Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 669 - 558: The Emergence of the Divine Artifact!

Great Dao Divine Artifact.

Heaven and Earth's Weapon.

If Dao Soldiers are the shadows of the Three Thousand Grand Paths, then the Great Dao Divine Artifact is the perfect vessel that can bear the Three Thousand Grand Paths.

Among the Great Dao Divine Artifacts, there is also a division between innate and acquired.

The innate ones, like the Flying Immortal Pot, Nine Heavens Shenxiao Thunder City, are Great Dao Divine Artifacts so powerful that even Primordial Spirit True Honors dare not withstand them directly.

These artifacts are nurtured by heaven and earth, summoning the power of the Three Thousand Grand Paths to forge themselves, perfectly harnessing the power of their corresponding paths without any backlash.

The acquired ones, however, are Great Dao Divine Artifacts crafted by Seekers of the Dao by imitating some innate divine instruments.

In comparison to innate divine instruments, the power and quality of acquired divine instruments are significantly inferior.

Yet even so, their might far exceeds mundane magical treasures, as they ultimately bear the power of the Primordial Spirit Level.

Materializing all current external incarnations he could control, Qi Xiu flipped his palm and took out a piece of bone armor that seemed to have been cleaved by knives and axes, weathered by endless time.

The surface of the bone armor is mottled and pitted, but upon close inspection, ancient traces faintly emerge in its intricate patterns.

Throwing this piece of bone armor high into the sky, Qi Xiu raised his hand and released a stream of Primordial Qi.

The colorful misty light merged into the bone frame, and instantly, an enormous acquired divine instrument atlas, composed of golden light, depicting complex and esoteric images, manifested in the void.

Tilting his head slightly, Qi Xiu's true self and ninety external incarnations revealed divine light, their gaze trembling subtly, as they disassembled and deciphered the entire atlas, each working to understand their respective portions.

Refining acquired divine instruments is no trivial matter.

Even though Qi Xiu already held the [Twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls] and [Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel] as main components.

However, wanting to merge them into one, integrate them into unity, is not easy.

He must completely comprehend the contents of this [Postnatal Divine Artifact Atlas].

Otherwise, the two magical treasures cannot integrate, and instead will unleash an uncontrollable rejecting force, with destructive power likely reaching the Primordial Spirit Level.

This is why he chose to refine the acquired divine instruments at the headquarters of the Dao Alliance.

If an uncontrollable situation arises, the Primordial Spirit Bosses here can clean up the aftermath.

"Elder Xu, I must trouble you to protect me."

Slowly closing his eyes, remembering part of the general outline of the acquired divine instrument, Qi Xiu softly spoke to Xu Zhitian beside him.

This is the Dao Alliance headquarters, and also the territory of Wealth God True Lord Shen Wansan; in theory, nothing should go wrong.

Moreover, he had stationed ten external incarnations to guard the four directions; any anomaly would be discovered immediately.

Yet caution prevents disaster across ages; having Xu Zhitian, a Primordial Spirit Level protector, adds security.

"Rest assured, I will be watching over you."

Having lived for so many years, not only acquired divine instruments, but even innate divine instruments, Xu Zhitian had seen many.

But seeing someone at the Dao Body Realm refine acquired divine instruments, this he had never seen.

From Qi Xiu, he had already witnessed many things beyond common sense; this time, he wished to see if this child, who always surprised people, could succeed.

With full preparation, Qi Xiu then calmed his mind; the void surged and stirred behind him, and colorful mist and ethereal light formed into a Chaos Hole, as the True Lord of Primordial Unity, holding a Jade Ruyi, stepped forth from it.

Refining acquired divine instruments at the Dao Body Realm was indeed a gamble with large stakes for small odds.

To be prudent, Qi Xiu prepared to re-enter the [Body Fusion with Dao] state, to control the entire refining process.

As the Jade Ruyi in the hand of Hunyuan Daoist melted, turning into strands of Immortal's Aura that descended, merging into Qi Xiu's body.

His expression became indifferent again, his half-closed eyes devoid of any emotional changes.

With the blessing of [Body Fusion with Dao], countless golden light patterns in Qi Xiu's eyes underwent rapid combination and transformation visible to the naked eye, as the essence and key points of refining acquired divine instruments were gradually mastered.

His ninety external incarnations didn't remain idle.

These external incarnations, though possessing only one percent of Qi Xiu's true strength.

Yet their intellect and insight were virtually indistinguishable from his true self.

Ninety external incarnations simultaneously comprehending were absurdly efficient.

Day by day passed.

In the blink of an eye, three months had elapsed.

Qi Xiu, who had been meditating with closed eyes, opened a slit of his eyes, gently parted his lips, releasing strands of golden Dao Charm.

"Alright, let's begin."

As Qi Xiu's voice fell, two dazzling and radiant beams, exuding vast and majestic aura, suddenly soared into the sky.

One was a treasure wheel formed by five bronze rails, on the rail, the five-elemental Dao patterns were incessantly combining and transforming, radiating incomparably powerful ancient force, nearly transforming heaven and earth into a five-element world.

The other was twenty-four pitch-black, lightless treasure beads, yet internally they seemed to contain infinite star seas, these beads floated in the sky, like twenty-four divine heavens manifesting, heavy and turbulent, commanding all directions.

When the [Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel] and the [Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls] were unleashed, each emitted boundless divine light in the void, tightly connected by faintly visible [Five-Colored Bodhi Clasps].

"Rise!"

With arms raised, Qi Xiu and ninety of his external incarnations simultaneously formed ancient, abstruse Daoist incantations and seals, imbued with the power of the great Dao.

Strands of Five Elements Divine Light accompanied these Daoist incantations and seals, transforming into characters swirling with the essence of the Great Five Elements Path, gradually flying towards the [Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel] and the [Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls].

The number of Five Elements Dao Patterns grew, gathering around the two Five Element magical treasures into a robed figure, seated cross-legged, with a five-colored divine light rising like a screen behind him.

This figure's face was concealed within endless divine light, indistinct yet impossibly beautiful in appearance.

With countless Daoist incantations and seals from the Five Elements Great Dao, this ancient figure was summoned, and then, with virtual hands cupped, he grasped the two Five Elements magical treasures in his palms. The five-colored divine light behind him immediately surged down his arms into his palms, becoming a blazing five-colored flame, refining the treasures.

Beneath this ancient figure, Qi Xiu and his ensemble of external incarnations continuously summoned one Five Elements Daoist incantation and seal after another to sustain the figure's presence.

And this was the crux of forging the Postnatal Divine Instrument.

"Tsk tsk tsk, without the means to call upon the power of heaven and earth at any moment from the Primordial Spirit Realm, relying purely on one's cultivation to support the forging of a Postnatal Divine Instrument...

In all of time, only the [Primordial] Lineage could be so bold."

Leaning against an ancient tree, Xu Zhitian watched with great interest.

He, an Innate Divine Instrument, had lived through many ages and his insight was naturally extraordinary.

Every Postnatal Divine Instrument's forging differed, but all without exception required an enormous reserve of essence yuan magic power as a foundation.

This is one reason True Monarchs of the Dao Body cannot forge Postnatal Divine Instruments.

Because in the process of forging a Postnatal Divine Instrument, the Dao Yuan cultivation of a True Monarch of the Dao Body is merely a speck of dust.

And the forging of a divine artifact is an extremely delicate process, impossible for multiple people to engage in simultaneously; chaotic energies would directly disrupt everything.

But the difficulty seemed nonexistent to Qi Xiu.

The primordial, world-encompassing cultivation of the Primordial Lineage allowed him to effortlessly supply the power needed to forge Postnatal Divine Instruments.

The Great Saint's One Turns into Three Thousand Technique further provided him with ninety incarnations to share the burden of meticulous control.

"If he can't forge this divine instrument, who can?"

Xu Zhitian lightly smiled, stroking his long beard, confident that the Postnatal Divine Instrument was as good as created.

Under the ancient figure's refining, the [Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel] and the [Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls] had turned bright red, as if melted by the five-colored flames.

In the next instant.

The ancient figure waved a large hand, and the two magical treasures soared, transformed into divine light, endlessly intertwining, colliding and sparking intense embers that contained the profound Dao charm of the Five Elements Path, scattering like a meteoric shower.

"Combine!"

With hands merged, the ancient figure shouted softly, and the two divine lights explosively collided!

Rumble—

The five bronze tracks of the Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel were completely torn open, while the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls transformed into streaks of dark brilliance, precisely embedding into the grooves on the bronze tracks that held the essence of the Five Elements Great Path.

Bang bang bang!

A string of dull thuds followed, with the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls all embedded in the bronze track.

Only the central groove remained empty.

Gazing at the sole remaining groove, a spiritual light arose within Qi Xiu. He summoned all his cultivation, converting immense and boundless grand qi into Five Colored Divine Light.

The vibrant five-colored splendor filled the sky like an endless ocean, as Qi Xiu slightly lifted his gaze, from the ancestral aperture in his brow, a sudden beam of Five Colored Divine Light shot into the boundless colored mists.

In the next moment, the infinite five-colored divine light continuously condensed and compressed, eventually forming a flawless, spherical [Five Element Bead] that embodied the robust essence of the Great Five Elements Path!

With two fingers, Qi Xiu deftly picked up this [Five Element Bead], imbued with all his understanding of the Great Five Elements Path, and flicked it with a finger.

Swoosh—

Instantly, the Five Element Bead transformed into a divine light, tracing a graceful arc, and precisely settled into the last groove on the bronze track! 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Buzz—

Upon the Five Element Bead's entry!

An overwhelming burst of five-colored divine light erupted, akin to a primordial volcano, dormant for endless eons, unleashing its extreme brilliance, piercing the infinite space-bound void, as if to become a five-colored great sun, high above the Nine Heavens.

"The commotion is somewhat excessive."

Leaning against an ancient tree, Xu Zhitian squinted at the divine emanation and burgeoning power of the soon-to-be-born Postnatal Divine Instrument, then with a wave of his hand, strands of Immortal's Aura soared, instantly forming an emerald dome, containing all the erupting radiance.

Standing slowly, gazing upon the five-colored great sun, Qi Xiu pondered briefly, then suddenly soared skyward.

In an instant, he plunged into the blazing great sun.

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