After completing his enlightenment, Jaekyung attempted artifact refinement twice more over the course of a year, but he failed to achieve any satisfactory results. The quality was slightly better than before, but they still remained medium-grade spirit artifacts, still a long way from high-grade.
‘Right. Another period of accumulation, then.’
In hindsight, it was only natural. Ever since he had first set foot in artifact refinement, his skills had grown at a steep pace, even considering how much he had relied on his cultivation level and the power of the Origin Fire. But just as there are periods of growth, there are also plateaus.
Just as bottlenecks exist in cultivation, so too do they exist in the training of such arts. When you run into such a bottleneck, pushing forward by force only wastes mental energy, so at times like this, it is better to step back and catch your breath.
For instance, by creating various different spirit artifacts to accumulate experience and broaden one’s horizons.
‘Making spirit artifacts of humans wouldn’t be a bad idea either.’