My Artifacts Can Upgrade Infinitely

After the two parted ways, Zhao Zuo found a shop that sold materials and bought what he needed to upgrade his Sky-Breaking Saber. It cost him a total of eight Spirit Stones. He also sold a Magical Artifact he had finished repairing.

Currently, Zhao Zuo’s net worth was three Purifying Spirit Pills and eight Spirit Stones.

Carrying a bundle on his back and holding the Demon Beast meat, Zhao Zuo returned to his Earth Fire Chamber. He first cut the meat into five portions to save for later, then took off his shirt and began his daily task of forging Spirit Iron.

Zhao Zuo’s Spirit Iron forging technique had recently improved. However, this time the improvement was in efficiency rather than speed. He now only needed to rest once to finish forging eight pieces of Spirit Iron, leaving him with more time for his own Cultivation.

After he finished his work, it was time for Cultivation.

Zhao Zuo sat on his bed to rest. He closed his eyes and recalled the details of the Controlling Objects Spirit Patterns, his right hand unconsciously tracing strange arcs in the air.

Diffuse, yet orderly. A system unto themselves.

An hour later, Zhao Zuo got up and used a Cleaning Talisman to remove the smell of rust and sweat from his body.

He placed an iron plate over the Earth Fire Furnace, sliced the Demon Beast meat thinly, and began to grill it, a rich, meaty aroma spreading through the room.

He repeated his Body Refining and Qi Cultivation practices until three in the morning. Finally, Zhao Zuo lay down, his breathing gradually evening out as he fell asleep.

Zhao Zuo had originally prepared the materials to upgrade his Sky-Breaking Saber today, but he remembered something else: he had spent Creation Points upgrading his Hundred-Change Mask yesterday, leaving him with only about eight points. Now, he didn’t have enough to upgrade the Sky-Breaking Saber.

The next day, Zhao Zuo went all out, doubling the amount of Spirit Iron he forged. This increased his daily Creation Point gain to 0.8, which meant he would be able to upgrade the Sky-Breaking Saber tomorrow.

Fortunately, the Earth Fire was still going strong, allowing Zhao Zuo to complete his plan.

Zhao Zuo laid out the materials for the Sky-Breaking Saber’s upgrade on his bed and lightly tapped the ’Upgrade’ button.

A familiar gray light expanded into a sphere. Next came the decomposition and extraction of essences. During this process, motes of colorful Spiritual Light separated from the materials like the Demon Beast bones and blood, flying toward the Sky-Breaking Saber hovering above.

At the same time, the Sky-Breaking Saber absorbed the essences and expelled impurities. Finally, ten Creation Points transformed into a Golden Light that sank into the saber’s core. The entire process took about an hour, and then the upgrade was complete.

The air around the Sky-Breaking Saber seemed to react to the blade’s transformation. A subtle, whispering wind coiled around it endlessly. Zhao Zuo could clearly feel the presence of this wind, as light and formless as a dancing Elf.

Zhao Zuo took the Sky-Breaking Saber, and a transparent panel appeared before him.

[Upgrade Description: Flight speed and Sharpness greatly increased. Wind Series damage slightly increased.]

So, the faint breeze coiling around the blade was the added Wind Series Energy damage. It came from the blood and bones of a Wind Attribute Demon Beast; an ability it was born with had now been stolen by the Sky-Breaking Saber.

Zhao Zuo immediately activated the Sky-Breaking Saber and made an even more astonishing discovery. The invisible, intangible, swirling airflow seemed to expand to cover the entire room. Within this area, controlling the Sky-Breaking Saber would consume even less Mana.

This was because... in Zhao Zuo’s perception, the Sky-Breaking Saber felt lighter in flight. More importantly, he could increase his Mana output to make the airflow around the saber swifter and more powerful, allowing it to unleash even more terrifying speed and might.

A minute passed, and Zhao Zuo still had two-thirds of his Mana. This meant... that when operating at its minimum consumption, the Sky-Breaking Saber could be sustained for a full three minutes.

’A single use is equivalent to fifteen experience points, so four times a day would be sixty points. If it needs two thousand points for the next upgrade, for example, it would take about thirty-four days to level it up again. That would be around the beginning of January. Of course, if I work a little harder, I can shorten that time even further.’

After the simple test, Zhao Zuo grew more familiar with the Sky-Breaking Saber. He could clearly feel its changes; there was even a faint breeze that flowed from the blade, up his arm, as if a subtle, cool wind was enveloping his body.

Zhao Zuo felt a little lighter, a bit like a weakened version of a Light Body Talisman. But this was just a passive effect from carrying the Sky-Breaking Saber, requiring no Mana consumption or Spirit Stones to buy.

He was in an unprecedentedly good mood. Today was truly a day of double blessings.

’Although the Sky-Breaking Saber’s passive is pretty useless now,’ he thought, ’if I keep upgrading it, maybe it’ll evolve into an incredibly terrifying Divine Skill. Besides, it’s a free skill, so it’s not like I’m losing anything.’

For the next few days, Zhao Zuo continued his routine of forging and Cultivation, while also grinding experience for his Sky-Breaking Saber and Golden Light Mirror and repairing a few broken Lower Grade Magical Artifacts.

As a Defensive Magical Artifact, the main point of upgrading the Golden Light Mirror was to enhance its Defense Power. The secondary benefit was reducing its Mana consumption in battle, a feature that was useless when just grinding for experience.

At the end of November, Zhao Zuo found an opportunity and took another Purifying Spirit Pill. After swallowing it, he hurriedly circulated his Spell. Pure Spiritual Power flowed and transformed within his Meridians. He gradually felt the Energy inside him growing stronger, and his entire being was enveloped in gentle, pure Spiritual Power.

Zhao Zuo instinctively began to perfect his method for the Refinement of Spiritual Power. He could feel every last drop of pure Spiritual Power seeping from his abdomen, into his Meridians, and finally converging in his Dantian.

His breathing was even, his eyes closed.

Nourished by the Spiritual Power, his mind also expanded, and controlling the flow became more effortless.

In a trance, Zhao Zuo sensed the boundary of the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer. It was like a gate he could already see; pushing it open would reveal a whole new world. The sensation was marvelous and made Zhao Zuo incredibly excited.

’Since I can already vaguely feel the bottleneck, a breakthrough can’t be far off.’ Although he could feel his Mana increase with every Cultivation session, this current sensation was a much more tangible reminder to Zhao Zuo that he was very, very close to the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer!

Four hours later, the medicinal power of the pill within Zhao Zuo’s body completely dissipated. He quickly began to soothe the few Meridians that were now burning hot. Thankfully, his Clear Heart Jade Pendant had been working the entire time. Otherwise, Zhao Zuo would never have been able to continuously refine the pill’s power for five hours straight.

Once he finished soothing his Meridians, Zhao Zuo opened his eyes and began grinding experience for his Golden Light Mirror. The mirror had already been upgraded twice. With one more upgrade, its Defense Power would be comparable to a Middle Grade Magical Artifact, which would drastically increase his personal safety.

He didn’t even check his progress after his Mana was completely depleted, simply lying down on the bed to rest.

The sun rose in the east, and the sky had just begun to brighten. Zhao Zuo had already finished forging eight pieces of Spirit Iron. Just as he was about to continue, a powerful, resonant voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Zhao Zuo instinctively stopped what he was doing. ’The thing I wanted to happen least has finally happened.’

"All Artifact Refining Apprentices must leave the Earth Fire Chambers today. Violators... will be put to death!"

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