Arcane runes flowed across the crimson greatsword, and an incomparably violent aura faintly raged within it, as though a single slash could tear apart an entire lower plane.
"This mighty sword gathers the violent aura accumulated on the Volcano Continent over countless ages, fused with the metal essences I refined from its various ores. It will surely offer an enormous boost to fire-attribute cultivators."
A hint of amusement appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes.
In the twenty years since he had ascended to the Great Thousand World, he had rarely devoted much effort to studying secondary pursuits such as artifact forging, pill refining, or spirit arrays, but his strength had simply risen too quickly.
With his late-stage Saint Grade strength and profound mastery of the Dao of fire, he only needed to spare a little attention to studying them in his leisure to reach the Grandmaster level with ease.
Of course, that was merely the Spirit Grade Grandmaster level. Raising those various secondary pursuits to Immortal Grade would not be difficult for Xiao Yan either; he only needed to set aside some time to study them carefully.
But reaching Saint Grade would probably require considerable effort, even with his formidable foundations.
Fortunately, time was no longer such a pressing concern for Xiao Yan.
In the days ahead, he would once again enjoy a relatively long stretch of leisure.
"Although this mighty sword is still far beneath the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler, it counts as a Spirit Grade Peerless Saint Relic. After being tempered by the Chaos World-Purifying Flame for so long, it should be approaching Immortal Grade, shouldn't it?"
Xiao Yan smiled faintly and took the crimson greatsword in hand.
"You are the first Peerless Saint Relic I forged while establishing my own force in the Great Thousand World. From now