King of Creation-Chapter 1589 - 1574: Forging the Sword

"Quick, Ye, since you’ve already acquired the Mystical Liquid Gold, aren’t you an Artifact Refiner? Hurry up and craft it, so I can see the light of day again. I’ve been waiting far too long." The voice of Purple Spirit echoed urgently within Ye Zhen’s Spirit Palace.

Ye Zhen ignored Purple Spirit, instead immersing his Divine Sense into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, swiftly releasing a wisp of Ancient Mirage Qi, controlling it with Divine Sense to permeate the surroundings of the underground Molten Rock Chamber.

Primarily, the special security of Five Immortals Hall was too efficient. Those two experts lurking underground were now probing the situation beneath Five Blessings Inn.

Even a few hundred meters underground isn’t overlooked. If Ye doesn’t do something, this place will soon be discovered.

A few breaths later, as those two Realm King realm experts swept past the molten rock chamber overhead, Ye Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was then that Ye Zhen leisurely brewed a pot of Spiritual Tea, taking out the Silver Plate previously acquired, which closely resembled Ye Zhen’s All Heavens Star Plate.

However, just moments after taking it out, Ye Zhen returned the Silver Plate, realizing he had overlooked the fact that Purple Spirit’s essence was feminine.

Once a woman becomes talkative, especially echoing in your mind, it’s something not easily endured.

After meticulously observing the heavily sealed Mystical Liquid Gold for a long time, Ye Zhen sighed deeply.

"Purple Spirit, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, nor that I want you to see the light of day sooner. It’s just... my skills and artifact refining level simply aren’t sufficient."

"My Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire’s current power isn’t enough; using it to refine this Mystical Liquid Gold is quite challenging. Moreover, my current artifact refining capacity is very limited, even refining a High Grade Suppressing Device is tough, let alone crafting a Postnatal Spiritual Treasure."

"To craft a Postnatal Spiritual Treasure, the fastest estimate is five years from now, and even then, success isn’t guaranteed." Hearing this, Ye Zhen tried to console Purple Spirit.

"Purple Spirit, in truth, you’ve already waited countless millennia, what’s a few more years? Give me five or six years, and I will surely craft you a perfect body," Ye Zhen assured.

Purple Spirit remained silent for a moment, then spoke, "Actually, my body doesn’t necessarily need to be crafted as a Postnatal Spiritual Treasure. As long as the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures used in crafting achieve the level of Postnatal Spirit Treasures, that’s enough."

"Even if you just purify this Mystical Liquid Gold, refine it slightly into a sword shape, and inscribe a Universe Wishing Formation to change its size, it will suffice."

"The core of a Postnatal Spiritual Treasure is the ’spirit,’ not the ’treasure’ itself!"

"As long as it’s crafted from materials meant for Postnatal Spiritual Treasures, a simple crafting process can allow me to inhabit it, transforming it into a Postnatal Spiritual Treasure."

"Of course, it might only become a Low Grade Postnatal Spiritual Treasure, but with me there, its power won’t be lacking," Purple Spirit said with immense confidence.

"Moreover, the transformation isn’t permanent. As long as we trust each other, when you are capable of crafting Postnatal Spiritual Treasures, I can emerge, allowing you to refine it again."

"Then, its class may rise to Mid-grade Postnatal Spiritual Treasure, maybe even High-grade, depending on your artifact refining level," Purple Spirit added.

These words left Ye Zhen astonished, "All I need to do is a quick crafting to remove impurities; can that really work?"

"Sword shape requires inscribing the most basic three formations, even if just one layer: Universe Wishing Formation, Resilient Formation, and Swift Wind Formation," Purple Spirit explained.

"If that’s all, then with a bit more time, I can barely manage it, although the quality will be quite poor, possibly weaker than a Low Grade Suppressing Device," Ye Zhen responded.

"Don’t worry, with me inside, even if you refine it to the level of a Soul Artifact, once I merge, it’ll become a Postnatal Spiritual Treasure," Purple Spirit assured with utmost confidence.

"Then I’ll give it a try!"

"Big Ears, keep an eye on Yuann Hongying and his group for a few days. If they leave, notify me immediately."

Before starting the refining, Ye Zhen instructed.

Since Ye could not just play tricks on Eunuch Fuq, Ye was only interested in targeting Yuann Hongying.

Ye Zhen didn’t know the place Eunuch Fuq mentioned for enhancing Yuann Hongying’s power significantly. But only by following could there be a chance.

Then, relying on the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape might give Ye Zhen the opportunity to seize the benefits.

Even if he can’t claim the treasure, Ye must find a way to disrupt them to prevent Yuann Hongying from gaining a substantial increase in power.

Weakening the enemy’s power is always a good thing.

Sitting cross-legged, Ye Zhen’s palm released a purple Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire, beginning the refinement of the Mystical Liquid Gold.

Unfortunately, after an hour of continuous effort, the Mystical Liquid Gold showed no signs of softening.

Frowning, Ye Zhen activated the Thunder Fire Golden Lamp, using it to simultaneously spew Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire, while the four-color Innate Soul Light surged out, compressing the fire with Divine Soul Power to enhance its potency.

Indeed, Mystical Liquid Gold, as a Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures level item, was incredibly strong. After strengthening the fire via Thunder Fire Golden Lamp’s aid and compression by the four-colored Innate Soul Light, it took nearly fifteen minutes to make the Mystical Liquid Gold slightly soft.

Once it softened, there was a chance Ye Zhen could refine it, though the required time would multiply considerably.

Ye Zhen’s refining process lasted eight days.

During eight days and nights of uninterrupted work, Ye Zhen consumed nearly a thousand High Grade Spiritual Stones to replenish Spiritual Power, finally turning the Mystical Liquid Gold into a puddle of liquid, and started burning off its impurities.

Once the impurities were cleansed completely, it marked successful refinement. Fashioning it into a sword shape and inscribing three basic arrays onto the sword was still fairly easy for Ye Zhen.

The difficulty lay in overlaying formations on the sword; this required extremely precise control over the sword’s form and the fire, maintaining it in a delicate state between liquid and solid, which Ye Zhen’s current Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire cultivation could not sustain. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

This was the basic requirement; failing which, only a rudimentary crafting could be done.

If other Grandmaster Artifact Refiners were to observe, they’d undoubtedly berate Ye Zhen for wasting precious resources.

The reason was simple: though Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures can be repeatedly refined, each attempt causes a loss of their inherent power.

Excessive refinement risks turning them into useless items.

However, Ye Zhen wasn’t worried about this because during the next refinement, Purple Spirit, as the Spirit Treasure Core, would lock all the Mystical Liquid Gold’s power inside.

This was why Ye Zhen felt free to go through with the refining.

During these days of Ye Zhen’s refining of Mystical Liquid Gold, Five Blessings Inn remained relatively peaceful without any disturbances nor anyone daring to interrupt.

Only someone mentally unstable would try to cause trouble at this moment.

Ye Zhen’s targets, Yuann Hongying and Eunuch Fuq, stayed quietly and did not leave Five Immortals Island during these days.

According to King Ling’s communication, each day during this period, an extremely subtle aura would observe Five Blessings Inn.

The Realm King realm experts assigned to safeguard Ye Zhen had not detected it, but King Ling, with his exceptionally potent Divine Soul Cultivation as a Dao Realm Expert, still perceived it.

Ye Zhen suspected this was Eunuch Fuq keeping an eye on them.

In other words, they hadn’t departed because Ye Zhen had not yet left Five Immortals Island.

"This isn’t a good sign... seems like I should disappear mysteriously, so they abandon their attempt to rob me; then I might have the opportunity to get back at them..."

Muttering to himself, Ye Zhen held the puddle formed from the Mystical Liquid Gold, which suddenly under his Divine Soul Power’s control, shaped into a sword.

Almost instantly, overwhelming Divine Soul Waves surged forth as Ye Zhen’s pre-prepared Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire, infused with Divine Soul Power, swept across the newly formed small sword like water ripples.

It seemed like spreading out evenly, inscribing countless microscopic patterns on the sword’s surface.

Simultaneously, the sword rapidly cooled, and as a burst of Evil Qi and Spirit Light erupted, Ye Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It’s done!"