166: Chapter 166 Earth Fire Creation, Breakthrough in Weapon Refining

Central Battlefield of the Burial Dragon Abyss.

Black clouds pressed down, Devilish Qi surged to the heavens.

Two Nascent Soul stage demonic creatures, one on the left and one on the right, surrounded Sect Master Mo Chen, Lin Cang, and the others in mid-air.

The one on the left resembled a giant scorpion, its tail hook gleaming with a dark green poisonous light, each strike tearing through the void.

The one on the right was covered in bone armor, holding a giant bone axe in each hand, its swings causing mountains to crumble and the earth to split.

Sect Master Mo Chen was protected by the qinglan bell, its surface already covered in cracks.

Lin Cang led sixty Star Guard to form the "Big Dipper Star Formation", chains of starlight entangling the two demonic creatures, yet they could only barely restrain them.

"Old man Mo Chen, your Qinglan Sect's Legacy will end here today!"

The Giant Scorpion Demonic Creature screeched, its tail hook suddenly thrusting out!

Fast as lightning!

Sect Master Mo Chen's pupils constricted sharply; it was too late to dodge.

At this critical moment—

A figure in white robes appeared without warning in front of Sect Master Mo Chen.

Extended two fingers.

Gently pinched.

That poisonous hook, capable of piercing Nascent Soul defenses, was actually firmly clamped between his fingertips!

The entire scene fell deathly silent.

Even the demonic creatures were stunned.

"What..."

The Giant Scorpion Demonic Creature tried to retract its tail hook but found it immovable.

Those two fingers seemed like pillars of heaven!

"Was it you who just said you would end the Qinglan Sect's Legacy?"

The white-robed man raised his gaze, stars swirling in his eyes.

It was Lin Yue!

"You... who are you?!"

Alarm bells rang loudly in the Giant Scorpion Demonic Creature's mind; it instinctively wanted to retreat.

But it was already too late.

Lin Yue's fingers moved slightly.

Crack!

That incredibly tough tail hook was actually snapped in two!

"Ah—!"

The Giant Scorpion Demonic Creature let out a shrill scream, dark green poisonous blood gushing out.

"Noisy."

Lin Yue casually tossed the broken hook aside, his right hand forming a loose grip.

A sword, entirely silver-white and wreathed in starlight, materialized out of thin air.

It was the starfall sword!

"Slash."

No flashy Moves, just a simple horizontal slash.

The sword light was like a galaxy pouring down.

The Giant Scorpion Demonic Creature didn't even have time to react before its massive body split in two.

The cut was as smooth as a mirror!

Its Nascent Soul tried to flee but was instantly purified by the Power of the Stars contained within the sword light.

Body and soul annihilated!

The entire scene was utterly silent.

The other Bone-Armored Demonic Creature stiffened completely, fear appearing in its crimson pupils for the first time.

What level of strength was this?!

Slashing a Mid Nascent Soul Stage creature with one sword?!

"Your turn."

Lin Yue turned to look at it, his tone flat.

Without a word, the Bone-Armored Demonic Creature turned and fled!

Its eight bone legs shattered the void as it ran, its speed reaching the extreme.

"Can you escape?"

Lin Yue took a step forward.

Starry Sky Domain—Unfold!

With him as the center, the space within a three-mile radius instantly solidified.

Time seemed to stand still.

The Bone-Armored Demonic Creature remained frozen in mid-air in its running posture.

Even the terror in its eyes was clearly visible.

Lin Yue walked up to it, lightly tapping with the starfall sword.

Tapping its forehead.

Crack.

The bone armor shattered, the Demonic Core destroyed.

Another Nascent Soul stage demonic creature had fallen!

The entire process took no more than three breaths.

Sect Master Mo Chen opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound.

Lin Cang and the Star Guard were even more dumbfounded.

They knew the Sect Master was strong.

But... strong to this extent?!

One sword, one demon, like cutting grass!

Was this really the strength achievable just after breaking through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage?

"The Central Path demonic creatures are eliminated. Go support the eastern and Western Paths."

Lin Yue retracted his Domain, his tone still calm: "I'll go to the Eastern Path. Lin Cang, take the Star Guard to the Western Path."

"Yes... yes!"

The group snapped out of their daze and hurriedly acknowledged the order.

Lin Yue took a step forward, his figure disappearing into the void.

When he reappeared, he was above the eastern battlefield.

The eastern battlefield at this moment was exceptionally brutal.

The Star Track Pavilion Master was fighting the Bone-Winged Demonic Creature alone, his white hair stained with blood.

The Four Symbols Demon Sealing Formation Heavenly Craftsman used to trap the Eight-Armed Demonic Creature was on the verge of collapse.

Below, Human Race Cultivators and the demonic creature army were locked in a chaotic battle, with people falling every moment.

"Human Race, your defeat is certain!"

The Bone-Winged Demonic Creature sneered: "Once I tear this old man apart, I'll slaughter your entire Sect!"

"Is that so?"

A calm voice came from above.

The Bone-Winged Demonic Creature looked up sharply.

It saw Lin Yue in white robes standing in the air, looking down at it.

As if looking down at an ant.

"You are..."

Before the Bone-Winged Demonic Creature could finish speaking.

Lin Yue raised his hand and pressed down on the void.

"Suppress."

Words became law!

An indescribable terrifying pressure descended from the sky.

The Bone-Winged Demonic Creature felt its shoulders sink, actually being forced down from the air!

Boom!

The earth trembled.

The Bone-Winged Demonic Creature was pressed firmly into the ground, only half its head exposed.

"Pavilion Revered Master, are you alright?"

Lin Yue landed beside the Star Track Pavilion Master, handing him a bottle of Medicinal Pills.

"Cough... I'm fine."

The Star Track Pavilion Master took the pills, looking at Lin Yue with a complex expression: "You broke through?"

"Yes, Late Nascent Soul Stage."

Lin Yue nodded: "Leave the rest to me. You should heal first."

After speaking, he walked towards the Eight-Armed Demonic Creature trapped in the Formation.

At this moment, the Eight-Armed Demonic Creature had already broken through the Four Symbols Seal and was about to charge out.

But it saw Lin Yue raise his hand, his five fingers forming a loose grip.

"Contain."

The Four Symbols phantoms instantly solidified, transforming into four chains that tightly bound the Eight-Armed Demonic Creature!

At least ten times stronger than Heavenly Craftsman's Formation!

"No—!"

The Eight-Armed Demonic Creature struggled in terror but found the chains tightening further.

"Be quiet."

Lin Yue walked up to it, placing his hand on its head.

"Soul Search."

Divine Sense forcibly invaded!

The Eight-Armed Demonic Creature let out a shrill scream, bleeding from all seven orifices.

Three breaths later.

Lin Yue withdrew his hand, frowning slightly.

"So that's how it is..."

He had seen something in the demonic creature's memory.

The Spirit Devouring Clan's large-scale attack this time was not only to destroy the Great Formation nodes.

More importantly, it was to test Lin Yue's strength.

And... to buy time.

Their real all-out attack would be in three months.

At that time, three Late Nascent Soul Stage generals and one Spirit Transformation Commander would descend from within the Seal simultaneously!

"Three months..."

A cold light flashed in Lin Yue's eyes.

Then let's see who surprises whom!

He waved his hand, the Power of the Stars erupting.

The Eight-Armed Demonic Creature and the Bone-Winged Demonic Creature below turned to dust simultaneously.

The eastern battlefield, the demonic creature army scattered.

"We... won?"

The Human Race Cultivators below stared blankly at the sky, then erupted into earth-shaking cheers.

"Long live Sect Master Lin!"

"Long live the Luoxia Sect!"

The sound waves surged like a tide.

Lin Yue nodded slightly to the crowd, then tore through space and returned to the Sect.

In this battle, he displayed the absolute strength of the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

And completely established the Luoxia Sect's leadership position in the Southern Region.

But Lin Yue knew this was only the beginning.

The real decisive battle was still three months away.

Luoxia Sect, Artifact Refining Hall.

Lin Yue handed the bone armor and Demonic Core fragments of the three demonic creatures to Heavenly Craftsman.

"Senior, what can these Materials be used to refine?"

Heavenly Craftsman carefully examined them, his eyes lighting up: "Excellent! These three demonic creatures are all Mid Nascent Soul Stage. The 'Demonic Patterns' contained in their bone armor are very complete, and the Demonic Core fragments retain thirty percent of their Origin."

"If combined with other auxiliary Materials, they are enough to refine three sets of Medium Grade fourth-tier 'Evil-Shattering Battle Armor' and nine Low Grade fourth-tier 'Spirit Devouring Chains'."

"Evil-Shattering Battle Armor specializes in countering evil filth. When worn against demonic creatures, both defense and attack power increase by fifty percent."

"Spirit Devouring Chains can briefly restrain Nascent Soul stage demonic creatures. Although the duration is only three breaths, it's enough to change the course of battle."

Hearing this, Lin Yue's heart stirred.

This was exactly the equipment urgently needed at the front lines!

"How long will it take?"

"If the Materials are complete, it can be done within a month."

Heavenly Craftsman paused: "But there's a problem—to refine this equipment, 'essence of earth fire' is needed as furnace fire. The quality of the essence of earth fire we have is insufficient."

essence of earth fire, a fourth-tier exotic fire.

Ordinary earth fire can only refine third-tier Magic Treasures. To refine fourth-tier Magic Treasures, essence of earth fire must be used.

And the Luoxia Sect's reserve of essence of earth fire only had three wisps left.

Not nearly enough.

"essence of earth fire..."

Lin Yue pondered for a moment, then sank his consciousness into the Grotto-Heaven.

"Haotian, can Void Creation imitate essence of earth fire?"

"Yes."

Haotian replied: "But the imitated 'Pseudo·Essence of Earth Fire' can only reach Low Grade fourth-tier, and each wisp refined consumes 1% of the Grotto-Heaven's Origin."

"1%..."

Lin Yue calculated.

To refine three sets of armor and nine chains, at least ten wisps of essence of earth fire were needed.

That was 10% of the Grotto-Heaven's Origin.

A significant cost.

But it was worth it.

"Then imitate ten wisps."

"Understood."

Haotian began mobilizing the Grotto-Heaven's authority.

At the roots of the World Tree, a mass of silver-gray spatial origin slowly condensed.

Haotian formed hand Seals, using the Void Creation authority to analyze the essential rules of "earth fire".

Flame, heat, combustion, purification... strands of rule threads were extracted and recombined.

Gradually, a cluster of crimson flame was born in the void.

Although slightly weaker than true essence of earth fire, it indeed reached the threshold of Low Grade fourth-tier!

"Success."

Haotian sealed this wisp of "Pseudo·Essence of Earth Fire" into a jade vial.

Lin Yue exited the Grotto-Heaven and handed the vial to Heavenly Craftsman.

"Senior, the essence of earth fire problem is solved."

Heavenly Craftsman opened the vial stopper, sensing the fiery energy within, his face full of shock.

"This... where did this come from?"

"A secret."

Lin Yue smiled slightly.

Heavenly Craftsman looked at him deeply and asked no more.

Everyone has secrets.

What mattered was that this secret could help the Human Race win the war.

"With the essence of earth fire, I guarantee that within a month, all this equipment will be refined!"

"I'll trouble you, Senior."

Lin Yue left the Artifact Refining Hall and went to the Formation Hall.

Little Star was deducing a Formation Plate.

Seeing Lin Yue enter, he quickly stood up: "Revered Master!"

"Sit."

Lin Yue gently patted his shoulder, looking at the Formation Plate: "What Formation is this?"

"It's the Minor Zhou Tian Xing Dou Formation."

Little Star looked somewhat embarrassed: "This Disciple was inspired by the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array's diagram and simplified it into a fourth-tier trapping Formation. Although its power is only one percent of the complete Great Array, it deploys quickly and consumes little."

"Oh? What level of enemy can it trap?"

"If operating at full power, it can trap an Early Nascent Soul Stage enemy for a hundred breaths, and directly refine a Peak Golden Core Stage enemy."

Lin Yue's eyes lit up.

Excellent Formation!

Although the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array was powerful, it deployed slowly and consumed terrifying amounts, making it impossible to use casually.

This simplified version perfectly filled the tactical gap.

"How long to Revered Master it?"

"Already mastered."

Little Star scratched his head: "This Disciple finished deducing it three days ago and is optimizing the consumption."

Three days... Lin Yue sighed inwardly.

This kid's Formation talent was truly prodigious.

Heavenly Craftsman taking him as a Named Disciple was indeed not a mistake.

"Very good."

Lin Yue patted Little Star's shoulder: "Don't spread this Formation for now. Keep it as one of our Luoxia Sect's trump cards."

"Yes, Revered Master!"

Little Star nodded heavily.

Leaving the Formation Hall, Lin Yue went to check on the cultivation progress of the Lin family's main line.

Lin Mo, Lin Qing, and six others were practicing the "Seven Star Demon Slaying Formation" on the Martial Arts Field.

This was a battle Formation Lin Yue found in the Star Lord Legacy, requiring seven Golden Core Cultivators to cooperate, capable of unleashing power comparable to the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

The eight took turns practicing, already taking initial shape.

"Family Head!"

Seeing Lin Yue arrive, the eight bowed in unison.

"No need for formalities."

Lin Yue looked at them: "How does it feel?"

"Reporting to the Family Head, this battle Formation is extremely powerful, but the consumption is also high."

Lin Mo respectfully replied: "With our current cultivation, we can maintain it for at most thirty breaths."

"Thirty breaths is enough."

Lin Yue nodded: "For the next three months, focus on practicing this Formation. I will provide sufficient resources to help you break through to the Late Golden Core Stage."

"If all eight of you can break through to the Late Golden Core Stage before the decisive battle... then this Seven Star Demon Slaying Formation can trap and kill Mid Nascent Soul Stage enemies!"

Hearing this, Battle Intent ignited in the eight's eyes.

"We will definitely live up to the Family Head's expectations!"

One month later.

Artifact Refining Hall.

Heavenly Craftsman walked out of the seclusion room, looking exhausted but with joy in his eyes.

"Sect Master Lin, I have not failed the mission!"

He waved his hand, twelve pieces of equipment floated in the air.

Three sets of dark golden battle armor, radiant and colorful, covered in evil-shattering runes.

Nine silver-white chains, thin as hair, yet emitting a heart-palpitating restraining force.

"Evil-Shattering Battle Armor, Medium Grade fourth-tier, can withstand three full-power strikes from a Mid Nascent Soul Stage enemy and increases damage against demonic creatures by fifty percent."

"Spirit Devouring Chains, Low Grade fourth-tier, can briefly restrain an Early Nascent Soul Stage enemy for three breaths, a Mid Nascent Soul Stage enemy for one breath."

Lin Yue inspected each piece, inwardly praising.

Truly worthy of a fifth-tier Artifact Refiner!

Each piece of this equipment was top quality.

"Senior, you've worked hard."

Lin Yue took out a jade vial: "These are ten drops of starlight spiritual fluid, to help Senior recover Origin Qi."

Heavenly Craftsman didn't stand on ceremony, accepting the vial: "Thank you. With this equipment, the survival rate of frontline soldiers can increase by thirty percent."

"But Sect Master Lin, I must remind you—no matter how good the equipment, it's ultimately external. The real victory still depends on top-tier combat power."

"This Junior understands."

Lin Yue nodded: "So for the next two months, I will continue my seclusion."

"Goal—Peak Late Nascent Soul Stage!"

Heavenly Craftsman looked at him deeply.

"I look forward to your performance."

Lin Yue collected the equipment and turned to leave.

When he walked out of the Artifact Refining Hall, he looked up towards the Burial Dragon Abyss.

Above the Seal, that dark red crack seemed to have widened a bit more.

Three months... time was running short.

But this time, the Human Race was prepared.

Lin Yue clenched his fist, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

"Spirit Devouring Clan..."

"I will let you know the price of invading this world!"