Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams-Chapter 435 - 214: The Great Harvest (Part 5)

He originally thought that Lan Jue’s arrival was a kind of test, intending to probe the Shen family’s foundation, hence he had prepared to use the Power of Great Derivation to shroud the entire Black Water Pavilion.

Who would have thought that the other party was overly cautious, not daring to enter the grand array.

Shen Chongming cupped his hands and relayed everything that had been discussed between the two parties without missing a word.

Shen Yuan’s expression was grave. After thinking for a long while, he said, "Since the Six Major Golden Core Powers of the Southern Border have already entered the game, whether they can or not, they won’t easily back out."

"Their essence still focuses on the blood feast of Yangnao Land."

"So, regardless of what those Demon Cultivators are plotting, the necessary battles cannot be avoided."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Our Shen Family should seize every opportunity to enhance our strength."

Shen Chongming cupped his hands: "Grandson understands."

"I heard that some time ago you and Li’Er made a decision?"

Changing the topic, Shen Yuan looked at his grandson in front of him and spoke with a slight smile.

Shen Chongming was slightly taken aback, after pondering briefly, he cupped his hands: "Does grandfather think grandson made the wrong decision?"

He hadn’t told Shen Yuan about the strategy change regarding the major affiliated clans.

It wasn’t intentional concealment, just that he hadn’t figured out how to explain it yet.

"No need for that."

"You are now the head of the Shen family. The decisions you make, neither I nor your father will interfere."

"I asked only to remind you to be prepared for the worst-case scenario."

The worst-case scenario...

Shen Chongming was momentarily stunned, then cupped his hands and said, "Grandson has considered it."

"Even in the worst-case outcome, I will certainly protect the family well."

"As long as the family is intact, we can always start over."

Shen Yuan nodded with a smile: "Alright, go ahead and get busy."

...

Western Wilderness, Flame Lake Ridge.

Shen Wen’an hovered with sword control above the expanse of scorching magma, feeling the Golden Essence Fire Qi surging beneath, he was quite astonished.

Magma, to cultivators, isn’t considered much.

But the magma of Flame Lake Ridge is very peculiar.

Observing with Divine Sense, Shen Wen’an could sense that the magma below contained more than one type of Golden Essence Essence Qi.

This means the magma beneath, over endless ages, has smelted countless gold attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects!

After these gold attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects melted, the contained Golden Essence Essence Qi didn’t dissipate but perfectly integrated with the magma, forming this strange existence.

Over time, the magma lake below became like a melting pot of countless Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.

No wonder those Corpse Cultivators from the Yin Corpse Sect could easily refine Corpse Puppets using this magma lake.

"It’s getting stranger and stranger..."

Suspended in the void with sword control, Shen Wen’an murmured quietly while staring at the surging magma below.

Ordinary underground magma melting rock and common metals like copper and iron is still normal.

But those Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects containing spiritual qi aren’t mundane worldly items.

The fact that this magma can continuously melt them, retaining their spirit and essence, highlights the extraordinary nature of "Flame Lake Ridge."

Shen Wen’an floated in the void, pondering for a long time, then immediately transformed into a sword light, rushing toward the scorching magma!

As his body approached the magma, a cyan Sword Element Shield unfolded over his body, like an energy longsword, slicing through the surging magma, leading him beneath the searing magma lake!

Shen Wen’an incessantly activated the Sword Essence inside him, breaking through the dense magma, while maintaining the Sword Element Shield to ward off the terrifying high temperature.

As his body continued to descend, the surrounding magma gradually shifted from orange-red to crimson-gold, and sometimes even streams of small white-glow magma flowed by from not far away, carrying such horrifying heat that even Shen Wen’an felt a bit shocked and terrified!

At this moment, he was more convinced that this so-called Flame Lake Ridge definitely harbors a tremendous secret!

All the way down, seeing occasionally the kind of white magma flames, any contact with which, even cultivators at the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm might find difficult to resist.

Feeling the rapid evaporation of the Sword Essence maintaining his external shield, Shen Wen’an knew, this was already his limit.

Further descending, if all his Sword Essence was exhausted and he couldn’t escape the magma lake, he would only be burned to ashes by this terrifying magma.

Amid the terrifying light-gold magma, more concentrated Golden Essence Essence Qi was contained, Shen Wen’an slightly regulated his breath, then without further hesitation, began to circulate spiritual power, slowly extracting the various Golden Essence Essence Qi from the terrifying magma.

As strand after strand of Golden Essence Essence Qi entered his body, Shen Wen’an suddenly hesitated.

Realizing the Guardian Sword Bone could allow him to smelt a Sword Bone Magical Sword inside himself.

With sufficient Golden Essence Essence Qi in the surrounding magma, deciding which part of the body’s bones to convert into Sword Bone, smelting into a Magical Sword, posed a dilemma for him. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

As the creator of the Guardian Sword Bone Secret Skill, he could clearly feel the skill divided the body into seven parts.

These are the four limbs, the skull, the spine, and the ribs of the chest cavity.

Among these seven parts, the Magical Sword refined with the spine as the Sword Bone is called the "Heaven and Earth Sword," meaning it connects heaven and earth.

The Heaven and Earth Sword is the fiercest attack Magical Sword for Sword Cultivators, considered most suitable.

Contrasting the strongest offense of the "Heaven and Earth Sword" is the "Elemental Spirit Sword Shield" forged from the chest cavity and ribs.

As the name implies, the Elemental Spirit Sword Shield specializes in defense.

Sword Cultivators inherently focus on offense and defense, creating the "Elemental Spirit Sword Shield" from this Sword Bone seems highly effective.

However, Shen Wen’an didn’t consider these two parts this time.

Compared to the strongest defensive "Elemental Spirit Sword Shield" and the fiercest attacking "Heaven and Earth Sword," he felt a Magical Sword forged from the cranial bones as Sword Bone suited him better.