With the matter at the Heavenly Eye Manor settled, all that remained was enrollment at the Divine Mastery Academy.
The City Lord's Mansion provided the recommendation letter, so I did not even need to visit the Divine Mastery Academy. They also agreed to cover all tuition and miscellaneous fees after I left.
Before I even had a chance to ask, the Sheng family had already completed every formality for Xia Yu.
Xia Yu was effectively my disciple. Helping her develop would only benefit the Sheng family, so I did not turn down their generosity.
But I could not rely entirely on the Sheng family. Xia Yu was something of a disciple to me, and even after leaving this place, I could not simply let others bully her.
Preparing a few things for emergencies therefore became my most important task before leaving.
To study artifact cores, I entered the Sheng family's library and read through a few books on the basics of artifact forging.
Sure enough, the Mortal God Heaven differed greatly from the lesser worlds under the Dao Attainment Heaven universe. Even compared to the Eight Desolations World, it had its own unique methods of artifact forging.
These artifact cores came from hunting mortal divine beasts.
Members of the Three-Eyed race who had opened their eyes were called mortal gods, but mortal divine beasts did not need to open their eyes. They were all descendants of divine beasts and were born with an exceptionally strong affinity for the Mortal God Heaven, allowing them to grow very quickly.
Once mortal divine beasts reached adulthood, depending on their innate talents and species, artifact cores of varying strengths would form at the points where they released divine arts or at crucial junctions connecting their divine power.
After hunting mortal divine beasts, mortal gods