Find Someone to Test the Sword!

Yaoye heard Jia He's words and fell into deep thought.

Then she looked at Jia He and said, "I understand!"

The balance within the empire had already quietly begun to shift. To deal with the crises to come, the imperial family had to make changes.

After Yaoye left, Jia He headed toward his alchemy room.

However, this time, Jia He wasn't going to refine pills. He was going to start refining an artifact.

The Ultimate Artifact Refining Technique could forge powerful weapons. On the Dou Qi Continent, weapons weren't particularly valued.

Slightly more powerful weapons were merely swords and sabers embedded with Magic Cores.

Weapons that truly possessed immense power didn't exist in this world. But the weapon Jia He was about to forge would be one such weapon.

The weapon he forged would accompany him for the rest of his life, so he had to treat it with the utmost care!

Jia He took out all the Meteoric Iron he had collected earlier, aside from that piece of Tear-Green Immortal Gold.

Dou Qi surged from Jia He's hand and directly enveloped all the Meteoric Iron. The Dou Qi transformed into flames, instantly sweeping over the massive chunks of Meteoric Iron!

Time slowly passed. The terrifying power of the flames melted all the Meteoric Iron into molten metal.

Then Jia He clenched his hand, and a powerful force gradually molded the molten metal into the shape of a longsword!

At that moment, an icy aura surged from Jia He's other hand, and the molten metal rapidly solidified.

A pitch-black longsword appeared before Jia He.

Looking at the crudely shaped sword before him, Jia He said disdainfully, "This thing is really ugly. But the Artifact Technique says that only by nurturing it with powerful energy can the sword gain a spirit!"

Jia He took several Magic Cores from his Storage Ring. They were all from low-tier Magic Beasts, perfect for a trial run.

Then Jia He took out an ice-crystal-like Magic Core. It belonged to a fifth-tier Magic Beast, the Earth Ice Crocodile, and a powerful energy fluctuation emanated from it.

I'll try these low-tier Magic Cores first, Jia He thought.

With a casual wave, flames swept up the several low-tier Magic Cores and surrounded the longsword!

The process was somewhat similar to pill refinement: using flames to inject the energy within the Magic Cores into the longsword.

About several days later, all the energy within those low-tier Magic Cores had been injected into the longsword.

The Meteoric Iron longsword didn't seem to have changed much, though it appeared somewhat heavier.

Only the final ice-attributed fifth-tier Magic Core remained. Jia He didn't hesitate and directly placed the Magic Core together with the longsword, fusing them with flames.

A long time passed again. Fortunately, Jia He had prepared plenty of pills to replenish his strength. Otherwise, he would likely have collapsed from exhaustion long ago!

That day, the longsword within the flames suddenly stirred.

Buzz!

The longsword suddenly trembled. The fifth-tier ice-type Magic Core shrank considerably, and the violent energy within it was gradually devoured by the sword.

Though it remained pitch-black, its surface had begun to smooth out instead of being covered in pits and dents as before.

With Jia He's current strength, he could no longer melt this longsword, which had absorbed several Magic Cores, back into molten metal.

This meant that the longsword had quietly undergone some changes.

The longsword trembled slightly, then, under Jia He's gaze, its blade scraped fiercely across the final small piece of Magic Core.

Clang!

The crisp sound of metal striking metal suddenly burst from the flames.

Jia He was delighted and immediately withdrew the flames from the surface of the longsword.

The fifth-tier ice-type Magic Core had been completely devoured by the longsword. Light gleamed across its surface, its blade had been sharpened, and specks of cold radiance reflected from it.

The preliminary work was basically complete. Next, he needed to inscribe Dao Patterns onto the longsword!

Dao Patterns were the most crucial aspect of the Ultimate Artifact Refining Technique. Some inscribed Dao Patterns were strong, while others were weak. After an artifact refiner inscribed Dao Patterns onto a weapon, they could not only increase the longsword's power but also protect it effectively.

This time, Jia He took out the Tear-Green Immortal Gold and used it to inscribe Dao Patterns onto the longsword.

The sound of clanging continuously rang through the alchemy room as the simplest Dao Patterns from the Artifact Technique gradually appeared on the Meteoric Iron longsword.

After being tempered thousands of times with Immortal Gold, the longsword emitted a faint glow and looked much better than before.

"It's done!" Jia He rejoiced.

Then Jia He took out a medicinal cauldron. Though it wasn't listed on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, it was still a three-legged cauldron and exceptionally sturdy.

Now, Jia He would use this cauldron to see whether the longsword was sharp enough!

Jia He gripped the longsword, feeling its chill, then casually swung it.

Clang!

With a soft sound, the medicinal cauldron was cleaved directly in half.

Throughout the entire process, Jia He hadn't used a trace of Dou Qi.

"If an ordinary person held this longsword, they could probably kill a Da Dou Shi by surprise," Jia He muttered.

Although this longsword didn't have a Magic Core embedded in it, the energy contained within it was even more terrifying than that of ordinary swords and sabers embedded with Magic Cores.

"Just forging a longsword like this took so much time. If I were to temper an immortal sword with Tear-Green Immortal Gold, who knows how long that would take!" Jia He sighed softly.

After putting away the Immortal Gold, Jia He carried the longsword out of the alchemy room.

The moment he stepped out, he saw Jia Lao standing at the entrance.

"Great-Grandfather? Why are you here?" Jia He asked Jia Xing Tian in surprise.

Jia Xing Tian said, "Why did your pill refinement take so long this time?"

Jia He smiled. "I wasn't refining pills. I forged a sword instead. Great-Grandfather, what do you think?"

Hearing Jia He's words, Jia Xing Tian finally turned his gaze toward the longsword in his hand.

Jia He handed the longsword over. The instant Jia Xing Tian held it, his expression changed slightly.

"This sword seems quite extraordinary," Jia Xing Tian said, sensing the longsword's weight.

At the same time, Jia Xing Tian noticed the dense, intricate patterns on the sword and asked curiously, "Why are there so many patterns on its blade?"

Jia He merely said, "Great-Grandfather, channel your Dou Qi into the longsword and see what happens!"

At his words, Dou Qi surged from within Jia Xing Tian's body, sweeping down his arm and into the longsword.

Buzz!

The patterns on the sword seemed to activate, as though a terrifying aura were awakening.

"This longsword can withstand the Dou Qi of a Peak Dou Emperor. Moreover, attacks unleashed through it will have their power multiplied several times!" Jia He said with a soft smile.

Jia Xing Tian looked at Jia He in astonishment. "How... how is that possible?"

Jia He smiled. "Great-Grandfather, wouldn't you know if you found someone to test it on?"

"How can we test it? If it truly works as you say, and attacks made with this longsword have their power multiplied several times, then only a Dou Zong expert could withstand them!" Jia Xing Tian said with a frown.

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