Chapter 223 - 170: Tremendous Gains, Spirit Treasure Godslaying Blade

"Die!"

Lin Chang’sheng unleashed his Boundless Step, his figure vanishing in an instant.

But his voice appeared right behind Wu Tianhua.

Wu Tianhua’s scalp tingled, cold sweat pouring down his back.

So Lin Chang’sheng had never really shown his full strength?

Was all this time just a game of cat-and-mouse?

Just toying with him?

Spurt—

Wu Tianhua had just started to turn around when Lin Chang’sheng’s blade aura pierced straight through his chest.

Blood stained the hem of his robes.

Under the crushing force of Lin Chang’sheng’s Middle Stage Nascent Soul Divine Consciousness, Wu Tianhua’s cultivation plummeted, his reactions slowed.

He wasn’t even close to being Lin Chang’sheng’s match.

Lin Chang’sheng had originally wanted to see if he could kill Wu Tianhua relying on his own cultivation, without resorting to Nascent Soul Divine Consciousness.

He hadn’t expected Wu Tianhua to set up a grand array here, almost putting him at a disadvantage.

At this point Lin Chang’sheng had no intention of dragging things out—who knew what other trump cards Wu Tianhua had left?

No point risking it, not worth letting things change unexpectedly.

"No... Impossible—"

Blood bubbled at Wu Tianhua’s lips, his face frozen in shock and disbelief.

Till his dying breath, he couldn’t believe he’d perish at Lin Chang’sheng’s hands.

And why was his divine consciousness so damn strong?

"Rest in peace!"

Seeing Wu Tianhua still clinging to life, Lin Chang’sheng smashed another punch into him, finishing the job.

"I need to hurry up and raise my cultivation! If my divine consciousness weren’t this powerful, facing a Nascent Soul expert—I’d be dead for sure!"

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself.

Eyeing Wu Tianhua’s corpse, Lin Chang’sheng whipped out his Hundred Thousand Soul Banner with a flick of the wrist.

He sucked Wu Tianhua’s soul right inside.

Now his Myriad Soul Banner had another fierce Soul General at its disposal.

And Wu Tianhua’s body? Still useful for refining into a Corpse Puppet. Lin Chang’sheng was short on Golden Core Late Stage Corpse Puppets, no way he’d let that slip by.

"You bastard! Not even in death will I let you off!"

Xuan Gu lay sprawled on the ground, roaring with anger.

"You couldn’t beat me in life; what makes you think you could as a ghost? Tell me where to find the Myriad Ghosts Pulling Technique and maybe I won’t make you die miserable!"

Lin Chang’sheng looked down at Xuan Gu, whose bones had all been shattered, lying like a pile of broken mud, voice icy.

This Myriad Ghosts Pulling Technique was the one Xuan Gu just mentioned to Wu Tianhua.

Had to be something valuable.

Otherwise Wu Tianhua wouldn’t have come all this way just to cause trouble.

"Pah—you wish!"

Xuan Gu was stubborn to the core, refusing to tell Lin Chang’sheng.

But Lin Chang’sheng wasn’t in a hurry.

He had plenty of ways.

With a wave, Lin Chang’sheng summoned the soul of Profound Court.

"Gu’Er?"

After Profound Court appeared and saw Xuan Gu’s soul, his heart sank, despair clouding his face.

He’d hoped Xuan Gu could train hard and avenge them one day.

Never expected he’d end up crippled by Lin Chang’sheng too, father and son reunited in defeat.

"You beast, you’ll—"

Profound Court had just started to curse when Lin Chang’sheng pressed his palm down on his head, squeezing until Profound Court screamed in pain.

"If you won’t talk, I’ll send your father’s soul into oblivion, never to reincarnate!"

Lin Chang’sheng said calmly.

He didn’t believe Xuan Gu would keep his mouth shut for long.

Even if he stayed stubborn, Lin Chang’sheng could just master Soul Control Technique to perfection, then swallow Xuan Gu outright, memories and all.

"I’ll talk, I’ll talk! The Myriad Ghosts Pulling Technique is in my father’s secret chamber!"

Xuan Gu blurted out, not as heartless as he’d tried to seem.

Satisfied with the answer, Lin Chang’sheng struck Xuan Gu dead with a single blow.

Collected their souls both into the Myriad Soul Banner—family reunion, banner style.

He took both their storage bags too, planning to check everything over somewhere safe.

Lin Chang’sheng had no shortage of storage bags these days.

Including those from the more than two hundred cultivators who’d died in the Divine Flame Array.

This haul was huge.

....

Great Yu Imperial City.

After this battle, the Great Yu soldiers respected Lin Chang’sheng more than ever.

They saw him as their savior.

If he hadn’t intervened, Great Yu would’ve fallen to the Beimu Immortal Race already.

As long as the Imperial City stood, there was still hope to strike back.

Within the Imperial Palace.

Yu Wenjing, dressed in her golden phoenix robes, looked dignified and radiant, like a mortal empress, holy and untouchable.

At this moment, Yu Wenjing gazed toward where Lin Chang’sheng had gone, her heart a storm of emotions.

"Chang’sheng, you’ve saved me from danger time and again—how can I ever repay you?"

Yu Wenjing felt nothing she could do would ever repay Lin Chang’sheng.

She didn’t even feel worthy of him.

He was a free-roaming Immortal Master; she was just an ordinary mortal.

"Chang’sheng, I will repay this kindness!"

Yu Wenjing made a silent vow in her heart.

She knew full well she wasn’t a match for Lin Chang’sheng, but still wanted to offer him her most precious gift.

....

Two thousand miles from the Imperial City, deep in a cliffside cave.

Lin Chang’sheng emptied out everything from all the storage bags.

There were spirit stones—more than three hundred thousand altogether, an absolute treasure trove.

But to Lin Chang’sheng, spirit stones were the most ordinary thing these days.

There were also some medicinal herbs, spirit fruits, and elixirs.

Nice, but not especially important to him.

What Lin Chang’sheng wanted most were Immortal Techniques and magical treasures.

After more than half an hour of sorting,

Lin Chang’sheng tallied it up: 265 lower grade treasures, 37 middle grade, 10 upper grade.

The upper grades included both what was in the storage bags and the true name treasures of those who’d died.

"So many treasures—what if I fuse them, could I end up with a spirit treasure?"

Lin Chang’sheng mused.

No sooner had the idea formed than a fusion prompt flashed up on his interface.

[Detected 265 Lower Grade Treasures. Fuse into 53 Middle Grade Treasures using Sword Qi?]

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng didn’t hesitate.

With a burst of light, all 265 lower grade treasures vanished, leaving 53 middle grade.

[Detected 90 Middle Grade Treasures. Fuse into 9 Upper Grade Treasures?]

"Yes!"

Only an idiot wouldn’t fuse them. Their power would skyrocket.

The 99 middle grade treasures vanished, replaced by 9 new upper grade ones.

Lin Chang’sheng thought the fusions were over.

But then, after a brief pause, a new prompt flashed up.

[Detected 20 Upper Grade Treasures. Fuse into 1 Lower Grade Spirit Treasure?]

This prompt caught Lin Chang’sheng by surprise.

Twenty upper grade treasures for a single spirit treasure?

High price, but absolutely worth it.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang’sheng chose to fuse without a second thought.

With his selection, nineteen upper grade treasures plus the Immortal Slaying Saber he’d been refining within his golden core all gathered in midair.

As the twenty treasures merged, dazzling brilliance exploded outward, impossible to look directly at.

The fusion lasted a full stick of incense before the radiance began to fade.

[Fusion complete. Please select your weapon type: saber, sword, staff, club, halberd...]

[Saber!]

Lin Chang’sheng picked the saber without hesitation.

Saber felt right in his hand.

Slash, chop, thrust, flick—Lin Chang’sheng wielded them all with ease.

[Weapon type selected: Saber. Please name your new weapon!]

The prompt popped up again.

"Godslaying Blade!"

Lin Chang’sheng declared.

Even more domineering than "Immortal Slaying"—this was a blade for slaying gods.

Only such a name would fit this spirit treasure.

Buzz—

With a flash of blinding light, a fiercely domineering spirit treasure slowly appeared before Lin Chang’sheng.

Longer than his old Immortal Slaying Saber—over four feet, the edge gleaming razor-sharp.

Just looking at it, you could feel its lethal aura.

Its blade was covered in intricate glowing runes.

Lin Chang’sheng poured his divine sense into it, finding six layers of restriction inside.

Once all refined, its power would go through the roof.

"The restrictions don’t affect me at all?"

He’d meant to refine them one by one, but discovered he could tap the blade’s full power without any extra refining—just as he could with the Immortal Slaying Saber.

Saved him a ton of time.

"Let’s test its power!"

Unable to wait, Lin Chang’sheng grabbed the Godslaying Blade, headed out of the cave, and swung it casually at a nearby mountain range.

The blade erupted with a fiercely domineering blade aura, slashing toward the mountains.

Rumble—

The blade aura collided with the mountain, sending up a deafening roar.

The mountain was instantly split in two.

The upper half crashed down, kicking up clouds of dust.

"So sharp?"

Lin Chang’sheng’s heart skipped a beat.

Back in the Golden Core Early Stage, one slash could level a mountain, but that was just brute force—smashing it apart.

Now, a simple strike split the mountain cleanly, the cut surface absurdly smooth.

That’s how sharp this blade was.

And this was just two of the blade’s six restriction layers activated.

If all six unleashed...

Forget mountains, even the grand array Wu Tianhua set up would be shredded.

"No wonder it’s called a spirit treasure. Its power is insane!"

Lin Chang’sheng was more than satisfied.

He stowed the Godslaying Blade and returned to the cave to check the rest of his loot.

Besides elixirs and herbs, there was a pile of jade scrolls.

Lin Chang’sheng sorted through them one by one.

Most were Immortal Technique Treasure Manuals or pill formulas.

Among them: 4 sword technique manuals, 3 fist techniques, 2 body techniques, 1 Hidden Weapon Technique, and 1 Body Strengthening Technique.

There were plenty, but Lin Chang’sheng knew better than to bite off more than he could chew.

He only chose a few to master.

Planned to cultivate them all to Great Perfection, then fuse them with his existing martial arts for even stronger moves.

He’d slowly work on the rest as time allowed.

He picked two sword techniques and two fist techniques.

The sword techniques: Cyan Lotus Sword Technique and Fiery Sun Unrivaled Swordsmanship.

The fist techniques: Proud Divine Fist and Demon Dragon World Destruction Fist.

As for body technique and hidden weapon...

Lin Chang’sheng decided to shelve those for now.

Boundless Step and Celestial Thunder and Flame Arrow Technique were enough for the moment.

His body was already as strong as a Nascent Soul expert’s, thanks to the Saint Buddha Golden Body Technique.

So the only thing he still lacked was offensive moves.

The sword techniques could fuse with Immortal-slaying Celestial Blade; the fist techniques could combine with Dragon Roar World Destruction Fist.

That would massively boost his combat strength.