An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

Looking at the empty recess at the bottom of the well, she knew that she needed to obtain the core material, moonstone, for the well to truly function.

"The Altar of the Evil God..." Lu Xueyao turned around, her gaze piercing through the black pine forest and landing on the S-class building.

She stepped onto the altar, and as soon as she stood still, an obscure sense of rules arose in her heart.

Through this feeling, Lu Xueyao understood the altar's trading rules. Although offering items could bring rewards, the desired item and the offering item had to adhere to the absolute "equivalence principle" at the rule level.

In most cases, as long as the sacrifice is equivalent, the evil god will grant the request. However, if the evil god cannot provide what the sacrificer asks for, the altar will forcibly give the sacrificer an item that the sacrificer deems suitable as a substitute reward.

"Moonstone is a core material for Class A buildings, and in essence, it is on the same level as Class A Mystic Crystals."

Lu Xueyao pondered for a moment, then took out the A-grade ghost crystal that had dropped after killing the Mirror Ghost from her storage ring and placed it on the array eye.

"I will sacrifice this item in exchange for a moonstone." Lu Xueyao's cold voice echoed through the black pine forest.

"Buzz—!"

The altar responded instantly, its dark red veins bursting with dazzling light, engulfing the A-grade strange crystal in one gulp.

Immediately afterwards, a thick, impenetrable black mist appeared out of nowhere above the altar.

From within the black mist, faint whispers could be heard, and the temperature in the entire black pine forest plummeted, instantly enveloping the territory in an eerie atmosphere.

Viewers in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream felt a sense of suffocation even through their screens.

[My God, this commotion is terrifying! Is it really okay to make a deal with such an indescribable evil god?]

[The diary says it all: the lord attracted the S-rank monster who destroyed everything because of the deal. Goddess Xueyao, please don't let this happen!]

[What's the panic? With Boss Lu Li here, that evil god was so frightened it collapsed on its own. If it dares to play tricks, Boss Lu Li will teach it a lesson!]

The black mist churned violently for a moment, then suddenly contracted.

With a soft "thud," a fist-sized stone emitting a soft white light fell to the center of the altar.

As expected, the evil god's altar yielded a moonstone. Lu Xueyao stepped forward and picked up the moonstone, but she keenly sensed that the inside of the stone was actually wrapped with a trace of strange black power.

This power is extremely malevolent. If it were directly placed into the Moon Well, it would not only fail to produce the Yin Jade Liquid, but would also completely pollute the Grade A ancient well.

"This stone is tainted by the inherent rules of that strange source."

Lu Li's double pupils instantly saw through its essence, and he reminded him in his sea of ​​consciousness: "However, there is no need to worry. The strange power in it is not very strong. You can activate the Purifying Glazed Flame to purify it completely."

Lu Xueyao nodded, flipped her palm, and with a "whoosh," a semi-transparent ball of pure yang flame suddenly rose up.

The Purifying Glazed Flame itself contains the purifying power of heaven and earth, and is specifically designed to counter all evil and strange phenomena.

The flames enveloped the moonstone, emitting a sizzling sound as they burned. The eerie black power seemed to have encountered its nemesis, letting out a shrill cry within the flames before rapidly evaporating.

Before long, the evil energy on the entire moonstone was burned away. The stone, which was originally somewhat turbid, became crystal clear, like a flawless piece of Taiyin cold jade, radiating pure moonlight.

Lu Xueyao took the purified moonstone to the moon well and pressed it into the groove at the bottom of the well.

The seal was perfect, and the totems on the surface of the entire moon well were instantly illuminated.

At that moment, the last rays of the setting sun faded from the horizon, and night fell with a roar.

A crimson blood moon slowly rose into the sky above the eternal night wasteland.

The Moon Well, however, seemed to exist in its own world, forcibly drawing upon the Yin energy from the heavens.

Silver light began to emerge from the bottom of the well, and drops of the enticingly fragrant Taiyin Jade Liquid were slowly condensing.

After doing all this, Lu Xueyao returned to the lord's manor.

Inside the stone house, a large pile of pitch-black ore was placed in front of Lu Xueyao. This was the black iron ore that the White Bone Demons had tirelessly mined from the B-grade black iron ore vein during the day.

Then, she took out the S-grade Abyssal Mithril that she had plundered from the Mirror World.

"Buzz!"

Ripples spread through the space, and the projection of Lu Li's black and gold imperial robe reappeared in the stone house.

"Tonight, I will personally forge two magical treasures for you, one for offense and one for defense."

Lu Li looked at the materials on the table and said calmly, "If we only have this black iron ore, due to the limitations of the material, we can only refine high-grade treasures from the Xuan Tian Realm at most."

But now, with this S-grade Abyssal Mithril as the core flux, it becomes possible to transcend the constraints of the rules, enough to elevate it to the level of a Dao-slaying weapon!

Lu Li pondered for a moment, then decided to refine an offensive magic weapon first: "The sword is the courage of all weapons, and it best suits your main cultivation of the Blood Nerve. This sword will be called the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword. It must possess the property of devouring essence blood and be able to easily dissolve the life force of all flesh and blood beings!"

After saying that, Lu Li raised his hand and pointed, and the Pure World Glazed Flame in Lu Xueyao's body burst out uncontrollably, transforming into an illusory glazed fire cauldron in mid-air.

The black iron ore and S-grade abyssal mithril were thrown into the cauldron at the same time. The black iron ore melted instantly, but the abyssal mithril was stubborn and resisted the erosion of the flames.

"Refine!"

Lu Li snorted coldly, and a fraction of the Great Emperor's power crashed down.

Before the rules could crush it, the Abyssal Mithril finally crumbled, turning into a pool of liquid flowing with dark starlight, perfectly merging with the Black Iron.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Li reached out and summoned thousands of blood beads, formed from low-level strange substances, from the Blood Transformation Array in the center of the territory. They rained down into the fire cauldron like a storm.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

Using his finger as a brush, Lu Li guided the blood droplets to forcibly inscribe ancient and sinister demonic runes onto the still-forming blade blank.

The crimson and black metal intertwined, unleashing a heart-stopping roar.

Inside the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, hundreds of millions of viewers watched this incredible weapon-forging process, all holding their breath.

[My God! In a survival game where the nation's fate hangs in the balance, top-tier divine weapons are being crafted live?!]

[The skill level of that technique, the oppressive aura when inscribing runes! Lu Li must be a top-tier weapon-refining master in this other world!]

[This isn't just a grandmaster, this is practically a god whose words become law! He can even forcibly melt S-grade materials!]

The entire forging process was extremely fast. After all, for an emperor like Lu Li who had mastered an imperial weapon, forging a Dao-slaying weapon was simpler than eating or drinking.

"Zheng—!"

With a crisp, tearing sound, the fire in the cauldron dissipated, revealing a long sword, about three feet three inches long, jet black with a dark red blood groove in the center, silently suspended in mid-air.

The blade is thin and light, exuding a chilling, sinister, and eerie power of killing.