144: Yunzhou Rebellion

The Mountain Sea Suppressing Demon Seal that had stepped into the Transcendent state was truly extraordinary.

Even a Nether Rank 6th Cycle demon would be killed instantly by this seal.

A Nether Rank 7th Cycle would also feel their scalp tingle.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Chu Jiang came to the Enlightenment Realm module again.

[Martial Art: Ten Thousand Refining Art Volume 1]

[Grade: Top-tier Martial Art]

[Star Level: 3-Star]

Having already seen what the 1-Star Enlightenment Realm was like, Chu Jiang naturally would not waste any more time.

[Consumption: 800 years of Lifespan]

"System, why is the consumption for the Ten Thousand Refining Art even higher than the Mountain Sea Suppressing Demon Seal?"

"The Mountain Sea Suppressing Demon Seal focuses on comprehension, while the Ten Thousand Refining Art focuses on practical operation. The System needs to prepare a massive amount of various artifacts for you to practice with: Top-tier weapons, Peerless Grade weapons, and even Spiritual Artifacts... various rare Ores, Spirit Medicines, Formation Plates, and Puppets for you to dismantle and study."

"These things do not come out of thin air, so the consumption is slightly increased. Please rest assured, every bit of your Lifespan will be spent on the cutting edge. They will not disappear; they are just converted into knowledge to accompany you!"

Chu Jiang: Why did this sound so familiar? Isn't this what they say in certain games? Your money didn't disappear, it just turned into data to accompany you.

"So amazing?"

"Then the ocean and giant mountains you simulated just now, they weren't moved here from somewhere else, were they!"

"..."

However, this time the System did not reply to Chu Jiang.

Chu Jiang shook his head. Why did he have the feeling that he had been cheated but still felt it was worth it? It must be his imagination, it must be.

"Start!"

Chu Jiang's figure disappeared again.

The world changed.

The next moment, he arrived at an ancient mountain peak where several magnificent halls stood. Built from giant black mountains, they were solemn and dignified, with flames soaring into the sky and a majestic Aura.

The artifacts piled up in each hall were different.

Just the Peerless Grade weapons visible to the naked eye exceeded several hundred, with dozens of Spiritual Artifacts, not to mention the rare Ores piled up like small mountains.

Let's start.

[Year 1: You begin to refine artifacts and forge weapons. Peerless Grade weapons forged through the Ten Thousand Refining Art have their power increased by 30%.]

[Year 7: You begin to forge Spiritual Artifacts. The difficulty of forging Spiritual Artifacts far exceeds that of Mortal Weapons, but fortunately, you are tireless, believing that Heavenly Dao rewards diligence and that there will be a return for your efforts.]

[Year 12: You successfully forge your first Spiritual Artifact, a Mountain Splitting Axe. You have successfully mastered your first Spiritual Artifact.]

[Year 23: Continue forging Spiritual Artifacts.]

[Year 78: Most of the Spiritual Artifacts have been forged by you. Your refining ability has increased; you can not only forge Spiritual Artifacts but also refine the energy within them to strengthen your own accumulation.]

[Year 97: You begin to refine rare Ores, absorbing the energy within them.]

[Year 150: You have refined over 100,000 catties of rare Ore.]

[Year 180: You begin to study Puppets. Various Puppets are forged one by one in your hands. You understand the structure of most Puppets, and forging Puppets feels like having divine help.]

[Year 200: You forge 300 Puppets, involving everything from Grandmaster level to Great Grandmaster, and even Golden Core level Puppets.]

[Year 230: You begin to refine Spirit Medicines. Various thousand-year treasures and rare Spirit Medicines are refined by you, and you recognize numerous Top-tier Spirit Medicines.]

[Year 300: You have refined over 800 treasures over a thousand years old, 200 Spirit Fruits, and various Heaven And Earth Treasures. You can hand-craft several types of Spirit Medicines and fuse them into one.]

[Year 320: You begin to study Formation Plates.]

[Year 370: You begin to refine and study other types of artifacts in the halls.]

[Year 450: You take in all rivers, integrating hundreds of years of experience, and your cultivation of the Ten Thousand Refining Art advances by leaps and bounds.]

[Year 480: You continue to forge and refine, but your level is higher, and the time taken is greatly shortened.]

[Year 500: Your Ten Thousand Refining Art enters Major Achievement.]

[Year 530: Your Ten Thousand Refining Art enters Perfection.]

[Unlocked: Human-Artifact Unity, Divine Soul Imprint, Material Metamorphosis, Fusing All Things]

[Human-Artifact Unity: Artifacts refined by you can easily achieve resonance between human and artifact, significantly increasing their power.]

[Divine Soul Imprint: You can leave a Divine Soul Imprint on refined items to prevent others from snatching them, unless the opponent's strength far exceeds yours.]

[Material Metamorphosis: The quality of Materials refined by you will slightly improve.]

[Fusing All Things: You can precisely control the attributes of refined items, merge items with different attributes, and have a certain probability of creating new items.]

[Year 720: The artifacts in the major halls are exhausted. Your Ten Thousand Refining Art steps into the Transcendent state. Refining speed is greatly increased, refining effects are more excellent, and all abilities are greatly enhanced.]

[demon life essence: 1,855 years]

[Lifespan: 550 years]

...

Chu Jiang opened his eyes suddenly, a brilliant light shining in them.

Seven hundred years of massive knowledge flowed into his body.

Now, he could be called a master craftsman in the way of artifacts.

The four words 'Grandmaster of Artifacts' could no longer describe his attainments in the way of artifacts.

He took out the damaged Extreme Yin Puppet from the Heavenly Eye space. If it were before he cultivated the Ten Thousand Refining Art, he could only sigh helplessly.

Now, he could not only repair it but also upgrade it.

This level of Puppet only ranked in the middle among the 300 Puppets he had refined, so it was no pressure for him now.

Ocean Blue Crystal, Glazed Gold, to improve defense and resistance to damage.

Demon Core, to improve the Puppet's core.

He was still missing several Materials, such as Peerless Grade Secret Silver and Peerless Grade Black Gold. Once these things were fused, it was possible to raise this Puppet to the limit of a Peerless Grandmaster.

He left the panel and walked towards Xiaobai. This guy had hidden quite a few good things from him. Last time he said he handed over most of the treasures.

As a result, dozens of treasures were shaken out of his pocket.

Xiaobai, who was playing with the villagers of Guyue Village, suddenly felt a chill on his back and saw Chu Jiang staring at him unkindly.

Xiaobai looked aggrieved: "Master, I really don't have any more!"

"I don't believe it!"

Chu Jiang picked him up and started shaking him crazily. A large number of rare treasures began to fall out of his treasure bag.

"No... mine, leave me some!"

Xiaobai breathed rapidly. His ape claws grabbed around, but instead of grabbing any treasure, he grabbed half a red bellyband, which looked quite festive.

"Still saying you didn't hide anything? What is this if not Peerless Grade Secret Silver!"

Chu Jiang saw a large piece of Peerless Grade Secret Silver, a full two hundred catties. However, there really was no Peerless Grade Black Gold. It seemed he could only raise this Puppet to the limit of a Peerless Grandmaster.

"Master, I didn't mean to hide it. In terms of loyalty, who can compare to me..."

Chu Jiang was too lazy to listen to his string of empty words and left with the Peerless Grade Secret Silver.

This Six-Desire Stone Demon Ape had the personality of a total miser. Collecting treasures was his greatest hobby, and he had no other faults besides that.

Xiaobai dropped his ape claws, pinching the red bellyband, feeling quite embarrassed.

"Xiaobai, this bellyband of yours is quite trendy, right?" Wang Chao joked with a smile.

"Let me see!"

"Go, go, go, this is mine. You even want to see a bellyband? Shameless!"

Xiaobai said indignantly.

Although he didn't know the origin of the bellyband.

He had a hunch that this bellyband fragment was definitely not a mortal object.

He still put it back into his treasure bag.

For the next few days, Chu Jiang began to refine and upgrade the Extreme Yin Puppet.

After the Ghost Moon Cave opened, the exit would only reopen after seven days, so he couldn't leave for the time being.

It was perfect to refine and upgrade it.

...

Outside, in Yunze County.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Hundreds of Demon Suppression Guards were fighting fiercely, the battlefield flowing with blood.

Not only were they besieged by a large number of demons, but they were also ambushed by the Myriad Sound Valley of the Seven Great Sects of Yunzhou.

The Demon Suppression Guards suffered heavy casualties.

"Liu, Commander, the Demon Suppression Division has treated you well. Why do you want to betray the Demon Suppression Division?" Shen Commander looked coldly at the opposite side. The reason they fell into the siege was all thanks to him.

He could accept dying in battle, but being betrayed by his own people, he was really confused.

"Treated me well?"

"Shen Commander, don't joke. My achievements today were all fought for by myself, and it has nothing to do with the Demon Suppression Division!"

"As for why, you'll know after you die!"

Liu, Commander sneered.

"Liu Sanlang, do you really think you have the victory in your hands?" Commander Zuo had seven killing swords hanging in the air, and the terrifying sword Dao killing Aura permeated the Void Realm.

There was no hiding the murderous intent in his eyes.

He hated traitors the most in his life. The Human Race was already having a hard time fighting against demons, and to be betrayed by internal traitors and consume a large amount of vital strength—he could not tolerate it.

"Commander Zuo, I know you are very strong, but you should get out of this Thousand Flow Dragon Locking Formation first before you threaten me. The high-level water-attribute Materials required for this Thousand Flow Dragon Locking Formation were exchanged from your Demon Suppression Division."

"Now, it's just right to send you on your way!"

Liu Sanlang laughed wildly, his expression extremely crazy.

"Looking for death!"

Commander Zuo's seven killing swords exploded, sweeping through the world. The Thousand Flow Dragon Locking Formation emitted bursts of roaring sounds, and the killing swords collided with thousands of water currents.

"Don't waste your effort. This Thousand Flow Dragon Locking Formation is specially designed to restrain your Seven Kill Sword Scripture. I have studied you for over ten years and know your weaknesses like the back of my hand!"

Liu Sanlang laughed sinisterly.

"Aren't you afraid of it leaking out? Lord Zhenfu will definitely not let you, a traitor, go!"

Shen Commander said coldly. He really didn't expect that his closest comrade would be a traitor, without any warning at all.

Liu Sanlang had killed no fewer demons than them.

"Lord Zhenfu? I naturally cannot defeat him, but someone will deal with him. Since ancient times, kings fight kings, generals fight generals. You don't need to worry about others."

"You should think about how to survive in my hands!"

"Kill, leave none alive!"

The demons swept out, and a large number of Demon Suppression Guards fell one after another.

"Fairy Ni Chang, to avoid long delays, let's finish these two off first!"

Liu Sanlang looked to the other side of the Void Realm.

A red-skirted woman with an extremely beautiful appearance stood in the Void Realm.

"Remember the promise you made to this sect!"

"Rest assured, you will get everything you are promised, not one piece less!"

Fairy Ni Chang nodded.

Although the higher-ups of the Myriad Sound Valley had already surrendered to the demons in exchange for not being liquidated when the demon army invaded the Yunzhou Thirteen Prefectures later, and to preserve their Legacy.

But before that, how the benefits should be distributed still couldn't be less.

The Aura on her body erupted suddenly, and she was already at the Peak Great Grandmaster level. Bursts of sword light rushed towards Commander Zuo and the other one.