Chapter 158: Creation Spirit Forging, Jue’s Evolution
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Xu Yuan had successfully forged Jade Silver with a fusion rate of ninety-eight percent before.
However, that was achieved under peak conditions and with a stroke of extraordinary luck.
He had also employed the Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique.
From any perspective, Xu Yuan had already reached his limit. Only when both his condition and luck were at their absolute peak could he barely forge Jade Silver with a fusion rate of ninety-eight percent.
But now, Xu Yuan couldn't afford to make a single mistake.
He poured his entire being into the process.
His essence, energy, and spirit were perfectly integrated into the two pieces of metal. The Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique influenced both the real and illusory dimensions simultaneously. On a sudden whim, Xu Yuan even attempted to communicate with and guide the nascent sentience within the metals through a spiritual link.
This sentience, though not yet intelligent, was merely a newborn spark of life. Under Xu Yuan's guidance, it developed a will to actively fuse.
This was a crucial factor. Combined with Xu Yuan's method of harmonizing essence, energy, and spirit, this formed the foundation for his rapid progress in Fusion-Forging.
The sentience itself yearned to evolve further.
At this moment, Xu Yuan communicated with the sentience of the two metals and guided them into his Dream Space.
With their cooperation, Xu Yuan successfully transported them into the Dream Space.
A portion of the sentience rapidly fused and evolved within the Dream Space, while the vast majority remained in the real world, nurtured by the ambient energy and undergoing normal fusion.
Through this constant interaction, Xu Yuan sought out differences in the fusion process to identify nodes that could achieve higher fusion rates.
Most importantly, the flow of time in the Dream Space was extremely accelerated, allowing for more time to simulate and refine the fusion process, greatly aiding Xu Yuan.
The Fusion-Forging process took a long time. If everything went smoothly, achieving perfection would take a full hour. Yet, an hour was still a very short time to fuse two originally independent sentient essences.
Thus, the time-acceleration effect of the Dream Space proved to be highly significant.
Xu Yuan's will was intensely focused as he devoted himself entirely to this Fusion-Forging session.
His forging hammer swung continuously, using its penetrating properties to make deep-level adjustments to the force of each strike, fine-tuning every detail.
The entire process was incredibly tense. Xu Yuan had to simultaneously observe the fusion of the sentience within the Dream Space, analyze the differences, and adjust accordingly.
After an intense and nerve-wracking hour of forging, the two metals had almost completely merged. The entire piece of metal seemed to radiate a dense starlight, naturally emanating from within.
The leap from ninety-eight percent to ninety-nine percent fusion wasn't just a small improvement—it was monumental.
Even without testing with instruments, Xu Yuan could tell that the piece of Jade Silver before him had achieved a fusion rate of ninety-nine percent.
Reflecting on the entire process, he deeply understood the immense role that heaven and earth played in the fusion of sentience.
Without the guidance of natural forces, relying solely on the instincts of the sentience within the metals and his own intuition, it would have been impossible to find this near-perfect path.
The starlight shimmered brilliantly.
The entire piece of metal resembled jade, its surface adorned with stars like a work of exquisite art.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath.
After an hour of Fusion-Forging, his exhaustion was significant.
Fortunately, his soul power hadn't been severely depleted.
Though his essence, energy, and spirit were heavily taxed, his soul power could still be replenished!
The energy storage system of his mecha directly utilized his own soul power, without any conversion. This placed much higher demands on both the technology and materials of the mecha. Only Spirit Alloy, which constantly integrated with Xu Yuan's skin, could maintain continuous interaction with his soul power.
Only in this way did the energy conversion system of the mecha form a unified whole with Xu Yuan's soul power flow, storing excess soul power for him.
With the soul power stored in his mecha continuously supplying him, Xu Yuan, despite suffering heavy losses in blood qi and mental strength, could continue forging while the momentum was still hot.
The Fusion-Forging was complete. Now, Spirit-Forging only required sufficient soul power to sustain it.
Xu Yuan wasn't Tang Wulin, who needed to supplement insufficient soul power with blood qi—his soul power was more than enough!
Bang!
A powerful strike hammered down onto the freshly fused, radiant Jade Silver, causing it to tremble deeply, down to its very core and every inch of its interior.
The newly fused sentience also quivered—it was afraid, it whimpered, but at the same time, it cheered and rejoiced!
Xu Yuan used a spiritual link to communicate with the sentience, soothing it and guiding it to cooperate with his forging. Through the strikes of his hammer and the changes in the Jade Silver itself, he helped it adapt and align.
Rebellion of the sentience was the most terrifying aspect and often the root cause of failure.
Sometimes, forging failures weren't due to the sentience rejecting the blacksmith but rather the sentience's instinctive fear of the pressure associated with advancing further.
Of course, the sentience also had an instinct to grow stronger.
Thus, learning how to guide the sentience to cooperate and strive together toward higher levels became a mandatory lesson for blacksmiths—and one worth studying for a lifetime.
Xu Yuan was different. His spiritual link communicated directly with the sentience's instincts, and even without intelligence, he could guide it.
This communication was of great significance to his forging.
The sentience grew.
The sentience condensed.
It evolved!
Swinging his forging hammer, Xu Yuan could clearly feel the feedback from the Jade Silver, sensing its burgeoning evolution.
Bang!
Another strike landed.
The force permeated every corner of the Jade Silver.
Under the influence of this strike, the sentience finally underwent a transformation.
The entire piece of Jade Silver radiated a brilliant light.
A joyous cry resonated from within the Jade Silver, responding to the heavens and earth, and to Xu Yuan, who had forged it.
Dense life energy transformed into starlight, drifting into Xu Yuan's body.
Life nourishment, Creation Spirit Forging!
This was the hallmark of the highest level of Spirit-Forging.
Not only had his first attempt at Spirit-Forging succeeded, but it had also achieved such an extraordinarily high standard, reaching the most difficult level—Creation Spirit Forging.
"My spiritual link has been of immense help in this."
Xu Yuan sighed in awe. This "cheat" might have been unintentionally overpowered.
As the Jade Silver celebrated its rebirth, it also sensed an exchange with another entity.
It could feel a call emanating from Xu Yuan, who was right in front of it.
Jue emerged from Xu Yuan's forehead, transforming into its true form as the Five Elements Spear Spirit, resonating with the Jade Silver.
Jue had absorbed Xu Yuan's blood qi and was the embodiment of his Blood and Qi Martial Soul. During the forging of this Jade Silver, Xu Yuan's blood qi had also been infused, profoundly influencing it.
Guided by Xu Yuan's blood qi, and with both entities being Jade Silver with a fusion rate of ninety-nine percent, they naturally resonated with each other.
The moment Jue revealed itself, the Jade Silver on the forging platform transformed into a beam of light and directly merged into Jue's body.
Xu Yuan's eyes widened in surprise.
Can Creation Spirit Forging do this?
Secondary life nourishment aside, the Spirit-Forged metal had spontaneously merged with Jue's body, fusing with it.
Xu Yuan smiled.
This is good too. Isn't this the perfect transition?
His blood qi stirred, and three purple soul rings successively emerged beneath his feet, their purple hue growing increasingly deep.
Within the depth, faint traces of black patterns began to emerge.
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