Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 1460

Chapter 1460 The Tipping Point Is Approaching

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Tian Xuan begrudgingly paid the money, allowing Wang Wei to reduce his hunting time by a decent margin. Then, he headed directly to the Refining Tower, paying for the best room. Wang Wei found himself floating on top of a volcano, sitting cross-legged with a screen projection before him, scrolling through their lists of materials.

"It's pretty extensive," Wang Wei commented. Wu Hong's library contained knowledge from the entire Chaos Universe, allowing Wang Wei to recognize most of the things on the list. Unfortunately, he never finished reading everything in the library, and there were also new discoveries and creations since Wu Hong last updated her library. Luckily, there were descriptions of the materials sold.

"The list of spiritual herbs seemed limited," Wang Wei noticed before sneering. He instantly deduced why: these spirits wanted people to use their trials to increase their strength — not rare herbs or pills. So, they added herbs that can be used to create poisons or destructive type pills instead of the ones that can nourish the body and soul.

Wang Wei shook his head before choosing the materials he needed. However, he did not only buy the materials for Tian Xuan's artifacts. He purchased materials for three artifacts, including a few rare ones for his Proving Dao Artifact. He did not waste time and activated the Heaven-Deception Array he placed in this room. He did not trust these spirits, so he hid the information on whatever he refined in the tower.

Wang Wei changed the environment into a world of white flame. He then snapped his finger to manifest a projection of a library representing all the knowledge he had acquired. Books or scrolls rushed from the library into the flame, slowly turning it into the color green. After the flame transformation ended, Wang Wei placed an ore at the center of the flame that resembled a black ostrich egg.

The Skill Ore, also called the Knowledge Absorber Steel, was the core of Tian Xuan's artifact since Wang Wei wanted the artifact to have the same ability as his technique. He could have used regular flames to melt it, but Wang Wei's Refining Grand Dao Source was only in the Emperor Realm, meaning he needed innovative ways to bring out the full effect of the materials.

While the Skill Ore melted, Wang Wei focused on the other primary materials. The first was the Magnifying Wood, which will work with the Skill Ore to ensure the artifact accomplishes the task of observing the [Existence]. The second was the Silent Crystal, which would reduce the chances of others noticing the spying. Under normal circumstances, Wang Wei would have not put this material in, but since he chose an alliance with Tian Xuan, he decided to be generous.

The third primary material is the Order-Disorder Sand, allowing him to place certain conditions on the artifact. Wang Wei added this thing to prevent Tian Xuan from breaking down the artifact to learn his technique. Although their contracts stated this was not allowed, Wang Wei also wanted to put in a backup measure in case he was betrayed.

Wang Wei had to create separate environments to melt these primary materials while he dealt with the secondary materials the old fashion way. Then, he proceeded to the second stage of the refining by condensing a cauldron with his Proving Dao Artifact. He fused these ores together before molding them into the shape of an eye.

This process should have taken yuan epochs, but as is the theme of this trial, the tower made everybody's life easier by accelerating everything. Wang Wei then moved to the third step: rune engraving. He chose a simple path for this process since his refining level would limit his achievements by engraving the [Observation Rune] and the [Heaven Rune]. He did not even use the method most non-refiners used when making an artifact called stacking.

Stacking is based on using numbers to make up for the quality. In other words, Wang Wei should have engraved billions — if not more — of these two runes to make up for his Grand Dao Source. However, he did this because he had another approach.

What Wang Wei lacked in ability or technique, he made up for his affinity for the power of the Grand Dao Source. The next step of the refining process was the nourishment of the Grand Dao Source, and that's Wang Wei's expertise. He siphoned an unparalleled amount of power from the source to nourish his two runes, allowing them to reach a decent quality level among Paragon Artifacts.

Finally, Wang Wei calmly watched the artifact experience its tribulation. Bolts of lightning descended from the sky, but Wang Wei never interfered. The limited consciousness he provided the artifact activated, and it fought for its life. Luckily, Wang Wei was a typical cultivator of the Eternal Ascension World and did not create an Artifact Spirit. Otherwise, the artifact would have an additional tribulation called the [Spirit Nurturing Tribulation]. Maybe Tian Xuan will build an artifact soul and deal with that tribulation, but by then, this will no longer be Wang Wei's problem.

"He's waiting for the chaos to erupt to enact his plan." _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}