The aura of that flame was fierce, as if it intended to burn Chu Feng alive.
But soon, the flame began to recede. More accurately, it was being absorbed by Chu Feng — the flame was merging with him.
Seeing this, Li Yue'er finally let out a sigh of relief. Though the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler had initially resisted Chu Feng fiercely, at this point it was clear he had succeeded in subduing it.
"I originally thought it would submit to its master, given that I personally forged it."
"Who would have thought this Divine Dragon Blood Ruler would be so stubborn. Subduing you really took quite a bit of effort."
Chu Feng toyed with the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler in his hand as he spoke with a grin.
In the past, when he conquered weapons, they submitted to their master. In those situations, Chu Feng would more or less gain a portion of the weapon's power, which would provide some benefit or boost to his cultivation.
But today, while he had indeed made the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler acknowledge him as its master, it had not truly submitted.
"Half-step immortal weapons possess a consciousness of their own. You'd best not say things that anger it. Otherwise… even if it does serve you, it won't entrust its full power to you," Li Yue'er warned.
"Understood." Chu Feng smiled faintly, then gently stroked the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler. "After all, this is a weapon I personally refined. I will certainly treat it well."
"Give it a name," Li Yue'er suggested.
"Let's just keep calling it the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler. After all, it looks more like a ruler than a sword," Chu Feng said with a wry smile.
Originally, he and Li Yue'er had planned to refine the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler into a sword. But because the step of setting its appearance had been skipped by Chu Feng, the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler still retained its original form — nothing like a sword at all.
"That works," Li Yue'er said.
"By the way, when are you planning to head to the Great Thousand Upper Realm?" Chu Feng asked.
"I'm leaving now. Will you come with me?" Li Yue'er asked.
"I'm afraid I can't. I still need to settle things with the Soul Infant Sect," Chu Feng said.
"Although you've succeeded in breaking through, you're only a first-grade True Immortal. Even if you've mastered that powerful secret technique…"
"With your current cultivation alone… you may not be the Soul Infant Sect Master's match."
"Don't tell me… you intend to use the Evil God Sword's power again?" Li Yue'er asked.
"Rest assured, I won't need to use the Evil God Sword's power. This time… I will surely be able to destroy the Soul Infant Sect with my own hands."
Chu Feng said this with absolute confidence.
And it was precisely because of this confidence that Chu Feng was feeling excited.
Long before arriving in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, his father Chu Xuanyuan had entrusted him with a task — to annihilate the Soul Infant Sect.
But because his strength had never reached the level necessary to destroy the Soul Infant Sect, and yet he was eager to do so, Chu Feng had ultimately abandoned his plan to wipe them out personally.
When the Alliance Army was being assembled, Chu Feng had assumed it would be Ying Ming Chao who destroyed the Soul Infant Sect, since Ying Ming Chao had been the strongest among the Alliance Army at the time.
Yet he never expected the Soul Infant Sect Master to be so powerful — even Ying Ming Chao was no match for him.
But now things were different. Now that Chu Feng's cultivation had stepped into the True Immortal realm, now that he could feel the full extent of his current power, Chu Feng was absolutely certain he could destroy the entire Soul Infant Sect on his own.
If he did, the task his father had assigned him would finally be complete.
Although Chu Feng was already past thirty years old…
Compared to the age restriction of not exceeding forty for the Soul Infant Sect mission, he still had more than enough time.
And once Chu Feng completed this task, it would be a tremendous humiliation for the Chu Heavenly Clan.
After all, the mission to destroy the Soul Infant Sect had been set by the Chu Heavenly Clan for its younger generation. But because completing this task required more than just the talent of a Chu Heavenly Clan junior — and there was the strict restriction that anyone over the age of forty could not take on the mission — no junior had ever managed to complete it in all these years. In fact… many juniors had even perished at the hands of the Soul Infant Sect.
The Soul Infant Sect, this demonic organization in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, was absolutely nothing compared to the powers of the Great Thousand Upper Realm.