"The second direction? What is it?"
Even Zhen Hua, who had been a Divine Blacksmith for half his life, was a bit confused at this moment.
He was pondering how there could be a breakthrough after Heaven Refinement.
Clearly, he had also thought about it, but why didn't he have such clear directions as Su Ming?
Of course, he had ideas and inspirations, but to define them as directions, one must have at least over 60% certainty, proving it's a truly viable path.
This Su Ming, who became a Divine Blacksmith, who knows when, already had two directions.
Remembering Su Ming's seven consecutive nine-colored tribulation Heaven Refinements, Zhen Hua also took a deep breath. He took a deep breath, gaining trust in Su Ming's deduction of two feasible directions.
He looked on with anticipation, waiting for Su Ming to reveal the second direction.
Su Ming didn't keep him in suspense, directly stating his idea.
"Divine Refinement, after all, leans more towards artifact crafting. Our blacksmiths should actually focus more on the sublimation of metal materials."
Su Ming smiled: "So, besides Divine Refinement, the second direction I thought of is sublimating Heaven Refinement metal once more."
Sublimate once more!
"Metal from Hundred Refinement to Thousand Refinement is activated with spirituality, its inherent properties..." "They are stimulated. From Thousand Refinement to Spirit Refinement, it gains life. From Spirit Refinement to Soul Refinement, it gains inheritance. From Soul Refinement to Heaven Refinement, it even receives Law baptism, possessing Law imprints."
Su Ming sorted through the forging system, proposing what he believed to be the next transformation plan after Heaven Refinement.
"After Heaven Refinement, the next transformation is—"
Su Ming said word by word: "Transformation of the Law Domain."
Transformation of the Law Domain? Zhen Hua murmured in a low voice, repeating the phrase, and subconsciously asked: "How to transform?" "Transformation?"
"From nothing to something is a true qualitative change, but from little to many is also indispensable," Su Ming said. "We have progressed to Heaven Refinement so far. Although there are multi-elemental tribulations, these tribulations are actually only one kind. They all imprint elemental laws on the metal. But for metal, elemental laws are not the only laws that can be imprinted."
Hearing this, Zhen Hua smiled wryly: "But, in the Douluo Plane, these elemental laws are the easiest to draw down."
Su Ming nodded.
"This point is indeed true. Douluo Planet's elemental laws are very active. Although the countless myriad and strange Martial Souls are the..." "The most prominent laws are the elemental laws, the most free."
Free.
Su Ming gave this definition to elemental laws.
To explain: other laws mostly have work to do, while elemental laws have some energy to spare.
So even when Su Ming was in Douluo 1 and 2, with his plane master authority, he manually created the Heaven Refinement tribulation. What he created was also elemental tribulation, not other tribulations.
As for why elemental laws are free... Su Ming subconsciously looked towards the direction of Shrek City.
"Gu Yuena..."
Regardless of how weak she is now, when she was separated from the Dragon God back then, she was a bona fide God King.
The Golden Dragon King inherited the body, the Silver Dragon King Inherited elemental control. It seemed the Golden Dragon King directly inherited immense power, while the Silver Dragon King's inherited elemental control and the Dragon God's will and memories within wisdom were separated again, not given to her, making the Silver Dragon King appear inferior to the Golden Dragon King.
But in reality, elemental control is authority.
Elemental Gods are not weak.
The seven Elemental Gods of Douluo's God Realm are only First Class Gods, which is even considered weak, considering these seven elements are a kind of foundation throughout the universe.
If they are lacking somewhere, it can only be said that their elemental authority was divided up too much.
The Dragon God controlled elemental authority, bestowed it upon his nine Dragon Lord subordinates, and still retained a considerable portion.
The rest is what the various Each of the Elemental Gods possesses something.
"After Gu Yuena was severely injured and fell to Douluo Planet, what she scattered wasn't just her own blood. Elemental authority also unconsciously merged into Douluo Planet."
This was Su Ming's speculation.
Therefore, what can represent Douluo Planet's Laws to bestow special imprints upon Heaven Refinement metal can only be elemental Laws.
Su Ming let out a deep breath, saying: "Heaven Refinement within Douluo Planet summons elemental tribulation. But what about in other planes?"
"Other planes?" Zhen Hua's eyes widened in shock: "You mean the Abyss? You want to perform Heaven Refinement in the Abyss?"
Su Ming hesitated, nodded, then shook his head.
"I won't enter the Abyss to forge. Even if my guess is correct, if I forge inside the Abyss, I can only elicit the Abyss's Heaven Refinement tribulation." "Not to draw out Douluo Planet's elemental tribulation."
Zhen Hua took a deep breath: "So it requires forging on the Abyssal battlefield, where both laws coexist."
Su Ming nodded.
"However, this is not the next realm after Heaven Refinement; it should only be half a step."
Having imprints from two planes still falls short.
"In my deduction, at least three planes' imprints are needed as a guarantee to advance further, attracting the Universe's Will to descend, undergoing the tribulation bestowed by the Universe's Will, and after passing through it, gaining the approval of the Universe's laws." (gaining the recognition of the Universe's Laws)
Reaching here, Su Ming finally clarified the realm above Heaven Refinement.
And this much content sufficiently shows his regard for this path.
Clearly, this is what he considers the most orthodox path.
As for the so-called Divine Refinement, it's actually equivalent to the work of mecha designers and mecha manufacturers.
It's just that currently there are no such talents among mecha manufacturers. Su Ming himself practices all sub-professions, so he naturally classifies it into forging.
Zhen Hua let out a deep breath.
He prettily recognized Su Ming's idea.
But... (But), it's too difficult! How can one simultaneously receive the Law baptism of three planes while forging? The existence of the Abyssal battlefield is already an anomaly.
"Therefore, this can only exist in theory."
Zhen Hua smiled wryly endlessly.
Su Ming, however, didn't think so.
"Teacher, human effort can achieve anything. Since the environment doesn't satisfy, then create the environment."
"Create the environment?"
Zhen Hua was stunned.
He wanted to speak but hesitated.
"Actually, I also have an idea." "Idea."
Su Ming signaled Zhen Hua not to worry and briefly described his plan to him.
"You..."
Zhen Hua took a deep breath, his eyes filled with shock, and also revealing trepidation.
"Aren't you afraid of letting the wolf in through the door?"
Su Ming shrugged.
"It's nothing. Douluo Planet is already full of holes. Inviting one or two more enemies isn't a problem. On the contrary, if the battlefield gets more chaotic, we'll have a chance to fish in troubled waters. Teacher, don't forget, the Abyssal Sage King's strength surpasses..." "Ours," he said, "by many levels. Converted to Spirit Master levels, it's not level 100, not level 110, but very likely reaching level 130, approaching level 140!"
Su Ming's words silenced Zhen Hua.
Such a powerful opponent, indeed, it doesn't matter to introduce another enemy.
"Therefore," he continued, "I haven't directly implemented this plan yet. I'm preparing to wait until all Quasi-Gods gather on the Abyssal battlefield before proceeding."
"Go ahead and do it."
Zhen Hua gave a bitter laugh.
Su Ming nodded.
He didn't actually need Zhen Hua's support. Hua's spoken support.
He now already possesses this kind of voice.
Among the Federation's many organizations, apart from the Tang Sect, Su Ming was prepared to take over.
As for why not take the identity of Tang Sect Master, it was completely unnecessary.
Why would he? The Tang Sect in Douluo 2 is about to be extinct. Would Su Ming suddenly help them rebuild now? First help them rebuild, then take the opportunity to backstab Tang San? Su Ming wasn't that boring.
Shrek was because its foundation still existed. Su Ming was just going with the flow.
As for the War God Hall... Su Ming was preparing to promote its establishment, together with the Spirit Transmission Pagoda.
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