The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 861: Chapter 861: Approaching the Divine Artifact

Judging from the energy fluctuations emitted by the artifact embryo, it can rival a Sect Suppressing Sacred Artifact in terms of attack power, and might even be stronger.

When Jing Yan fought against the Fang Family Patriarch, the patriarch used the Curved Moon Scythe, which was a Sect Suppressing Sacred Artifact. Thus, Jing Yan had an understanding of the power of attack Sacred Artifacts at this level.

If he uses this artifact embryo to duel with the Fang Family Patriarch, Jing Yan is confident he can kill him in a short time!

”Powerful!” Jing Yan’s expectations grew even higher.

If the artifact embryo is already this strong, how powerful will it become once it is forged and the core magic patterns are constructed?

Jing Yan’s eyes shone with a fervent light.

Without delay, Jing Yan began refining the artifact.

Artifact refining is an extremely complicated process, but in certain aspects, it has some similarities with array formation.

Whether it’s artifact refining or array formation, both require constructing magic pattern models.

Artifact Masters who have stepped into the Saint Realm can directly use laws to construct models, which is more efficient and results in artifacts with greater power.

Constructing models is one aspect, while another is the extraction of the Five Elements from the materials.

Nearly all things in the world contain the Five Elements, the difference is only in the quantity. Even Spirit Grass used for alchemy contains the Five Elements, but extracting the Five Elements from Spirit Grass for artifact refining would be too wasteful.

The materials Jing Yan took out were high-level ores and other items specifically used for artifact refining and array formation, each containing an extremely abundant amount of the Five Elements.

”Let’s start!” Jing Yan’s eyes flashed as he began to move, primordial energy surged out.

Time passed bit by bit.

A day passed...

Ten days passed...

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

The weapon Jing Yan was forging now surpassed an ordinary weapon by far, exceeding even a Sacred Artifact in power.

It took nearly three months in total before Jing Yan finally stopped. The high-level artifact refining materials were almost completely used up.

At this moment, although the dark-red artifact embryo showed no surface changes, one could feel the fluctuations of the power of laws. Upon slight activation, complex patterns would emerge, glowing with divine light.

”Phew!” Jing Yan exhaled deeply.

Even someone like him now felt the fatigue in his divine soul. Close to three months without any rest, continually expending his divine soul and primordial energy—a feat impossible for most Martial Artists at the Third Stage of the Saint Realm. Fortunately, Jing Yan’s divine soul was strong, his primordial energy abundant, and with the recovery provided by divine crystals and high-level elixirs, he managed to endure it.

”Jing Yan, kid, have you finished refining it?” Old Seven ran over and asked when he saw Jing Yan stop.

”It’s not completely finished, the materials ran out,” Jing Yan shook his head and said.

The materials required for forging this artifact were incredibly enormous. The high-grade ores Jing Yan had accumulated over such a long period were all used up yet still couldn’t complete this weapon surpassing a Sacred Artifact.

”Let me take a look!” Fourth and other Life Puppets also came over, and Fourth extended his hand.

Jing Yan handed the dark-red longsword over immediately.

Fourth took it, inspected it carefully, and felt it.

”Not bad!”

”Its power is close to that of a low-level Divine Artifact!” Fourth nodded.

”Brother, let me see!” Old Seven called out from the side.

Fourth waved his hand, throwing the dark-red longsword to Old Seven.

Old Seven took the longsword and directly slashed it against his own body. Instantly, divine light surged and sharp power spread out, bringing a chill.

”Not bad, not bad! The power is indeed not bad,” Old Seven praised while looking at the longsword.

Jing Yan saw that the place where Old Seven slashed bore a tiny cut that healed almost instantly.

He couldn’t help but marvel at the terrifying bodies of the Divine Palace Guards, which were not only hard but also self-repairing. In this world, no one could damage their bodies.

”This longsword hasn’t reached the level of a Divine Artifact yet?” Jing Yan asked Fourth, ”Not even a low-level Divine Artifact?”

Jing Yan knew that above a Sacred Artifact was a Divine Artifact. He thought that the longsword he had just refined would be at the Divine Artifact level.

”Jing Yan, do you think Divine Artifacts are that common? Even in the God Realm, Divine Artifacts are extremely powerful weapons. As far as I know, very few among the Void Gods possess Divine Artifacts. Most Void Gods merely use ordinary Sacred Artifacts. Of course, the Divine Artifacts of the God Realm are not what you understand them to be,” Fourth glanced at Jing Yan.

”Indeed!”

”Over the millennia, many Martial Artists have entered the Death Temple. The Sacred Artifacts they possess are far weaker than the ordinary Sacred Artifacts of the God Realm. Sect Suppressing Sacred Artifacts? Laughable! In the God Realm, even the weakest Sacred Artifact is much stronger than their so-called Sect Suppressing Sacred Artifacts,” Lao Wu chuckled.

Listening to this, Jing Yan’s heart surged with waves.

His gaze shifted.

”My longsword isn’t complete due to the lack of materials. If it were, I think it would reach the level of a low-level Divine Artifact. I really have no more materials left, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, could you open the treasure vault of the First Hall once more and get some materials for me?” Jing Yan smiled and asked.

”Don’t think about such impossible things! The rules set by our master mustn’t be broken!” Fourth immediately refused.

”Jing Yan, kid, it’s not that we don’t want you to get more treasures, but we truly can’t. We are puppets; possessing more treasures is useless to us, so we have no intention of hoarding them. But the rules set by our master are absolute!” Lao Wu shook his head.

”Alright! If it’s a no, then it’s a no!” Jing Yan said disappointedly.

Jing Yan knew that getting into the treasure vault of the First Hall again was nearly impossible. He had just tested the waters casually, without much hope.

”Is Bai Xue still practicing?” Jing Yan turned to the meditating Bai Xue.

”Yes, this girl’s talent may be a bit lacking, but she works extremely hard. She has been in closed-door cultivation since you started refining the artifact,” Old Seven said.

Jing Yan nodded.

”With this longsword nearing the level of a low-level Divine Artifact, I think my combat power should be enough to test the strength of Second Brother and Third Brother in the Second Hall, right?” Jing Yan looked towards the depths of the First Hall, where the entrance to the Second Hall lay.

”Definitely not!”

”You better not try, unless you want to leave the Death Temple now, just stay here and continue practicing!”

”Jing Yan, don’t go!”

The Life Puppets didn’t support Jing Yan in entering the Second Hall to challenge Second Brother and Third Brother.

”What harm is there in trying? If I surrender in time, Second Brother and Third Brother wouldn’t continue to kill me, right?” Jing Yan raised his brows.

”Naturally!” Fourth and the other puppets nodded.

”Then I’m going!” Jing Yan took a step and strode out, reaching the depths of the First Hall in the blink of an eye.

After a slight pause, Jing Yan squinted his eyes and dashed straight in.