The Spirit-Melding Furnace Is Born

Right!

The Spirit Ore Furnace!

Chen Daoxuan immediately recalled the problem troubling him most at present: the Spirit-Melding Formation on the Spirit Ore Furnace.

Because he had previously created an entirely new Formation—the Driving Formation—Chen Daoxuan felt that he possessed considerable talent in the path of formations.

Thus, he wanted to continue creating new formations to solve the problem of Spiritual Aura fusion during the extraction of Spirit Mines.

Yet after racking his brains for an entire year, he still had little clue.

Within the Sea of Consciousness space.

Chen Daoxuan looked at the densely packed spheres of light floating before him.

Each sphere represented knowledge he had learned. Some of this knowledge was profound, while some was simple.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, this was reflected in the differing sizes and brightness of the spheres.

For example, the sphere he had just opened, representing the Returning Origin Technique Cultivation Technique, contained every insight and process from his five years of cultivating the Returning Origin Technique.

Thus, this sphere was also the brightest and largest of them all.

Besides that.

The second-largest sphere contained Artifact Refining knowledge.

Chen Daoxuan hurriedly opened it.

Sure enough, it recorded the forging methods and insights from crafting twelve types of First-tier magical artifacts.

Beyond those, there was also an incomplete, flawed Magic Artifact—the Spirit Ore Furnace that Chen Daoxuan had painstakingly researched for five years.

"So that's it! So that's it!"

Chen Daoxuan's consciousness surged violently as waves of joy and satisfaction flooded his heart.

"My previous line of thought was completely wrong. Using Divine Sense to fuse Spiritual Aura is a violent method of suppression, forcibly merging the Spiritual Aura within numerous Spirit Mines into one. Trying to use a Formation to achieve such forceful suppression is somewhat unrealistic."

"After all, formations possess no intelligence. They can only unleash their power through the control of the person operating them. At that point, ordinary people without Divine Sense would not be able to grasp the proper 'strength' for suppressing Spiritual Aura."

"If the suppression is too strong, the Spiritual Aura collapses. If it is too weak, the Spiritual Aura cannot fuse!"

"Therefore, the key to the Spirit-Melding Formation lies in guidance, not suppression!"

"That's right! That's right! This is the key to the Spirit-Melding Formation! Following this line of thought, the Spirit-Melding Formation should be arranged like this."

Bolstered by the tenfold Star Dust Unification, Chen Daoxuan's Comprehension increased tenfold. A Formation that would normally yield no clue even after a year of thought—

was completed in less than the time it took to burn an incense stick.

Very soon.

The time it took to burn an incense stick passed.

Chen Daoxuan felt his vision go dark, and his consciousness withdrew from the depths of the Sea of Consciousness space.

"It's over!"

Opening his eyes, Chen Daoxuan realized that this Enlightenment had ended.

"What a pity. If only the Enlightenment had lasted a little longer!"

Chen Daoxuan muttered, still wanting more.

Then.

He thought of the Spirit-Melding Formation again and immediately forgot everything else.

The Spirit Ore Furnace could be said to be the thing he had poured the most effort into since coming to this world.

Chen Daoxuan had worked hard to learn Artifact Refining knowledge precisely so he could combine the knowledge of two lifetimes and create a Magic Artifact that even ordinary people could use.

Only then could the vast population of ordinary people truly play their role.

Rather than, like the clansmen of Changping County, being reduced to breeding tools that provided seeds for immortality.

Now, this Magic Artifact was finally about to be born.

At this thought.

Chen Daoxuan could no longer restrain the restless urge in his heart.

He immediately used the Wind Riding Technique and flew directly from his Cave Mansion toward the mountain peak where the Earth Fire Chamber was located.

In his haste, Chen Daoxuan's speed while riding the wind was two or three parts faster than usual.

In less than half the time it took to brew tea, the three buildings of the Earth Fire Chamber came into view.

Chen Daoxuan descended and pushed open the Laboratory doors.

Seeing the enormous silvery-white metal Furnace placed in the center of the Laboratory, he sank into thought.

Based on the Spirit Ore Furnace forging method he had just comprehended, the Furnace before him was clearly a failed product.

In truth, one could also tell that this Furnace had failed from the descriptions of Magic Artifacts in the family Artifact Forging inheritance.

Because on a successful Magic Artifact, it was impossible to see Formation Patterns on its surface. During the final Fusion of Formations stage, all Formation Patterns would merge into the Magic Artifact itself.

Yet the surface of the Furnace before him was covered in Formation Patterns.

"So be it. If I have to forge it again, then I'll forge it again!"

With a sigh, Chen Daoxuan knew it was impossible to add formations anew on the foundation of this Furnace.

The forging of a Magic Artifact required everything to be completed in one go. It could not be forged halfway, then continued afterward.

The reason for this was still Spiritual Aura.

During the Fusion of Formations stage, an Artifact Forger needed to use formations to perfectly fuse Spiritual Aura into the refined and shaped Artifact Blank, allowing the Magic Artifact to unleash its might.

For any Magic Artifact, the dispersal of its Spiritual Aura meant its destruction.

Even if the primary material of that Magic Artifact appeared entirely intact and could still serve as a divine weapon in the hands of ordinary people.

To cultivators, however, a Magic Artifact without Spiritual Aura was merely a slightly sharper mundane weapon.

Though thoughts churned through his mind, his hands did not slow in the slightest.

His Laboratory was piled full of all kinds of Spirit Mines and ordinary Iron Ore used for Artifact Refining.

That's right, Iron Ore!

Such an enormous Furnace naturally could not possibly be forged entirely from Spirit Mines.

In fact, the main material of the Furnace before him was merely ordinary Iron Ore.

Chen Daoxuan had only added a Spirit Mine known as Silver Moon Stone to it.

Thus, the cost of this Furnace was not outrageously high, at most comparable to a high-grade First-tier magical artifact.

Thinking about it carefully, that was only natural. Otherwise, how much Spirit Mine would such a massive Furnace consume?

Even if the entire Red Copper Mine of the Chen Family were poured into it, whether that would be enough was another question altogether. That would also defeat the original purpose of forging it.

"Good. There's still some Silver Moon Stone left!"

After rummaging through boxes and cabinets, Chen Daoxuan finally found the Spirit Mine he sought in a corner of the Laboratory.

As for ordinary Iron Ore, there was even less cause for concern. Twin Lakes Island had an Iron Ore vein with considerable reserves; there was as much Iron Ore as he wanted.

By the time Chen Daoxuan had prepared all the forging materials, it was already noon.

Touching the Storage Bag at his waist.

Chen Daoxuan pushed open the doors of the Earth Fire Chamber.

As the bronze doors of the Earth Fire Chamber opened, a wave of scorching air surged toward him once more.

"Whew!"

Chen Daoxuan exhaled a breath of stale air and strode resolutely toward the Heat-Gathering Formation at the center of the Earth Fire Chamber.

Though there were no flames, Chen Daoxuan could sense an immense amount of heat gathering above the Heat-Gathering Formation, waiting to melt whatever materials were placed within it.

Chen Daoxuan removed Iron Ore and Silver Moon Stone from his Storage Bag, piling them beside him into one large and one small "mountain of ore."

For a Furnace-type Magic Artifact, refining the materials was not difficult.

The main reason was that Iron Ore was simply too easy to refine. It nearly melted into molten iron the moment it was placed above the Heat-Gathering Formation.

Compared to Spirit Mines that were difficult to refine, ordinary ore was like a docile sheep.

The two steps of refining and shaping encountered no difficulty at all.

Before Chen Daoxuan, a colossal object weighing dozens of tons was supported by his True Qi, floating in midair.

"Next comes the most difficult part—the Fusion of Formations!"

Taking a deep breath and calming the boiling Dantian True Qi within him, Chen Daoxuan pressed onward in one burst, engraving Formation Patterns onto the Furnace before him one after another.

The first layer: Drive Pattern!

The second layer: Heat-Gathering Pattern!

The third layer: Levitation Pattern. And the most important fourth layer—the Spirit-Melding Pattern!

"Success!"

As the final Formation Pattern was engraved, the Furnace before him emitted a golden light.

Then, the golden light slowly receded, and all the Formation Patterns gradually merged into the body of the Furnace.

At this sight, Chen Daoxuan leaped up in delight, overwhelmed with excitement!

This feeling of exhilaration was no less intense than when he had first obtained the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture.