Breaking Mountain Blade and the Space Origin Law

More than ten years had passed in a flash since Zhou Yuan successfully forged a third-tier Force weapon.

Over those ten years, Zhou Yuan had lived a disciplined and fulfilling life. Every day, he mass-produced third-tier Earth Profound Blades in reality, accumulating wealth and weapon-forging experience. The rest of his time was devoted to studying secret patterns. To break through the bottleneck of fourth-tier weapons, he had spared no expense in purchasing a fourth-tier Breaking Mountain Blade and spent day and night studying the structure of its internal law secret patterns.

At this moment, inside the castle's cultivation room, the silver Breaking Mountain Blade floated in midair, its blade trembling faintly as though muttering to itself, "I never expected to actually gain an entry-level grasp of the Space Origin Law."

This was precisely the form Zhou Yuan had assumed through the Myriad Transformations Secret Technique. Over the years, he had delved deeply into the Breaking Mountain Blade's secret patterns in weapon form, simulating their operating trajectories countless times and sensing the Earth Origin Law and Space Origin Law secret patterns within it.

As his understanding of the secret patterns deepened, Zhou Yuan was delighted to discover that, without even realizing it, he had touched the threshold of the Space Origin Law—an entirely unexpected windfall.

The Space Origin Law was one of the two most obscure and difficult upper laws in the universe. Many World Masters cultivated bitterly for tens of millions of years without gaining entry, yet Zhou Yuan had successfully taken that first step simply by studying the secret patterns of a fourth-tier weapon. Such talent was enough to make countless cultivators green with envy.

What excited him even more was that the Earth Origin Law secret patterns within the Breaking Mountain Blade had also elevated his comprehension of the Earth Origin Law to another level, and he had gained some initial ideas for creating his own secret technique.

"This Breaking Mountain Blade was absolutely worth the price." Zhou Yuan returned to human form, a smile curling across his lips. Studying the secret patterns had not only allowed him to grasp the core structure of a fourth-tier weapon, but had also helped him break through in his law comprehension. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.

Without wasting a moment, Zhou Yuan entered the Virtual Universe and began simulating the forging of a fourth-tier Breaking Mountain Blade. Forging a fourth-tier weapon was more than one level harder than forging a third-tier weapon.

It required not only more precise control over Force, but also the simultaneous command of two law powers to inscribe the secret patterns. The slightest mistake could ruin everything. Even with the Virtual Universe as a practice platform, Zhou Yuan did not dare let his guard down.

The days passed one by one as Zhou Yuan switched back and forth between reality and the Virtual Universe.

In reality, his methods for forging third-tier Earth Profound Blades had already reached perfection. Every motion carried the bearing of a grandmaster, and the quality of every blade remained steadily at the highest level.

In the Virtual Universe, however, he had to start from scratch, repeatedly attempting to forge fourth-tier Breaking Mountain Blades while experiencing the profundity and difficulty of the two law secret patterns.

From time to time, he was also invited to exchange cultivation experiences with several World Masters from Nanyun Star. These World Masters were ancient monsters who had lived for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years, each with their own unique insights. Discussing law comprehension with them often left Zhou Yuan suddenly enlightened.

With this balanced rhythm of work and rest, several more decades quietly passed.

Over those decades, Zhou Yuan's mastery of the Space Origin Law steadily improved. He had long since crossed the entry threshold, and his use of spatial power became increasingly skillful. His comprehension of the Earth Origin Law deepened as well, and the two laws formed a marvelous balance within him.

Meanwhile, in the Virtual Universe, his success rate in forging fourth-tier Breaking Mountain Blades rose from single digits at the beginning to flawless success later on. His techniques were no less accomplished than his real-world forging of third-tier weapons.

"It's time to try it in reality." Zhou Yuan looked at the perfect Breaking Mountain Blade floating in the Virtual Universe, determination flashing in his eyes.

Back in the weapon-forging room of his real-world castle, Zhou Yuan took out the materials he had prepared long ago from his spatial ring: over a hundred tons of D9-grade earth-element Star Iron, along with one ton of D9-grade spatial Void-Pattern Silver. These materials were exceedingly valuable, with a total cost exceeding one million universe credits. Yet if the forging succeeded, the finished weapon could sell for at least a hundred million universe credits, yielding a hundredfold profit.

However, forging a fourth-tier weapon carried tremendous risks, and the failure rate during the early stages remained extremely high. If not for the Virtual Universe, where he could simulate and practice in advance, the material losses alone would have been enough to bankrupt Zhou Yuan.

"Beibei, activate smelting mode. Set the temperature to thirty thousand K." Zhou Yuan's tone carried a trace of gravity. This was his first time challenging a fourth-tier weapon in reality, and there was no room for even the smallest error.

Star Iron had an extremely high melting point. The bright white glow inside the smelting furnace rapidly intensified, soon turning into a terrifying pale violet. The temperature throughout the weapon-forging room surged, and even the surrounding metal brackets were baked faintly red.

Zhou Yuan steadily fed more than a hundred tons of Star Iron into the furnace. Under the high heat, the metal blocks first softened, then gradually turned into silvery-gray molten metal. Flecks of starlight glittered within it, like a condensed galaxy.

After the Star Iron had completely melted, Zhou Yuan took out the ton of Void-Pattern Silver and carefully added it to the furnace bit by bit. The fusion of Void-Pattern Silver and Star Iron was the crucial step of the entire forging process. The two metals possessed entirely different attributes and were highly prone to rejecting each other. The slightest misstep could lead to fusion failure and waste all prior effort.

Zhou Yuan fully unleashed his spiritual force, breaking every piece of Void-Pattern Silver into nanoscale particles and guiding them evenly into the molten Star Iron. His spiritual force was like the most precise instrument, sensing every subtle change within the molten metal as he continuously adjusted the output of his Force to ensure that the two metals fused perfectly.

A full hour passed. When the last trace of Void-Pattern Silver merged into the molten Star Iron, the metal liquid inside the furnace finally turned a peculiar silver-violet. Starlight flickered within it, and faint spatial fluctuations seeped out—the fusion of the two metals had succeeded.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and immediately began the most crucial step: tempering and inscription.

Zhou Yuan mobilized all the Force within his body and poured it into the smelting furnace. On one hand, he used his Force to refine the molten metal, allowing the energies of the two metals to blend completely. On the other, he inscribed the Breaking Mountain Blade's secret patterns into it as the metals fused.

The secret patterns of a fourth-tier Force weapon were extraordinarily complex. The patterns of the earth law and the Space Origin Law intertwined, forming a precise network of laws. Even the slightest deviation in any line could cause the entire forging process to fail.

Time passed bit by bit. Fine beads of sweat seeped across Zhou Yuan's forehead, while both his spiritual force and Force were rapidly depleted. His gaze remained fixed on the smelting furnace, and he did not dare lose focus for even an instant. Every surge of Force and every flow of spiritual force was precise to the utmost limit.

Three days later, the tempering of the molten metal finally neared its end. The silver-violet radiance had become so dense it seemed tangible, and the two metals within had fused flawlessly. At that moment, the final law secret pattern was completed as well. The earthy-yellow earth law pattern and the silver Space Origin Law pattern combined perfectly, forming a stable circuit.

"It's done!" Zhou Yuan relaxed inwardly and slowly withdrew his Force. The smelting furnace's temperature began to gradually fall. When the final trace of Force was drawn from the furnace, the law fluctuations from the blade reached their peak. The profound heaviness of earth and the deep mystery of space intertwined, radiating terrifying pressure before slowly receding.