The flames blazed with a ferocious aura, as though they intended to burn Chu Feng to ashes.
However, the flames soon began to recede — or more precisely, they were absorbed by Chu Feng, merging with him.
Seeing this, Li Yue'er finally let out a sigh of relief. Though the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler had initially been extremely resistant toward Chu Feng, it was now clear that he had succeeded in taming it.
"I had expected it would submit to its master, given that I forged it with my own hands."
"Who would have thought this Divine Dragon Blood Ruler would be so stubborn. Taming you really cost me quite a bit of effort."
Chu Feng toyed with the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler in his hand as he spoke with a faint smile.
In the past, when he subdued weapons, they always submitted to their master, and in those cases, Chu Feng would more or less gain some of the weapon's power, providing some benefit or boost to his cultivation.
But today, though he had made the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler acknowledge him as its master, it had not submitted to him.
"Half-finished Immortal Armaments all possess a consciousness of their own. You'd best avoid saying things that provoke it. Otherwise… even if it does serve you, it won't entrust its full power to you," Li Yue'er cautioned.
"Understood." Chu Feng smiled faintly, then gently stroked the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler. "After all, you were forged by my own hands. I will treat you 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 forge the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler into a sword.
But because Chu Feng had skipped the step of customizing its shape, the Divine Dragon Blood Ruler retained its previous form — hardly resembling a sword at all.
"That works," Li Yue'er said.
"Oh, right — when do you plan to head to the Great Thousand Upper Realm?" Chu Feng asked.
"I'm ready to leave right now. Do you want to travel 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.
"Though you've successfully broken through, you're only a first-tier True Immortal. Even with that powerful secret technique of yours…"
"With your current level of cultivation alone… you may not be a match for the Soul Infant Sect Master."
"Don't tell me… you're planning to use that demonic weapon's power again?" Li Yue'er asked.
"Relax. I won't need to use the demonic weapon's power. This time… I will definitely annihilate the Soul Infant Sect with my own hands."
Chu Feng spoke with absolute confidence.
And it was precisely because of that confidence that Chu Feng felt a surge of excitement.
Long before arriving in the Hundred Refinements Mortal World, his father Chu Xuanyuan had entrusted him with a mission — to destroy the Soul Infant Sect.
But because his strength had never reached the level needed to destroy the Soul Infant Sect, and yet he was desperate to do so, Chu Feng had eventually abandoned his plan to destroy it himself.
When the alliance army assembled, Chu Feng had assumed that it would be Ying Mingchao who destroyed the Soul Infant Sect — after all, Ying Mingchao had been the strongest cultivator in the alliance at that time.
But unexpectedly, the Soul Infant Sect Master had been far too powerful, and even Ying Mingchao was no match for him.
Things were different now, though. With his cultivation having stepped into the True Immortal realm, and after feeling the extent of his current power, Chu Feng was absolutely certain he could destroy the entire Soul Infant Sect on his own.
If he succeeded, the mission his father had given him would finally be complete.
Though Chu Feng was already past the age of thirty…
Compared to the age restriction on the Soul Infant Sect mission — which could not be undertaken by anyone over forty — Chu Feng still had plenty of room to spare.
And once Chu Feng completed this mission, it would be a tremendous humiliation for the Chu Heavenly Clan.
After all, the mission to destroy the Soul Infant Sect had been established by the Chu Heavenly Clan for its younger generation.
But because completing the mission required more than just the younger generation of a single Heavenly Clan, and because there was a strict age restriction barring anyone over forty from undertaking it…
Year after year, not a single junior had ever completed this mission. 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 Mortal World — was utterly insignificant when compared to the powers of the Great Thousand Upper Realm.