Lu Qing held the spiritual artifact blank in his left hand and raised the White Rainbow Artifact Flame in his right. Clouds formed a platform beneath him, allowing him to sit three meters out from the cliff.
"Begin."
There was no hesitation in his gaze. The final step was shaping.
Whatever shape one wanted, one had to burn it out with artifact flame. This had been mentioned in the page of basic artifact-refining knowledge included with the purchase of the artifact flame.
This was also widely recognized in the cultivation world as the simplest step, with the highest success rate.
When artifact refiners crafted artifacts for others, if someone wished to participate personally, this stage was generally reserved for them, giving those cultivators a chance to fully experience the process.
This step required neither hand-shaping nor anything complicated. One only needed to link one's divine sense to the artifact blank.
With a sweep of his palm, the artifact flame arced through the air and landed before him. He tossed out the artifact blank, which floated perfectly above the flame as the fire instantly swelled in the wind.
As Lu Qing controlled the artifact flame and shaped it with his thoughts, countless thoughts churned through his mind.
A few stray thoughts had appeared in his once-serene Dao heart. He could have swept them away, but this was, after all, the first spiritual artifact to be born from his own hands.
Though only the final and simplest step remained, he had still taken part in the process. Thus, he began considering what kind of spiritual artifact he wanted to refine.
As his thoughts rolled on, both the artifact blank and artifact flame remained linked to his divine sense. Influenced by it, various forms of spiritual artifacts appeared above the blank. They were