Chapter 236: Forging a Divine Artifact

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

In the vast hall, only the sound of the white-haired boy forcefully slapping his own cheeks echoed loudly.

Lin Qing couldn't help but glance at the boy whose mouth corner was already bleeding from the slaps.

He was just a bit too direct in speech; surely that didn't warrant slapping himself so publicly?

"Mr. Mirror Light."

The black-clad girl beside him transmitted a voice: "Savil was found by Lady Caslock in the depths of the Void Sea. When she discovered him, although he was a Star God, he remembered nothing, like a blank slate, yet his nature was arrogant and unruly. Lady Caslock used this method to teach him. We suspect he might also be from a Level 2.9 civilization, or perhaps undergoing the trial and tempering of a disciple from the Holy Land. Does Mr. Mirror Light know him?"

"I don't know him," Lin Qing stated the truth.

Complete memory loss, is this a trial and tempering?

However, it is said that Level 2.9 civilizations also have tempering methods that turn geniuses into mortals, or even reincarnate and cast them into those backward civilizations; blinding the memory is understandable.

"Compared to me, this fake Holy Land genius, isn't this a bit too normal..." Lin Qing thought silently.

He didn't want to think about it further and immediately began preparing to forge a Divine Artifact.

"Lady Fei Yan."

Lin Qing spoke: "Then I will forge a Life-affinity Divine Artifact that I am quite skilled at. Only the most ordinary Life-affinity Void materials are needed."

On the forging formula for every Divine Artifact, the required materials are not very important; after all, these materials only need to have their most essential essence refined. As long as the faction is correct and the purity of the essence is sufficient, substitute materials can be chosen freely.

What is important is the method of integrating spatial mysteries during the process of condensing the Divine Soul, which is the most crucial secret.

Only in this way can the condensed Divine Artifact fit the universe more perfectly and resonate more strongly with the Origin of the Universe.

Therefore, even if other Star Gods knew the material formula, it would be meaningless.

Moreover, the ratio of various materials is not unchangeable; this requires adjustment based on experience and on-the-spot reactions.

"I have already prepared them for you; go to the Divine Artifact Workshop." The black-clad girl nodded slightly.

The Divine Artifact Workshop is a place specifically used for Star Gods to forge Divine Artifacts.

"The construction cost of this Divine Artifact Workshop is not low."

The black-clad girl introduced casually: "When forging Divine Artifacts, to avoid interference, the most needed thing is a sufficiently stable space, and to perfectly preserve those refined essences. In these two aspects, this Divine Artifact Workshop has achieved perfection."

Immediately, she waved her hand, taking out batches of Life-affinity materials from her internal Void, which flew down and landed on the stone platform nearby.

These Life-affinity Void materials, although all of the most ordinary kind usable only for forging single-color Divine Artifacts, were each worth at least ten thousand Void Coins; a thousand of them combined were estimated to be worth over ten million Void Coins.

"Alright, this is a thousand units of Life-affinity Void materials. Forge in peace; no one will disturb you."

After leaving the materials, the black-clad girl directly left the workshop to go outside.

And that tall gray-haired woman 'Caslock', along with her student and a group of high-ranking Council members, were currently supervising and watching from outside the workshop.

"This workshop is indeed excellent."

Lin Qing took a look around, did not waste time, and immediately began forging the Divine Artifact.

The three steps of forging a Divine Artifact—

Refining the essence, condensing the form in the Void, and communicating with the Universe.

For each of these three steps, only a Star God can achieve them.

"This much should be enough..."

Lin Qing casually scooped out a small portion of the Life-affinity Void materials, estimating that it could refine at least one hundred units of essence, which theoretically is enough to forge a Divine Artifact one hundred times.

A Divine Artifact capable of communicating with the Universe and resonating maximally with it only requires refining one unit of essence.

Any more would not make the Divine Artifact's power higher; it would be purely wasteful.

He simply did not want to waste time, so he prepared the essence for one hundred Divine Artifacts in advance.

"Divine Fire."

A thought stirred in Lin Qing's heart, and immediately a huge mass of crimson strange fire condensed before his eyes. Within it, as if possessing life and spirit, it suddenly took the form of a beast, then a small figure, then flowers and grass, appearing and disappearing, leaping restlessly, and even faint laughter could be heard coming from it.

This is the Divine Fire of a Life-affinity Star God.

With this Divine Fire, one can refine all things and extract the root essence belonging to the Life faction.

Although the essence contained in these ordinary Life-affinity Void materials is not of high purity, it is sufficient for forging single-color Divine Artifacts.

"Refine."

At Lin Qing's mental command, the full one hundred batches of Life-affinity Void materials on the nearby platform flew over, and the Life Divine Fire immediately enveloped these materials.

However, these Void materials showed not the slightest change.

This is also quite normal.

Normally, completely refining the essence within one batch of materials takes at least several years.

Fortunately, he had integrated a drop of Void God Clan bloodline; even while maintaining such a huge Divine Fire, the speed of replenishing energy could keep up with the consumption speed.

Outside the Divine Artifact Workshop, Council members one by one, along with the gray-haired woman 'Caslock' and her student, were currently silently observing every move Lin Qing made.

"One hundred batches?"

"Is he preparing to refine one hundred units of Life-affinity essence simultaneously?"

"Is his energy reserve that large?"

"Mr. Luogu specially inscribed three Holy Characters that can increase energy reserves, yet he can only refine twelve units simultaneously."

"It seems... his bloodline genes are very powerful?"

The high-ranking Council members were all somewhat shocked.

But the black-clad girl was much calmer.

She was the only one present who knew the other party was a genius from the Holy Land; as a genius cultivated by a transcendent Level 2.9 civilization, having such ability was quite normal.

And that tall gray-haired woman 'Caslock' suddenly said: "He is very confident, believing he can forge a Divine Artifact using only one hundred batches of materials."

"Why does the teacher say that?" the white-haired youth behind her asked in confusion.

"He maintains such a vast divine fire, yet remains completely at ease; this clearly indicates it is not his limit."

Caslock spoke slowly, "Normally, to avoid trouble when forging divine artifacts, one maintains the maximum possible divine fire to refine more essence, thereby creating more divine artifacts. But he seems to believe that one hundred portions are sufficient for success, so he only prepared one hundred portions?"

The white-haired youth was stunned and said, "A success rate exceeding one percent? Is that true or false..."

A success rate reaching one or two in a thousand is already considered an excellent level; one or two percent would truly be called a Master Artificer.

"Just watch and you will know," Caslock said softly.

In the blink of an eye, five years passed.

Inside the Divine Artifact Workshop, the one hundred portions of void materials had been reduced to essences resembling colorful, radiant light, forming a liquid-like fluid that flowed slowly through the void, crystal clear.

"It is done."

Lin Qing exhaled slightly, withdrew his divine fire, and immediately began to activate his divine core. Through the void's true aspect he mastered, he pried open the mysteries of space, merging threads of spatial power into these essences to begin condensing the form of the divine artifact.

This process requires absolute focus; now, he can only proceed one by one.

The remaining ninety-nine units of Life-System Root Essence were immediately preserved in the frozen depths of the void within this Divine Artifact Workshop.

Fortunately, the condensation step relies mainly on experience and consumes very little time.

In merely a few days, the embryo of a divine artifact had taken shape. However, it was still only an artifact embryo; it could not yet resonate with the universe. Aside from the trait of self-repair, it possessed nothing special.

Outside the Divine Artifact Workshop.

"Lady Caslock," the black-clad maiden could not help but ask, "The artifact embryo is formed. What do you think of his skill level?" Caslock fell silent for a moment before saying, "Where did you find this person? Such skill must have been honed through forging countless times... If I am not mistaken, he should be a genius from the Holy Land?"

"You guessed correctly indeed," the black-clad maiden smiled. "That is exactly so."

"I have at least heard of the Star Gods in the Void Sea who are skilled in forging."

Caslock shook her head slightly and said, "I have never even heard of this Mirror Light, yet he possesses such skill. He is clearly from one of the three transcendent Holy Lands; only those three Holy Lands remain beyond our understanding."

She looked at Lin Qing and sighed softly, "Very proficient skill. No wonder, before he has yet to transform into a Void Creature, his mind is likely entirely focused on forging."

Inside the workshop.

"The final step."

Lin Qing exhaled slightly, looked at this artifact embryo, and immediately began using his divine core to connect this artifact embryo to the universe.

This step is the simplest, yet also the one with the highest failure rate.

Whether it succeeds depends heavily on luck.

!

"The first two steps I performed perfectly; this step is pure luck..."

Lin Qing's heart was also uneasy.

Although this was his first time forging a divine artifact, within the memories of the borrowed future, he had already forged it countless times, which is why his skill could be so thoroughly proficient.

One could say that in terms of personal performance, he had already reached the extreme.

The rest was left to luck.

Judging from the memories of the borrowed future, the success rate of his final step in forging a divine artifact—connecting to the universe—was approximately 1.1%.

This was the success rate calculated only after succeeding countless times.

The success rate of connecting to the universe is somewhat similar to a guaranteed drop rate in a lottery; as long as the first two steps are performed perfectly, once the number of failures in the third step accumulates to a certain point, success is inevitable.

—This was also Lin Qing's unique discovery.

"Ninety times."

Lin Qing took a deep breath. "After failing consecutively ninety times, the ninety-first time will inevitably succeed!"

He immediately began to activate his divine core to connect this divine artifact embryo to the universe.

"Voom..."

Only to see points of light appear in the void, circling the surface of the artifact embryo, waiting only for the great will of the universe to descend before instantly merging into the embryo and transforming it into a true divine artifact.

This step is quick; success is success, failure is failure.

Merely over ten minutes later—

The points of light circling the surface of the artifact embryo suddenly trembled slightly and vanished without a trace.

And the artifact embryo, seemingly suffering a backlash, shattered along with it, turning into nothingness.

"Failed."

Lin Qing remained very calm, immediately extracted the second portion of Life-System Essence, merged it with spatial power again, condensed its form, and connected it to the universe.

The second time, it failed again.

He continued forging.

The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time, the sixth time...

Failure after failure.

Until the ninety-first time—

"Boom!"

In the void, a vast and boundless will seemed to awaken, as if noticing the artifact embryo Lin Qing was forging, and quietly swept over.

Afterwards, the circling points of light also began to rapidly merge into the embryo, causing it to become increasingly brilliant, its aura growing ever more powerful, as if it were the incarnation of the universe's origin, incomparably dazzling.

Finally, all light and aura completely subsided.

Only to see a two-handed great sword floating quietly in mid-air, its transcendent pressure naturally radiating outward, enough to make everyone turn their heads.

"It is done." Lin Qing had expected this long ago, so naturally there was no smile on his face.

One could only say his luck was truly average.

Even with the first two steps performed perfectly, the success rate was only 1.1%. If it were someone like Qi Lingxiao, a child of destiny with explosive luck, perhaps he would have succeeded on the first try?

"In the future, if there is a chance, I must improve my luck..." Lin Qing thought helplessly to himself.

At this moment, the senior executives of the Wanxing Group and others also entered.

"Haha, it succeeded."

"The success rate is actually this high?"

"Truly a genius of artifact forging."

The senior executives of the Council were extremely delighted, and their gaze toward Lin Qing was completely different.

With such artifact forging skills, as long as the Divine Core undergoes transformation in the future, it can be continuously improved; forging three-colored or four-colored Divine Artifacts is no problem. The higher the Divine Core's level, the higher the level of the Divine Artifacts forged!

If one can forge seven-colored Divine Artifacts, they can truly be called a 'Craftsman God'!

Such an existence, not only possessing transcendent strength but also capable of forging terrifying seven-colored Divine Artifacts, would command respect even from the Masters of Secret Realms of a 2.8-level civilization across the entire Void Sea!

The current Lin Qing, in the eyes of this group of Wanxing Group executives, obviously possessed the potential to forge high-level Divine Artifacts.

Having a Divine Core does not mean one possesses talent for artifact forging.

Among the Star Gods with seven-colored Divine Cores, only a few can forge seven-colored Divine Artifacts.

It can only be said that a Divine Core provides the ability to forge artifacts, but one must also possess the talent for artifact forging.

"Your artifact forging skills are truly formidable."

The tall, gray-haired woman walked over and said softly, "Judging by your appearance, your age should not be too great. You are indeed a genius of artifact forging, with skills nearly perfect. It is a pity your luck is poor; try to improve your luck in the future."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

He also wanted to, but he must first find a person favored by the universe whose fate was worth him seizing.

Moreover, his current strength was insufficient, making many things inconvenient.

Fortunately... the minimum number of successful artifact forgings was 91. Although it was somewhat troublesome, it was acceptable.

"Mr. Jingguang."

The black-clad young woman walked over with a smile, handed a contract to Lin Qing, and said, "Our Wanxing Group is willing to sign a cooperation agreement with you. You may review this contract."

Sensing the unique aura emanating from this contract, Lin Qing was slightly startled and said, "A five-star contract?"

"Yes."

The black-clad young woman nodded and said, "Five-star contracts are only produced within ruins of three-level civilizations, but since you are honored as a Star God, it is naturally worthy of our Wanxing Group offering a five-star contract to sign with you."

Lin Qing understood her meaning.

A four-star contract cannot bind a Void-level Divine Servant, because a Void-level Divine Servant is a four-star universe citizen.

And behind the Wanxing Group lies the Holy Master lineage, which is the Master of the Secret Realm of the Bai Ta civilization.

Once this Master of the Secret Realm wished to unilaterally breach the contract, a four-star contract could not bind or punish them; naturally, Star Gods signing with the Wanxing Group would not trust such a contract.

Therefore, only a five-star contract could achieve absolute trust.

"Very well, I will sign."

Lin Qing read through the contract once and found the rules quite lenient, merely stipulating 'ten single-colored Divine Artifacts must be forged every ten thousand years'; everything else was very free.

He naturally agreed on the spot.

(End of this chapter)