The Compendium of Emperor Artifacts contained little detailed information about this Emperor Lord. It only mentioned that, through extraordinary foresight, he had discerned the essence of Emperor Realm power and thus created the Emperor Artifact refining method.
Because Emperor Artifacts could perfectly align with the power core of Emperor Realm experts, whether they were Emperor Rank experts who had advanced through the path of World Law or Emperor Realm experts who had broken through via the Physical Body Method, Divination Method, or other paths, all could wield them smoothly. Thus, they gradually spread from the Heavenly Palace Realm to the Myriad Worlds and eventually became the mainstream weapons of Emperor Realm cultivators.
Beyond that, the Spirit Book also detailed the classification standards for Emperor Artifacts, with the core criterion being the number of Emperor Materials incorporated during forging.
As everyone knew, refining an Emperor Artifact required Emperor Rank materials as its foundation, supplemented by various red-grade spirit materials.
The book clearly stated that Emperor Artifacts forged by fusing two or three Emperor Materials possessed power, resilience, and additional special effects far beyond those of Emperor Artifacts forged primarily from just one Emperor Material.
However, due to certain rules, an Emperor Artifact could fuse at most five Emperor Materials. Any more would cause it to collapse from conflicts between the materials' attributes. For this reason, Emperor Artifacts had been divided into five grades. The more Emperor Materials they contained, the higher their grade and the greater their power.
Still, an Emperor Artifact's true power was not determined solely by the number of Emperor Materials. It was also deeply tied to how long an Emperor Realm expert had nurtured it and to the compatibility between the expert and the artifact.
The Spirit Book gave an example: some Emperor Realm experts carried a