His climactic battle against the Earth Sword Saint, Debangsen, firmly established Shiheng's supreme standing on the Yulan Continent.
The Slaughter Heaven Saint's fearsome reputation suppressed every hidden ambition and trace of hostility on the continent like an unbreakable shackle. The kingdoms that had once been restless, the reclusive Saints, and even the Shadow Church, which hated him to the bone, all ceased their activities. No faction or individual dared entertain any designs against Shiheng or the Principality of Klan.
The entire continent tacitly accepted one ironclad rule: Shiheng was not to be provoked.
The Principality of Klan entered a stable age of prosperity, free from outside disturbances. That complete peace also gave Shiheng the secure cultivation environment he had dreamed of. With no assassinations or ambushes, no factions making trouble, and no endless disputes entangling him, he could finally settle down to hone his strength. He also began preparing for a matter of paramount importance- forging weapons exclusively his own.
He had comprehended the Four Great Origin Laws of destruction, life, death, and fate. Ordinary mortal weapons could not withstand his power; mere moments into a fight, the tremendous power of his laws would crush them. With this in mind, Shiheng went straight to the Radiant Church.
Shiheng was an honorary elder of the Church, and the Pope was already intent on grooming him as the next Pope, so the Radiant Church dared not treat his request with the slightest negligence. The Pope immediately ordered the finest weapon refiners from the Church's millennia-old tradition to assemble and take full responsibility for forging Shiheng's weapons. Every resource of the Church was to support them, without the slightest delay.
Shiheng, meanwhile, took the core forging materials out of the Purple Blood Fiend's Storage Ring.
When those exceptionally pure, rare ores appeared, each