Magic Artifact

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Magic Artifact
Alias(es)	Magical Artifact; Faqi (法器)
Type	Cultivation artifact
Status	Commonly used; produced, traded, inherited, and researched throughout the Myriad Star Sea
First Appearance	16

Classification and Value

• Magic Artifacts can be ranked by tier and quality; documented examples range from First-tier artifacts to fourth-grade artifacts and beyond. A fourth-grade upper artifact is still far below certain treasures encountered in the Divine Absolute Immortal Mansion. 209
• High-grade artifacts can decisively affect combat between cultivators of otherwise comparable cultivation and skill. A late Qi Refining cultivator in First-tier high-grade Spirit Armor would defeat one with superior First-tier sword-art mastery but no comparable armor. 177
• Spirit Armor is especially valuable as a defensive artifact, but its price restricts it even within great families to elite disciples. 177
• Artifact shops are a major commercial force in Guang'an Prefecture. The Chen Family's Rainbow Sound Flying Sword Shop eventually drove out its last West Block competitor. 96
• The Zhou Family auction sold a First-tier Lifebound Artifact inheritance jade slip for 65,000 Spirit Stones, reflecting the scarcity and value of such artifacts. 99

Types

Flying Swords

Flying swords are offensive Magic Artifacts and the core product of the Chen Family's Rainbow Sound Flying Sword Shop. Chen Daoxuan displayed swords of differing grades and prices to Merfolk buyers, while the shop later specialized in mass sales of First-tier low-grade flying swords. 28 79

• Rainbow Sound Flying Sword — a First-tier, medium-quality crimson flying sword. 388
• Flying Snow Sword — Chen Daoxuan's Water-Attribute flying sword. 70
• Wind-Attribute Flying Sword — forged from First-tier Wind Chant Ore; its weapon embryo carries a pronounced wind aura. 70
• A flying sword used by Chen Daoxuan can deceive Divine Sense, making Luo Li sense danger from it. 72

Lifebound Artifacts

A Lifebound Artifact differs little from an ordinary artifact in basic nature, but it must be tailored to its master and fused with the master's essence blood. Its forger therefore needs intimate knowledge of the intended owner. 120

• Dantian pressure reducer — a second-grade low-rank Lifebound Artifact forged by Chen Daoxuan to aid Foundation Establishment and potentially assist Chen Family disciples. 120 122
• Second-Grade White Lotus of Creation — Chen Daoxuan's second Lifebound Artifact, forged as a second-grade mid-rank Lotus of Creation. It stores and returns true qi, increasing combat endurance; its capacity reaches three times the true essence of a late Foundation Establishment cultivator. 122
• The White Lotus of Creation later serves as proof of Chen Daoxuan's artifact-creation ability during Ye Wudao's challenge to his battle merits. 213

Spirit Armor

Spirit Armor is a defensive Magic Artifact with exceptional influence on a cultivator's battlefield strength. High-grade Spirit Armor inheritances are strategically sensitive because widespread access could rapidly strengthen a great family. 177

• The Chen Family Artifact Research Institute develops powered Spirit Armor using the White Lotus of Creation; it may give Foundation Establishment cultivators defenses exceeding ordinary Third-Grade Spirit Armor. 283
• A First-tier Lifebound Spirit Armor refining method was the opening item at the Zhou Family auction. 98

Utility and Production Artifacts

• Spirit-Melding Furnace — automates the refining stage of artifact forging, but not shaping or Fusion of Formations. 388
• Centrifugal Wall Breaker — separates impurities from Spirit Herbs with centrifugal force, improving alchemists' efficiency and success rates. 157
• Artifact Machine Tool — automates shaping and Fusion of Formations after materials are refined in a Spirit-Melding Furnace. The successful model can be operated without Magical Power or Divine Sense and produces a medium-quality First-tier Rainbow Sound Flying Sword. 388
• Fourth-tier Artifact Machine Tool — developed by Chen Daoxuan for Azure Wood Cauldron production; fifty such tools produced six hundred cauldrons. 417
• Great Cauldron — a fourth-rank artifact capable of independently extracting Creation Force, though less efficiently than a Nascent Soul True Lord. 370
• Azure Wood Cauldron — an artifact Chen Daoxuan studies through a Dao-derived forging method and later prepares for mass production. 372 390

High-Grade and Immortal Artifacts

• Nine Ruins Exquisite Pagoda — a fourth-grade upper support-type artifact used to nurture younger disciples. 209
• Michen Banner — recovered from the Divine Absolute Immortal Mansion and entrusted to Chen Daoxuan for safekeeping by Fairy Yue'e and Chi Yao. 210
• Soul Stabilizing Divine Bead — a treasure linked to the legendary Divine Absolute True Person; Sun Fu uses it against Chen Daoxuan, but its light fails to affect him because of the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture in his Sea of Consciousness. 150
• Yu Huang Bell — the Qianyuan Sword Sect's Sect-Protecting Immortal Artifact, assigned to Qin Zhan for a mission to destroy the Taiyi Immortal Pond. 316
• Heaven Shaking Axe — a high-quality low-grade immortal artifact purchased by Chen Daoxuan for one hundred million drops of Creation Force. 480
• Emperor Slaying Heavenly Venerate's weapon fragment — described as a “divine weapon” rather than an artifact; its grade exceeds even high-grade immortal artifacts, though Chen Daoxuan cannot use such a treasure. 493

Forging and Creation

Standard Forging Process

Almost all artifact manufacture rests on three stages:

1. Refining — processing Spirit Mine ore or other materials.
2. Shaping — forming refined material into an artifact blank.
3. Fusion of Formations — integrating Formation Patterns into the blank. This is the most demanding stage, requiring formation knowledge and precise control of Magical Power and Divine Sense. 388

Artifact Creation

Creating a new Magic Artifact is distinct from simply forging one from an established inheritance. It is considered far more difficult and is ordinarily the work of master-level Artifact Forgers. 120 213

• Chen Daoxuan spends half a year conducting repeated experiments and refining Formation Patterns for the Dantian pressure reducer, consuming three Storage Bags of Lotuses of Creation in failed attempts. 120
• During Hall Master Huyan's test, Chen Daoxuan completes an incomplete Second-Grade Artifact inheritance by adding and fusing three Formation Patterns, producing a third-grade Magic Artifact within one incense stick of time. 214
• The Chen Family Artifact Research Institute develops artifacts through systematic experimentation and elimination of unworkable approaches. 417

Industrial Production

The Chen Family industrializes artifact refining through the combined use of Spirit-Melding Furnaces, Artifact Machine Tools, and the Artifact Research Institute. 370 388

• The first successful Artifact Machine Tool produces a medium-quality First-tier Rainbow Sound Flying Sword. 388
• Its key achievement is allowing ordinary mortals, after training, to carry out shaping and Fusion of Formations without using Magical Power or Divine Sense. 388
• The Chen Family's second-generation machine tools remain two generations short of mass-producing fourth-tier Magic Artifacts. 417
• Chen Daoxuan later personally develops fourth-tier machine tools when the research institute's merger with the Qianyuan Sword Sect's Artifact Forging Hall reduces its research capacity. 417

Related Organizations

• Rainbow Sound Flying Sword Shop — Chen Family shop specializing in flying sword artifacts; its increased supply of First-tier low-grade swords causes a buying frenzy among rogue cultivators. 26 79
• Treasure Artifact Pavilion — Mo Family business threatened by competition from the Rainbow Sound Flying Sword Shop. 75
• Artifact Research Institute — Chen Family research body established to develop new artifacts, particularly defensive Spirit Armor; Chen Daochu leads its work. 177 283
• Qianyuan Sword Sect's Artifact Forging Hall — later merged and reorganized with the Chen Family's Artifact Research Institute. 417
• Treasure Pavilion — sells intelligence, Dao Soldiers, and immortal artifacts, accepting Creation Force rather than Spirit Stones for certain high-value transactions. 417 480

Trivia

• The term “divine weapon” is used for the fragment associated with the Emperor Slaying Heavenly Venerate, distinguishing it from ordinary artifacts. 493
• Chen Daoxuan proposes a future class of artifacts in which the artifact, rather than its wielder, supplies the primary attacking power; he compares the difference to cold weapons and firearms from his previous life. 509