Yong Province, Mount Fei of the Earth.
Within a secluded valley, clear breezes swirled. A man sat upon the Treasure Platform, clad in a black Daoist robe patterned with red clouds. Black-and-white lightning danced beside him, and from within it descended an ancient, imposing execution platform.
Beneath the platform appeared visions of immortals, demons, fiends, and Buddhists suffering punishment and execution one after another. Blood flowed like a river, pouring down from the heavens. Above it hung an Immortal Executioner formed from silver thunder, its radiance dazzling, its murderous intent biting cold.
Xu Xuan slowly beckoned. The [Form-Severing Mind-Image Great Method] circulated, drawing the Immortal Executioner from the platform into his hand, where it transformed into a sword wreathed in silver thunder.
The Heart Sword was complete!
This spell consumed no spirit treasures. All it required was work upon one's life essence and allotted fortune. With Tiantuo's guidance as well, cultivating it naturally proceeded swiftly.
The Thunder Sparrow formed from Cinnabar Thunder suddenly flew out and merged into the Heart Sword. A strand of black laws also clung to it, sharply increasing the sword's power.
The sword measured roughly three feet six inches, its entire body illusory, with a thick spine and thin edges. Lightning continually burst forth and contracted, while a dark pearl slowly revolved at the end of its hilt.
The inscription upon the sword was unmistakably [Tribulation Law].
Xu Xuan silently examined the sword. In terms of mystical power, it was probably only comparable to a low-grade spirit artifact. Even with the black laws, it could not match the Cinnabar Thunder he had once commissioned Candle Sword to forge.
Yet this Heart Sword possessed a particular advantage: its Divine Status.
Its resonance with altar thunder was more direct and pure. Such a quality was normally found only