Li Mu prepared to refine an array artifact, an array artifact capable of generating a Sword Domain and carrying ten thousand Spiritual Artifacts, also appended with the Dao of 'Myriad Swords Mountain'.
The concept for this six-tier spirit treasure was grand, and the possibility of failure was extremely high.
However, if it were successfully refined, its power would be extraordinary.
Li Mu took a deep breath, selected other spiritual materials, summoned the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire, continuously formed hand seals, and arranged the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace.
"Heavenly Fire Furnace, condense!" Li Mu shouted sharply.
The Purple-Gold Little Fire Phoenix then disintegrated, quickly condensing into a three-dimensional purple-gold furnace in the air.
He placed the seven-tier spirit ore - meteorite crystal nucleus into the Heavenly Fire Furnace and began smelting it.
However, the material, hardness, and fire resistance of the seven-tier spirit ore - meteorite crystal nucleus far surpassed other spiritual materials; after an hour, under the calcination of the seven-tier Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire, its surface barely turned red.
Seeing this, Li Mu frowned slightly. The meteorite crystal nucleus, this seven-tier spirit ore, seemed to exceed his current Artifact Refining scope. Even smelting it was so difficult, and placing artifact patterns and artifact arrays inside it, and constructing the artifact's momentum, would be extraordinarily challenging.
The failure rate of this Artifact Refining increased by a few points.
It was still early, and Li Mu hesitated whether to abandon this Artifact Refining attempt.
However, at this moment, a burst of purple-gold flame suddenly erupted from within the Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace, efficiently smelting the meteorite crystal nucleus.
Seeing this scene, Li Mu's expression changed slightly. Through the perception of the Spirit Controlling Seal, the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire seemed to be enraged. There was never anything it couldn't melt, and the seven-tier meteorite crystal nucleus was clearly not among them, which naturally angered the short-tempered Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire. Without Li Mu needing to add too much spiritual power, the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire erupted with its Origin firepower, frantically calcining the meteorite crystal nucleus.
Soon, under the furious firepower of the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire, the meteorite crystal nucleus finally couldn't withstand its temperature and began to melt and liquefy!
Seeing this scene, Li Mu didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He had originally intended to stop this Artifact Refining, but now, the arrow was on the string, and he had no choice but to let it fly.
Li Mu took out two bottles of 5th Order Revival Pills and Creation Pills from the nine storage spiritual pearl, consumed them in advance, and then, with the Star Observation Method and Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture operating simultaneously, he channeled streams of spiritual power and Divine Thought into the Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace, assisting the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire with the meteorite crystal nucleus.
Within the Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace, the ten-foot-tall, thirty to forty-foot-long cyan giant stone, the meteorite crystal nucleus, continuously melted, transforming into a mass of silver metal solution, emitting a heavy aura.
Li Mu fully unleashed his Divine Thought, sending in streams of spirit patterns to condense artifact patterns, building the artifact array for nurturing the artifact spirit according to the momentum of the Profound Heaven Sword Formation, and at the same time, not forgetting to utilize the unique properties of the meteorite crystal nucleus to construct the artifact's essence with the Dao of Weight.
The Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace continuously emitted flashes of shimmering spiritual light.
Li Mu multi-tasked, supporting the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire while refining and condensing artifact patterns. At the same time, he controlled over a thousand four-to-five-tier Spiritual Artifacts, guiding their Sword Intent, and feeding them into the 'Sword Mountain Artifact Embryo' to catalyze the Sword Momentum of the 'Sword Mountain' artifact spirit...
Soon, the entire Yin Yang continuously emitted terrifying high temperatures and dreadful Sword Intent, day after day, without cease.
With a "snap," a Medicinal Pill bottle fell to the ground.
On the ground, dozens of Medicinal Pill bottles had already accumulated at this time.
Relying on the assistance of a large number of 5th Order Spirit Pills, Li Mu endured the difficult thirteen days, continuously outputting spiritual power, expending Divine Thought and energy, and fully dedicating himself to the refining of the 'Myriad Swords Mountain' Spirit Treasure.
At present, the 'Myriad Swords Mountain' artifact embryo had already taken shape. Next was the final stage of Artifact Refining: accommodating ten thousand swords, condensing the momentum of a Sword Formation, and nurturing the Sword Spirit at this crucial moment.
Success or failure depended on this one attempt. The Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire's fire source was more than half depleted. After this Artifact Refining ended, it would be unusable for some time.
Li Mu, pale-faced and severely depleted in spirit, could not drag it out any longer!
Li Mu gritted his teeth, multi-tasking to maintain the spiritual power consumption of the Heavenly Fire Refining, while simultaneously fully extending his Divine Thought to the surrounding four-tier and five-tier Spiritual Artifacts, urging them to enter the Myriad Swords Mountain.
Responding to their master's command, the four-tier and five-tier Spiritual Artifacts, like moths drawn to a flame, flashed with whistling sword light, one by one plunging into the Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace, onto the cyan metal 'Spiritual Mountain' artifact embryo.
One, ten, a hundred...
Over a thousand Spiritual Artifacts merged into the cyan 'Spiritual Mountain'. After a period of gestation, a terrifying Sword Intent quickly emerged, sudden and extremely swift.
This Sword Intent was like a dream, ethereal and insubstantial, yet it seemed to possess life, graceful and natural like flowing water from a high mountain.
This Sword Intent was like wind, elusive, sometimes light as a feather, sometimes like a raging storm, surging.
This Sword Intent was as intricate as silk, its Sword Qi as delicate as a thin veil...
This Sword Intent was sometimes fast or slow, sometimes light or heavy, constantly changing and unpredictable...
...
Li Mu perceived its existence, his mind greatly shaken. With a wave of his hand, a small cyan mountain, exuding a 'heavy' and indomitable sharp aura like a sharp sword, appeared.
The Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace then disintegrated, transforming into a withered Purple-Gold Little Fire Phoenix, which plunged into the skyfire cauldron and became silent.
Li Mu was completely unaware, his gaze entirely drawn to the 'small cyan mountain' quietly suspended before him. He had incorporated a large amount of 5th Order As You Wish Stone into it, giving it the ability to change size at will.
This 'small cyan spirit' before him was the result of this Artifact Refining: a six-tier 'Myriad Swords Mountain' Spirit Treasure, into which over a thousand Spiritual Artifacts had been integrated, possessing both the Dao of Weight and the Dao of Sword Domain.
Li Mu's Divine Thought entered it, and he easily refined it. The over one thousand four-tier and five-tier Acquired Spiritual Artifacts all carried his aura, and the Innate artifact spirits they nurtured naturally possessed his aura.
Under the Heavenly Talent - Myriad Spirits, all the attributes of this freshly refined six-tier spirit treasure appeared before Li Mu's eyes.
【Unnamed】
【Rank: six-tier spirit treasure】
【Characteristics: Myriad Swords Heavy Peak, Size As You Wish, Profound Heaven Sword Domain, Myriad Dao Sword Qi, Nurtures Myriad Swords.】
【Status: Artifact Spirit newly born, Artifact Sword Spirit faint and indistinct.】
【Based on the seven-tier spirit ore - meteorite crystal nucleus, with one thousand eight hundred ninety-two Spiritual Artifacts as the array, an array artifact with the momentum of a Sword Formation was refined. This artifact weighs: thirteen million six hundred thousand catties, can accommodate ten thousand swords, forms its own Sword Domain, nurtures Sword Intent, enhances the quality of swords, and the more Spiritual Artifacts it accommodates, the faster the Artifact Sword Spirit grows. If ten thousand Spiritual Artifacts with artifact spirits are accommodated, this Spirit Treasure has a high probability of advancing to a Seven-Order Dao Weapon.】
Seeing the powerful attributes of 'Myriad Swords Mountain', Li Mu was overjoyed and immediately named it: Myriad Swords Mountain.
It's just ten thousand Acquired Spiritual Artifacts with artifact spirits!
With his Rank 6 Refining Skill, Li Mu was confident he could gather them within a hundred years, allowing 'Myriad Swords Mountain' to successfully advance to a Seven-Order Dao Weapon.
Li Mu couldn't wait to unleash the true power of 'Myriad Swords Mountain'. He directed a stream of Divine Thought and a bit of spiritual power into it, his gaze fixed on a barren area outside the Spirit Valley.
With a "whoosh," the 'small cyan mountain' flew away from Li Mu, rapidly expanding in the air, and in an instant, transformed into a hundred-zhang small mountain, which heavily crashed down like a meteorite.
With a "boom," a loud sound, a metal heavy mountain appeared in the barren land outside the valley, and the earth cracked and collapsed.
Just then, the Spiritual Artifacts embedded in the Myriad Swords Mountain flew out on their own. They radiated sharp sword light, gathering rapidly in the air like a school of fish, and then, they charged down towards that barren land.
"Puff, puff, puff..."
Spiritual Artifacts, each carrying sharp Sword Qi, plunged into the barren land, and Sword Qi surged, annihilating all life.
Li Mu was pleasantly surprised; the power of 'Myriad Swords Mountain' far exceeded his expectations. Even a Late Stage Soul Transformation cultivator, facing such an attack, would be severely wounded if not killed.
With the enhancement of 'Myriad Swords Mountain', this six-tier spirit treasure, it was as if he had gained control of a central hub for Spiritual Artifacts. Summoning Spiritual Artifacts and arranging Sword Formations became simple and efficient, and the consumption of spiritual power and Divine Thought was reduced to one-tenth.
The effect was simply too good!
Relying solely on the characteristics of 'Myriad Swords Mountain', Li Mu even had the courage to fight a Void Refining cultivator, and fighting multiple Soul Transformation cultivators was a given.
'Myriad Swords Mountain' was fully qualified to become the Sect-protecting treasure of a Great Sect!
If he gathered ten thousand Spiritual Artifacts for it and it advanced to a Seven-Order Dao Weapon, what power would it then unleash?
Thinking of this, Li Mu's heart couldn't help but burn with eagerness, wishing he could immediately gather ten thousand Spiritual Artifacts for Myriad Swords Mountain.
However, a bitter smile soon appeared on Li Mu's face. To refine 'Myriad Swords Mountain', his energy and spiritual power had been greatly consumed and overdrawn during this period. Even the Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire was full of grievances from being driven, and he had to promise many benefits to make it reluctantly persist.
For a while, he probably wouldn't be able to refine artifacts.
Refining six-tier spirit treasures, especially some extraordinary high-tier Spirit Treasures, involved thousands or tens of thousands of times the various costs of five-tier Spiritual Artifacts, not to mention the demands on the refiner's Primordial Spirit and spiritual power.
If it were an ordinary Grandmaster Refiner, refining a Spirit Treasure of the 'Myriad Swords Mountain' Rank might even cost them their life.
Li Mu's Divine Thought attached to 'Myriad Swords Mountain', instructing it to recall the Spiritual Artifacts.
The cyan peak of 'Myriad Swords Mountain' flashed with sword light, and over a thousand Spiritual Artifacts burst out of the ground, like birds returning to their nests, plunging into the Myriad Swords Mountain, emitting a 'humming' sword cry, appearing full of vitality.
The over a thousand Spiritual Artifacts finally had a home where they could nurture their artifact spirits and enhance their sword might within Myriad Swords Mountain.
Seeing this, Li Mu became even more satisfied; this Spirit Treasure was indeed refined correctly.
Li Mu smiled happily, raised his hand, and recalled Myriad Swords Mountain.
Myriad Swords Mountain rapidly shrunk in size until it was the size of a fist, flew to Li Mu's front, and was placed into the nine storage spiritual pearl.
...
Time flew by, and a year passed in a blink of an eye.
Li Mu's figure appeared outside the Yin Yang Valley, and then, he piloted the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship back towards Barren Ancient City - Floating Air Port.
After successfully refining 'Myriad Swords Mountain', Li Mu recuperated for three months. Afterwards, he attempted to refine six-tier spirit treasures again, eventually exhausting all his five-to-six-tier spiritual materials, gaining two six-tier spirit treasures, one six-tier water-element Spirit Pearl, and one six-tier fire-element fine wheel. All other attempts ended in failure.
Li Mu had no choice but to leave the valley again to sell Spirit Treasures and collect some Artifact Refining spiritual materials.
Barren Ancient City - Floating Skyport, Wanbao Pavilion.
Upon learning of Li Mu's arrival, Lin Baoqing moved swiftly, rushing into the inner hall reception room. With an enthusiastic smile, he walked up to him and greeted, "Master Li, you've finally arrived! We've been missing you so much!"
"Are you missing me? Or are you missing the Spiritual Artifacts I refine?" Li Mu chuckled, retorting.
"The same, the same!" Lin Baoqing laughed heartily and asked with concern, "Master Li, what Spiritual Artifacts have you brought this time? The ten-year Auction is about to begin. If there's a chance to send them for Auction, they could fetch a good price."
"Oh? When is the Auction?" Li Mu's heart stirred, and he asked with concern. Refining six-tier spirit treasures consumed a large amount of high-tier spiritual materials, and this Auction was a good opportunity to collect high-tier spiritual materials.
Moreover, gathering ten thousand Spiritual Artifacts would require a considerable amount of spiritual materials. Taking this opportunity to sell the two six-tier spirit treasures could exchange for many high-tier spiritual materials.
"It's in the middle of next month. Master Li, what good things have you refined this time?" Lin Baoqing introduced, looking at Li Mu with concern.
Li Mu glanced at Lin Baoqing, then retrieved the two six-tier spirit treasures from the nine storage spiritual pearl.
Upon their appearance, the two six-tier spirit treasures, one white and one red, immediately transformed into a small water snake and a small fire lion, confronting each other as if they had seen their mortal enemy.
"This, this, six-tier spirit treasures! They, they, Master Li, did you refine them?" Lin Baoqing's eyes widened, looking at Li Mu in disbelief, asking with surprise and joy.
"That's right, I didn't refine any other Spiritual Artifacts, just these two Spirit Treasures. They exhausted a large amount of my high-tier spiritual materials, and I only succeeded with great difficulty!" Li Mu smiled slightly, introducing them.
"Congratulations, congratulations, Master Li! Congratulations on successfully advancing to Grandmaster Refiner! You are truly amazing!" Lin Baoqing was so excited he was incoherent, congratulating Li Mu with overwhelming joy.
After speaking, Lin Baoqing remembered something. He solemnly took out a jade box from his storage ring and respectfully offered it to Li Mu with both hands, saying warmly, "Master Li, this is my congratulatory gift for your advancement. You must accept it."
"This! Isn't this inappropriate!" Li Mu looked at the item in Lin Baoqing's hand, smiling as he politely refused.
"What's inappropriate about it? This spiritual item was originally prepared for you, and it can only reluctantly serve as a congratulatory gift. Your advancement to Grandmaster Refiner is not just your own matter; it's also an honor for our Wanbao Pavilion. Once I report this news, more abundant resources will definitely be allocated, and perhaps even several big shots from the headquarters will personally visit Barren Ancient City!" Lin Baoqing was incredibly excited, talking endlessly.
Hearing this, Li Mu frowned slightly, looking at Lin Baoqing and saying, "I can accept this congratulatory gift, but let's talk about reporting to the headquarters later!"
"Master Li, you have already advanced to Grandmaster Refiner. If the headquarters learns of this, you will definitely gain higher resource authority. Don't you want that?" Lin Baoqing handed the jade box into Li Mu's hand, asking curiously.
"Refining six-tier spirit treasures is quite troublesome. I don't want to cause more trouble. For now, it's enough that you know! I don't want too many other people to know." Li Mu accepted the jade box, saying seriously.
Hearing this, Lin Baoqing couldn't help but be delighted. He was eager to keep this secret to himself, so that the sales channels for the six-tier spirit treasures refined by Master Li would be exclusively his.
"Of course I can keep this secret, but once these two six-tier spirit treasures go to Auction, they will definitely attract the attention of many forces. This news probably won't be hidden for long." Lin Baoqing looked at Li Mu, indicating.
"Conceal it for as long as possible!" Li Mu sighed, casually placing the jade box on the table, then discussed the matters of spiritual material collection with Lin Baoqing.
...
Soon, Lin Baoqing hurried to the warehouse to prepare Artifact Refining spiritual materials. Li Mu examined the jade box on the table, exploring the spiritual item inside.
The gift Lin Baoqing meticulously prepared for him should not be an ordinary spiritual item.
Li Mu reached out and opened the jade box. A powerful spiritual light burst forth, invigorating his spirit.
Li Mu's eyes lit up. He never expected that Lin Baoqing would be willing to give him such a spiritual item.
