122: Chapter 122 Magical Artifacts, Artifact Refiners

This transcendent spirit plant took a full hour to finish its promotion.

Its trunk continued to rise, only stopping when it reached a height of one thousand meters, appearing like a red divine needle standing tall in the sky.

"Hum."

Transcendent law fluctuations emerged, and powerful pressure spread in all directions, suddenly stopping just before it touched the Incarnation.

It deliberately bypassed him, showing respect.

At the same time, the massive amount of wood qi and Vital Qi that surged forth changed the energy level and environment of Spirit Plant Peak.

From the foot of the mountain to the heights, the concentration increased from level 5 to level 7, and the upper half of the mountain reached level 10 concentration entirely.

The energy was so dense that it almost crystallized the rocks, causing a large number of spirit plants to grow wildly; fields of spirit rice and spirit wheat matured, hanging heavy with peanut-sized grains.

However, after the Incarnation released his own aura, it quieted down, silently absorbing energy from outside the heavens and exhaling Vital Qi.

Meanwhile, back at home, Wang An felt his transcendent path further perfect itself.

A large amount of destiny gathered above his head.

Forming a cloud of fortune, at this moment, a towering emerald green tree rose from the ground, absorbing and suppressing all this fortune and destiny to prevent them from dissipating.

"The cultivation speed for the next [Heavenly Fire] Dao Foundation should be even faster."

"The other two divine abilities of [Great Forest Wood] will also be completed under the impetus of this destiny."

Looking at this spirit plant, the Incarnation communicated with it using his spirit.

"I need a transcendent-level branch."

For a large spirit plant like the [ten-thousand-fathom red sequoia], it was naturally impossible for its entire body to be at the transcendent level, at least not at Tier 1.

Therefore, for it, having just promoted to a transcendent spirit plant, this was also a form of injury.

However, with the Incarnation possessing the same status as the main body, the [ten-thousand-fathom red sequoia] did not hesitate at all and voluntarily shed a branch flickering with transcendent law fluctuations.

The force field gathered the material.

The Incarnation used the [Clear Spirit Cultivation Technique] and [Creation Spirit Pointing] to replenish the [ten-thousand-fathom red sequoia]'s aura, which had dipped due to the loss of an important limb.

As the two spells landed, the aura and energy level of the [ten-thousand-fathom red sequoia] began to recover, even exceeding their previous state.

This made the [ten-thousand-fathom red sequoia] want to drop another branch for the Incarnation, but fortunately, he stopped it in time.

He simply instructed it.

"Grow well and take good care of the other spirit plants."

Taking his three personal disciples, he descended from the peak of Spirit Plant Peak.

The Incarnation's [Rootless Eternal Force Field] enveloped the three of them, and they quickly arrived at the river valley plain square.

At this time, many disciples were already waiting there, as he had notified all students and deacons via mental power.

Standing high in the air, looking at these [Heavenly Talisman Qi Refining Cultivator]s who were at least level 4, he announced a decision.

"Students, you have come here to study Dao methods and achieve transcendence. In addition to the basic cultivation methods and spell teachings, I am establishing a new system: exchanging great merits for the method of forging Dao Foundations to achieve transcendence."

"I encourage you all to make significant innovations in the various arts, cultivation methods, and spells, and submit them to the Daoist field in exchange for great merits."

"Besides this, I also encourage the development of other professions, using Vital Qi as a foundation to expand the system in multiple dimensions."

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After speaking, the Incarnation left amidst the excited expressions of the Qi Refining Cultivators.

This time, the display of divine power by the Tianhe Peak Master and the policy encouraging exploration greatly boosted the students' enthusiasm for research.

Now that there were transcendent-level spirit plants, resources for the Qi Refining level would soon be greatly replenished, so it was natural to encourage development in multiple aspects.

The Incarnation next intended to expand another auxiliary profession for the transcendent-level [Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation Cultivator]: the [Heavenly Talisman Artifact Refiner].

Previously, he had not tried to refine Dharma artifacts due to the scarcity of spells and materials, but now that he had transcendent-level wood, he naturally had to pick this up.

Returning to the peak of Tianhe Peak, the [Rootless Jellyfish Snow Rabbit] and [sky-supporting green oak] here had both reached level 10, but achieving transcendence would likely take quite some time.

He arrived at the array eye, where an energy furnace for producing secondary profession stones was set up; it was the perfect place for refining artifacts.

He took out the red sequoia branch in his hand and used his [Great Forest Wood] Dao Foundation and mental power to sense its internal properties.

The [ten-thousand-fathom red sequoia] possessed imagery of height, longevity, bearing, protection, and endless life, which fit perfectly with his own [Great Forest Wood].

"Perhaps it can serve as a protective Dharma artifact for the main body."

After thinking for a moment, he came to this conclusion.

The Incarnation intended to use the law runes of the life divine ability [Pillar Supporting Heaven] to craft a staff-type Dharma artifact focused on guarding and protection.

When refining wooden objects, in addition to the Daoist tradition's evil-warding peach wood swords, ghost-god military talismans, and protective amulets, Buddhism was also famous for its khakkhara and prayer beads.

According to [galaxy general knowledge], the Tree Spirit Race had the most outstanding ability in refining objects of this kind, even relying on their unique transcendent path to refine Void-class warships capable of crossing galaxies.

Although the introductory knowledge provided by [Three Human Races] only covered the basics of refining objects, it was still much better than fumbling through it on his own.

Among them, the artifact refining knowledge provided by the [Bronze Human Race] was the most unique; they possessed highly advanced skills in working with their unique transcendent bronze.

They could refine artifacts using priests, incense, and array domains; in fact, to promote to transcendence, they needed to cultivate a life-bound transcendent artifact.

Using the artifact to drive oneself is what is called the unity of man and artifact.

By using the knowledge from these civilizations and combining it with his own system, he used the law runes of the life divine ability [Pillar Supporting Heaven] to craft a transcendent Dharma artifact that could act on his behalf to connect the fortunes of his relatives, friends, and subordinates, automatically protecting them and helping them overcome difficulties when they were in danger.

The first step in artifact refining is to process the materials.

This branch still contained many textures that did not conform to the flow of the law runes and needed to be adjusted with mana.

He trimmed away the excess parts, refining it into a wooden staff over one meter long.

During the refining process, the main body discovered that his [Refining] law rune showed signs of further perfection and expansion.

"This is practically expanding the conceptual boundaries of the rune through action!"

Seeing this, the Incarnation continued to focus on adjusting the material.

The next step was to determine the energy core.

A Dharma artifact of this type that could exist independently naturally required an energy storage structure.

"As it happens, I still have some unfinished wood hearts here that can be refined into a core and embedded into the wooden staff."

He first used mana to construct the [Refining] rune and combined it with the [Innate Lesser Yang Sunlight Nourishing Mystery Qi] to refine the wood heart, making it condensed and unified.

Then he injected [life spirit primordial qi] to bring its internal energy storage structure to the transcendent level.

Using mana to embed and combine them, he carved the minor divine ability law runes, connecting the runes for automatic energy collection and energy storage.

He used the [Creation Spirit Pointing] technique.

A point of spiritual light descended.

It enhanced the artifact's spirituality and increased the possibility of the artifact being promoted.

After all, every transcendent artifact is a transcendent entity without life.

At this point, the branch had become a simple wooden staff over a meter long, with a wood heart embedded at the top; it had no ornate decorations, only law patterns covering the staff's body.

Finally, he placed it into the energy furnace, where it floated in the dense energy, continuously being nurtured to accumulate imagery.

As for when it would be completed, it could only depend on the right timing.