The Smoke and Fire of the Mortal World

Daoist Lord Xuanyang looked at the well-behaved young man before him and could not help sighing inwardly. Wuji had truly handed him a difficult problem!

Daoist Lord Xuanyang naturally had a complete plan for how to cultivate Gao Xian.

Gao Xian was only at the fourth tier. Giving him too many resources would not be a good thing. First, Gao Xian could not truly bring out the value of those resources. Second, once Gao Xian entered the fifth tier, even more resources would be needed to keep him motivated.

And when Gao Xian reached the sixth tier, what then?

Wuji Sword Venerable had directly given him a seventh-tier divine sword. This was simply reckless! How was he supposed to handle things afterward?

Daoist Lord Xuanyang cursed Wuji furiously in his heart, yet he could not refuse to reward Gao Xian now.

"I don't have a seventh-tier divine sword. Besides, even if I gave you a seventh-tier Divine Artifact, you wouldn't be able to use it!"

Daoist Lord Xuanyang said earnestly, "Kid, once a Divine Artifact reaches the sixth tier, it must undergo tempering by lightning tribulation. After surviving the lightning tribulation, the spirituality within a sixth-tier Divine Artifact will give rise to intelligence. An artifact spirit of this level, like a person, can have a thousand different temperaments. To command a Divine Artifact above the sixth tier, you must either subdue its artifact spirit or gain its recognition!

"Wuji drew you a pie in the sky. It looks wonderful, but the Great Unity Golden Light Sword is a seventh-tier divine sword. Forget you—even Wuji would have to discuss matters with the artifact spirit before using that divine sword..."

Gao Xian was rather surprised. So there was such a thing.

All sorts of ancient texts recorded many legends of gods and