Stellar Transformation-Chapter 566: Episode 16 ’Soul Devouring’ (Three - s complete, asking for monthly tickets~~)
Ou Yezi laughed furiously, "You naive young one, half the materials? Even boasting should have its limits. Do you think you will not waste materials? Let me ask you, how many experiments in artifact refining have you conducted?"
"Not long, just a few million years," Qin Yu replied directly.
"Just a few million years, do you know how long I have been refining artifacts?" Ou Yezi’s eyes, sharp as an eagle’s, stared at Qin Yu like lightning. "I have been refining artifacts for trillions of years!"
The Divine World has a history of one hundred and twenty trillion years.
The time Ou Yezi spent refining, in terms of trillions of years, was indeed possible.
"What use is a long time in artifact refining? In the entire Divine World, many have cultivated for trillions of years, but how many are Upper Heavenly Gods? And I... having cultivated for just a few million years, am now an Upper Heavenly God!" Qin Yu said coldly.
"Upper Heavenly God? Brother Qin Yu, you are an Upper Heavenly God now?" Huangfu Liushui looked at Qin Yu incredulously.
More than two thousand years ago, Qin Yu was just a minor figure in Wei Chi City, barely stepping into the rank of Lower Heavenly God while contending with the Nine-headed Black Dragon ’Tan Jiu’.
With a wave of his sleeve, a small area of space nearby immediately collapsed and was destroyed.
Space Destruction!
The signature move of an Upper Heavenly God!
All the people present confirmed it, those who knew beforehand that Qin Yu was an Upper Heavenly God were few, including only the East Pole Saint Emperor Huangfu Yu, Baihua God King, and a few others.
"Ou Yezi, I respectfully call you a master, but don’t judge people by the duration of their cultivation in the future. I might have researched artifact refining for a short time, but... in the realm of formations, it seems that you are not up to my level," Qin Yu emanated an aura of natural arrogance.
Ou Yezi’s expression changed.
Only now did he recall that this Qin Yu before him was the legendary figure who had set up the ’Array Space.’ He had reached a level in the realm of formations where he could turn a formation into a space.
This realm was probably out of reach even for the ’Artisan God.’
"What’s the use of being strong in formations, Qin Yu? Do you know, artifact refining is divided into ’Artifact Embryo,’ ’Quenching,’ and ’Enlightenment’? You may be somewhat competent in Enlightenment. What about the Artifact Embryo and Quenching?" Ou Yezi sneered, "Even the slightly simple ’Quenching’ requires a Quenching Medium. Can you provide that? Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts require Cold Mist Energy!"
Ou Yezi’s face once again displayed the arrogance of a master.
"As for the most important ’Artifact Embryo,’ the method to create an artifact embryo requires experience, millions of trials, accumulated slowly to finally derive it. An Artifact Refining Master needs to create the most suitable artifact refining method for himself through countless trials. Your research time is so short, what achievements do you have in creating artifact embryos?"
Ou Yezi spoke aggressively until this point.
"Ou Yezi, I’ll use your own words to respond to you. There are many theorists in the Divine World, but how many can actually refine artifacts? Don’t talk so much here. I will refine an artifact right here and now, for you to see," Qin Yu stared directly at Ou Yezi, his eyes filled with a daunting intensity. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Ou Yezi took a deep breath.
He scoffed, "Fine, Qin Yu, you are the Hall Master of Lanxuan Hall and considered the foremost expert in formations. Today, I will watch you refine an artifact here. I want to see if your refining skills are as formidable as your boastful talk!"
Qin Yu merely smiled faintly, too lazy to argue.
He simply strode to the center of the Artifact Refining Hall.
"Qin Yu..." Huangfu Jing spoke, unable to help herself as she watched this scene. She also began to worry for Qin Yu. Huangfu Jing only knew that, more than two thousand years ago, Qin Yu had received the golden scroll from the East Pole Saint Emperor.
In Huangfu Jing’s view, how could Qin Yu’s refining skills possibly compare to those of the Artifact Refining Master Ou Yezi?
If Qin Yu failed, how could Ou Yezi let Qin Yu off easily?
"Good!" Suddenly the East Pole Saint Emperor Huangfu Yu spoke out, smiling as he looked around at everyone, "Gentlemen, this is an opportunity to broaden your horizons, observing two great masters in artifact refining. This rare chance should be calmly appreciated by all."
When the East Pole Saint Emperor spoke, everyone fell silent.
With a harrumph, Ou Yezi grumbled lowly and walked over to sit to one side, silently watching Qin Yu at the center of the Artifact Refining Hall.
"My lord, that Qin Yu..." an elder beside Ou Yezi began.
Ou Yezi’s eyes narrowed slightly, a chill flashing through them, "That Qin Yu is quite strong in formations, so in ’Enlightenment’ he might be quite impressive. However, in the steps of making an ’Artifact Embryo’ and ’Quenching,’ I don’t believe he can be that remarkable. Does he think becoming an Artifact Refining Master is that easy?"
The elder beside him nodded slightly.
...
Standing in the center of the hall, Qin Yu flicked his sleeve and shed his long robe. Most artifact refining masters did not wear clothes on their upper bodies during refining, for they worried clothes would get in the way. Any slight mistake could lead to a failure in artifact crafting.
Qin Yu stretched out one hand, and the Vortex Breaking Hammer appeared in his hands, while a black stone platform materialized before him.
"Qin Yu, the materials are here," announced Huangfu Yu. At the same time, nearly a hundred blocks of materials flew toward Qin Yu.
Qin Yu waved his sleeve, half of those blocks flew in front of him, and the other half circled back towards the East Pole Saint Emperor.
"Half is more than enough!" Qin Yu said with a light smile.
"Arrogant!" Ou Yezi snorted coldly.
A happy smile, however, surfaced on Qin Yu’s face, as the Power of New Universe’s Space filled the area around him.
The range covered by the Space Power was entirely under his control.
This feeling of complete control filled Qin Yu with confidence.
With a whoosh, Qin Yu stretched out his left hand, and the Black Divine Fire, White Pure Fire, and strands of Nihility Karma Fire burst forth. The flames adhered to the surface of the stone platform, behaving like obedient children.
Ou Yezi’s expression changed instantly upon seeing this scene.
"Such impressive control over the flames," Ou Yezi thought to himself.
Everyone in the Artifact Refining Hall held their breath, watching intently.
Huangfu Jing watched Qin Yu unblinkingly, moved by his confident smile and his nearly perfect movements.
"Let’s begin." The light in Qin Yu’s eyes solidified as he swung the Vortex Breaking Hammer!
A howling sound erupted, and when the hammer struck the materials on the stone platform, nine whirlwinds instantly burst forth from the hammer. Qin Yu’s hammering speed suddenly increased, wrapping the entire black stone platform in numerous mini whirlwinds.
Atop the black stone platform, the space seemed to warp, the materials vibrating within the whirlwinds, while the Black Divine Fire, White Pure Fire, and Nihility Karma Fire also joined in the commotion.
"Bam!" "Bam!" "Bam!" "Bam!"...
In the entire Artifact Refining Hall, no other sounds could be heard except for the hammering and the tearing sound of the whirlwinds. The hammering was sometimes fast and urgent like a thunderstorm and sometimes gentle like spring rain.
Alone, the sounds of hammering and whirlwinds combined to create a nearly perfect piece of music.
Nearly everyone enjoyed this kind of music.
One person was not enjoying it; at this moment, Ou Yezi was like an ant on a hot pan, beads of sweat forming on his forehead: "That hammer technique, it even contains traces of Che Hou Yuan’s ’Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements.’ And those whirlwinds and flames, how could they be paired so well? How could their combination even surpass the ’Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements’?"
Ou Yezi had once witnessed Che Hou Yuan refining artifacts.
The scene of Che Hou Yuan displaying "Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements" had always been unforgettable, but now watching Qin Yu refining artifacts, it seemed even more perfect than Che Hou Yuan’s.
How could he not be shocked?
"Such hammering technique, along with the vortex compressing space, and the coordination with the flames. The proficiency of this level, the coordination as if naturally perfected... without billions of years of experimentation, how could it be successful?" Ou Yezi felt his entire body trembling.
Laymen watch the excitement; experts watch the doorway.
Ou Yezi could see the prowess in Qin Yu’s artifact refining, but most other people were simply enjoying the beauty emanating from Qin Yu’s artifact refining process.
The movement of the hammer, the lines of Qin Yu’s muscles.
Qin Yu’s determined gaze that seemed to lock onto the materials on the stone platform.
The howling vortex, blowing Qin Yu’s hair.
...
All scenes, no one spoke.
"It’s truly wonderful." Qin Yu was completely immersed in a wonderful state, extremely excited himself, feeling very smooth while swinging the hammer.
In this wonderful state, half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
"Boom!"
As the last soul-shaking strike gradually dissipated, the artifact embryo was finally successful. It was a slender war saber, its sharpness felt even from a distance.
The spectators relaxed only after the successful formation of the artifact embryo, quietly discussing among themselves; clearly, everyone now had great confidence in Qin Yu.
"Ou Yezi, how is Qin Yu’s artifact refining?" Huangfu Yu asked through divine sense transmission.
Ou Yezi’s face looked somewhat pale, but he still replied via transmission: "Holy Emperor, judging just by the refining of the artifact embryo, he is indeed very impressive, but quenching and enlightenment have not yet been done. It’s not too late to say anything at the end."
"Good, let’s wait till the end, then see how the weapon refined by Qin Yu turns out." Huangfu Yu replied with a smile.
...
"Quenching!"
Suddenly, Qin Yu frowned, "Oh no, over the years, I’ve been refining with ordinary materials, I’m not clear enough about the traits of these precious materials. Which quenching medium should be used, and how long should the quenching time be?"
Qin Yu’s refining method "Nine Revolutions Splitting Sky," as Che Hou Yuan had said, relied on instinct to remove impurities.
Although he had never touched precious materials, relying on instinct, Qin Yu still perfectly completed the ’artifact embryo.’ But what about quenching?
"I can only rely on reaction." Qin Yu gritted his teeth, waved his sleeve, and a blob of One-element Heavy Water and a blob of Gold Element Heavy Water floated out of thin air.
The war saber in his hand also flew directly into the center of the two water streams.
"Now I can only rely on the sensing power of space." Qin Yu’s "Space Power" was the power of the new universe’s space. The sensing was still very sensitive.
But however sensitive, it still required time.
That little bit of time would make the quenching less than perfect. But, Qin Yu had no second option now. He lacked experience with precious materials!
Experience was very important in ’quenching.’
"Sizzle~~~"
The two streams of water circled around the war saber, the quenching slowly progressing. With Qin Yu’s space power, he could sense the war saber gradually becoming sharper and more flexible...
The state of the war saber was continuously improving.
"It’s not yet at its peak." Qin Yu was still waiting.
But—
Like suddenly falling into a valley, the state of the war saber dropped sharply just as it reached its peak. Qin Yu immediately felt it with his space power and isolated the two streams of water in an instant.
"Although it’s not at its peak, it’s still not bad."
This was the limit Qin Yu could achieve under the circumstance of lacking experience.
Quenching finished!
Only the last step remained—enlightenment.
Ou Yezi, the Artifact Refining Master, had spent over three thousand years setting up a complex sixth-level array. Qin Yu, on the other hand, only saw Qin Yu smiling, a few streaks of green light flying out from his fingertips.
Array—"Qiankun"!
"Enlightenment successful!" Qin Yu’s eyes brightened.
Only to hear the war saber vibrating, its entirely black surface now bore an almost imperceptible green imprint.
Qin Yu stretched out his hand, and the war saber flew into his hand. Now the important task was to check the special effects of this Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact. The special effects decided how powerful an Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact was.
"Special effect—Soul Devouring!" When Qin Yu saw this special effect, he was overjoyed.
Soul Devouring, almost unseen in Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts. Generally only Hongmeng Spiritual Treasures had it. Only the Divine Spear Residual Snow possessed the ’Soul Devouring’ and ’Shattering Body’ special effects.
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In the Artifact Refining Hall, everyone was looking at Qin Yu in the center, while Ou Yezi stood to one side with a somewhat pale face.
"Is it done?" Ou Yezi felt a bitterness in his mouth.
His own enlightenment took thousands of years, but Qin Yu? Just a few breaths. The gap was too big.
"Ou Yezi, you see, my Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact, how is it compared to yours?" Qin Yu stretched out one hand, and the war saber immediately flew towards Ou Yezi.
Ou Yezi’s eyes lit up, carefully examining the grade of the Heavenly Divine Artifact.
"Soul Devouring?" When he realized the special effect was this, Ou Yezi was stunned.
With the special effect of Soul Devouring, this war saber definitely matched a third-class Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure, and was even close to a second-class Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure.
"Ou Yezi, how does the Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact refined by Qin Yu compare to yours?" Huangfu Yu spoke, while the others around also looked at Ou Yezi, waiting for him to answer.
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