Forging

Biodata

Power Progression

• Scope: Li Qingyue’s documented forging development. God-Level Forging Potential is a system-granted talent, not an attained blacksmith rank 20.

Fundamentals

Sources of Talent

• Martial Soul advantages: Strength-type, hammer-type, and powerful fire-attribute Martial Souls directly assist forging 20.
• Technical understanding: Rapid mastery of theory, techniques, and practical experience provides a separate route to excellence 20.
• Accessibility: People without either advantage can still learn, but training and advancement are substantially harder 20.

Metal Refinement

• Material perception: Li Qingyue’s God-Level Forging Mastery lets him perceive the metal’s internal changes and peculiarities, which he could not understand before receiving the reward 21.
• Hammer rhythm: His precisely timed strikes deepen his understanding of the material as he works 21.
• Heat control: Pale-red Ultimate Fire from his Phoenix Martial Soul improves the metal’s structure and rapidly reduces impurities 14 21.
• Partial manifestation: He performs his first refinement without fully summoning the Phoenix Martial Soul, drawing only on its fire 21.
• Limits: Mu Chen considers Li’s advantages especially valuable for the early steps; the demonstration does not establish mastery of later stages 21.

History

Choosing the Specialty

Li Qingyue chooses forging because he expects Battle Armor to be essential for survival and rapid growth. He regards armor forged by its wearer as having the greatest value. Leng Xiaoyue objects to the time commitment, but he insists, citing his Phoenix Martial Soul’s advantage in controlling heat 14.

Leng Yaozhu supports his decision and arranges an introduction to Mu Chen. She initially considers Zhen Hua, but fears that approaching him would allow the Qiangu Family to trace her movements and discover Li Qingyue 14.

Apprenticeship and Training

At the Eastsea City Blacksmith Association, Mu Chen initially doubts Li Qingyue’s talent and agrees to assess him primarily as a favor to Leng Yaozhu. The test takes place in Mu Chen’s private forging room, where he asks the boy to strike a piece of metal however he wishes 19 20.

Following Li Qingyue’s successful demonstration, Mu Chen promises to pass on his forging knowledge. He provides two detailed Hundred Refinement notebooks and schedules lessons every Wednesday through Sunday evening 21 22.

Qiangu Family surveillance later makes the practice itself a security concern: someone passing the forging room might recognize Li Qingyue’s concealed Phoenix power. Mu Chen offers him and Na’er shelter at his home, invoking his standing as a level-eight Blacksmith and his connection to Zhen Hua 25 26 27. Li continues advanced lessons and practical work under Mu Chen’s guidance 30 72.

Equipment and Learning Materials

• Beginner’s Forging Hammer — Offered by Mu Chen for the initial assessment 20.
• Forging Table — Used to hold the test metal in Mu Chen’s private room 20.
• Hundred Refinement notebooks — Two volumes covering refinement techniques, methods for different metals, and material proportions in detail 22.
• Mu Chen’s blue ring — Given upon acceptance as his final disciple; assists his work and can alert Mu Chen when its gem is pressed 21.

Notable Practitioners

• Li Qingyue — Studies forging chiefly as a tool for strengthening himself rather than as a lifelong vocation 22.
• Mu Chen — Level-eight Blacksmith, leader of the Eastsea City Blacksmith Association, and Li Qingyue’s forging teacher 19 27.
• Mu Xi — Studies under her father alongside Li Qingyue; Mu Chen hopes Li’s insight into Thousand Refinement will help her progress 22 30.
• Zhen Hua — Described as the world’s greatest Blacksmith and Mu Chen’s senior fellow apprentice; considered as a possible teacher for Li Qingyue 14 27.

Li Qingyue’s Goals

• Desired endpoint: Complete Heaven Refinement, become a Divine Craftsman, and successfully make Four-Word Battle Armor. These remain ambitions rather than documented achievements 22.
• Practical priority: Keep forging ability in step with his strength so that he can produce the Battle Armor he needs 72.
• Financial role: Although forging pays well, he does not depend on it for income and considers resource robbery far more profitable 72.