Chapter 997: Refining the Divine Invasion Spear

Li Qing didn't join the others in hunting Ancient Savage Beasts. He had far more pressing matters to attend to.

"With some time remaining, I'll attempt to forge a primordial spirit weapon and then see if I can pass the fourth trial of Fallen Soul Mountain."

"If I fail to forge the weapon, I'll simply wait to be teleported out of the Heavenlight Secret Realm."

So far, the secrets within Fallen Soul Mountain remained undiscovered. This hidden inheritance could only be unlocked by those who had cultivated secret techniques related to the divine soul.

Divine soul secret techniques were far rarer than ordinary cultivation manuals. They were exceedingly scarce, and few managed to obtain them, let alone successfully cultivate them.

"The reward for passing the third trial of Fallen Soul Mountain was Creation Origin Liquid. I wonder what reward awaits in the far more challenging fourth trial."

With this thought, Li Qing unleashed his full speed, streaking toward Fallen Soul Mountain.

During his flight, he enveloped himself in Spatial Wonder Light, making his movements resemble spatial teleportation. In mere moments, he covered an astonishing distance.

This was merely a rudimentary application of the Spatial Wonder Light. The Heavenly Light undoubtedly concealed far greater mysteries, but Li Qing had yet to fully unlock them.

Bathed in silver light, Li Qing's figure seemed to completely merge with the void, encountering no resistance whatsoever as he flew.

In less than a day, he had traversed a journey that would normally take at least two days.

Empowered by the Spatial Wonder Light, Li Qing's speed had nearly doubled!

With Fallen Soul Mountain now in sight, Li Qing wasted no time, immediately soaring toward its mid-slope.

Having already attained a divine soul at the void refinement realm, the mountain's oppressive spiritual pressure posed no challenge to him. He descended effortlessly.

Entering a mountain cave, Li Qing sat cross-legged and began refining his primordial spirit weapon.

The process wasn't particularly difficult, requiring only a portion of his divine soul to be separated and then forged into the desired form.

However, the secret techniques and incantations involved were somewhat obscure, requiring time and effort to refine his primordial spirit weapon.

"Splitting my soul shouldn't be too difficult," Li Qing murmured to himself. "I mastered the soul core secret technique before reaching the core formation realm, and later acquired a soul division secret technique."

Combining the principles of these two techniques with the refining method for the Divine Invasion Spear, he began separating his divine soul.

Separating a large portion of one's divine soul in a single breath was nearly impossible and fraught with danger, potentially leading to the creation of a second personality.

Even without such a catastrophic outcome, the process would inflict unbearable agony.

Therefore, Li Qing chose to maintain conscious control, dividing his divine soul bit by bit. With each fragment separated, his main soul grew progressively weaker.

Before long, a small cluster of divine soul had been successfully extracted within Li Qing's sea of consciousness.

This was already a remarkable feat. Instead of attempting further division, Li Qing began refining the separated fragments into a primordial spirit weapon.

Refining a soul weapon was entirely new territory for him, vastly different from his usual artifact refinement methods.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Within his sea of consciousness, Li Qing began tempering the separated soul fragments, meticulously following the steps of the secret technique.

Each tempering session inflicted excruciating pain upon the split soul.

Fortunately, his past trials at Fallen Soul Mountain had hardened him against such torment, making the pain relatively bearable.

Li Qing gritted his teeth and endured the pain. Perhaps due to his exceptional skill in artifact refinement, a rudimentary primordial spirit weapon had already materialized within his sea of consciousness.

The weapon took the form of a lance, its tip razor-sharp and its entire body gleaming with a faint golden luster.

Instead of rejoicing over this initial success, Li Qing's expression turned solemn as he began refining the Divine Invasion Spear using the obscure incantations from the secret technique.

Refining a primordial spirit weapon required continuous nurturing with one's own divine soul power to shape it into its final form.

Within his sea of consciousness, a miniature golden figure identical to Li Qing sat cross-legged, chanting incantations as it refined the golden lance before it.

Time flowed slowly. Under the ceaseless refinement by Li Qing's primordial spirit, the Divine Invasion Spear gradually revealed its sharpness, and cryptic runes flickered faintly across its surface.

After an unknown duration, Li Qing's primordial spirit suddenly seized the Divine Invasion Spear and mimed a few practice strikes with it.

The Divine Invasion Spear was complete!

Primordial Spirit Weapon Refined: Divine Invasion Spear. Reward: 1800 years of lifespan.

Seeing his lifespan increase, Li Qing finally allowed himself a relieved smile.

"I never imagined that successfully refining a primordial spirit weapon would also extend my lifespan."

"It's a pity that one can only refine a single primordial spirit weapon in their lifetime. Even with an exceptionally powerful divine soul, it's nearly impossible to spare enough energy to nurture a second one."

This makes refining two primordial spirit weapons impractical. It's far more efficient to channel all that energy into strengthening one's own divine soul.

After Li Qing's primordial spirit wielded the Divine Invasion Spear in a brief display, he swallowed it whole. As the primordial spirit weapon reintegrated into his divine soul, his soul returned to its original form, now significantly strengthened.

This is the unique characteristic of primordial spirit weapons: they can merge with one's divine soul and be summoned at will for refinement or combat.

With a subtle shift of his divine sense, a miniature golden spear shot forth from between Li Qing's eyebrows with blinding speed, leaving no time for reaction.

The primordial spirit weapon's attacks are silent and instantaneous, offering no warning whatsoever. With a mere thought, Li Qing can summon it to strike down his enemies.

"Excellent. This saves me the time of cultivating other divine soul-based killing techniques. The Divine Invasion Spear surpasses all other Divine Soul Divine Abilities."

The Divine Invasion Spear maximizes Li Qing's divine soul advantage and can be used repeatedly.

If an enemy is caught off guard and the spear pierces their sea of consciousness, the strike will be devastating.

Without a secret treasure to protect one's sea of consciousness, it would be nearly impossible to defend against this attack.

After circling the Divine Invasion Spear around himself several times, Li Qing once again withdrew it into his sea of consciousness, merging it with his divine soul.

"Now that the primordial spirit weapon has been refined, it's time to challenge the fortified gates."

With these words, Li Qing closed his eyes again and began circulating the Soul Refinement Scripture.

"Accumulate yang to attain divinity."

In the next moment, the surrounding scenery began to shift like a mirage, and Li Qing found himself naturally transported to the trial of Fallen Soul Mountain.