Chapter 1069 - 730: Sudden Calamity

Chapter 1069: Chapter 730: Sudden Calamity

Outside the window, the myriad pavilions of Myriad Phenomena Immortal City glowed with a golden-red hue under the setting sun.

Flying ships crisscrossed the sky like weaving threads, and cultivators’ escape lights dotted the scene, resembling a bustling grandeur.

He extended his hand and grasped the air.

It was as if he intended to hold the entire Immortal City within his palm.

"Senior Brother, we’ve battled for two hundred years, a few more years won’t make a difference. Let’s take it slow."

...

Jingjian Island

Deep within the cave mansion, the stone chamber was silent.

Shen Xuan slowly exhaled a mouthful of foul air.

The foul air spread slowly like a white practice ribbon in the dim room, revealing his calm face.

He opened his eyes, and a flicker of ice and fire appeared in his gaze.

On the Mysterious Jade Talisman.

[Lifespan: 258/1218]

[Divine Power: Tai Chi Primordial Technique - Minor Achievement (288/800)]

[Talent: Ice and Fire Tai Chi Primordial Dao Body - Minor Achievement (12/800)]

[Dao Rhyme: 866228]

Shen Xuan gazed momentarily, a ripple slipping through the depths of his eyes.

For three years, Shen Xuan refined the Inner Core Essence Blood of the Dark Moon Wolf.

He seized the innate divine power [Phantom Clone].

With a slight thought.

The space rippled like flowing water.

A figure similar in form to him silently coalesced.

The appearance was similar, the aura cold and secluded.

The innate divine power [Phantom Clone] of the Dark Moon Wolf.

This clone possessed thirty percent of his combat power.

Especially under the moonlight, it was hard to distinguish between reality and illusion, and difficult to see through for those below the Nascent Soul stage.

However, it wasn’t just that.

Shen Xuan summoned a red gourd.

A green shadow appeared carrying a sword box.

The form and appearance bore a seventy percent resemblance to Shen Xuan.

It was the blood-refined divine corpse clone refined from the Red Flame Dao Body.

Within the Dantian held the essence of [Celestial Tribulation Thunderfire], and the sword box on the back was a Tier Four Spiritual Treasure, the Thunderfire Sword.

"Swift!"

Shen Xuan integrated the phantom clone into this blood-refined divine corpse.

Immediately, the eyes of the blood-refined divine corpse gleamed with a chilly light, and a fiery aura surged.

In an instant, the Thunderfire Sword left the sheath, flying into the hands of the blood-refined divine corpse, thrusting towards Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan summoned the Purple Gold True Water Seal.

"Boom!"

The Purple Gold True Water Seal let out a sorrowful sound, its spiritual light suddenly dimmed, and it flew back into Shen Xuan’s hand.

"Not bad."

Shen Xuan’s lips curved into a smile.

With [Phantom Clone] integrated into the blood-refined divine corpse, it moved as an extension of his own limbs.

The offensive and defensive capabilities were significantly enhanced.

Shen Xuan estimated that in this way, this blood-refined divine corpse possessed about fifty percent of True Monarch Red Flame’s combat power.

Although True Monarch Red Flame was at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, he was a sect Nascent Soul, with considerable strength.

The most critical aspect was that this blood-refined divine corpse was still a Divine Power Realm Dao Body.

Fearless of life and death, its close-combat strength was even greater.

"Red Flame, don’t let me lay eyes on you. Otherwise, it will be your day of reckoning!"

Shen Xuan thought to himself.

In the past three years, the originally acquired over eight hundred thousand Dao Rhymes in the Jade Talisman, plus the two million Dao Rhymes brought by the Inner Core Essence Blood of the Dark Moon Wolf, were all invested by Shen Xuan into the [Ice and Fire Tai Chi Primordial Dao Body].

At last, he stepped into the realm of minor achievement.

During cultivation, the inhalation and exhalation of Spiritual Qi increased by thirty percent.

During spell-casting, the speed was quicker, and the magical power flowed more smoothly.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

...

Shen Xuan rose and stepped out of the practice room.

Morning wind hit his face, carrying the slight sweetness distinctive of lake water.

Shen Xuan walked to a flat patch of reef on the eastern side of the island.

He took out a dull-gray puppet bag, tilting the bag mouth down.

"Swoosh."

Dozens of pieces with metallic sheen scattered across the ground.

Wing bones, torso, sharp claws, head...

Each part was engraved with intricate runes.

Shen Xuan crouched down, his ten fingers flying.

Detaching, assembling, embedding, locking.

His movements were fluid like flowing water, and the runes sequentially lit at his fingertips.

One incense stick’s time later.

A Thunder Roc puppet with a wingspan of three feet stood quietly on the reef.

Iron feathers like blades, its eagle eyes icy cold.

This was a puppet lacking the essence of the Thunder Roc.

Still just an external object, prone to backlash, not fitting Shen Xuan’s design philosophy.

He took nine Upper Grade Thunder Spirit Stones from the Spirit Stone Bag, embedding them one by one into the Thunder Roc puppet’s chest grooves.

"Buzz!"

The Thunder Roc’s eyes suddenly lit up with radiant blue light.

The runes circulated over its body, Spiritual Qi wave layers rippling out, comparable to a True Pill cultivator.

Shen Xuan flipped himself onto the Thunder Roc puppet’s back.

His divine sense, like fine strands, infiltrated the control core.

"Rise."

The Thunder Roc puppet’s wings flapped, soaring into the sky!

Gale hit him, clouds rolled back.

Shen Xuan sat astride the Thunder Roc puppet’s back, his robe billowing in the wind.

Feeling every vibration of the Thunder Roc puppet’s frame, every circulation of spiritual energy.

Fast! Very fast!

Almost on par with a real Tier Three Thunder Roc King.

After circling within the clouds three times, Shen Xuan guided the Thunder Roc puppet back to the reef.

"It’s done."

He murmured softly, his eyes bearing a hint of smile.

The third-generation Thunder Roc puppet, successfully improved.

Now, it only required the divine sense of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator to control freely.

Its combat power comparable to the early stage of Core Formation.

Though slightly inferior to a real Thunder Roc King, it excelled in speed and ease of control.

If a cultivator controlled it well, they could heavily damage or even kill demon beasts of the same tier.

Shen Xuan’s smile quickly faded.

He ran his hand over the puppet’s wing bones etched with blue luminescent patterns.

Millennial Mystic Jade Crystal allowed the power of the divine soul to conduct smoothly, like streams flowing into the sea.

Soul Crystal Essence could amplify the strength of divine sense, enabling a Foundation Establishment cultivator to maneuver a Core Formation puppet.

Both are Tier Three Upper Grade spiritual materials, priceless and rare.

To obtain these materials, Shen Xuan had Immortal Jing Lian use Golden Transformation Pills to barter from the Myriad Phenomena Daoist Palace.

You couldn’t purchase enough quantity in the market.

Let alone the other rare auxiliary materials.

As for refinement...

With his current artifact refining skills, naturally, he couldn’t fail.

But each puppet required three to four years of his spare time, consuming his heart and soul considerably.

"No rush."

Shen Xuan lightly patted the Thunder Roc’s cold iron wings, his gaze looking to the farther distance.

"This third generation is essentially complete."

"The next generation needs to be affordable, easy to manufacture, and accessible to every Foundation Establishment cultivator."

He wasn’t chasing immense combat power from this Thunder Roc puppet.