There was another one!
Upon hearing what Qing Nü said, everyone’s expressions turned to shock.
Are Tier 6 swords truly that easy to refine?
The Violet Lightning Sword was forged and upgraded on the spot by Chen Mobai during his battle with the Kui Beast, witnessed by all the Deified Souls from the Five Continents and Four Seas. The Primal Yang Sword, it's said, was also created when he attained Deification, embodying the Grand Dao of Saintly Virtue. And now, there was another one: the Sea Calming Sword!
One person had forged three Tier 6 swords!
Such forging prowess made all the Deified Souls' hearts flutter with excitement. Their gazes, burning with eagerness, fixed on Chen Mobai, who was currently refining the Dusk Drum.
All the Deified Souls began to ponder what materials they possessed that would be suitable for forging into flying swords.
As cultivators, everyone dreamed of controlling a sword to fly like an immortal.
The Impermanence Study had compiled statistics showing that over ninety percent of cultivators in the entire Heavenly River Realm wished to become sword immortals, and if capable, would acquire a good flying sword for themselves.
Even Deified Souls were no exception.
Virtually everyone present carried a Tier 5 flying sword.
There were also a very few impoverished Deified Souls who only possessed Tier 4 swords.
Therefore, cultivators who possessed Tier 6 flying swords were undeniably objects of envy for many Deified Souls in the Heavenly River Realm.
For instance, Ye Qing; most cultivators on the Suspended Dao Platform thought he looked incredibly cool carrying the Taihe Sword on his back!
Chen Mobai had successfully forged three Tier 6 flying swords, clearly establishing him as an undisputed Grandmaster in sword-type artifacts. If they could persuade him to refine one for them, they too could possess Tier 6 flying swords.
However, no Deified Soul spoke up at this moment. Besides Chen Mobai being in the middle of refining an artifact, which no one dared to disturb, it was also because Tier 6 materials were simply too precious. Even among Deified Souls, those possessing such spiritual materials were few and far between.
For example, the Pure Serenity Palace could only offer six Pure Serenity Bamboos.
If those were to be ruined during refinement, True Monarch Qingfeng would become an eternal sinner to his sect.
But Chen Mobai's title as the Heavenly River Realm's foremost refiner was now beyond any doubt.
All the Deified Souls were already contemplating asking him to help refine Tier 5 flying swords.
While Tier 6 spiritual materials were scarce, Tier 5 materials were something every Deified Soul possessed, and in no small quantity. If they could forge a peak Tier 5 flying sword, it might even be passed down and, with some luck, eventually ascend to Tier 6.
Chen Mobai felt the pressure from being watched by so many Deified Souls with such fervent gazes.
However, he soon had no time to spare for such concerns.
This was because the Dusk Drum in his hands had begun its final shaping process.
He began assembling it with complete focus.
The drum body was crafted from top-grade Tier 5 Sun God Wood. Upon seeing this, the Deified Souls couldn't help but show signs of worry.
After all, in the Heavenly River Realm's conventional wisdom, the highest success rate for refining a Tier 6 artifact naturally came from using Tier 7 materials. Only truly skilled refiners could succeed with Tier 6 spiritual materials.
Chen Mobai was undoubtedly a powerful refiner, but now, when refining a Tier 6 artifact, he was forced to use Tier 5 materials. This would certainly reduce the otherwise high success rate.
Feng Qingshu also secretly sighed when she saw the drum body.
She naturally hoped Chen Mobai would succeed, but she genuinely couldn't sell him the Tier 6 Parasol God Wood.
Chen Mobai, however, paid no mind to this. He took out several other materials he had prepared beforehand.
These included bone nails ground from the bones of the Kui Beast, which were to be used for securing the drumhead to the drum body, and also the Kui Beast's heart.
Although the Kui Beast was dead, its heart continued to beat rhythmically, emitting a dull thundering sound like drumbeats as soon as it appeared.
This was because the Kui Beast's Grand Dao power still lingered within the heart.
Chen Mobai had preserved it completely when he took it.
After arranging all the materials, Chen Mobai deliberately slowed his movements, placing the Kui Beast's heart into the drum body. He then picked up a piece of dark blue Kui Beast hide for the drumhead, laying it over the bottom of the drum body. With a flick of his finger, twelve pure white bone nails flew off the table, accompanied by thunderous roars and electric flashes. Like twelve startling lightning-attribute flying swords, they pierced directly through the drum hide, securing it to the drum body.
Throughout this process, the Dao resonance of the Grand Dao of Armor, contained within the Kui Beast hide, offered no resistance whatsoever, allowing the bone nails, imbued with the Grand Dao of Thunder, to pierce through it.
"So that's it!"
The Vast Righteousness Immortal was the first to discern the profound mystery, exclaiming in wonder.
Although both the Grand Dao of Thunder and the Grand Dao of Armor were powers of the Kui Beast, they would theoretically still conflict when fused because the Kui Beast was dead. The reason for their perfect fusion now was that Chen Mobai had placed the Kui Beast's heart inside the drum body.
Within the Kui Beast's heart, the three Grand Dao powers it originally wielded had long since grown accustomed to each other's presence.
With it acting as the central harmonizer, there would naturally be no conflict. Instead, it was as if the Kui Beast were still alive, perfectly wielding these two Grand Dao powers.
At this point, Chen Mobai repeated the previous process, taking the remaining twelve bone nails and sealing the upper drumhead in place as well.
With a muffled thunderous rumble, the Dusk Drum was complete.
Only one final step remained!
"Everyone, watch closely," Chen Mobai finally spoke. "I will only demonstrate this once."
This was the only part of the refining process he felt needed special mention.
Because in his view, all other steps presented no difficulty; as long as one had the same materials, they simply needed to follow suit.
"Ah, is that it?"
The Deified Souls present, upon hearing Chen Mobai's words and seeing the Dusk Drum in his hand—crafted from golden wood and Kui hide, perfectly round like a pillar, yet looking quite ordinary—couldn't help but wear expressions of astonishment.
Refining a Tier 6 artifact, shouldn't it take at least several years, or even more than a decade?
How could it be complete in just the blink of an eye, while they were discussing the Heavenly River Realm's twelve Tier 6 flying swords?
Wasn't that a bit too fast?
As everyone watched in surprise, Chen Mobai reached out and pressed each white bone nail firmly into place, ensuring that the three Grand Dao powers within the artifact were perfectly integrated.
After confirming there were no issues, he lightly pressed his hand onto the dark blue drumhead, activated the Can Tong Qi, and struck down forcefully.
The instant the drum sounded, a blinding bolt of lightning suddenly illuminated the sky, tearing through the firmament. It plummeted from an immeasurable height, striking the newly formed Dusk Drum with immense force.
The moment that lightning struck, the many Deified Souls present all felt a sense of impending catastrophe.
This was because it had struck directly from the Nine Heavens' Thunder Tribulation.
This scene reminded them of the terrifying phenomenon when the Kui Beast, in its full might, drew down the Nine Heavens' Thunder Tribulation to cover the East Continent's coast.
And now, the Dusk Drum had achieved the same feat.
Boom!
Above the sky, one blinding bolt of lightning after another began to continuously strike, all directed by Chen Mobai to land on the Dusk Drum's dark blue hide.
It was as if the heavens themselves were using thunder as a hammer, striking the Dusk Drum and producing a resonant roar.
Yet, this terrifying spectacle was merely Chen Mobai imbuing the artifact with its spiritual essence.
During this process, Chen Mobai, being the closest, naturally bore the brunt of the Heavenly Tribulation's lightning strikes. However, his expression remained unchanged; the Pure Yang Immortal Robe he wore glowed with brilliant flames, incinerating all lightning that surged towards him.
Another Tier 6 artifact robe!
Upon witnessing the performance of the Pure Yang Immortal Robe, all the Deified Souls were filled with envy.
Feng Qingshu, of course, also sensed the familiar aura emanating from the Pure Yang Immortal Robe, realizing that Chen Mobai had used the Scarlet Flame Silkworm Silk here.
Just that little bit of Tier 6 silkworm silk was enough to complete it!
Although Feng Qingshu mainly specialized in alchemy, she still understood the basics of artifact refining. She knew that the materials she had given him would, at most, only be enough to embroider a dragon pattern.
In other words, the vast majority of materials for this Pure Yang Immortal Robe were still Tier 5. Yet, simply by using the Scarlet Flame Silkworm Silk she provided as an embroidery accent, it had actually been refined into a Tier 6 artifact.
Upon realizing this, Feng Qingshu felt certain that the Dusk Drum would be successfully refined.
After all, most of its materials were Tier 6.
While guiding the Nine Heavens' Thunder Tribulation to strike, Chen Mobai was still able to multitask, explaining to the Deified Souls present: "The most crucial step in successfully forging a Tier 6 artifact is this one. Even I am not guaranteed a hundred percent success rate. Sometimes, the spiritual essence imbued is only Tier 5, and it requires a lot of time and nurturing to advance to Tier 6 later. I hope it succeeds this time in one go!"
As his words fell, the lightning descending from the sky grew increasingly intense. Except for top-tier Deified Souls like the Vast Righteousness Immortal and those protected by Tier 6 artifacts, the rest had already retreated to the edge of the Suspended Dao Platform.
As for cultivators below the Deification stage, they had long been protected by Qing Nü and led away from the platform.
During this process, Qing Nü used the Sea Calming Sword.
Ripples and waves of water emanated from the sword body, seemingly transforming into a vast ocean that encompassed all the cultivators. When a few stray streaks of lightning occasionally erupted towards them, the Sea Calming Sword proactively glowed and dissipated them, without even needing Qing Nü to activate it.
The heavenly lightning struck for a full forty-nine days before finally ceasing.
This perfectly coincided with the time Qing Nü spent nurturing the Life-Nourishing Blood Refining Pill.
Some sharp-witted cultivators from the Five Elements Sect noticed this, thinking that Old Ancestor Chen was using this as an opportunity for romance, deliberately making the Nine Heavens' Thunder Tribulation strike for so long.
On the platform, Qing Nü, seeing the heavenly lightning disappear, immediately stirred her divine sense, commanding the Sea Calming Sword to return the protected cultivators.
"There are still some residual tribulation lightning sparks; I'll clear them away," Qing Nü said.
As Qing Nü spoke, she brought forth the Sea Stabilizing Pearl of the Abyssal Depths, which she had already attuned with. Under the augmentation of the Black Emperor's Abyssal Underworld Scripture, the precious pearl seemed to transform into a vortex, emitting infinite suction that swallowed all the flickering sparks in the air above the platform.
Upon seeing the Sea Stabilizing Pearl of the Abyssal Depths, all the Deified Souls present twitched their mouths.
True Monarch Danxia actually had two Tier 6 artifacts as well.
And wasn't it said that this pearl couldn't be refined without the bloodline of the Profound Flood Dragon Royal Court?
However, knowledgeable individuals like the Vast Righteousness Immortal discovered that the Sea Stabilizing Pearl of the Abyssal Depths now only retained its immense Dao power, its spiritual essence having dissipated. They surmised that Chen Mobai might have personally shattered the pearl's spiritual essence, allowing True Monarch Danxia to refine it.
Such a wasteful act, destroying a heavenly treasure, caused them great distress.
After all, this precious pearl was the closest to the rank of a Dao Attainment Treasure.
Now that its spiritual essence had dispersed, its foundation could be considered destroyed.
"Hahaha, my luck is good this time! The spiritual essence I've imbued into the Dusk Drum is Tier 6!"
Just as Qing Nü was letting the cultivators protected by the Sea Calming Sword down, Chen Mobai's hearty laughter echoed in everyone's ears.
They saw the thunderous spiritual light at the very center of the platform slowly dissipate, transforming into a single-legged, horned dark blue ox with clear light shining from its eyes.
It was precisely the Kui Beast.
Everyone almost thought the true spirit had been resurrected.
But soon, this Kui Beast transformed into a golden-wood and dark blue drum, cradled in Chen Mobai's palm.
It was the artifact's spiritual essence.
Upon seeing this, all the Deified Souls suddenly understood.
At this moment, they held the highest possible regard for Chen Mobai's refining skill.
Top-tier Deified Souls like the Vast Righteousness Immortal immediately approached Chen Mobai, beginning to examine the Dusk Drum in his palm.
Although they didn't fully comprehend how Chen Mobai had imbued the artifact with spiritual essence—he had just tapped the drumhead a few times, attracting heavenly tribulation strikes, and it was done—it didn't prevent them from appreciating the finished product.
"This drum possesses such powerful spiritual essence from its very creation; in the future, it likely has the potential to advance to mid-grade or even high-grade."
"It's a pity that the drum body's material is Tier 5 spiritual wood. If it had been Tier 6, with Fellow Daoist Chen's refining skill, this Dusk Drum would likely be more than just a low-grade Tier 6 artifact."
"It's already incredibly impressive. Among all the refiners in the Heavenly River Realm throughout history, I don't think a single one, while at the Deification stage, could compare to Fellow Daoist Chen in refining skill."
True Monarch Qingfeng's words made Chen Mobai repeatedly shake his head, modestly stating that he was still far from being worthy of the title of number one.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, the successive patriarchs of my Pure Serenity Palace have always wished to refine the six Pure Serenity Bamboos into a magical sword. However, we've struggled to find a suitable refiner. Do you think you might find time to visit West Continent again sometime..."
After True Monarch Qingfeng finished his praises, he began to state his true purpose.
Previously, when Chen Mobai had successfully refined the Tier 6 Violet Lightning Sword, everyone had also considered asking him to help refine Tier 6 artifacts. However, Tier 6 materials were simply too precious, being the foundational treasures of various sects. If refinement failed, there would generally be no second chance, so they had remained quite rational.
But now, things were different.
While a single successful refinement might be attributed to luck, the repair of the Nine Tribulations Sky Phoenix Zither, coupled with three Tier 6 swords, and numerous other Tier 6 artifacts Chen Mobai possessed—such as the Primordial Chaos Bell, Sky Phoenix Mirror, and Pure Yang Immortal Robe—and now the Dusk Drum, all unequivocally proved that this Azure Emperor of the Eastern Desolation was the strongest Tier 6 refiner in the Heavenly River Realm after the great changes in heaven and earth.
Individuals like True Monarch Yiyuan, at most, had successfully refined one or two Tier 6 artifacts before their ascension. Moreover, some of those works were cooperatively refined with other refiners, clearly lacking in individual merit.
Chen Mobai, however, was skilled in all aspects: whether it was upgrading old artifacts to make them like new, advancing his own destined artifacts, or even creating artifacts like the Dusk Drum that were Tier 6 from raw materials to completion.
True Monarch Qingfeng felt that this was the best opportunity for their Pure Serenity Palace in tens of thousands of years to handle spiritual materials like the six Pure Serenity Bamboos.
As long as Chen Mobai was willing to act, it would be at least a Tier 6 flying sword.
After all, those six Pure Serenity Bamboos were top-grade Tier 6 materials.
The Carefree Sky-Roaming Fan in his hand had originally been refined by a Heavenly River Realm refiner using six Pure Serenity Bamboos as its ribs.
With Chen Mobai's superior refining skill, they might even acquire a mid-grade or even high-grade Tier 6 flying sword.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, my Violet Cloud Heavenly Palace possesses many Tier 6 materials..."
Ao Yuxia also couldn't help but speak up.
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