Cultivation Starts from Farming-Chapter 773 - 355: Refining the Thunder Spirit; Mid-Stage Nascent Soul
Buzz!
The invisible field of qi and blood burst forth, resembling a prison of heaven and earth, instantly confining the violent golden electric python in mid-air.
No matter how it struggled and roared, unleashing thousands of tearing electric snakes, it couldn’t stir that confinement in the slightest.
"Refine!"
Xu Ping did not delay, opened his mouth and spit.
A fist-sized ball of Nascent Soul True Flame, radiating a terrifying temperature that seemed capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, slowly flew out from his mouth.
The Nascent Soul True Flame grew with the wind, transforming into a raging blue flame instantaneously, completely enveloping the confined pale golden Thunder Spirit.
Sizzle——
Roar!!!
A piercing shriek, inhumanly anguished, came from within the flames.
The Thunder Spirit thrashed and twisted frantically in the True Flame, releasing more violent thunder to resist.
However, under the Nascent Soul True Flame, it was futile.
Xu Ping’s expression was solemn as he sat in a meditation posture, moving his hands in intricate spells, continuously injecting pure mana and divine sense into the Nascent Soul True Flame, firmly controlling the intensity.
He needed to burn away its violent spirit and rebellious will while carefully preserving its most essential thunder essence without wasting a bit.
...
Half a year.
An entire half-year passed in the day-to-day burning, refining, and purifying.
The Thunder Spirit’s shrill cries grew ever weaker, and its resisting thunder became increasingly sparse.
Finally, when the last trace of the Thunder Spirit’s violent will was completely burned away by the True Flame.
The pale golden lightning finally stopped struggling, transforming into an extraordinarily pure liquid thunder essence, filled with terrifying energy.
Like the melted golden liquid of the sun, it quietly hovered within the blue flame.
"The first step is done!"
A trace of uncontrollable joy flashed in Xu Ping’s eyes, yet his face appeared slightly pale.
A year of intense refining was a considerable drain on him.
He absorbed back the Nascent Soul True Flame that had consumed considerably, into his body.
Then, with a point of his finger, a restrictive rune flew out, securely sealing the liquid thunder essence.
Afterward, he did not immediately proceed to the next step, instead, he once again sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to regulate his breath and recovery with the "Ten Thousand Woods Evergreen Scripture."
It took a full month to restore himself to peak condition.
Next comes the true highlight—the fusion of spirit into the sword.
Xu Ping’s expression was solemn as he focused his mind.
Zheng——
A clear, melodious sword cry emanated throughout the sealed chamber, seemingly able to cleanse divine souls.
A sword light, lustrously green, with restrained brilliance, flew out of his mouth and hovered before him.
It was his destined Spirit Treasure—the Canghua Divine Wood Sword.
At this moment, the divine sword had an ancient appearance, with its body flowing a gentle green light, full of life, yet deep within its blade, there was a hidden palpitation of a longing for transformation.
Xu Ping steadied his mind, forming complex and profound artifact refining techniques with his hands.
Every spell invoked the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming into runes that flickered with Dao rhythm, merging into the liquid thunder essence and the Canghua Divine Wood Sword.
"Go!"
With a flick of his fingers, the liquid thunder essence, exuding an aura of destruction and vitality, moved as if drawn by an invisible force, slowly drifted toward the Canghua Divine Wood Sword.
Hiss——
The moment the thunder essence touched the sword body, an anomaly erupted.
The violent thunder power and pure wood-based vitality did not immediately merge, but instead, something akin to the encounter of water and fire, erupted into fierce conflict.
The green sword body was instantly covered with countless leaping golden electric snakes, emitting piercing "crackling" explosive sounds.
The Canghua Divine Wood Sword trembled violently, its light flickering unpredictably, sometimes dim, sometimes bursting with dazzlingly strong light, as if it might shatter at any moment!
This was the most dangerous moment; if unable to reconcile these two forces, the destined Spirit Treasure would surely collapse.
The backlash could possibly injure Xu Ping.
But he had long prepared for this.
Beads of sweat seeped from Xu Ping’s forehead, yet his gaze flashed with azure light.
He operated his cultivation technique with full power; the vast mana and divine sense, edited like the most precise scalpel, cautiously guided and harmonized the two inherently different elemental forces.
The vitality of the wood transformed into pliable vines, wrapping and channeling the violent thunder.
The thunder power, like a forging hammer, within the embrace of vitality, repeatedly quenched and hammered the depths of the sword body.
This was an extremely slow, incomparably perilous process.
A slight mistake would cause all efforts to be wasted, potentially resulting in sword destruction and personal harm.
... 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Another year passed.
In the sealed chamber, the sword cries and thunder shrieks had long vanished, replaced by an odd humming as if heaven and earth were breathing.
Xu Ping’s meditative figure was like an eternal statue, only the ceaseless complex spells entering the sword body testified to the passage of time.
Finally!
Buzz—Cry!
A sword cry piercing through the nine celestial skies suddenly erupted from the Canghua Divine Wood Sword.
On the sword body, the distinct green divine light and pale golden lightning had now completely merged.
Forming a deep, mystical green-golden hue.
The sword body became more elongated and smooth, with ancient wooden grain textures naturally producing numerous intricate and mysterious thunder Dao patterns.
An indescribable blade sharpness, vitality, and aura of destruction, like a sleeping primordial beast, slowly awakened.
"It’s done!!"
Xu Ping slowly withdrew the spells, gazing at the sword with concealed brilliance yet immense power; his eyes finally showed relieved fatigue, and...uncontrollable fervent anticipation.
The Canghua Divine Wood Sword, after two years of arduous work, absorbing a thunder spirit essence of heaven and earth, reached the pinnacle of Spirit Treasure limit.
Only the last step remained before achieving the legendary Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure realm.
