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Chapter 222 The Soul Enters the Dao (Please Subscribe!!!)
Mu Ye didn't have any particular feelings about Ji Juechen's information.

"Teacher, look at his cultivation method."

Su Ming gave a reminder.

Upon hearing this, Mu Ye patiently began to study Ji Juechen's cultivation path.

After reading it, he began to conceive a plan.

"Man and sword as one, you mean I should learn his man and sword as one?"

“I feel that what you’re talking about, teacher, is different from what I wanted you to see,” Su Ming said. “It’s not about the level of swordsmanship, but about his method of cultivation, where he enters the sword with his soul and becomes one with it.”

Makino uses his mecha as a sword and cultivates swordsmanship, achieving oneness with the sword and fusing the mecha with his battle armor, integrating the two systems into one, making him incredibly powerful. However, this oneness with the sword is merely a level of swordsmanship.

Makino's eyes flickered.

"You want me to sacrifice my soul to the blade?"

Why infuse the soul into the blade?
in order to
His pupils suddenly dilated dramatically.

"Although Xiao Hong is integrated into the mecha, it is more like your concept of soul armor. In other words, Xiao Hong is equipped with the mecha, rather than being completely integrated into it."

Makino became excited.

He knew where he went wrong.

"I shouldn't be fixated on collecting all the Soul Forging or Heaven Forging metals needed to build the mecha. Instead, I should focus on forging the mecha into a single unit and then upgrading it as a whole!"

"By infusing the soul into the blade, the blade becomes both mecha and metal. At that time, even mecha made of spirit-forged metal can be instantly upgraded to full soul-forged, or even full-sky-forged!"

Haha!

Makino laughed heartily, and as he laughed, tears welled up in his eyes.

found it.

Found the way.

Zhenhua listened from the side, his eyes flickering, also somewhat hesitant.

"If infusing the soul into the blade allows for soul-forging and heaven-forging, then forging..."

What's the point of forging then?
Su Ming could see Zhenhua's worry.

"Teacher, it's not that simple to insert one's soul into a blade. Over the past ten thousand years, only Ji Juechen has succeeded."

Upon hearing this, Makino calmed down.

Indeed, using the soul to enter the blade only provides a direction; how to achieve it and whether it can be achieved are all unknowns.

"Ji Juechen infused his soul into his sword, but his sword did not undergo any transformation, so his teacher Lu Muye can only serve as a reference."

Following Su Ming's words, Zhen Hua analyzed: "Therefore, Ji Juechen was a bit lacking, which caused the meteorite iron he fused with and the Sword of Judgment to fail to transform into a spiritual metal."

Su Ming nodded.

Firstly, it's possible that it didn't work at the time.

Secondly, it could also be a problem with the martial spirit, because Ji Juechen's "into the sword with the soul" is actually the martial spirit entering the sword, and it's hard to determine whether the martial spirit is alive or dead.

"Personally, I prefer that Teacher Makino use the method of 'infusing the soul into the sword' to allow the soul spirit to completely merge with the mecha and become the spirit within the mecha, rather than using the martial soul to merge."

Makino said, "To put it bluntly, the problem lies in my method of fusion. It shouldn't be a parallel fusion, but an overlapping fusion."

After summarizing, Makino felt completely enlightened.

"I will refer to Ji Juechen's cultivation path this time, and then investigate the secret techniques he left behind. I will be in seclusion during this period, so please be careful."

Zhenhua waved his hand.

"Go away, it's not like I'm in danger if you're not around."

After all these years, aren't we still standing here perfectly intact?
Upon seeing this, Makino immediately went to prepare for seclusion.

After Mu Ye left, Zhen Hua looked worried. "Xiao Ming, you've dug another hole for the blacksmith."

Not long ago, the Enchantment technology undoubtedly caused a stir in the blacksmithing world, and it will inevitably reach even higher levels in the future.

However, Su Ming has now unearthed Ji Juechen's technique of infusing the soul into the sword and applied the concept to forging. Although the original intention was to upgrade Mu Ye, this is ultimately a forging method.

An unconventional forging method, a forging method that may be possible for all Soul Masters.

It's not that their conversation today will necessarily be known to the outside world.

It's not that Zhenhua doesn't believe in himself.

He's worried now, but he's already started planning.

The technology of integrating failed artificial souls into ordinary metals to create artificial rare metals has made some progress. Zhenhua felt that if this technology continued to be researched, it would be perfect for connecting with this brand-new forging method.

Zhenhua was eager to explore this new forging path.

This is still forging, but it will affect the status of blacksmiths.

"Teacher, you're overthinking it. Even if it were possible to infuse a soul into metal, have you considered how many opportunities a soul master would have to try in their lifetime?"

Su Ming said that Zhenhua was simply overthinking things.

“Ordinary souls are not qualified to enter the Dao. Broken artificial souls are integrated into ordinary metals and become the spirits of ordinary metals. Even after being forged in this way, they still have to follow the steps of the Thousand Refinements of Spirit, because their foundation is poor.”

"To integrate with metal and directly transform it into Soul Forging or even Heaven Forging, firstly, the metal must be Spirit Forging. If it doesn't even qualify as Spirit Forging, then there's no such thing as the inheritance of Soul Forging. Secondly, the soul must have the inheritance to support the metal to reach the Soul Forging level, which is the realm."

To put it bluntly, if you really take this path, it's equivalent to shifting the forging work to increasing the lifespan of the soul.

"Not only that, how excellent must the metal itself be to be able to undergo soul forging and heaven forging with only the inheritance required?"

After hearing Su Ming's words, Zhenhua breathed a sigh of relief.

That seems to be the case.

For metals to transform through fusion, the soul must first pass the test, and the metal blank must be able to withstand it. Only a spirit-infused alloy capable of withstanding heavenly forging can achieve this.
If one is not a blacksmith of level eight or above, it is estimated that one would not be able to forge this kind of spirit-forged spirit alloy.

What does it mean?
This means that the original two-word battle armor requires normal spirit-forging metal, which can be forged by a level 5 soul master. If you want to enter the Dao with your soul spirit, you have to ask an level 8 holy craftsman to forge a set of spirit-forged alloy with heavenly forging potential when making the two-word battle armor.

Isn't this a disease?
If you don't want to find an eighth-level master craftsman, the most basic requirement is a sixth-level master forging master to forge a spirit-forged alloy with soul-forging potential.

However, even if one successfully enters the Dao, evolves a set of Soul Forged Metal, and completes a Three-Word Battle Armor, their potential will be damaged as a result.

Because if a Soul Master who is capable of doing these things does so, they will only be wasting their potential.

Relieved, Zhenhua felt less burdened, and his restless heart began to show on his face.

"Xiaoming, I want to give it a try."

He spoke with great emotion.

If the fusion of a spirit into metal can truly aid in forging, then this could be a significant enrichment of forging techniques.

"Well, I'll talk to Teacher Zhang Tianyang and see if the Spirit Pagoda can provide a soul spirit that is close to ten thousand years old so that we can study artificial soul-forged metal."

Su Ming also felt that there was something to explore here.

"Nearly ten thousand years?"

Zhenhua frowned.

If you want metal to transform into soul forging, the soul must be at least ten thousand years old.

Why take nearly ten thousand years?
Could it be that.
　I've been working late these past few days to boost subscriptions and give myself a break.

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　　The update time is three chapters before 11 AM. I had insomnia yesterday and didn't write three chapters by 10:30 AM today, so the third chapter is delayed until now. It won't be like that tomorrow.

　　
　
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