Banished Immortal: I've Started, Do As You Please

Buzz!

With a loud hum, Chen Fu embedded his upgraded second-generation Energy Ark into the pre-reserved groove on the sword body. Then, under the ultra-frequency resonance, the entire sword blade fused into a single whole with the assistance of [Youlan].

A simple, elegant, silver-blue metallic small sword drifted around Chen Fu.

The second-generation Energy Ark was a compromise for Chen Fu—still a certain distance from the goal of matter equaling soul power. However, by optimizing the "soul-restraining soul" material process originally used on the [Divine Ring] soul tool, he gave the second-generation Ark a certain degree of energy damage absorption rate.

The silver-blue small sword [Banished Immortal], driven by the second-generation Ark, could absorb a portion of energy damage when facing it, converting it into its own soul power, thereby enhancing [Banished Immortal]'s special attack attribute against energy.

Canceling [Youlan]'s control authority, the silver-blue small sword fell into Chen Fu's hand.

He inspected the material—seamless, naturally spiritual, without a trace of imperfection.

"Teacher, wow, what a beautiful little sword! Is this the result of your research during this time?"

Seeing Chen Fu walk out of the Exclusive Seclusion Room, with a stunning, agile Sword-shaped Soul Tool floating beside him, Ning Tian, who had been waiting, immediately stopped her work at the Control Console and came forward to greet him.

On the other side, Golden Scale, who had been diligently cultivating, heard the commotion and also ran out.

"Aren't you always saying your teacher doesn't have any proper Level Nine Soul Tools to show off? Well, here's proof, so you'll have more to brag about."

This girl's skills had advanced by leaps and bounds recently. As a two-ring Soul Grand Master, she could already independently craft Level Four Soul Tools using the Soul Tool Machine Tool. She'd gotten a bit full of herself and often liked to boast to her father—not about herself, but about how amazing her teacher was.

"Hehe..." The girl let out an awkward laugh. After spending so long in the lab, she'd unknowingly picked up the bad habit of being a chatterbox. Golden Scale usually stayed in her room extracting rings and ignored her, while she herself had long finished extracting the standard soul rings from her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and her cultivation accelerator had expired.

In a sense, she was now the most capable member of the current Ning family in the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. Those scrawny cousins of hers—Ning Tian could single-handedly grab her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and knock them out one by one, from the south end of the city to the north, without blinking an eye. Not that she would.

Ning Yi's expression was very complicated when it came to this.

"Level Nine combat soul tool [Banished Immortal]. Minimum usage requirement: Level 60 Soul Emperor." The minimum of Level 60 Soul Emperor meant that only a soul master at that stage could unleash the proper abilities and characteristics of [Banished Immortal].

The Level Nine combat soul tool [Banished Immortal], with the second-generation Ark at its core, had almost zero soul power requirements for its user. But if a low-level soul master tried to activate and use it, they would most likely be sacrificed to the sword.

"Mhm... Teacher, you always said before that the time wasn't right to build a Level Nine Soul Tool. Is it now?"

Chen Fu messed up Ning Tian's hair. The girl had developed quite a bit and was almost as tall as him now.

"Don't overthink it. Just focus on doing what you need to do. Lin Pavilion will be yours in the future. I'm going to participate in a big project later and won't have much time."

If a Soul Engineer capable of independently crafting Level Nine Soul Tools appeared on the Douluo Continent, it would definitely touch a nerve on the Sun Moon Continent.

But, Level Nine Soul Tools also varied in quality, right? The fact that Chen Fu dared to start building this Level Nine combat soul tool meant one thing: he was no longer afraid of chaos.

Compared to traditional Level Nine melee soul tools, the [Banished Immortal] in his hand had only one advantage—it was harder.

However, [Banished Immortal]'s specialty was its special attack against soul masters.

Sending Ning Tian and Golden Scale away again, Chen Fu continued pushing the progress of his second optimization project from 99% to 100%.

"Alright, the soul tool debugging is done. We can go now."

Folding the debugged second-generation Soul Ring Engraver and storing it in his Space Ring, Chen Fu walked out the door and said to the two Humanoid Power Bank guards.

"..." Old Mu and Old Dragon exchanged a glance. Their instincts as Peerless Douluos told them they had just been offended.

After a year of cultivation, Ma Xiaotao had reached Level 70 in soul power at the age of eighteen. It was time to go find His Excellency Black Dragon in the Star Dou Great Forest to fulfill their promise.

Same as before, Old Mu and Old Dragon each carried Chen Fu and Ma Xiaotao, flying directly toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Unlike before, when they had hesitated and lingered outside the core area, this time they flew straight toward the center, releasing their aura openly.

Startled soul masters along the way all exclaimed that they had a death wish.

"You can stop here."

A dark, profound soul power barrier blocked them. Di Tian appeared before the group, accompanied by Golden Scale and an unfamiliar woman.

"I didn't expect that in just one year, you've come up with more incredible things."

Di Tian looked at Chen Fu, whose soul power was suppressed at Level 60 without breaking through, and couldn't help but sigh.

Through Golden Scale, he had learned a lot, especially about Melting Ring, which he now understood on a deeper level. He had no doubt that it was a path to Ascension.

As promised, Golden Scale had broken through to Level 60 within a year, carrying six transparent soul rings. In terms of physical strength, Golden Scale at Soul Emperor level could even contend with some Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. If she condensed her Martial Soul True Body, Di Tian had no doubt that Golden Scale would possess the terrifying power to sweep through most Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

"Lord Di Tian, long time no see."

Chen Fu nodded to Di Tian in greeting.

"This is Bi Ji. As you requested, a Healing Soul Beast."

"Mhm, thank you very much."

What kind of phoenix would it be without healing abilities?

"..." The two security guards exchanged another glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

You ask for a Healing Soul Beast, and they just hand over a Fierce Beast-level top healing soul beast? Are you sure you're not a little dragon-man in human skin?

Chen Fu nodded at Golden Scale, then signaled everyone to follow his arrangements.

Unlike last time, Di Tian did not spread his soul power barrier this time. In the dark, Chen Fu felt multiple gazes projecting toward him from the void.

The remaining Fierce Beasts? No, why did one gaze feel so much like that annoying guy? Chen Fu pondered inwardly. There were definitely many Fierce Beasts, but one gaze was abnormal. It almost made Chen Fu mistakenly think that persistent bastard was back to whisper in his ear again.

As the data reserves of [Youlan]'s Data Divine Ring grew more massive, Chen Fu's spiritual perception could now distinguish many things he couldn't sense before.

The whispers that had plagued him for two and a half years—he had finally decoded and analyzed them not long ago.

'...'

You're a perfectly good god—why don't you focus on perfecting your craft instead of critiquing me every single day???

A god, stripped of mystery, is reduced to a mortal.

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