206: Chapter 206 Refining the Forbidden God Ring

One week later.

The crater.

Above the churning magma, a white magic array stood tall.

"Let's go."

Nie Ning looked at the magma below and spoke to Heloise beside him.

"I'm going too?"

Heloise was somewhat taken aback.

She had heard Nie Ning mention what he wanted to do. Although she thought the talk of artifacts was sheer nonsense, given Nie Ning's preparations, the item being refined was certainly not to be underestimated.

That being the case, powerful items like this were usually kept as trump cards and not easily shared with outsiders.

They had only known each other for about a month, so she hadn't expected Nie Ning to actually let her watch the crafting process.

Nie Ning rolled his eyes. "Isn't that obvious? You'll have to learn it sooner or later anyway, so you might as well gain some experience now. Just don't go spreading it around to avoid attracting unwanted attention."

While he said that, Nie Ning actually had other thoughts in mind.

The Stairway to Godhood was indeed extremely precious; even if it wasn't ultimately used to prepare for godhood, it could still significantly enhance one's strength.

Because it was essentially a method for refining a set of special equipment.

Excluding the final step, it didn't actually affect normal usage.

And since Heloise was his eldest disciple, if he really failed the refinement, she might be able to help him figure out why.

Moreover, even a successful refinement was only the first step and would definitely require the cooperation of someone with Heloise's alchemical talent.

Otherwise, the production of the chaos crystal alone might have stuck him for a lifetime.

"Alright."

Heloise nodded, not as restrained as she had been when contracting the Crimson Feather Fire Demon.

It just so happened that she also wanted to see what exactly Nie Ning intended to make; if necessary, she could perhaps use it as a reference for herself.

...

Nie Ning leaped into the crater.

Heloise, holding Sensen, followed him while riding on the back of the Crimson Feather Fire Demon.

After arriving above the formation, Nie Ning directly activated the Fire-Drawing Array.

Instantly, the rolling magma began to surge violently, but it was blocked by the array.

As the power of the earth fire was absorbed by the array, the white formation slowly turned crimson, and a cluster of half-meter-high white flames ignited in the center.

Seeing that the array had started, Nie Ning flew in front of the white flames.

Nie Ning controlled the array to condense the flames into a single beam, then took out a large amount of materials from his spatial ring.

Although it was only the first stage of the god-forbidden ring, the materials required far exceeded those of normal witchcraft items, needing nearly a hundred types of materials to refine.

Following the refining method in the Stairway to Godhood, Nie Ning began to throw in various materials in order.

Once these materials entered the range of the flames, they instantly transformed into a fused substance resembling flowing silver water.

Nie Ning had practiced the preceding process many times, and with the help of his powerful Spiritual Power, no problems occurred during the actual operation.

Soon, all the materials were fused, and the silver liquid circled around the white flames.

"Whether this succeeds or not depends on you!"

A black crystal floated in Nie Ning's palm.

Since he had never seen a chaos crystal and didn't know its characteristics, Nie Ning couldn't tell if this was actually a chaos crystal or not.

He lightly opened his hand and tossed the black crystal, which slowly moved above the white flames.

Under Nie Ning's control, the silver liquid instantly enveloped the black crystal, and then they fell into the white flames together.

Maximizing the array, the white flames began to turn transparent.

In the center of the array, the silver liquid formed from the materials began to heave and surge, and the black crystal in the middle could be faintly seen.

All the preparation work was complete; next was simply to wait quietly.

Once the black crystal completely merged into the silver flow, he could start the next step of the plan.

However, this would take a very long time, requiring at least several days to fully merge.

...

As the days passed, five days went by in a flash.

Over the past few days, Nie Ning had neither eaten nor drunk, relying solely on pills to maintain his magic power.

Fortunately, the Fire-Drawing Array mainly relied on magic crystals for energy; otherwise, his magic power would have been drained dry in just two days.

Heloise used a shadow recording stone to record the process, and she also collected data such as elemental concentration every day.

Looking at the white liquid in the flames, Nie Ning knew it was time.

Under Nie Ning's control, the white liquid began to take shape, slowly transforming into an exquisite white ring with a diameter of one meter.

But this was only the first step; next, he needed to engrave runes.

Unlike conventional runes, the runes in the Stairway to Godhood were more profound, appearing to be a higher level of rune.

With Nie Ning's own Spiritual Power, he could hardly understand their meaning.

As those runes surfaced in Nie Ning's mind and his Spiritual Power covered the ring, strange characters appeared on the surface of the ring.

Perhaps because these runes were too advanced, a large amount of sweat soon broke out on Nie Ning's forehead.

Nie Ning gritted his teeth and swallowed several pills to recover his Spiritual Power, and the surging Spiritual Power accelerated the speed of the rune branding.

After about half an hour, the white ring was finally filled with protruding mysterious characters.

Just as Nie Ning was about to withdraw his Spiritual Power, a strange scene occurred.

The mysterious characters on the white ring moved on their own, slowly forming a magical landscape painting that flowed along the ring.

Witnessing this, Nie Ning was involuntarily drawn to the images on the ring, an abnormal look of obsession appearing in his eyes.

"Teacher!"

Heloise's bell-like shout rang in Nie Ning's ears.

Snapping back to his senses, Nie Ning hurriedly looked at the white ring, around which a strange ripple lingered.

Nie Ning cursed inwardly; he had almost missed the most critical step!

Because it was a personalized item, he had to brand it with his split soul within a limited time.

If he missed the opportunity, even if the refinement succeeded, it would ultimately just be a hard iron ring due to the lack of compatibility.

Nie Ning concentrated and sat cross-legged in mid-air.

His mind sank into his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, and then, according to the split soul method in the Stairway to Godhood, he activated the soul hidden within.

Above the rune diagram, an illusory, multi-colored soul body slowly emerged.

Using his Spiritual Power as a blade, Nie Ning struck the soul body.

A heart-wrenching pain swept through him, and an intense sense of dizziness filled Nie Ning's mind.

Nie Ning gritted his teeth and, following the instructions in the Stairway to Godhood, struggled to control the mental blade.

Instantly, a suction force was generated on the blade, followed by a wisp of white substance being peeled from the soul, and Nie Ning's soul body dimmed accordingly.

Without time for second thoughts, Nie Ning used his Spiritual Power to lift the white split soul.

In reality, a wisp of white substance emerged from the top of Nie Ning's head and then slowly drifted toward the white ring.

The moment the two connected, a strange white ripple began to spread in all directions.