Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, after Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor passed away, Xu Feiniang silently continued the sacrificial refinement, preparing to seek revenge during the third swordfight, but she never managed to refine it before she died.

Now, she intended to refine twelve swords simultaneously, and once accomplished, it would inevitably cause a catastrophe among the Sword Immortals!

Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor said, "To refine that sword, it will surely trigger Heavenly Human Sensing, with all major tribulations arriving at once, so we need to find a suitable place."

White Bone God said, "We must find a location with dense earth energy connected to the Heavenly Gang, a geomantic treasure spot where we can harness the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth for Sword Refining."

Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor nodded, "The best place would be some isolated island overseas, where human footprints are rare."

Sikong Zhan grimly said, "All the geomantic treasures have long been monopolized by others; where can we find such a good place? The overseas areas where human footprints are rare merely make it convenient for the people of the Orthodox Sect to besiege us."

Xu Wan said, "Then why not refine it amidst the hustle and bustle of the city? People of the Orthodox Sect are most deceitful, pretending to be kind and cautious, which constrains them in a fight. We can take the opportunity to refine the sword. If anyone suffers collateral damage, we can just throw their Primordial Spirit Essence Blood into the furnace to quench the sword tip."

Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor disagreed upon hearing this, "No! Even if we are to refine swords in Central Earth, it must be in some wilderness, not amidst the hustle and bustle. Otherwise, when the Heavenly Tribulation and Demon Tribulation arrive, even without the Orthodox Sect's intervention, many innocent people will die."

Everyone jumbled thoughts together but couldn't come up with a good location, until finally, Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor said, "How about we go back to Wutai Mountain! We have our Mountain Protection Array there. Even if the Dao field is destroyed, as long as we can refine the Heavenly Demon Slaying Immortal Sword, it can all be rebuilt later."

Xu Feiniang said, "Judging by the look of Shi Dao Friend, you must have thought of a better place."

Shi Feiyang nodded, "I have indeed thought of a place, but... it's somewhat dangerous, I'm not sure if everyone dares to go."

The people seated were all Sect Hierarchs, including Master Dutt, who in terms of skills was not much inferior to White Bone God and Xu Wan. Upon hearing this, they all felt disgruntled, "Just tell us where it is!"

Sikong Zhan, indignant, said, "What, are you suggesting we go to Emei Mountain to refine swords?"

"Star Constellations Sea!"

This outcome took everyone by surprise. When Zen Master Xiao Yue had thought of this and was hesitating about how to propose that everyone should go to the Star Constellations Sea, Shi Feiyang had already mentioned it ahead of time.

Xu Feiniang said, "In the Star Constellations Sea, there are many hidden experts residing there. If we go there to refine swords, I'm afraid..."

"It's precisely because there are many hidden experts there that we ought to refine swords in that place. We're up against the overwhelming power of the Orthodox Sect. Buddhism will definitely dispatch their high-ranking individuals," said Shi Feiyang. "At the Star Constellations Sea, there is a Blood God Deng Yin. Do you know of him?"

Several nodded to indicate they had heard of him.

"Deng Yin is the junior brother of Master Changmei, imprisoned under the Star Constellations Sea by the Liangyi Dust Formation for Cultivating the 'Blood God Scripture' and running afoul of Master Changmei. By my reckoning, the time for his release is not far. We'll set up our Sword Refining Dharma Platform on the shores of the Star Constellations Sea. If the Emei Sect or Buddhism wants to intervene and stop us from refining swords, the ensuing duel may well destroy the prohibitions, releasing the Blood God!"

Their plan to refine swords by the shores of the Star Constellations Sea, if opposed by Buddhism, could result in upheaval during the duel, and Deng Yin could escape in the confusion. Whatever wretched deeds he might commit afterward would then be the responsibility of both parties.

Shi Feiyang believed that in the future, when he intended to obtain the two treasures of the Holy Mausoleum, it was quite probable that Deng Yin's release would be necessary. Since his release was inevitable, responsibility should be shared with the opposition.

If the opposition chose not to prevent him from refining swords, then Deng Yin would not be released. With the Nine Heavenly Demon Slaying Immortal Swords and the Nine Child Mother Sky Demon, he would be sufficiently equipped to contend with Fen Tuo for the two treasures of the Holy Mausoleum in the future.

He most certainly couldn't allow the Xuanyuan Treasure to fall into the hands of Buddhism!

Shi Feiyang's Realm had long since belonged to the "Seeing Dao" level, which is to say, he had already seen what the Dao was like, and he knew what the Dao was all about.

What followed all pertained to the Proving Dao phase, applying the Dao he had witnessed into everyday life.

With the Dao generates All Laws, any spell used is a Daoist Skill.

Just like someone practicing Buddhism, upon having great enlightenment and seeing their own nature, if they practiced Magic Cultivation, it could also help them progress and could cultivate Buddhism's merits. Any technique employed was Buddhist Law.

Although the two methodologies were different, the principles were the same.

The difference between him using the Nine Child Mother Sky Demon and Jiu Panpo using it was fundamental. His Refining Sky Demon Exterminating Immortal Slaying Sword was different from Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor and the others.

As such, when he proposed to refine swords at the Star Constellations Sea, Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor and the others fell into silence, for the Star Constellations Sea was too dangerous. Not to mention Deng Yin at the bottom of the sea, the mere presence of other Orthodox and Buddhist interveners, as well as several Demon Path powerhouses in hiding, was intimidating.

The White Bone God expressed his concerns, "What if those people covet the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword and try to snatch it from us? What then?"

Shi Feiyang nodded, "They will surely try to snatch it. Then it will come down to everyone's own abilities. You all are Sect Hierarchs and should realize the extraordinary importance of this round of sword refining. The tribulations from both heaven and humanity will be extremely grave. If we don't thoroughly stir up trouble, how can we succeed? Are we supposed to just sit at home, open our mouths, and wait for pie to fall from the sky?"

With these words, the faces of the Sect Hierarchs flushed with arousal.

Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor was the first to speak, "What Shi Dao Friend said is excellent. Let's go to the Star Constellations Sea to refine swords!"

This matter, he was the key figure, as he said so, it was settled.

Next, both parties needed to make early preparations.

First was the smelting of the sword mold, the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor's sword mold had already been forged, the White Bone Divine Monarch and Xu Wan had not yet finished theirs, their visit to Mingyu Immortal Market was precisely to purchase raw materials.

To buy things, one first needed money—the White Bone Divine Monarch brought out a bundle of White Bone Yin Wind Arrows, a bundle of White Bone Door Arrows, and more than twenty white bone Magical Treasures, along with three gourds of refined Phosphorus Ghost Fire, which Shi Feiyang purchased at a high price. With these, he managed to buy enough raw materials for his needs.

Xu Wan handled Ghost Dao Magical Treasures; he wanted to sell souls, as he had a large number of ghosts in the Underground Palace at Beimang Mountain. The rules of the Mingyu Immortal Market prohibited selling the souls of ordinary people. Xu Wan, as the "Netherworld Saint" and the Sect Hierarch of the Taiyin Sect, had mixed into the world for many years and had quite a few Cultivators' souls in his possession, which he now took out and sold.

Shi Feiyang bought them all at a very low price and afterwards, sifted through them, releasing those whose past misdeeds were minimal and who had shown remorse to undergo reincarnation, while re-sealing the most vicious and evil demons, handing them over to Jiang Dachuan to be sold in the market.

And so, Xu Wan acquired two rather fine Ghost Dao Magical Treasures to amass enough money to fully afford the required raw materials.

Shi Feiyang himself was also refining a sword; he procured the materials for nine swords and took them back to his residence.

In the eyes of those who had Seen Dao, Dao Generates All Laws—every Technique is a spell, and every Skill is a Daoist Skill.

It was for this reason that Shi Feiyang was able to tailor Cultivation Methods based on each individual's situation and craft them anew.

He was also capable of improvising as needed and changing the original methods of cultivation, Magical Treasure refining, and so on, as per the reality at hand.

His Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword was different from what the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestors and the others were refining—they all adhered to the ancient methods rigidly without variance, not daring to alter even a single spell, talisman paper, or incantation and strived to replicate the ancient recipes exactly.

Shi Feiyang, however, was prepared to alter them according to his own needs. The original process of his sword refining was extremely bloody, requiring the daily sacrifice of humans, their souls and blood meticulously hammered and forged into the sword mold for a total of eighty-one days—the higher the Mana of the slain and the more malevolent, the better.

The Mingyu Immortal Market had rules prohibiting killings within its borders for any reason, even the most justified hate, so the White Bone Divine Monarch and Xu Wan had already gone elsewhere to find another place and forge their sword bodies.

Naturally, Shi Feiyang wouldn't choose to refine swords through killing humans, nor did he plan on refining them by killing demons, as there were no guilty humans or demons at his disposal. If Xie Ying and Xie Lin were to provoke him at this point, such as the Huashan Sect attempting to blow up the Mingyu Immortal Market, he might consider killing them and using them for his sword refining.

Since there were no humans, he had to find an alternative method.

He took out the Heavenly Secret Demon God Lamp, which originally contained more than two hundred thousand demons—all were slain and refined by the One Light Master and his disciples in the past.

One Light Master, when he was refining demons back in the day, killed indiscriminately, caring only for quantity, not quality, and recklessly planned to use these demons as his substitutes, to face tribulations in his stead.

More than two hundred thousand demons, most of whom were ordinary people in their lifetimes, were tortured by One Light Master using extremely cruel methods, turning their resentment into fierce ghosts, and then transforming these ghosts into demons.

Shi Feiyang imprisoned them in the Lamp World, where they evolved naturally. Many demons had reincarnated several times, with some turning into various animals, others into primitive beings from ancient times... Most of them had already shed their demon nature, but many also lost their humanity, retaining only their beastly nature. Shi Feiyang, who is currently at the "Seeing Dao" level, although capable of imparting and explaining the Dao, is far from reaching the stage of "presiding over the world with the Dao." He could only pass on a bit of human knowledge to them, allowing them to explore and develop on their own.

Besides these ordinary people, there were a very small number of demons who were originally extremely vicious, and upon entering the Lamp World, they transformed into various kinds of demon gods, with some having two heads and four arms, some with three heads and eight arms, some with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, and some with many tentacles. Others sprouted bat-like wings or claws like those of a wild chicken... They became even more fierce and brutal, like the rulers of a "Primordial World" within the lamp, wantonly slaughtering and devouring other living beings, killing merely for pleasure, not out of hunger.

Shi Feiyang entrusted the "Lamp Heaven Dao" to One Light Master, instructing him to keep a close eye. When such "demon gods" accumulated enough evil, they would be struck by thunder and fire to be killed. Their Primordial Spirits would split into ten parts to reincarnate and evolve anew. After going through several cycles of reincarnation, their souls would finally recombine and recover.

Yet even so, there were still demon spirits that, after being split and reincarnating three times before coming back together, remained fiercely brutal. The Lamp World currently housed over three thousand such demons.

Shi Feiyang planned to use them to refine swords.

Below the place he resided was a large Underground Palace. This time, he ordered the construction of nine new Eight Diagrams Sword Furnaces and posted notices to hire eighteen Independent Immortals to assist in sword refining, offering a payment of a hundred thousand Dragon Coins.

A hundred thousand Dragon Coins was certainly a hefty sum. Most importantly, many were intrigued by Shi Feiyang's air of mystery and were keen to know what kind of sword he intended to forge that required the assistance of eighteen Independent Immortals, so they eagerly signed up. Of course, the older generation couldn't stoop to this, and it was the younger generation of Sword Immortals who came forward.

Yu Xiao, who was coincidentally visited by his junior Huo Renyu, left the Immortal Market in Huo Renyu's care and dragged his good friend Di Mingqi to sign up with him.

The four disciples of Wudang Sect's Linglingzi, including Zen Master Yougen, Zhuge Ying, The Scaly Daoist, and the Canglang Feathered Master Suiyi, also came to lend a hand.

Others included Yu Zhong and Yang Li, disciples of South Sea's Lingxu Zi; Gou Xian and Cui Shu, disciples of the Riding Whale Guest; and Bo Tiantong from North Sea's Earth Wood Island, and many others.

Soon enough, eighteen people were gathered.

Shi Feiyang summoned them all to the Underground Palace, first stating the precautions, imparting a Heart-Clearing Demon Extinguishing Spell, and two Demon Refining Talismans. The spells had to be memorized thoroughly, and the Immortal Talismans stuck inside their clothing over the front and back of their hearts. He first released some demons to simulate an attack for a trial. For the few with weaker Dao Level and Heart Power, Shi Feiyang gave each five thousand Dragon Coins to dissuade them and then recruited new people to fill the ranks.

Once everything was ready, he also summoned Huo Wuhai, Deng Bagu, Long Meng, and Wu Longzi.

He instructed Wu Longzi to handle the charcoal, Huo Wuhai to tend the fire, Deng Bagu to add water, and Long Meng to stoke the bellows, while the eighteen hired Independent Immortals were tasked with handling a Sword Mold each, two per sword, one swinging the hammer, the other casting Spells.

He sat upright in the center, and with one command, the sword refining began!

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