Heavenly Forging

Ya Li felt she must truly be getting old; her eyesight was already failing first thing in the morning.

Qiangu Zhangting stood at the gates of Shrek Academy, chest puffed out proudly, looking for all the world like a rooster strutting in the wind.

Besides holding a bouquet of flowers, he wore a brightly colored outfit, with a doll hanging from his waist that even Ya Li couldn't name.

Where had he gotten advice on how to dress like that?

Had he come to see Yun Qianyue dressed like this because he thought the little girl liked that style?

Knowing Yun Qianyue as she did, Ya Li suspected that at the sight of this, she would send Qiangu Zhangting flying out of the academy gates without a second thought.

While Ya Li stood there in silence, Qiangu Zhangting spotted her and hurried over to greet her.

"Greetings, Her Holiness Holy Spirit!"

Ya Li took a step back. Her good manners let her keep a calm expression as she said, "Qian Yue isn't here. Go home."

Qiangu Zhangting wasn't at all surprised that Ya Li knew whom he had come to see without even asking. He put away the flowers in his hand, then asked, "Your Holiness, where did Qian Yue go?"

Ya Li shook her head without telling him. She advised, "I know you have feelings for Qian Yue, but I urge you to give up! I imagine you know the state of relations between the Spirit Pagoda and the academy."

Qiangu Zhangting replied without hesitation, "Then what if I join Shrek Academy?"

After all, Qiangu Dongfeng had said that as long as he married Yun Qianyue into the Spirit Pagoda, any means would do! Coming to Shrek Academy as a student wasn't something he couldn't accept!

The moment he finished speaking, Ya Li wondered if she had misheard.

Watching Ya Li stare at Qiangu Zhangting in astonishment, the gatekeeper took a sip of tea and felt a little better. He'd said the sun must have risen in the west today— even Holy Spirit Douluo had never seen anything like this!

Meanwhile, Yun Qianzhao and the others, who were at the Blacksmith Association, still had no idea what was happening at Shrek Academy.

In the president's office, Zhen Hua stared in shock at Yun Ming and the siblings Yun Qianzhao and Yun Qianyue behind him, who looked as though they'd been carved from the same mold. "Heavenly Pillar Crown, you've taken on disciples? When did that happen?"

"Not long ago."

Yun Ming raised his hand, revealing a Soul Guidance storage ring in his palm. "I've come to ask you to forge suitable weapons for them! These are the materials."

Seeing the ring Yun Ming offered, Zhen Hua waved a hand. "Your Holiness, there's no need to stand on ceremony! If there's one thing the Blacksmith Association has in abundance, it's materials!"

Not only did he refuse the materials Yun Ming had offered, he also prepared a number of gifts for Yun Qianzhao and Yun Qianyue. "Come, junior disciples! It's rare for you to visit the Blacksmith Association. Take these! Consider them a welcoming gift."

As the only Divine Craftsman on the Douluo Plane, Zhen Hua wasn't just anyone. The things he owned were enough to move many Limit Douluo!

After a round of pleasantries, Zhen Hua led the master and his two disciples to the High-Level Forging Zone, where he took out two pieces of Heavenly Forged Metal and set them on the forging platform.

Yun Qianzhao could tell at a glance that the forging platform was extraordinary.

Heavenly Forging was a power that could truly reach the divine realm. The most basic requirement for Four-Character Battle Armor, hailed as a Limit Douluo's second life, was that it be forged entirely through Heavenly Forging.

A forging platform capable of withstanding Heavenly Forging was itself a treasure. In Zhen Hua's eyes, even a full-force strike from a Limit Douluo might not be enough to destroy it.

Yun Ming took out a blueprint and handed it to Zhen Hua.

Besides listing the required materials for the weapon blanks, the blueprint also called for materials that existed almost entirely in legend, such as the scales and bones of Ultimate Fire Soul Beasts, their core essence, and ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice from the Extreme North!

Even Zhen Hua couldn't help drawing a sharp breath when he saw the list. "Your Holiness, are you planning to forge divine weapons?"

Seeing Zhen Hua's stunned expression, Yun Qianzhao and Yun Qianyue curiously moved closer.

Thanks to their powerful spiritual strength and the convenience of sharing one soul between two bodies, over the past few months they had read nearly all of Shrek Academy's books on Soul Master cultivation and committed them to memory.

They were no longer ordinary people from their previous life who knew nothing about Soul Masters.

So when they saw the materials Yun Ming had listed, they couldn't help being astonished. Even the Federation probably couldn't produce these materials just by asking, could it?

"The Association does have the scales and bones of Ultimate Fire Soul Beasts, but ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice... that's not easy to find!" Zhen Hua said, troubled.

"The academy has already prepared these materials, so President Zhen Hua, there's no need to worry."

Seeing Zhen Hua's troubled expression, Yun Ming reassured him.

Zhen Hua exclaimed, "Shrek Academy has a treasure like ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice?"

Yun Ming smiled, his voice full of pride. "The academy's ancestors had some ties to the Earth Dragon Gate. Back when it still existed, the academy cooperated with it and obtained quite a lot of ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice!"

"Alas... I'd hoped to show Heavenly Pillar Crown the strength of our Blacksmith Association, but it seems that won't happen! Shrek Academy truly lives up to its name!" Zhen Hua sighed ruefully.

"I've always had great faith in the strength of the Blacksmith Association!"

Yun Ming looked at Zhen Hua, his expression earnest.

Once the materials were ready, Zhen Hua began forging! His entire bearing changed in an instant, and more and more onlookers gathered around.

In truth, because of his physical condition, Zhen Hua had rarely performed Heavenly Forging in recent years. Only someone like Yun Ming could persuade him to do it.

As Zhen Hua forged, the Heavenly Forged alloy began to change, the whole piece repeatedly hammered and drawn out.

The silver-white spear shaft was already clearly visible.

After he infused the final two Ultimate Attributes into the shaft, dark clouds gradually gathered in the sky. The daylight dimmed, thunder rolled among the clouds, and an awful heavenly might began to brew above them.

This was the tribulation that Heavenly Forging had to endure!

Zhen Hua looked up at the thunderclouds. He had never felt so calm. With Yun Ming there, there was no need to worry about any kind of tribulation!

More and more colors flickered through the lightning in the tribulation clouds. Then a powerful bolt of multicolored lightning came crashing down!

Protected by Yun Ming's formidable power, no one was hurt by the lightning.

Only after enduring a full eighty-one bolts of tribulation lightning did the two Ultimate Attribute weapons reach the final stage of completion. They hovered above the forging platform, gleaming orange-red and silver-white.

Zhen Hua took down the two spears and presented them to Yun Ming. "Your Holiness, I've completed the task without fail!"

The blacksmiths around them erupted in thunderous cheers! Becoming a Divine Craftsman was every blacksmith's life goal, and Zhen Hua's Heavenly Forging filled them with yearning.

"Qianzhao, Qianyue! Come here."

Yun Ming called the Yun Qianzhao siblings over, handed them the two spears with completely opposite attributes, and had them drip their blood onto the weapons to bind them.