Reversing the Milky Way

With a loud bang, rubble flew up, and Bai Cheng's spirit sword was pressed against Si Nanchen's heart. A rune blocked his attack.

There are still more?!

Bai Cheng roared and pressed down with all his might, but the spirit sword quickly shattered under the resistance of the runes and finally exploded in front of Bai Cheng.

Under the light of the fragments of the spirit sword, Si Nanchen could clearly see the resolute killing intent in Bai Cheng's eyes, and Bai Cheng could also see the trembling look in Si Nanchen's eyes caused by fear.

Si Nanchen: "Bai Cheng, wait..."

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Cheng grabbed Si Nanchen by the throat and slammed him against the stone wall beside him.

With a loud crash, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of the stone wall, and Si Nanchen coughed up blood again, his words being forcibly interrupted.

Just then, Mi Hua's voice suddenly rang out from behind Bai Cheng.

Mi Hua: "Bai Cheng! Someone is rushing this way at high speed!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng's expression hardened, and the Thunderclap Flying Knife began to spin rapidly in his palm. Si Nanchen gripped Bai Cheng's arm tightly, trying to break free.

Si Nanchen: "Bai...Bai Cheng...you...you can't kill me..."

Bai Cheng did not answer, only responding to the other party's cold gaze.

He used his other hand to stop the Thunderclap Knife, then quickly pressed it down hard into Si Nanchen's eyes. However, the protective talisman on Si Nanchen's body activated again, and the runes began to collide violently with the rapidly spinning thunder.

In Si Nanchen's eyes, it was as if a high-speed rotating gear was cutting into his eyes horizontally, and he could only watch helplessly as the runes of his protective talisman were continuously shattered by this gear.

Finally, when the last protective talisman was exhausted, in just an instant, Bai Cheng's throwing knife pierced through Si Nanchen's head with a high-speed spin. Blood mixed with the white brain tissue exploded like fireworks. The other party didn't even have time to scream before his body fell straight to the ground.

To avoid getting blood splattered on himself, Bai Cheng even used his spiritual power to create a barrier in front of him.

After doing all this, Bai Cheng gave Mi Hua a wink, then quickly changed into black clothes and took away Si Nanchen's storage bag.

With a wave of her hand, Mi Hua summoned the giant stone wolf beside her, which swiftly opened its mouth and bit Si Nanchen's corpse. Then, it quickly ran towards the lake and leaped into the water.

Then the huge stone wolf began to transform, turning into an irregular boulder in the water, and then quickly sank to the bottom of the lake.

The battle came quickly and ended quickly, lasting only five minutes in total.

A disciple of the Overlord Blade Sect: "Young Master, there's trouble ahead!"

Upon hearing the loud splashing sound, Xu Hongyu arrived with three disciples.

After landing and conducting some investigation, he discovered that a battle had just taken place there. After observing the extent of the damage, he deduced that neither side in the battle was of high cultivation level.

Xu Hongyu quickly closed his eyes and spread his divine sense around. After searching, he found no trace of anyone.

Xu Hongyu: "Search this place thoroughly!"

Upon hearing this, the three disciples immediately accepted the order.

Xu Hongyu went to the lakeside and looked thoughtfully at the ripples still rising on the lake surface.

A disciple of the Overlord Blade Sect reported: "Young Master has discovered something!"

A disciple presented a token to Xu Hongyu. This token was the same one that Si Nanchen had secretly taken out earlier, but he had unfortunately dropped it during the fierce battle.

Xu Hongyu: "What is this!?"

Xu Hongyu recognized the token at a glance, and then his expression became extremely serious.

Xu Hongyu: "Could it be?! Humph!"

He angrily slammed the token to the ground.

Xu Hongyu: "Damn it, someone beat us to it! Go back and report to the sect leader immediately!"

The disciple of the Overlord Blade Sect: "It's the young master!"

After putting the token away again, Xu Hongyu led his men back the way they came.

Not long after, Bai Cheng and Mi Hua quickly returned to the shop.

Upon seeing the two return, Lü Liang and Lü Qiuyue approached them with concern and inquired about their whereabouts, while Cui Yuanfang also looked worried.

Lü Qiuyue: "What happened? Are you alright?"

Miwa: "We're alright!"

Bai Cheng: "By the way, if anyone comes to ask later, just say that none of us have left the house tonight."

After saying this, Bai Cheng immediately told everyone to go back and rest. Just then, the shop door was suddenly knocked on.

"Boom, boom!"

Bai Cheng gave him a wink, and Cui Yuanfang immediately went to open the door.

Upon opening the door, they discovered it was a squad of White Maple City guards.

After seeing Cui Yuanfang open the door, the leader did not exchange any words and directly signaled the two city guards beside him to enter the store to search.

Cui Yuanfang: "Wait! What are you doing? Don't you know this is our private property?"

Captain: "Of course I know, we're on patrol! I'm asking you, are there any other people in your shop?"

Bai Cheng: "Of course!"

Bai Cheng's voice came from the inner room.

Bai Cheng: What are you doing here so late at night?

Bai Cheng was dressed in ordinary clothes. As he walked toward the leader, he took out his Bai family identity token from his waist.

Upon seeing the token, the leader became noticeably more respectful.

Captain: "Brother, we are just following the city lord's orders tonight. I have a few questions I would like to ask, and I hope you will answer them truthfully."

'The city lord's orders?'

Bai Cheng put away the token, gesturing for him to continue.

Captain: "Did you hear anything tonight?"

Bai Cheng's expression became visibly agitated upon hearing this.

Bai Cheng: "How could we not hear such a loud noise?"

Captain: "Did any of you go out tonight?"

Bai Cheng shook his head.

Bai Cheng: "Sorry, no."

Just as Bai Cheng finished speaking, he heard a burst of playful laughter behind him.

Mi Hua, annoyed, asked repeatedly, "Hey! Hey, what are you doing? Searching my house in the middle of the night?"

A city guard quickly came out of the inner room, along with Mi Hua and two others, but they all looked a little sleepy.

Captain: "Hmm? Who are you people?"

Bai Cheng: "They are employees of my shop, is there a problem?"

The captain walked slowly toward the group and searched them thoroughly, instantly creating a tense atmosphere.

After discovering no meaningful intelligence, he then addressed his two subordinates.

Captain: "Sorry to bother you tonight, please don't go out. Let's go."

After the city guards left, Bai Cheng turned to the others and spoke.

Bai Cheng: "Go back, everyone."

On the other side, as Dong Gu's last body fell, a ghostly blue figure emerged from the corpse. Upon closer inspection, it was a wisp of Dong Gu's soul.

With a swing of his halberd, Yang Qingyi unleashed a strange spiritual attack that shattered the divided soul, turning it into specks of starlight that vanished into the air.

At this moment, no part of the ground beneath their feet was intact, and scorching flames burned everywhere. A ravine a hundred meters deep divided the area covered by the magic array in two.

Yang Qingyi arrived at Dong Gu's corpse and found a storage ring on the finger of one of the clones.

Yang Qingyi: "This ring has been imprinted with a divine soul mark. After I remove it, I will invite you all to my residence for a chat."

After saying that, he put away the storage ring. Although the others looked slightly unwilling, they had no choice but to accept it.

Yang Qingyi: "As for the items in this person's hands, you can divide them among yourselves."

After saying that, Yang Qingyi flew up and left the Heavenly Flame Formation. The remaining people exchanged glances, and then Xu Yuanshan slowly spoke.

Xu Yuanshan: "This old bastard is clearly trying to take all the treasures there for himself! There are five spiritual artifacts here, how are we going to divide them?"

After hearing this, Wu Daoling suddenly spoke up.

Wu Daoling: "How about this, I'll take the Heavenly Netherworld Holy Shield, and you can each have two of the rest, I won't fight you for them."

The other two agreed with the suggestion after hearing it.

As the Heavenly Flame Formation was removed, the disciples who had been searching in all directions returned, but they found nothing.

The people from the two major sects began to leave one after another, leaving only the disciples of the Overlord Blade Sect at the scene.

Xu Hongyu: "Father!"

Xu Hongyu told Xu Yuanshan what he had discovered, and Xu Yuanshan was furious upon hearing it.

Xu Yuanshan: "What?"

Just then, Bai Zhentian appeared beside Xu Yuanshan.

Bai Zhentian: "Sect Leader Xu, why are you still here? Is there something else you need to do? It's almost dawn. If you stay here any longer, it will cause panic among the civilians."

Xu Yuanshan turned to look at Bai Zhentian, a hint of reproach flashing in his smiling eyes.

Xu Yuanshan: "We must thank Lord Bai for his assistance tonight. We will take our leave now."

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left with his disciples.

Bai Zhentian glanced down at the ground. Although the Heavenly Flame Formation provided some protection, the aftershocks of the battle still affected the area outside the formation to some extent. However, compared to the ruins and rubble inside the formation, it was like two different worlds.

Bai Zhentian: "Fortunately, the affected area is not large. Pass down the order to put out the fire and then organize manpower to rebuild the streets!"

"As ordered!"

Bai Cheng opened the storage bag he had collected in the room, and the first item he took out was the Earth-遁 (Earth-遁 is a type of compass used for escaping into the ground).

The compass was glowing, and its surface was covered with intricate inscriptions.

Bai Cheng: "I saw that this compass could travel underground, and judging from the patterns on it and the spiritual energy luster, it is definitely a spiritual artifact."

Bai Cheng continued flipping down and found a strange stone.

The stone is smooth all over and shaped like a triangular pyramid.

Bai Cheng: "What is this? I can't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations on it."

Bai Cheng ignored it and continued to flip through the pages. Then, a cylinder made of some kind of stone appeared in front of him. It looked very ordinary and had nothing special about it.

Bai Cheng: "What is this? How come it's all random stuff? The Si Nan family was once royalty, how can the contents of their storage bag be so worthless? Or is it that Si Nan Chen is not well-liked within the family?"

Then he found a strange book with no markings on the cover, and it looked like it was made of some kind of animal hide rather than ordinary paper.

After opening the book, Bai Cheng found it completely blank. He flipped through the pages from the first to the last, but couldn't find a single word.

Bai Cheng let out a long sigh, staring intently at the book in deep thought.

'That's it? Or is there some other way to see the contents?'

Bai Cheng continued searching, and all that was left besides some silver coins and spirit stones was a protective talisman.

Bai Cheng picked up the talisman and examined it carefully.

Bai Cheng: "The quality of this talisman is probably no lower than that of a low-grade or high-grade talisman, but unfortunately there is only one."

After glancing at all the items that had been taken out, Bai Cheng sighed.

Bai Cheng: "Sigh, I thought I could get some good stuff."

The next day, as soon as it was light, Bai Cheng set off for the academy. After the battle the previous night, the area around his shop was filled with unease, and many people were discussing the strange noises from the night before. As he passed through the area that had been surrounded by the array the previous night, Bai Cheng was surprised to find that the streets were completely intact, with only a few charred buildings still under construction.

After some recent battles, Bai Cheng knew that he really needed a main weapon. The weapon he had been using to condense his own spiritual power was no longer enough to satisfy his offensive, and it also consumed a lot of his spiritual power.

Upon arriving at the academy, Bai Cheng headed straight for the forging cave where Lu Xuzi was located. Even from outside, he could hear a series of 'thump-thump' knocking sounds coming from inside.

Just as Bai Cheng was about to go in, he was stopped by the array barrier at the entrance.

'Hmm? I've never seen a magic circle at this entrance before, why is there one this time?'

Before Bai Cheng could think much of it, he heard Lu Xuzi's voice coming from inside.

Lu Xuzi: "This elder will not be giving lectures or receiving guests for the time being. Please return."

Bai Cheng: "Elder Lu, please wait a moment. I would like to ask you some questions. I hope you can do me a favor."

As Bai Cheng finished speaking, a short while later, Lu Xuzi slowly walked out of the door.

Lu Xuzi: "Ask quickly if you have something to say. I don't have much free time lately because the Spirit Puppets in the Trial Tower need to be replenished."

Bai Cheng took out the Earth-遁盘 (Earth-遁盘), and Lu Xuzi was astonished upon seeing it for the first time.

Lu Xuzi: "A mid-grade spiritual weapon!?"

Bai Cheng was also shocked after hearing this.

Lu Xuzi: "Where did you get this? The price of a mid-grade spiritual artifact starts at least at 100,000 silver coins!"

Bai Cheng: "Elder Lu, do you know its purpose?"

Lu Xuzi scanned the compass with his divine sense, and after glancing at the inscriptions on it, he slowly spoke.

Lu Xuzi: "In my opinion, this should be an earth-attribute spiritual treasure that allows one to traverse underground. Once activated, it can travel through geological mountains, far surpassing any earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape underground). You didn't come here just to ask me about this, did you?"

Bai Cheng: "Of course not. What I want to ask is whether this kind of spiritual artifact can be reforged?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuzi's eyes widened in surprise.

Lu Xuzi: "Reforge the magical artifact!?"

Bai Cheng: "Not bad"

Lu Xuzi: "Do you know why spiritual artifacts are called that? The so-called 'spirit' refers to the material of the artifact itself, which includes some materials that contain natural spiritual power, while the so-called 'artifact' refers to the inscription."

Bai Cheng nodded.

Bai Cheng: "Of course I know that."

Lu Xuzi: "Since you know this, you should know that the reason why a spiritual weapon must be based on its own spiritual power attribute is because of the inscriptions. If it weren't just about the inscriptions, anyone would be qualified to control any spiritual weapon, but only spiritual power with the same attribute as the weapon can activate the inscriptions to unleash the true power of the spiritual weapon."

As he said this, Lu Xuzi's eyes turned to the compass in Bai Cheng's hand.

Lu Xuzi: "You can try to stimulate it."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng channeled his spiritual energy into the compass in his hand. However, apart from becoming slightly brighter, the spiritual light on the compass's surface did not change. It was impossible for it to burrow underground; all he could do was use it as a flying disc, like a celestial chariot.

Upon seeing this, Lu Xuzi nodded, as if he had anticipated it.

Lu Xuzi: "You can think of these spiritual artifacts as having a surface and an inner core. What you just used and touched is the surface. This surface also represents the strength of traditional artifacts. In other words, if you treat it as a weapon, its pure strength is stronger than those artifacts of a lower level. However, once the inscription is activated, the artifact will perform functions that are not commensurate with its level, like this compass."

Bai Cheng glanced down at the compass in his hand.

Bai Cheng: "But what does this have to do with recasting?"

Lu Xuzi: "Of course there is a connection. When this kind of spiritual artifact is formed, the inscription will also be formed at the same time. In other words, the inscription is irreplaceable. Once it is melted down, the inscription will disappear. Even if it is reforged in the future, the new inscription will not be the same as the previous inscription, so the effect after activation will naturally be different. This is a spiritual artifact, also known as a spiritual treasure."

Bai Cheng: "So that's how it is."

After Lu Xuzi's explanation, Bai Cheng had a complete understanding of the compass and the so-called spiritual artifact in his hand.

Bai Cheng: "What is the inscription?"

Lu Xuzi: "You can think of the so-called inscriptions as array patterns in a formation, but unlike array patterns, they are much more difficult to depict and condense."