Reverse War Surpass Immortal

Afterward, the Sect Leader dispatched subordinates to search everywhere for Duan Gujin and Qing Lian.

In fact, once Duan Gujin and Qing Lian entered the Ziwei Divine Palace, they had already altered their appearances. Only experts in the Shattering Void Realm might possibly see through their disguises.

Previously, however, the Ziwei Divine Palace prohibited experts of the Shattering Void Realm from entering.

Therefore, the elders of the Taihuang Immortal Sect did not recognize the true appearances of Duan Gujin and Qing Lian.

Three days later, as the Rule Power of Purple Demon Mountain gradually recovered, the elders stationed there from the Taihuang Immortal Sect, unable to find Duan Gujin and Qing Lian, had no choice but to return.

At this time, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian had already infiltrated the Yuanzhen Continent.

They had obtained quite a few treasures from the Ziwei Divine Palace before, but those treasures were mostly refining materials and various Dark Weapons, among them some Jade Scrolls of Artifact Refining and Alchemy, but not any Spiritual Medicine or Elixir Pills.

Duan Gujin pondered for a moment and speculated that the Sect Hierarch of the Ziwei Divine Sect likely knew that Spiritual Medicine or Elixir Pills would eventually lose their medicinal power and thus did not leave them there.

Moreover, should the Ice Corpse King, sealed for a millennium, escape one day, it would devour those Spiritual Medicines or Elixir Pills, which would undoubtedly be a boon to the Ice Corpse King.

Hence, the treasures within the Ziwei Divine Palace were either Jade Scrolls with Alchemy and Artifact Refining knowledge or piles of refining materials.

Noticing both he and Qing Lian lacked suitable Dark Weapons, Duan Gujin decided to refine one for each of them.

There are many methods of artifact refining.

The general method involves using a tripod furnace for refining, a simple and convenient way, though the resulting Dark Weapons often lack Spiritual Energy, rarely exceeding Third Grade.

A more complex refining method involves using Soul Fire, which isn't something every martial artist can master. For this method, the martial artist's Spiritual Power must be sufficiently strong.

Only those with very strong Spiritual Power can succeed.

The most challenging method involves refining with Soul Fire while assisting with Life Essence Blood, requiring the fusion of Soul Fire and Life Essence Blood with powerful Spiritual Power.

This refining technique demands even higher levels of Spiritual Power, although warriors can use special techniques to extract Life Essence Blood to survive high temperatures, to succeed requires a terrifying level of Spiritual Power.

Moreover, using Life Essence Blood in refining will trigger a Heavenly Tribulation.

It is said that the terrifying thunder tribulation occurs because using Life Essence Blood for refining is akin, to some extent, to the creation of life.

And legend has it that creating life without adhering to the natural laws will lead to thunder tribulation.

The so-called natural laws are the coexistence of all things, Yin and Yang.

The most dangerous is the final method of refining Dark Weapons. Even an Artifact Refining Master, if unable to control the fire well or withstand the subsequent Heavenly Tribulation, will suffer at best serious injuries, at worst obliteration of the Divine Soul.

To forge excellent Dark Weapons, many factors need consideration.

Beyond the power of the refiner, the materials must also be considered.

As the saying goes, a skillful housewife can't cook without rice. A good Artifact Refiner without sufficient refining materials can't produce good Dark Weapons.

The higher the level of Dark Weapons being refined, the more the attribute power of the Dark Weapons must be considered.

Generally speaking, to refine a Dark Weapon with a strong Fire Attribute, it must be done in a place abundant in Fire Attribute.

And to refine a Dark Weapon with a strong Ice Attribute, one must go to a place rich in Ice Attribute for refinement.

Only in this way can the effort be multiplied with half the effort.

In refining certain special Dark Weapons, even the time must be considered.

For example, if an Artifact Refiner wishes to create a Dark Weapon with a strong Yang attribute, it must be refined at midday when the Yang attribute is strongest.

Conversely, if an Artifact Refiner wishes to create a Dark Weapon with a strong Yin attribute, it must be refined at night when the Yin attribute is strongest.

The more special the Dark Weapon, the more special considerations need to be taken into account.

Duan Gujin found an Artifact Refining Tripod among the treasures of the Ziwei Divine Palace.

With this refining tripod, he could create Dark Weapons suitable for the Martial Saint Realm.

Yet, to refine a Dark Weapon for the Shattering Void Realm, he knew that with his current Spiritual Power he was definitely incapable.

Even if he managed to successfully refine such a Dark Weapon, he would have to endure the equivalent of the Shattering Void Realm Thunder Tribulation.

With his current capabilities, he couldn't withstand the Shattering Void Realm Thunder Tribulation.

Dark Weapons are not necessarily better just because they are of a higher grade. Only those that can fully manifest their attribute power can be considered good Dark Weapons.

In his previous life, Duan Gujin was an Artifact Refining Master. Although he hadn't refined Dark Weapons for quite some time, ordinary Dark Weapons posed no issue for him.

He decided to craft a Dark Weapon with Thunder Attribute Power for himself, and thus chose to do so on a rainy day.

When the Dark Weapon was nearing completion, he would then channel Thunder Power into it, infusing it with Thunder Attribute Power.

First, he found a rainy spot and started refining the Dark Weapon in the rain.

He first placed the tripod furnace in an open area, quickly setting up a simple awning over it, then built a Yin Yang Mutual Generation Formation underneath the tripod.

The reason for arranging the Yin Yang Mutual Generation Formation was due to his concern that, having not refined Dark Weapons for a long time, he might make some mistakes.

With the formation, the soul fire power he released wouldn't be too intense.

After setting up, he took a deep breath, and a blazing Soul Fire flew from his right hand's palm, igniting the refining materials inside the tripod.

The temperature within the tripod quickly soared, turning the entire tripod crimson red, and the refining materials melted into red liquid, flowing vigorously within.

With a thought, Duan Gujin waved his right hand, and the molten red refining materials were sent to a circular groove below.

Next, with a wave of his right hand, impurities clumped in a left-side groove were fanned out of the tripod.

He continued to drive the soul fire, further heating the red liquid in the tripod to a deeper crimson.

This refining process involved continuously extracting impurities within the red liquid, preventing them from affecting the quality of the Dark Weapon.

During the refinement, Duan Gujin constantly added some new refining materials.

Like Alchemy, artifact refining pays great attention to the order of refinement.

If the refinement order is reversed at any point, it can significantly degrade the quality of the resulting Dark Weapon.

Refining Dark Weapons is arduous work. Only martial artists with profound cultivation and strong spiritual power can withstand the high temperatures, detect subtle impurities within the refining materials, and remove them.

As time passed, after one two-hour period, Duan Gujin finally completed the impurity extraction step.