Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme - Chapter 566

Chapter 566: Chapter 343: Influence (First Update)

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As everyone watched curiously, Pure Jun Sword Lord tapped his Storage Ring, and immediately, Spirit Light spewed forth, transforming into the shape of artifacts.

“This is…”

“A Magical Treasure?”

Seeing this, everyone was taken aback.

Although Pure Jun Sword Lord had already explained that this technique used a Spiritual Treasure as the core, combined with ten million artifacts as the foundation, everyone had assumed this was just a general term, similar to how most cultivators habitually refer to various Immortal Artifacts collectively as Magical Treasures. They hadn’t expected that these would indeed be Magical Treasures.

What is the concept of a Magical Treasure?

Although the upheaval in Ancient Times led to the disappearance of the Immortal Gods and Great Powers, the spiritual energy of the Immortal Realm had not depleted because of this. On the contrary, due to the disappearance of these Great Powers, much space was freed up, leading to extremely abundant resources. Higher-tier Immortal Artifacts might still be limited by technical barriers, as there weren’t enough Refinement Grandmasters to make them widespread, but Magical Treasures…

Magical Treasures, being the lowest tier artifacts, require not just specialized Artifact Refiners, but any Cultivator with a slight understanding of the Path of Artifact Refining, or those with slightly higher cultivation, could refine them. Coupled with the abundant resource supply in the Earth Immortal Realm, the production of low-end Magical Treasures has reached a point of severe surplus.

It is no exaggeration to say that if you randomly pick a place in the Earth Immortal Realm, you could easily gather a set of materials for refining Magical Treasures, because with the ample nourishment of spiritual energy, low-tier Spiritual Objects are exceedingly common. Even the wild grass by the roadside could be collected for Magical Treasure refinement.

Furthermore, refining is a productive skill. From the Eastern Victory Heavenly Court and Western Buddha Land, down to the Immortal Gates of the lower realms, including small forces like sects and families, they all train a batch of Artifact Refiners. During this training process, making Magical Treasures as practice pieces is inevitable, further exacerbating the issue of overproduction.

Cultivators of Qi Refinement in the Earth Immortal Realm simply cannot absorb so many low-tier Magical Treasures, leading to their value decreasing more and more. Eventually, they even flow into the children’s market, being sold as “children’s toys.”

How could something used by children to play house be impressive?

But now it had taken the stage, and it was brought forth by a Mahayana Cultivator, no less. How could everyone not be surprised, not be astonished?

Feeling the astonished gazes of the crowd, Pure Jun Sword Lord smiled, for he had the same reaction when he first saw this technique.

Due to the disappearance of the Ancient Immortal Gods and the discontinuity of various Tao Lineages, the division between high and low-tier artifacts in the Earth Immortal Realm is extremely stark. Low-tier Magical Treasures, Spiritual Artifacts, and even Magical Treasures have flooded the market to the point of excess. But as soon as you reach the fourth tier, to the level of Spiritual Treasures, scarcity sharply increases.

As for Immortal Artifacts above Spiritual Treasures, they are even rarer within rarity. Otherwise, why would Buddhism, one of the two great Tao Lineages of the Earth Immortal Realm, go to great lengths over a Medium-Grade Immortal Artifact, the Purple-Gold Bell, dispatching two Mahayana Realm Arhat Venerables to take action?

Spiritual Treasures and Immortal Artifacts, aside from what is left in Ancestral Caves and Ancient Secret Realms, can only be produced by Refinement Grandmasters.

As for Medium-Grade Immortal Artifacts, they require a Great Master of Artifact Refinement for a solid chance at successful crafting, and looking across the Earth Immortal Realm’s Four States and even the Heavenly Court Buddha Land, such individuals are exceedingly rare and are guests of honor wherever they go.

Thus, low-tier Magical Treasures are abundant, while high-tier Immortal Artifacts are scarce, showcasing a polarized situation.

Not to mention anyone else, even Pure Jun Sword Lord himself, a Mahayana True Immortal and a Sword Cultivator, only possesses a Pure Jun Sword that is nearly a Superior Immortal Spirit artifact.

Looking around the gathering, most Integration Great Powers hold only Low-Grade Immortal Artifacts. Only a few have Medium-Grade Immortal Artifacts, and these were obtained through ancestral glory, discovered within Ancestral Caves.

This shows the preciousness of high-tier Immortal Artifacts and the scarcity of high-tier Artifact Refiners.

Magical Treasures, as the mainstay of Cultivators for long life and Dao Protection, greatly influence combat potential. The scarcity of high-tier Immortal Artifacts severely constrains the combat potential of Cultivators.

But now…

“All of these are Magical Treasures, low-tier Magical Treasures!”

Pure Jun Sword Lord emphasized, and then he activated his mana, exhibiting the Heavenly Craft Skill.

In an instant, brilliant lights danced, and ten thousand artifacts resonated, swiftly combining under Pure Jun Sword Lord’s control into a giant battle armor that resembled a puppet. The combination of one hundred thousand Magical Treasures led to a quantitative change that triggered a qualitative transformation, making the aura climb steadily, breaking through to the level of a Magical Treasure in a blink of an eye.

“This…”

“A Formation?”

“A Puppet?”

Seeing this, everyone was astonished once more.

The amalgamation of collective power transforming quality from quantity was something that in everyone’s understanding, only Formations could achieve.

But Formations require harmony with the heavens and earth, needing stability to exert their maximum might. Even mobile battle formations or puppets assembled from mechanisms severely lack mobility and precision.

But this battle armor…

“Go!”

Pure Jun Sword Lord pointed his hand and infused the last stream of Spirit Light into the battle armor, which was the final Spiritual Treasure core.

Heavenly Crafts Natural Creation, with the Spiritual Treasure embedded, the armor, resembling a puppet mecha, immediately sprang to life, standing in the void like a Celestial Soldier.

“This is the Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor!”

Pure Jun Sword Lord smiled, looking down at the gathering of cultivators and introduced, “Composed of one fourth-rank Spiritual Treasure and one hundred thousand first-rank Magical Treasures, it can be personally operated by Cultivators or remotely controlled through the second Primordial Spirit method. Although it requires a large number of Spirit Stones to power, its combat strength is extremely formidable, comparable to an ordinary Deity Transformation!”

“This…”

“Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor… against Deity Transformation?”

The crowd, hearing this, was stunned again.

A fourth-rank Spiritual Treasure corresponds to the Nascent Soul, and now with this Heavenly Mechanics Method, the combination of one hundred thousand Magical Treasures can contest with a Deity Transformation?

If that’s the case…

Everyone’s mind raced, their expressions changing rapidly.

But Pure Jun Sword Lord paid them no mind and asked, “Who would like to try it out?”

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Hearing this, everyone hesitated until finally, someone stood up and said, “I’d like to give it a try.”

It was, unmistakably, a Return to Void Cultivator.

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“Excellent!”

Pure Jun Sword Lord nodded, instantly activated the Spiritual Treasure battle armor, and commanded it to fly into the high sky.

The Return to Void cultivator also leapt up and flew into the sky to engage in combat with him.

Onlookers watched as the two exchanged blows, with the puppet-like Spiritual Treasure battle armor displaying the combat prowess of a Deity Transformation cultivator. It fought the deliberately suppressed Return to Void cultivator evenly and even executed some of Pure Jun Sword Lord’s sword techniques.

After a fierce battle, both sides withdrew and returned to their positions.

The Return to Void cultivator, with a face full of surprise, looked at the Spiritual Treasure battle armor emitting green smoke around it: “This object truly has the combat power of Deity Transformation, and can even employ Cultivation Skills Divine Magic?”

“Indeed!”

Pure Jun Sword Lord nodded, waved his hand to disperse the Spiritual Treasure battle armor, and steam of green mana appeared as it reached the brink of being damaged: “As long as there are enough spirit stones, regardless of the damage to the magic artifacts, its combat power is comparable to an ordinary Deity Transformation cultivator. It is an external object; under the control of the Primordial Spirit, it can fight to the death if necessary, truly a wondrous creation.”

Having said that, he turned his gaze towards Xu Yang and Peony Fairy and the other Mahayana: “This is only the ten million artifacts level Spiritual Treasure mech armor; above this, there are the hundred million, ten million, and even myriad device level Immortal Spirit mech armors.”

“Not to mention Spiritual Treasure mech armor, the ten million artifacts level is unchallenged among Deity Transformation cultivators, and might even contend with the strength of Return to Void.”

“As for Immortal Spirit mech armor, I regret to say I have not seen it, but if nothing goes wrong, it should be able to battle against Return to Void.”

“A fourth rank battling a fifth rank, a fifth rank battling a sixth rank, this is the art of mech armor created by Heavenly Mechanics!”

Pure Jun Sword Lord sighed deeply with a somber look in his eyes: “With the Heavenly Court obtaining this creation methodology, the pattern of the Immortal Realm may greatly change.”

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The crowd remained silent upon hearing this.

As high-level cultivators, they naturally understood the terrifying impact of this Heavenly Mechanics methodology.

As long as there are enough lower-level magic artifacts, a qualitative leap can be achieved through quantity, resulting in cross-realm power.

What does this imply?

It means that the combat level of the Heavenly Court will uniformly step up a tier across the Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and Return to Void stages.

After all, the Earth Immortal Realm is rich in resources, and lower-level magic artifacts are already in abundance. East Victorious Divine Land is the foremost among the four major continents, with the most abundant Yuan Spirit and resources. It can fully rely on this creation methodology to mass-produce Spiritual Treasure and Immortal Spirit battle armors, arming each army and department of the Heavenly Court.

This is only for the fifth rank low-grade Immortal Spirit. If there are sixth rank medium-grade Immortal Spirits, or even seventh rank superior-grade Immortal Spirit level Heavenly Craft battle armors, then the combat level of the Heavenly Court may break through the balance limit.

In such a case, not only will the pressure on the Monster Nation and the Demon Abyss increase dramatically, the Buddhists of West Bovine He Continent and the cultivators of the Earth realms of the South Observance Continent may also fall under the shadow of the Heavenly Court. A great war involving the four states and two regions, and three races, is about to erupt, and the pattern of the Immortal Realm shall change drastically.

Terrifying, truly terrifying!

While everyone was in shock.

“This Heavenly Mechanics method contains traces of formations, talismans, and artifact skills, suggesting it’s a blend of multiple methods, synthesizing the strengths while shedding the superfluous, achieving such ingenious creation.”

A voice spoke with penetrating analysis, recalling the concentration of the crowd.

Xu Yang was seated in a high position, saying calmly, “Blending multiple methods, ingeniously hijacking nature’s craft, it’s not something easy or trivial. As we progress further, it becomes even more arduous. A common cultivator achieving prowess in one method is already commendable; how could they blend and integrate multiple methods, ingeniously creating such marvels?”

“If my guesses are correct…”

Xu Yang smiled and made his point: “This Heavenly Mechanics method currently can only produce Spiritual Treasure or low-grade Immortal Spirit battle armors. For medium-grade and superior-grade Immortal Spirits, which would require the integration of sixth and seventh rank methods, it is likely not yet accomplished; otherwise, the Immortal Realm would have long since been engulfed in a widespread war chaotic battles.”

“You’re right,”

Pure Jun Sword Lord nodded: “To ingeniously hijack nature’s craft is not easy. Although the method is profound, its derivation is extremely difficult. Merging multiple methods, what a colossal project it is! Even for a Nine Tribulations True Immortal, immortal and everlasting, it still requires a vast amount of effort and endless ages to possibly push this methodology to the sixth and seventh ranks…”

“That being said, with Spiritual Treasure defying Deity Transformation and Immortal Spirit challenging Return to Void, when a single rank’s power ascends and becomes widely available…”

True Person Ziyang stroked his beard and spoke: “If this method could be widely promoted, it would greatly reduce the pressure brought by the Monster Nation and the Demon Abyss.”

“I fear that once it’s widely promoted, the Monster Nation and the Demon Abyss could also master it!”

Peony Fairy’s brows from E’mei frowned: “Such creation methodology, before it is fully realized, should be strictly guarded and not leaked. How could Sword Lord possibly trade for it from the Heavenly Court, unless…”

Before she finished, the expressions on everyone’s faces changed.

“The Fairy’s concerns are valid!”

Pure Jun Sword Lord responded solemnly: “This technique was not originated by the Heavenly Court, but obtained from an Ancient Secret Realm, left by our predecessors. And it’s not just the Heavenly Court; the Buddha Land, the Monster Nation, and the Demon Abyss have all received a share of the inheritance.”

True Person Ziyang nodded: “So the Heavenly Court wants to promote this method to strengthen its overall combat prowess in response to the threat of the Monster Nation and the Demon Abyss?”

“That’s exactly it.”

Pure Jun Sword Lord said with a wry smile: “Otherwise, I would not be able to exchange for this set of Spiritual Treasure battle armor!”

“An era of turmoil indeed!”

Peony Fairy shook her head and then looked towards Xu Yang: “Elder brother, what are your thoughts?”

Xu Yang smiled and looked at the battle armor: “Let’s speak of today’s Taoism. Matters of the future can be discussed in the future; today, we only discuss Taoism.”

“You’re unfettered, friend.”

Pure Jun Sword Lord smiled, not dwelling further, and unfolded the Heavenly Mechanics method, joining everyone in appreciation and contemplation.

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