Lin Yi silently calculated in his mind that the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner needed six Nascent Soul experts as the main souls, and then it would need thirty-six secondary souls nurtured at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Then there were 216 eighth-level Qi Refining stage cultivators who had transcended tribulation, and 1,296 seventh-level Qi Refining stage cultivators who had reached the Dao Foundation stage...
Finally, reaching the first level of Qi Refining, the secondary soul requires over 60 million. The entire population of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains might not even be that many, let alone those who have just entered the Qi Refining stage.
Many heretical cultivators, after obtaining the Six Yang God Sealing Technique, were secretly delighted, thinking that the Six Yang God Sealing Banner was already an invincible magic weapon. They believed that as long as they risked their lives to kill people and collect souls, the power of this magic weapon would become greater and greater.
But very few people have ever calculated what kind of foundation is needed to truly refine this magical artifact.
These heretical cultivators, who hadn't even grasped the basics of mathematics, never considered why even Daoist Baigu himself dared not refine this magical artifact.
Even if all the cultivators in the Seven Phoenix Realm were wiped out, it would be impossible to gather enough Six Yang God-Sealing Banners to reach the required level of perfection.
Lin Yi fiddled with the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner in his hand. He was refining this magical artifact mainly to subdue the Netherworld Fire Curse and prepare for his future journey to the outer star river.
As for the idea of successfully refining this incredibly powerful magical artifact, he had never even considered it.
Lin Yi casually summoned the cursed spirit clone sealed by the Holy Virtue Water Waves, and with a flick of his finger, the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner, which can be described as the most evil magic weapon in the world, captured the cursed spirit clone.
Lin Yi silently circulated his magic power, severing the connection between the main body and the clone of the cursed spirit through the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner, thus separating it. Then he continued to use the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner as a bridge to transmit magic power to nourish the cursed spirit.
Before long, Lin Yi's own Netherworld Fire Curse was formed.
An extreme resentment originating from the cursed spirit kept assaulting Lin Yi's mind, but fortunately, the Six Yang God-Sealing Banner blocked and weakened it, and it did not have any effect on him.
Lin Yi smiled wryly. Those cultivators and monsters who had practiced the Netherworld Fire Curse, or had been implanted with curse spirit clones, had to endure the impact of various extreme emotions from the curse spirits every moment.
In the end, they either become saints or madmen.
Clearly, there are far more madmen than saints in this world.
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The next day, as the sun rose, the island lord of Xuanling Island sent a disciple to invite Lin Yi over for a chat.
Xuanling Island, in Tingtao Pavilion.
Lin Yi not only saw Zhang Danfu and the couple from the deserted island a few days ago, but also several other pale-faced cultivators who were clearly severely injured.
Zhang Danfu didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "The Ancestral God Tu's demonic flames are raging and wreaking havoc overseas. I plan to take my disciples and I to the Azure Emperor's Garden in the Great Wilderness Ridge for temporary refuge. I wonder what your plans are, young friend Lin?"
"Qingdi Garden, as the name suggests, must be the residence of the Eastern Azure Emperor, one of the nine great wandering immortals of the unorthodox sects. Senior Zhang has a wide circle of friends, which is admirable."
Lin Yi thought for a moment, then continued, "This junior is not very knowledgeable and will not bother you any further. Thank you for taking me in these past few days, Senior Zhang."
Zhang Danfu sighed slightly and said, "Since young friend Lin has other plans, I won't force him."
After Lin Yi took his leave, Zhang Ruohua, the daughter of Zhang Danfu, asked in confusion, "Father, this man helped me and Senior Brother Li. We protected him for so many days and even invited him to the Azure Emperor Garden to avoid trouble. We've done more than enough. The Azure Emperor Garden isn't a place just anyone can enter. He simply didn't cherish this opportunity. Why are you sighing?"
“You don’t understand, this person is no ordinary person.” Zhang Danfu patted his daughter’s head and turned to his disciples, saying, “Check everything. If nothing is missing, let’s set off now.”
"Yes, Master," the disciples replied in unison.
Having already left Xuanling Island far behind, Lin Yi walked on the waves, feeling a sense of exhilaration, as if the sky were high enough for birds to fly and the sea wide enough for fish to leap.
Being constantly under the same roof as a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining, equivalent to a fourth-order True Monarch in the Great Xia World, makes everything he does feel constrained and restricted.
Lin Yi traveled westward for a while, and soon found a cave on a deserted island. After setting up a restriction, he entered the Qiankun Cauldron.
Inside the cauldron's cave, sisters Susan and Su Huan, transformed into golden-scaled loaches, were cultivating in the central pool. They had both reached the third level of their Dragon Transformation Technique.
Upon seeing Lin Yi enter, the two women hurriedly withdrew their magic. Two alluring, snow-white bodies appeared in the water. The elder sister was voluptuous, the younger sister youthful; the water rippled, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.
Lin Yi, with his lofty ambitions, naturally wouldn't pay attention to such trivial matters. After the two women got ashore and dressed, he first followed Susan to the volcano on the right.
At the top of the volcano, the Crimson Fire Copper Wood, nourished by the Three Lights Divine Water, has already taken root.
After looking at it, Lin Yi nodded in satisfaction and said, "From now on, you will be in charge of managing this cave dwelling in the cauldron."
Susan bowed gracefully and said, "Thank you, young master."
Afterwards, Lin Yi arrived at the ice mountain on the left. Under Su Huan's supervision, the ice array he had set up in the past had been operating steadily for several years, extracting a portion of the essence of cold iron.
Lin Yi put away the hard-won materials; it was time to reforge the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
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Chapter Seventy-One: I Am Free and Unfettered, Ryukyu Sea City
The essence extracted from the womb of the millennia-old cold iron was placed by Lin Yi in the pool at the center of his cave, where it was nurtured daily using the seven innate true waters. The Profound Nether True Water enhanced its essence, the Three Lights Divine Water amplified its spirituality, the Heavenly One True Water combined the five metal essences, and the Cosmic Light True Water nurtured its immortal golden nature…
Three months later, the essence of that ancient cold iron had completely dissolved into the pool.
Lin Yi moved the alchemy furnace containing the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword from the stone house by the pool.
The Crimson Fire Copper Wood had already been cut, and other herbs to aid in sword forging, such as Yuan Yang Flower, Snake Flame Grass, and Five Cloud Mushroom, were also all prepared.
As the furnace fire rose, a clear and melodious sword cry rang out, as if the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword was also anticipating its rebirth.
This sword possesses a remarkable spiritual quality, which is precisely why Lin Yi did not start from scratch but instead tried every means to reforge it.
The seven-colored flames changed at Lin Yi's fingertips, sometimes colorful, sometimes a single flame, and sometimes several flames merged together to become a new flame.
For example, the fusion of the True Fire of the Sun and the True Fire of the Thousand Flames creates the True Fire of the Thousand Yang; the fusion of the True Fire of the Great Yin and the True Fire of the Earthly Pole creates the True Fire of the Netherworld; and the combined refinement of the True Fire of Samadhi and the True Fire of the Sun is called the True Fire of the Rabbit Day...
The Seven Innate True Fires are also known as Innate Fire Seeds or the Seven Pure Fires. Only these seven Innate True Fires can infinitely enhance firepower.
However, those who cultivate the Tao often reach a certain limit in their cultivation of these seven true fires, and then they cannot continue to improve them, otherwise they will be burned to ashes.