Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law-Chapter 746 - 745 Refining an Immortal Artifact

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Artifact Refining is divided into four parts: Melting, Refining, Embryo Condensation, Seal Formation, and Forging.

The first step is Melting, which requires the complete melting of the Stellar Iron Ore, followed by the removal of all impurities to refine the pure Stellar Iron Liquid.

The higher the purity, the better the quality of the weapons refined.

This is the first step in Artifact Refining, which tests the Artifact Refiner’s ability to control flames.

In the past, Artifact Refiners had to have Fire Attributes, but this is no longer necessary.

Some Cultivators who don’t have Fire Attributes can also control some Heaven and Earth Fire to refine Immortal Artifacts.

Therefore, it is necessary to master some Heaven and Earth Fire.

Heaven and Earth Fire is divided into Spiritual Fire, Immortal Fire, and Divine Fire.

If one wishes to refine Immortal Artifacts, at the very least, Immortal Fire is needed to melt the ore; otherwise, if you can’t even melt the ore, how can you refine Immortal Artifacts?

Xu Ping’an’s Chaotic Flame was originally more powerful than Divine Fire, but now it has just barely reached the level of Divine Fire.

It is almost enough for refining Semi-Divine Artifacts, but still a bit short for refining Low Grade Divine Artifacts.

"Buzzing!"

Flames rose all around, some using fiery Elixirs to temporarily condense Immortal Fire, which do not possess the essence of actual flames.

Otherwise, how could there possibly be fifty thousand strands of Immortal Fire?

There are also Fire Attribute Cultivators who have reached the Tenth Rank of Cultivation, and have already condensed their own Primordial Immortal Fire.

Using Primordial Immortal Fire can also melt the ore.

Xu Ping’an did not use Chaotic True Fire but instead used his own Primordial Immortal Fire.

As a Fire Attribute Cultivator himself, condensing Primordial Immortal Fire was not a difficult task for him.

"Buzz!"

The flames soared, and a golden fire burned in the palm of his hand.

Xu Ping’an didn’t use a Furnace Cauldron, preferring to melt the ore directly in the palm of his hand.

Although he used only Primordial Immortal Fire, his Immortal Elemental is exceedingly strong, making his Primordial Immortal Fire much more powerful than the Immortal Fire of ordinary people.

At this moment, Xu Ping’an easily controlled the Immortal Fire, melting the Stellar Ore.

Under the burning of his Immortal Fire, the impurities in the Stellar Ore were also removed bit by bit.

"Boom!"

A thunderous roar emanated from around as some Cultivators failed to control the power of the flames, causing the temperature of the Stellar Iron Ore to get too high and creating an explosion.

The terrifying noise echoed continuously across the plaza.

The horrific impacts kept occurring, and those who were already lacking in flame control were greatly affected by this force, leading to loss of control over the flames and numerous failures.

"Boom!"

A loud, earth-shattering noise.

A Ninth Rank Peak Cultivator next to Xu Ping’an failed to control the Pill Fire, directly causing energy build-up in the ore and ultimately leading to a massive explosion.

Fortunately, Xu Ping’an had taken precautions and set up a strong Soul Defense around himself using Soul Power.

The other person’s impact naturally couldn’t break through his Soul Defense.

In the following time, many people made mistakes, especially the Cultivators who practiced Alchemy with Pill Fire; they easily erred.

As time ticked away, Xu Ping’an was completely immersed in Artifact Refining.

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All around him, failures continued to occur, and in just a few hours, half of the people had already failed.

The time required to refine a Low Grade Immortal Artifact is not short.

Take Refining for example, it takes at least ten or more refinements to meet the minimum standard of a Low Grade Immortal Artifact.

To refine an Intermediate Grade Immortal Artifact, at least twenty or more purifications are necessary.

Of course, Stellar Ore is only a Low Grade Immortal Ore, and even after more than twenty purifications, it cannot reach the level of an Intermediate Grade Immortal Artifact.

However, if one can achieve more than twenty purifications, the quality of a Low Grade Immortal Artifact can approach that of an Intermediate Grade Immortal Artifact.

At this moment, Xu Ping’an had already completed a full thirty refinements.

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One could say that the purity of the Stellar Ore had reached a remarkably high quality, almost hitting the limit of refinement.

It’s not that ore can be refined indefinitely; most ores have a limit to how much they can be purified.

For example, the limit for Stellar Ore is about thirty times.

Beyond that point, refining would have almost no effect.

"Begin the Embryo Condensation." Xu Ping’an glanced around him.

His speed wasn’t the fastest, and some cultivators, quicker than him, had already completed the Embryo Condensation process.

Of course, their number of refinement times wasn’t as high as Xu Ping’an’s, with some barely reaching ten.

Even though refining a Low Grade Immortal Artifact would suffice to pass, Xu Ping’an didn’t want to craft something carelessly.

As an Artifact Refiner, since he had started to refine, he couldn’t waste the materials, which is a bottom line for every Artifact Refiner.

"Let’s refine a sword," Xu Ping’an thought for a moment and then decided to craft an Immortal Sword.

Consequently, under the shaping of his Soul Power, a Sharp Sword appeared before him in no time.

This sword did not look domineering; instead, it was extremely delicate, resembling not a man’s sword but that of a woman.

Indeed, Xu Ping’an intended to refine an Immortal Sword for a female.

Thus, Xu Ping’an crafted the Sharp Sword with extreme delicacy, engraving intricate patterns on its surface with his Soul Power.

As the Sharp Sword gradually cooled, Xu Ping’an’s creation slowly took shape.

However, it was not yet the final stage; there were two more steps before the Immortal Artifact could be considered fully crafted.

And these two steps were crucial.

The first step was Seal Formation.

To refine an Immortal Artifact, one must imprint hand seals into the artifact’s embryo.

Only by imprinting more than 36 hand seals can one craft a Low Grade Immortal Artifact.

Xu Ping’an did not hesitate and began to focus intently on forming the seals.

Condensing hand seals is an extremely Soul Power-consuming process.

But fortunately, Xu Ping’an’s Soul was incredibly strong; not to mention forming 36 hand seals.

Even 72 seals would not be a problem for him now.

Xu Ping’an condensed the hand seals very quickly, almost one with every breath.

In just a moment, forty-seven hand seals had been imprinted into the artifact embryo.

Forty-seven seals were the limit for a Low Grade Immortal Artifact, and the strength of Stellar Iron probably wouldn’t withstand too many more.

If one were to forcibly condense a forty-eighth seal, it was highly likely that the previously formed Artifact Embryo would collapse.

Therefore, Xu Ping’an did not get greedy and stopped after forming 47 seals.

With these 47 hand seals, Xu Ping’an added only one attribute: sharpness.

As he continued to layer the attribute, a powerful force was imbued into the Immortal Artifact before him.

However, this power was not yet visible and required hammering to turn the attribute energy into inscriptions, thereby granting the Immortal Artifact its powerful trait.

What followed was the hammering process, the final step in Artifacts Refining, which was also the most crucial step in forging.

At this moment, less than ten thousand people remained on the square.

Many had failed at the stage of hand seal layering.

To layer hand seals, one must do so in one go; many with insufficient Soul Power or unfamiliarity with hand seals ultimately failed.

However, some made it to this final challenge and began hammering.

The square rang with the intermittent sounds of hammering.

Most carried Immortal hammers, though some, like Xu Ping’an, used Soul Power to directly condense a hammer.

Xu Ping’an, holding a hammer condensed from Soul Power, began to strike.

The thudding of hammering began to echo across the square.