One hundred thousand low-grade, ten thousand mid-grade, one thousand high-grade!
Qin Shaofeng found the requirements for the three stages of this artifact refinement competition quite easy.
After learning about the Savage Martial Armor, he could already tell that it was very easy to forge.
A low-grade Savage Martial Armor could increase its wearer's strength tenfold. Though that might not seem like much, its defensive power could rival certain one-star Sovereign Tools.
Most importantly, the difficulty of forging a low-grade Savage Martial Armor was far below that of a one-star Sovereign Tool.
Although artifact refiners and alchemists both had ten ranks, the realms of artifact refiners were somewhat more complex than those of alchemists.
When refining pills, one could only integrate divine inscriptions. Things like formation inscriptions would not work.
That was because divine inscriptions represented the power of Great Dao Law. Once integrated into a pill, they could bring about a qualitative transformation and greatly enhance its effects.
Formation inscriptions, however, were not as effective and were even difficult to integrate into pills.
Artifact refinement was different. Whether divine inscriptions or formation inscriptions were engraved upon a weapon, both could significantly increase its power.
The stronger the formation inscriptions, the more formidable the weapon naturally became.
If divine inscriptions were engraved directly, then the forged weapon would basically possess the power of those divine inscriptions.
Therefore, in the Ancient Sacred Domain, one- to three-star artifact refiners were actually incapable of directly engraving divine inscriptions onto the equipment they forged.
At most, they could engrave formation inscriptions. Only some three-star artifact refiners with relatively advanced cultivation in divine inscriptions could engrave two or three divine inscriptions onto a weapon or suit of armor.
As for Sovereign Tools, even a one-star Sovereign Tool required one hundred divine inscriptions.
Thus, only after reaching