Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 910: Chapter 154: Power Shift, Top-Grade Magical Treasure!

”However, now that I have reached the Middle-Stage Nascent Soul, I wonder if I can refine that incomplete Thunder Spear.”

A few years ago, when he first came to the West Desert, he had received a Thunder Light Cone from Minister Ji of the Great Jin Ministry of War,

Unexpectedly, this cone had mysteriously merged with a Thunder Spear he obtained from the Celestial Essence Secret Realm in the Central Province,

It seems to be a component of a powerful treasure,

After the fusion, the treasure seemed to have intelligence, being extremely lively, and refused Zhou Xun’s refinement,

Now that his cultivation has progressed greatly, he decided to take this opportunity to try again!

He slapped his hand on his waist, and a jade box a foot long appeared in his hand. When opened, it revealed

a five-inch-sized blue Thunder Pearl,

With a flick of his finger,

A bolt of thunder light struck it, revealing a four-inch-long, blue-black short spear etched with strange runes, resembling lightning!

As soon as it appeared, the treasure floated up, flew a circle around the cultivation room.

Zhou Xun reached out to grab it, but the short spear nimbly dodged!

”I’m already at the Middle-Stage Nascent Soul, can’t refine it yet?” Zhou Xun felt a bit angry in his heart,

Generally speaking, top-grade spiritual treasures can only be mastered and used by great cultivators, but given his current divine sense and mana,

Further reinforced by the Celestial Profound Spirit Armor, it was certainly not inferior to ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators,

Why couldn’t he control this treasure?

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun formed hand seals, sending rays of spirit light towards the spear!

The short spear started flying around the room, occasionally flashing arcs of thunder,

The power it emitted made Zhou Xun’s heart flutter with fear!

Yet the spirit lights he released couldn’t do anything to this spear!

Seeing this, Zhou Xun’s eyes flashed with purple light, a thought struck him,

He opened his mouth, seventy-two Thunder Seeds poured out, distributed throughout the room!

Zhou Xun formed a seal with both hands, pointing at the Thunder Seeds!

The light burst forth, and the Thunder Seeds transformed suddenly, becoming threads of lightning,

Weaving together,

Forming a dense Thunder Net enclosing the entire room!

”Go!”

He pointed at the agile spear!

The Thunder Net immediately began to shrink, trapping it inside, then Zhou Xun released his divine sense to commence the refinement,

But to his displeasure, the treasure’s inner spirit still emitted a faint sense of resistance,

Even at this moment it was still so, Zhou Xun was somewhat annoyed, coldly saying:

”No matter how good the treasure is, if it won’t be controlled, then that ’spirit’ is not needed!” He said, enveloped his divine sense and began the gradual refinement!

With Zhou Xun’s powerful embrace of his divine sense, the short spear trembled violently, thunder arcs crazily flickered as if making the last struggle in resistance.

Zhou Xun’s expression remained cold as he increased the output of his divine sense, a wave of mighty spiritual power followed his will, rushing toward the short spear, attempting to break through its inner resistance.

For a moment, spiritual power surged within the cultivation room, the light was so dazzling it was almost blinding.

Zhou Xun’s forehead veins bulged, sweat poured down like rain, evidently the refining process was extremely arduous and consumed greatly.

But he resolved firmly to subdue it, even if it meant destroying the Artifact Spirit,

At worst, next time he visited the Thunder Prison, he could catch a ’spirit’ as a substitute for the Artifact Spirit.

After all, no matter how good a treasure is, if it’s uncontrollable, it is no different from a scrap of iron.

Under Zhou Xun’s steely determination,

The ’spirit’ inside seemed to retreat, the intense resistance reduced significantly, and then became weaker and weaker,

Until it completely let go,

At this time, Zhou Xun’s divine sense was able to fully permeate the interior of the Thunder Spear,

In his perspective, a narrow space suddenly appeared ahead, with a fist-sized purple sphere inside,

Pulsing with flashes, emitting a trace of fearful consciousness,

Zhou Xun controlled his divine sense to approach it slowly, then gradually comfort it, as time passed, the light sphere gradually calmed down,

Ultimately fully accepting Zhou Xun,

Zhou Xun established in the Thunder Spear an internal bridge to communicate with the Artifact Spirit, intertwining strands of divine sense, successfully refining!

He opened his eyes, seeing that the short spear’s light gradually stabilized, no longer flickering and struggling, its humming stopped completely.

With a thought, it slowly flew to Zhou Xun’s front, gently touched his palm, as if expressing recognition.

Zhou Xun showed a joyful expression, reached out, and grasped the short spear.

He felt a strong and familiar power flowing from his palm into his body, perfectly merging with his own spiritual power.

The runes on the short spear also lit up one by one, emitting a gentle purple light, illuminating the entire cultivation room.

He could now perceive the immense power contained inside the Thunder Spear, far beyond his current capacity.

”It seems I’ve obtained an extraordinary treasure!”

After a brief rest, Zhou Xun decided to leave the cultivation room and go outside to test the power of this newly acquired magical treasure.

He arrived at an open area in the courtyard, formed seals with both hands, setting up layer upon layer of Tier Four-level restrictions,

Encompassing the entire courtyard!

At this moment, Zhou Xun took a deep breath, and swung the short spear in his hand.

In an instant, thunder light flashed, bolts of lightning roared out from the short spear, like a flood dragon emerging from the sea, freely swirling in the air, ionizing the air with a ”zzzz” sound wherever it passed.

He then pointed downward,

”Boom!”

A powerful bolt of lightning struck down suddenly,

Creating a deep pit about a meter in depth and several meters in diameter on the ground, with scorched earth and stone inside, wisps of blue smoke rising, filled with a pungent smell.

The surrounding restrictions were layer by layer damaged, completely scrapped,

If he hadn’t set them up in advance, this courtyard might have been destroyed!

”What a treasure!” Zhou Xun couldn’t help but utter praise.

Understanding this was just an initial mastery,

As his cultivation progressed in the future, becoming more proficient in its control, it was certain he could unleash even greater power!

Standing up, Zhou Xun tidied his garments, stepped out of the cultivation room.

”Now with the breakthrough achieved, the pressing matter is to return to Great Jin to exchange for the Nine-Curves Illusion Spirit Ginseng, to aid the Spirit Butterfly in advancing to Tier Four.”

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The following day, in the reception hall,

Zhou Xun, True Monarch Tianci, and Wang Erniu are sitting opposite each other.

”Congratulations, big brother, on reaching the Middle-Stage Nascent Soul!” Wang Erniu exclaimed with wide-eyed admiration and a touch of envy.

”Unbelievably, during my seclusion, big brother has made a name for himself in the West Desert!”

Now Wang Erniu finally understood what great deeds Zhou Xun and True Monarch Tianci had accomplished, missing out himself left him with regret.

”Indeed, dear brother’s advancement to the Middle-Stage Nascent Soul must greatly increase his strength, ordinary High-Grade Ghost Kings surely wouldn’t be his match!” True Monarch Tianci sighed appreciatively.

He truly hadn’t foreseen his old friend reaching such cultivation so quickly.

Bear in mind, his Spirit Root Sensitivity was ninety-two points,

Such talent was exceedingly rare throughout the Human Realm,

For instance, today’s Celestial List’s second ”True Monarch Flaming Sun” had a Spirit Root Sensitivity of merely ninety-one points!

If not for originating from Eastern Wilderness, being delayed considerably early on, he would have long advanced to the Late-Stage Nascent Soul.

”Daoist Brother Flatters!”

”Today I invite both of you over to discuss something!” Zhou Xun paused in his speech, then continued:

”We have stayed in this West Desert for several years, obtained considerable battle merits, sufficient to exchange for that Nine-Curves Illusion Spirit Ginseng, I plan to return to Great Jin for a period, immerse myself in cultivation,”

”What are your thoughts?”

”Wherever big brother goes, there I go; besides, I’ve promised Elder Liu the Sword Immortal to visit Sword Lake Palace!” Wang Erniu responded without hesitation.

Hearing this, Zhou Xun nodded, then looked toward True Monarch Tianci,

”Daoist Brother, what about you?”

”Haha, I’m with you. With the battle merits accumulated, over a thousand points, the spiritual objects accumulated are enough for me to cultivate to Middle-Stage Peak,”

”Next comes some serious consolidation, so given dear brother’s return intention, I’m naturally on board!”