Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chen Yuan did as he was told. He immediately raised his hand and slapped his chest, spitting out a ball of blood essence that split in two and flew into the two refining furnaces.

The moment the essence blood entered the scorching furnace, it instantly evaporated into a crystalline cloud of blood vapor, which enveloped the two magical artifacts and slowly seeped into them.

The purple Kui thunder drum and drumsticks were stained with a bewitching blood red color, then gradually became more restrained until they disappeared completely.

Chen Yuan spread his divine sense and probed into the two magical treasures, leaving a divine sense imprint. A faint sense of filial piety emanated from the magical treasures.

This reforging process incorporated several top-grade spiritual materials, including the pelt of a mid-level demon general. The spirituality of the Purple Kui Thunder Drum and drumsticks also increased, and the prototype of a weapon spirit has already been born.

However, to become a true artifact spirit and advance to a spiritual treasure, one still needs to go through an incredibly long period of time.

After Chen Yuan dripped his essence blood and left a divine imprint, the two weapon refiners immediately raised their hands and formed hand seals.

The blazing subterranean fire fell back into the well, and the heat wave in the stone chamber gradually subsided. The reddish-brown forging furnace, enveloped in the subterranean fire, slowly returned to its original state.

The two weapon refiners suddenly changed their hand seals, and the Purple Kui Thunder Drum and drumsticks slowly flew out of the weapon refining furnace and came to Chen Yuan's side.

The two magical artifacts trembled slightly, their spiritual light flickering, as if they were celebrating their birth.

However, the spirit of a top-tier magic weapon is not yet so agile; this is simply because the newly forged magic weapon cannot control the leakage of spiritual energy.

After a while, the spiritual light faded, and the purplish-gold surface of the thunder drum and drumsticks revealed a sense of depth and majesty, perfectly matching the destructive and violent nature of thunder-based magical treasures.

The weapon refiner from the Dragon God Sect said, "Reporting to the senior, we mixed the fur of the Kun fish with the Flash Spirit Stone to reforge the Thunder Drum and forge this drumstick. Its appearance is bound to change."

"After adding these two top-grade spiritual materials, when you use this drum to perform thunder magic, the speed will increase by at least 100%, the power will increase by at least 30%, and the drumsticks will no longer break easily."

"Of course, the true essence you consumed will also increase by a little more..."

Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "It's alright. You young friends have worked hard these past three years."

"Now that the eight royal families have been destroyed for three years, and most of the demons in the Myriad Demon Continent have been wiped out, I, Chen, have gathered Nascent Soul cultivators. We will meet at Fulong Island in three months to discuss and reward our contributions."

"My dear friends, you have worked hard to forge these two top-tier magic weapons and two long arrows for me. You deserve to receive some treasures in return."

Apart from the human weapon refiner, the other five weapon refiners from the demon sect all showed joy upon hearing this and immediately agreed.

Since the destruction of the eight royal families, they have lived in constant fear, terrified that their lives would be in danger.

As elders of the demon cult and skilled in weapon crafting, they forged countless magical treasures for the demon beast royal family behind them. Although they never personally suppressed human cultivators, they could still be considered to be aiding and abetting evil.

Therefore, when they were crafting magic weapons for Chen Yuan, they all did their best and dared not be negligent in the slightest, for fear of displeasing Chen Yuan and causing their own death.

Now that the magic weapon has been successfully crafted, Chen Yuan has not turned his back on them, which makes the five of them extremely fortunate.

This Senior Chen was indeed as magnanimous as rumored, sparing so many elders of the divine sects—no, demonic sects—…

Although they have been staying in the Refining Hall for the past three years, they have been closely following the situation in the Myriad Demon Continent and know quite a lot about it.

Under Chen Yuan's orders, human cultivators and the demon cult elders who had abandoned the darkness joined forces to wipe out the remnants of the eight royal families and their affiliated demon clans, stirring up a bloody storm on the Myriad Demon Continent.

The once high and mighty demon race has become a pack of wolves in the blink of an eye, with rivers of blood flowing at every turn, and people dying and their entire race being wiped out.

In addition to the eight royal families, the demon race also has dozens of high-ranking demon generals, who are even more powerful than human cultivators and those demon sect elders who have turned against them.

However, they were a disorganized bunch, fighting their own battles, while the human cultivators were united and invincible.

The elders of the demonic sect may have ulterior motives, but they dare not disobey Senior Chen's orders.

Moreover, although Senior Chen was kind and benevolent, he showed no mercy to the low-level cultivators in the demon sect.

Anyone who has ever abused mortals or suppressed human cultivators will be severely punished.

The consequences are either beheading and public display of one's head, or the loss of one's cultivation and descent into the mortal realm. This is even more terrifying than physical death and the annihilation of one's cultivation.

Although Nascent Soul cultivators would not suffer this calamity, the elders of the eight demon sects were deeply shocked to see their disciples and juniors being beheaded one by one. They all fought hard to kill the demon generals to prove that they had repented.

It wasn't that no one was worried that Senior Chen would settle scores later, but some astute individuals privately speculated on Senior Chen's thoughts and asserted that he would never do such a thing.

The four Nascent Soul cultivators came from the human realm and were not cultivators of this realm. They had no past grudges with the demon race or the eight major demon sects.

The four seniors crossed over from another realm, risking their lives to fight the Demon General and annihilate the eight royal clans. They must have been after the treasures accumulated by the eight royal clans over tens of thousands of years, especially the eight spiritual treasures and divine weapons that were famous throughout the Myriad Demon Continent.

Now the four seniors have achieved their goal, each finding a place to cultivate in seclusion, clearly digesting the vast treasures of the eight royal families.

The other three seniors ignored external affairs, and many Nascent Soul cultivators and elders of the Demon Sect came to see them and offer treasures, but they were all turned away.

Only Senior Chen issued an edict ordering everyone to wipe out the demon generals and eradicate the demon cult, but he never showed up again, clearly not taking the matter to heart. Although these elders of the demon cult had once been loyal to the demon race, they were nothing more than drifting duckweed, obeying the demon race when it was powerful and returning to the human race when it was prosperous.

They have now pledged their allegiance to Senior Chen and are even willing to fight the demon generals to the death. Several elders of the demon sect have already died at the hands of the demon generals, showing their unwavering loyalty.

Moreover, judging from Senior Chen's past actions, he was ruthless and merciless towards the demon race, but rarely killed human cultivators.

Apart from Xing Qianyue, who once besieged Ping Le City, no other elders of the Demon Cult died at the hands of Senior Chen.

Dugu Sha of the Dragon God Sect had already been captured by Senior Chen. Not only was his life spared, but Senior Chen also bestowed upon him a treasure. However, a Fire Lotus Mark was planted in his body, and his life and death were now in Senior Chen's control.

However, they had also been infected with the Blood Silk Gu in the past, and their lives were also in the hands of the demon race. They had long been accustomed to obeying orders.

When the more capable Senior Chen took over, he not only had no complaints, but was actually happy to accept it.

These five weapon refiners, in their spare time, secretly communicated with the elders of the Demon Sect who had come to Fulong Island. They heard a lot about Senior Chen's deeds and speculations from them, which relieved them of their constant fear and prevented any mistakes in the process of refining magical treasures.

But it was only after Senior Chen personally said that they would be rewarded according to their merits that they were finally relieved and managed to save their lives and get through this difficult time.

……

The five weapon refiners were even more grateful to Chen Yuan. After he put away the Purple Kui Thunder Drum and drumsticks, they took out two long arrows, one white and one yellow, and presented them to him with both hands.

This is the long arrow that Chen Yuan asked them to forge. It is also a top-tier magic weapon, extremely sharp, but it needs to be paired with the Guanghan Bow.

If used alone, its power is much weaker, similar to a flying sword, but not as fast.

Chen Yuan offered a couple more words of praise before leaving the Weapon Forging Hall.

Since the six weapon refiners had no magical artifacts to refine, they naturally wouldn't stay in the unbearably hot weapon refining room.

After returning to their respective caves and recuperating, the five demon sect weapon refiners began to inquire about the matter of rewarding meritorious service.

Once their lives were no longer in danger, they couldn't help but have other thoughts.

Over the past three years, they have worked day and night, sparing no effort and focusing all their attention on refining these magical treasures. They have certainly put in a lot of hard work, even if they haven't achieved great success.

Moreover, Senior Chen has spoken on his own words and will bestow a treasure. I wonder what kind of treasure it will be.
In the past, the eight royal families seemed to treat the elders of the Demon Cult well, but in reality, they still regarded them as servants. Moreover, the Blood Silk Gu controlled the lives of everyone, so they gave very few rewards and did not allow the Demon Cult to control precious treasures.

To obtain more cultivation resources, one can only continuously forge divine weapons and magical treasures for the demon generals, which in turn delays cultivation.

Senior Chen is so generous, and he has just obtained a large number of treasures from the eight royal families. Could he perhaps bestow a few bottles of cultivation pills upon them in recognition of their hard work in refining the magic weapons?

As the group was lost in their thoughts, human cultivators and elders from the former Demon Sect arrived at Fulong Island one after another, many of whom were their old friends and acquaintances.

They also knew that Senior Chen was going to reward those who had contributed, and in his interactions with the five weapon refiners, Senior Chen's words in the weapon refining hall quickly spread and became known to everyone.

Those elders of the demon sect who had made contributions in the process of eliminating the demon generals were overjoyed to learn that Senior Chen was going to bestow upon them great treasures.

This senior Chen was indeed known for his magnanimity. He not only spared the lives of these "traitors," but also rewarded them for their contributions.

They even regretted why they had worked so hard to suppress human cultivators in the past.

The human Nascent Soul cultivators, who had been stubbornly resisting the demon race in the past, were naturally indignant upon hearing this.

They also received Chen Yuan's order to temporarily suspend the extermination of the demon generals. Apart from nearly half of the Nascent Soul cultivators guarding various places, the rest rushed to Fulong Island.

However, there are far fewer human cultivators than the elders of the demon sect, and now half of them are stationed in various places. The demon sect elders who have defected do not need to spare any manpower and can gather on Fulong Island to reward their merits. What is the reason for this?

Of the five great cultivators of the human race, three were stationed outside, and only Cui Yuheng and Shen Jibai came.

Everyone knows that Cui Yuheng is highly trusted by Senior Chen and is in charge of the overall situation of the human race. From the day he arrived at Fulong Island, human cultivators have been coming to visit him in an endless stream.

They dared not utter a word of complaint against Senior Chen's decree, but their words contained many hints, requesting Cui Yuheng to speak to Senior Chen that even if these demonic sect elders were not severely punished, they should not be granted any more treasures.

However, Cui Yuheng, who had once been the unsung leader of the human race, turned a deaf ear to the pleas of the crowd.

Even when some impatient people brought the matter up directly, he remained unmoved.

Left with no other choice, everyone had to give up. Watching the group of demon sect elders smugly calling on their friends on Fulong Island, they could only curse inwardly.

Three months passed quickly, and the day for recognizing and rewarding merits finally arrived.

Human cultivators and elders of the demon cult gathered in the Panlong Hall on Fulong Island, awaiting Senior Chen's arrival. (End of Chapter)