Refining Again

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"Eight Sceneries Cloud Scroll, Profound Creation Technique, Shape and Body Molding!"

Xu Yunfan formed a series of intricate, profound hand seals. The Divine Vault Golden Core within his dantian spun rapidly, setting his mana in motion at once. At the same time, his Cave Heaven continuously erupted with True Force, replenishing his swiftly depleted mana.

Immediately afterward, vast Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi surged from around him, wrapping around the mountain-sized pile of core spiritual materials before him like a living thing.

"Boom!"

Purple-gold Divine Vault Thunder descended from the void. Under Xu Yunfan's meticulous control, its destructive power transformed into countless invisible forging hammers, carrying the creative force of the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi as they struck the spiritual materials.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Sword Marrow Jade rang out with a clear sword cry under the thunderous forging. Its impurities were refined into wisps of green smoke and dispersed, until it finally formed the prototype of a skeleton, translucent as glazed crystal yet radiating a sharp metallic aura.

Along its spine, nine segments of sword steps formed naturally, faintly emitting a chilling edge. This was the foundation of the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect's core secret inheritance, the Nine Revolutions Sword Aperture.

Xu Yunfan had deeply cultivated the Myriad Chariots Sword Incantation, and Han Shi's lifetime of sword-dao insights were also his to draw upon. Naturally, he was thoroughly familiar with it.

Next, the Northern Darkness Cold Iron melted amid intertwining lightning and fire. Like silver-white mercury, it flowed over the crystalline sword bones, swiftly shaping them into sturdy sinews, flesh, and blood.

Each subsequent piece of rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that merged into it made the shell's edge even sharper. As time passed, a sword intent filled with fury, like monstrous waves about to rise, began to gestate and