My Daoist partner helps me cultivate immortality

However, his physical condition was so good that he could freely use various self-harming sword and knife techniques without any side effects.

This resulted in Lin Ye wielding a sword as if he were a master swordsman, even though he wasn't one.

However, this cheating combat method also requires relatively high-quality weapons.

The ship-slaying sword is getting outdated; the Mystic God is an excellent upgrade material.

The Ye family's ancestral immortal ruler is also quite good.

The Immortal Ruler possesses certain rule-based attributes, somewhat resembling a defensive immortal artifact, an offensive immortal artifact, or a rare item.

This type of magical artifact is not very useful to Lin Ye, but its quality is quite good, and it can be melted down as a strengthening material.

This was Lin Ye's original plan.

As for encountering another mysterious god from ten thousand years later, this was an unexpected gain!

Lin Ye had already decided that now that he had seen it, he was going to rip it off badly.

Lin Ye was playing with the body that housed the slumbering God of Mystery in his hands when the God of Mystery, who was ten thousand years later, saw this and was greatly horrified.

In the words of the Empress: 'It's practically melting from fear!'

However, the Martial Emperor thought Lin Ye's move was a trick simulated using the Heavenly Dao Laws. His junior brother was truly clever...

If everyone knew how terrified the Mysterious God was at this moment, no one would sympathize with him.

Although it is the leader in the field of weapon crafting, it is also the most notorious villain in the industry.

During the more than ten years that Lin Ye was in seclusion, the Mystic God forged five immortal artifacts in succession, each of which consumed the soul of one of his assistants.

For a mortal to forge a celestial artifact is a miracle, requiring a top-tier artifact refiner to exhaust their life force and resonate with the Heavenly Dao.

According to this logic, it is its assistants who should truly be remembered, but the Mysterious God seems to have attributed all the merits of these magical artifacts to himself.

It wasn't like this before; back then, it was as serene and unassuming as a chrysanthemum.

But ever since Lin Ye forged the number one immortal artifact in the universe, the Mysterious God has gradually gone a bit mad, and it has never encountered a situation where it was surpassed in the art of artifact forging.

Coupled with Huang Zhou's persistent propaganda, the Mysterious God gradually lost respect among the Tianbao World and other weapon refiners.

Many people were hoping that Lin Ye would decisively defeat the immortal artifact forging competition.

After all, Lin Ye is an immortal on earth!

It's only natural for him to forge immortal artifacts; it doesn't require consuming the soul of a master artifact refiner.

The only problem is that Lin Ye is a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Normally, he would need to reach the Tribulation Transcending stage to independently forge immortal artifacts, which is a huge difference.

The Mysterious God came to witness this moment.

Filled with envy for the immortal's power, it now longs to see Lin Ye fail.

Coincidentally, the Azure Sword Master, who was talking to Lin Ye, mentioned the Secret God, who was utterly disappointed in his creator.

"I don't want to bring up the past, but those five geniuses were truly buried in obscurity."

"People only remember the Mysterious God, but how many people remember the names of the five true craftsmen of immortal artifacts?"

"Once, the Mystic God's pursuit of weapon crafting was pure, and his mind was like that of an innocent child. Now, however, he seems like a mischievous child!"

"The Mysterious God is no longer worthy of being the leader of the weapon-refining world."

"As its creator, I no longer respect it."

The Azure Sword Master looked at the assembled spirits and dreamers: "Everyone, the Mysterious God is not worthy!"

Among the weapon refiners attending the meeting were native residents of the Tianbao World, as well as many from the territories of the Mysterious Gods, and they were all discussing the matter animatedly.

Some people were even outraged.

The mysterious god mingled in the crowd, staring blankly ahead.

Am I not worthy to be the leader of weapon crafting?

What a joke!

I pioneered modern weapon crafting techniques!

I guided those five disciples to forge immortal artifacts; it was their honor!

They only lost their lives, but I made their success rate in refining immortal artifacts almost 100%, so why are they blaming me!?

People may have different perspectives, but feelings can be shared.

Mystic God is extremely inexperienced, not to mention as a leader, even as a public figure.

Today, at the Tianbao World venue, it was acutely aware of how bad its reputation had become, and the Mystic God felt heartbroken.

A surge of intense anger overwhelmed it, even lessening the fear it felt when its other self was pinned to the table by Lin Ye.

While the Mysterious God was still angry, Lin Ye said, "Do you all know? I don't need sacrifices to forge immortal artifacts, and I also forged the number one immortal artifact in the universe."

"If you want to forge immortal artifacts and make your name in history, you can come to me for help."

Lin Ye's words enraged the Mysterious God even more.

It could no longer bear it. Suppressing its fear, it shouted, "You're just a Nascent Soul cultivator. Can you really forge a celestial artifact on your own? Besides, the number one celestial artifact in the universe was also forged by the Mysterious God. You were just responsible for finishing up. I don't believe your methods are stronger than the Mysterious God's!"

The Mysterious God's jealousy of Lin Ye burned like a flame.

First of all, they hate that he forged the number one immortal artifact in the universe!

It did participate in the refining of this thing, but it was never allowed to touch it, which is the reason for its resentment.

Secondly, they hate that he actually possessed the Immortal Source, enabling him to naturally forge immortal artifacts.

Perhaps Lin Ye will eventually be able to easily forge a celestial artifact, but right now, as the God of Artifact Forging, the Mysterious God truly doesn't believe he can forge a celestial artifact on his own, much less that his methods surpass his own!

All of this fueled the growing resentment of the Mysterious God, who had never cared about anything beyond weapon crafting.

No one can surpass him in weapon crafting.

Gods can't do it, and mortals certainly can't!

Lin Ye's gloomy gaze fixed on it like a venomous snake, and he said, "It seems there is another supporter of the Mysterious God here."

"Let's all vote."

"Those who support me, those who support the Mystic God, can choose now."

A virtual screen appears in front of each participant, divided into red and blue sections with buttons.

The Seven Sword Masters' eyes flickered slightly, and they all took the lead in clicking the red button to support Lin Ye.

Five of the seven were creations of the Mysterious God, yet they all "betrayed" him. It goes without saying that they were now Lin Ye's people; would they dare to go against their superior?

The Empress smiled and chose Lin Ye.

At the back of the crowd, Dark Star and Mad Sword exchanged a glance and naturally chose Lin Ye as well.

The creatures present all made their choices.

Everyone chose Lin Ye!

The Tianbao World is the territory of the Lord of the Desolate God Sect, and people do not submit to him through the Desolate God Sect, but directly pledge allegiance to Lin Ye.

Lin Ye did not activate the Dynasty's Dao Laws, but his image as a leader already existed in everyone's hearts. No matter how you looked at it, the leader was not someone to be trifled with; he was the one who instigated an unprecedented war that covered the entire Abyss.

Even if some people actually favor the Mysterious God more, they still have to give face to this dangerous host.

Anyway, the Mystic God isn't here!

"Hey, why not choose?" Lin Ye casually glanced at the avatar of the Mystic God and asked.

The Mystic God stared at the vote count before him. The red buttons supporting Lin Ye had swelled with votes, shrinking them into a single vertical line with a jarring "0" marked on it...

The Mystic God's mindset was shaken once again.

The result of this vote is too cruel.

Not a single person present, including his own creations and his subjects, voted to support him? No one believed his weapon-forging skills surpassed Lin Ye's!?

Lin Ye never said that the vote was about weapon crafting skills; everyone made a subconscious judgment—including those stubborn weapon crafting masters, who all knew that the future belonged to Lin Ye.

The Mysterious God was completely stunned; it still did not cast its vote.

At this moment, Emperor Wu suddenly seemed to be deep in thought: "Junior brother, the carving knife in its hand is actually a celestial artifact."

"It seems that only the Mystic God possesses immortal artifacts for refining weapons..."

"Could it be the Mystic God himself?"

Lin Ye was stunned.

Oh my god.

Senior sister, your tone is so pleasant!

Suddenly, I remembered that Senior Sister Wu had a pure Yin constitution, which was considered an inverted Heavenly Gang among female cultivators in the matriarchal era. From the perspective of the matriarchal era, she looked like a little boy.

The Mysterious God was suddenly startled.

It realized that even if its disguise was very good, this immortal artifact might not be able to hide from a true earthly immortal in the Tribulation Transcending stage!

Currently, it is the only one in the world that possesses a special immortal artifact for refining weapons...

After the Emperor finished speaking, the scene fell into dead silence.

Lin Ye didn't speak, the attendees didn't speak, no one spoke.

Even the Seven Sword Masters, who were supposed to be in charge of hosting the event, were so nervous when they realized that the Mysterious God himself was actually there that they didn't dare to breathe for a moment.

Some of the attendees felt a sense of unease, as if they were part of a mysterious community.

They actually chose to vote for Lin Ye in front of the Mysterious God himself?

It seems they have no way back!

The first to break the silence was Mad Sword, who belatedly exclaimed, "So the person who got yelled at was here? Hahaha! Dark Star, I'm dying of laughter..."

Dark Star said calmly, "Your reaction time is a bit long."

Lin Ye said, "Hey, you two are here! Why don't you come up on stage and watch?"

Dark Star and Mad Sword came up to greet Lin Ye with laughter, while Mystic God's expression grew increasingly grim.

The Martial Emperor thought to himself, 'Is Junior Brother planning to subdue the Mystic God?'

Lin Ye said, "Not only that, I also plan to use it to forge an artifact."

"Wow!" the Martial Emperor exclaimed. "I've never heard of a human truly taming a creation of a great calamity. If my junior brother succeeds, it will be an unprecedented feat!"

Fortunately, the Crimson Emperor was unaware of this statement.

Otherwise, she would definitely subconsciously reply: I was the first one to be tamed!

You've gotten arrogant, haven't you...

The Mystic God remained silent, then suddenly unleashed a divine power that shattered the virtual screen of the Desolate Curse. Everyone had made their choices, and it had nothing more to say about it!

It remained silent, glaring fiercely at Lin Ye, filled with anger.

This is the anger of jealousy.

The Mysterious God had never truly realized before how much less popular he was compared to Lin Ye, and today he had learned a harsh lesson.

What's even more damning is...

Its state of mind was no longer peaceful.

If he doesn't settle things with Lin Ye, he might never regain his best form in weapon forging.

Some weapon refiners can remain unaffected by anger, but the Mystic God cannot; it has remained in a calm state of mind for too long.

There is almost nothing that can truly threaten the life of the creations of the Great Calamity, not even the sealing methods Lin Ye used on "another self".

After the Mystic God made his judgment, hostility began to burn fiercely.

"Fine, very well," the Mystic God said angrily. "Since you all think so, I'll see if you've surpassed me—I'll gamble my life with you!"

Prove that these bastards are all wrong!

Lin Ye stood up, staring intently at it as well: "Compare me? Nobody wants to be your assistant. Between you and me, everyone has already chosen me!"

"Whoa~" The Martial Emperor made a sound as if he was enjoying the show, seemingly wanting to take the opportunity to pull Lin Ye into his arms, but after hesitating for a moment, he leaned against him instead.