Furnace Explosion

There was a great deal involved in artifact refining, but the requirements were generally quite simple.

How simple? For offensive or defensive divine weapons, all they needed was Dao patterns.

How much power a divine weapon could unleash was undoubtedly most directly tied to its Dao patterns.

The lowest-grade single Dao pattern was typically used by Foundation Establishment cultivators, or even mortals who had not reached Foundation Establishment.

Divine weapons of that level could only be considered sharp weapons. When wielded by hand and bolstered with mana, they possessed traits such as sharpness and sturdiness.

Of course, if one side was bare-handed while the other wielded a sharp weapon, the latter was naturally stronger.

Such weapons usually cost between one and ten bright silver.

It mainly depended on the length of the Dao pattern. If it could flow across the entire weapon or piece of armor, then the greater the percentage it covered, the more expensive it was.

And it went up from there.

Three patterns or fewer were collectively called magical instruments and could not be stored within the body.

Four to six patterns were collectively called magical treasures. They could merge into the body and possessed transformative properties.

Finally, seven to nine patterns counted as divine weapons. They possessed spirituality, could continuously grow, and could amplify the power of mana.

Li Su had obtained several divine weapons before. The finest had been from that Mysterious Immortal he had killed.

Forged from dragon scales, it was unquestionably at the divine weapon tier. Though it only had seven patterns, they were composite seven patterns. According to the information recorded on the fate plaque, its price was astonishing: one million red gold, and the buyer had to provide the materials themselves.

Seeing such crude artifact-refining craftsmanship—so crude it could be called