Stellar Transformation-Chapter 562: Episode 16, - 23, Terrifying Number of Heavenly Divine Artifacts
A deep, howling sound, carrying the noise of tearing through space, reverberated swiftly through the Fire Refining Hall, that kind of sound with its strange rhythm made the entire space seem to vibrate continuously.
"Finally reached the Upper Heavenly God Realm," Li’er opened her eyes, her face bearing a serene smile. The moment she opened her eyes, her first reaction was to look to the side.
To the side, there was another cloud bed. When she began her cultivation, Qin Yu was also meditating on another cloud bed.
But now, the cloud bed was empty.
Following the howling sound that contained special rhythms, Li’er turned her head to look behind her.
In the vast center of the great hall, Qin Yu was bare-chested, beads of sweat permeated from his body, and his long hair was simply bound by a headband. In Qin Yu’s right hand was a black hammer.
When he swung the hammer with one hand, the space around the entire hammer would completely rotate, and even rip open fissures in the space as if the hammer was a drill.
"Boom!"
The hammer smashed down on a black stone table in front of Qin Yu, which was covered with a layer of steaming airflow. Atop the table, there were the Black Divine Fire, White Pure Fire, and even the extremely rare Nihility Karma Fire swirling continuously, rising up.
At the same time, there were dozens of materials placed on the stone table.
"Eh?" Li’er suddenly noticed something strange.
Whether it was the flames or the dozens of materials, they were all an inch away from the table’s surface, not touching it completely.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
But Li’er was quickly captivated by the demeanor Qin Yu displayed while refining artifacts. His attention was completely focused on the refining; with each hammer strike on the materials, seven, eight, or occasionally nine whirlwinds would burst forth from his hammer.
Those whirlwinds caught the materials in a high-speed spin, emitting peculiar howling sounds.
Qin Yu wielded his hammer, sometimes as fierce as thunder, sometimes as elegant as a gentle breeze, sometimes as gentle as spring rain... just watching Qin Yu swing his hammer was like enjoying the beauty of art.
"Is this artifact refining?" Li’er was shocked. She had seen artifact refining before, but rarely with such a natural aesthetic.
With every drop of Qin Yu’s hammer, whirlwinds flew out from it.
The Black Divine Fire, White Pure Fire, and Nihility Karma Fire behaved like docile little lambs, intermittently enveloping small bunches of materials under Qin Yu’s control.
The speed of Qin Yu’s hammer was hard to gauge.
Sometimes, there would be one strike in one breath, but at other times, there would be thousands of strikes in an instant. The constant emission of whirlwinds that nearly tore through space also caused the entire stone platform to be engulfed in a storm of airflow.
Qin Yu’s figure, amid the steamy airflow, was also faint and indistinct.
Watching such a nearly monotonous but naturally perfect hammering, Li’er observed for more than ten days before Qin Yu stopped swinging his hammer for the first time.
At that moment, a graceful long sword had been completely formed in shape alone. However, artifact refining experts understood that at this point, it was only the preliminary form of an ’artifact embryo.’
Qin Yu looked up.
"Whoosh~~~" A gust of wind arose; beside the stone platform, two water balls floated out of thin air, one with One-element Heavy Water and the other with Gold Element Heavy Water.
The long sword flew into the middle of the two water balls, which each shot out a stream of water, wrapping the long sword gently like twin dragons playing with a pearl.
And in that moment, Qin Yu closed his eyes.
The entire space fell silent, with only the sound of the water flowing gently, and even Li’er held her breath at this scene. It lasted for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
A hint of a smile suddenly rose from the corner of Qin Yu’s mouth.
A membrane appeared out of nowhere around the long sword, directly isolating the enveloping Gold Element Heavy Water and One-element Heavy Water. A green long sword then floated in front of Qin Yu.
The quenching was complete!
Qin Yu’s hands gently touched the green long sword several times as if plucking the strings of a harp, each time a green light penetrated into it.
The entire green long sword was wrapped in a gentle green light, which then merged into the blade. A green halo flowed incessantly on the surface of the sword, gradually fading away.
"Hum~~~"
A clear, melodious sound of sword chime emanated from the green long sword.
"It’s finally done." Li’er only dared to exhale at this moment, not knowing why, but simply watching the artifact refining process of Qin Yu made her heart flutter.
Qin Yu turned around, smiling at Li’er.
"Li’er, you really are my lucky star. This artifact refining session has been my highest achievement in nearly ten million years!" Pride shone on Qin Yu’s face. "This green long sword took me almost a year to refine. All materials used were ordinary, but I reached near perfection in the ’artifact embryo,’ ’quenching,’ and ’enlightenment’ stages, so... it’s a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact!"
Li’er widened her lovely eyes in disbelief, looking at Qin Yu, "Big Brother Qin Yu, you said, you used ordinary materials to refine a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact?"
Ordinary materials, while considered ordinary, aren’t really that common. These so-called ordinary materials are only considered to be ordinary in the eyes of Heavenly God experts. For average Divine Beings, they’re still precious materials.
With ordinary materials, if in the hands of an average artifact refiner, they would definitely only make a Divine Artifact.
While an Artifact Refining Master has the ability to make something ordinary dazzle with brilliance. However, due to material limitations, normally they could at most create a Low Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact.
But Qin Yu, he had actually used ordinary materials to refine a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact.
"Big Brother Qin Yu, are you really using ordinary materials? This, I can hardly imagine. A Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact is so precious, but you used only those ordinary materials." Li’er’s face flushed with excitement; she still could not believe it.
Hearing Li’er’s praise filled Qin Yu’s heart with joy.
"Actually, this is the only Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact I have managed to refine with ordinary materials in nearly ten million years," Qin Yu said with a hint of embarrassment. It took almost ten million years to achieve this most successful piece, which happened to be witnessed by Li’er. Her praise indeed made Qin Yu feel somewhat abashed.
"Li’er, although this Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact may not be considered precious, it was still made with ordinary materials, and I feel that this should be considered one of my pinnacles. The wonderful state during artifact refining just now will probably be hard to enter again in the future. This Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact is for you. I hope you won’t disdain it." Qin Yu solemnly handed the green long sword over to Li’er.
Artifact refining requires luck. Many Artifact Refining Masters only have one work they are most proud of in billions of years.
Like the ’Artisan God’ Che Hou Yuan.
Artisan God Che Hou Yuan’s artifact refining skills were indeed strong, but over the years, without relying on Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, only one of the Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts he created was Residual Snow, comparable to a second-class Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure. The rest of the Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts were on the same level as a third-class Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure.
Refining a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact with ordinary materials.
This was also considered Qin Yu’s pinnacle. Whether he could surpass this in the future was something that even the confident Qin Yu didn’t quite believe he could achieve.
"This sword, let’s call it..." Li’er pondered for a moment, then said with a brilliant smile, "Meteor Dream."
"Meteor Dream?" Qin Yu was also slightly taken aback.
Hearing the name, Qin Yu couldn’t help but recall his youth, watching meteors streak across the sky, and the dreams he wished upon them.
"Alright, it shall be called Meteor Dream." A smile bloomed across Qin Yu’s face.
Qin Yu exclaimed in surprise, "I didn’t expect that the limit of cosmic time acceleration has already reached more than eight thousand times. The progress is really fast."
Qin Yu knew that nearly a thousand years had passed in the outside world since the last time he had ventured out.
"Eight thousandfold? We’ve cultivated here for nearly ten million years, how much time has passed in the outside world?" Li’er curiously asked. When they had first arrived, the cosmic time acceleration was at most just over two thousandfold.
"In the outside world, two thousand years have passed." Qin Yu nodded.
In the course of those two-thousand-plus years, within his own universe, Qin Yu had actually experienced nearly ten million years. Regarding his artifact refining skills, Qin Yu felt very confident.
Although he couldn’t always reach the pinnacle in artifact refining, with his current skills and by using precious materials, he was quite certain he could create upper grade heavenly divine artifacts.
To refine an upper grade heavenly divine artifact—that was the basis for being recognized as an artifact refining master.
"Eh? Big Brother Qin Yu, it’s been nearly ten million years, where are all the weapons you’ve refined during this time? Where are they?" Li’er looked around in confusion, but there were no weapons to be seen in the vast artifact refining hall.
"Want to see them? Follow me!" Qin Yu said with a smile as he grabbed Li’er’s hand.
Instantaneous Movement!
High above the New East Lan Mountain, Qin Yu and Li’er stood loftily in the air. At this moment, Qin Yu was draped in a black robe, which fluttered occasionally with the gusting wind, revealing his bare chest underneath. Li’er was snuggled up close to him.
"See that?" Qin Yu pointed downward.
The mountain ranges of Donglan Mountain extended endlessly, covering a vast area. The entire surface of Donglan Mountain was covered with dense forests. Li’er observed carefully, only managing to see the weapons scattered haphazardly in the underbrush through the leaves.
"Among the weeds, in the ponds, and so on, these places are indeed hard to see at a glance," Qin Yu thought.
Countless weapons flew out from various parts of the forests on Donglan Mountain and began to hover in the air. The entire surface of Donglan Mountain seemed to be covered by a heavenly curtain.
But this layer was made up of countless weapons.
"There are over thirty million weapons in total, the vast majority of which are divine artifacts, and there are more than a million low grade heavenly divine weapons," Qin Yu said with a smile.
More than a million low grade heavenly divine weapons!
"Ah!" Li’er gasped, covering her mouth in shock.
The total number of low grade heavenly divine weapons in the entire Divine World probably didn’t even reach a million.
"How, how is that possible? Big Brother Qin Yu, did you say more than a million low grade heavenly divine weapons?" Li’er was completely stunned by the number, overwhelmed.
Having been born into the Jiang Family of the Eight Divine Clans, Li’er knew very well how precious heavenly divine artifacts were. Even low grade heavenly divine artifacts were scarce, with the Jiang Family only possessing a few thousand.
Yet Qin Yu alone had more low grade heavenly divine artifacts than the entire Divine World combined!
"You don’t believe it?" Qin Yu looked at Li’er with a smile.
Li’er looked at the dense layer of weapons that covered the entire Donglan Mountain, forming a ’heavenly curtain’. How could she not believe it?
"Li’er, do you know how long it takes for a typical artifact refining master to make an artifact?" Qin Yu asked with a smile. He was well aware of why there were so few heavenly divine artifacts in the Divine World.
Li’er furrowed her brows in thought for a moment before responding, "Well, our Northern Pole Snow City doesn’t have an artifact refining master, but I also know that it takes a master over a thousand, or even ten thousand years to refine a single heavenly divine artifact. But, but Big Brother Qin Yu, your refining..."
"Yes, it takes me much less time to refine than them—I need less than a year!"
Qin Yu nodded and explained, "For me, the three major steps in artifact refining—’artifact embryo’, ’quenching’, and ’enlightenment’—the most time-consuming part is creating the artifact embryo. However, for other artifact refining masters, the most time-consuming step is ’enlightenment’."
"Enlightenment?" Li’er was taken aback.
"Enlightenment is to assist with formations. In the Divine World, only Fifth Level and Sixth Level Arrays can turn a weapon into a Heavenly Divine Artifact!"
Qin Yu’s face showed a touch of confidence, "However, from the First Level to the Sixth Level, formations become increasingly complicated. The complexity of a Fifth Level or a Sixth Level Formation is so immense that just to record them would require several golden scrolls!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
"To set up a Fifth Level or Sixth Level Formation on a small weapon requires extreme caution. A single mistake could lead to failure. Therefore, they take an extremely long time, and during the process, they cannot be disturbed," Qin Yu explained carefully.
Qin Yu knew.
The leap from a Fourth Level Formation to a Fifth Level Formation is a massive hurdle. The complexity increases tens to hundreds of times. And a Sixth Level Formation, being the ultimate in complexity, is even more daunting.
In the entire Divine World, those who understand Sixth Level Formations can be counted on one hand.
"Setting up a Sixth Level Formation once is a form of spiritual torment! An Artifact Refining Master would rarely take action, and when they do, it involves using rare materials, which are exceedingly scarce. How many Heavenly Divine Artifacts could they possibly refine?"
"In the realm of formations, only the Artisan God and I can go from complexity to simplicity," Qin Yu said with a smile on his face.
"Moreover, in terms of the effects of enlightenment, a Sixth Level Formation is nowhere near as good as my ’Qiankun’. My formation, if graded, would be considered Ninth Level!" Qin Yu had absolute confidence in his heart.
The ’Qiankun’ Formation is far superior to the Sixth Level Formation in terms of grade.
And the speed of casting cannot be compared.
Using a Sixth Level Formation and just ordinary materials, one could only hope to refine a Low Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact. It’s like the probability of Qin Yu using ordinary materials to refine a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact.
Qin Yu refined more than a million Low Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts before he reached a pinnacle moment when he managed to refine a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact with ordinary materials.
"Li’er, even if an Artifact Refining Master fully commits themselves, using ordinary materials would typically result in an Upper Grade Divine Artifact, and it would be quite rare to produce a Low Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact. Would they expend such enormous effort, only to likely end up with a Divine Artifact? Would they do it?" Qin Yu asked with a smile.
"They wouldn’t." Li’er, putting herself in the shoes of an Artifact Refining Master, also shook her head.
"Therefore, in the golden scroll that the East Pole Saint Emperor gave me, there’s a phrase that’s almost universally acknowledged—the material is the first and foremost determinant of the quality of an artifact embryo, and the artifact embryo is the most important factor in determining the quality of a weapon! They believe that with ordinary materials, it’s impossible to refine a Heavenly Divine Artifact. So when Artifact Refining Masters do act, they use rare materials."
Qin Yu said with a light chuckle, "But, rare materials in the Divine World are very scarce. This also leads to the extreme rarity of Heavenly Divine Artifacts!"
Li’er nodded in understanding.
In this world, only Qin Yu, the freak, could use the Ninth Level ’Qiankun’ Formation for enlightenment, and with just ordinary materials, he could refine Low Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts.
Qin Yu was also very clear.
With ordinary materials, he estimated he could only refine Low Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts. As for Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts, that would require a huge stroke of luck, a peak achievement to be proud of for a lifetime.
"But, these are over a million Heavenly Divine Artifacts," Li’er said, her heart still pounding intensely.
Heavenly Divine Artifacts, over a million of them! Even though they were only Low Grade, the sheer number, over a million, was already stunning.
"In these nearly ten million years, my Artifact Refining technique ’Nine Revolutions Splitting Sky’ has gradually been perfected. I estimate that in some time, I won’t be using ordinary materials anymore. I should challenge myself to refine Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts and see if I too can refine a Heavenly Divine Artifact that can compare with ’Residual Snow’ like the ’Artisan God’ did," Qin Yu said softly.
Li’er looked up at Qin Yu and felt that at this moment, Qin Yu had a certain charm. She looked at the ’Heavenly Curtain’ formed by the densely packed countless weapons and said softly, "Big Brother Qin Yu, I believe that you will become the new Artisan God and even surpass him!"
(End of Chapter One! Over thirty million Divine Artifacts and over a million Low Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts, is it not freakish? Well... It’s the Ninth Level Formation, what can you do about it, hehe~~~~)
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