Three great saintly artifacts—the Purple Thunder Bow, the Celestial Sword, and the Heavenly Sun Cauldron.
All were seventh-tier lower-grade saintly artifacts sacrificed by Gu Fang and his companions in the secret realm.
Additionally, there were numerous elixirs and ordinary True Man artifacts.
All were offerings from believers in the saint's secret realm.
For it was not only Gu Fang and a few others who entered the secret realm.
The three saintly artifacts appeared before Lu Qingyang.
To him, having one saintly artifact was sufficient; the others were superfluous.
Lu Qingyang's gaze drifted among the three artifacts, ultimately selecting the Purple Thunder Bow.
Although all three were seventh-tier lower-grade, the bow had deep potential and, if nurtured by a strong cultivator, could potentially ascend to a seventh-tier middle-grade.
In contrast, the Celestial Sword and Heavenly Sun Cauldron were slightly inferior.
Their materials were fixed, making it difficult for them to surpass the seventh-tier lower-grade limit.
Only with the infusion of top-grade spiritual materials could they have a chance to advance.
With his decision made, Lu Qingyang put away the Purple Thunder Bow.
He then extracted the heavenly origin from the remaining two artifacts.
To others, this would be akin to reaching the heavens.
It involved the power of the heavenly way, something not achievable by ordinary means.
However, for the Heavenly Dao Celestial Wood, extracting the heavenly origin from all beings was not an easy task, but not impossible either.
A mysterious power descended upon the two artifacts, causing them to tremble slightly, seemingly aware of their impending doom, emitting mournful cries.
Lu Qingyang remained unmoved.
Two masses of chaotic profound energy emerged from the artifacts, containing the phenomena of all things, mysterious and unfathomable.
This was the heavenly origin.
A single strand of origin was the foundation of the heavenly way.
If it lost its origin, the heavenly way would fall into the mundane.
As the heavenly origin was extracted, the two saintly artifacts instantly dimmed, turning into ordinary iron, their divine light gone.
Lu Qingyang waved his hand, shattering them and absorbing the heavenly origin.
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[Name: Lu Qingyang]
[Essence: Heavenly Dao Celestial Wood]
[Lifespan: Eternal]
[Cultivation: Early Sixth Tier (/)]
[Heavenly Court: Fifth Tier (/)]
[Heavenly Origin: 125]
[Divine Abilities: Heavenly Dao Bone (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Fruit (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Eye (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Domain (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Extraction (Sixth Tier)]
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"Sixty points of heavenly origin, very good!"
Lu Qingyang's eyes brightened. The two saintly artifacts had provided sixty points of origin.
In other words, each artifact granted thirty points.
However, it must be noted that these two were merely seventh-tier lower-grade.
If they were seventh-tier top-grade or even quasi-emperor artifacts, the granted origin would be even more abundant.
Subsequently, Lu Qingyang extracted the heavenly origin from the elixirs offered by his followers.
Upon reviewing his data panel, his heavenly origin had surpassed 130 points.
Next, Lu Qingyang sorted through the techniques offered by his followers, placing them into the Heavenly Court marketplace.
This aimed to enrich the collection of techniques in the Heavenly Court market.
Performing deducing techniques on his own consumed incense power, so filling the marketplace with techniques from other realms saved much effort.
Among these, techniques of the sixth tier and above were prioritized.
Currently, the Heavenly Court was only at the fifth tier, capable of deducing techniques below the fifth tier.
Obtaining top-tier techniques allowed for the direct establishment of sixth and seventh-tier marketplaces in the Heavenly Court chat interface, populated with the corresponding techniques.
While followers could trade techniques privately, lower-tier techniques could still be purchased by others.
High-tier techniques, however, were rarely affordable.
Thus, offering them to the Heavenly Court was more beneficial.
When offering techniques to the Heavenly Court, a contract was required, ensuring the techniques were not disseminated elsewhere.
Violators would have their contributions deducted twice over.
With these thoughts, Lu Qingyang's gaze returned to his data panel.
Facing 130 points of heavenly origin, he considered how to best utilize them.
After a moment of contemplation, Lu Qingyang decided to exchange for a medium-sized spiritual vein.
A medium-sized spiritual vein required 100 points of heavenly origin to nurture, equivalent to twelve small-sized spiritual veins.
That is, 144 micro-sized spiritual veins.
To nurture 144 micro-sized spiritual veins would require 144 points of heavenly origin.
Therefore, nurturing higher-tier spiritual veins was more cost-effective than lower-tier ones.
If not for the fact that a large-sized spiritual vein required a thousand points of heavenly origin, far beyond his current resources, Lu Qingyang would have chosen it.
With his decision made, Lu Qingyang immediately used the heavenly origin to manifest a medium-sized spiritual vein out of thin air.
In the Ten Thousand Heavenly Court, countless strands of heavenly origin converged, forming a spiritual vein stretching thousands of miles.
As the spiritual vein appeared, the spiritual energy within the Ten Thousand Heavenly Court surged.
Even the spiritual energy of Qingyang Realm increased dramatically.
Previously, the spiritual energy concentration in Qingyang Realm was six; now it had risen to eighteen, a threefold increase.
The spiritual energy concentration in the Ten Thousand Heavenly Court soared from thirty to one hundred, far surpassing Qingyang Realm.
This was due to Lu Qingyang's deliberate control, channeling most of the spiritual energy into the Ten Thousand Heavenly Court to nourish himself.
The remainder spread into Qingyang Realm, nourishing all living beings.
As the spiritual energy surged, the flora within the Ten Thousand Heavenly Court underwent varying degrees of transformation.
At this moment, a startling sword intent shot into the sky.
Lu Qingyang identified the source—it was Qing Ye.
Several months ago, Qing Ye had advanced to the early third tier.
Now, baptized by the surge of spiritual energy, with his aptitude, breaking through to the mid-third tier was a natural progression.
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