Refining an "Immortal Weapon" in the Fire Domain

Qin Sheng, the Shaking Light Holy Land disciple who had recently risen to fame, cut open an Ancient Insect Source and a piece of Divine Source at the Four Symbols Stone Workshop!

The news was swiftly spread by the bystanders present, causing quite a stir in Holy City.

The Ancient Insect Source was one thing, but Divine Source was a truly rare treasure. Forget the Four Extremes Secret Realm—even those in Dragon Transformation and the Immortal Platform would covet it.

If it had been outside Holy City, a piece of Divine Source the size of a broad bean would certainly have sparked a bloody storm.

"Qin Sheng picked three stones, and two yielded huge treasures. The Green Rain Stone was not even cut open on the spot. Even the geniuses of the Source Arts Families cannot compare to him. Just how brilliant is his Origin Technique?"

"Perhaps it was luck."

"Go buy three Source Stones and see whether your luck can reach that level."

"Could Qin Sheng have obtained the inheritance of the legendary Source Heavenly Master?"

"Big news! The Source Arts Families have openly challenged Qin Sheng and want to compete with him again!"

"Good, good, good! The livelier, the better. What did Qin Sheng say? Did he accept?"

"Qin Sheng... he seems to have left the Northern Territory."

That was right. On the very day he cut open the Divine Source, Qin Sheng returned to the Southern Territory through a Domain Gate. The turmoil in Holy City no longer had anything to do with him.

He waved his sleeve and left without taking a single cloud with him, yet left behind a legend, his reputation climbing another step.

"I caused such a huge commotion, and you expect me to stay in Holy City waiting for you to come knocking? Do you take me for an idiot?"

"Do not be obsessed with me. I am merely a legend."

After returning to the Southern Territory, Qin Sheng did not linger at Shaking Light and immediately left the holy land.

He had hurried back not because he feared the Source Arts Families causing trouble. He was, after all, Shaking Light's Candidate Saint Son, not some nobody without backing.

It was because he truly had an urgent matter to attend to. Qin Sheng was going to the Fire Domain in the Jin Kingdom to refine his coffin.

The Fire Domain was extremely mysterious. No one knew its origins, and it had stood there from the Archaic Era until now.

This region was remarkably strange. Its flames seemed rootless, burning eternally without grass, wood, or any other combustible material to sustain them.

For powerful cultivators, the Fire Domain was the first choice for refining artifacts, for its flames contained mysterious power that could imprint Dao and principles upon an object.

Qin Sheng flew all the way there.

Flames soared into the sky, blazing fiercely and dyeing even the heavens.

But he did not enter immediately. Instead, he took out the Green Rain Stone.

"This stone is inauspicious, but there should be something inside it. It may even be worth more than that Divine Source."

Qin Sheng examined it for a moment before personally cutting the stone open.

"Woooooo!"

A sound like a woman weeping emerged from the stone, filled with boundless resentment as a ghastly green glow illuminated the surroundings.

Qin Sheng frowned and summoned the Imitation Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron to suppress the resentment. Looking closely, he was startled.

"This is... a Stone Fairy?"

Within the stone was a piece of green Variant Source, and sealed within it was an illusory miniature woman.

She was in a miserable state. Her face was withered, while her body and limbs were covered in bite marks. She wept without pause.

The Origin Emperor's Origin Technique records contained accounts of Stone Fairies. They were special spirits born within Source, never coming into contact with the outside world throughout their lives, and were exceptionally pure.

Such spirits were precious. They could take up residence within an artifact and become its divine spirit.

Whether an artifact possessed a divine spirit was an entirely different matter. Only an artifact with a divine spirit could endure forever, and it could even revive on its own.

Yet for a weapon to nurture a divine spirit, the requirements were far too demanding. Even weapons of great powers were unqualified.

"What a pity." Qin Sheng sighed.

This Stone Fairy had somehow been targeted by some existence and gnawed alive. She had already become a "Grudge Immortal" and was no longer suitable to reside within an ordinary artifact.

Of course, even if she had remained intact, Qin Sheng would not have allowed the Stone Fairy into his coffin.

For a life-bound artifact, the best divine spirit was a "true god" nurtured after the artifact gradually grew and gained sentience.

"A perfectly good spirit was eaten alive into this state. Damn it, who could commit such a sinful deed?"

Qin Sheng shook his head and put away the Stone Fairy.

He stepped into the Fire Domain and continued deeper. The color of the flames constantly changed, from red to blue, then milky white, and finally black.

The Fire Domain had nine levels in total, and the flames grew more terrifying with every level one entered.

The black Netherfire was the fourth level. Ordinary cultivators in the Four Extremes Secret Realm could not endure here for long, but Qin Sheng found it manageable.

The fifth level held golden Divine Fire, incomparably scorching and enough to burn Dragon Transformation cultivators to death.

The sixth level of the Fire Domain was called Purple Qi Comes from the East. What burned within did not resemble flames, but purple mist instead—yet it was even more terrifying.

These flames were already horrifying enough. After some thought, Qin Sheng chose to refine his artifact on the level of Purple Qi Comes from the East.

With the protection of the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, he could go deeper, but the artifact had to be refined within his body. He needed to draw the flames into himself, so it was better to remain cautious.

"First, I will use the purple qi to melt the Dao-Life Mother Stone and merge it with the coffin, initially forging an artifact embryo. Then I can decide whether to go to the seventh level or even deeper for further refinement."

Qin Sheng sat cross-legged and carefully drew the purple qi into his body, guiding it into his Sea of Bitterness.

He was extremely cautious throughout this process and did not dare be careless in the slightest. Any mistake would leave him severely injured.

Strands of purple fire were drawn in and wrapped around the Dao-Life Mother Stone. This immortal treasure suddenly began to glow, showing signs of changing from solid to liquid.

Life force so pure it was beyond imagination flowed from it and spread through Qin Sheng's limbs and bones, giving him the feeling that he could live forever.

"As expected of the source of life, the beginning of all living beings." Qin Sheng was delighted and immediately used the Devil Canopy to suppress himself, allowing not a trace of the life source force to leak out.

Then Qin Sheng discovered that under the influence of this life source force, even the purple fire had been soothed. It became tranquil and no longer violent.

"Good, good, good." He said it three times in succession. This would undoubtedly be of tremendous help to his artifact refinement.

Qin Sheng then drew in more purple fire, and the Dao-Life Mother Stone melted away.

At once, Qin Sheng guided the Chaotic Ruin Dust from the other side of his Sea of Bitterness over and fused it with the liquefied Dao-Life Mother Stone.

The two immortal treasures merged into a strange black substance, possessing boundless life and infinite death. It formed a cycle of life and death, a great harmony, a great unity.

It was far too profound, as though it exhausted the true meaning of life and death and expounded every law and principle.

One was the origin of life, the starting point of all beings in the universe.

The other was the destination of all beings, the end point of every living creature in the world.

Combined together, the two immortal treasures underwent an astonishing and seemingly miraculous overall sublimation.

The flames blazed as this black substance enveloped Qin Sheng's coffin and began tempering it.

Clanging sounds rang out from within Qin Sheng's body, as though he truly were forging an immortal weapon. It was extraordinarily wondrous.

After a long while, all the purple fire within his body was exhausted. Looking at the immortal treasures that had already changed, Qin Sheng felt overjoyed.

"Very good. I can see the hope of success. Once this coffin is completed, who could stop an artifact forged from the union of two treasures at the level of Immortal Metal?"

"It will surely be unparalleled beneath heaven!"

Of course, the future was bright, but he still needed to work hard now.

Artifact refinement was painstaking work and could not be rushed. Qin Sheng had already prepared himself to remain in the Fire Domain for several months.

He possessed the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art. Everything in the world was nourishment for him. While refining the artifact, he could also absorb the purest Fire Essence of heaven and earth in the Fire Domain to cultivate without affecting his progress.

Drawing purple fire into his body once again, Qin Sheng began a new round of tempering.

Yet plans could not keep up with change. Three days later, Qin Sheng suddenly sensed activity in the Infinite Land, and he was immediately overjoyed.

Did another one of me die?

(End of Chapter)