Reforging the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects

When cultivators' strength improves, there's always a period after breaking through a bottleneck where they feel an illusory sense of omnipotence and complete control.

It is precisely this illusory feeling that often clouds the Divine Soul, leading them to act against their own nature.

Many cultivators fall into this trap without realizing it, inviting disaster and perishing on their path to immortality.

The secret legacies of major sects contain various secret arts, scriptures, or special Magic Tools and treasures specifically designed to overcome this situation.

Smaller sects and lone cultivators often don't know the key principles. If their willpower is weak, they fall victim and perish halfway through their journey.

Therefore, sects without secret legacies tend to value character more, while those with secret legacies focus more on aptitude.

Although Chen Ming had no secret scriptures, he had the Creation Lotus Platform to protect his Divine Soul. Thus, as soon as he emerged from seclusion, he was able to dispel the illusion and quickly break free from that illusory feeling!

"I've refined the Spiritual Power of the Wood, Metal, and Water void energies, advancing my strength further. However, compared to the Spirit Condensation Realm, I'm still far off!"

"Ordinary cultivators at my current level in the Contemplation Realm would have already tried various methods to break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm!"

"But the more anxious one is, the more likely they are to go astray. I can't rush, I can't rush!"

Chen Ming suppressed the restlessness within him and calmed his mind.

Suddenly, he heard a rumbling sound.

Upon closer inspection, he saw Qing Ling refining the seven flying shuttles according to the artifact refining method Chen Ming had taught her.

Her body transformed into twisted tree roots, emitting Azure Wood Life and Death Gas that wrapped around the seven flying shuttles.

Her head floated in the air, continuously tempering them with chilling energy.

"Not bad. She's actually trying to refine the Void Breaker magic sword and the seven flying shuttles into a set of mother-child swords. Once refined, their power will be even greater. As long as the mother sword is in hand, even if the child swords are destroyed, they can be quickly repaired!" Chen Ming recognized Qing Ling's approach to refining the artifact and praised her inwardly.

However, Qing Ling's cultivation method wasn't particularly suited for smelting, making the refining process very difficult.

Chen Ming reached out and flicked his finger, sending a stream of Golden Light Divine Flame onto the seven flying shuttles.

The seven flying shuttles were instantly heated by the Golden Light Divine Flame, transforming into seven streams of colorful liquid that writhed in the air.

"Now's the time! Refine it!" Chen Ming shouted.

Qing Ling was abruptly jolted from her refining state, suddenly feeling the pressure greatly reduced.

"Thank you, True Master!"

"Condense!"

Qing Ling seized the opportunity, brought forth the Void Breaker magic sword, chanted incantations, and urged her Magical Power.

The seven streams of colorful liquid in the air transformed into seven talismans, which zipped down and landed on the Void Breaker magic sword.

The Void Breaker magic sword immediately turned red-hot and vibrated intensely, as if bearing an immense weight.

Qing Ling's head returned to its place, and her body reverted to normal. She then exhaled chilling energy towards the Void Breaker magic sword.

"Pfft!"

Thick white smoke billowed from the Void Breaker magic sword.

After a long while, the white smoke slowly dissipated, revealing the Void Breaker magic sword, which looked largely unchanged from its original appearance.

Only seven fine runes had appeared on the sword body, almost invisible unless one looked closely.

"It's done!"

Qing Ling beckoned, and the Void Breaker magic sword flew into her hand.

After examining it carefully, Qing Ling circulated her Magical Power and commanded, "Go!"

The Void Breaker magic sword whistled as it flew up, but then abruptly paused and transformed into seven identical magic swords that danced in the air.

The seven dancing magic swords were all child swords differentiated from it. The original sword had already quietly returned to Qing Ling's hand, its traces hidden.

"This 'Mother-Child Void Breaker Sword' set has good power; it can be used for offense and also for trapping others!" Chen Ming's Spiritual Sense swept over it, revealing the divine properties of the Mother-Child Void Breaker Sword.

"Withdraw!"

Qing Ling formed hand seals, and the seven child swords dancing in the air slowly dissipated.

"Thank you, True Master. Without you, I don't know how much effort it would have taken to refine this set of swords!" Qing Ling said, flipping her hand and putting the magic sword away.

"No need for pleasantries! Since you are cultivating with me, even though you are a child attendant, you are considered my disciple! If you go out into the world in the future and appear too shabby, it won't look good." Chen Ming said.

If Situ Yuelan heard him say this, she would probably scoff inwardly.

Qing Ling's current strength was already comparable to a Contemplation Realm cultivator, and with this set of Mother-Child Void Breaker Swords, she was even more formidable.

Cultivators without good divine abilities or good Magic Tools would likely retreat upon encountering Qing Ling, not daring to confront her sharpness.

It was only because Chen Ming had cultivated many divine abilities and possessed strange secret techniques.

Furthermore, since he began cultivating, he had rarely encountered an opponent in the Contemplation Realm. His standards were high, and Qing Ling's level of strength was ordinary in his eyes.

It's worth noting that Fairy Caiyi, a cultivator in the Spirit Condensation Realm, already had seven cultivators in the Contemplation Realm under her command, which was quite impressive.

Before Qing Ling had successfully refined the Mother-Child Magic Swords, she could already contend with them. Now that she possessed the magic swords, her strength had improved even further!

However, since Chen Ming had said so, Qing Ling simply listened.

Chen Ming circulated his Magical Power, drawing the Spirit Devouring Jar over and holding it in his palm.

He was about to refine the Golden Light Divine Flame and the Great Yin Demonic Water Lightning together into the Spirit Devouring Jar to enhance its power.

The Red Spirit Worms within the jar, however, began to stir and leaped out.

The bodies of the Red Spirit Worms exploded with a "bang," revealing their true form as the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects.

The Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects coalesced into a cloud of insects, shimmering with spiritual light. Due to the flesh, blood, and miscellaneous thoughts of Incense and Fire they had absorbed earlier, their sentience had greatly increased!

From the insect cloud formed by the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects, a phantom, wondrous flower suddenly emerged.

Its petals unfurled, generating a suction force that drew the insect cloud into the flower's core, enveloping it and pulsing like a heart.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ming sensed with his Spiritual Sense that it was not a bad thing, but rather a great fortune for the Red Spirit Worms!

The original Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Secret Method was based on the concept of minuscule life and the cycle of destruction and rebirth.

Although the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects possessed sentience, they struggled to break through their own limitations.

However, after devouring those miscellaneous thoughts of Incense and Fire, the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects underwent a transformation. Their originally minuscule sentience, along with their growing strength, broke through their limits and gave rise to intelligence.

For beings other than humans, the emergence of intelligence would lead to their transformation into Yao or Mo.

But the Red Spirit Worms were originally the vessel for Chen Ming's Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects Demon Refining Divine Ability. Now that they had gained intelligence, they returned to their origin to be reborn.

With such a change, Chen Ming had no idea what would be nurtured again within the wondrous flower.

Yet, Chen Ming sensed that this was a great opportunity for the Red Spirit Worms, and it would also bring him immense benefits!

Chen Ming guarded the wondrous flower, nurturing it with his Magical Power and Spiritual Sense for another eighty-one days.

The wondrous flower suddenly paused, its petals withered and dissipated, leaving behind a round, crystal-clear, blood-red bead.

The blood-red bead spun erratically in the air, as if it were alive.

The first time Chen Ming refined magic, the Red Spirit Worms were nurtured from this bead, and now it was happening again.

Chen Ming could already sense a being being nurtured within the blood-red bead, about to break free!

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