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Re-casting Separation Slayer, The Sword’s Starlight

“The primordial chaos shaped the heavens and created humankind. There was immemorial iron called stars. There were gods in the sky who used their broken bones to create weapons. Amongst the void, there was an immortal emperor. By worshipping the emperor, one can come to understand the mysteries of the world. The body can turn into boundlessness, something capable of housing all living beings. The eyes became the sun and moon, and the breath was the thunder. When the dream was over, all worlds met oblivion….”[1]

In the refinement room inside the Si Fan Palace, Ning Fan sat cross-legged in front of a Metal Casting Cauldron with Separation Slayer in his hand while recalling the fragmented verses of Ancient Chaos.

“Dao Scripture”... Rumor has it that it was a scripture from the primordial chaos passed down by the Immemorial Immortal King. In the fragmented memories of Ancient Chaos, there was only a short passage.

In the short section of the “Dao Scripture,” there was the history of the Immemorial Era along with a short line referring to Immemorial Stars.

The Immemorial Stars were used to create weapons that couldn’t be used unless the wielders were Fiendgods. Even though there were only a few broken stars inside Separation Slayer, but in terms of value, it would be difficult to find a second item!

The only thing that dissatisfied Ning Fan was that Si Wuxie’s refinement skill was too poor. There were too many impurities which limited the amazing effects of the Immemorial Stars.

Ning Fan’s eyes were clear and calm, but each blink revealed the vicissitudes from the ancient past. With great insight, he wanted to see through all the flaws on Separation Slayer.

Aged Gold for the blade edges, Thunderous Silver for the tip, Earth Steel for the body — this sword used many rare minerals and reached the finest grade because of it. It could be considered a famous sword, but in the end, it could only be a famous sword. Without the amazing property of the Immemorial Stars, it wouldn’t become a divine sword.

“I need to remove the impurities. Outside of the Aged Gold, Thunderous Silver, and Earth Steel, the rest must be removed via refinement…”

Ning Fan curled his finger and then shot out a command at the sword. Separation Slayer turned into a gleam of steel and flew into the cauldron.

This cauldron only had an Earth Vein Flame, so the fire power was not great. In order to temper such a divine weapon like Separation Slayer, it would need several months.

Ning Fan was not in the mood to wait for several months.

He took a breath and then spewed out a Yin Yang Flame from his mouth straight into the cauldron to strengthen the Earth Flame.

With the power of the Yin Yang Flame, Separation Slayer’s body will melt in three days at the latest.

Ning Fan’s magical power could only last for up to two hours when using the Yin Yang Flame to refine the weapon.

He took out a bottle of pills and placed it in front of him. There were “Rising Origin Dan”, “Spirit Restoration Dan”, and “Spring Returning Dan” — they were all pills used to quickly restore depleted energy.

Time flew by as fast as flowing water. Ning Fan’s divine sense controlled the cauldron’s flame for three whole days. Separation Slayer gradually turned into liquid metal.

A stream of hot air sprung out from the cauldron and unbearably blew right into Ning Fan’s face, burning his hair. The dissolution of a finest rank sword emitted a powerful energy that was seemingly able to shatter the Metal Casting Cauldron. And once this energy ran wild, the entire palace would also be razed to the ground.

Ning Fan’s gaze grew solemn. He was paying close attention to the impending danger from melting Separation Slayer. He needed to separate the immortal minerals before the spirit energy explodes!

Ning Fan tapped on his storage pouch and unhesitatingly took out the Shadow Chasing Sword and performed a Fire Transformation Sword strike. The sword shadows extracted the different metals one by one in the cauldron.

Violet Ashes, extracted...

Dragon Cold Jade, extracted…

Vermillion Iron Essence, extracted…

Tearless Crystal, extracted…

With the removal of each immortal mineral, the rank of Separation Slayer sharply fell from peak middle rank — high, medium, then low. Then, it fell down to peak inferior rank — high, medium, then low. Eventually, it almost dropped down from a spirit treasure to a mortal weapon.

Ning Fan shouted coldly. If it dropped down to a mortal weapon, then all of this would be for naught.

He withdrew the Shadow Chasing Sword and bit his fingertip. He then dripped the blood into the cauldron and onto the sword’s body to protect Separation Slayer’s rank from dropping down any further.

With the blood as a catalyst, its rank stayed in the same place without dropping further than a low inferior rank. Seeing this, Ning Fan finally took a breath of relief and wiped the sweat off his forehead as he slightly smiled. The remaining tasks were simple from now on.

Ning Fan took several more pills and waited for his magical power to replenish. He swung his sleeve to reverse the cauldron’s flame. The flame temperature plummeted, and Separation Slayer started to take shape.

After half the time it took for an incense stick to burn, a sword sound rang from within the cauldron. Ning Fan tapped on the cover and a streak of starlight snuck out of the cauldron as it hovered around his body.

The starlight was as clear as water and very light, just like an icy rainbow — very pretty looking.

Ning Fan pointed at the starlight, and it immediately turned into a three-foot long sword that fell onto his palm with a still burning heat.

He opened his mouth and sucked in the Yin Yang Flame from the cauldron and then turned off its fire. Ning Fan then meticulously observed Separation Slayer and revealed a satisfied expression.

At this moment, Separation Slayer was only a low inferior ranked spirit treasure, but it regained its ability to rank up.

Before, when Separation Slayer was at its highest movement speed, there was only a glint of steel and no starlight. The reason was because there were too many impurities hampering the effects of the Immemorial Stars.

But at this time, the starlight of the sword shone like a star even though its rank was still low. One day, it will become a stunning divine weapon of a Fiendgod that was capable of cutting through all existences!

Ning Fan held the sword and cut his arm to use his blood as sacrifice for the sword.

Basking it with blood signified the official rebirth of Separation Slayer as it — once again — accepted Ning Fan as its master!

In an instant, the shadow of the sword flashed, and all of Seven Apricot City’s sky was covered with a starry brilliance. Even though it was during the day, one could see the bright stars for a hundred miles. Such a strange phenomenon alarmed everyone, including Seven Apricot´s four clans — Wu, Ye, Mo, and Fang. Yuchi, who was taking care of his pig; Situ, who was practicing the sword; and Nangong, who was looking at his compass, were all shocked.

Countless people came out of their buildings to look at the sky in astonishment.

The stars appearing in the middle of the day signaled the birth of a divine weapon. This was only a rumor of an immemorial legend, but the people from Seven Apricot City actually had the privilege to see such a sight.