Chapter 928 - 487: Winds and Clouds Surging (Part 2)

Chapter 928: Chapter 487: Winds and Clouds Surging (Part 2)

Li Mu was unaware of the impact he had caused. After leaving Wanbao City, he piloted the Earth Element Spirit Ship back to the Seven Profound Sect.

During this trip to Wanbao City, Li Mu gained quite a bounty, collecting a large amount of high-tier Spiritual Materials. Some were used for the restoration of the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, and others were suitable for refining Daoist Soldiers, Puppets, or crafting high-tier Spirit Talismans.

Upon returning to the Seven Profound Sect, Li Mu immediately immersed himself in the Seclusion Room of the Sect Leader’s Mansion, then entered the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, beginning to refine Dao Artifacts.

Xue’er possesses the Nine-tailed Innate Bloodline and Ice-type Celestial Spirit Root, her talent is evident, and her cultivation speed is not slow. However, her comprehension of the Ice Dao Principle is still lacking. Li Mu intends to tailor-make an auxiliary Dao Artifact for her, hoping it would further her advancement on the path of cultivation and solidify her foundation.

Seated at the center of the Artifact Refining Room, Li Mu’s mind was focused. Three groups of Celestial Fire—the Extreme Yang Celestial Fire, Earth Vein Celestial Fire, and Yin Yang Thunder Flame—emerged in response, circled around him, each radiating its unique brilliance.

Li Mu quickly formed seals with his hands, activating the Eightfold Celestial Fire Forging Method. The vast ocean-like True Essence from his mid-stage Void Refining surged forth, displaying the artifact refining divine techniques—Celestial Fire Furnace.

The next moment, the three groups of Celestial Fire instantly fused, transforming into an imposing three-colored Celestial Fire Refining Furnace. The furnace body stood tall, nearly three meters high, suspended in mid-air.

Taking a deep breath, Li Mu calmed his mind and formed seals once more, guiding the three-flavored Celestial Fire within the furnace.

Under Li Mu’s control, the flames inside the three-colored Celestial Fire Refining Furnace churned regularly, forming a massive three-colored fiery vortex like a tornado, crazily absorbing the Spiritual Power within the Artifact Refining Room, causing the furnace temperature to rise further.

Li Mu slightly shifted his divine thought, the Storage Ring on his finger automatically opened, and tier seven artifact refining spiritual materials shot out like meteors: Ten Thousand Year Cold Crystal, Ice Soul Spirit Crystal, Profound Yin Essence Gold... these precious tier seven cold-type spiritual materials, upon entering the furnace, were engulfed by the three-colored Celestial Fire and rapidly melted.

However, this was just the beginning. Under the melting effect of the three-colored Celestial Fire, many spiritual materials quickly turned into viscous liquid. With Li Mu’s divine thought stirring them, they continuously rotated and purified, with impurities and blemishes being meticulously removed.

Li Mu’s divine thought was as fine as silk, precisely controlling every strand of flame, displaying the Eightfold Celestial Fire Tempering Technique and artifact refining divine technique—Celestial Fire Spirit Forging, merging the essence of the spiritual materials into one, giving them a new form.

Li Mu was unwavering, wholly focused, operating the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture, his divine thought like silk, deeply immersed into the refining furnace, deploying the divine technique of the Eightfold Celestial Fire Forging Method—"Celestial Fire Spirit Forging," accelerating the condensation of the artifact embryo. His divine thought resembled a masterful craftsman, guiding the ice-blue solution inside the furnace to slowly flow according to his will, gradually condensing into a crown-shaped prototype.

As time slowly passed, the crown prototype within the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace gradually revealed its outline, emanating bursts of icy chill.

Li Mu slightly relaxed his nerves. The ice Dao Crown’s artifact embryo had begun to take shape. Next was engraving the artifact array onto it, condensing the artifact pattern, imbuing it with unique Dao Essence and Spiritual Energy.

Li Mu once again displayed the artifact refining divine technique—"Divine Refining Pattern," using his divine thought as the pen and Spiritual Power as the ink, starting to inscribe complex artifact arrays onto the crown prototype, engraving intricate artifact pattern grids.

Time swiftly passed, Li Mu expended a great deal of divine thought, delineating an artifact array within the crown prototype based on the "Ice Sealing Domain Array." The array patterns interwove and nested within the prototype, forming a structure both mysterious and stable. It was not just the core of the crown prototype but also contained profound ice laws, providing the foundation for the Dao Soldier to acquire spiritual energy.

When the crown prototype stabilized under this delicate construction, Li Mu proceeded with the next step of refining, implementing the artifact refining divine technique—"Divine Refining Pattern," fully exerting Spiritual Power, condensing exquisite artifact patterns onto the crown prototype.

Twenty-eight artifact patterns gradually formed around the previously engraved artifact array, ultimately achieving a single attribute ice-type Dao Crown.

The first artifact pattern—"Ice Body Protection," grants the Dao Crown wearer a layer of ice armor, capable of withstanding external attacks, protecting the wearer from harm.

The second artifact pattern—"Ice Seal Ten Thousand Miles," allows the Dao Crown to release a surge of extreme cold Qi, freezing everything around, whether enemy or environment, will be encased in ice.

The third artifact pattern—"Ice Blade Storm," enables the Dao Crown to unleash an ice blade storm, sharp ice blades sweeping over foes like a fierce gale, inflicting devastating blows.

The fourth artifact pattern—"Frost Swift," allows the wearer to move swiftly across ice surfaces, doubling their speed, gaining an advantage whether in pursuit or escape.

The fifth artifact pattern—"Ice Elemental Regeneration," imbues the Dao Crown with self-healing capabilities, absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power to repair any damage sustained during battle, maintaining optimal combat status.

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With the tier seven Ice Soul Spirit Crystal as the foundation of the Dao Artifact, Ice Soul Spirit Crystal contains pure power of ice, making it an ideal choice for refining ice-type Dao Artifacts. Besides the Ice Soul Spirit Crystal, Li Mu selected Ten Thousand Year Cold Crystal, Ice Heart Jade Marrow, and other rare high-tier spiritual materials to construct a Dao Artifact capable of forming an Ice Domain.

Day by day, Li Mu was wholly devoted to the refinement, forgetting the disturbances outside. Under his meticulous work, a softly cold-emitting ice attribute auxiliary Dao Artifact gradually took shape. This Dao Artifact not only possessed deep ice laws but also perfectly matched Xue’er’s Spiritual Power, greatly enhancing her ice-type spells power.