Before long, a sheen of fine sweat appeared on his forehead.

Under the alchemical fire, a series of intricate inscriptions emerged on his body, and then, under the effect of [Perfect Refining], these inscriptions formed restrictions, just like inscribing restrictions on an artifact, starting to record onto Chu Xiu’s body!

This recording did not merely stay on the surface but went deep into the skin, blood, internal organs, down to every cell!

Meanwhile, the [Great Sword Divine Attendant Heavy Armor] gradually became illusory under the smelting process and began to fuse with Chu Xiu’s heart!

This step was extremely perilous, and a look of pain appeared on Chu Xiu’s face as the sweat on his forehead became denser!

Luckily, for now, it was just the preliminary cultivation stage of the Myriad Weapons Storage Technique, where this equipment was only "lodging" rather than truly merging. When this method is cultivated further, that would be when the real danger comes, which is why in all these years, only one great figure of the Demon Sect had completed this inheritance.

As time passed, under the powerful talent of [Perfect Refining], the two finally began to overlap gradually.

[Consumed 213,412 Cause and Effect Points, fusion with Great Sword Divine Attendant Heavy Armor completed!]

As the notification sounded, Chu Xiu only felt as if an engine had been installed in his heart, each heartbeat unleashing even greater power!

Moreover, at this moment, both the life force and defense of his heart underwent qualitative changes, as just the thin membrane on the outer layer of his heart was tougher than steel!

And that’s not all!

Chu Xiu did not pause at all and continued to fuse with the [Eight Trigrams Flowing Clouds Magical Sword]!

After the completion of the quadrupoles cultivation, the next step, the five viscera, could be considered a new cycle, so the first step only consumed less than 210,000 Cause and Effect Points from Chu Xiu, which was much easier than the last step of the quadrupoles.

But for each of the subsequent viscera, the Cause and Effect Points required would increase rapidly.

This was also a characteristic of this cultivation technique.

However, with the remaining Cause and Effect Points, there should still be no problem fusing one more item.

And this Daoist Magic Sword, Chu Xiu intended to fuse it within the kidneys.

The kidneys govern essence, are the body’s filtering organs, and participate in the entire body’s circulation!

The [Eight Trigrams Flowing Clouds Magical Sword] can enhance the power of skills, and by fusing it into the kidneys, it can slightly enhance the power of Demon Energy Soldiers.

With the experience from last time, the progress was much smoother this time, and with Chu Xiu intentionally speeding up, it took only half a day to complete the alchemical process.

[Consumed 298,076 Cause and Effect Points, fusion with Eight Trigrams Flowing Clouds Magical Sword completed!]

With the fusion completed, another surge of power flowed forth.

Chu Xiu estimated that his constitution had increased by at least two thousand.

Additionally, Chu Xiu could sense that his body had undergone some sort of mysterious change.

He could feel that the six artifacts fused within his body seemed to have developed some sort of special connection with each other.

Before this, even with the [Quadrupole Conjugation] trait, the four artifacts themselves were isolated, like [Aurora’s Axe], which only strengthened the right hand but had no enhancement on the left hand.

But now, Chu Xiu felt that the newly fused two pieces of equipment connected the other four through the circulation of the blood within his body!

Furthermore, due to the deeper integration of the internal organs and the life origin, a completely new force was born from it!

[Artifact Origin (SS): The artifacts within your body can continuously accumulate Artifact Origin; this power can optimize the structure of artifacts and enhance their power.]

Artifact Origin!

A completely new SS-level trait!

And at the moment of sensing this power, a certain enlightenment arose in Chu Xiu’s heart.

"If I’m not mistaken, this power, like the Divine-Demonic Power, is fundamental to the cultivation of the profound magic in heritage, produced by fusion with my life origin!"

With a thought from Chu Xiu, both Divine-Demonic Power and Artifact Origin flowed toward the [Knife of the Unjustly Dead] fused in his left hand!

Chu Xiu’s left hand instantly turned deep black, and after a careful sensory experience, he showed a look of surprise.

He could feel that these two powers, cultivated from completely different techniques in completely different ways, actually melded without any repulsion! They even produced some kind of complementary effect, causing the poison from the [Knife of the Unjustly Dead] in his left hand to triple in potency instantly!

If the [Knife of the Unjustly Dead] was compared to a tractor, then the Divine-Demonic Power was like injecting aviation fuel into that tractor, simply and brutally enhancing its power, whereas the [Artifact Origin] optimized the tractor’s engine into a V8 engine, resulting in a qualitative change in its internal structure and material strength!

The combination of the two turned this tractor into a supercar!

Flashes of joyful light danced in Chu Xiu’s eyes.

"No wonder this is the supreme heritage specializing in artifact power from the lineage of Duo Bao Demon Venerable!"

As long as enough Artifact Origin is injected, even an ordinary piece of equipment can rival myth!

He could scarcely imagine how overwhelming the destructive power would be when that giant of the Demon Sect, who mastered this art, injected all the Artifact Origin into his meticulously refined artifacts!

Letting out a breath, Chu Xiu calmed his excited emotions.

He was still far from there now.

If he guessed correctly, only when all five viscera were fully cultivated could this trait be considered to have reached a minor accomplishment.

Currently, only having two viscera, although he barely spawned [Artifact Origin], its quantity was very scarce, and the recovery speed was extremely slow, completely unable to compare with [Divine-Demonic Power].