As an artifact refiner, one with an ancient inheritance, tempting and subduing an artifact spirit whose intelligence was roughly that of a child was no difficult matter.
After patting his chest and making assurances, Ye Zhen had the Longevity Banner's artifact spirit give up resisting, voluntarily release the Longevity Banner's source power, and allow Ye Zhen's Soul Power to leave an imprint within it.
Then came the complete refinement of this mid-grade Soul Artifact, the Longevity Banner.
Setting everything else aside, when Ye Zhen left a Soul Imprint formed from Four-colored Innate Soul Light within the Longevity Banner's artifact spirit, the artifact spirit had been delighted.
It said that nourished by such high-quality Innate Soul Light, future breakthroughs would become much easier for it.
Perhaps because Ye Zhen's Innate Soul Light was Four-colored Innate Soul Light, refining the Longevity Banner went exceptionally smoothly. It took less than two hours to complete the initial refinement.
Among the martial arts inheritances left behind by the Earth Core Fire Marshal were several minor techniques for refining Soul Artifacts, capable of halving the time required. Yet even so, under normal circumstances, it would still take six hours.
When it came to refining Soul Artifacts, the only difference between Ye Zhen and other martial artists lay in his Four-colored Innate Soul Light.
With the refinement complete, the next step was to store the Soul Artifact within his soul sea and nourish it day and night until it could be wielded as easily as an arm or finger.
The ability to store it directly in the soul sea was also the greatest characteristic of a Soul Artifact.
Precisely because of this, the materials required to forge Soul Artifacts were exceptionally precious. Nothing less than genuine Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures could be used, and the demands