High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Su Jie looked at the three materials on the table, lost in thought.

"Now—" the white-haired old man shouted, "Begin!"

Tens of thousands of Soul Forgers immediately sprang into action.

Su Jie also reached out and gently pressed his hand on the piece of hundred-refined soul iron.

next moment--

"Buzz!!!"

A vast and boundless power of holy soul energy erupted like an ancient beast awakening from its slumber!

Five-colored light shot into the sky from Su Jie's body, and the spiritual energy of the entire arena frantically converged on him! It was the purest and most primal holy soul power, directly acting on the material itself!

"This...this is?!" One of the contestants looked up abruptly, his eyes wide with disbelief. "A fifth-tier Saint Soul?! Impossible!!!"

The entire room fell silent!

All the Soul Forgers stopped what they were doing and stared at Su Jie in disbelief.

On the judges' stand, the three Heavenly Rank Soul Forgers stood up at the same time, their faces filled with horror!

"Five-colored holy soul radiance... all five elements complete... this is a fifth-order holy soul?! He's only twenty years old?!" The white-haired old man's voice trembled.

Amidst countless astonished gazes, the Hundred-Refined Soul Iron beneath Su Jie's palm underwent a strange transformation. Under the permeation of the Holy Soul's power, it began to reconstruct itself from within!

Impurities were directly "stripped away," turning into powder and dissipating. The purity of the remaining soul iron increased at a visible rate—hundreds of forging, thousands of forgings, tens of thousands of forgings!

At the same time, the low-grade soul stone automatically flew above the soul iron, its internal spiritual energy being extracted and injected into the soul iron. The basic soul fusion liquid turned into mist, enveloping the two and promoting fusion.

Su Jie kept his eyes closed, as if he were doing something very ordinary. But his Holy Soul Power was like the most precise carving knife, reconstructing every part of the material's structure at the microscopic level.

Time passed second by second.

After two and a half hours, the Soul Iron had transformed into a fist-sized, silvery-white metal block with a faint shimmering light—its quality was comparable to the Earth-grade material "Star Soul Iron"!

"Turning stone into gold... This is a 'material reshaping' that can only be achieved when the power of the Holy Soul reaches the fourth level or above!" a referee murmured.

Su Jie loosely clenched his right hand.

The silvery-white metal automatically deformed, stretched, and shaped itself—not by melting and shaping with flames, but by directly manipulating the form of matter with the power of the Holy Soul!

Finally, a long sword about three feet long, entirely silver-white, with natural cloud patterns on its blade, floated in the air.

When the sword is completed, it rings out with a clear and crisp sound, and spiritual energy arises spontaneously!

What's even more astonishing is that there are faint five-colored lights flowing around the sword – the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!

"A...a top-grade Earth-rank weapon?!" a contestant screamed, his voice trembling. "A top-grade Earth-rank soul weapon forged from Hundred-Refined Soul Iron?! How is this possible?!"

The entire audience erupted in uproar!

Everyone's gone mad!

Using the most ordinary refined soul iron, low-grade soul stones, and basic soul fusion liquid, a top-grade earth-rank soul weapon was forged?! This is no longer a soul forging technique; this is a miracle!

On the judges' stand, three Heavenly Rank Soul Forgers rushed down from the stage and surrounded Su Jie's weapon-forging platform.

The white-haired old man trembled as he picked up the silver-white longsword and infused it with a wisp of soul power.

"Buzz—"

The sword trembled slightly, its five-colored light blazing brightly, the five elements rotating endlessly! Even more terrifying, the longsword automatically absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, and its quality was slowly improving!

"Complete in all five elements...with its own spiritual essence...this is not just a top-grade Earth-rank item, it's a 'spiritual embryo' with the potential to advance to the Heaven-rank!"

The white-haired old man was so excited that his beard trembled. "Moreover, the sword naturally contains the laws of the five elements, and it can operate on its own based on the generation and restraint of the five elements without the need for inscribed array patterns!"

He suddenly looked up at Su Jie: "You... how did you do that?!"

Su Jie thought for a moment and answered honestly, "It's just using the power of the Holy Soul to reconstruct the materials and then shape them. It's quite simple."

It's...quite...simple...

All the Soul Forgers around felt an urge to vomit blood.

Reconstructing materials with the power of a Holy Soul? That would require at least a fourth-tier Holy Soul! And it would require an extremely deep understanding of the nature of matter!

To mold a top-tier Earth-rank artifact? That requires a master-level understanding of the artifact's structure!

To possess all five elements? That requires mastering the laws of the five elements simultaneously!

How is this simple at all?!

"Everyone else, keep going, don't get distracted!" another referee shouted.

But at this moment, no one cared about the Horcruxes they had forged anymore. All eyes were fixed on the silver-white longsword.

The creation they were trying to forge was like a child's doodle compared to a masterpiece by a master—they were simply not in the same league.

There's no need to compete for first place in this Soul Forger competition anymore.

The white-haired old man took a deep breath and announced in a trembling yet resonant voice:

"With the unanimous approval of the referee panel, the champion of this year's Soul Forging Master League is hereby announced as—"

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the entire room before finally settling on Su Jie.

"Su Xuan, of Zixiao Daozhou!"

"His work, the 'Five Elements Spirit Embryo Sword,' is a top-grade Earth-rank sword forged from ordinary materials. It contains the laws of the five elements, possesses its own spiritual energy, and has unlimited potential. It is rated as the only Super-grade sword in this competition!"

"Furthermore, in view of Su Xuan's displayed fifth-tier Saint Soul, mastery of the Five Elements Laws, and unparalleled Soul Forging Technique, this judging panel hereby awards him the honorary badge of 'Earth-Rank Ten-Star Soul Forger'!"

"Su Xuan has directly obtained the qualification to enter the 'Soul Forging Heavenly Stele of All Realms' for comprehension!"

After he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

Then, a deafening uproar erupted!

"A fifth-tier Saint Soul! A fifth-tier Saint Soul at the age of twenty!"

"The Five Elements Law! He actually comprehended fragments of the Five Elements Law!"

"To refine a top-tier Earth-grade item from garbage materials... is this even human?!"

"The Purple Cloud Dao State is about to rise! Where did they find this peerless genius, Su Xuan?!"

Su Jie looked at the referee's table: "Excuse me, may I leave now? When does the martial arts competition start?"

The white-haired old man's lips twitched: "We'll have to wait a few more days. Young friend Su, your performance today was astonishing. Would you be interested in joining my 'Heavenly Crafts Hall'? My hall is one of the nine major powers in the Central Holy Domain, specializing in soul-forging artifacts..."

"No interest," Su Jie interrupted directly. "Right now, I only want to participate in the martial arts competition."

After saying that, he turned and walked off the field.

Wherever he went, the crowd automatically parted to make way. Everyone looked at him with awe, shock, and disbelief.

In the Zixiao Daozhou region, Vice Hall Master Ling was so excited he couldn't speak, only able to pat Wu Potian's shoulder forcefully. Wu Potian, his face flushed, laughed heartily.

Those who had previously looked down on Zixiao Daozhou were now silent.

Su Jie walked up to Vice Hall Master Ling, yawned, and said, "It's all done. Let's go back and conserve our energy; we still have to fight later."

Vice Hall Master Ling nodded repeatedly: "Good, good, good! Go back and rest! Young Su, you've really brought great honor to our Zixiao Dao Prefecture today!"

Wu Potian exclaimed excitedly, "A tenth-star Earth-rank Soul Forger! Qualified to comprehend the Soul Forging Heavenly Stele of All Realms! Su Xuan, you're about to become famous throughout the Three Thousand Dao Provinces!"

Su Jie simply smiled and remained silent.

Famous throughout Daozhou? That's nothing.

I don't know what the format of the martial arts competition that followed was.

Hopefully, those exceptional talents can pique his interest even slightly.

The Soul Forger League championship unsurprisingly fell into Su Jie's hands. Zixiao Daozhou's points skyrocketed into the top ten!

P.S.: I currently have two chapters in reserve. Once I reach 700 requests for updates, I will release the next two chapters. I don't like keeping things to myself.

The martial arts tournament will start in the next chapter, no dragging on!