Forging Weapons
Above the Mountain Range, the Four Extremes Heavenly Tribulation descended, striking towards Li Changqing.
Li Changqing strolled leisurely, letting the Heavenly Tribulation strike him, quietly waiting for the tribulation to end.
The power of this Heavenly Tribulation was far too weak; it wouldn't even be enough to temper his body, let alone injure him.
The Heavenly Tribulation did not last long; after the last bolt of lightning struck, the thunderclouds slowly dissipated.
Li Changqing did not leave immediately; he was pondering his next steps.
For someone who possesses the Kunpeng Method, the most correct choice would naturally be to cultivate Lunar and Solar, and ideally obtain the two Imperial Scriptures created by the Lunar Human Emperor and the Solar Saint Emperor.
As for whether the clash of Yin and Yang would cause him to go mad, Li Changqing was not worried at all.
The Kun Peng controls Yin and Yang. With the Kunpeng Method harmonizing them, Yin and Yang will not clash at all. Instead, they will follow the operation of the Kunpeng Method and achieve a perfect closure.
He is now in the Big Dipper, and in the entire Big Dipper, there are only two places where the Lunar True Scripture or the Solar True Scripture are found.
He remembered that in the original story, Ye Fan obtained a page of the Immortal Tears Green Gold Book in a secret realm of the Qishi Mansion. The book contained the Solar True Scripture, but it was a fragment and not complete.
Another place is the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, where a human, the Human-Demon Dongfang Taiyi, is imprisoned.
He was a sage of the human race in the ancient times. Due to the clash between the Yin and Yang cultivation of the Taiyin and Taiyang, he went mad and became a demon during the day and a demon at night, devouring the ancient race.
The Primordial Clans of Ten Thousand Dragon Nest captured him but did not kill him, because they wanted to obtain the complete Lunar and Solar True Scriptures from him.
As things stand, nowhere is the best option for Li Changqing.
The Golden Age has not yet arrived, and the Qishi Mansion has not yet opened.
The Ten Thousand Dragon Nest is even more undesirable; it's the slumbering place of the Primordial Imperial Clan, containing Ancient Emperor weapons. If the sleeping Ancestral King inside is awakened, Li Changqing will definitely be in serious trouble.
Moreover, Li Changqing did not know the exact location of Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, nor did he know where in Ten Thousand Dragon Nest the Human-Demon Dongfang Taiyi was imprisoned.
In the original story, Ye Fan first relied on a large group of powerful figures from Sacred Ground to draw away the firepower of the Primordial Clans from the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, and then a Primordial Clans guided him to find Dongfang Taiyi.
Li Changqing felt he wouldn't have such good luck; with his current strength, recklessly entering the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest would be tantamount to suicide.
Moreover, Li Changqing was not in a hurry; he had already done enough to cultivate the scriptures of the Light Jewel Holy Land in the early stages.
Once we've become stronger, we'll find a way to obtain the Lunar and Solar True Scriptures.
Having confirmed his future plans, Li Changqing nodded, flipped his right palm, and the pattern on his palm transformed into Yin-Yang Sword, which appeared in his hand.
Li Changqing looked at the Yin-Yang Sword, his fingertips tracing the blade, and said calmly:
"In the Dou Qi Continent, there is no such thing as nurturing weapons or weapons becoming stronger as their owners' cultivation levels rise. Now that the Sea of Bitterness has been opened up, then go into the Sea of Bitterness."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Yin-Yang Sword transformed into a beam of light and flew into the Sea of Bitterness below Li Changqing's navel.
The Yin-Yang Sword resides at the very center of the Sea of Bitterness, its blade wreathed in Yin-Yang Flames, with a faint Kun Peng appearing within.
In addition, several divine runes lingered within Li Changqing's Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm.
The Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm consists of four minor realms: the Sea of Bitterness, the Life Spring, the Divine Bridge, and the Other Shore.
Each minor realm will generate divine runes, which can be used for weapon forging. Cultivators can refine these divine runes into the shapes of various weapons, such as towers, cauldrons, swords, and even mirrors and armor...
Basically, anything you can think of can be forged using divine runes.
You could even forge the divine runes into a war chariot; it would be incredibly impressive, but probably no one would actually do that.
After all, the purpose of a weapon is to give the user greater strength and enable them to defeat opponents in battle.
Since divine runes are limited, most people think about maximizing their own strength.
If you want to show off, you can always find other precious materials to forge your war chariot.
Each minor realm's divine runes can be forged into a single artifact, or the four realms can be combined into one artifact. This is the path of One Weapon Breaks Ten Thousand Arts, as described in the Daoist scripture "Dao Scripture Wheel and Sea Chapter," and it is also the choice of the vast majority of Great Emperors and Ancient Emperor.
Once the unique artifact is formed, its power far surpasses that of ordinary artifacts.
Li Changqing sensed the divine runes within the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm, but did not integrate them into the Yin-Yang Sword.
The Yin-Yang Sword was forged from his body in the Douluo Continent.
That body possessed the Kunpeng Martial Soul, formed from a trace of the Kunpeng True Blood.
In other words, the Yin-Yang Sword contains a trace of the Kun Peng's essence, which is the fundamental reason why the Yin-Yang Sword can enhance itself by devouring other weapons and refining their essence with the Yin-Yang Power.
In the future, if the Yin-Yang Sword can refine an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, it can also become an imperial weapon.
Therefore, there is no need to integrate the divine runes into the Yin-Yang Sword; these runes have other important uses.
Currently, the Yin-Yang Sword's killing power is more than sufficient. Even if it can't keep up with Li Changqing's cultivation level in the future, it can always find some Saint Weapon, or even Quasi-Emperor Weapon or Immortal Metals to strengthen the Yin-Yang Sword.
What Li Changqing currently lacks is a powerful defensive artifact, such as a tower or a cauldron.
As for the Seven-Story Pagoda obtained from Elder Radiant Light, although it was powerful, it was not forged by Li Changqing himself, so it was somewhat lacking.
Moreover, due to the limitations of the materials, it probably cannot become Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, Li Changqing estimates that he will abandon it after using it for a period of time.
Thinking of this, Li Changqing immediately took action. He returned to the Cave, sat cross-legged, and sank his mind into the Wheel and Sea.
The divine runes produced by the four minor realms of Sea of Bitterness, Life Spring, Divine Bridge, Other Shore all converge at the top of Sea of Bitterness.
The next moment, the primordial fire of Yin-Yang Flame surged into the Sea of Bitterness, forcing the Yin-Yang Sword to one side, causing it to surround Yin-Yang Flame.
The Yin-Yang Flame suddenly surged, transforming into a blazing black and white flame that enveloped all the divine runes above the Sea of Bitterness.
Under Li Changqing's control of his primordial spirit, the Yin-Yang Flame gradually forged the divine runes into the shape of a nine-story Ancient Tower.
Under the tempering of Li Changqing's primordial spirit and the Yin-Yang Flame, the Ancient Tower quickly took shape.
The Ancient Tower has nine stories and is entirely black and white. The pagoda body is carved with Kun Peng pattern and surrounded by Yin-Yang Flames.
Under the glow of the Yin-Yang Flame, the Kun Peng pattern on the tower seemed to come alive, swirling and dancing around the tower.
Looking at the nine-story black and white Ancient Tower taking shape, Li Changqing nodded in satisfaction. "Let's call it the Yin-Yang Tower, simple and clear."
Within Li Changqing's Sea of Bitterness, the primordial fire of the Yin-Yang Flame resides at its very center, while the Yin-Yang Sword and the Yin-Yang Tower revolve around it, constantly undergoing tempering by the Yin-Yang Flame -Yin-Yang Flame.
After doing all this, Li Changqing slowly got up, stretched his body, and his bones cracked as if struck by lightning.
"Now that my current tasks are completed, it's time to explore the customs and culture of Big Dipper. It's just a pity that the Golden Age has not yet arrived. In the entire Big Dipper, not counting those self-proclaimed imperial offspring, I'm probably the strongest prodigy."
With that, Li Changqing leaped away from the Cave and continued heading south.