With the help of Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire, combined with the special effects of the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer Artifact Refining Method, the efficiency, quality, and success rate of Artifact Refining were all greatly improved.
Li Mu devoted himself wholeheartedly to Artifact Refining, and soon, he successively refined the other four Five Elements Spirit Swords.
Li Mu continued to refine the next Spiritual Artifact, taking out the fifth-order Mount Tai from the nine storage spiritual pearl.
Mount Tai (Damaged)
Grade: Five-Order Spiritual Artifact
Characteristics: Variable size, Mount Tai pressing down, ton beast soul suppression, spirit repulsion without trace
Status: Body damaged, base formation broken, spirituality injured.
A fifth-order High Grade Spiritual Artifact refined with Xing Yu crystal as the base, condensed with wishful crystals, phantom spirit soil, and tribulation Nascent Soul thunder fire, weighing: one million catties, variable in size, with a high probability of advancing to a six-tier spirit treasure.
The small black mountain of varying size appeared, suspended in front of him, and through the Heavenly Talent of Identifying Myriad Spirits, Li Mu clearly learned the state of Mount Tai, frowned deeply, and pondered the Artifact Refining strategy.
After the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer Artifact Refining Method was upgraded to Level 3, Li Mu not only gained three Artifact Refining Divine Abilities, but also gained a deeper understanding of the Dao of Artifact Refining, along with sixteen special Artifact Refining techniques, such as Spiritual Artifact reshaping, base refining modification, artifact pattern extension, artifact formation purification, and so on.
Li Mu considered whether to re-refine this damaged Mount Tai.
Firstly, when Mount Tai, this 'seal-style' Spiritual Artifact, was originally refined, the Materials were limited, making its weight only reach one million catties, far from being able to unleash its might. Secondly, the Spiritual Artifact currently supporting this artifact was damaged. If the second layer of Heaven was used to recast its Spirit, its spirituality could be repaired relatively well, allowing it to gain the Aptitude for further advancement.
Thinking of this, Li Mu's heart stirred. His Divine Thought entered the nine storage spiritual pearl, checking the 'storeroom' where various Artifact Refining Materials were kept.
The nine storage spiritual pearl had nine storage rooms. Li Mu categorized and neatly stored Artifact Refining Materials, Puppets, Spiritual Plants, and other Cultivation resources.
After advancing to Nascent Soul, Li Mu successively killed several Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators and Soul Transformation Demon Cultivators, obtaining many spoils of war. Due to the massive quantity of spoils, Li Mu didn't have time to inspect and count them one by one, only roughly sorting and storing them.
Fully immersed in the Artifact Refining storage of the nine storage spiritual pearl, Li Mu quickly found many High Grade Artifact Refining Materials suitable for re-refining Mount Tai: seventeen pieces of fifth-order Xing Yu crystal, with a total weight of 1.72 million catties, six pieces of fifth-order Tai Mo crystal, and so on.
High Grade Artifact Refining Materials appeared one after another out of thin air. Under the support of Li Mu's Divine Thought, they were continuously thrown into the Skyfire Refining Furnace, and under the calcination of the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire, they quickly melted into a large mass of metal solution.
Li Mu multitasked, sending the fifth-order Spiritual Artifact - Mount Tai into the Skyfire Refining Furnace. Then, he manipulated the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire to transform into thousands of fine fire threads, each entering Mount Tai's dark body, subtly modifying its internal formation without damaging its structural integrity.
Li Mu frowned, beginning to expend a great deal of mental effort and Divine Thought, manipulating the fine Heavenly Fire threads like needles to perform three-dimensional carving inside Mount Tai, modifying the artifact patterns, reshaping the Spiritual Artifact base, and so on.
Li Mu attempted to use the second layer of the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer Artifact Refining Method - Divine Ability: Heavenly Fire Spirit Casting, to purify and solidify Mount Tai.
Regarding Dao, Li Mu's understanding was limited, and what he understood most deeply was the Five Elements.
Therefore, Li Mu directly modified Mount Tai's spiritual tendency, taking 'Earth' as the base, giving birth to Metal, constructing a cycle of Metal generating Water, Water generating Wood, Wood forming Fire, and Fire returning to Earth, creating an artifact spirit base formation based on the Five Elements cycle.
However, at this point in the refining process, Li Mu suddenly couldn't stop. 'Mount Tai' emitted a strange spiritual fluctuation, requiring a large amount of Five Elements Materials to complete its formation.
Li Mu quickly integrated the refined metal solution into it. However, 'Mount Tai' continued to fluctuate, and a single-attribute spiritual material simply couldn't satisfy its appetite.
He hadn't expected the Spirit Casting base formation of 'Mount Tai' to generate such immense power as soon as it was formed. Li Mu was startled and quickly sent his Divine Sense into the nine storage spiritual pearl, taking out various Five Elements Artifact Refining Materials.
Metal: first-order profound iron, second-order crimson gold, fine gold, third-order geng metal, Taiyi Fine Gold, fourth-order: profound abyss heavy gold.
Earth: second-order: Wutu crystal, third-order: Mochen spirit soil.
Wood: second-order: spirit pine wood, spirit peach wood, third-order: blood iron wood, spirit-containing wood, ...
Water: second-order, cold moon spirit spring, third-order: earth vein spirit water, fourth-order: Mystic Nether True Water, celestial one true water, fifth-order: one yuan heavy water, ...
Fire: first-order: crimson fire crystal, second-order: fire essence stone, third-order: flame marrow crystal, ...
Regardless of whether they were High Grade or low-grade, Li Mu took out various Five Elements Artifact Refining Materials and put them into the Skyfire Refining Furnace to combine with 'Mount Tai', promoting the formation of its Five Elements artifact formation.
One hundred thousand catties, one million catties, ten million catties, ... various Five Elements Artifact Refining Materials were thrown into it, absorbed and devoured by Mount Tai, yet it still appeared insatiable.
This time, things got out of hand. It was the first time using the second layer of Heaven - Heavenly Fire Spirit Casting for Artifact Refining, and he already felt it was getting out of control.
Li Mu's expression was grim, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. He could only throw in the sixth-tier Artifact Refining Materials that were originally saved for refining six-tier spirit treasures: a sixth-tier Ancient Abyss Profound Crystal, a sixth-tier Earth Spring Imperial Earth, a bottle of fifth-order Taiyin True Water, and so on.
Li Mu almost threw most of his High Grade Five Elements Artifact Refining Materials into 'Mount Tai.' The spiritual fluctuations seemed 'satisfied,' and an evolving sublimation occurred. The originally dark mountain body, with the Five Elements flowing, began to self-evolve into an artifact formation.
Fortunately, the Skyfire Refining Furnace could automatically enlarge as the Artifact Refining Materials increased.
At this moment, the Skyfire Refining Furnace suspended in the sky had already expanded hundreds of times, like a small mountain, grand and magnificent.
Li Mu manipulated the Painting World Treasure Mansion, preemptively moving the Skyfire Refining Furnace outside the Artifact Refining Room. His Divine Thought constantly monitored the evolution of 'Mount Tai' within the furnace. In the Heavenly Refining of Spirit Treasures, 'Mount Tai' was undergoing a self-completion of the Five Elements Dao. This no longer required his intervention.
With a loud 'Om!'
The Skyfire Refining Furnace spat out a Five Elements Spirit Mountain, its size rapidly shrinking, then transforming into a slightly listless Purple-Gold Fire Phoenix that flew towards Li Mu.
The five-colored small mountain that was spat out seemed to have gained its freedom, transforming into a streak of spiritual light, about to escape in an instant.
Seeing this, Li Mu chuckled, unhurriedly flying after it.
Within the space of the Painting World Treasure Mansion, where else could it run?
Before long, Li Mu's Thunder Wings unfolded behind him. With a 'bang,' the Thunder Wings spread, instantly catching up to the 'five-colored small mountain.' Li Mu waved his hand, grabbed the 'five-colored small mountain,' and injected a stream of spiritual power directly into its core formation, instantly refining the five-colored small mountain.
After the five-colored small mountain was refined, Li Mu immediately checked its attribute information. A Spiritual Artifact refined in such a way, with a self-evolving artifact spirit, would definitely not be low in rank.
Five Elements Spirit Mountain
Grade: six-tier spirit treasure
Characteristics: Variable size, self-restoring heavy peaks, Five Elements transformation, Five Elements Spirit Domain, Five Elements solidification, Five Elements Formation core.
Status: Artifact Spirit Rebirth, spirituality complete
Based on a large amount of Five Elements spiritual Materials, with Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire casting the Five Elements artifact base, self-evolving the Five Elements, residual spirit Rebirth, Five Elements Spirit Domain self-formed, weighing: seventy million five hundred thousand catties, variable in size, self-recovering from damage, forming its own Five Elements Spirit Domain covering ten miles, with a high chance of advancing to a seven-rank dao tool if a large amount of High Grade Five Elements spiritual Materials are continuously supplied.
Under the Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits, all the attributes of the Five Elements Spirit Mountain were displayed before his eyes.
Li Mu immediately beamed with joy, delighted beyond measure.
It was worth it!
All those Artifact Refining Materials were not wasted at all. He had refined a six-tier spirit treasure, and it even had the potential to advance to a Seven-Order Dao Weapon!
Haha! This is great!
Li Mu absolutely loved the attributes of this Spiritual Artifact; it perfectly matched his Spiritual Root and Cultivation Technique attributes.
When encountering combat, releasing the Five Elements Spirit Mountain in advance and setting up a ten-mile Five Elements Spirit Domain, fighting within the Five Elements Spirit Domain, Li Mu's combat power would receive a huge boost due to the existence of this Five Elements Spirit Domain. Additionally, this Five Elements Spirit Mountain weighed seventy million catties and possessed various excellent characteristics such as variable size, self-contained domain, and self-restoration.
Li Mu inspected the artifact patterns self-evolved by the Five Elements Spirit Mountain and discovered that it was not only a six-tier spirit treasure but also a formation artifact. Releasing this mountain to form a Five Elements Spirit Domain was equivalent to setting up a Five Elements Grand Formation.
If Li Mu used it as the formation core and activated it with a large amount of spiritual power, it could evolve and set up a Five Elements Grand Formation covering a hundred-mile radius.
"Good! Good! This is truly excellent!"
Li Mu was overjoyed, exclaiming repeatedly. He remotely controlled the Five Elements Spirit Mountain to enlarge and shrink, playing with it as he pleased for a while, extremely satisfied.
The Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer Artifact Refining Method is indeed Heaven Rank! The Divine Ability evolved from the second layer of Heaven is incredibly powerful!
It can even allow the artifact spirit to self-evolve and self-refine the artifact.
Li Mu thought carefully for a moment. This Artifact Refining had several unrepeatable characteristics. The probability of successfully refining another Spirit Treasure in the same way was very small.
Firstly, Mount Tai's Aptitude was excellent to begin with, possessing the potential to advance to a six-tier spirit treasure. It was only because the Heavenly Fire caused damage to its artifact base and injured its artifact spirit that it did not perish.
Secondly, Heavenly Fire Spirit Casting, this Divine Ability, Li Mu had no way to use a second time under the same conditions. Due to insufficient Cultivation and understanding of Dao, the first time he used this Divine Ability, it went out of control midway.
Thirdly, by sheer luck, the base formation he set up this time was the Five Elements base formation, which Li Mu was most familiar with. This was how he managed to successfully allow the Spiritual Artifact to self-evolve and complete its spirituality.
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All these successful factors combined to bring about the birth of the 'Five Elements Spirit Mountain'.
After a detailed deduction, Li Mu came to his conclusion and felt incredibly fortunate. Being able to refine the Five Elements Spirit Mountain, a six-tier spirit treasure, this time was definitely a blessing from heaven.
Li Mu put the Five Elements Spirit Mountain into his storage slot and recalled the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire.
Refining the Five Elements Spirit Mountain this time consumed a large amount of Five Elements Artifact Refining Materials, and the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire was also tired. Li Mu stopped Artifact Refining and prepared to check the Spiritual Plant situation in the Treasure Mansion Space along the way.
However, at this moment, the Spirit Control Contract Seal in his Divine Soul fluctuated. Li Mu received information from Little Gold, notifying him that someone had come to visit.
Li Mu's figure flickered and disappeared from the Painting World Treasure Mansion space.
In the secluded cultivation chamber, Li Mu's figure suddenly appeared. He immediately put the Painting World Treasure Mansion on the stone table into his storage slot, then put away the Formation Plate of the Trapped Dragon Formation.
Li Mu straightened his clothes and walked out of the secret chamber to meet his guest.
Lingyun Pavilion, the pavilion in the garden.
"Dao Friend Li, hahaha, what a coincidence! You just came out. I was planning to come again later!"
The person who arrived was Venerable Lei Hong. Seeing Li Mu, he happily stepped forward to greet him, welcoming him with laughter.
"Sect Master Lei, you're too polite. My Spirit Beast informed me!" Li Mu glanced at Little Gold and explained.
Venerable Lei Hong nodded, then looked seriously at the Green-Eyed Golden Ape, who was obediently standing by, and praised, "Not bad, this Golden Ape is well-bred. It's about to advance to the fifth-order, isn't it? I just happen to have a Metal-element Beast Core here; it's for you!"
As his voice fell, Venerable Lei Hong flipped his palm, took out a green elixir bottle from his storage ring, and handed it to Little Gold.
Little Gold looked at Li Mu for permission, not reaching out to accept it.
"What an elder bestows, you should take it!" Li Mu chuckled, gesturing.
"Squeak! Squeak!" Little Gold happily nodded, calling out to Venerable Lei Hong gratefully.
Venerable Lei Hong smiled slightly, then looked at Li Mu, asking with concern, "Dao Friend Li, Tian Hong handed over the Heavenly Fire to you, right? How is your refining progressing?"
"Yes, I have already refined the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire and tried refining a few Spiritual Artifacts. However, the Artifact Refining Materials consumed are a bit much, Sect Master Lei. Before refining the thunder-element formation artifacts for your sect, I hope to get a batch of Materials to practice with first. Can you provide me with thunder-attribute Artifact Refining Materials? If not, other attribute Materials will also do."
Hearing this, Venerable Lei Hong was overjoyed and repeatedly said, "Yes, yes, yes! I will go prepare them immediately, Dao Friend Li, please wait a moment."
After speaking, Venerable Lei Hong hurriedly turned and left quickly.
In less than a hundred breaths, Venerable Lei Hong returned, handing Li Mu a purple storage ring, a dozen or so storage bracelets, and a black storage ring all together, introducing them with a bright smile.
"Dao Friend Li, this one contains our Yu Ling Sect's High Grade Artifact Refining Materials, of all attributes. Feel free to refine as much as you need. These storage rings are the belongings of the dozen or so Nascent Soul True Lords from the Nine Demon Sect this time. You must accept them." Venerable Lei Hong stuffed the dozen or so storage rings into Li Mu's arms, gesturing.
"This isn't appropriate! Your sect suffered significant losses this time; these spoils of war should just make up for them." Li Mu refused without thinking.
"Dao Friend Li, please accept them! If you hadn't lent a helping hand, let alone spoils of war, whether our Yu Ling Sect could even exist would be up for debate." Venerable Lei Hong urged firmly.
"Alright!"
Seeing that Venerable Lei Hong was so insistent, Li Mu could only helplessly accept them.
Cultivating High Grade Spiritual Plants and refining six-tier spirit treasures in the future would consume a lot of Spirit Stones. This time, refining the 'Five Elements Spirit Mountain' even emptied his Artifact Refining warehouse. This batch of spoils of war just happened to solve his urgent need.
He was a lone wolf and didn't have a large family fortune like major sects.
Seeing this, Venerable Lei Hong couldn't help but smile. Although the Yu Ling Sect suffered quite a few losses in this battle, fortunately, their core strength was preserved. Losing seven Nascent Soul True Lords was still an acceptable loss.
Compared to the casualties of the Nine Demon Sect, it was definitely a great victory.
"It's a pity that the three Demon Lords escaped in the end, and Corpse Yin Demon Lord and Nine Nether Demon Lord are also nowhere to be found. Did they detect the Hundred Refinements Sect's reinforcements in advance? If they hadn't left! The outcome of this battle would have been truly hard to say!" Venerable Lei Hong sighed, looking at Li Mu thoughtfully, asking inquiringly.
Corpse Yin Demon Lord, Nine Nether Demon Lord?
Hearing the names of these two, Li Mu feigned ignorance, quickly picked up the wine cup on the table, and changed the subject, saying, "Sect Master Lei, come, let's have a drink first, then discuss the matter of refining formation artifacts. There are some things about formation artifacts that I need to understand first..."
Venerable Lei Hong smiled in surprise, immediately raised his wine cup to drink with Li Mu, and began to explain the matters of refining formation artifacts.
