The first forging of the Divine Forging Secret Codex, this inherited secret art, had to be completed in four stages:
In the first stage, one had to condense 108 soul secret patterns and raise one's soul will to the peak of the Domain Lord level. They would then form a complete secret-pattern diagram, increasing the law power of secret arts by 1.8 times.
In the second stage, one had to condense 3,600 soul secret patterns and raise one's soul will to the World Master level. The new secret-pattern diagram would increase the law power of secret arts by 3.6 times.
In the third stage, one had to condense soul secret patterns, allowing one's soul will to reach the peak of the World Master level... or even come infinitely close to immortality. The soul secret patterns would form an unfathomable secret-pattern diagram, increasing the law power of secret arts tenfold!
In other words, with the same strength and comprehension of laws, when using the same secret-art move, his power would be ten times that of others!
In the final stage, one had to shatter the soul secret patterns and fuse them into a "Soul Crystal Sphere." This step was fraught with danger, and there was even a possibility that the soul would shatter. Though the odds were low, the risk was by no means small.
One wrong step could lead to death and the complete destruction of the soul, beyond all hope of recovery.
However, Baruch guaranteed that he had a way to preserve Chen Daolin's soul if he failed, so he would not truly perish. But once all the soul secret patterns shattered, they could never be condensed again, and he would lose any chance of cultivating the Divine Forging Secret Codex again. It would amount to failing the true