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Ding ding ding!

Pfft! Pfft!

The sounds of Li Mu forging metal materials and fusing and quenching the magic weapon's body could be heard continuously in the weapon-refining room.

Over the next three years, he entered a state of true selflessness, his entire being and the magical artifacts he forged becoming one with the forging room.

The forging hammer in his hand, the furnace, the quenching pool in front of him, and all the tools and equipment used for forging weapons seemed to have become a part of his body, becoming incredibly obedient, compliant, and easy to use.

In this process, Li Mu progressed step by step, from refining first-grade Dao artifacts to second-grade Dao artifacts, to third-grade Dao artifacts, and so on, breaking through layer by layer.

There were countless failures and countless times to start over, but Li Mu never gave up or backed down. He kept making progress little by little with a firm belief, climbing higher and higher.

Without distractions, worries, or anxieties, one's entire being is completely absorbed in the refining process, in an extremely singular and pure state.

hum!

At a certain moment on a certain day, just as Li Mu was wholeheartedly forging a crescent-shaped scimitar to break through to the fifth-grade Dao artifact, a strange disturbance suddenly occurred in the space inside the weapon-forging room. It seemed that a layer of seven-colored light was swirling and gathering above Li Mu's head, but Li Mu, who was completely absorbed in his work, was completely unaware of it.

"Huh? No way? Is Master about to trigger the Heavenly Mandate?!"

"Heavens! No way? It's just a fifth-grade Dao artifact, how could it trigger the Heavenly Dao's intervention?!"

At this moment, Wanhe and Aying both exclaimed in surprise.

"This is truly a miracle! It must be the power of the master's Yin and Yang primordial spirits, combined with his complete immersion in a state of true unity between man and weapon, that has triggered the intervention of the Heavenly Dao! It seems that the sword he forged will be endowed with immense power by the Heavenly Dao!" Wan He exclaimed excitedly.

"Oh my, Master is truly a chosen one! If a fifth-grade Dao artifact is blessed by the Heavenly Dao, its true power will far surpass that of a sixth-grade Dao artifact!"

Ah Ying also seemed very surprised.

"This... how is this possible? This little guy actually triggered the Heavenly Dao's Mandate while forging a fifth-grade Dao artifact?! This is defying the heavens!"

The skinny Daoist cultivator who had been watching Li Mu closely was also stunned by the scene of Heaven's Mandate in the weapon-refining room.

At first, when he saw Li Mu trying to directly challenge a fifth-grade Dao artifact from a third-grade one, he couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that this kid was too impatient, and even thought that he might fail again this time.

However, as a result, Li Mu actually caused the Heavenly Dao to intervene during the forging process of this unfinished fifth-grade Dao-level magic weapon!

During the refining process, it is extremely rare for a magical artifact to be able to draw upon the divine will and receive divine power!

Many powerful weapon refiners may never have such a great opportunity in their entire lives.

This skinny Daoist cultivator, along with his three fellow disciples, had never triggered the Heavenly Dao's Mandate during the refining of weapons!

At this moment, the skinny Daoist was indeed shocked.

However, Li Mu seemed to have entered a state similar to enlightenment at this moment, completely unaware of the extraordinary phenomenon of the Heavenly Dao's Mandate occurring in the weapon-forging room, and was still diligently forging.

Clang!

shhhhhh!

As Li Mu hammered away, strands of magical celestial energy from the seven-colored light in the space began to seep into the scimitar being forged.

This is the process by which Heaven bestowed upon this precious sword its innate power.

The rest of the process went very smoothly, and Li Mu finally completed the forging of the crescent moon scimitar in seven days and seven nights.

Wow!

Once the knife was successfully forged, a powerful spiritual pressure filled and spread throughout the weapon-forging room, and the blade emitted a dazzling bluish-gray spiritual light, which bathed Li Mu completely.

clap clap clap!

At this moment, the skinny Daoist appeared and clapped at Li Mu.

"A miracle! An incredible feat! Your luck and destiny, you little monster, are truly extraordinary! You've actually managed to invoke the Heavenly Dao's favor with a fifth-grade Dao artifact! Hahaha! It seems that this time, you'll definitely defeat the current most skilled weapon-refining Dou Lingzi!"

The skinny Daoist praised Li Mu highly.

Li Mu was still somewhat dazed. He hadn't felt the process of Heaven's Mandate just now, and it wasn't until the moment the treasured sword was forged that he learned about it from Wan He and A Ying.

He never expected this to happen.

"What a pity. If it weren't for the fact that your cultivation level hasn't reached the Dao cultivation stage, you would have had a very high chance of comprehending the rules of heaven and earth when the Heavenly Dao descended just now."

The skinny Daoist then spoke.

"Thank you for your praise, senior. I have successfully crafted a fifth-grade Dao artifact, becoming a fourth-level artifact refiner. Shouldn't I now be qualified to compete with the most outstanding Dou Lingzi from before?"

After calming himself down, Li Mu asked.

"That's natural. Moreover, because your magic weapon has been blessed by the Heavenly Dao, its actual power is comparable to a sixth or even seventh-grade Dao artifact! Therefore, your weapon-refining skills should be comparable to a fifth-level weapon refiner."

"Level 5?" Li Mu was overjoyed.

"Yes, after the refining process that triggered the Heavenly Dao's intervention, you won't have much difficulty refining ordinary seventh-grade Dao artifacts in the future. Therefore, you already possess the strength of a fifth-level weapon refiner," the skinny Daoist cultivator said with certainty.

"Senior, was that most outstanding weapon-refining Dou Lingzi also trained by you?" Li Mu asked.

"No, the most outstanding weapon-refining Dou Lingzi was trained by my senior sister. After all, which skill to be taught is decided by drawing lots, and not all Dou Lingzi I selected necessarily drew the weapon-refining lot," the skinny Daoist replied.

"I see. May I now challenge that most skilled weapon-refining Dou Lingzi?"

"There's still a little over a year left until the ten-year deadline. You should continue studying weapon crafting in this room to increase your strength. That will give you a greater chance of victory. My senior sister's most prized fighting spirit child is also a person with extraordinary talent, so don't underestimate him."

"Alright, senior, the flow of time inside this weapon-refining room should be different from that outside, right?" Li Mu asked again.

"That's right, ten years inside this weapon-refining room is only ten days outside," the skinny Daoist nodded in reply.

Upon learning that only ten days had passed in the outside world, Li Mu felt relieved.

However, Li Mu had been engrossed in weapon crafting for ten years in the weapon-refining room, and had neither the opportunity nor the means to be intimate with a woman. The mysterious spiritual seal that his master, the Immortal Venerable Wushan, had placed in his soul palace had not been triggered.

At first, Li Mu was worried about the problem with the spirit seal, but now it seems that either the rules of heaven and earth have changed after leaving Earth, and the spirit seal of Wushan Immortal Venerable cannot be triggered.

Either the sealed land where the Immortal Venerable of Wushan resides has been sealed again by a mysterious figure from the Immortal Realm, creating some kind of isolation, and the spiritual seal cannot be triggered.

He was also worried that Zhang Jie and Zhang Yu didn't know how their studies were going, but he had no way to contact them.

So Li Mu stopped asking questions and continued his research on weapon crafting.

Over the next year, Li Mu not only successfully crafted a seventh-grade Dao artifact, but also crafted an eighth-grade Dao artifact!

In this way, his strength as a level 5 weapon refiner was further consolidated.

Today, the ten-year deadline has arrived. Li Mu has been released from the weapon-refining room by the skinny Daoist, and he is going to challenge the current most skilled weapon-refining Dou Lingzi!

This is a life-or-death challenge where losing means certain death!

In the battle of weapon crafting, the contest naturally revolves around the skill of weapon crafting.

Therefore, Li Mu was arranged by the skinny Daoist to enter another alternate dimension.

This alternate dimension contains two independent weapon-refining rooms, both equipped with identical equipment, separated by an isolation array, but the array's light shield is completely transparent.

Without a doubt, this alternate dimension is the arena where he and his most prized fighting spirit arena compete.

call out!

Before he could figure out the environment in this alternate dimension, a figure suddenly appeared.

However, when Li Mu saw this figure, he was completely stunned!