First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1333 - Swordsmithing in Twelve Chapters

Within Su Yi’s sea of consciousness.

That soul origin swathed in blue immortal light transformed into a handsome male figure. He wore a jade crown, and his hair was tied back. His teal clothing swayed around him, and his entire body emanated aloof, contemptuous pride.

He threw back his head and laughed uproariously with incomparable delight. Even if you’d hit him over the head, he would never have guessed that good fortune connected to reincarnation would deliver itself right to him!

“How is this any different from meat pies raining from the heavens? Hahaha....hm!?”

His mad laughter came to an abrupt halt as he sensed that something wasn’t quite right here.

“Is this... a sea of consciousness?” The man in teal was stunned. He looked around and discovered that he stood in a boundlessly vast sea. The waves churned, a manifestation of dense and grand soul power.

It stretched as far as the eye could see!

“How could a Oneness Realm World King possibly have cultivated such a sea of consciousness?” exclaimed the man in teal.

In life, he’d been a Cloud Soaring Transcendent Monarch, just one step away from transcending mortality altogether and becoming a true immortal. With his breadth of experience, he’d seen all sorts of wondrous seas of consciousness before.

Yet he still found this sea of consciousness unbelievable!

Even amongst Transcendents, such a vast sea of consciousness was all but unheard of. Only the powerhouses of first-rate orthodoxies could possess such a thing.

Yet now, for some inexplicable reason, a sea of consciousness of this caliber had appeared within a Oneness Realm World King! This was shocking and unheard of!

Don’t tell me that this is the unique privilege of those who’ve mastered reincarnation? The man in teal inwardly exclaimed. Without any further delay, he stretched out his arms, and both hands formed seals.

Boom!

Streaks of blue immortal light shot out of his soul origin, forming interweaving arcs of divine radiance that shot in all different directions.

They stretched as far as the eye could see, like a vast, unfurling net. Soon, they’d covered Su Yi’s sea of consciousness completely.

“Once I’ve fully occupied this place, I can refine the boy’s soul, absorb his knowledge and experiences, and seize the mysteries of reincarnation!

“Oh? This body is only in its twenties, the prime of his youth, and it’s extraordinarily tempered. A little refinement, and I can make his body my own! Indeed, the heavens haven’t let me down!

“The End of the Dharma might have destroyed my body and primary soul, but now, all these years later, it’s given me a stroke of good fortune so grand as to make even immortals mad with jealousy!” The man in blue was increasingly excited, to the point that he couldn’t have been happier. Even his soul origin quivered.

Bang!

A streak of spreading blue immortal light suddenly shattered, catching the teal-robed man off guard. He staggered back and shouted in agony.

“Dammit! That’s....” His eyes suddenly widened.

He could sense a Dao Sword floating in the distance. It connected heaven and earth; its sheer scale was unimaginable. Mysterious divine chains wrapped around it, like the bodies of primordial dragon gods.

One glance, and the teal-robed man shuddered. Terror arose from the depths of his soul; he felt like an ant gazing up at a deity!

His astonishment, awe, and terror were irrepressible.

“Is that... Don’t tell me he has an immortal secret treasure protecting his soul? No, not even immortal treasures are this terrifying!”

The man in teal freaked out completely. In life, he was a Cloud Soaring True Monarch, just one step away from entering the Immortal Dao. He’d witnessed the magnificent bearing of true immortals and the terrifying might of true immortal artifacts.

But the pressure they’d put on him wasn’t even remotely comparable to this sword’s imposing might!

“The heavens really are good to you. They’ve sent you straight into my sea of consciousness,” said a calm voice tinged with laughter.

Su Yi’s soul avatar floated into view. He smiled at the distant man in teal and hooked his finger. “Come on then. Laugh for me again.”

The teal-robed man’s expression filled with uncertainty. Suddenly, he shifted his weight and shot at Su Yi like a bolt of blue lightning.

Su Yi raised his hand and tapped.

Bang!!

The man in teal felt as if a massive divine hammer had slammed into him, sending him flying and crying out in agony.

Upon closer inspection, numerous cracks had appeared all over his soul origin!

“Dammit! I’ve been tricked!”

He was now fully aware of his predicament. He’d thought his prey had cast itself into his net, not realizing that he was the prey all along!

Without the slightest hesitation, he attempted to charge out of Su Yi’s sea of consciousness.

Boom!

Su Yi’s sea of consciousness suddenly boiled over. A streak of obscure, mysterious sword qi surged forth, instantly ruthlessly suppressing the teal-robed man’s soul origin.

“Activate!”

Suddenly, a dusky blue divine ring shot out of his soul origin and burst with dazzling immortal light.

The Divine Rebellion Ring!

A wondrously powerful secret treasure of the soul.

During the catastrophe of the End of the Dharma, he’d used this very treasure to protect this wisp of soul and hide within the Heavenly Mysteries Replenishment Stone. It was thanks to it that he’d reawakened now, countless years later.

But a moment later, the man in teal was struck dumb.

In the blink of an eye, the Divine Rebellion Ring split into pieces. That terrifying sword qi had shattered it completely!

“No——!” The teal-robed man shrieked in terror. “Fellow Daoist, I admit defeat....”

But before he could finish his sentence, his soul origin exploded and scattered into countless fragments.

In that moment, Su Yi watched the teal-robed man’s whole life play out within those rapidly dissipating fragments of soul.

Wang Yunhe.

A late-stage Cloud Soaring Transcendent Monarch, a high elder of Yellow Springs Demon Mountain known as the Thousand-Faced Demon Monarch.

Scene after scene from Wang Yunhe’s memories flashed by, gone as quickly as they appeared. Soon, they’d dissipated completely.

It was only in the last moment before Wang Yunhe’s soul origin disappeared that Su Yi learned the truth of Wang Pu’s possession!

A year ago, Wang Yunhe awakened within that strangely shaped stone, triggering a strange phenomenon of heaven and earth. When word spread, it shook all of Violet River City.

Just one day later, the Zhou Family’s forces arrived and fought their way into the Divine Forge. They wanted to seize the Heavenly Mysteries Replenishment Stone and suppress Wang Yunhe inside.

Wang Pu originally planned to give the Zhou Family the stone to save his life.

But against all expectations, Wang Yunhe suddenly struck, possessing him and slaying the experts of the Zhou Family in one fell swoop.

Wang Yunhe was worried that word would get out, so he’d laid low here ever since. He was using the Thousand Wonders Furnace and Nine Purities Dao Flame to refine a treasure he called a Celestial Tides Sword Embryo.

After learning all this, Su Yi couldn’t help but sigh to himself.

This Wang Yunhe person... really had killed Wang Pu!

Without any further thought, Su Yi extracted his power from his sea of consciousness and gazed at Wang Pu’s sprawled-out physical body.

After a brief examination, Su Yi concluded that Wang Pu was already dead; his soul had been devoured. There was no hope of him coming back to life.

“Wang Pu, I’ve already avenged you. If you learn of this down in the yellow springs, you’ll be able to rest in peace,” whispered Su Yi.

He flicked his fingertip, and a bundle of divine flame condensed out of the Laws of the Far Shore and landed on Wang Pu’s corpse. In a flash, a path paved of the fiery red flowers of the far shore appeared, leading into the endless darkness.

A faint, indistinct figure appeared. It was Wang Pu!

He seemed to have found complete release. His face was nothing but smiles. He waved at Su Yi, then stepped onto the path to the far shore and disappeared completely.

This remnant figure wasn’t his soul, but rather, the lingering conviction within Wang Pu’s corpse, like an embodiment of his will. Were it not removed, after enough time, it would become a vengeful spirit or similar monster.

But now, Su Yi’s Laws of the Far Shore had helped Wang Pu’s lingering will cross over. This was, in a sense, a form of release.

Su Yi turned and approached the Thousand Wonders Furnace.

Earlier, Wang Yunhe had been using the Thousand Wonders Furnace and the Nine Purities Dao Flame to refine a treasure called a Celestial Tides Sword Embryo.

Su Yi approached and examined it. A strange look appeared on his face.

A Celestial Tide Sword Embryo was the rough outline of a sword smelted out of over a hundred precious Transcendent-level divine materials.

It was like a seed; it had yet to be forged into any specific shape.

“Well, this is convenient. I can seize this opportunity to reforge the Sword of the Human Realm completely!”

A mysterious secret art floated into Su Yi’s mind.

The name was simple. It was called Swordsmithing in Twelve Chapters.

But despite the simple name, it had extremely impressive origins. This was a secret forging art the Temple Master had gleaned from the Sword of the Nine Hells at the pinnacle of his past life.

The Sword of the Human Realm was a divine chaos treasure, and it had innate, wondrous power. Even without any refinement, he could control it as he did his arms and legs.

Divine chaos treasures didn’t need forging. That was common knowledge.

Yet back then, the Temple Master nonetheless reforged the Sword of the Human Realm.

And he’d used one of the methods in Swordsmithing in Twelve Chapters!

In other words, this forging method could melt even divine chaos treasures!

The crux of the secrets of Swordsmithing in Twelve Chapters lie in the phrase ‘bequeathing spirituality.’ By giving a treasure spirituality, I can make it like a living thing, with the potential to grow and change.

It’ll be like a tree with the foundations to soar into the heavens.

Su Yi sank into thought.

Against World Kings, the Sword of the Human Realm was unquestionably a top-notch killer weapon.

But against Transcendent revenants, it wasn’t much to look at.

The crux of the problem was that this Divine Chaos Treasure was ultimately only a supreme treasure within the World King level. It couldn’t compare to Transcendent treasures.

And Su Yi had come to the Divine Forge to forge the Sword of the Human Realm anew.

I have the Dark and Gold Fortune Vine, a mountain of Transcendent divine materials, and several Transcendent treasures. That should be enough to raise the Sword of the Human Realm’s strength to a new level.

Having made up his mind, Su Yi sat cross-legged, then took out the Dark and Gold Fortune Vine, the Sword of the Human Realm, and his Transcendent treasures and materials.

Weng!

His hands formed seals, and the Nine Purities Dao Flame beneath the Thousand Wonders Furnace surged. The resulting power made the furnace rumble and boom.

Ancient Dao Markings and totems arose around the furnace. Su Yi reached in and removed that glittering, resplendent Celestial Tides Sword Embryo.

“This really is a rare and precious treasure,” sighed Su Yi. “It’s far beyond ordinary Transcendent treasures.”

By now, he had a wide breadth of experience. He’d gathered enough Transcendent Treasures that his ability to judge them had improved. He could discern the Celestial Tides Sword Embryo’s wondrous qualities at a glance.

After all, this treasure was the work of a Cloud Soaring Transcendent True Monarch. There was no way it’d be just another ordinary Transcendent treasure.

“Go!”

Su Yi cast aside his scattered thoughts. With a swoosh of his sleeves, he flung the Sword of the Human Realm into the furnace.