Gate of Immortality

Yang Shi was fully focused on his forging as he melted the ores. The mixture was like a rainbow dough as flames spiraled around it. Yang Shi took out the billet as he began to hammer it.

*Let's go with the thousand refinement technique." Yang Shi wiped his sweat as he used his entire physical power in hammering. He barely uses spiritual qi while forging as it was a good exercise for his body.

" Hammer hundred times, and it will make a fine billet, hammer thousand times, and it will be noble among the billets." Yang Shi muttered. " Oh please, That line is cringe." Jin Yu chuckled.

"..." Yang Shi didn't reply as he continued his hammering. But this line had some truth in it.

Yang Shi already failed once before, so this time, he was careful.

" Hmm, Let's add some more Silver Quicksand as a catalyst." Yang Shi thought. He didn't want to fail a second time as it would just waste his precious materials.

If any other blacksmiths could hear his thoughts, they might rush here to beat him. " Brother, Craftmanship means learning from the mistakes, okay. You are already making weapons in one try and still complaining?" They would definitely scream in their mind.

" Now time for Spirit Diagram." Yang Shi's face turned serious. " Hmm, I should make one with a better damage absorption rate." Yang Shi thought. 

A good armor must protect its master from all kinds of attacks. Yang Shi wanted to forge a good one, as he broke several armors of his enemy. 

" The crucial part of the armor is its Spirit diagram. Once the Spirit diagram is damaged, the armor is bound to be broken." Yang Shi chuckled. That's why the spirit diagrams on armors are much different. It was more like a stack of diagrams, which protects the main diagrams.

" Anyway, Let's start carving." Yang Shi shook his head as he began to carve the spirit diagram. It is shaped like a turtle shell in a hexagonal pattern.

" Northern Turtle Diagram, Come!" Yang Shi gave the final stroke as the hexagonal pattern glowed with light.

" Sigh, Only if I can use my divine intent, I could have made rune diagrams, which as the improved version of spirit diagrams." Yang Shi sighed. The armor made rattling noise as it became silvery grey colored.

" A high tier Middle grade armor. Hmm, It seems I need more refinement. It should have a High grade armor at least." Yang Shi sighed.

" But it should be enough to satisfy Feng Xiao. Unless someone at Quasi Violet Palace Expansion realm uses a quasi True grade weapon, No other can destroy this armor. This can ensure the safety of Feng Xiao." Yang Shi mumbled.

" Why are you so narcissist? Even I never saw blacksmiths who can forge High grade weapons every time." Jin Yu sighed.

" It's because you haven't seen the world. High grade weapon? Heh, It's nothing but the starting point."

" The Dao of supplementary paths is vast. With a wave of a hand, an alchemist can refine a supreme pill. With a single strike of the hammer, a chunk of mortal iron can turn into a divine weapon." 

Yang Shi suddenly became emotional as some unfamiliar memory flashed in his mind. " Shit, I should refine all the memories of Samsara Emperor soon, else I might grow multiple personality disorder." Yang Shi sighed.

But indeed, It was the memory of Samsara Emperor, which showed him some unknown figure.

" Thousand Herb Princess, Who can use her palms as cauldron and mind as flame. With a thought, she can refine heavenly pills."

" Lord of Blood and Iron, Who used an entier star to refine a divine sword. That sword cut through the world like a knife cutting a melon."

" Sky Painting Immortal, Who created a world with a stroke of his paintbrush."

" Everything is possible if I have a strong dao heart. With a firm heart, no matter what storm or tribulation I face, I will be able to tread through it." Yang Shi murmured.

" Only a peerless dao heart can walk till the end." Suddenly, Samsara Emperor spoke in his mind.

" What is a dao heart actually? Yang Shi sighed.

" Hahaha, It's the most simple thing in the world, but also, the hardest thing to achieve. Everyone has their own understanding." Samsara Emperor let out a hollow laugh.

" Hmm, Even if I explain to you now, you won't understand. It's something that you can only feel after you gain experience. When you travel around the world, you will know. But all I can say, Dao Heart is just you, and you alone." Samsara Emperor chuckled.

" Hmm, Why did you come here this time? Is there something you want to tell me?" Yang Shi asked.

Samsara Emperor remained silent for a while and then he said, " You should prepare for charging into Wisdom Awakening Stage."

" I understand, but aren't there many better techniques in your disposals? For awakening the soul before Violet Palace Expansion Realm?" Yang Shi asked in confusion.

" Well, there are countless techniques for the awakening soul before Violet Palace Expansion Realm, but I am more interested in the method of Origin Chaos Internal Energy Art of yours." Samsara Emperor chuckled.

" I am not elaborating the reasons as you will understand in future. But I wish you finish the entire Body Remolding Stages of Origin Chaos Internal Energy Art." Samsara Emperor suggested.

" But the alchemy talent here is too low. Where I can found a top tier Soul Pill?" Yang Shi vexed.

" You don't need that for Wisdom Awakening Stage. As far as I understand, You can easily make an elixir from Soul Nourishing Grass." Samsara Emperor said.

" Elixir... Yes, I can try that thing." Yang Shi slapped his thigh. Suddenly he remembered a thing called Mind Calming Incense stick from a book from Earth. It was a special type of incense stick, which was used for mind calming effects and hypnotization.

" With high dose, I can enter in a tranquil state. With some acupuncture art, I think I can get into the Wisdom Awakening Stage." Yang Shi thought.

According to the Origin Chaos Internal Energy Art, The Wisdom Awakening Stage can't be forced. It's related to one's soul and mind. Only a person with great fortune, a better physique, and a mind can reach the Wisdom Awakening stage.

But in this world, There are just countless methods to awake one's soul. For example, there is a Soul Awakening Pill, which is an ancient rank five pill. Just eating that pill and cultivating can increase one's chance of awake soul before Violet Palace Expansion Realm.

Then there is Divine Spirit Refining Formula, Which is a technique focused on the soul and divine sense. But as Samsara Emperor said, He needs to awake his soul from using Wisdom Awakening Stage.

Yang Shi didn't take rest as he took out the Soul Nourishing Grass.

" Hmm, In the future, I should just plant the herbs after I get them. Putting them in a spatial ring for long just decreases their medicinal efficiency.

" Yang Shi thought.

He took Soul Nourishing grass and mixed it with some herbs. Then he used his Spirit Fire to extract the essence from them. It was turned into a green liquid as Yang Shi collected it.

He put it in a vial as he took a piece of cloth. He rubbed it and made it into a wick and dipped it in the gree liquid. In this process, he made three vials of liquid.

Then he placed it around him and sat cross-legged. Yang Shi lighted them up as he entered in a meditating state.