When the life within a metal is stimulated to a certain degree, it will give birth to its own sentience.
However, life that possesses sentience inherently despises being controlled. Therefore, it will attempt to escape on its own.
Initially, Quan Yi was indeed greatly shocked, but with his cultivation level, it was impossible for the metal to escape.
However, while he could control the metal, he couldn't control the soul within it.
In the end, Quan Yi, lacking experience, inadvertently allowed the soul to dissipate on its own.
But after thinking and summarizing, Quan Yi recalled the sacrificial ritual from before.
For dealing with souls, spiritual means are undoubtedly the best approach.
Therefore, Quan Yi unleashed Dragon Might and increased his mental energy output to prevent the soul from escaping.
Sure enough, it seems now that his idea was correct.
The soul attempting to flee was firmly locked within the Black Iron. At this point, Quan Yi knew that subduing the metal's soul and stabilizing it within the metal was crucial.
Under Quan Yi's immense mental power and Dragon Might, the newborn soul was too small and had no chance of escaping.
The golden-red light flickering on the surface of the Black Iron gradually began to recede, revealing the Black Iron's original black color. However, the layers of patterns transformed into golden-red dragon scale patterns.
Their shape was exactly the same as Quan Yi's own dragon scales.
The metal, imbued with Quan Yi's aura, was influenced by Quan Yi in every aspect, and this similarity continued to deepen.
The dragon scale patterns continued to spread, gradually covering the entire surface of the metal. It was at this moment that the golden-red light completely receded, and black light began to emerge instead.
When the black light flickered, it was like a creature breathing, maintaining a specific rhythm.
Even more miraculously, without knowing when, the Black Iron forging hammers held in his hands were also covered with the same patterns, emitting the same life-like breathing.
Unknowingly, these two forging hammers, connected to Quan Yi's bloodline, had tempered themselves in the process of being used for forging.
Compared to the extremely dynamic new Black Iron, the changes in these two forging hammers seemed silent and unnoticeable.
This was because the forging hammers that had received the blood baptism were vastly different from the Black Iron that had not.
When injecting his own energy and aura, they would not show any resistance, making the process of stabilizing the soul in the forging hammers extremely smooth.
This was also an unexpected gain for Quan Yi in this forging process.
However, after Quan Yi completed the step of stabilizing the soul, the metal did not undergo the transformation he had expected.
This sense of powerlessness, of reaching the end only to find that there was no path forward, swept over Quan Yi again.
Quan Yi had poured his all into the metal, and he was also aware that the metal had reached the edge of advancement.
Just as Quan Yi was feeling stuck, two excited dragon roars echoed in Quan Yi's mind.
"Little Gold, Little Red!"
At this final juncture, it was always them who led Quan Yi to take the crucial step.
Sensing the tremor of the martial souls within his body, Quan Yi did not hesitate and immediately performed the Spirit Weapon Summoning.
"Roar! Roar!"
Two dragon roars spread from Quan Yi's hands, echoing within the forging room. Mixed within these roars were the mental fluctuations of Little Gold and Little Red.
The moment the Darkgolden Yang Dragon Claws covered his hands, the previously calm forging hammers and Black Iron once again burst forth with two-colored light. At the same time, three dragon roars erupted along with the light.
In the vision of the Scarlet Dragon Eyes, the energy within the metal underwent a peculiar vibration under the stimulation of the heavy blow.
The vibrating energy seemed to resonate with the soul, producing a phenomenon of fusion.
It was also at this moment that a cheerful cheer came from Quan Yi's ears.
The light dissipated, and the Black Iron on the forging table transformed into a small flying dragon, soaring into the air. Then, after circling once, its body suddenly split in half, merging into the forging hammers.
The two hammers, which had shrunk in size a lot during the forging process, were growing larger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Quan Yi gently closed his eyes, carefully feeling the various changes in the forging hammers.
First of all, the weight of a single forging hammer reached over two thousand kilograms.
While this was certainly due to the influence of the fusion, it was more because of the increase in level that the weight had increased on its own.
Secondly, there was an even more important change: Quan Yi could clearly feel the aura of Ultimate Gold and Ultimate Fire from the forging hammers.
Even the Scarlet Dragon Skyfire Armor had not reached the level of Ultimate Gold, but in this forging process, a very ordinary Black Iron not only reached the level of Ultimate Gold but even inherited Ultimate Fire.
This feeling was like touching a part of his own body, and more importantly, Quan Yi could also communicate with the forging hammers mind-to-mind.
The hammers could also make some subtle changes according to Quan Yi's instructions, which would undoubtedly be of great convenience for future forging.
After feeling for a long time, Quan Yi's fierce aura, which permeated his entire body, gradually faded away as the dragon scales dissipated.
The forging hammers in his hands, along with the martial souls, merged into Quan Yi's body.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Quan Yi said with a smile as he turned around.
"I don't understand, I really don't understand. How does it feel like the speed at which your forging level increases is faster than the speed at which your soul power level increases?"
Dugu Bo shook his head with a wry smile. Although he had carefully observed Quan Yi's every move throughout the entire process, he was still completely confused in the end.
"Haha, the forging technique can be rapidly improved because it is supported by a profound cultivation base.
The cultivation of soul masters and forging are essentially the same.
Like me, I am a forger who has been forcibly promoted by cultivation. In many aspects, there are still many deficiencies."
Compared to other forgers, Quan Yi almost exclusively specializes in metal refining. However, the Darkgolden Yang Dragon Claws, Scarlet Dragon Eyes, and Vibration Perception have allowed Quan Yi to reach the forefront of all forgers in terms of refining.
"If the previous realm was Creation, then what should this one be called?"
Compared to Dugu Bo, Huo Wu had some understanding of forging iron, but not much. However, Huo Wu had a Saint Spirit perspective that Dugu Bo did not possess.
From the Saint Spirit perspective, even if Huo Wu did not understand forging techniques, she could still see many deeper things.
In Huo Wu's eyes, this forging was a process of improving the soul level of the metal.
From a spark of intelligence to a complete soul comparable to a soul beast, Huo Wu felt a lot in a very short time.
Her own understanding of the soul also increased accordingly. In terms of gains, Huo Wu was not far behind.
"Enlightenment. This is the realm after Creation."
