In He Wang's eyes, the Trinity Bowstring, which could never possibly melt, began to dissolve within Joe Di's Dao Fire. The Cosmic Edge and Moment's Edge also started to melt.
Unlike forging other artifacts, the Cosmic Edge, Trinity Bowstring, and Moment's Edge did not merge together. Instead, they formed three distinct regions.
At this moment, Joe Di not only needed to forge Fate's Loom, the legendary longbow, but also had to continuously construct walls of temporal Dao resonance and cast open-heaven incantations to build a domain of time. Otherwise, before Fate's Loom was complete, he himself would be reduced to nothingness by the Temporal Void.
Even as Joe Di frantically refined the artifact and guarded his life force, he could still sense that only three pieces of Moment's Edge had melted within the Dao Fire—one piece seemed completely unmoved.
If he were refining any other artifact, Joe Di would have taken the time to investigate the cause. But now, he was barely keeping himself alive—there was no chance to check why one piece of Moment's Edge refused to melt.
While resisting the Temporal Void, Joe Di's Dao resonance fell entirely upon the materials within the Dao Fire. Law after law condensed into rules that fused with the Cosmic Edge, which churned endlessly in the Dao Fire, gradually forming the bow's body. The Trinity Bowstring, melted by the Dao Fire, was likewise refined by Joe Di's Grand Way laws into a thread so fine it was nearly invisible to the naked eye.
The three pieces of Moment's Edge, under Joe Di's temporal Dao laws, were forged by the Grand Way into three long arrows.
But Joe Di quickly discovered that although the Cosmic Edge and Trinity Bowstring had become what he desired, the bow body formed from the Cosmic Edge and the bowstring refined from the Trinity Bowstring could not be fused together. The bowstring and bow body remained on opposite sides of the Dao Fire, clearly separated.
If time permitted, Joe Di would have carefully investigated the reason.
In reality, even though Joe Di frantically consumed Life Dao Pills and received vitality from the Sacred Tree, his skin still seemed to evaporate, shriveling away.
His hair had already turned snow-white, and his flesh and blood gradually dried and withered away.
Neither the reincarnation Dao rhythm from the Bridge of Reincarnation, the endless temporal domain constructed by the Genesis Incantation, nor his own temporal shield could prevent the void of time from devouring everything he had.
Joe Di could no longer spit out even a mouthful of blood; his internal organs had nearly all been evaporated by the temporal void. Meanwhile, within this void, Fate's Loom—the longbow—remained merely tangible, without any divine resonance, much less the fusion of bow body and bowstring.
Joe Di drew forth the last drop of Cosmic Essence from his universe world and swallowed it. Even though he was at the Realm Integration stage, that Cosmic Essence instantly restored much of his vitality.
But Joe Di did not continue to deplete himself this way; instead, he opened all his temporal defenses, allowing the terrifying temporal void to sweep over him.
In just a single breath, Joe Di's physical body was once again evaporated, and his life force dissipated frantically.
At the same moment, within this endless temporal void, the Cosmic Edge bow body and the Trinity Bowstring finally coalesced into one.
The three Moment's Edge arrows radiated a terrifying murderous intent akin to the temporal void itself. When that intent swept over, it felt as if one's entire being was melting away.
Boom! Roars echoed through the void, and at that moment, Joe Di felt a brand-new Dao insight surge into his mind.
Joe Di knew better than anyone: Fate's Loom, his longbow, had finally been forged. At the same time, his path of artifact refinement had opened a new chapter in the vast universe. Just as he had pioneered a new way of formations, he had now created a new path for artifact refinement.