Sect’s inherited classics be lost.

The Taibai Sword Sect’s ancestral worship ceremonies, Daoist rituals…

Bai Zichen patiently copied the contents of the first Jade Scroll. Aside from being a primary source for understanding the culture of the Taibai Sword Sect, it was otherwise useless.

The second Jade Scroll was slightly better. It was titled the Eight Sword Refining Techniques and detailed eight fine points of Sword Refinement summarized by this Sword Refiner.

The Taibai Sword Sect was the number one Sect of its time, the greatest Sword Cultivator Major Sect of all ages, and, without a doubt, the foremost Holy Land for Sword Refinement.

This could be seen from the number of Tier Four Flying Swords the Taibai Sword Sect possessed.

Even though many were spoils of war from the outside world, a significant portion had been upgraded from self-refined Tier Three Flying Swords.

This Jade Scroll could greatly enhance Bai Zichen’s Sword Refining Skill, which had been improved in a crude and hasty manner.

Back then, he had only been focused on successfully refining the Thunder Bamboo Sword. Let alone a foundation in Artifact Refining, even his Sword Refining Skill was such that his success rate would plummet if he tried to refine any Flying Sword other than a few specific types.

The Artifact Refining Skill of the Human World was insufficient to directly forge a Treasure on the level of a Spiritual Treasure.

The only way was to madly pile on High-Tier Spiritual Materials, far exceeding the limits a Top-Grade Magical Treasure could withstand. Once forged, it would have to face a Spirit Tribulation.

A Spirit Tribulation was perilous, every bit as dangerous as a Human Race Cultivator’s Nascent Soul Celestial Tribulation, if not more so. The average success rate was only one in ten.

However, according to legends from the Earth Immortal Realm, it wasn’t impossible to directly succeed in refining Spiritual Treasures, or even Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures.

‘Star River Sword Monarch, a short biography… What a fortunate coincidence. To think I’d come across a Jade Scroll about this senior.’

Bai Zichen’s spirits lifted the moment he skimmed the title of the third Jade Scroll.

Its contents were actually about the Star River Sword Monarch. It was something like a biography, likely written within the Taibai Sword Sect for its most outstanding group of Sword Cultivators.

The Jade Scroll detailed his life, his achievements, and his aspirations for the future.

It also included a description of the Star River Sword Array that the Star River Sword Monarch was famous for. It explicitly stated his plan to use a Secret Technique to simultaneously advance all twelve of his Flying Swords to Tier Four the moment the Grotto Heaven Power descended.

Upon advancing to Divinity Transformation, with one’s Daoist Technique reaching Perfection and Divine Thought undergoing Crystal Transformation, the peerless Grotto Heaven Power would descend. At that moment, upgrading a Tier Three Flying Sword to Tier Four was a certainty.

Any ambitious Divinity Transformation Sword Cultivator would generally aim to break through to a Tier Five Flying Sword.

After all, a Divinity Transformation Sword Cultivator would never be short of a Tier Four Flying Sword.

Over ten thousand years ago, the Star River Sword Monarch already had a Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivation. Within the Taibai Sword Sect, his chances of breaking through to Divinity Transformation ranked in the top three.

But he never replaced the twelve Flying Swords in his Sword Array, which had been formed right after he reached the Nascent Soul Realm, even when he had the chance to obtain one or two Tier Four Flying Swords.

He did this for a greater goal. He wanted his Array Flying Swords to coexist for several hundred years, establishing an invisible, intangible connection.

He was just waiting for the moment he successfully achieved Divinity Transformation. The lucky recipient chosen by the Star River Sword Monarch wouldn’t be a single Flying Sword, but all twelve of them.

If he succeeded, it would mean all twelve Flying Swords would advance simultaneously. The power of a Tier Four Sword Array would be no less than that of a Tier Five Flying Sword, and in many situations, it would even be superior.

“What incredible forbearance, to have Tier Four Flying Swords available but not use them… But if he had really pulled it off and crossed that gulf in a single leap, a complete Tier Four Star River Sword Formation would have been considered a superior skill even among Divinity Transformation Great Powers. What a pity.”

Bai Zichen couldn’t learn the Star River Sword Monarch’s method, nor did he need to follow it.

With the Taibai Sword Sect backing him, the Star River Sword Monarch was presented with dozens of Tier Three Flying Swords to choose from the moment he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

The twelve Flying Swords he chose for his Array Formation were meticulously selected based on their compatible attributes, growth potential, and various other aspects. This was unlike Bai Zichen, who just piled on any Tier Three Flying Sword he could find simply to make up the numbers.

Several hundred years had allowed the Star River Sword Monarch’s twelve Flying Swords to gradually form a single entity, their auras linked. He didn’t need a Tier Four Flying Sword disrupting them.

He was just waiting for the moment of Divinity Transformation for them to collectively sublimate into a set of twelve perfectly matched Tier Four Flying Swords.

That was something even the Taibai Sword Sect couldn’t achieve by emptying its entire treasury.

Bai Zichen came from a humble background. Before him, the Qingfeng Sect hadn’t produced even a single decent Sword Cultivator, so it couldn’t provide any Sword Dao resources.

If he could get his hands on one more powerful Flying Sword, he would use it immediately and impatiently. His mindset was completely different from the Star River Sword Monarch’s.

And as the number of Tier Four Flying Swords in Bai Zichen’s possession grew, the idea of using a Secret Technique to have his Tier Three Flying Swords advance together was no longer cost-effective.

There was another point: given his Cultivation speed, it was very likely he would reach the moment of Divinity Transformation before his Sword Array had even developed true rapport.

In any case, after the group finished copying the Jade Scrolls and the Sword Technique and returned the originals to their owner, it was time for the main event.

“The Mica Sword Pill is the most important Elixir of the Taibai Sword Sect, bar none… As long as your Cultivation hasn’t reached Late-Stage Nascent Soul, it’s effective. You can even take it multiple times.”

Po Jun Star Monarch indeed recognized the item. He licked his lips, glanced at the obvious Buddhist Sect Flying Sword in the Deity of the Moon’s hand, and quickly made a choice.

“The Elixir contains a tyrannical Sword Qi that will uncontrollably attack your entire body after you consume it. But in the process, over seventy percent of that Sword Qi can still be used to break through your bottleneck.”

“There’s a thirty percent chance of breaking through your Realm directly! A forty percent chance of your meridians being damaged! And a thirty percent chance that the Sword Qi will pierce your Dantian Qi Sea, turning you into a cripple!”

“In the entire Cultivation Realm, there is no Elixir that can increase the probability of Breaking Realm as much as the Mica Sword Pill!”

Jumeng Star Monarch opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn’t get the words out.

He probably never expected that a few Elixirs casually found in a Pill Furnace would have such an extraordinary origin.

Later, he had specifically gone for the Pill Furnace but had found nothing.

“Daoist Brother Po Jun, can you guarantee that this Elixir’s Spiritual nature is intact and that it’s still effective?”

The Deity of the Moon’s form of address reverted to how it was before. Her breathing quickened, and her chest heaved.

She was already a Mid-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator. If the Mica Sword Pill was as effective as described, the Deity of the Moon might even become a Great True Monarch within a hundred years.

For her, this was like ascending to the heavens in a single step. How could she possibly remain calm?

“The Mica Sword Pill is different from ordinary Elixirs. Its refining process mostly uses Five Metals Spirit, fused with Mica Divine Stone. Most importantly, it requires a strand of Power of Origin from a Tier Five Flying Sword… Once formed, let alone being nurtured in a Pill Furnace for ten thousand years, its Pill Power wouldn’t dissipate even if you threw it into a much harsher environment.”

With the five Mica Sword Pills before them, Po Jun Star Monarch, who was about to make his selection, seemed much more relaxed.

A Tier Four Flying Sword was good, but one was enough. He would use his remaining chance to choose a Realm-Breaking Elixir.

Although he had thought that just getting the Cave Profound Godslaying Sword Scripture and passing down the Taibai Sword Sect’s Fundamental Great Method would be enough.

But now that the opportunity was truly before him, his heart trembled, and he couldn’t bear to miss it.

“But a thirty percent chance of the Dantian Qi Sea being destroyed by Sword Qi is too high a risk… If you fail after taking the elixir, you might even die directly in your Quiet Chamber during Cultivation.”

Jumeng Star Monarch was clearly a bit afraid of the Mica Sword Pill’s side effects. He was obviously not very old and had yet to experience the suffering of being firmly shackled by a Nascent Soul bottleneck.

“If it didn’t have this side effect, the Mica Sword Pill wouldn’t be an elixir of the Human World, but an Immortal Pill that could only appear in the Upper Realm! If you don’t dare to take it, you can sell it; there are plenty of people willing to pay a high price. As long as you prepare in advance, it won’t be difficult to save your life even if the Sword Qi does erupt and wreak havoc in your Qi Sea. You could even maintain your current Realm. You’d just never be able to refine nature’s spiritual energy again.”

Po Jun Star Monarch tapped his fingers, looking slightly impatient, and said,

“Let’s begin the selection. Based on the principle of equal value, one chance only gets you one Mica Sword Pill.”

“I choose one Mica Sword Pill!”

The Deity of the Moon didn’t hesitate and made her choice directly.

“I… also choose a Mica Sword Pill.”

A venomous snake of resentment writhed in Jumeng Star Monarch’s heart. ‘If it weren’t for Tiann Xiang Star Monarch, these five Mica Sword Pills would all be mine. I wouldn’t even have to use up a turn to pick them; I could have taken them all!’