Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 259: Chapter 176: Refining Treasures_3

Translator: 549690339

Defend, keep defending, as long as we hold out, the final victory will belong to our Tianshu Sect!

Yunji steadfastly believed this.

Outside the Tianshu Sect…

The Mighty Bulls collapsed, the Taoist magic dissipated.

The mountains remained mountains, the formations remained intact.

Tianshu’s Big Dipper, unyielding and unmoving.

Seeing this, Xu Yang didn’t seem too concerned. With a casual wave of his sleeve, thunder clouds formed and he turned heading north.

That it couldn’t be breached was only to be expected.

With his current strength, even with skill traits like that of a “Daoist Celestial Master” and Taoist magic like the Fishing Mountain Nine Bulls, it would still be difficult to break through a fourth-tier great array upheld by a Formation Master.

A cultivator’s realm and cultivation are the foundation.

Without sufficient cultivation to sustain it, everything else is as insubstantial as a house built in the air, not even worth discussing.

His present level of cultivation wasn’t enough to breach the Tianshu Great Array.

What to do?

Isn’t it obvious?

If the realm is insufficient, then raise the realm.

If the cultivation isn’t enough, then advance the cultivation.

If the power is too weak, then strengthen the power.

In the world of cultivation, transcending the ordinary and entering sainthood, power can solve all problems, and if not, it’s only because your power isn’t strong enough.

So, the current priority is to enhance his strength.

Xu Yang rode the clouds, speeding northward, instantly covering a thousand miles.

Soon, he arrived at a familiar place.

Well, it couldn’t really be considered familiar since he had just been there a few days earlier.

Purple Cloud Mountain!

This second-tier upper-class Spirit Land was no longer as glorious as in the past. In the aftermath of a great battle, it was left with scars and a deep chasm that sliced through the mountain from bottom to top.

As Purple Cloud Mountain was split, a massive amount of spiritual energy dissipated, blending into the surrounding world. Although it nourished the land temporarily, it couldn’t last forever. Left unchecked, this second-tier Spirit Land would soon fall in grade and become mundane.

All thanks to that fourth-tier Prohibition Breaking Talisman.

It not only broke through Xu Yang’s Earth Annihilation Formation but also inflicted severe damage to the spirit veins of Purple Cloud Mountain.

As a result, Purple Cloud Mountain was now cracked open, continuously losing spiritual energy.

If they didn’t quickly rectify the situation by setting up a spirit-gathering formation to heal the damage to the spirit veins, this rare upper-class second-tier Spirit Land within Liang Country might soon be a thing of the past.

Xu Yang came here with a purpose in mind.

To save Purple Cloud Mountain?

Of course not!

He sat upon the clouds, channeling his mana, and in an instant, thunder descended from the heavens, drawing forth the earthfire, enveloping the fractured and ruined Purple Cloud Mountain within.

Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire, the Heavenly Crafts’ Natural Creation!

He was going to Refine Treasures, to forge a Spiritual Treasure.

What Spiritual Treasure?

The Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal!

It was a mighty treasure of the Mysterious Gate, one of the great sects in the World of Dao and Law, from the Peach Blossom Cave of Nine Immortal Mountain.

It is said that this treasure was crafted by the ancestors of Nine Immortal Mountain, who gathered the essence of the three mountains and five peaks and the spirit of all directions’ earth veins. It could wield the Power of Mountains and Rivers, the Power of Thick Earth; even among spiritual treasures, it was considered superior, possessing extraordinary might.

This treasure, shaped like a seal, was incredibly hard, with massive strength and weight. Used in combat, if thrown lightly it would crack a skull, if thrown with force it could mash flesh into pulp.

Used to break through formations, it was also remarkably effective. With the force of the mountains and peaks bearing down, how could any formation withstand it?

If inflicted lightly, the base of the formation would collapse; if hit with full force, the foundation would crumble into dust, turning the great array into ashes.

Truly formidable to the utmost degree!

With this treasure, Nine Immortal Mountain suppressed many demons in the World of Dao and Law, especially those millenniums-old mountain-spirit demons. Upon hearing about the seal of Nine Immortal Mountain, all would keep their distance, terrified and trembling.

However, it was a pity that Nine Immortal Mountain, belonging to the Northern Territory Taoist Gate, met with calamity during the Pudu Cihang Demon Catastrophe and all its disciples perished, none surviving. The treasure was then acquired by Pudu Cihang.

After Xu Yang slew Pudu Cihang, this treasure became the possession of the Wandao School. Later, it became the core of the Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, and a series of “Three Mountains and Five Peaks” mech armors were developed, with the highest reaching the Ten Million Artifacts Level.

At the Ten Million Artifacts Level, it already belonged to the elite class among the existing million artifacts level mechas. Above that were the ace mechas with treasures from the three great Taoist ancestor courts at their cores, such as the “Duotian Supervisor Spirit Officer” from Pure Yang Palace.

Ace mechas at Thirty Million Artifacts Level require Supreme Grade spiritual treasures as their core.

The Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal was merely an upper-class spiritual treasure, with Ten Million Artifacts Level being entirely in line with its grading.

But Xu Yang felt that the potential of this spiritual treasure was far from being fully tapped, especially after his Artifact Refining skills reached the fourth-tier Phase Realm.

Therefore, he initiated a research project in the Heavenly Craftsmanship Institute to optimize the Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal, aiming to elevate this treasure to the Supreme Grade tier.

This was no simple task.

But Xu Yang was no ordinary man.

Under his leadership, the Heavenly Craftsmanship Institute labored painstakingly and after a hundred years of relentless effort, using materials produced by the spirit of Earth Deities at Wandao School, they successfully re-refined the Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal into a Supreme Grade spiritual treasure.

The re-refining approach was quite straightforward: the Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal, being a Land-Moving Treasure, not only possessed the hardness of metal and rock but also the Power of Thick Earth. These two aspects were already nearing perfection. To further enhance it, they had to work from other angles.

Thus, Xu Yang drew inspiration from the Xuanyuan Divine Sword’s Tri-Celestial Method, re-refining the Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal with Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire. He incorporated some precious materials from the Wandao School’s Earth Deities’ Spirit Land, along with the essence of mountains and earth.

After this re-refinement, the Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal indeed underwent a complete transformation. In addition to its original hardness and the Power of Mountains and Rivers, it now possessed the Thunderbolt’s Might and the power of an inferno. When the seal was struck, thunder and fire blended like a falling comet, tearing the skies asunder, its power terrifying to the extreme.

Xu Yang named it the “Thunderfire Overturning Heaven Seal of the Three Mountains and Five Peaks!”

Though rather shamelessly imitative, what mattered wasn’t whether it was a knockoff but rather its power.

As a combat-specific spiritual treasure, the original Three Mountains and Five Peaks Seal was already an exceptional weapon, ideal for smashing foes or breaking through formations, unparalleled in its effectiveness.