Chapter 470

Chapter 470: Refining the Space

Watching the world’s top expert fighting like a madman, the Demonic Path Semi-Immortals were at a loss. None dared approach him unless willing to risk their lives.

In this situation, Sword God single-handedly forced the entire demonic Path to refrain from sending reinforcements.

Unable to deal with Sword God, they could only curse Fang Lie endlessly. They blamed this scoundrel for driving the world’s strongest expert to madness—otherwise, why would he fight so desperately?

Though the feud between Ghost Realm Sect and East Kunlun was minor, Sword God exerted maximum effort—clearly using Ghost Realm Sect as his punching bag!

Of course, those with insight knew Fang Lie was wrongly accused. Sword God’s reckless fighting wasn’t just about venting anger. His main goal was to intimidate Demonic Path Semi-Immortals, preventing their aid so East Kunlun could seize more benefits.

After Sword God blockaded Ghost Realm Sect’s entrance and scared off demonic path masters, East Kunlun’s disciples grew bolder, dividing forces to attack towns and resource mines.

Towns were stripped bare. Mines were plundered, then East Kunlun Cultivators used Powerful Divine Skills for destructive mining.

This method was straightforward: Fire Tribulation Immortals shattered mineral veins and collected all ores. They’d brought massive space treasures capable of holding thousands of mountains—storage wasn’t an issue.

Though efficient, this practice ravaged environments and destroyed mineral veins permanently, violating Heavenly Dao laws.

Careful small-scale mining allowed gradual regeneration—like cutting chives repeatedly. That was the proper method.

Previously, East Kunlun avoided such destruction not from fearing Ghost Realm Sect’s retaliation, but to avoid harming their sect’s Fate through Heavenly Dao violations.

But after Fang Lie stole the star gold vein, East Kunlun faced financial crisis.

To sustain the sect, they resorted to reckless plunder, disregarding Heavenly Dao punishments.

Sword God’s willingness to fight fiercely—even sustaining heavy injuries—aimed to secure more wealth for his sect.

His sacrifice ensured East Kunlun claimed the largest share during the plundering.

The Eight Righteous Sects Alliance swept through Ghost Realm Sect’s territories across a million-mile radius—hundreds of cities and thousands of towns.

East Kunlun alone cleared over a quarter of these areas. The other seven sects combined handled the remaining three-quarters.

No sect protested this imbalance. Sword God’s contributions—crippling Ghost Realm Sect’s Semi-Immortals and deterring demonic path reinforcements—justified their larger share.

For six months, the Eight Righteous Sects ravaged Ghost Realm Sect’s territory, crushing its outer defenses.

Yet not all credit went to righteous sects. Later, Demonic Path Cultivators joined the looting, snatching one-tenth of the spoils despite their late entry.

Righteous Cultivators welcomed these opportunistic demonic scoundrels. Though losing some loot, they sowed discord among demonic factions. When Ghost Realm Sect recovered, they’d likely target their treacherous neighbors first.

As the prime culprit, Fang Lie ignored these events. Returning to East Kunlun, he immediately began refining the Star Gold Element Core.

His cultivation of the Innate Great Five Elements Nascent Fetus Classic required innate great five elements nascent fetuses. Having finally obtained one, he eagerly started working.

With old bird’s assistance, Fang Lie spent half a year refining it into his life-bound nascent fetus.

Within his Qi Sea now sat two nascent fetuses—one blue, one red—perched on his life-bound treasure altar beneath Linglong Qi Locking Tower.

The golden tower absorbed vast Nascent Soul energy, purifying it into pristine Magic.

The two primordial spirit-like figures circulated energy cycles, each exhaling dozens of Dao pattern karp.

The churning Magic sea below already held tens of thousands of Dao pattern karp.

Subtle differences existed: karp from Nirvana fire nascent fetus shone more vibrantly, while those from Star Gold Element Core leaned bluish.

Beyond appearance, their functions differed slightly too.

The Dao Pattern karps from the Nirvana Fire Nascent Fetus leaned toward the fire element. When they merged with Fang Lie’s body or other treasures, they not only strengthened his constitution but also amplified his fire element laws, drastically boosting the power of his fire-related divine skills and Dao magic.

The Dao Pattern karps released by the Star Gold Element Core naturally favored metal and spatial elements, greatly enhancing the effectiveness of Fang Lie’s metal and space-based Dao magic and divine skills.

With the Star Gold Element Core, Fang Lie’s already rapid cultivation speed doubled once more.

This wasn’t the sole benefit. Like the previous nascent fetus, the spatial properties of the Star Gold Element Core granted Fang Lie unique abilities.

The Nirvana True Fire Nascent Fetus had allowed Fang Lie to command Nirvana True Fire, granting him divine skills like the Healing Art and Nirvana True Seed.

Similarly, the Star Gold Element Core bestowed formidable spatial manipulation powers. Though his cultivation remained limited by time constraints, Fang Lie developed two spatial divine skills through his Heavenly Eye’s talent: Void Escape and Void Claw – additional innate abilities of the Void Beast.

Void Escape proved invaluable for survival and tactical support. As the Star Gold Element Core’s Dao Pattern karps reshaped Fang Lie’s body, his spatial skill mastery reached extraordinary levels.

He could now execute Void Escape at will, performing consecutive short-range spatial jumps during combat – a decisive battlefield advantage.

His Void Claw technique reached perfection. Combined with the Void Eye’s ability to detect hidden enemies or treasures in the void, Fang Lie could assassinate or pilfer effortlessly.

Fang Lie even contemplated merging his Buddhist Past King Fist with Void Claw. This union would address the fist technique’s weak offense while granting Void Claw unerring accuracy, creating lethal synergy.

However, merging these supreme divine skills proved challenging. After prolonged unsuccessful contemplation, Fang Lie temporarily abandoned the idea to focus on integrating the Wonderful Bodhi Tree’s Secret Realm into his life-bound treasure altar.

This altar was a large treasure weapon capable of assimilating other treasures, spaces, and even divine skills – its growth potential limitless. Only these exceptional properties justified using precious Divine Marrow for its enhancement.

As a large treasure weapon, the altar required internal spaces for storing items and Dao soldiers. Common realms couldn’t meet Fang Lie’s standards – the altar’s limited capacity demanded only the finest.

Among his possessions, only the Wonderful Bodhi Tree’s realm qualified. This space fragment from the Immortal Spirit Realm contained higher-order laws enabling the growth of immortal spiritual roots like the Wonderful Bodhi Tree.

In the Mortal Realm, even within the Heavenly Dao’s strongest Great Thousand World, such immortal flora would wither.

The fragment offered multiple advantages: It could contain power exceeding Semi-Immortal levels, permitting lethal formations to ambush enemies. With proper preparation, even Semi-Immortals could be instantly slain.

Additionally, medicines cultivated here absorbed immortal energy, vastly increasing their potency. These dual benefits made integration imperative.

Immediately after refining the Star Gold Element Core, Fang Lie began merging the Immortal Spirit fragment.

Half a year later, Fang Lie emerged seemingly unchanged, still meditating serenely atop his altar. In reality, earth-shattering transformations had occurred.

His cultivation had surged during the Star Gold Element Core’s refinement, expanding his Qi Sea to three thousand miles – matching Core Inner Gate Disciples’ achievements. This explosive growth stemmed from the core’s immense power, though future progress would require conventional cultivation.

His life-bound treasure altar had tripled in size to three zhang, crowned by a faint arboreal shadow. Any assailant approaching Fang Lie would now be trapped within the Immortal Spirit fragment’s space – beyond rescue, vulnerable to his mercy.

Ordinary teleportation techniques proved useless against the fragment’s advanced spatial laws.