Li Xiaoya had given Dong Santong the Moon-Slaying Divine Light Blade because it was a light-element Heaven-Opening Treasure, perfectly suited to him...
But Dong Santong had actually already refined several Heaven-Opening Treasures bestowed by the Immortal Race's Immortal Sovereign. He had rather too many offensive treasures, and the Immortal Sovereign and True Immortal Heavenly Feather had drawn up a detailed cultivation plan years ago that he was required to follow strictly. Although he loved the Moon-Slaying Divine Light Blade, he had no spare time to refine it or train with it...
And so!
After performing Blood-Binding on the Moon-Slaying Divine Light Blade, Dong Santong had tucked it away inside his body, scarcely using it at all...
Still, he thought the Moon-Slaying Divine Light Blade seemed rather special, and leaving it unused felt like too much of a waste. He had therefore split off a portion of his spirit to refine it automatically...
But there were already too many treasures around his Nascent Soul, and storing the Moon-Slaying Divine Light Blade there would interfere with the refinement of the others...
Thus, Dong Santong had actually hidden the Moon-Slaying Divine Light Blade beneath his tongue to refine it, while practicing another Divine Ability. When cultivators chanted incantations, a peculiar swirl of Magic Power and laws formed inside their mouths. A treasure concealed there could be refined just the same...
Quite a few cultivators in the Cultivation World who possessed numerous treasures refined them this way...
Yet...
That very unintentional act had saved Dong Santong this time...
The explanation began with the silver Immortal-Binding Talisman Fu Yuchen had used on Dong Santong. That talisman was indeed extraordinarily powerful, capable of imprisoning a cultivator's Divine Sense, Primordial Spirit, Nascent Soul, and soul. With all Dong Santong's Divine Abilities and Magic Power sealed by the