The forging was to continue for forty-nine days and nights, no easy task.
Not only did they have to keep their minds stretched taut and remain focused, they also had to continuously pour out spiritual fire!
Whether the others activated their Core Formation Fire or Li Qing wielded the Nether Cold Fire, it consumed no small amount of mana.
Throughout this period, all four artifact refiners gave it their utmost, not daring to slacken in the slightest.
For no other reason than that Gui Li had been guarding them in Sword Valley's back mountain the entire time.
Yet this so-called protection was clearly supervision as well.
If anyone dared neglect this matter and caused the Four Symbols Suppressing Heaven Cauldron's forging to fail, the consequences would likely be unbearable.
They would be offending a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator—and one who was also a Demonic Ancestor!
With these two factors piled together, anyone's scalp would tingle.
Thus, every one of them, Li Qing included, remained intensely focused. They had not exchanged a single word throughout the process.
Boom!
The flames driven by the four of them far surpassed the four earthfire veins flowing beneath the ground. The temperature inside the enormous cauldron became terrifyingly high.
But it was not over yet. This was only the twenty-fourth day; not even half the time had passed.
To ensure his mana remained abundant, Li Qing had already sipped several drops of diluted Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
The other three did the same, drinking the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk to keep their mana at its absolute peak.
No one would try to save resources here. If the sacrificial materials were delayed, it would cause a major problem.
Time slowly passed, and another seven days vanished in the blink of an eye.
A trace