Chapter 2096: Demon-Dispelling Arrow, Wang Changsheng Chooses a Daughter-in-Law

Wang Changsheng spent over eight hundred years advancing from the early to the late stage of Divinity Transformation. While this cultivation speed was not particularly fast, he was quite content.

Generally, cultivators at the Divinity Transformation stage had a lifespan of around 2,500 years, with demon races and other species often living longer. The Xuan Yang Realm was rich in cultivation resources, offering many elixirs and miraculous medicines that extended life, so Wang Changsheng had no need to worry about his lifespan.

He exited his training room and entered a secret chamber.

The secret chamber contained a large formation array, over a hundred zhang in size, with hundreds of uniformly sized grooves. The spirit stones within these grooves had nearly depleted their spiritual energy.

The Verdant Lotus Creation Cauldron floated above the formation array, slowly rotating. The green lotus patterns on its body shimmered continuously, making it very conspicuous.

In the lower-left corner of the chamber was another formation array, over thirty zhang in size. The Seven-Star Soul Nourishing Lamp floated above this array, its wick holding a cluster of pale blue flames.

Wang Changsheng walked up to the Verdant Lotus Creation Cauldron. With a light pat on its body, the cauldron lid automatically flew open, and a dazzling nine-colored spiritual glow swept out, illuminating the entire chamber.

After a moment, the nine-colored spiritual glow dimmed. Wang Changsheng looked into the cauldron, where a spiritual energy-rich arrow floated. Its surface was covered with nine different colored electrical arcs. Next to the arrow was a foul-smelling mass of bloody qi.

"It has been separated, as expected," Wang Changsheng murmured softly, his eyes filled with joy.

This Demon Vanquishing Arrow, forged from Nine Thunder Bamboo, was originally a mid-grade Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure. However, after years of corruption by Blood Filth Qi, it had degraded to a low-grade Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure.

Wang Changsheng had used the Verdant Lotus Creation Cauldron to separate the Blood Filth Qi from the Demon Vanquishing Arrow, restoring it to its mid-grade Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure status. The process had taken a considerable amount of time and consumed hundreds of high-grade spirit stones.

Wang Changsheng reached out his right hand towards the Demon Vanquishing Arrow. The arrow surged with countless electrical arcs, striking towards him.

His palm glowed with a dazzling blue light, blocking all the electrical arcs before he grasped the Demon Vanquishing Arrow.

The Demon Vanquishing Arrow trembled slightly, seemingly trying to break free from Wang Changsheng's grip.

Wang Changsheng let out a soft snort. His palm intensified its blue glow, and the Demon Vanquishing Arrow ceased its struggle.

"Three hundred years have significantly increased its sentience," he mused. "If it were three thousand years, would it become sentient?"

Wang Changsheng muttered to himself, a curious expression on his face.

Generally, magical treasures could have the spirits of demon beasts refined into them to act as artifact spirits. Some might naturally develop their own artifact spirits, a process known as "sentience awakening" or forming "innate artifact spirits." However, this was extremely rare and typically took hundreds of thousands or even millions of years.

Wang Changsheng looked at the Blood Filth Qi. This was an excellent material for refining blood-path treasures, perfectly suited for corrupting enemy Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasures.

If the Blood Toad Gourd refined this Blood Filth Qi, its power would become even greater.

Wang Changsheng took out the Blood Toad Gourd. With a gentle shake, the gourd emitted a bloody light, covering the Blood Filth Qi and drawing it into the gourd.

Wang Changsheng moved to the corner and looked at the Seven-Star Soul Nourishing Lamp.

The Seven-Star Soul Nourishing Lamp could house a sub-soul and gradually strengthen it. A Soul Nourishing Pearl, however, only strengthened divine sense; a sub-soul and divine sense were completely different.

A sub-soul cultivated by the Seven-Star Soul Nourishing Lamp had a higher success rate when used to forge an external avatar or clone. No matter how powerful the avatar or clone became, with the Primeval Soul Lamp in hand, one would not have to worry about backlash.

A wisp of Wang Changsheng's sub-soul had been housed in the Seven-Star Soul Nourishing Lamp and nurtured for many years. If suitable materials were found, he could refine another avatar.

The Seven-Star Soul Nourishing Lamp required energy from the formation array to strengthen the sub-soul. The spirit stones maintaining the array's operation had already been depleted, so Wang Changsheng replaced them with brand new high-grade spirit stones.

He intended to cultivate a powerful sub-soul to descend to the lower realm by possessing a body in the future.

He had never forgotten his clansmen in the lower realm. However, it was extremely difficult for Divinity Transformation cultivators to descend to a lower realm; the higher their cultivation, the stronger the realm's restrictive force, making descent to a lower realm more challenging.

Generally, if a Divinity Transformation cultivator wished to descend to a lower realm, they needed a rare treasure like a Realm-Breaker Plate. Zhenhai Palace did not possess one. Besides that, some special grand arrays could also facilitate descent, but the risks were exceptionally high. Using a Realm-Breaker Plate was a relatively safer method.

Cultivators at the Void Refinement stage or higher could use the secret art of Soul Possession for Descent, sending a wisp of their sub-soul to the lower realm. The stronger the sub-soul, the higher the success rate; if the spell failed, that wisp of sub-soul would naturally be destroyed.

Wang Changsheng, being only in the late Divinity Transformation stage, was unable to use the Soul Possession for Descent secret art.

He turned and walked out, emerging into the open area. Wang Ruyan was speaking with Wang Qingcheng, holding several portraits and beaming with a smile.

Wang Qingcheng had already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage and was currently in the mid-Nascent Soul stage. With both his parents being Divinity Transformation cultivators and Wang Qingcheng himself possessing a Celestial Spirit Root, his cultivation speed was naturally fast.

He was nearly four hundred years old and had only cultivated to the mid-Nascent Soul stage. This cultivation speed was neither slow nor exceptionally fast; under similar conditions, those with spirit physiques cultivated much faster than those with Celestial Spirit Roots.

Wang Ruyan was still in the mid-Divinity Transformation stage, but her aura was significantly stronger than before. Over the years, she had spent considerable time researching talismancy while also supervising her two sons' cultivation. Lacking further auxiliary resources, her own cultivation speed was slower. What pleased her, however, was that both Wang Qingcheng and Wang Qingfeng had successfully formed their Nascent Souls.

"Husband, have you advanced to the late Divinity Transformation stage? That's wonderful!" Wang Ruyan exclaimed, overjoyed to see Wang Changsheng.

"This child congratulates father on his great progress in cultivation," Wang Qingcheng quickly offered, his face beaming with joy.

"Excellent, Qingcheng. Mid-Nascent Soul stage," Wang Changsheng praised. "It seems you've been diligently cultivating these past years. By the way, where's Qingfeng? How is he doing?"

Wang Changsheng praised Wang Qingcheng, then inquired about Wang Qingfeng. Wang Qingcheng was tactful and cultivated diligently, so Wang Changsheng wasn't worried about him. As for Wang Qingfeng, however, Wang Changsheng was concerned he might cause serious trouble.

"Qingfeng also formed his Nascent Soul," Wang Ruyan truthfully replied. "He's currently in the early Nascent Soul stage. He's gone out with some fellow disciples to hunt demon beasts many times, and nothing bad has happened so far."

Wang Ruyan truthfully replied. After Wang Qingfeng formed his Nascent Soul, he had been hunting demon beasts deep in the Xuanyue Mountain Range with disciples from Zhenhai Palace, and everything had gone smoothly.

Flowers in a greenhouse don't grow large. Wang Ruyan had secretly followed him a few times, and since Wang Qingfeng hadn't encountered any danger, she let him continue. Besides, Wang Qingfeng carried several fifth-tier talismans, so he could escape even if he encountered a fifth-tier demon beast.

Given Wang Ruyan's escape speed, she could quickly reach the origin of any trouble. Therefore, she felt reassured allowing Wang Qingfeng to hunt demon beasts with his fellow disciples.

"Oh, husband," Wang Ruyan said, "these are portraits of Senior Sister Yang's junior disciple, Senior Brother Sun's great-granddaughter, and Senior Sister Chen's grandniece. Which one do you think is good? Qingcheng is not young anymore, and I plan to arrange a marriage for him."

Wang Ruyan handed the portraits to Wang Changsheng. Their cultivation levels were too high, making the chances of them having children extremely low. Wang Qingcheng and Wang Qingfeng, however, had a higher chance of having children, as they possessed the Nine-Leaf Golden Lotus.

Wang Changsheng looked at the portraits, then looked at Wang Qingcheng and asked, "Qingcheng, have you met them? Which one do you like? Or do you have someone else in mind?"

"This child has met all of them," Wang Qingcheng replied honestly. "For matters of marriage, this child leaves it entirely to father and mother to decide. This child has no objections."