Ten Thousand Forges, Comprehending the Power of Creation

Proud Arrival City, Spirit Pagoda.

On the top floor, an executive office was cleared out in half a day and rapidly converted into a forging room.

Although the sounds of hammering and striking drifted down from above, the Spirit Masters downstairs all kept their lips sealed, not daring to discuss it.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

Before a high-grade forging table.

Dragon Emperor had already swept his pale purple hair behind his shoulders, his entire person exuding a sense of crisp, clean efficiency.

His right hand gripped the hexahedral Crow-Absolute Stone, smashing it again and again against the Deep Silver on the forging table.

Waves of air explosions, following the rise and fall of his arm, rippled incessantly through the forging room.

It was as if with every strike, the obsession stirred up by the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings that afternoon grew a fraction more peaceful.

The Crow-Absolute Stone in his right hand, which had manifested alongside his Lovesick Heartbreak Red body, had not been shaped into a tool or hammer, but rather into a hexahedron with a grooved back for a five-fingered grip.

In other words, the person wielding this Crow-Absolute Stone had to use the method of stone striking stone, utilizing their own incomparable strength to smash and forge a finished piece of Deep Silver!

If this were placed in the hands of a Level 9 Divine Craftsman, it would be an impossible feat.

Yet, surrounded by a ring of orange-red flames, this piece of Deep Silver had shrunk to exactly four-fifths of its original volume, its density compressed to the near-limit, and its surface shimmering with a crystalline, silver-red luster.

With the final strike, a three-foot-long silver-white spiritual light erupted from the Deep Silver!

The Deep Silver had gained spirit; it was a First-Grade Thousand-Refinement!

The completion was—effortless.

However, the method of completion looked like a barbarian using two pieces of ore to smash each other, only to end up with a mecha component.

Dragon Emperor did not relax, however; he quickly closed his eyes and touched his hand to the spirited Deep Silver...

So-called Thousand-Refinement with spirit meant bestowing spirituality upon the metal.

A Level 5 Forger would seize the moment the spirit appeared, using their Martial Soul as a bridge to communicate with the spirited metal at top speed, thereby initiating the journey of Ten-Thousand-Refinement and molding life into the metal.

Thus, every Level 4 Forger, before advancing to the next level, would keep one phrase in mind:

Level 5 forging is the creation of life.

Dragon Emperor's new body's Martial Soul was every inch of his physical form; even the Crow-Absolute Stone in his hand was a part of his Lovesick Heartbreak Red body.

His left hand finally grasped the scorching Deep Silver. After sensing the changes in its internal structure, Dragon Emperor adjusted its angle, raised the Crow-Absolute Stone in his right hand high, and brought it down in a precise, heavy blow!

Two crisp, melodious "ping-clang" sounds echoed through the forging room.

One was the sound of the Crow-Absolute Stone colliding;

The other was the response from the spirited Deep Silver.

Dragon Emperor used the will carried by his own Dragon Soul to maintain continuous communication with the spirited Deep Silver, protecting the stability of its spirit through the trace of soul power transmitted by his left hand.

After being reshaped by thousands of strikes, the spirited Deep Silver emitted a joyful, soft hum, but upon receiving the communication of his destructive will, it revealed a hint of timidity.

Yet, wrapped in the calm, ocean-deep will of Dragon Emperor, that trace of timidity was quickly smoothed away.

Thus, after enduring over ten thousand strikes of refinement, the spirited Deep Silver finally took the most critical step.

Circles of cloud patterns, like whirlpools, spiraled and grew across the surface of the Deep Silver.

As the whirlpool cloud patterns spread, the volume of the Deep Silver, already compressed to its limit, continued to shrink with natural momentum...

At a certain moment, a burst of intense silver light erupted, enveloping the entire piece of Deep Silver within it.

A single thought of sublimation, Ten-Thousand-Refinement Creation!

Dragon Emperor let out a long breath, and the Crow-Absolute Stone in his right hand merged into his palm.

He cupped his hands together, enclosing the entire piece of Deep Silver within his palms, then gently closed his eyes to carefully perceive the "Power of Creation" that had appeared for an instant.

It was a peculiar power, completely opposite to the power of destruction, yet capable of combining with it to construct the entire universe: Creation.

For six years, Dragon Emperor had been using this simple shortcut—the fleeting moment of opportunity whenever a spirit-bestowing forging succeeded—to perceive this ephemeral Power of Creation bit by bit, to touch the power his old friend "Phoenix" had once mastered.

He attempted, as the former master of the Destruction Godhead, to explore the path where destruction and creation could coexist, so that he might find the correct footsteps on the path where his younger brother had stumbled.

But different trades are like mountains apart; Dragon Emperor had to start from zero.

Fortunately, his innate Martial Soul, "Lovesick Heartbreak Red," possessed attributes of extremely pure life and spirit; otherwise, as the Dragon Emperor who governed destruction, he might not have been able to perceive creation so smoothly...

Through this Ten-Thousand-Refinement, Dragon Emperor's heart finally found peace.

The issue of soul-body separation caused by his collision with Tang Wulin was smoothed away, strike by strike, during the process of perceiving the Ten-Thousand-Refinement sublimation.

The abrupt encounter that afternoon was, through this meditation, straightened out and cleared up by Dragon Emperor bit by bit:

Regardless, the Creation Godhead, the Annihilation Godhead, the complete Golden Dragon bloodline, and the Golden Dragon King's forty-ninth rib (Golden Dragon Spear) were all right here on this Douluo Continent, in this small coastal city.

Once he steadily developed for a few more years and allowed his body to grow enough to bear a hundred-level cultivation, he would coordinate with the Holy Dragon King to take down both the Golden and Silver Dragons in one fell swoop.

When that time came:

He would first extract the Creation and Annihilation Godheads from within them one by one;

Once he swallowed the Golden Dragon bloodline and the Golden Dragon Spear, he would achieve the complete unification and fusion of the Amethyst Dragon lineage and the Golden Dragon lineage, merging the sources of the True Dragon and the Sub-Dragon.

Then, using the ultimate Dragon Clan bloodline that transcended the Supreme God Realm, he would master the dual Godheads of Creation and Destruction, striding firmly down the path that had caused his brother's death.

Finally, he would casually complete the act of creation, reshape a new five-dimensional divine star, become the sole apex of the universe, and enjoy the worship and offerings of ten thousand star domains.

Thus, the revival of the Dragon Clan would be complete, and his great undertaking finished.

However, right now, what the Dragon Emperor lacked most was time to develop, yet the God-grade Flower Immortal Physique was already the fastest-growing constitution in the world.

Looking at the matter of development as a whole, haste makes waste.

In any case, he had already waited millions of years; he could afford this final fleeting moment.

The Dragon Emperor slowly opened his eyes and set down the Deep Silver in his hand.

He extinguished the forge before him, and the entire room instantly returned to silence, to the point where one could faintly hear the sound of traffic from the streets below.

Only on the cooling Deep Silver upon the table did a Peony Cloud Seal still wind its way across the surface, hissing as it faded.

Seeking monthly tickets and recommendation tickets.

Author's Note:

Regarding the attributes of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red martial soul, here is the explanation for why it possesses both Life and Spirit attributes:

The original work provides proof:

1. Life: Old Luo (Xiangxiang) emphasized that all immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well possess extremely high-purity Life attributes, including that hundred-thousand-year-plus Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

2. Spirit: Old Luo (Xiangxiang) stated personally that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red is immersed in a self-constructed spiritual illusion, therefore the second attribute of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red is the Spirit attribute.