Ten Thousand Refinement Living Spirit, Spirit Forging Finally Achieved!

"This..."

When Mu Chen and Mu Xi entered the Forging Room and saw the fist mark on the forging table, both of them froze.

"How did you do that?!"

Mu Xi sucked in a sharp breath.

Mu Chen beside her was equally stunned.

He stared at Lin Jin, waiting for an answer.

"I gained some insight into bloodline power."

Lin Jin smiled faintly and briefly explained what had happened.

The next day.

Lin Jin had completely recovered to his peak condition.

Mu Chen and Mu Xi were still present.

After calming himself for a long while, Lin Jin took a deep breath and abruptly opened his eyes.

In an instant.

A sharp gleam seemed to flash through his eyes.

A pair of repaired Cloud Titanium Forging Hammers appeared in his hands.

He lightly rested them upon the Cloud Titanium on the forging table.

A faint light flickered across the forging hammers.

The Spirit Awakening effect activated.

Buzz, buzz~

Faintly, even Mu Chen and Mu Xi, the two observers, seemed able to hear the Cloud Titanium responding to Lin Jin.

Gradually.

Lin Jin's aura seemed to resonate with the Cloud Titanium as well.

About three minutes later.

Lin Jin moved.

The Cloud Titanium Forging Hammers instantly became blurs.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

A dense barrage of strikes rang out.

The one-foot-square block of Cloud Titanium began visibly shrinking inward.

After barely more than a dozen hammer strikes.

Fine patterns had already appeared across the Cloud Titanium.

Hundred Refinement complete!

"A Jin has improved again..."

Delight appeared in Mu Xi's eyes, followed closely by a sense of urgency winding around her heart.

Today.

Lin Jin had not actually told the two of them that he intended to attempt Spirit Forging.

He had merely said that he wanted to see whether bloodline power could be useful in forging.

And now, with the storm about to arrive.

Since they had nothing else to do, the two of them had come together to watch.

Mu Chen nodded repeatedly as he watched.

Hundred Refinement was naturally nothing remarkable.

But from the fundamental techniques and the performance throughout the forging process, one could tell how solid a blacksmith's foundations were.

That was why he had held Lin Jin to such strict standards over the past three years.

Only by laying such a foundation could one possibly become a Divine Craftsman.

He did not believe that one could become a Divine Craftsman through the advantages of a Martial Soul alone.

The inheritance of blacksmiths had existed for more than thirty thousand years.

Who knew how many Martial Souls beneficial to forging had appeared during that time?

Yet how many Divine Craftsmen had there been?

He had witnessed Lotus Flower Flame's continual evolution.

But even so, Lotus Flower Flame could not directly smelt a piece of Heavenly Refinement metal.

Of that, he was certain.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The dense hammering continued.

Only.

Mu Chen and Mu Xi could both clearly sense that the connection between the Cloud Titanium and Lin Jin had grown even closer.

Their auras were linked.

Perhaps it was because of Lin Jin's understanding of Cloud Titanium.

Or perhaps it was more the Spirit Awakening effect at work.

The transition from Hundred Refinement to Thousand Refinement proceeded even faster.

The impurities within the Cloud Titanium were quickly all removed, and its volume shrank once more, leaving it only two-thirds of its original size.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The forging continued.

Before long.

The patterns on the Cloud Titanium became denser and more orderly.

Intertwining with one another, they gradually resembled woven clouds, creating a unique beauty.

Finally.

The connection between the Cloud Titanium and Lin Jin changed.

Before this, the two had been more like resonating with one another, their auras thus linked.

But now.

That relationship had changed.

Their auras were no longer merely linked.

Instead, the Cloud Titanium was actively responding!

Cloud Titanium's spirituality had been completely awakened!

The patterns on the Cloud Titanium's surface had also fully interwoven into Cloud Patterns.

Clang!

Another hammer strike fell.

This time, Lin Jin did not continue without pause.

And after that strike.

The spirituality blooming from the Cloud Titanium completely erupted.

Buzz!

After a nearly imperceptible hum.

Spirit Light bloomed from the Cloud Titanium!

One foot... three feet...

Five feet!

Thousand Refinement possessed spirit, Five-Foot Spirit Glow!

First-Grade Thousand Refinement, Half-Step Spirit Forging!

It was still a Five-Foot Spirit Glow.

But this time, Lin Jin had not unleashed Lotus Flower Flame's power at any point throughout the process.

Only soul power influenced by Lotus Flower Flame had participated in the forging from beginning to end.

"Gasp!"

Even Mu Chen could not help drawing in a breath at this moment.

At the same time, he realized that Lin Jin's claim today—that he was trying to see whether bloodline power could be useful in forging—

Was not merely about attempting to forge with bloodline power.

Rather, he intended to use that bloodline power to push his own realm to a higher level!

First-Grade Thousand Refinement, one step further...

That would be Spirit Forging!

A nine-year-old Level 5 Blacksmith?

Even he hardly dared imagine it.

At this moment, even though Mu Chen was an Eight-Star Saint Artisan and an Eight-Ring Spirit Douluo, his lips trembled slightly.

Lin Jin's soul power was only level 26.

The risks of attempting Spirit Forging were immense.

Yet Mu Chen did not stop him.

Not only because he understood Lin Jin, but also because at this moment, under the Spirit Awakening effect, the Cloud Titanium's spirituality had been completely awakened.

And Lin Jin's life aura had somehow connected with the Cloud Titanium as well.

It seemed that his vitality was continuously being poured into the Cloud Titanium.

And this was, in fact, one of the crucial steps of Spirit Forging.

If he forcibly interrupted it, Lin Jin would suffer backlash as well.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Lin Jin pressed down with one hand.

The Dual-Colored Lotus blossomed.

It enveloped the Cloud Titanium within it.

Compared to the first time he had achieved First-Grade Thousand Refinement three months ago, this time was different because Lin Jin had unleashed it willingly.

Moreover, it was not only the Spirit Awakening effect of the forging hammers at work.

Samadhi was also involved.

Nearly three more minutes passed.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Lin Jin began again.

This time, his target was Spirit Forging!

The Cloud Titanium's volume shrank once again.

"Dad, A Jin is...?"

Mu Xi's pupils contracted slightly.

She had originally thought Lin Jin's forging was over.

She thought he had merely been contemplating his insights after finishing the forging.

Yet she had never expected the forging to continue.

"Spirit Forging."

"He is attempting Spirit Forging."

Mu Chen's throat felt somewhat dry, but he still spoke the truth.

Mu Xi's mouth immediately fell open.

The next instant, she quickly covered it, stopping herself from making any sound.

She was afraid of affecting Lin Jin.

And while the two spoke.

Lin Jin had already delivered several hundred hammer strikes.

Finally.

The soul power in his body was exhausted.

Lin Jin paused, taking a deep breath.

Within his chest.

His heart, now somewhat crystalline crimson and translucent, began to pound.

Inside it.

The Blood-Colored Lotus Mark emitted a faint glow.

Immediately afterward, bloodline power was drawn forth.

Crystalline crimson bloodline power flooded into the Cloud Titanium Forging Hammers.

A streak of crystalline crimson now stained the Dual-Colored Lotus enveloping the Cloud Titanium.

At that instant, the Dual-Colored Lotus seemed to transform into a Three-Colored Lotus Flower Flame.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The forging continued.

The spirituality within the Cloud Titanium grew increasingly dense.

Nearly another thousand hammer strikes fell.

More than three hours had already passed since the forging began!

The bloodline power surging from Lin Jin's body had also become somewhat thin by now.

He had reached his limit.

Finally.

Ding!

The final hammer blow fell.

Cloud Titanium actually rose slightly into the air.

The next moment, an even more blazing Spirit Light burst forth from it.

The five-foot radiance surged wildly.

Before long, it broke through that barrier.

One zhang!

One zhang of Spirit Light, Ten Thousand Refinement Living Spirit!

Spirit Forging, complete!