Peerless Immortal Emperor in City

Chapter 970 - 929: Chain Reaction (Two Chapters Combined – 4200 Words)

"What do you want to do!?"

Jiang Luwei looked at Qin Heng with uncertainty and fear. She wanted to escape, but her recent experiences had clearly told her that Qin Heng was too strong—there was no way she could get away in her current state!

"A Great Saint of seventh heaven can still be used as an artifact spirit." Qin Heng smiled faintly and said, "You should feel honored. The magic item I craft is not something anyone can qualify to become an artifact spirit for."

After Qin Heng reverted the Cold Moon Blade to its materials, he planned to use these materials to forge a divine weapon for Qin Yun to use for self-defense, preferably with the ability to automatically protect its owner, which would require an artifact spirit.

An artifact spirit is not very useful for highly advanced magic items; instead, it becomes a shackle. Top treasures like the Pangu Banner and Chaotic Clock don't have artifact spirits.

However, at lower levels, the artifact spirit is incredibly important, especially when used as a protective magic item for someone lacking in cultivation. A highly agile artifact spirit with some battle experience is crucial.

Jiang Luwei was the artifact spirit Qin Heng selected.

"No, no! You can't do this, how can you refine me into an artifact spirit!?" Jiang Luwei shouted in terror. She activated all her divine soul power desperately to escape and get away from Qin Heng.

Becoming an artifact spirit is equivalent to becoming someone else's servant, never to rise again, doomed to be controlled forever. If the weapon itself is destroyed, she would be obliterated as an artifact spirit, with even her true spirit ceasing to exist, completely vanishing!

"Don't escape, you should know you cannot escape." Qin Heng spoke calmly. He did not act, but just this sentence caused the surrounding space to solidify, and Jiang Luwei's soul rapidly retreated, instantly returning before Qin Heng.

"Kill me, just kill me!" Jiang Luwei pleaded painfully as she looked at Qin Heng, saying, "Don't refine me into an artifact spirit, I beg you, don't make me into an artifact spirit!"

Once made into an artifact spirit, one's consciousness largely changes, with a deep imprint in the consciousness to protect the owner, essentially transforming into another person.

Jiang Luwei could not accept this.

She was a Taiyin body, the beloved disciple of Guanghan Palace's Deity, even groomed as the next Palace Master, yet now beaten so her physical body was destroyed and her divine soul is to be refined into an artifact spirit!!

Why!

Why is this happening!??

"Qin Xuantian, you can't do this, you can't refine me into an artifact spirit!!" Jiang Luwei stared at Qin Heng and yelled, "I am the true disciple of Guanghan Palace and the Deity's personal disciple. Refining me as an artifact spirit insults the entire Guanghan Palace, and you'll face the fury of the Deity and even the Saint Emperor!"

"When the Deity and Saint Emperor can descend upon Earth, I'll kill them like chickens." Qin Heng sneered, raising his hand to grasp Jiang Luwei's soul. An eerie blue flame suddenly ignited, enveloping the divine soul!!

"Aaaahhhh!!"

Jiang Luwei let out an extremely miserable scream. Under the burning of the eerie blue flame, her divine soul rapidly lost its form, becoming pure spiritual soul power in seconds, her true spirit consciousness completely exposed.

Then, Qin Heng moved his other hand, fingers glittering with golden light, drawing tracks through the void to create complex mysterious runes, inscribing them into Jiang Luwei's true spirit consciousness.

It was deeply imprinted into the depths of Jiang Luwei's sea of consciousness like a brand.

This was the imprint that ensured absolute obedience of the artifact spirit to Qin Heng and Qin Yun's commands, establishing a rule that she must protect Qin Yun's safety at all costs, even at the expense of self-destruction.

Finally, Qin Heng's hand, burning with eerie blue flame, squeezed with five fingers, shattering the flame in his palm. Jiang Luwei's divine soul had been refined into a crescent-moon-shaped gem, entirely silver-white, crystal clear, with a layer of golden silk winding around the frame, adding to its splendor.

Beside him, Ji Nanxiang and Xue Qinan were stunned, extraordinarily shocked as they watched Qin Heng. They had been exposed to high-level Martial Dao teachings, so they understood the complexity of forging methods and knew well how challenging it was to refine the divine soul of a Great Saint of seventh heaven into an artifact spirit.

Even a Great Saint of the same realm would require numerous intricate and complex procedures to complete the refinement, taking at least ten years, and success wouldn't be guaranteed. How long did Qin Heng take?

No more than a minute!

It might even have been only thirty or forty seconds; it was too fast, unbelievably so!!

This wasn't just a matter of forging technique!

It was practically a skill nearing the Dao!

Then, Qin Heng threw the materials separated and reverted earlier into the air, exhaling a fiery blaze of light. This flame was colorless, yet gave a burning sensation to all, the Samadhi True Fire!

The Samadhi True Fire isn't a natural flame but is self-cultivated by cultivators from their essence, energy, and spirit; thus, the quality and power of Samadhi True Fire are closely related to the cultivator's own foundation.

Now, Qin Heng had forged a heavenly-grade Dao Foundation, his divine soul essence surpassing the Eternal level. Even his relatively weak 'energy' was of the highest mana quality, surpassing any Immortal Law or Divine Skill that could be cultivated!