Come On, Son! You Got to Breakthrough Now!

The Divine Martial Dynasty had a shallow foundation, and a large number of cultivators were pouring into the Nine States. This was not necessarily a good thing.

Therefore,

Gu Yang refused.

Which was perfectly normal.

Afterward,

Gu Qingfeng glanced at the information panel, and there seemed to be no significant changes.

Then,

Gu Qingfeng took out a jade scroll, his Divine Thought entered it, and related information immediately appeared.

Artifact Refining Technique!

This was a method for forging Divine Weapons.

Gu Qingfeng wanted to reforge the Evil Slayer Blade, so naturally, he needed to study the artifact refining methods.

Although the Evil Slayer Blade had already been promoted to an ancient weapon, its foundation was too weak; it was just a weapon forged from ordinary materials.

In the eyes of ordinary people, such a weapon could be called a Divine Weapon, but in the Cultivation World, even a Master would not regard such a weapon.

The reason the Evil Slayer Blade had transformed to this extent was entirely because Gu Qingfeng nourished it with his own blood energy, supplemented by the Blade Nourishing Skills and gradually tempered it.

However,

Every Divine Weapon has its limits.

Like the Evil Slayer Blade, being promoted to an ancient weapon was already its end.

To go further and become a true Holy Weapon, it must be recast in a furnace.

Therefore,

Gu Qingfeng was studying methods related to artifact refining.

These past few days, he had not continued practicing the Ancient Heavenly Blade; instead, he had invested all his heart and soul into artifact refining, familiarizing himself with many refining materials of the Ancient Desolate World.

Like the blood-stained ore he had obtained from the Heavenly Cloud Ring, Gu Qingfeng also understood what it was.

Tai Chu Immortal Ore!

It was an ancient ore produced in the Tai Chu Ancient Land.

Regarding the Tai Chu Ancient Land, Gu Qingfeng also had some understanding. Ever since Hong Ye led the Hidden Guard into the Eastern Domain and secretly established a faction, he had been covertly gathering all information about the Eastern Domain.

Among them,

Was the existence of the Tai Chu Ancient Land.

It was rumored that the Tai Chu Ancient Land had eerie dangers and great opportunities; even a Saint might not be able to exit alive after entering.

Thus, cultivators of the Eastern Domain were quite wary of the Tai Chu Ancient Land.

After clarifying the origin of the Tai Chu Immortal Ore, Gu Qingfeng once again admired that Heavenly Cloud Saint who had managed to delve deep into the Tai Chu Ancient Land and come out alive; his strength was indeed extraordinary.

"Normally, the Tai Chu Immortal Ore alone would be more than enough even for creating a Great Saint Weapon. If I use this ore as the foundation to reforge the Evil Slayer Blade, it will surely greatly enhance its essence!"

"If I can gather a few more materials, I could directly attempt to forge a Great Saint Weapon, even just the embryo of one would suffice!"

Gu Qingfeng reviewed the information about artifact refining in his mind; to forge a genuine Great Saint Weapon, solely relying on a piece of Tai Chu Immortal Ore was not enough.

Every Divine Weapon contains the divine might of heaven and earth, ultimately because it contains the most powerful Divine Patterns.

Just like a Holy Weapon, which contains the Divine Patterns of a Saint, and therefore can exhibit supreme divine power.

When Gu Qingfeng drew out the Evil Slayer Blade again, he looked at the mysterious patterns in the blade. These were developed during the nourishing of the Evil Slayer Blade.

Previously, Gu Qingfeng did not understand what these patterns were, but now he knew; they were Divine Patterns.

To be precise,

They were Dao Palace Divine Patterns.

Because it carried Divine Patterns, the Evil Slayer Blade was considered an ancient weapon.

The difference was,

These Divine Patterns were not forged by human hands but were autonomously nurtured during the process of Gu Qingfeng nourishing it with his own blood energy.

There are two types of Divine Patterns.

The first type is nurtured by a strong person using their own blood energy; over time, it might nurture Divine Patterns.

The second type is when a top Artifact Refiner possesses powerful Divine Patterns and engraves the corresponding Divine Patterns into the Divine Weapon during forging.

"Blade Nourishing Skills are a method for nurturing Divine Patterns, and such a method is rare in the Nine States, but looking at the entire Ancient Desolate World, it's not considered a particularly astonishing technique!"

With his current perspective, Gu Qingfeng, looking back at the Blade Nourishing Skills, realized this Secret Technique was not rare in the Ancient Desolate World.

When his gaze fell on the Evil Slayer Blade again, the Dao Palace Divine Patterns on it represented the blade's current limit of what it could carry.

If it truly tried to forcibly carry the Divine Patterns of a Saint, then there would only be one outcome: it would not withstand the power of the Saint's Divine Patterns and would shatter directly.

"The Tai Chu Immortal Ore is just one part; we still need to obtain Heavenly One Divine Gold to neutralize the power of the Tai Chu Immortal Ore. Combining the two, we should be able to reforge the Evil Slayer Blade!"

"Additionally,"

"It is to find a place with Earth Fire capable of simultaneously melting Tai Chu Immortal Ore and Heavenly One Divine Gold, otherwise, forging them into a Divine Weapon is not so simple!"

Gu Qingfeng pondered.

Whether it was Tai Chu Immortal Ore or Heavenly One Divine Gold, both were treasured materials needed for crafting Great Saint Weapons, and ordinary Mortal Fire could not possibly melt such entities.

If one were to use Mortal Fire to smelt, it would probably take ten thousand years to slightly affect the Tai Chu Immortal Ore.

However.

The latter is simpler.

The only problem.

Is how to find Heavenly One Divine Gold.

After all, such materials, crucial for crafting Great Saint Weapons, cannot be obtained through ordinary means; even buying them from other powers would require an exorbitantly high price.

You see.

Ordinary transactions require gold and silver,

But transactions in the Cultivation World require Divine Blood Stones.

Currently, although the Nine States are graced with Spirit Veins, the number of Divine Blood Stones that can truly be mined is limited.

Furthermore.

If a vein's Divine Blood Stones are over-mined, it will inevitably damage the foundation of the Spirit Vein and significantly reduce the output of Spiritual Energy.

Currently the Spiritual Energy of the Nine States is mediocre, and weakening it further would likely quickly revert it to its original state.

"Finding Heavenly One Divine Gold is a problem!"

"Now I can only slowly gather information about Heavenly One Divine Gold!"

Thinking this, Gu Qingfeng sent a message to Hong Ye, instructing him to pay attention to news regarding Heavenly One Divine Gold and then sent a Hidden Guard to the palace to inform Gu Yang that he needed Heavenly One Divine Gold, asking the Divine Martial Dynasty to help keep an eye out as well.

...

Meanwhile.

Not long after the Divine Wind Dynasty arrived, other powers also sent their envoys one after another, sharing the same goal as the Divine Wind Dynasty to establish Transmission Arrays in the Nine States for mutual communication.

Regarding this.

Gu Yang strictly refused.

In his view, establishing a Transmission Array at this time would bring more harm than good to the Divine Martial Dynasty.

If too many Cultivators flooded into the Nine States, the Divine Martial Dynasty would basically be unable to control it.

At that time.

The world would inevitably be disrupted.

After all, the Nine States are vast, and relying solely on Gu Qingfeng is hardly sufficient to handle everything.

Moreover, although the Heavenly Patrol Guard has been established, its strength is limited due to the short time frame.

Even if Gu Yang spared no expense to enhance the capabilities of the Heavenly Patrol Guard, to this date, there are only ten Great Grandmasters, and as for cultivators in the Divine Transformation Realm, there currently are none.

After all, stepping into the Divine Transformation Realm is not so easy.

Even those selected by Gu Yang for the Heavenly Patrol Guard, although geniuses from the Nine States, still need time to break through.

Currently, there are already several traces of Cultivators from the Ancient Desolate World in the Nine States, and they are barely maintaining the situation with the power of the Hidden Guard and the Heavenly Patrol Guard.

If a Transmission Array were to be established, this barely maintained situation would inevitably collapse.

For various reasons.

Gu Yang could not possibly agree to the establishment of a Transmission Array.

Of course.

If one day the power of the Divine Martial Dynasty were to advance further and have enough foundation to stabilize the situation in the Nine States, then establishing a Transmission Array would be inevitable.

Whether it is for mutual communication or truly contending for supremacy in the Ancient Desolate World,

These things are inseparable from the Transmission Array.

There's no way around it.

The Ancient Desolate World is too vast.

Without a Transmission Array, relying solely on Cultivators themselves, even someone in the Daoist Palace Realm would find it quite troublesome to traverse the entire Eastern Domain, not to mention the entire Ancient Desolate World.

Inside the Imperial Study Room.

Gu Yang finished reviewing memorials and looked towards the Imperial Seal beside him.

When Gu Yang infused his Qi and blood into the Imperial Seal, a Green Lotus Illusion appeared.

Compared to when it first started, the third-grade Green Lotus had now become much more solid.