"I'm talking about forging. If I can advance further from Spirit Refinement and develop the next stage, which is Soul Refinement, I believe it will be effective for you, Teacher."
Three-Word Battle Armor made from Soul Refined metal provides significant amplification even for Super Douluos.
The truly top-tier Three-Word Battle Armor can even be used by Limit Douluos, granting them a certain degree of amplification.
Even if it can't directly boost someone from level 98 to level 99 out of thin air, the amplification would still be considerable, much stronger than having no Battle Armor at all.
Soul Refined metal?
Du Busi said in surprise, "Are you confident in making a breakthrough?"
Du Busi himself had no personal experience with how difficult forging was, but he knew the reactions of his disciples.
Forget about pioneering a new path; even just following Su Ming's path and learning his Spirit Infusion technique took years as a unit.
Now, before the followers had even caught up, the pioneer Su Ming had made another breakthrough?
"I wouldn't say I'm fully confident, more like I'll give it a try," Su Ming said conservatively.
He truly hadn't attempted Soul Refinement before.
The threshold for Soul Refinement itself wasn't low; it tested all of a Spirit Master's previous skills.
Not only did one need a thorough understanding of forging and reach a standard in the ability to guide and strengthen spirituality, but one also needed to master Fusion Forging to a certain level, fusing Spirit Alloys capable of undergoing Soul Refinement.
On top of these two points, one also needed to complete the impartation of legacy.
"Soul Refinement, Soul Refinement... the blacksmith imparts a legacy to the metal, bestowing it with a soul. Although it is bestowed by the blacksmith, it still relies on the metal itself. All legacies are also stimulated by the alloy's own characteristics, not completely out of thin air bestowed by the blacksmith."
"The blacksmith's role has always only been to guide."
The first thing Su Ming did after ending his secluded training was to organize the information on Soul Refinement.
His Douluo 3 self was also asking Zhen Hua, saying it was preparation for the future.
With all preparations complete, Su Ming began his assault.
"Teacher Zhu Jiuyang has already pointed me in the right direction. The key to Soul Refinement lies in the combination of Spirit Alloys. The combination of the characteristics of each rare metal within is the legacy."
"Spirit Power and mental power merge into the metal, working internally in coordination with the strikes of the forging hammer. The effect of one strike can match ten or a hundred strikes from the past."
"..."
Trinity, Invoking the Deity to borrow strength.
Coupled with the existence of twin Spirit Cores, even though Su Ming hadn't yet reached Spirit King level, he possessed a Spirit Power foundation not inferior to a Spirit Sage, fully qualifying him to attempt Soul Refinement.
Thump!
Thump-thump-thump!
Ting!
Clang!
Different striking sounds corresponded to different forging techniques; Su Ming used all his methods.
Back when he was practicing Fusion Forging, he had intentionally tried to sense the fusion of different rare metal characteristics within Spirit Alloys and used this to cultivate his own elemental control.
By the same logic, by reversing the process and transforming his own elemental control into combinations of characteristic fusions, he could reassemble corresponding Spirit Skills in the form of metal characteristics!
This was the legacy.
It could be said that every Sacred Blacksmith who mastered Soul Refinement had mastered at least one self-created Spirit Skill, and had understood it so thoroughly that they could reassemble it using the combined characteristics of rare metals.
Time passed.
Su Ming attempted over a hundred times, finally completing his first Soul Refinement two and a half months later.
"Hahaha, from today onward, I am a Sacred Blacksmith!"
At this moment, his voice seemed to be imprinted in the hearts of every blacksmith.
In every branch of the Blacksmith Association across the continent, strange phenomena faintly manifested.
Su Ming felt a sudden clarity; in his Sea of Consciousness, the faith of forging gathered, transforming into a forging hammer.
"A God Seat prototype has condensed?"
In the God Realm, the God of Destruction was greatly astonished.
His divine sense didn't even need to seek out Su Ming; merely probing into the Douluo Plane, he could feel that special faith concentrated into a single stream.
"Tsk, imparting legacy... this is truly creating a complete system."
If Spirit Refinement, which bestowed life, was only equivalent to creating ordinary people without cultivation potential or spirit beasts without Spirit Power, then Soul Refinement was out of thin air creating a Spirit Master with a unique Martial Soul, or a spirit beast with a legacy for condensing Spirit Power.
Su Ming snapped out of his daze, a flash of understanding in his eyes.
"So that's how it is. This is a complete system now."
Yes, forging reached completion at Soul Refinement.
Soul Refined metal was effective even for Limit Douluos.
The subsequent Heaven Refinement was already beyond conventional forging realms, transcending the mortal domain.
"Heaven Refinement, Heaven Refinement... forging recognized by Heaven and Earth. Without the blessing of Heaven and Earth, one cannot become a Divine Blacksmith."
A Divine Blacksmith is also a God.
A normal Spirit Master should not possess the realm of Heaven Refinement.
Because Heaven Refinement involved invoking the descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth, imprinting the Laws into the metal. This could even be considered part of the cultivation domain of Gods.
Precisely because of this, by pioneering the Soul Refinement method, Su Ming had essentially created a complete system below the god level and truly perfected the forging system, thus condensing a God Seat prototype.
If he could truly continue to develop it to the Heaven Refinement level, perhaps the God Seat prototype would fully condense and take form, becoming at least a Third Class God Seat.
"Sacred Blacksmith!"
Soon, the entire continent knew that blacksmiths had a new realm – Sacred!
"Mastering 'Thousand Refinements, Spirit Awakened' makes one a Level Three Blacksmith, a Master. Spirit Refinement makes one a Level Five Blacksmith, a Grandmaster. Fusion Forging is Level Six. Soul Refinement is Level Seven, and one can be called Sacred!"
Who was the first Sacred Blacksmith?
Su Ming!
Shrek Academy.
Sea God Pavilion.
Xuan Zi convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
"Bad news: Su Ming has been forging recently, explored the Soul Refinement field, and became the first Sacred Blacksmith."
"Good news: He hasn't broken through in cultivation. The condensation of twin Spirit Cores is probably hopeless for him."
Even after fusing two 100,000-Year Spirit Bones, he still failed to break the barrier of twin Spirit Cores. His life was pretty much over.
However, because of the 100,000-Year Spirit Bones, perhaps his strength had reached a higher level, allowing him to explore even higher forging realms.
"It doesn't matter. In forging, he is already the Ancestor of Forging. Now he's just gaining more popular support; the impact isn't significant."
"There is some impact. We need to have more students learn forging. For every day we don't master forging techniques, our Shrek Academy will live under someone else's roof."
Across the continent, especially the purest batch of blacksmiths, were all curious about what Soul Refinement was.
How does one perform Soul Refinement?
What is the function of Soul Refinement?
Speaking of which, what is Spirit Refinement?
Yeah, what is Spirit Refinement?
Star Luo Imperial Family.
Xu Jiawei's face was ugly.
"That damned Su Ming! Spirit Refinement has been out for a while, and he still used Spirit Alloys to fool us!"
Never mind Spirit Refinement; he's even developed the Soul Refinement technique, while blacksmiths across the continent are still striving for 'Thousand Refinements, Spirit Awakened', believing it to be the lifelong pursuit of a blacksmith?
"Oops, this time it seems things have gotten a bit out of hand. The technology can't be hidden anymore."
Upon learning about the strange phenomena at the various Blacksmith Association branches, Su Ming felt a headache.
"I should have tried in Douluo 1. The public there already knows about Spirit Refinement technology. Exposing Soul Refinement there, while still a huge leap, would be more acceptable. But in the Douluo 2 period..."
It just exploded all at once.
"But it seems it doesn't matter anyway. I have twin Spirit Cores, Teacher is about to break through to the Limit. In the current era, we can pretty much do as we please. I don't really need to be afraid of anything."
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