The Old Pass, the New Arrive: A Thousand-Year Chapter!
600th year of the Great Qin Dynasty --
This is a new era, a glorious era, as the older generation passes away and the new generation begins to emerge...
It also blossomed and bore fruit, becoming the pillar that supports the sky!
Qin Qianyu, the successor to the Huang Liang Formation, has now become a grandmaster of formations...
At just over 260 years old, he has already become the leader of the Qin Clan's array formations!
Now that his cultivation has reached the Golden Core Middle Stage, he can create and set up a large- Fifth-Tier formation with the help of external forces, truly deserving of the title of Dao of Formations prodigy in the art of formations...
However nowadays--
Although the Qin Clan was powerful, it also faced many difficulties...
For example, advanced immortal arts such as high-level formations, weapon crafting, alchemy, and talisman making. Even for the Qin Clan, alchemy is their forte.
Now I'm stuck at Fifth-Tier and can't advance!
Qin Lu had tried many times, but found that even with his abilities, he couldn't refine Sixth-Tier pills or other Sixth-Tier treasures...
the Unseen's always something missing, somehow.
Currently, the Qin Clan only possesses a handful of Sixth-Tier items, such as Qin Lu's natal magic Law Treasure, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner: Heaven Burial!
Sixth-Tier Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Treasure: Heavenly Evolution Bronze Mask.
Sixth-Tier Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Treasure: Tai'e Sword
The entire Great Qin and the Qin Clan possessed only three Sixth-Tier treasures, and all three were acquired under various circumstances...
These are items that were created, not crafted.
As for the natal magic Law Treasure of Shenji Meng Yu and the three Spirit Transformation Cold Beast, some were used to perfect the Nine Heavens, while others self-destructed upon the death of their masters...
Upon reaching the Fifth-Tier or Sixth-Tier, most Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Treasure will develop a spirit, which is the origin of the term "spiritual treasure"...
At the Fifth-Tier, spirituality may have just been established, but at the Sixth-Tier, almost every treasure will give birth to a spirit that takes on physical form, like the Heaven Burial Boy.
These artifact spirits often self-destruct after their master dies in battle!
Those with weaker spiritual power, such as Fifth-Tier Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Treasure, will have their power greatly reduced even if they do not self-destruct, as the treasures themselves become defiled.
Even though Qin Lu's Nether Sha Sword: God Devouring and Ghost King Seal: Earth Burial are currently still at the Fifth-Tier high-grade level...
To reach the Sixth-Tier, one crucial opportunity is still missing!
Qin Qianyu, a prodigy of the Qin Clan's younger generation, had already discovered that slight shortcoming under Huang Liang's tutelage...
That is the Dao of Refining!
Whether it's elixirs, Law Artifact artifacts, formations, talismans, or even spirit building, Spirit Wine, and many other crafts, they all boil down to one word: practice!
And this is the path of refinement!
Nine Heavens -- Earth Nether Abyss -- Twenty-Four Ancestral Peaks -- Heaven-Refining Peak
"Indeed, whether it's alchemy, weapon crafting, or even formations and talismans, they all ultimately come down to the same principle..."
"The First-Tier is the initial refinement, the Second-Tier is the enticement of spirits, the Third-Tier is the contamination of the Dao, the Fourth-Tier is the refinement, Fifth-Tier is the fusion of Dao and matter..."
"To advance further and refine to the Sixth-Tier, one needs to further communicate with the Dao, so that the Dao and the object can be perfectly integrated, reaching the half-spirit realm!"
"This is the pinnacle of treasure refining, the foundation of immortal-grade items."
"This Sixth-Tier can also be called a semi-immortal item, a half-step immortal item!"
"No wonder even with our ancestor's abilities, he couldn't refine a Sixth-Tier spirit pill. To be more precise, it was practically a half-immortal pill. Without mastery of the Dao of Dao of Refining, the Fifth-Tier is probably the limit for ordinary people."
"So, I want to go further."
"Then the only option is to switch to Dao of Refining to refine Sixth-Tier, or even Seventh-Tier, and higher-quality items. It truly is a path of no return..."
Qin Qianyu murmured to himself, writing down all his thoughts as he spoke.
And he is currently the only cultivator in the entire Qin Clan who has mastered the Great Dao of Refining, Dao of Refining since ancient times...
It is unknown to the outside world, and no one even knows how to cultivate such a great path.
Because cultivating this path offers almost no benefit beyond enhancing various skills, in this dog-eat-dog world...
Being born shorter than others means you could die at any moment!
Furthermore, the path of cultivation is already rare, with practitioners being extremely few and far between. The difficulty of cultivation is high, and it places extremely high demands on the cultivator...
Furthermore, even those skilled in immortal arts can craft items from the First-Tier to the Fifth-Tier, which is quite a feat for cultivators below the Spirit Transformation...
The art of alchemy is utterly useless!
However, for major powers, the value of each Dao of Refining cultivator is comparable to that of a strategic entity; only by possessing Dao of Refining cultivators...
Only then can one refine items of the Sixth-Tier or higher. If one is a high-level cultivator in the Dao of Refining, one can even refine Seventh-Tier immortal treasures!
That's something that can directly enhance the combat power of the Purple Void Immortal.
This demonstrates the importance of Dao of Refining!
Qin Qianyu's path to Dao of Refining was largely thanks to Huang Liang's discovery; Huang Liang was the first to discover the existence of Dao of Refining...
Only by understanding the Dao of Refining can one create high-level items!
That's why--
This is what made Qin Qianyu he is today, a Golden Core Realm Dao of Refining, and he could even reach the Nascent Soul Realm...
It is then possible to refine Sixth-Tier grand formation that is comparable to that of a Nascent Spirit Transformation!
Furthermore, it laid the foundation for the Qin Clan's future development in the Dao of Refining. Only with the continuous flourishing of the Dao of Refining could the Qin Clan truly support its future journey through the Star Sea...
"The essence of Dao of Refining lies in refining all things for one's own use."
"Formations are also cultivated; they cultivate the heavens and earth as formations, rather than being limited to a specific object..."
Qin Qianyu mobilized the power of the Great Dao, using mountains, rivers, and lakes as the array's core and auspicious clouds and rosy light as its formation, pointing a finger towards the Void...
Then beams of light shot straight into the sky!
In the blink of an eye, a Fifth-Tier low-grade: Mountains, Rivers, Lakes and Seas Formation was formed, capable of mobilizing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, making it a top-tier version of Spirit Gathering Formation...
It also serves multiple purposes, including evasion, harassment, and defense.
The formation itself isn't difficult, but for a Golden Core cultivator, without relying on formation plates, flags, or prior arrangements...
The fact that the formation can be arranged one rank higher demonstrates the power of the Dao of Dao of Refining!
Every corner of the mountains, rivers, and lakes had been Dao of Refining by the Daoist practice, forming nodes that resembled naturally formed large arrays...
This allows for an instantaneous formation!