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Chapter 448: The Tenth-Order Fiery Sun Spirit Bird Soul
Chapter 448: The Tenth-Order Fiery Sun Spirit Bird Soul
Half a year later, in Chu Ning's cultivation room, the Five Elemental Spirit Swords were laid out before him.
Having finished his meditation, Chu Ning slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the swords arrayed before him.
With a thought, the Wood Attribute Spirit Sword took flight.
Simultaneously, Chu Ning opened his mouth and exhaled, enveloping the sword in flames that contained both infant fire and earth vein essence fire.
Immediately, Chu Ning executed a series of intricate hand seals, directing them toward the sword's body.
After refining the sword in this manner for a while, Chu Ning's hands began to form intricate seals once more, and thin, silk-like green rays shot out from his fingertips.
As soon as these green threads appeared, they seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand, constantly twisting and entwining in the air.
Before long, they condensed into an extraordinarily profound talisman.
Chu Ning opened his mouth and exhaled, sending out a thin flame that enveloped the talisman, turning it into a small fireball.
The next moment, this small fireball fell onto the sword, disappearing into the flames that surrounded it.
Seeing this, Chu Ning began to form hand seals once again.
After repeating this process dozens of times, various talismans were imprinted onto the Wood Spirit Sword.
Only then did Chu Ning stop forming seals.
At the same time, he executed a series of hand seals, and the flames enveloping the Wood Spirit Sword gradually dissipated, revealing its true form.
The sword was now inscribed with intricate, intersecting talismans that formed a profound talismanic array.
At this moment, the green light of the array flickered and floated above the sword's body, seemingly not fully integrated.
Chu Ning opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of essence blood, which landed on the talismanic array.
The green array instantly turned a shade of crimson.
Chu Ning began to chant obscure incantations, his hands moving in complex gestures as he directed them toward the sword.
The crimson color on the surface of the green array slowly melted into it.
The green array also started to gradually retract into the sword's body.
As the array disappeared, the entire sword suddenly radiated a dazzling green glow! The spiritual energy of the world began to gather toward the Wood Spirit Sword.
A faint howl seemed to emanate from within the sword's body.
The sound was filled with excitement.
The phenomenon persisted for quite some time before the spiritual energy of the world returned to normal, and the green glow on the sword gradually faded.
Everything returned to its original state.
The Wood Attribute Spirit Sword appeared no different from before.
However, when Chu Ning attempted to probe the sword with his spiritual sense, he couldn't help but feel a hint of joy.
Within this sword was the Green-Eyed Ironwood Wolf soul that he had previously erased the consciousness from.
But now, it seemed to possess a hint of spirituality once more, as if it had come back to life.
"This method truly works!"
Chu Ning withdrew his spiritual sense, a smile appearing on his face.
He had clearly sensed that if there were wood-attribute demon beast souls, they could be completely devoured and refined by the soul within this sword.
Although the sword didn't seem to have increased in power at all at the moment, it now had the potential for infinite growth.
Chu Ning's gaze swept across the remaining four spirit swords, his eyes gleaming with fervor.
Of course, Chu Ning didn't rashly begin the re-refining process on the next sword.
He sat cross-legged and meditated, recovering his spent infant fire, earth vein essence fire, and essence energy before starting anew.
The Water Spirit Sword, the Metal Spirit Sword, the Earth Spirit Sword...
Over a period of more than twenty days, Chu Ning finally completed the re-refining and enhancement of all four spirit swords.
At this moment, Chu Ning turned his attention to the final sword, the Fire Spirit Sword.
Simultaneously, he reached into his storage bag and retrieved the jade box containing the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird's feathers.
When Chu Ning had initially refined the Fire Spirit Sword, he had struggled to merge just a strand of the spirit soul into the sword.
Because the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird was a tenth-order demon beast, the power of the Fire Spirit Sword was comparable to the other spirit swords.
Afterward, Chu Ning had attempted to refine and merge the complete spirit soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird into the sword.
Unfortunately, his cultivation at that time hadn't been sufficient. Not only had he failed, but he had also nearly allowed the spirit soul to escape.
After that incident, Chu Ning had sealed it away and left it untouched.
Recalling how the divided demon beast souls on the Yellow Wind Banner had fused back together, Chu Ning felt that he could now attempt to merge the complete soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird into the sword.
If he succeeded, the power of this Fire Spirit Sword alone would likely far surpass the magical treasures of ordinary cultivators.
It might even rival ancient treasures.
As these thoughts ran through his mind, a glimmer of anticipation shone in Chu Ning's eyes.
However, after taking a deep breath, Chu Ning regained his composure.
He opened his mouth and exhaled, sending forth infant fire and earth vein essence fire, while his hands executed intricate hand seals, causing threads of red light to shoot forth...
The initial re-refining process of the Fire Spirit Sword was no different from that of the other spirit swords.
However, Chu Ning tailored the inscription of the talismanic array to the characteristics of the fire-attribute spirit sword.
Once all the arrays had been inscribed, Chu Ning spat out a mouthful of essence blood onto the sword's body.
At the same time, he continued to execute hand seals, causing the fiery red talismanic array to retract into the sword after absorbing his essence blood.
Crimson radiance instantly blossomed throughout the entire sword's body.
Simultaneously, a clear, resonant sound echoed within the Fire Spirit Sword.
Unlike the excitement displayed by the demon beast souls in the previous spirit swords, the soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird contained a hint of impatience within its cry.
Chu Ning pointed casually, and the jade box opened, revealing a fiery feather floating inside.
It was the very same feather that housed the fostered Fiery Sun Spirit Bird's soul!
Hearing the clear cry emanating from the Fire Spirit Sword, the feather began to shimmer with a dazzling red light.
The next moment, an ancient spirit bird, its body enveloped in scarlet flames, flew out from the feather.
However, to Chu Ning's surprise, the spirit soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird did not fly towards the Fire Spirit Sword as expected.
Instead, it let out a similar clear cry, almost as if it were beckoning something.
And indeed, right after this cry, Chu Ning suddenly felt a restlessness coming from within his Fire Spirit Sword.
The tiny strand of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird's soul that had been refined and fused into the sword seemed to be struggling to break free.
Chu Ning's expression changed slightly upon seeing this.
"The spirit soul within this Fire-attribute Spirit Sword is only a minuscule fragment, and it shouldn't be able to influence the main soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird at all.
Yet, it seems that the main soul is trying to draw out the fragment from the sword."
Realizing what was happening, Chu Ning naturally wouldn't let this transpire.
A gleam flashed in his eyes, and he opened his mouth to expel a purple-red flame.
It was the Earth Vein Essence Fire!
The Earth Vein Essence Fire shot towards the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird and suddenly expanded, enveloping the entire spirit soul.
"Screech!"
The spirit soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird let out a sharp, angry cry.
The sound was piercing, and if a low-level cultivator had been present, their heart and soul might have trembled from just this cry alone.
Of course, none of this affected Chu Ning in the slightest, and he kept his gaze firmly fixed on the flames before him.
Although the spirit soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird struggled and flapped its wings, it was ultimately unable to break free from the confines of the Earth Vein Essence Fire.
Even though the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird was an ancient spirit bird, in its soul-only state, it couldn't compete with the Earth Vein Essence Fire, one of the heavenly and earthly spirit fires.
Seeing this, Chu Ning relaxed a little.
He made a series of intricate hand seals and pointed at the Earth Vein Essence Fire.
Immediately, the fire, along with the spirit soul, fell onto the Fire-attribute Spirit Sword.
At the same time, Chu Ning's mind stirred, and the Earth Vein Essence Fire dissipated, returning to his side.
Without hurrying to recall the fire into his body, Chu Ning kept his gaze fixed on the Fire-attribute Spirit Sword.
The spirit soul of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird had already entered the periphery of the sword's glowing light.
The sword's talismans flickered, and the next moment, a phantom of the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird flew out from the sword and merged into the spirit soul.
"Screech!"
The spirit soul, now whole again, emitted a joyful cry, and its body shimmered with scarlet flames.
Free from the restraints of the Earth Vein Essence Fire, the spirit soul tried to take flight.
However, at that moment, the talismans on the sword flickered once more, and a scarlet radiance burst forth.
In an instant, the radiance enveloped the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird, not giving it any time to react before pulling it directly into the Fire-attribute Spirit Sword, where it disappeared from view.
The next moment, the Fire Spirit Sword's radiance intensified, filling the entire cultivation room with scorching heat.
However, this oppressive heat soon dissipated as the scarlet radiance was drawn back into the sword.
Finally, as the last of the red light retracted into the Fire Spirit Sword, the cultivation room returned to normal.
Chu Ning gazed at the fiery red sword floating not far from him, and with a thought, the sword flew into his hand.
At the same time, he sensed the message conveyed to him by the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird within the sword.
There was no longer any resistance, only a sense of closeness.
Apparently, the faint trace of spiritual intelligence that had remained within the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird had now been completely erased.
On the other hand, the strand of its soul within the Fire Spirit Sword had long been nurtured and cultivated by Chu Ning's primordial spirit, bearing his spiritual imprint.
Nevertheless, Chu Ning could clearly feel the difference between this sword and the other four.
The spiritual intelligence within this sword was noticeably stronger.
Moreover, unlike the other four swords, which showed no outward changes, the Fire Spirit Sword now exuded an even more dazzling aura and a deeper crimson hue.
Sensing the power within the sword, a hint of joy flashed across Chu Ning's face.
The power of this Fire Spirit Sword was still far from that of the Yellow Wind Banner.
However, Chu Ning felt that it was now comparable to the ancient treasure dagger he had acquired before.
"If I were to form the Five Elements Sword Array, the offensive power might not be any less than that of the Yellow Wind Banner before it devoured that demonic soul!
And this is just after enhancing one sword. If I can devour and refine similar spirit souls into the other four spirit swords, the might of the Five Elements Sword Array would likely surpass even the Yellow Wind Banner as it is now."
Extremely pleased, Chu Ning couldn't help but laugh aloud. With a thought, he recalled the Fire Spirit Sword back into his body.
After resting for a while in a cross-legged meditation to recover his magic power, Chu Ning stepped out of the cultivation room.
Immediately, a Foundation Establishment cultivator hurried forward.
"Senior Chu, a Nascent Soul cultivator has come to visit."
(End of Chapter)
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