Chapter 1356: This Sword Shall Be Named Wandering

Ten years later, at Peach Blossom Valley, Qin Sang was cultivating in seclusion inside his cave dwelling, its barrier activated.

Peach blossoms were in full bloom, and fragrance drifted through the valley. Everything was quiet and peaceful.

At the entrance of Peach Blossom Valley, there was a simple cave dwelling opened between the mountain rocks. A flat boulder lay before the entrance, where a white cat was lying lazily.

The years were calm and beautiful.

The white cat had delicate brows and bright eyes, and her fur was smooth as brocade. She looked languid, as though she was pretending to sleep.

After Qingjun had left, Qin Sang had cultivated quietly in Peach Blossom Valley and had transferred the white cat here. The white cat had naturally been more than willing.

The fat chicken was a second-generation demon. He had his mother personally teaching him, and there was also a Corpseflower Blood Amber waiting for him to consume when he broke through. His hopes of reaching the Transformation Realm in the future were the greatest.

The white crane had come from humble origins, but he had found himself a good partner.

After Qin Sang and the Snake King had resolved their past grudges, the two birds, husband and wife, had often traveled back and forth between Thousand-Mountain Bamboo Sea and Dragon Transformation Mountain to pay respects to the Snake King, and had pleased the Snake King greatly.

Only the white cat had devoted herself entirely to arduous cultivation. She had switched to cultivating the Heavenly Demon Body Refinement, and in Peach Blossom Valley, she could seek Qin Sang’s guidance at close range.

The effects of a top-tier cultivation art had been immediate. Judging from her aura, she was far stronger than before and was about to break through to the middle stage of the Demonic Core Realm.

She seemed to have fallen asleep, but in truth, she had never relaxed for even a moment. From time to time, her spine bulged, as if a small snake was moving through her meridians.

She inhaled and exhaled spiritual qi, practicing her cultivation art.

The reason she had stayed outside the cave dwelling was because today was an extremely important day. The white cat feared that she would immerse herself in cultivation and miss the great matter.

After one cosmic orbit had passed, the white cat’s tail twitched. She suddenly opened her eyes, flipped over, and stood up, looking warily outside Peach Blossom Valley.

Immediately afterward, she put on a respectful expression and opened the barrier at the entrance.

"Greetings, Senior."

Whoosh! A silver gleam flashed, and Jingyu landed before the white cat. She glanced inside and said, "Tomorrow is the founding ceremony of Qingyang Temple, and guests from all directions will arrive. Daoist Qin is quite composed. Has he still not emerged from seclusion?"

"Reporting to Senior, Mr. Qin wanted to refine a sect-guarding treasure. He said he would come out of seclusion by tonight at the latest," the white cat replied respectfully.

"Oh?" Curiosity appeared on Jingyu’s face. "In the past few years, he collected Cloud Beast's souls and refined the Beast King Banner. Its power was rather impressive, enough to protect Qingyang Temple’s Dao Lineage. It could barely be considered a sect-guarding treasure already. What strange new idea did he come up with now?"

The white cat only said she did not know.

Jingyu did not treat herself as an outsider. With a flash, she flew into a pavilion in the peach grove to wait for Qin Sang, and she also called the white cat down to give her some guidance.

Inside the cave dwelling, Qin Sang was sitting upright on a meditation mat. The ebony sword hovered before him, and in his hand, he held the charred wood that carried Wandering Man’s true spirit.

After collecting the Southern Sun Fire on the sword-scarred mountain, Qin Sang had gained new insights into artifact refinement. Only after he had comprehended them thoroughly and ensured there would be no mistakes did he finally act.

No one knew how long it would take for the ebony sword to stabilize after fusing with Wandering Man’s true spirit, but he did not hesitate in the slightest.

Hum... The ebony sword had been trembling the entire time, and the tremors were growing stronger.

Gradually, the ebony sword almost turned into a ball of light. Qin Sang raised his hand and gently tossed the charred wood toward the ebony sword. In the blink of an eye, it sank into the ball of light.

From beginning to end, the ball of light remained extremely stable.

Qin Sang stared at the ball of light. After hesitating briefly, black flames surged from between his brows. The fire lotus seed flew out, released a strand of devilish flame, and slowly approached the ball of light.

For the ebony sword to fuse with the true spirit inside the charred wood, no external force was originally needed. On the contrary, it could even cause failure.

However, the devilish flames of the fire lotus seed had already been refined by Qin Sang and were intimately connected to him. In combination with the several secret techniques Qin Sang had mastered, it could increase the chances of success.

These were methods Qin Sang had devised after careful consideration.

Inside the ball of light, the ebony sword hung upside down, pointing straight at the charred wood.

Sword light spilled down like strands of luminous silk, drifting with the wind. It appeared extremely gentle and gradually wrapped around the charred wood. The devilish flames also transformed into runes and merged into the sword light, with almost none of the frenzy that should have belonged to the devilish flames.

Qin Sang’s expression was grave. He did not dare to be careless in the slightest. One complex talismanic seal after another surged like a tide toward the ball of light, dazzling the eye.

As time passed, the ebony sword’s body gradually melted.

The charred wood had originally been Pure Blessing Bamboo, but it had been almost completely destroyed beneath the lightning tribulation. It was stripped of layer after layer of impurities by the sword light and devilish flames, finally fusing Wandering Man’s true spirit into the ebony sword.

Phew... Qin Sang exhaled a long breath, and the tension in his heart eased slightly.

This was Wandering Man’s only hope of revival. No mistakes were allowed. Fortunately, he had made extremely thorough preparations, and the fusion process had gone very smoothly. He had not failed the trust placed in him.

Whoosh! The sword light withdrew, and a sword embryo as pure as precious jade hovered in mid-air.

Qin Sang could clearly sense that Wandering Man’s true spirit was inside the sword embryo, though it remained extremely fragile.

The sword embryo was like a fetus, nurturing the true spirit within.

He reached out and gently touched the sword embryo, not daring to use any force. His gaze was complicated, as though he was reminiscing about the past, yet also filled with expectation. In the end, he murmured softly. "This sword shall be named Wandering!"

After staring at it for a long while, Qin Sang took the sword embryo into his primordial spirit to nourish it. Scenes of his past friendship with Wandering Man flashed through his mind.

Afterward, he thought again of Bai and Qingjun, whose fates remained unknown. He thought of the scenes from ten years ago, when Ziwei Palace had ascended.

The celestial palace had ascended, and Qingjun, Bai, and Old Devil Ye had entered the hole in the sky with it.

The remaining Spiritual Infant cultivators had discovered that the outer palace was beginning to collapse. Powerless to stop it, they could only watch helplessly as the reception platform turned into ruins, then fled outward with all possible speed.

Only after Qin Sang had watched Qingjun disappear did he set off, yet he had still been among the first to escape.

After fleeing the outer palace, everyone was still shaken. When they turned back to look, they saw smoke and dust billowing everywhere.

The reception platform, the Immortal Tomb, the stone mountain, and even the golden palace on the outermost perimeter had all turned into ash. Not a single fragment remained.

Ziwei Palace had vanished from the world just like that!

The aftershock of the celestial palace’s ascension only began to weaken after an entire day and night.

The place where Ziwei Palace had once stood had become a massive vortex of wind and clouds.

The space there had originally been extremely stable, but now it had become even more dangerous than other parts of Ancient Immortal Battlefield. The spatial storm gradually dissipated, but its lingering force still affected the place at all times.

After the vortex of wind and clouds dispersed, violent gales howled, space shattered, and spatial rifts could be seen everywhere.

The Spiritual Infant cultivators waited for a long time, paying particular attention to the sky above.

The hole in the sky closed. Only after they finally confirmed that no further changes were possible did they decide to leave.

After this battle, Old Devil Ye, Beichen Realm’s great hidden threat, had "ascended."

Not many people had died at the hands of Old Devil Ye and the jade skeleton during the batle, but because of excessive greed, several had fallen inside the celestial palace, and even more had been injured. The Feathered King’s injuries were the most severe. Even after transforming into human form, he still could not conceal his weakness.

Apart from him, the ones who had suffered the greatest losses were Tianxing Alliance and Qin Sang.

Daoist Master Zhenyi’s fate was unknown, and Tianxing Alliance was left without a leader. Only the two generals could take over for Daoist Master Zhenyi.

Qin Sang had lost his senior sister and Bai, two excellent teachers and friends. He had also lost a refined corpse at the level of a corpse king. Fortunately, his devilish flames and Spiritual Infant Talisman Puppet were still with him. Otherwise, his status would have plummeted.

What left Qin Sang helpless was that the sword path hall and the ancient teleportation array had also ascended with the celestial palace. The path to Canglang Sea had been cut off from then on.

All his previous plans concerning Canglang Sea had become useless.

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