The black-clothed Luo Feng instantly transformed into a black stream of air, condensing into a small stone that plummeted downward.
The stone bounced and tumbled, falling toward the deepest part of the mountain.
“Crack!”
The stone struck a burning rock wall and finally stopped, then transformed back into Luo Feng wearing black.
“I’ve arrived,” the black-clothed Luo Feng looked at the scene before him in awe. “So beautiful.”
They had reached the deepest and lowest part of the mountain. Dozens of kilometers ahead of Luo Feng floated a peculiar black object shaped like a gourd, about three meters tall. This black gourd hovered in midair, its mouth spewing an endless torrent of flames upward.
The flames from the gourd’s mouth stretched nearly a million kilometers, almost filling the entire cavern. The immortal-level and cosmic lord-level disciples of the Artisan God Lord were forging weapons within this endless inferno.
The black gourd floated…
There were invisible connections around it, as if invisible chains linked it to the void. Though the chains were invisible, they carried threads of flame that originated from the void and flowed directly into the black gourd.
“Thirty-six chains from the void?” The black-clothed Luo Feng frowned inwardly. “This black gourd seems to be fully integrated with the endless void, continuously absorbing flame energy through the void to sustain an eternal eruption of flames?”
Luo Feng himself was the master of the Star Tower.
The Star Tower maintained its operation by absorbing energy from the vast universe, so upon seeing this black gourd, Luo Feng quickly deduced a similar mechanism.
“There’s no doubt that approaching the flames near the gourd’s mouth would require the strength of a cosmic overlord to withstand. This endless flame stretching nearly a million kilometers, every thread of it could annihilate a star. Such immense energy continuously released must have a source.” The black-clothed Luo Feng could sense endless streams of flame energy being transmitted through the 36 chains from the void into the black gourd.
“Transmission through the void?”
“What could possibly sustain such immense energy consumption constantly? The Artisan God Lord, a master of crafting treasures, wouldn’t foolishly keep consuming his own energy. There must be a source! Just like the Star Tower… but to sustain such massive energy…” The black-clothed Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. “Right, the Artisan God Star! Only the Artisan God Star!”
“The Artisan God Star is the greatest treasure crafted by the Artisan God Lord. Its massive size could absorb endless energy from the surrounding void, refine it internally, and then transmit it into this gourd.”
“This gourd should be a part of the Artisan God Star.”
After observing for several seconds, Luo Feng made a deduction.
When the Artisan God Lord crafted the ‘Artisan God Star,’ it served two purposes: as a life-saving sanctuary and as the primary tool for crafting treasures. The entire Artisan God Star absorbed endless energy, continuously refining it into flames that gathered within this black gourd…
“A two-in-one solution.”
“With a slight modification to the massive Artisan God Star, it could be done. For the Artisan God Lord’s capabilities, it would likely be very easy.”
The black-clothed Luo Feng stared at the black gourd. “I can sense the black metal plate is within the black gourd… What should I do?”
Take the gourd?
The thought flashed through Luo Feng’s mind, but he immediately dismissed it. No way.
The black gourd was part of the Artisan God Star, and it was already claimed! If he tried to take it, the ‘Artisan God Lord’ would definitely notice…
That was reason one.
More importantly, since he wasn’t the master of the Artisan God Star, taking the black gourd would probably require taking the entire Artisan God Star with it. Given the Artisan God Star’s mass and power… it was like having the Thousand-Ba River fully unleashed; even a cosmic monarch couldn’t move it.
Like the ‘Star Tower’ unleashing its full power.
Even the strongest cosmic beings couldn’t take it away!
“I’d better not move the black gourd to avoid alerting anyone,” Luo Feng thought. “The gourd’s mouth is always open, constantly spewing flames. So if I go in through the mouth… I shouldn’t face any obstacles, except for the flames inside the gourd—”
Luo Feng didn’t know.
Was the inside of the gourd empty, or filled with even more terrifying flames?
“I’ll give it a shot.”
“The black metal plate is inside the gourd, I must go in.” The strong call was irresistible. Immediately, the black Luo Feng’s divine body split into two… one a Mosha Clan clone, the other his Earth human self.
“Let the Mosha Clan clone try first.”
Whoosh!
The black-clothed Luo Feng directly activated his innate secret art ‘Domain,’ instantly diving into the gourd’s mouth.
“Boom~~~” Under the endless scorching flames, the Mosha Clan clone didn’t even have time to assess the situation, let alone react, before instantly being annihilated. It was as if a single hair strand had touched fire—hiss, instantly gone.
The Mosha Clan clone died faster than a hair strand could burn.
The moment the divine body was formed, it was annihilated, without even a moment to react.
…
Luo Feng stared in shock at the black gourd suspended in midair, connected by 36 chains from the void. Instantly, he sent out a thread of divine power to rapidly condense, soon restoring the Mosha Clan clone. After all, although the Mosha Clan clone was similar in size to his Earth human body, in terms of quality, it was vastly inferior.
Only a small amount of divine power was needed to restore the Mosha Clan clone.
“I’ll try with my Earth human body. My divine body is comparable to a normal cosmic lord’s,” Luo Feng frowned inwardly, tossing a world ring to the Mosha Clan clone before directly entering the world ring.
“Go!”
The Mosha Clan clone, carrying the world ring, once again activated the innate secret art ‘Domain.’
Whoosh!
Instantly, it shot directly into the black gourd’s mouth.
…
Inside the world ring.
“Boom~~~” Luo Feng looked up at the sky, seeing countless cracks instantly appear in this world, followed by a thunderous collapse. Obviously, under the terrifying flames… the material of the world ring itself began to soften, and the contained world naturally became unstable and collapsed.
Then, Luo Feng found himself in a fiery realm.
“This is inside the black gourd?” As soon as Luo Feng appeared in the flame realm, his first sensation was ‘scalding,’ as if he were a child burned by boiling water for the first time. However, with Luo Feng’s current willpower… he could easily suppress such pain.
“The black metal plate!”
Luo Feng felt his entire body’s cells boiling, as if going mad. He lowered his head and immediately saw, at the very bottom of this flame realm, a large amount of various materials. These were all extremely valuable special materials capable of withstanding such high temperatures. Among them was the black metal plate.
“Boom!” The only action Luo Feng could manage was to lower his head and look. Immediately afterward, he was completely annihilated.
…
At the foot of Artisan God Mountain.
As usual, it was peaceful. Among the countless buildings left by powerful beings from all corners of the universe, Youhai Luo Feng stood at his doorstep.
“The Mosha Clan clone was instantly annihilated, not even time for consciousness to react.”
“The Earth human body only had time to lower his head! About one ten-thousandth of a second, enough for a brief moment of thought.” Youhai Luo Feng sighed inwardly, “Truly terrifying. No wonder even cosmic overlords can only withstand the flames from the outside… the flames inside the gourd must be even stronger.”
Youhai Luo Feng turned and went back indoors.
Inside the house.
Sitting cross-legged, Luo Feng pondered silently.
“The flame realm inside the black gourd contains extremely valuable materials. However, it’s probably only a part of the Artisan God Lord’s materials.” Luo Feng understood that different materials had different properties, and not all were suitable for storage in such a fiery realm, depending on the cultivator’s nature.
The most precious materials would likely be carried on the person.
“My Youhai clone is much larger than my Earth human body. My divine body’s energy is also much stronger, so I estimate I can last longer.”
“The Artisan God Lord’s three most powerful disciples, including Senior Brother Jiu, are temporarily away. I can’t miss this opportunity.”
“Try again.”
With a thought, Luo Feng sent out a bit of divine power to directly condense a Mosha Clan clone, then had the clone carry the ‘Youhai clone’ to secretly infiltrate Artisan God Mountain once more.
…
The Mosha Clan clone carefully infiltrated the mountain’s depths again, arriving at a distance from the floating black gourd.
“The flames are powerful?”
“I only need a little time to get the black metal plate and fly out.” The Mosha Clan clone, carrying the Youhai clone, entered the black gourd once more.
Inside the black gourd.
The Mosha Clan clone was instantly annihilated as usual; the world ring melted, and the contained world collapsed.
“The black metal plate.” The Youhai clone appeared, immediately lowering his head and diving rapidly downward.
Hissing~~~
Endless scorching flames furiously annihilated the Youhai clone’s divine body. When the Youhai clone had only flown about halfway down, before even reaching the precious materials scattered at the bottom of the flame realm, he was completely annihilated.
…
In the Yinfan Secret Realm, in the void over three thousand light-years away from the Artisan God Star.
A spaceship floated in midair.
Inside the control room.
A petite golden-horned creature, barely over a meter in length, lay sprawled on the sofa with frustration evident in its eyes. It muttered under its breath, “I knew it wouldn’t be this simple, I just knew it! That terrifying flame power is overwhelmingly strong. It’s like how a peak monarch-level immortal could effortlessly swat away a count-level immortal—utterly annihilating my divine body without even expending energy.”
“The Youhai clone was so large, yet still perished in just a hundredth of a second. Clearly, when the gap is too great… even if my divine body has more energy, it’s just burned away instantly.”
“This power is even more terrifying than a cosmic overlord’s attack, stronger than that of the Qixue Palace Lord’s strongest attack.”
“It must exceed the defense limit of ordinary supreme treasures’ armor. Under such power, even armor like the Jin Zhenhu King Armor would be greatly weakened, maybe reduced to a tenth of its original strength.” The golden-horned beast shook its small head, muttering, “Even reducing it to a tenth wouldn’t help against those endless flames.”
“The flames inside the black gourd are even stronger than those outside.”
“Out there, you’d need a cosmic overlord with ordinary supreme treasure armor. Inside the gourd… wouldn’t you need a Jie Armor then? With a Jie Armor weakening the flame’s power to a ten-thousandth, it would be much easier. But… if it fails, that Jie Armor will also be lost!” The golden-horned beast lay there, letting out low growls, “I knew it… it’s not that simple, not that simple!”
Whoosh!
A figure appeared in the control room, none other than the Earth human Luo Feng himself, who had just arrived via divine nation teleportation, carrying the Youhai and Mosha Clan clones.
“Should I go wearing the armor?”
“Go or not?”
Luo Feng sat on the sofa holding a wine glass, while the golden-horned beast lay beside him, both deep in thought.
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