I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm

Chapter 669 - 363: Tribulation Crossing at Sword Mountain (Part 2)

Seeing these harmonious scenes, Li Mu couldn’t help but smile.

Thus, Li Mu continued to immerse himself in the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, deciding to continue secluding himself for artifact refining, to gather the remaining ten thousand Spirit Swords of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.

Over these ten years, Li Mu refined hundreds of Tier Six Spiritual Treasures for the Profound Celestial Sword Sect, earning massive sect contributions, and exchanged them for a large amount of Spiritual Objects. Some were used to plant Spirit Plants, some for feeding the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, and many Spiritual Materials were taken by Li Mu for refining Tier Five and Six Spirit Swords to complete the ten thousand high-tier Spirit Swords of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.

As long as he gathered ten thousand high-tier Spirit Swords, Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, this Tier Six Spiritual Treasure, would have a high probability of successfully promoting to a Tier Seven Dao Artifact.

Time flew by, and another year passed.

In the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, the artifact refining room’s door suddenly opened with a loud sound, and a majestic Sword Intent erupted from within, instantly spreading throughout the entire mansion. This power was filled with sharpness and dominance, like an invisible sharp sword pointing straight to the sky, causing one’s heart to race.

With the explosion of this Sword Intent, Li Mu’s silhouette slowly appeared, a trace of fatigue on his face, yet his eyes flickered with excitement and satisfaction. He finally refined the ten thousandth Spirit Sword for Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, and the integration of the ten thousand Spirit Swords successfully triggered the advancement of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, leading to an earth-shattering transformation.

A Spirit Peak flew out from the artifact refining room, constantly enlarging, a hundredfold, a thousandfold, quickly transforming into a towering thousand-foot peak. This Spirit Peak stood alongside the Five Elements Spirit Mountain of the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, its grandeur breathtaking.

From the dark mountain body, ten thousand Spirit Swords flew out, soaring and dancing in the air, emitting deafening ’buzzing’ sword cries. These sword cries intertwined, forming an inspiring symphony that made one’s blood boil. The ten thousand Spirit Swords constantly encircled Ten Thousand Swords Mountain with great momentum, forming a whirlwind-like spectacle, as if paying homage to this mountain peak and celebrating the promotion of Sword Mountain.

Li Mu gazed in awe at the ten thousand Spirit Swords in the sky and the newly appeared thousand-foot peak, filled with shock and reverence, knowing that Ten Thousand Swords Mountain had triggered the advancement state and was on the brink of an unprecedented transformation and ascension.

Li Mu gazed at this moment’s Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. Beneath the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, the attributes and status of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain displayed one by one on the panel.

[Ten Thousand Swords Mountain (Advancing)]

[Grade: Tier Six Spiritual Treasure]

[Attributes: Ten Thousand Swords Peak, Size at Will, Profound Celestial Sword Realm, Ten Thousand Sword Qi, Nurturing Ten Thousand Swords.]

[Status: Accommodating Ten Thousand Swords, Artifact Spirit Peak, Sharpening Advancement.]

[With Tier Seven Spirit Ore - Meteor Crystal Core as the base, and ten thousand high-tier Spirit Swords as the array, refining an artifact with Sword Array momentum. This artifact weighs: 35 million lbs, accommodates ten thousand swords, self-formed Sword Realm, nourishes Sword Intent, improves sword grade effect. The more Spirit Swords it accommodates, the faster the growth of the artifact’s Sword Spirit. This Spiritual Treasure successfully accommodates ten thousand Spirit Swords, currently advancing into Tier Seven Daoist Soldier.]

Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, remotely controlling the Sword Dragon composed of ten thousand Spirit Swords, crazily spiraling, the rampant Sword Qi is destroying the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, presenting a painful state, seemingly unable to enter the advancing state due to some insufficiency.

Li Mu frowned, somewhat puzzled.

At this moment, the space of the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion suddenly trembled, a force of the Five Elements pressed back the rampant Sword Qi sweeping the space, restraining the madness of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.

Li Mu’s spirit lifted; this situation was the masterpiece of the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion Spirit. Has the Treasure Mansion Spirit awakened?

In the next moment, within the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion space, five-colored spiritual light gathered quickly, and before long, a five-colored Spirit Dragon flew out from the Five Elements Spirit Mountain, appearing beside Li Mu, with a trace of fatigue on its face, looking warily at Ten Thousand Swords Mountain as if sensing danger.

"Ssss!"

The Painting Realm Treasure Mansion Spirit called to Li Mu, as if greeting, or perhaps complaining.

"Oh! You say Ten Thousand Swords Mountain needs to go outside the Outer Sect to advance? It cannot complete the advancement within the mansion’s space?" Li Mu looked at the Treasure Mansion Spirit, understanding its meaning.

"Ssss!" The five-colored Spirit Dragon nodded in response.

Upon hearing this, Li Mu’s heart sank. He originally thought that refining ten thousand Spirit Swords would allow Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to smoothly advance into a Tier Seven Dao Artifact, but it appeared it also had to endure the ordeal of Artifact Tribulation.

Through the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion’s guidance, Li Mu suddenly realized that for Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to advance into a Tier Seven Dao Artifact was not a simple process of promotion but must undergo a thrilling Artifact Tribulation. Presently, within the mansion’s space, Ten Thousand Swords Mountain cannot undergo the Celestial Dao Artifact Tribulation, trapped in a state of agitation.

Artifact Tribulation is a test from the Heavenly Dao to the Dao Artifact, leveraging the power of the Celestial Dao to temper the artifact’s essence and perfect its internal Dao Principles, thus thoroughly forming the Dao Foundation of the artifact. This process is extremely dangerous and any errors could lead to the artifact’s shattering and all previous efforts wasted.

In the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, this self-contained realm space doesn’t allow Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to gain the support of Celestial Dao Power, feeling the opportunity for advancement but restricted from breaking through the bottleneck. This constraint has driven Ten Thousand Swords Mountain into a rage. To break free from the restraints, it began to manipulate ten thousand swords, crazily destroying the mansion’s space, trying to escape this cage.

However, the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, being a Tier Eight Dao Artifact, possesses a power far beyond the ordinary, and the realm difference makes Ten Thousand Swords Mountain’s resistance appear so feeble. The Treasure Mansion Spirit used the artifact’s might to easily suppress Ten Thousand Swords Mountain’s resistance, re-subduing it within the mansion.

Ten Thousand Swords Mountain cannot undergo tribulation advancement within the mansion space, but letting it leave the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion and undergo the Artifact Tribulation within the Seven Profound Sect would undoubtedly trigger a series of chain reactions. Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, as an abundant treasure poised to become a Tier Seven Dao Artifact, its might and the massive Sword Momentum generated would surely not escape the notice of both the Seven Profound Sect and the entire Profound Celestial Sword Sect.

A Tier Seven Dao Artifact is extremely precious to any sect, with its power and potential causing numerous cultivators to go mad. Moreover, Ten Thousand Swords Mountain as a Tier Six Spiritual Treasure is too unusual; if it successfully advances to Tier Seven Dao Artifact, once known, would inevitably attract countless eyes and cause unnecessary trouble!

Thinking of this, Li Mu couldn’t help but feel a headache. He originally thought he could smoothly promote Ten Thousand Swords Mountain within the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, only to find there were so many obstacles. Now, he must face a thorny issue: how to allow Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to safely undergo the Artifact Tribulation without drawing the attention of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect.

"Why didn’t you have an Artifact Tribulation during your advancement, can’t Ten Thousand Swords Mountain successfully complete the advancement within the mansion space?" Li Mu furrowed his brow, looking at the Treasure Mansion Spirit, puzzledly asking, hoping to find a solution from it.

"Ssss!" The five-colored Spirit Dragon responded to Li Mu, its spiritual eyes looking at Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, full of disdain, evidently the Treasure Mansion Spirit doesn’t favor this frantic Spirit Peak.

After hearing the Treasure Mansion Spirit’s response, Li Mu finally understood the crux of the problem. The Painting Realm Treasure Mansion was an Innate Dao Artifact, having the Dao Foundation from the moment it was created, thus needing no Artifact Tribulation during advancement. But Ten Thousand Swords Mountain is different; it belongs to the advance of a Tier Six Spiritual Treasure into a Dao Artifact, if successfully advanced, it would still be an Acquired Dao Artifact, thus requiring Artifact Tribulation to complete the Dao Foundation.

Li Mu furrowed his brow, contemplating inwardly, knowing it’s unavoidable for Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to undergo an Artifact Tribulation.

For now, the only plan is to quickly leave the Seven Profound Sect, depart from the heartland of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect, and head to a remote location for the tribulation. Only then can we ensure Ten Thousand Swords Mountain safely undergoes the tribulation without causing trouble for himself.

Thus, Li Mu’s figure flashed, leaving the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, flying out from the Sect Leader’s Mansion, racing away with Sword Control towards Sword Heart Peak of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect.

Li Mu planned to use the Ancient Teleportation Array to leave the Profound Celestial Sword Sect at the fastest speed, head to the Ten Thousand Stars Sea Region, and find a suitable place for Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to undergo the Artifact Tribulation.