"That should be all, thank you for your trouble."
"Mmm. Junior Brother, the items you picked are best eaten fresh—don’t store them for too long."
"Oh? You have such insights, Elder Brother? Seems we share similar tastes."
"Not at all, not at all."
"I’ll head back to cook now. Let’s have hot pot together soti."
Li Mo cupped his hands in salute to the attendant.
And so.
Under the bewildered gazes of the onlookers.
Young Li strolled out of the External Affairs Hall, casually carrying two baskets of exotic beast at.
"Senior Brother, how do you know which exotic beasts taste good?"
An outer sect attendant mused thoughtfully.
The inner sect attendant who had recomnded many choices to Li Mo earlier replied with an inscrutable look:
"You’re asking quite a few questions today."
......
Autumn Water Pavilion.
By the ti Li Mo returned, it was already noon.
Ti was tight, but his skills were well-honed, and the "ice block" hadn’t returned yet—only Shang Wu was in the pavilion.
After feeding his master, he headed to the waterfall again.
"Profound Weapon Embryo."
Li Mo gazed at the soft, tallic sphere in his palm, jiggling like a sli.
It could replicate weapons based on a template, and the result would undoubtedly be a top-tier Profound Weapon.
If he used the Annihilation Star Hamr as the template, the result would likely be its ultra-nerfed version.
Sothing like the Crimson Sky Sword compared to the Blazing Void Sword?
But it should still be stronger than the Crimson Sky Sword—from what he’d heard, the Crimson Sky Sword was an upper-tier Profound Weapon.
With that in mind.
Li Mo drew the Crimson Sky Sword and stepped behind the waterfall.
"Fire Crane Thousand Feathers!"
He slashed at the thick rock wall.
His sword technique, paired with the Profound Weapon, was devastatingly effective.
It cut through the stone like tofu, and the carved-out material was swiftly stored in his miniature world. Soon, he had hollowed out a "cave abode."
"Whew..."
"I’m much stronger now than when I first activated the World Seed."
"I should have enough energy to retrieve it after taking it out."
Li Mo took a deep breath.
Unfortunately, the physical enhancents from the miniature world didn’t carry over to the outside.
He couldn’t train with the Annihilation Star Hamr inside the World Seed.
He had to bring it out.
Hum—
The air around him trembled.
In that instant.
The godlike strength that could resent the heavens for lacking a handle returned.
Compared to his first attempt, Li Mo was far more adept now.
The newly carved cave was instantly filled with a razor-sharp aura, leaving sword and blade marks on the granite walls.
Without wasting a second, he imdiately summoned the Annihilation Star Hamr.
Gripping the divine weapon again, a powerful surge of emotion welled up in his heart.
Instinct scread at him to unleash its primordial force.
But Li Mo held back.
Reason told him the consequences of swinging that hamr—he wouldn’t be able to handle them.
He gently placed the hamr on the ground before deactivating the World Seed’s power.
"Whew..."
Sweat poured from Li Mo’s body as he exhaled deeply.
A wave of weakness washed over him, but it was still better than passing out like last ti.
Hum—
The Annihilation Star Hamr vibrated twice, like an excited child thrilled to be out playing.
"Hit..."
Once excited.
It just wanted to smash sothing.
Li Mo wiped his sweat and activated the Extre Weapon Tempering Art at the Transformation Realm.
"Be good. We must be a civilized divine weapon."
"A civilized divine weapon doesn’t strike recklessly. Hurting people is bad enough, but even hurting flowers and grass is unacceptable."
Hum—
The hamr responded with a short, subdued vibration.
As Li Mo’s cultivation deepened, the area of his miniature world expanded. Aside from lacking living beings, it was far more comfortable than the Divine Edge Cave.
"Don’t move around, okay?"
Li Mo nodded in satisfaction.
Then, he draped the Profound Weapon Embryo over the Annihilation Star Hamr.
Hum—
The rcury-like tallic liquid enveloped the entire hamr, trembling violently.
The Profound Weapon Embryo was ticulously replicating the hamr’s shape, aura, and essence.
Of course, only up to the limits of a Profound Weapon.
"Don’t disappoint ."
After watching for a while, Li Mo sat down cross-legged.
He hadn’t practiced the Extre Weapon Tempering Art in a long ti.
Now that he could summon and dismiss the divine weapon at will, tempering his body would beco a daily necessity.
Hamr techniques demanded imnse physical and blood-qi strength.
Unconsciously.
The sunlight outside the window dimd.
A figure erged from behind the waterfall, steam rising from his body as the cascading water evaporated on contact. He looked like a freshly forged blade.
After becoming the master of a divine weapon, training with the Annihilation Star Hamr showed visible progress.
His physique was already advancing toward the next realm.
But after activating the World Seed twice, exhaustion weighed heavily on him.
"Good thing I cooked dinner at noon."
Young Li sighed in relief.
He didn’t stop there, adding drops of Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Vein Spirit Milk to the pool.
Subrging himself, the earth-vein essence soothed his fatigue.
Only after circulating the Fire Heart Lotus Technique did Li Mo have the leisure to examine the newly replicated hamr.
"The shape isn’t too different from the Annihilation Star Hamr."
"The aura is similar too, just much, much weaker."
"Hmm..."
"The Annihilation Star Hamr Youth Mini Edition?"
Young Li felt the na was a bit too long.
Then it hit him—wasn’t this just the Annihilation Star Hamr’s son?
"From now on, you’ll be called the Starlet Mallet."
......
Five days passed in a flash.
Young Li had been busy lately.
Between personal training, body tempering, refining his blood-qi, $2nd finding ti to feed the "ice block" and his beautiful master at Autumn Water Pavilion.
At night, there was no rest either—he had to attend to the ever-enthusiastic Princess Little Jiang.
Occasionally, he also had to engage in... deep discussions about sword arts with the ice block.
"I’m practically a ti-managent genius."
That evening, Li Mo dragged his exhausted body back to Autumn Water Pavilion.
He poured himself a cup of water and gulped it down.
Slumping onto the stone table, he sighed:
"Don’t wanna move. Really don’t wanna cook today..."
"Man is iron, food is steel. My dear disciple, how can you skip als when you’re this tired?"
Shang Wu propped her chin on one hand, speaking with righteous conviction.
Li Mo shot her a sidelong glance. Then how about you do it, Master?
Shang Wu lifted her chin proudly. "This master is utterly clueless about cooking."
?
What exactly are you proud of?
At that mont.
The ice block spoke up:
"Then should I..."
"No! x2"
Master and disciple shouted in unison.
Shang Wu jolted as if rising from her deathbed, while Li Mo’s exhaustion vanished instantly as he flashed into the kitchen.
His Gale Shadow Step finally had a practical use.
"Little Bing’er, didn’t you train all day in the Icefire Pool? You should rest," Shang Wu urged, terrified she might actually try.
Ying Bing, sipping tea quietly, frowned slightly:
"I ant we could ask the Internal Affairs Hall canteen to deliver food."
The highest alert in Autumn Water Pavilion was lifted.
Shang Wu exhaled in relief, then studied Ying Bing closely and suddenly noticed sothing amiss.
"Little Bing’er, your blood-qi has reached perfect harmony."
"You’re about to break through, aren’t you?"
She ant a major realm.
Ying Bing gave a slight nod, her jade-like face betraying no emotion, her tone as calm as the tea in her cup:
"Tonight."
Many martial artists spend their entire lives trapped before the Inner Breath Realm, never able to cross its threshold.
But for her, who had walked this path in a past life, there would be no bottlenecks.
It was rely the twenty-four ridians' grand circulation of qi and blood, borrowing the power of the moon to break into the Inner Breath Realm.
To her, this was but a trivial step forward—hardly worth ntioning.
The reason she chose tonight to advance was simply as a precaution.
On the system's rankings, she had to claim the top spot.
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