The foundation of Xu Yuan's forging technique still lay in the regulation of essence, energy, and spirit.
He relied on the control of essence, energy, and spirit to achieve perfect fusion and forging of alloys, further validated through the Illusory and Real Heaven and Earth Furnace Method.
As his dreamscape continued progressing toward becoming more real, the effectiveness of this Illusory and Real Heaven and Earth Furnace Method also grew daily.
Two and a half months ago, after receiving guidance from the Light Dragon King, Xu Yuan gained insight into how the flow of time within the dreamscape distorted the laws of reality. Utilizing this understanding, he pushed the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method to new heights.
Previously, the Illusory and Real Heaven and Earth Furnace Method could only help him raise the fusion rate from 97% to 98%, but it couldn't fully bring it from 98% to 99%. He had to be extremely close to 99% himself before relying on the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method to complete the final step.
However, with the current advancements in the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method, as long as Xu Yuan achieved a purity of technique that reached a fusion rate of 98% during forging, he could use the illusory and real combined Heaven and Earth Furnace Method to complete the perfect alloy fusion.
Of course, this wasn't pure addition—it was just a comparison after isolating this method and quantifying its effects.
In reality, the greatest contributions of the Illusory and Real Heaven and Earth Furnace Method were twofold. First, it used the power of heaven and earth to nourish the alloy, transforming its essence and assisting the alloy in completing its rebirth from destruction. Second, it utilized the subtle differences in nourishment between the illusory and real worlds to simulate and fine-tune the most delicate aspects of the forging process.
The latter's importance was self-evident.
It amounted to continuous simulation.
Throughout the forging process, corrections and simulations were constantly being made to find the most optimal angles for forging.
This gave Xu Yuan an additional layer of error-correction in his forging.
With newfound insights into how the distortion of external laws under the altered time flow of the dreamscape could be integrated into the illusory aspect of the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method, Xu Yuan was now able to project the most discordant parts of the alloy undergoing fusion in the nurturing environment of heaven and earth to their fullest extent.
As a result, in the two and a half months prior, Xu Yuan had successfully completed the perfect fusion forging of three entirely new types of soul-infused alloys.
These three soul-infused alloys were precisely what he needed.
Previously, jade silver was required for the design of his right arm battle armor, while these three new soul-infused alloys corresponded to his left arm and legs.
In other words, he had now completed the creation of soul-infused alloys for eight pieces of battle armor.
Next, all he had to do was follow the blueprints to manufacture the eight pieces of battle armor.
Only three parts remained: the belt, the breastplate and backplate, and the helmet.
"The belt is the core of energy circulation and the source of power—Dark Gold is essential. Additionally, we need rare metals. After reviewing my options, I've determined that Transforming Silver is the most suitable."
Transforming Silver was a rare metal unique to the Star Luo Continent, known for its transformative properties that allowed it to adapt to fluctuations in energy.
That was just its basic characteristic.
The true standout feature of Transforming Silver was its plasticity. Its full potential could only be unlocked by skilled blacksmiths during the forging process.
Under specific forging techniques, Transforming Silver could respond to forces applied to it, amplifying those forces seemingly out of nowhere.
If the force originated from within the material itself, the amplification effect became even more pronounced, as if the material were a source of power.
For this reason, Xu Yuan planned to temporarily leave the Five Elements Lake and head to Meteor City, where Lin Yuhan had previously invited him.
First, it was to gather more Transforming Silver.
Perfect alloy forging required vast quantities of materials. Although Xu Yuan had amassed large amounts of rare metals unique to the Star Luo Continent—especially from Dai Yun'er—Transforming Silver remained scarce.
Aside from Transforming Silver, there were also Golden Crystals and Star Copper, both rare metals exclusive to the Star Luo Continent and among the most precious. Even Dai Yun'er hadn't been able to collect much of these for him.
Meteor City boasted four veins of rare metals, one of which contained Transforming Silver!
Transforming Silver originated from meteorites that entered the atmosphere, where they underwent intense friction and adapted to the laws of the Douluo Plane. This created a rare metal unique to the Star Luo Continent.
Moreover, the formation of Transforming Silver was influenced by the specific environment of the Star Luo Continent. Currently, there were only two veins of Transforming Silver, with the one in Meteor City being the primary source.
"Teacher, would you like to come along?"
Xu Yuan looked at Mu Ye.
After arriving on the Star Luo Continent, Mu Ye had mostly stayed near Xu Yuan and hadn't traveled extensively across the continent.
Clearly, he had visited this place multiple times before and didn't have a strong desire to explore further.
"Let's go together. Meteor City is a good place," Mu Ye said.
Master and disciple departed from the Five Elements Lake.
After their mechs disappeared over the horizon, a figure brimming with holy energy swiftly flew in and landed by the lake.
En Ci watched the two figures disappear, then dove into the lake.
"Teacher?"
Tong Yu opened his eyes, looking at his teacher with some confusion.
"Tong Yu, did that Xu Yuan say anything to you while he was here?" En Ci asked, relieved to see Tong Yu's stable emotions and clear gaze.
"Xu Yuan?" Tong Yu's eyes clouded with thought. "He spoke to me about many things. Moreover, he seemed to know a great deal about what happened to me in the past."
Recalling the conversations Xu Yuan occasionally had with him during this period, Tong Yu still felt a stirring within.
Seeing his expression, En Ci couldn't help but frown.
Sure enough, Xu Yuan had said something that affected Tong Yu.
However, looking at Tong Yu's even clearer gaze compared to before, En Ci knew that Xu Yuan's words hadn't agitated him. Instead, it seemed they had similarly guided Tong Yu toward resolving his inner conflicts.
En Ci was puzzled.
He didn't understand Xu Yuan's intentions.
Tong Yu was already at level 98, and his soul core was nearly ready to condense. His spiritual power was just one step away from breaking through to the Lingyu Realm.
En Ci was certain that as long as Tong Yu resolved his inner knots, he would undoubtedly break through to the Lingyu Realm, condense his third soul core, and reach the pinnacle.
This would make him the second Limit Douluo of the Star Luo Continent and the successor En Ci had planned for.
It was unclear when Long Yue would reach the pinnacle, but Tong Yu was clearly the first choice.
"Yun Ming has arrived on the Star Luo Continent, and this Xu Yuan has contacted Tong Yu, even aiding him in potentially reaching the pinnacle..."
A gesture of goodwill?
En Ci didn't believe that the prestigious Shrek Academy needed to resort to such measures.
"Two and a half months have passed, and Yun Ming's movements have frequently been exposed—it's definitely intentional. The Federation must already know that Yun Ming has appeared on the Star Luo Continent."
Various thoughts swirled in En Ci's mind.
However, no matter how he analyzed it, he couldn't decipher Yun Ming's intentions.
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Meteor City
"You finally came," Lin Yuhan said with a somewhat aggrieved expression.
There was only a year for the exchange program, and nine months had already passed. This guy had taken his sweet time.
"Yuhan, I was giving you more time to refine your forging skills, making our exchange more meaningful," Xu Yuan explained.
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