Vibrant feathers, resplendent in color, dominated by five primordial true plumes, radiated dazzling light that illuminated the Boundary Sea. On this day, raging flames surged, evaporating the ocean’s surface.
With a thunderous boom, Shi Hao withdrew all the flames of the Great Dao, and a brilliant treasure fan took shape, floating majestically before him.
Another Immortal King artifact had been successfully forged!
Whoosh!
A flash of radiant light, and the fan was summoned by Shi Hao. With a gentle wave, monstrous waves rose in the Boundary Sea, rivaling dark storms and stirring up towering, sky-shaking surges.
Each wave was a fragment of a shattered world—a sight both awe-inspiring and terrifying.
In an instant, the fan retracted its power, transforming into a streak of light that soared into a grand palace within the Immortal Domain. The Heavenly Court had gained yet another supreme weapon.
“What else can I forge?”
Shi Hao pondered, sifting through his materials. He had plundered the treasures of Immortal Kings and fallen kings, amassing an unimaginable wealth of heavenly and earthly treasures beyond count.
His goal was to craft weapons that could be wielded even without the power of an Immortal King. The Five Phoenix Fan was the perfect example.
Alas, the world could not possibly yield enough primordial true plumes of Immortal King caliber. Forging two such fans was already a feat defying the heavens.
The Primordial Chaos Gourd!
Finally, Shi Hao settled on this artifact. It required World Stone, Chaos Soil, and several types of Immortal Gold, all refined through countless trials and forged with the flames of the Great Dao into a supreme treasure.
Once completed, this gourd could capture all things, even Immortal Kings, and suppress them within. Against True Immortals, it could reduce them to mere puddles of blood—a weapon of unparalleled might.
Yet, its forging was no simple task. He needed a complete World Stone, one born from a realm comparable to the Immortal Domain.
Fortunately, the collections of the Immortal Kings and fallen kings were astounding. Among the treasures of the Nine-Headed Monster, he found exactly what he needed.
That creature had harbored grand ambitions, preparing to forge such a weapon. Had he succeeded, he might have reigned supreme among Immortal Kings!
But he lacked Void Immortal Gold, Dark Immortal Gold, and others, halting his progress.
For Shi Hao, this was no obstacle. His trove contained more than enough Immortal Gold.
Boom!
Chaos energy surged, and the power of worlds permeated the air. A massive World Stone was melted down into a gourd, its aura terrifying.
Shi Hao sighed inwardly. Countless glorious civilizations and legacies had crumbled under the river of time, vanishing without a trace.
At the very least, this World Stone proved the existence of a realm once as mighty as the Immortal Domain or the Foreign Realm—now lost to history.
In truth, a thorough search of his treasures would surely yield more such World Stones.
Whoosh!
He melted Dark Immortal Gold, Five Elements Immortal Gold, Light Immortal Gold, and Rainbow Immortal Gold, inscribing supreme Great Dao runes that formed spiderweb-like chains of order, embedding them into the World Stone.
Next, Chaos Soil liquefied, flowing into the stone and enhancing its brilliance.
Shi Hao began tempering it with the flames of the Great Dao. A century passed as radiant light pierced the heavens, accompanied by visions of countless divine and demonic beings roaring with terrifying, world-ending auras.
These were the remnants of the World Stone’s past—the foundation of a great realm, now lost along with its gods and demons.
Boom!
At last, a black gourd soared into the sky, capable of cleaving heaven and earth, its power boundless. It could swallow suns and moons, drawing in the stars themselves. The forging was complete.
Upon its dark surface, metallic veins pulsed—traces of the Great Dao. Once someone was captured, these veins would form a net, refining them to nothing.
Witnesses gasped in shock.
“The Primordial Chaos Gourd! To think it could be forged—this is a supreme treasure!” Many marveled. Among Immortal King artifacts, this was a rarity.
Even Kun Di’s Immortal-Refining Pot might pale in comparison.
A streak of dark light crossed the sky as the gourd returned to the Heavenly Court, anchoring itself within the central palace.
This gourd required no Immortal King’s power to unleash its devastating might, for its materials were extraordinary, and it bore peerless Great Dao formations.
“What other artifacts can be wielded without Immortal King cultivation?” Shi Hao mused.
He would eventually leave the Heavenly Court, but he worried for his comrades. They needed weapons of the highest caliber for self-defense.
The Five Elements Banner!
Shi Hao decided to forge this secret treasure. Separately, they were five great banners; combined, they formed a grand formation to protect the Heavenly Court, sealing it within.
When the banners waved, they could overturn heaven and earth, reverse yin and yang, simulating the birth of a world. They could even seal themselves within the banner’s realm.
Even Immortal Kings would struggle to breach it.
This required Five Elements Immortal Gold and silk spun by Immortal King-level Divine Silkworms. Fortunately, he had all these materials in abundance.
This time, the forging took even longer—five hundred years. When the five banners emerged, the power of the Five Elements surged, merging to recreate the chaos of creation itself.
Success!
Shi Hao summoned the banners, sending them to the Heavenly Court.
At this point, he had exhausted his options. Most Immortal King artifacts required their wielders to be Immortal Kings to unleash their full potential.
Even giants like Qi Yu of the Immortal Domain were stunned. Some Immortal Kings lacked artifacts matching their realms, yet Shi Hao had forged several in one go.
Shi Hao instructed the Heavenly Court to use these artifacts for protection.
Finally, he repaired the weapons of the Second Under Heaven, the Immortal Gold Daoist, and the Golden-Haired Hou, enhancing their power further.
He also forged a Slaughter Immortal Sword for the Dark Willow God, using the finest materials.
For the Heavenly Horned Ant, he crafted a massive staff capable of slaying Immortal Kings, its pitch-black surface exuding a heart-stopping aura, inscribed with runes nearing transcendence.
Beyond this, even Immortal Kings could not wield it.
Lastly, Shi Hao turned to forging his own weapon.
When he revealed some of the materials, every watching Immortal King paled, their hearts trembling in shock.
For example: Tai Shi’s Heavenly Halberd, Ao Sheng’s Sword Wings, Chi Wang’s Bell, Yuan Chu’s Heaven-Cleaving Divine Light…
This was staggering. Did he intend to melt down these existing Immortal King artifacts?
Then, when he produced even heavier treasures, onlookers felt their scalps tingle—Kun Di’s Immortal-Refining Pot, Qu Chong’s golden gourd…
These were supreme artifacts painstakingly forged by giants over lifetimes. Were they to be destroyed for materials?
Moreover, there was the shattered blade of the Blade King and other renowned weapons of Immortal Kings and fallen kings—each a priceless treasure coveted by all.
Now, he had gathered a mountain of them, intending to melt them into a single weapon. This…
Words failed them. This was madness!
Was it sheer waste, or could he truly forge a supreme Great Dao weapon?
All eyes were on him. Every Immortal King was riveted.
Yet, Shi Hao did not start with these weapons. Before him lay massive chunks of Dark Immortal Gold, Void Immortal Gold, Five Elements Immortal Gold, and more.
Every type of Immortal Gold was present.
Additionally, there were several large World Stones, no smaller than the one used for the Primordial Chaos Gourd, along with rare substances like Chaos Immortal Marrow.
These were the finest materials for weapon forging. Some, like Chaos Immortal Marrow, had scarcely been seen since the dawn of creation.
Boom!
Great Dao flames surged skyward as Shi Hao forged. Mountain-like chunks of Immortal Gold were melted one by one, inscribed with runes and shaped into a pool. Then, Chaos Immortal Marrow was poured inside.
Upon closer inspection, it mirrored the Law Pool within his body.
In the end, Shi Hao chose to forge a pool—a vessel to contain all things and suppress all existence.
Currently, the souls of Ao Sheng, Tai Shi, Chi Wang, the Blade King, Qu Chong, and others were imprisoned within, being suppressed.
He believed this pool held boundless power and decided to refine it further.
Boom!
The heavens trembled as Shi Hao forged his artifact. The sounds of countless scriptures echoed through the skies.
His current cultivation surpassed that of an Immortal King, though he had yet to reach true Emperorhood. He could be called a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. A being of this level forging a weapon beyond the Immortal King grade was unimaginable.
All the Immortal Gold and World Stones melted into one, forming the pool’s crude shape—primitive yet exuding a fearsome pressure.
Shi Hao added other heavenly treasures, any one of which could forge an Immortal King artifact. This was extravagance beyond measure.
The process was spectacular, with celestial phenomena lighting the skies daily.
Yet, it was time-consuming. Over a thousand years passed before the rough form was complete.
Even in this state, it could suppress other Immortal King artifacts, for it bore countless Great Dao runes and peerless materials.
From that day onward, Shi Hao began tossing other divine weapons into the Law Pool—the Immortal-Refining Pot, Chi Wang’s Bell, the golden gourd, and more.
Onlookers could only gape. This was no longer wastefulness—it was clear Shi Hao sought to craft a weapon surpassing the Immortal King realm.
“This is somewhat wasteful,” Shi Hao murmured to himself.
Destroying so many treasures to forge a weapon nearing the Immortal Emperor level was regrettable.
Weapons of a higher tier were exceedingly difficult to craft, requiring the rarest essences for even a chance at success.
Since ancient times, Immortal Emperors were unseen, and their corresponding weapons nonexistent—for good reason.
Thus, Shi Hao poured his heart into this endeavor, sparing no effort.
Boom!
When Ao Sheng’s Sword Wings were cast into the pool, his figure emerged amidst the flames—his soul, now fuel for the forging.
This was not a blood sacrifice, but a refinement of his Great Dao laws, merging them into the pool.
This weapon lived up to its name: refining all things, gathering infinite laws. To achieve supremacy, extraordinary measures were needed.
“Ah—!” Ao Sheng screamed in terror, feeling himself being erased.
Yet, his soul imprint remained, unmerged with the pool.
“Farewell, fellow Daoist,” Shi Hao said softly, tapping once. Ao Sheng perished, body and soul.
Next, Chi Wang’s Bell was cast in. The tolling of the bell echoed endlessly, scattering fragments of time into the pool.
“Roar—!” Chi Wang appeared, struggling futilely in the flames before Shi Hao refined his laws and extinguished him.
The watching kings shuddered. These Immortal Kings and fallen kings were being used as furnace fuel!
This was indeed a weapon of mass destruction, terrifying even in its forging.
This spectacle continued for millennia before silence finally fell. All kingly weapons had been melted into the Law Pool.
Every Immortal King artifact was forged from peerless materials—there was no concern for inferior quality.
Shi Hao carefully nurtured the weapon, tempering it with his Great Dao flames and feeding it his essence blood.
Boom!
The Law Pool trembled, unleashing terrifying power. Its killing intent soared, chilling the souls of all kings. This weapon was monstrous.
Shi Hao frowned. Perhaps using the kings’ souls as fuel had made it excessively bloodthirsty.
“This needs balancing.”
After a moment’s thought, he murmured, “Perhaps the killing intent need not be fully purged. This era is too chaotic, filled with calamity. A weapon of slaughter may be necessary to suppress all enemies.”
Boom!
With a final exertion, Shi Hao infused more essence blood. The pool’s interior boiled as infinite Great Dao orders intertwined.
At last, something was born within the pool—a second artifact nurtured by its power.
Clang!
A sword emerged, its blinding radiance making even Immortal Kings bleed from their eyes. It was too terrifying to behold.
This was a sword embryo born of slaughter!
A weapon of mass destruction birthed by the Law Pool!
The pool itself grew serene, while the sword blazed with killing intent, shaking the world. Together, they were magnificent and mighty, their power suppressing all heavens!
“The Law Pool defends. You shall attack!” Shi Hao declared.
Rising to his feet, he grasped the sword, while the pool hovered above, showering him with countless chains of order, rendering him impervious to all laws.
“Hmm… one last thing to merge.”
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