"Impossible! How could a Void True God possibly forge an Eternal Divine Weapon!"
One of the audience members suddenly spoke up, a look of disbelief on his face.
"Indeed, even Void True God cannot forge an Eternal Divine Weapon because they cannot inscribe the primordial runes. That requires mastering the Origin of Laws, which is something that can only be learned. However, Xia Mingyue must have used some special method; that crystal—"
"Yes, there should be a complete primordial rune within that crystal. Xia Mingyue imprinted it into the embryo of the Eternal Divine Weapon, which is how an Eternal Divine Weapon was forged."
Is it possible to do it this way?
"Why can't we do that? The Divine Weapon Pavilion Competition didn't prohibit it. Besides, it's easier said than done. Putting aside everything else, how many Void True God Level weapon-refining masters could forge an Eternal Embryo? Moreover, the secret technique for sealing the Origin Runes, and guiding and activating them, is obviously not something that can be done so easily."
"I never expected the Xia Family to have such a legacy. This time, the Xia Family has really stolen the spotlight."
"In the competition among Void True God, the one who forged the Eternal Divine Weapon undoubtedly won first place. The only question is, who created Xia Mingyue's Origin Secret Runes? Could it be a trump card left behind by Master Xia Yeheng before he left?"
After a brief silence, the surrounding audience began to discuss the matter.
The Six Lineages Grand Competition, held once every hundred eras, is not a rare event; however, it is extremely rare for Void True God to forge an Eternal Divine Weapon.
" Mingyue succeeded!"
On the Xia Family's side, Xia Yuanshan's face was flushed with excitement.
He stood up, bowed to Lu Qingshan, and said, "Thank you Divine Lord Fang Yuan Divine Lord Fang Yuan guidance, Mingyue would not have achieved such outstanding results."
"Elder sister!"
Xia Dong looked at Xia Mingyue on the field with admiration in his eyes.
On the Yao Family's side.
Yao Qi's face was gloomy.
He had been waiting to see Xia Mingyue make a fool of herself, but unexpectedly, he became the clown in the end.
Xia Mingyue actually forged an Eternal Divine Weapon. Regardless of its quality, as long as it is an Eternal Divine Weapon, it is undoubtedly the number one weapon in the Void True God stage.
As for the Yao Family, because he broke through to the Eternal True God Level, he was unable to participate in the Void True God stage competition, and the one who replaced him was not particularly outstanding and could not achieve any good results at this stage.
"Father, wouldn't this be considered cheating?"
Yao Qi was also a master weapon refiner, so he naturally knew how Xia Mingyue had cleverly created this eternal divine weapon.
"No."
Yao Bing shook his head.
"If it were considered cheating, the Pavilion Master should have already spoken up. The rules don't say that you can't use external objects. I didn't lend that primordial flame to Yao Shengxin. It's just that this method is too unusual and wasn't taken into account."
"If the Xia Family possesses such methods, and they continue to operate in the same way in future competitions, wouldn't the top spot in the Void True God stage always belong to the Xia Family?"
Yao Qi was somewhat unwilling.
"No—the rules will likely be changed after this competition, and they won't let things remain like this. However, they definitely won't change this time. I didn't expect the Xia Family to have such a trump card."
"This is probably not the Xia Family Xia Family's inheritance. If it were, would they have waited until now to use it?"
Yao Qi's face was gloomy, and his gaze swept back and forth over the Xia Family's seats.
"It's not Xia Family inheritance. The only Fang Yuan the Xia Family who has recently come into contact with Eternal True God is Fang Yuan. Could this inheritance come from Fang Yuan?"
Yao Qi frowned slightly, wondering what was going on in his mind.
After Xia Mingyue, works from other lineages were also created one after another. However, with the existence of the Eternal Divine Weapon, the Void True God Divine Weapons they created received almost no attention.
Soon, Liu Mai's work was presented to the judges.
"Master, may I have a look at the Xia Family's work first?"
A handsome man dressed in a black robe spoke.
Upon hearing this, the Divine Weapon Pavilion gave him face and personally handed over the only Eternal Divine Weapon among these works.
"Please take a look, young master."
The handsome man in the black robe nodded slightly, picked up the treasure, and examined it carefully.
A moment later, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Not bad, not bad, I couldn't even see the difference. It really looks like a divine weapon personally crafted by an Eternal True God weapon-forging master."
"The primordial runes fit perfectly; you really can't tell unless you see it with your own eyes."
The Divine Weapon Pavilion naturally has the best eye; after just a few glances, he already knows the quality of this weapon.
This eternal divine weapon is not the kind of crudely made item; even among the divine weapons used by Eternal True God, it is...
It's of mid-range quality; it's hard to believe that this weapon was forged by a Void True God.
" The Xia Family's legacy is indeed quite impressive. If Master Xia Yeheng were still alive, it wouldn't be bad to give this order to the Xia Family. However, for now, let's think about it some more."
The handsome young man in black passed the weapon to someone else, without even glancing at the other Void True God weapons.
The results of the competition came out quickly.
" The Xia Family, number one in the Void True God stage!"
The Divine Weapon Pavilion announced the results.
The Meng Family remained in second place—however, the Yao Family, perhaps affected by Xia Mingyue's creation of the Eternal Divine Weapon during the weapon forging process, underperformed and ultimately only managed to secure sixth place.
The Void True God stage competition is over; now comes the real grand finale.
That was the contest at the stage of the Eternal True God.
Most of the audience members, as well as many weapon refiners, came specifically for this challenge.
The Xia Family's seats.
Xia Mingyue had returned. Hearing the announcement from the Divine Weapon Pavilion, she said, "Teacher, I'll leave the rest to you."
"It's alright. Since I've already agreed to help, I will keep my promise."
Lu Qingshan smiled slightly, then slowly stood up and walked towards the weapon-refining platform.
Seeing this, many people who thought the Xia Family would give up on this challenge were astonished.
"That's Xia Mingyue's teacher, a guest elder invited by the Xia Family several eras ago. I never expected him to represent the Xia Family in this challenge."
"This Divine Lord Fang Yuan, although somewhat famous in Nanyun City, only knows how to eat, drink, and enjoy himself; I've never heard of him being able to refine weapons."
"Since they dared to go on stage, they must know something about weapon crafting, otherwise wouldn't they be humiliating themselves? They might as well just abstain. There's no need for an Eternal True God to do that."
"Indeed, Fang Yuan is Xia Mingyue's teacher, and Xia Mingyue is a genius at weapon crafting. It's really hard to say whether he can craft weapons himself."
"This guy----"
On the Yao Family's side, a look of surprise flashed across Yao Qi's eyes.
Yao Bing frowned slightly.
"Qi'er, didn't you say that Fang Yuan doesn't know how to forge weapons?"
"When Fang Yuan was invited to become a guest elder of the Xia Family, I did test him. At the time, he admitted that he only had a slight understanding of weapon crafting. I never expected that he would dare to step onto the stage today."
Yao Qi's expression was not good; he felt like he had been played for a fool.
Fang Yuan dared to step onto the stage, so he probably really has the ability to forge an eternal divine weapon; otherwise, there would be no need for him to do so.
Even if the Xia Family gives up on this hurdle today, it won't matter much, as Xia Mingyue's performance has already been outstanding enough.
Given this, his decision to go on stage clearly indicates that he didn't want to miss out on the final rankings.
"Father, don't worry—" Yao Qi withdrew his gaze and said, "The gap between Eternal True God weapon-forging masters is vast. Father's weapon-forging skills are among the top in the Six Lineages. Our Six Lineages are all specialized weapon-forging families, not like those who rely on unorthodox methods. I think Fang Yuan can only barely forge Eternal Divine Weapons by relying on the Xia Family's inheritance. He poses no threat to us. Since he's on stage, let him see just how big the gap is."
"Um."
Yao Bing didn't say much. He flicked his sleeves, got up, and walked to the weapon-refining platform on the Yao Family's side.
Now that things have come to this, there's no point in thinking about it anymore. He needs to focus all his energy on forging the Eternal Divine Weapon. The final results of the Six Lineages Grand Competition are related to the allocation of resources within the Divine Weapon Pavilion. They didn't perform well in the Void True God stage, and he needs to make up for it.
Soon, all six weapon refiners arrived.
After the Divine Weapon Pavilion announced the start, they began their operation.
Yao Bing took out a piece of crimson ore and started to smelt it with flames. His technique was very skillful. Under his control, the essence of the flames flowed freely. The material was softened, purified, and forged in the flames. Each part was done smoothly, which aroused the admiration of the audience.
The other weapon-refining masters were the same; they came from the Divine Weapon Pavilion, and their weapon-refining techniques were extremely skillful and their craftsmanship was very high, far surpassing that of those self-taught weapon-refiners.
Each of them possesses their own unique skill; it doesn't look like they're forging weapons, but rather creating exquisite works of art.
Lu Qingshan's approach was much simpler.
He didn't do anything particularly groundbreaking; his methods were quite conventional, nothing special, but each step was executed very well.
A piece of ore, under his polishing, became the embryo of a sword. The embryo Pingping still unremarkable.
However, at this moment, he took out a transparent gemstone and set it into the hilt of the sword.
After the two are fully integrated.
Lu Qingshan began to inscribe the primordial runes. He didn't inscribe them on the sword's embryonic form, but rather into the very essence of the treasure.
At this stage, he had already begun using the techniques for refining Mechanical Flow Treasure.
Mechanical Flow Treasure, while not having a very high upper limit, are generally much more valuable than eternal divine weapons of the same level, obviously because their crafting methods are much more complex.
Lu Qingshan's design was actually based on the principles of the Infinity Gauntlet. Of course, he couldn't create a Mechanical Flow artifact like the Infinity Gauntlet, so he could only refer to its principles and materialize a small part of its abilities in this eternal weapon.
Several hundred days later, a jet-black longsword quietly floated above the forging platform. The surface of the sword looked Pingping, but a gem on the hilt gave the impression that this treasure was not as simple as it appeared.
"It's done!"
Lu Qingshan stopped.
The others had also basically succeeded. The Eternal True God weapon-refining masters of the six lineages of the Divine Weapon Pavilion were all veteran weapon-refining masters who had forged countless Eternal Divine Weapons. For them, this was not a difficult task.
Many people's eyes were drawn to the weapon in front of Lu Qingshan.
From a distance, they could only tell that this eternal divine weapon was extraordinary, but without handling it and testing it, they were unsure of its true value.
The quality of an Eternal Divine Weapon cannot be determined by the naked eye; it requires testing to convince the public.
When the six eternal divine weapons were placed on the judging panel, the Divine Weapon Pavilion waved his hand.
Rumble!!
The massive platform of Divine Weapon Mountain slowly began to crack, and from the abyss that opened up, a wordless inscription began to rise slowly.
"That's the testing monument of the Divine Weapon Pavilion."
Someone spoke in a low voice.
"Legend has it that this inscription was personally crafted by the founder of the Divine Weapon Pavilion to test the quality of weapons. No matter what kind of divine weapon it is, as long as it is used against it, this inscription can make an accurate evaluation."
"The founder of the Divine Weapon Pavilion was a Chaos Great Sage. A weapon refiner of the Chaos Great Sage level would naturally create extraordinary treasures with painstaking effort."
Lu Qingshan also looked at the inscription, slightly surprised. His Xue You Clone had seen this thing in the Flame Ruins Sect.
However, this is standard equipment at the Flame Ruins Sect's Flame Mountain area, and every weapon-refining workshop has it, but at the Divine Weapon Pavilion, it seems that Ping only has this one.
"It seems that the Divine Weapon Pavilion does indeed possess some impressive heritage, but this arrangement is certainly fairer."
As long as one is human, one will have one's own thoughts and ideas, making absolute fairness impossible.
Relatively speaking, the evaluation from the test monument is more convincing.
The Divine Weapon Pavilion slowly rose and handed a War Blade with shimmering flame patterns to the handsome young man beside him, saying, "Young Master, this test task is entrusted to you."
"Very well, let me also test the inscription on your Divine Weapon Pavilion's stele."
The handsome young man didn't stand on ceremony and raised his War Blade to strike at the inscription.
With a loud bang.
The War Blade slashed fiercely at the inscription, causing the earth to tremble, yet the inscription remained completely still.
Who is that?
"From the Xia Family's seat, "Lu Qingshan asked.
"I don't know. If my father were here, perhaps he would know."
I don't know either.
Xia Yuanshan and Xia Mingyue shook their heads simultaneously.
Of the Xia Family, only Xia Yeheng has true access to the core of the Litian Chaos Prefecture.
That young man, being treated so well by the Pavilion Master, must be of a status and position far beyond what they could compare to.
"This guy's pretty good. I wonder how the test results will be."
Lu Qingshan shifted his gaze from the young man to the inscription on the stele.
A moment later, a line of text appeared on the inscription.
"Power: 3 stars, Hardness: 4 stars, Rating: 3.5 stars"
3.5 stars
The Jiang Family's weapon-refining master, one of the six major martial arts lineages, sighed slightly, clearly not satisfied with the result.
The test continues.
The handsome man set the War Blade aside, then took out another eternal divine weapon.
Then we continued the test again.
"Power: 4 stars, Hardness: 5 stars, Rating: 4.5 stars"
Congratulations, Father.
On the Yao Family's side, Yao Qi showed an excited expression.
A score of four and a half stars is usually enough to win first place in previous competitions. Although the Yao Family did not perform well in the second round this time, with this divine weapon, even if they cannot rank first, second place is not a problem.
The testing is still ongoing.
"Power: 4 stars, Hardness: 4 stars, Rating: 4 stars."
"Power: 3 stars; Hardness: 3.5 stars; Rating: 3 stars."
All the Eternal Divine Weapons have been tested, and the one crafted by Yao Bing of the Yao Family has performed the best so far. Now, only the one crafted by Lu Qingshan of the Xia Family remains.
The handsome man gripped the sword in his hand, channeling his divine power into it. As he felt his power slowly flowing into the gemstone, a slight look of surprise appeared on his face.
He then thrust out with his sword.
The transparent gem on the hilt suddenly lit up, emitting a gray light that covered the blade and slammed into the stone tablet.
boom!!!
Stone chips flew everywhere. Although the stone tablet was quickly restored to its original state, this was the first time that a stone tablet had been damaged.
"Power: 6 stars, Hardness: 5 stars, Rating: 5.5 stars"
The evaluation of the stone tablet quickly became apparent and was perceived by everyone.
On the Xia Family's side, Lu Qingshan smiled faintly. As expected, his five and a half star rating was a full star higher than the second place, making him the undisputed number one.