398: Mechanical Moral God

The Third Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue.

"Can wealth also be a cornerstone for achieving godhood?" The God of Mechanical Creation fell into deep thought.

Wu Xian smiled, "That depends on how you understand the concept of wealth, Your Excellency."

"Oh, how so?"

"Wealth is not just about money," Wu Xian spoke eloquently. "In my opinion, all power and knowledge can be regarded as wealth. The key lies in value and Possession.

As long as one possesses a certain value, it is a form of wealth."

"The Multiverse is indeed colorful, full of profound mysteries," the God of Mechanical Creation sighed, then changed the subject. "Speaking of which, that scroll of your Senior, should be very powerful in your realm, right?"

"Naturally," Wu Xian said noncommittally. "His status is basically similar to yours in your realm."

The God of Mechanical Creation understood and said no more.

Soon after, Shi Weier was sent out of this space.

Wu Xian, however, remained.

"May I ask if the God of Mechanical Creation has any further instructions?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"Instructions are not really the right word, I just wanted to have a talk with Your Excellency," the God of Mechanical Creation pondered. "If I'm not mistaken, the conception of that Senior is not yet complete, is it? Or rather, it cannot be completed for now?"

Wu Xian was speechless. So, he was interested in the Dao Ancestor Incarnation - Laozi.

"Of course, if I were to force its completion, I wouldn't be able to do it with my current abilities."

The God of Mechanical Creation smiled with satisfaction. "Then, before Your Excellency fully recreates him, could he serve as my attachment vessel?"

"What do you mean?"

"Let me integrate into this Senior's body through Artifact Refining."

"Ah?" Wu Xian was both surprised and doubtful. "This... isn't that good, is it?"

"Don't worry~ My divine scroll was originally with that girl, but as an authorized original, it will be attached to the Senior's body," the God of Mechanical Creation explained. "It's equivalent to following the Senior to cultivate and gain insights, and I will also do my best to perfect the Senior's power."

Hearing this, Wu Xian's expression was strange.

There was nothing to worry about regarding safety. If he could use Possession on the Dao Ancestor, then he would be truly amazing.

Moreover, the God of Mechanical Creation's divine scroll body was already bound to Sister Tiao. Here, it could only exist in the form of an authorized original.

From the current perspective, it was a mutually beneficial transaction.

The God of Mechanical Creation would gain better insights into the Laws of Heaven and Earth and the Dao by attaching to the Dao Ancestor, while Wu Xian would also be able to unlock a part of the Dao Ancestor's abilities in advance, possessing a scroll with super strong combat power.

It's just, wouldn't transforming the Dao Ancestor into a machine be a bit disrespectful?

But then again, with the Dao Ancestor's magnanimity, he probably wouldn't care about such a small matter, right?

"With your current power, to what extent can you Artifact Refining the Dao Ancestor?" Wu Xian asked curiously.

"If fully integrated, the black axis should be no problem, perhaps even a bit higher," the God of Mechanical Creation pondered. "However, limited by the rules of this world, only a small part of the power can be Artifact Refining as an authorized original.

It should reach the limit of the gold scroll, approaching the level of the jade scroll."

"A gold scroll? That's enough then." Wu Xian nodded thoughtfully.

A gold scroll also depends on what kind of gold scroll it is.

The gap between a gold scroll grunt and a gold scroll Dao Ancestor is huge.

Relying solely on himself to perfect and draw the Dao Ancestor to the gold axis, he didn't know how long it would take.

Just the Materials for the paint would be hard to obtain, and even the current scroll world might not have Materials of that Rank.

Currently, to make the Dao Ancestor a gold scroll, it would at least require top-tier Emperor-level Great Demon Materials, plus a massive amount of the source essence of law produced by the Upper Realm.

If it were a jade scroll, then it would have to be a combination of Emperor-level Great Demon + source essence of law.

As for the ultimate black axis black scroll, it would probably only be possible by killing the Four Great True Gods of the current era.

Therefore, this "divine assist" from the God of Mechanical Creation was definitely a good thing, saving him a lot of costs invisibly.

"How exactly do we proceed?" Wu Xian asked excitedly.

"Simple. Please integrate my authorized original of the source of mechanical creation into the Dao Ancestor's divine scroll imprint, and I'll handle the rest." The God of Mechanical Creation could not hide his excitement.

Wu Xian didn't waste words. He immediately sat down cross-legged, attempting to integrate the source of mechanical creation into the Dao Ancestor's divine scroll imprint, and released the painting spirit of Dao Ancestor Incarnation - Laozi.

The God of Mechanical Creation then transformed into a soft light, enveloping Laozi within it, performing the Artifact Refining transformation.

The entire process was somewhat lengthy.

But Wu Xian could clearly feel that the Dao Ancestor's divine scroll Law 脈絡 were constantly growing, becoming denser and denser. However, these newly generated Law 脈絡 had a mechanical sci-fi feel, just like integrated circuits, which felt strange.

At the same time, the Dao Ancestor's divine scroll Qi was also continuously strengthening.

The Law 脈絡 related to Medicinal Pill refining, Artifact Refining, and so on, also inadvertently improved significantly.

Unfortunately, this increase in Law insights did not belong to Wu Xian, but was optimized and calculated by the God of Mechanical Creation based on the Dao Ancestor's Law 脈絡.

To put it bluntly, Wu Xian's Medicinal Pill refining and Artifact Refining levels did not improve.

But Dao Ancestor Incarnation - Laozi himself had reached a very high standard.

Perhaps he could ask the God of Mechanical Creation to help refine high-grade Medicinal Pills?

Just as Wu Xian was envisioning a bright future, the Artifact Refining Fusion had ended.

The God of Mechanical Creation's Law data light dissipated, revealing a brand new Dao Ancestor Incarnation - Laozi, let's call him "brand new" for now.

Changes were definitely present, but Laozi was still the same Laozi as before; there were no changes at the mechanical transformation level.

However, around Laozi's body, a set of incredibly cool mechanical accessories appeared.

He stood on a transforming wheel-like vehicle, resembling a mechanical compass, and behind him floated a series of stylish mechanical back ornaments, rotating with each other, presenting an extremely profound mechanical structure.

"Uh, this...?" Wu Xian stared in a daze.

"The Senior's Rank is too high, making deep Artifact Refining impossible," the God of Mechanical Creation seemed a bit bitter. "I could only perform Artifact Refining in this external attachment manner. Although the effect will be slightly worse, this is the only way."

Wu Xian understood.

Looking at the benevolent Dao Ancestor, surrounded by Immortal Qi and Law data light, his overall data was completely different.

Mechanical - Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue

Version: original (gold embroidery)

Rank: gold axis

painting spirit: ★★★★☆

Spirituality: 352

Innate Traits: Dao Ancestor Incarnation, Lord of Mechanical Forging, Mechanical Tai Chi Matrix, Mechanical Qiankun Array

The Rank was still the original four and a half stars, but the other data had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Especially the Spirituality, which directly soared to 352 points. Perhaps this was the prestige brought by the True God's will.

The focus was on that series of unique innate traits.

The core innate trait of Dao Ancestor Incarnation remained unchanged. Although the scroll's name was now Mechanical - Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue, it was essentially still an Incarnation of the Dao Ancestor, not the Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue himself.

This could be seen from the subsequent "knockoff" Dao Ancestor talents.

Mechanical Forging, Mechanical Tai Chi Diagram, Mechanical Qiankun Diagram, all were special versions replicated using mechanical power.