This sword embryo perfectly replicated the form of the Seven Kill Sword, but the flowing radiance upon it and the vast energy contained within were far from comparable to an illusory martial soul. It simply hovered quietly in midair, its sword tip angled toward the heavens, and a peerlessly sharp aura spread out, as if even the air would be sliced apart.
However, this was merely the initial completion.
Moreover, although the sword embryo was formed, it was still one final—and most crucial—step away from becoming a true divine artifact: enchantment!
Chen Junting slowly raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers coming together into a sword finger, pointing from afar at the sword embryo hovering before him.
Immediately after, a sword intent extremely similar to the will of destruction instantly rose from his body. Sword intent—Zhuxian!
"Zhuxian—Sword—Intent!"
Pronouncing it word by word, a point of extreme purple glo-light condensed upon Chen Junting's joined sword fingers, as if containing a scene of immortals and gods being executed and the world sinking into apocalypse.
"Go!"
Chen Junting's sword fingers suddenly thrust out.
That point of purple glo-light transformed into a shooting star, striking fiercely into the center of the sword embryo hovering in midair—the exact center of the sword guard—at a speed too fast to cover one's ears.
Immediately after, "Boom!"
The divine fire instantly flared up, fiercely enveloping the sword embryo within it.
Heaven and earth are the furnace; creation is the craft.
Yin and Yang are the charcoal; myriad things are the copper.
Hum—!!!
At the moment the divine fire completely finished burning, a sword cry that seemed to come from beyond the nine heavens, yet also from beneath the nine abysses, suddenly resounded throughout the entire Life Valley and Destruction Forest.
If one looked up, one would only see the clouds in the sky shredded by invisible sword qi, and the earth seemed to tremble slightly.
After merging with the Zhuxian Sword Intent, that sword embryo began a violent transformation. The radiance on the sword body gradually turned inward, replaced by a deep purple hue that seemed capable of annihilating all light. At the edge of the blade, a blood line as thin as a gossamer thread quietly emerged, bewitching and eye-catching. At the sword guard, an ancient and profound "Zhuxian" character mark emitted a terrifying pressure that made one tremble.
The destructive aura that originally filled the sword body and the spirituality of the divine material itself, under the dominion of the Zhuxian Sword Intent, perfectly fused and sublimated. A terrifying sharpness capable of cutting through anything and destroying any defense, as if born specifically for the Zhuxian Sword, emanated from the blade.
When the sword cry gradually subsided and the strange phenomena dissipated with it, that newly born divine sword quietly hovered before him.
Chen Junting reached out his hand and slowly grasped the hilt.
Hum—
The sword body hummed lightly, and Chen Junting seemed to be struck by divine inspiration!
The instant his right hand slightly raised, he slashed out with a sword!
Shhh—, Ssssh!
A casual slash, without mobilizing the power contained within the Zhuxian Sword itself, without using soul power to drive it—merely the divine sword itself. Thus, this slash did not produce any earth-shaking sword qi, nor any gorgeous light or shadow. There was only a slight spatial crack that quietly appeared and rapidly healed.
"From this day forth, your name shall be—Zhuxian!"
The raised hand slowly withdrew.
Chen Junting caressed the ice-cold sword body, joy revealed in his eyes. After all, having forged a divine artifact himself, how could he not be happy?
The Zhuxian Sword seemed to sense this, emitting a low and cheerful hum. The purple radiance on the sword body flowed, and that blood line also seemed to come alive, flickering bewitchingly.
Forging the divine artifact had nearly exhausted almost all of his spiritual power, soul power, and true essence. However, even though Chen Junting's complexion was now as pale as paper and his figure somewhat unsteady, the excitement and satisfaction in his heart were beyond words.
Up to this point, in the entire Douluo Plane, who could forge a divine artifact with a mortal body? Presumably, only he alone.
"Since the Zhuxian Sword has succeeded, then next comes the Xianxian Sword, and the Juexian Sword. As for the final Luxian Sword…"
After his excitement, Chen Junting immediately set his sights on the other three swords. The Xianxian Sword could use the "Life Scepter" as material, and the Juexian Sword could start with Ice Polar Divine Crystal, but what about the Luxian Sword? He didn't have any divine material suitable for forging the Luxian Sword.
Thinking of this, he unconsciously touched the space between his eyebrows again.
To be precise, it was the Rakshasa God mark.
Clearly, Chen Junting was targeting the God of Destruction again.
However, he was still quite hesitant.
"Forget it, I'll try first and see. It doesn't matter if it doesn't work out."
The same words, the same method. Another request connected to the God of Destruction through the Rakshasa God mark.
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm.
The God of Destruction, who was still on his way, once again received Chen Junting's request. Because one day in the Divine Realm equaled one year in the mortal world, from the God of Destruction's perspective, Chen Junting's previous request had just left when the second request arrived.
In an instant, the God of Destruction's face darkened.
"This brat… truly greedy! Did that Greed fellow deliberately go easy on him before!?" Unable to hold back a curse, the God of Destruction forcibly used psychological suggestion to calm himself down.
Don't be angry, don't be angry. This is the talented person he had sought out himself!
It's just a piece of divine material; consider it a reward.
For a God King who had existed since the birth of the Douluo Divine Realm, the God of Destruction's wealth could be described as abundant. So when faced with Chen Junting's need for a piece of divine material related to the slaughter attribute, the God of Destruction could naturally easily produce one.
Not to mention, he was acquainted with the first-generation Asura God.
Thus, a piece of metal primarily blood-red with silver as a secondary color appeared in the God of Destruction's hand. Back in the day, the Asura God's Asura Sword had been forged from this very type of metal.
Thus, a blood-red light flashed and vanished.
Then…
"Can't let that kid contact me anymore." With that, the God of Destruction unilaterally severed the connection with the Rakshasa God mark.
In other words, Chen Junting could no longer reach him.
If he really wanted to contact him, that would have to wait until some time later. Otherwise, he might die from annoyance!
…
Thud—
"Ouch—"
At this time, Chen Junting, who was recovering, let out a sudden cry of pain due to a moment of inattention. A piece of metal roughly the same size as that staff—the "Destruction Scepter"—had smashed into his head and then fallen to the ground.
Seeing this, Chen Junting was immediately overjoyed!
After thanking the God of Destruction, he immediately put it away.
"Now, the materials for the other three of the four swords are complete!"
"However…"
At this moment, Chen Junting thought of the "Life Scepter" and this newly obtained piece of divine material, then compared them to the Ice Polar Divine Crystal…
Suddenly, he felt somewhat dissatisfied.
It wasn't that the Ice Polar Divine Crystal was a bad material, but rather that the divine materials for forging the other three swords were too good!
"How about I don't forge the Juexian Sword for now?" Anyway, asking the God of Destruction for more made him feel embarrassed.
After all, you can't keep shearing the same sheep.
"There's no need."
At this moment, Electrolux's voice rang out in his heart.
"Teacher, do you have a solution?"
"Naturally, there is a solution."
After Chen Junting sank his mind and met Electrolux in his spiritual sea, Electrolux provided his own solution. That was to have a material of the same grade as the Ice Polar Divine Crystal, possessing the death attribute, undergo fusion and tempering through the divine fire together to form an alloy. This way, the quality would not be lacking.
"Death-attribute metal…" Let alone death-attribute metal, even finding a metal of the same grade as the Ice Polar Divine Crystal was difficult!
Thus, Chen Junting looked up at Electrolux.
"Teacher, do you have any?"
"I have a way."
Afterward, Electrolux didn't keep him in suspense.
"If there isn't one, then have one be born."
He asked Chen Junting for a wisp of Life Gold not even as thick as a strand of hair, then came to the Undead Demiplane.
Afterward, using some unknown method, he directly borrowed the ability of the Life Gold and, based on the current nature of the Undead Demiplane, catalyzed the birth of a piece of metal possessing the death attribute.
Its size was only half of the metal the God of Destruction had just given. Not large, but the power it emitted was truly astonishing!
Even in Chen Junting's eyes, the properties of this piece of metal surpassed the Ice Polar Divine Crystal; it was a truly top-tier metal!
Thus, next, Chen Junting used the method his teacher described, took out a piece of Ice Polar Divine Crystal, then used the power of the divine fire to melt the two into molten metal, causing them to merge together.
The two pieces of metal, initially incompatible, under the tempering of Destruction divine power and Life divine power, were like the proverbial flying brick—through overwhelming force, they fused perfectly without any need for technique.
Very quickly, a brand-new divine material took form. It emitted a chill like Ultimate Ice, yet also possessed a sense of deathly stillness.
"This divine material is a perfect match for the Juexian Sword Intent."
After weighing it in his hand, Chen Junting put it away.
Then, Chen Junting treated the divine material of the "Life Scepter" in the same manner, just as he had forged the "Zhuxian Sword," and refined the "Xianxian Sword."
And after resting a bit, he continued. In total, it took a full three months before he completely forged the four divine swords—Zhuxian, Luxian, Xianxian, and Juexian!
"Zhuxian—"
"Luxian—"
"Xianxian—"
"Juexian—"
Hum hum hum hum—
Four incomparably frigid sword intents shot toward the sky!
Seeing this, the Heavenly Eye at the center of Chen Junting's brows opened accordingly. The Zhuxian Formation Diagram instantly grew from small to large, spreading open like a scroll, directly enveloping an area of nearly twenty meters in radius.
Four array eyes lit up, and the four swords descended into them.
"Zhuxian Sword Array, rise!"
Right at this moment, four streaks of flowing light flew out from Chen Junting's spiritual sea and landed at the four corners of the Zhuxian Sword Array. The Snow Empress descended, controlling the Juexian Sword, dancing like a snow sprite, an empress of ice; Tyrant spread his wings, a ferocious giant dragon roaring, its great mouth opening to seize the Zhuxian Sword; Mad King, his mountain-like figure standing firm upon the earth, let out a heaven-shaking roar, while the Luxian Sword was plunged straight into the ground before him; Evil Emperor, his massive pupils emitting a light as deep as the abyss, his eighty-one spread tentacles grasping the Xianxian Sword, and under spiritual distortion, it was enough to cause one to fall into myriad illusions.
In an instant, the terrifying might of the sword array permeated the entire space.
"Not bad, not bad."
At first, Chen Junting nodded in considerable satisfaction.
However, when his gaze gradually locked onto the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, he fell into an inexplicable silence. After a long while…
"How about I re-sacrifice and refine the formation diagram? After being re-tempered by the divine fire formed from the fusion of Life divine power and Destruction divine power, presumably the Zhuxian Formation Diagram will be even more worthy of the four swords."
Chen Junting controlled the sword array with one hand while rubbing his chin with the other, somewhat conflicted: "Or perhaps, I could further perfect the formations within the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, then add some more things to make the entire Zhuxian Sword Array more complex, perhaps making it even more powerful. For example, sacrificing and refining Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind… or referencing the Four Symbols Star Constellation Array I set up for Xiaotian…"
Chen Junting carefully pondered for a moment… After a long while, he finally settled on his idea.
Without further ado!
After storing the four Zhuxian swords in his Heavenly Eye, Chen Junting activated the divine fire, enveloping and tempering the shrunken Zhuxian Formation Diagram.
Under the tempering of the divine fire, formation runes continuously circulated, and the area around the Zhuxian Formation Diagram gradually emitted waves of profound fluctuations.
In the end, Chen Junting still adopted the method of sacrificing and refining Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, fusing it with the entire Zhuxian Sword Array.
Chen Junting raised his five fingers, sketching out formation runes one after another.
Within those formation runes, traces of profound fluctuations emerged. The fiery-red formation runes came from Wu Feng's Ultimate Fire laws; scarlet light floated, and vaguely there was a momentum that could burn the heavens and boil the seas stirring within, far surpassing Wu Feng herself.
And those deep-blue formation runes represented water.
Water has no constant form; it can transform into three states.
But in the end, Chen Junting only chose the one state that represented its essence. As for what he adopted, it was even more the power that came from the ocean.
Like an abyss, like a prison!
The vastness from the Sea God, the ferocity from the Demon Empress, combined with his own experience of the ocean he had felt, thus laid out.
As for the remaining Earth and Wind…
The former was based on the five years of travel back then, the earth vein auras he had encountered numbering no less than several thousand. These lurked in his heart; whenever needed, the formation runes would come naturally to his hand. As if transformed into substance, like dragon veins continuously extending.
The other remaining one needed no further explanation. The warmth of the spring wind, the biting cold of the winter wind, and the tyranny of the hurricane!
"When the sword array rises, it is enough to sacrifice and refine Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind! This is the might of the Zhuxian Sword Array!" Chen Junting, while using the divine fire to temper the formation diagram, simultaneously carved the remaining formation runes onto the diagram.
One day, two days, three days… until seven days later, Hum—
At the moment it was completely tempered, the formation diagram slowly spread open, and an aura far surpassing what it had been before instantly permeated outward!
Chen Junting couldn't help but smile upon seeing this.
"It's done."
Afterward, he waved his large hand fiercely.
As his spiritual power dissipated, that mass of divine fire could no longer be maintained, transforming back into Life divine power and Destruction divine power, returning to their respective altars. Immediately after, the Destruction Forest and Life Valley were no longer affected by the altars, returning to their original states.
But for the moment, Chen Junting didn't pay too much attention to this.
With a beckoning hand, the Zhuxian Formation Diagram returned to his hand.
After examining it with satisfaction for a while, he opened his Heavenly Eye once more and stored the Zhuxian Formation Diagram back within it for nurturing.
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