King of Assassins
Chapter 591 - 461: The Ultimate God Slayer
The body of the Godslaying Bell is extremely heavy and cannot be moved. It can only be placed here to guard the Xuanzhen Mountain Gate.
As for that Iron Token, it can be seen as the key to unlock the Godslaying Bell. The Godslaying Bell disappears in mid-air, but when activated again, it must reappear in its original position.
The Iron Token can be taken around, but the Godslaying Bell cannot be easily moved. This greatly limits the development of the Xuanzhen Sect.
Therefore, the Xuanzhen Sect plans to find a Divine Artifact that can carry the Godslaying Bell, allowing it to be taken around.
In this way, they could at least dominate Penglai Province.
Gao Xuan read these notes and admired the ancestors of the Xuanzhen Sect for their foresight and action.
On the other hand, the Xuanzhen Sect is quite affluent. Divine objects like the Sun Fire Essence and Vermilion Bird Tail Feather are already prepared.
However, the descendants of the Xuanzhen Sect were incapable, possessing divine objects and artifacts yet unable to refine them. This turned out to be advantageous for him.
Even Gao Xuan couldn't take the Godslaying Bell; despite having Nascent Soul Level power, the weight exceeded his power limit.
Even if he could lift it, carrying such a huge thing around would be inconvenient.
Only something like the White Jade Gourd, which can contain a trillion tons of seawater yet feels weightless, counts as fully refined.
Compared to a trillion tons of seawater, the weight of the Godslaying Bell is negligible.
Gao Xuan thought quickly and acted; he didn't have as many concerns as the Xuanzhen Sect.
After all, since nothing can be taken away, it's like a game of strengthening equipment. If it crashes, just quit the game...
Gao Xuan's decisiveness was truly formidable; he took out the Canghai Robe and gave it to Shui Qingbo.
This robe is actually a Divine Artifact of the Five Elements Sect, but was captured by the Xuanzhen Sect during wartime.
Due to the special nature of the Canghai Robe, it remained unused for thousands of years.
Gao Xuan had Yuanbao help unlock the Canghai Robe's restraints, leaving the rest for Shui Qingbo to refine on his own.
With this artifact, Shui Qingbo's power greatly increased. Along with Yuanbao, each possessing a powerful divine artifact, they could hold their own against a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the same rank.
Shui Qingbo and Yuanbao each took charge of one area, acting as Dharma Protectors for Gao Xuan.
Gao Xuan took out a piece of Sun Fire Essence, activating it with his Divine Sense.
The essence of True Sun Flame from the Nine Heavens transformed into a mass of scarlet-gold flames, descending directly onto the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
Indeed, the first artifact Gao Xuan wanted to refine was the Kunyuan Divine Spear. Although the Godslaying Bell was excellent, it was less important than the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
The True Sun Flame was incredibly domineering; as it refined the Kunyuan Divine Spear, the spear began to change color.
Previously, no matter how Gao Xuan tried to activate it with his Divine Sense, he couldn't budge the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
At this moment, the multiple restraints within the Kunyuan Divine Spear were fully provoked by the domineering True Sun Flame.
Such was the dominance of the True Sun Flame, that even the grand and robust Thick Earth Power of the Kunyuan Divine Spear had to be reduced to scorched earth.
Gao Xuan then discovered that the Kunyuan Divine Spear had a total of one thousand and eighty layers of restraints.
Although there were many restraints on the Kunyuan Divine Spear, there was no other change. With each restraint refined, the spear could absorb more Thick Earth Power, enhancing its power incrementally.
Imagine how powerful the fully refined Kunyuan Divine Spear would be.
Even the True Sun Flame only served to reveal all the restraints of the Kunyuan Divine Spear, not to totally refine them.
The incredibly fierce True Sun Flame broke through a hundred layers of restraints on the Kunyuan Divine Spear, losing its initial aggressive momentum.
Gao Xuan realized that even three pieces of Sun Fire Essence would not be enough to completely refine the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
Unveiling a hundred layers of restraints would suffice for his needs.
Gao Xuan maneuvered the Six-winged Celestial Cicada deep into the restraints of the Kunyuan Divine Spear, leaving his Divine Soul Mark.
Finally, Gao Xuan gained mastery over the Kunyuan Divine Spear, grasping its inherent Thick Earth Power.
Such violent refining methods could only be endured by a divine artifact like the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
The Kunyuan Divine Spear's grand and heavy Thick Earth Primordial Qi could bear any change.
If it were a divine artifact like the Canghai Robe, it would have been destroyed, with most of its value lost.
Refining the Kunyuan Divine Spear, Gao Xuan sensed the boundless weight and breadth of its Thick Earth Power.
He suddenly had an epiphany: the heavens are ultimately empty, the earth is ultimately real.
The heavens can evolve into endless changes, the earth can bear all beings and everything.
Thus, in the Five Elements, the Thick Earth comes first.
The Kunyuan Divine Spear carries the strongest, most robust, and grandest powers of the world. Such power not only nurtures all beings but also possesses boundless inclusiveness.
Gao Xuan was truly moved; for the first time in his life, he realized the greatness of Earth's Power.
In the Interstellar Era, where the Void of the cosmos is boundless, it is ultimately planets, real substances, that bear all beings.
Though the cosmos differs, the law is the same, leading different paths to the same destination.
Only in boasting supreme power and grandeur does the Kunyuan Divine Spear surpass the realm of the Sumeru Mountain Spear. The level of bearing boundless inclusiveness far exceeds even the Sumeru Divine Spear.
Throughout his life, Gao Xuan encountered numerous marvelous artifacts and powerful divinities, yet in terms of profound and lofty significance, the Kunyuan Divine Spear tops them all, incomparable in its realm.
The unfolding of the Karma Fire Red Lotus let Gao Xuan see the power of life. The formation of the Golden Lotus Seed showed him the power of harvest.
And with the Kunyuan Divine Spear, it embraced vastness, depth, and boundlessness. Without flaunting power, it still had endless power itself.
This kind of significance comes from nature, simple in its transformation, yet containing the ultimate principles of the cosmos.
Gao Xuan also understood his own problem; everything he learned and witnessed was ultimately limited by his individuality.
Especially since he was reborn, his mind still carried the deep imprint of his past life. His thoughts were trapped in a particular pattern.
Entering this world of cultivators, he had always been lofty, viewing the world from above.
Yet, whether in terms of power level or thinking, he was nothing exceptional in this realm.
Not until this moment did Gao Xuan put away his pride and honestly face this world.
If even the world of cultivators is so grand and magnificent, what unimaginable visions must the Immortal Realm hold.
Thinking of it, Gao Xuan couldn't help but yearn for it.
In the Interstellar Era, gold was already the pinnacle. Even achieving divinity wouldn't be much stronger than gold. It merely offered powers beyond the physical, worthy enough to be called divine.
But compared to the gods and Buddhas of this world who created heaven and earth, the level was far inferior.
Gao Xuan felt moved for the first time, truly understanding a certain power, a certain realm.
And he focused on it, purely out of love and emotion, without any ulterior motives.
The Six-winged Celestial Cicada let out a joyful chirp in Gao Xuan's sea of consciousness.
Gao Xuan himself knew he had never been a seeker of the Dao. Power, the Great Dao, and so on were tools to achieve his goals.
In the previous world, that gang leader said he didn't have a heart of sincerity.
Although the other person might have said it casually, it pointed to his most crucial issue.
A heart of sincerity should be all-encompassing in spirit, wisdom, and energy, without consideration of anything else.
His mind was always too cluttered, too mixed.
Gao Xuan self-reflected, noting that even at this moment, he couldn't help but generate various distracting thoughts; truly incorrigible.
However, a moment of emotion was already enough. Gao Xuan's Divine Soul resonated with the Kunyuan Divine Spear, leaving a deep Divine Soul Mark on the core of the deepest prohibition of the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
The aspiration embodied by the Kunyuan Divine Spear was high and profound, yet the Divine Artifact itself still had limits of power.
Gao Xuan's understanding of the Kunyuan Divine Spear's aspiration made him even more confident in merging the Godslaying Bell and the Divine Spear as one.
He extracted two Sun Fire Essences, and the main body of the Godslaying Bell emerged.
Even to the extreme of Gao Xuan's mana, the main body of the Godslaying Bell was still a massive entity over ten feet tall.
Hmm, roughly equivalent to a ten-story building.
The Sun Fire Essence ignited the fierce True Sun Flame, making the Godslaying Bell far inferior to the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
Amidst the crimson-golden flames, the Godslaying Bell rapidly shrank, instinctively compressing its power to resist the flame's refinement.
After more than ten days, the Godslaying Bell had shrunk to just a foot in size under the True Sun Flame.
At this point, the Godslaying Bell had been refined to the extreme. No matter how the True Sun Flame was wielded, there was no further change.
Gao Xuan took out the Vermilion Bird Tail Feather and brushed it across the True Sun Flame; the Vermilion Bird, known as the essence of Separation Flame, is claimed to be the first flame of heaven and earth.
The Vermilion Bird Tail Feather had Fire Manipulation Divine Techniques. Under its stimulation, the True Sun Flame flared tenfold to a hundredfold in intensity.
The Godslaying Bell could not withstand such intense flames, shrinking rapidly to just two inches. Its three hundred and sixty layers of prohibitions were all forcibly opened by the flames.
Gao Xuan, steering the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, ventured in and directly left a Divine Soul Brand in the core of the Godslaying Bell's prohibitions.
Taking advantage of the Godslaying Bell's state of extreme reduction, Gao Xuan's Divine Sense moved to merge the Godslaying Bell into the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
The blade of the Kunyuan Divine Spear was a foot and a half long, with the Godslaying Bell embedded at the junction of the spear blade and shaft, melding almost perfectly with the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
Anyone unaware would not suspect anything wrong with the Kunyuan Divine Spear.
At this stage, the Kunyuan Divine Spear and Godslaying Bell had truly fused into a whole. Even Mahayana powerhouses might not be able to separate the two.
Gao Xuan gently twirled the Kunyuan Divine Spear, and the Godslaying Bell emitted a humming resonance, causing all around to follow suit in vibrating and echoing back.
The deep fusion of the two Divine Artifacts allowed their powers to complement each other, greatly increasing the spear's might.
Gao Xuan lightly caressed the long spear; calling it the Kunyuan Divine Spear seemed inappropriate now. Thus, naming it the Kunyuan Godslaying Spear!
Though the name sounded a bit awkward, Gao Xuan thought for a moment and still named it the Infinite Godslaying Spear.
Infinite represents the unending, limitless Thick Earth.
Godslaying, however, is Gao Xuan's desire. He held grievances against the divine beings of the Star River Era, so he named it in opposition to them.
Although he couldn't take this spear with him, giving it a good name was always worthwhile.
The True Sun Flame and the Vermilion Bird Tail Feather hadn't yet been exhausted; to avoid waste, Gao Xuan decided to continue refining the Infinite Godslaying Spear.
This Divine Spear, after all, was forcibly fused, and its prohibition changes were not harmoniously smooth.
With the Vermilion Bird Tail Feather and True Sun Flame, he could refine the long spear to be more integrated and supple.
Having time now, Gao Xuan was in no hurry. His previous understanding of the true essence of the Kunyuan Divine Spear, and through the opportunity of refining the Divine Spear, he could also refine his Divine Soul and Divine Sense.
And so, more than twenty days passed. While sitting cross-legged in meditation, Gao Xuan suddenly had a sense; the Six-winged Celestial Cicada also sang in harmony.
"A powerful enemy has come?"
Gao Xuan was initially shocked but then delighted, "After waiting so long, finally, someone has come to offer a blood sacrifice to the spear!"
A Divine Spear born must have the blood offering of a strong opponent to be deemed perfect!