Chapter 377: Eminent Monk of Attained Dao

The moment the immortal sword snapped, the Fifth Elder had already planned out the remainder of his life.

To think that he, Zhou Xin, had cultivated diligently and conscientiously for two thousand years, finally reaching a realm just a single step away from the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, becoming the peak master of the Hundred Refinements Peak, and holding countless patents in his hands that brought immense wealth to the Daoist Sect every year.

Whether the money he had accumulated over a lifetime was enough to buy an immortal sword was hard to say; immortal swords were so difficult to forge, being the exclusive weapons of immortals.

An immortal sword was not the same as the immortal treasures of the Immortal Sect; at most, the treasures of the Immortal Sect could be considered semi-finished immortal artifacts, whereas the immortal sword in Lu Yang's hand was an authentic immortal artifact, and the difference in power was as vast as heaven and earth.

Legend had it that the moment an immortal artifact took shape, because its quality was too high, it would not be tolerated by heaven and earth. All manner of earthly tribulations would be visited upon the immortal artifact, and if left unattended, it would inevitably crumble. To preserve the immortal artifact, an immortal had to contend with the mighty power of heaven and earth, a difficulty no different from becoming an immortal anew, involving various indescribable dangers.

Only after undergoing all kinds of tribulations could it take shape, so the value of an immortal artifact could well be imagined; how could a mere Body Integration Stage cultivator like him afford to compensate for it?

Optimistically estimating, if he worked as a laborer for his entire life, he should be able to afford one immortal artifact.

Seeing the magnificent expression on the Fifth Elder's face, Lu Yang coughed awkwardly.

"Fifth Elder, this immortal sword is actually not as hard as you imagine. According to my research, this immortal sword should be one that a certain immortal specially forged to get through a difficult situation—it looks just like a true immortal artifact, but actually possesses no power."

This immortal sword was forged by the Immortal Ying Tian, who governed the lightning tribulations, specifically to deceive the geniuses of the Dragon and Phoenix races, both of whom were half-immortal level powerhouses.

If it could deceive those two, it could naturally deceive the Fifth Elder as well.

"Is that so?" Hearing Lu Yang say this, the Fifth Elder breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, worried that Lu Yang was merely making excuses for him, he began to study it carefully.

Scanning with his divine sense, quenching to test the gold, forging with metal essence... After a series of tests, the Fifth Elder finally understood the structure of this immortal sword.

"Which psychopath forged this sword? It scared me to death!"

"First, two materials, the Stone in Fire and the Mountain-Top Spiritual Stone, were mixed to forge a sword embryo. Then, using some unknown method, the sword embryo was quickly shaped to become a spiritual sword. Finally, immortal gold powder was smeared onto the spiritual sword, faking the appearance of having experienced lightning strikes, causing someone knowledgeable like me to mistakenly believe this is a genuine immortal sword. No, not just me; even if you changed it to a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator, the result would be the same.

"If one does not touch it firsthand, but merely looks with the eyes or divine sense, this sword is an