From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

This was a regret so profound that one might even wish to die with their sword.

Lu Heng leaned in, pressing his ear to the man's mouth, listening to his mumbling.

He faintly heard that the materials were insufficient.

Forging an S-level Divine Weapon, the most important material is the Divine Attribute Material.

S-level weapons are called Divine Weapons because they are forged using Divine Attribute Materials, which gives them a chance to attain divinity.

The most crucial material among them is the Dragon Horn of the Purgatory Sub-Dragon.

Lu Heng took out the second Dragon Horn of the Purgatory Sub-Dragon and handed it over, "Is this one enough?"

Gulu was startled awake by these words, his thoughts pulled back from his memories, staring at the second Dragon Horn for a full three seconds before his eyes moistened and he said, "If only I had a second one back then..."

He took a deep breath, put the Aurora Blade back into the Forging Furnace, and continued to anneal.

Then, taking the Dragon Horn, he ran to the workbench and began processing it.

After processing, he added it along with the Melting Materials to the Forging Furnace for annealing.

After completing this process, he forged again, this time forming the shape.

This time, the forging continued until the next morning.

Lu Heng was very sleepy but the thought of the impending second furnace opening kept his eyes wide open in anticipation.

After the second annealing ended, Gulu opened the furnace again, took the Aurora Blade out with tongs, and his movements froze again.

Lu Heng frowned and asked, "Still no good?"

After a while, Gulu, holding the finished Aurora Blade and with a choked voice full of tears, said, "It's finally a success."

After saying this, he dashed out of the forging room with the Aurora Blade, running towards the second floor of Quenching Castle.

Lu Heng didn't know what he was up to, followed with a puzzled face into the second floor's Inheritance Room.

The Inheritance Room was adorned with portraits of the previous owners of Quenching Castle, already filling three walls.

Gulu held the Aurora Blade, standing silently in front of the last portrait.

Lu Heng glanced at the portrait and found it somewhat poorly done, even a bit terrible.

One look at the untidy brushstrokes, and it was clear that the painter hadn't learned how to paint.

Considering that Quenching Castle now only had Gulu, and the portrait was clearly the previous owner of Quenching Castle,

it meant that the portrait was very likely painted by Gulu himself.

Although not very well done, some parts were vividly captured.

It was a feeling hard to describe, as if the portrait reflected someone's innermost spirit.

Lu Heng didn't disturb him, standing quietly at the door watching.

Gulu stood silently gazing at the portrait, both hands holding the Aurora Blade above his head, even standing on tiptoes as though to show it to a tall person.

But Black Iron Dwarves couldn't possibly be that tall.

And the person in the portrait was clearly a Black Iron Dwarf.

"I've found enough materials," Gulu uttered, releasing the deep-seated regret buried in his heart at last.

Though Lu Heng had never inquired about his past, he could feel his profound emotions.

To Gulu, perhaps this owner of Quenching Castle was his only kin.

A long time later,

Gulu finally emerged from his memories, turned around with an excited smile, and exclaimed, "Lu Heng, we've done it, take the S-level Divine Weapon!"

Only then did Lu Heng take the weapon, eager to familiarize himself with it.

[Dragon Breath of Aurora Blade+9 (Abyss Integration)]

[Item Level: S-level]

[Dimensions: Length 132 cm, blade width 3.6 cm, weight 2.5 kg]

[Attribute: Attack Power 550 (Special Effect bonus)]

[Special Effects: Spirit Slash LV3, Sharp Blade LV3]

[Divine Attribute Skill: Dragon Breath Slash]

[Spirit Slash LV3: Attacks include 16 points of Spiritual Damage, adding Spirit Slash effect, weakening the target's Spiritual Attribute by 16 points.]

[Sharp Blade LV3: Exclusive Special Effect for bladed weapons, enhances weapon sharpness, increases weapon Attack Power by 100 points, and boosts damage against hard materials by 50%.]

[Dragon Breath Slash: Swings blade releasing a Purgatory breath sword aura, covering a 20-meter radius, igniting all flammable objects, hard to extinguish, causing 10× Source Energy Level of Dragon Flame damage.]

After reading the attribute data, Lu Heng's eyes gleamed.

With the Special Effect added, the Attack Power had increased from 345 to 550 points.

Plus, it had gained a Divine Attribute.

This is a Divine Attribute that only S-level weapons can possess.

The Dragon Horn of the Purgatory Sub-Dragon, being a Divine Attribute Material, had successfully endowed the Aurora Blade with a Divine Attribute.

In fact,

not all S-level weapons come with a Divine Attribute, depending on the quality of the Divine Attribute Material, the skill level of the forger, and a bit of luck.

Among Superpower Users, those S-level weapons without a Divine Attribute are often called quasi-Divine Weapons.

A quasi-Divine Weapon is still an S-level weapon, with similar attributes, just missing the Divine Attribute Skill.

Now, the Aurora Blade possessed the Divine Attribute Skill [Dragon Breath Slash].

Clearly, this ability came directly from the Purgatory Sub-Dragon, forged into the Aurora Blade.

Lu Heng was eager to try it out, but this was the Inheritance Room of Quenching Castle— a swing of this sword, and all the portraits in the room would go up in flames.

So he had to suppress his curiosity until after he left to test it.

...

Upon leaving the Inheritance Room, Lu Heng made his way to the Gem Workshop of Quenching Castle.

Su Muyu was there practicing Engraving; she had been holed up in the Gem Workshop save for eating and sleeping.

Practicing Engraving could take place anywhere, really, since the tools required for it were small enough to fit in a backpack.

Nonetheless, Lu Heng advised her to practice Engraving within Quenching Castle.

For there was a special effect within Quenching Castle that benefited Forging, Quenching, and other Vice Profession Skills.

Su Muyu noticed the difference too; the speed of Training Level increase when she Engraved at home was not as fast as when she was in Quenching Castle.

So now she came over every morning from home, diving into the Gem Workshop to focus on practicing Engraving all day long.