Chapter 1054: The Return of the Artisan God Sovereign

In the empty space more than 3,000 light-years away from the Craft God Star, a spaceship floated silently.

“To go or not to go?”

Luo Feng pondered.

Previously, he had dispatched the Nethersea clone to attempt the challenge. Even if it failed, it would only consume some energy, which Luo Feng didn’t mind. If wearing the ‘Golden Scale Sea King Armor’ could withstand the danger, he wouldn’t care about losing one set of the Golden Scale Sea King Armor! However, after personally experiencing the terrifying power, and considering that the three Cosmic Overlords—disciples of the Craft God Master—wore ordinary supreme treasures yet barely survived the outer flames, Luo Feng was absolutely certain—

ordinary supreme treasure armor was insufficient!

“The Armor of Tribulation?”

“Risk using the Armor of Calamity?” Luo Feng frowned. His two most important supreme treasures were the Star Tower and the Armor of Calamity. Even after he became a Cosmic Overlord, the Armor of Calamity would still be extremely valuable.

Luo Feng thought for over six hours, dismissing one idea after another.

“I’ll go!”

Luo Feng made up his mind.

Shortly after, his Mosha Clan clone, along with the Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone and the Nethersea clone, set off!

Luo Feng possessed six supreme treasures—the Tower Beads, the Star Chart, the Shi Wu Wings, the Robe of Tribulation, the Golden True Horn King Armor, and the Nine Heavens River! For this mission, he assigned three of his six supreme treasures to the Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone—specifically, the Robe of Tribulation, the Shi Wu Wings, and the Nine Heavens River!

The Jiejia was designed to enable the Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone to withstand the flames.

As for the Shi Wu Wings and Jiuxiao River, they were meant for escape in case of emergencies!

As for bringing the Golden Horned Beast Armor and the Star Map—they would be of no use. The Tower Bead, though valuable, served as the token of recognition for the Star Tower and could not be risked! Compared to the Armor, the supreme treasure ‘Star Tower’ was even more crucial to Luo Feng. Naturally, he wouldn’t recklessly expose the Tower Bead to danger.

“If I fail and lose the Armor of Tribulation… even if I also lose the Shi Wu Wings and Jiuxiao River, it won’t matter much,” Luo Feng thought to himself.

Compared to the value of the Jiejia, the combined worth of the Jiuxiao River and the Shi Wu Wings was barely a fraction of the Jiejia’s.

In the vast empty space where the Craft God Star was located, countless spatial vortices stretched endlessly.

The Mosha Clan clone hovered in midair, gazing at the distant, tiny planet—the Craft God Star.

“The fourth black metal plate—I must obtain it at all costs!”

“And if the Craft God Master is here, I definitely won’t get it.”

“Fortunately, the Craft God Master is away, and the three Cosmic Overlords, including Senior Disciple Jiuh, are also resting. This rare opportunity must not be missed. If I miss it, who knows how long I’ll have to wait.”

“Therefore, I must act!”

“Even if I fail and lose the Armor of Tribulation… at worst, I can return when I’m stronger to reclaim it. Even if the Craft God Master obtains the Armor of Tribulation, he won’t be able to attune to it. At most, I’ll have to pay a price, but retrieving it shouldn’t be too difficult. And even if I can’t reclaim it, Master Zuoshan won’t remain idle forever. Since he forged the Armor of Tribulation, with his power, retrieving it should be effortless.”

Luo Feng had already made all these considerations before setting out!

Although the armor was important, the fourth black metal plate of the ‘Nine Calamities Secret Canon’ was even more crucial! Once obtained, it would likely allow his Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone to reach the perfect level of life gene hierarchy. At that point, he would at least be able to use the heaven-defying ultimate talent ability ‘I Am the Universe.’

“With that move, my strength will surge!”

“If I lose the Armor of Tribulation and even perish in battle, with the Infinite Nethersea clone, I can continuously produce new clones. What is there to fear?”

Due to the Infinite Abyss,

The armor, though significant to Luo Feng, was not irreplaceable. Of course, had it not been for the fourth metal plate of the ‘Nine Calamities Secret Manual,’ Luo Feng would never have dared to take such a tremendous risk.

The Mosha Clan clone teleported to the Craft God Star, and with another teleportation, entered the Craft God Mountain.

He was already very familiar with the place, just like before… carefully entering the cave and deep into the mountain using his innate talent ability ‘Domain,’ after activating it over a hundred times, he finally reached the deepest part of the mountain.

A Golden-Horned Giant Beast, about one meter long, floated in midair, gazing at a black gourd connected by 36 chains of void energy in the distance. The mouth of the gourd continuously spewed endless flames, whose power was so strong that even ordinary heavy treasures would be instantly reduced to ashes.

At this moment, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast had already activated all his innate talent abilities—’Primordial Heaven,’ ‘Beast God Transformation,’ ‘Talent Enhancement,’ etc.—to reach the peak of his power.

He even carried a world ring concealed within his body, containing the Nether Sea clone and the Mosha Clan clone hidden inside.

“If my divine power is depleted, the Abyssal clone can continuously replenish it.”

“With the divine power of both the Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone and the Nethersea clone, plus the defense of the Tribulation Armor!”

“There’s no way I can’t get the fourth black metal plate.”

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast rapidly shrank, becoming the size of a fist.

Swoosh!

He directly flew toward the mouth of the gourd. This black gourd was about three meters tall, and its mouth, roughly the size of a human head, continuously spewed flames. The Golden-Horned Giant Beast shot straight into the gourd’s mouth.

Inside the black gourd, within the flame space.

As soon as the Golden-Horned Giant Beast entered, it felt an indescribable heat. This black gourd was specifically used by the Craft God Master to extract extremely powerful flames for forging weapons. The flames spewing out were merely a small portion intentionally released. The accumulated flames inside were far more powerful—enough to instantly destroy even top-tier heavy treasure sets.

“Boom~~~” The endless flames surged.

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast swiftly shrank back to its original size of over a meter, igniting its divine body while activating the Tribulation Armor to sustain peak defensive capabilities.

“Hahaha… excellent, excellent, excellent! The Armor of Tribulation is truly remarkable. Although these flames are powerful, after being weakened to one ten-thousandth by the Armor of Tribulation… even though they still erode my divine body, the rate is extremely slow. By the time I seize the black metal plate and make my escape, I likely won’t have lost even 20% of my divine body.”

Although the consumption was already terrifying, it was clearly manageable for Luo Feng.

Swoosh!

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast flew downward.

Its divine body was gradually being depleted… 99.9%, 99.7%, 99.5%… 98.7%… However, the moment even a slight portion was consumed, the Youhai clone inside the world ring within the Golden-Horned Giant Beast transferred divine power to replenish it, instantly restoring the Golden-Horned Giant Beast back to 100%. In terms of total divine body energy, the Youhai clone and the Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone were nearly equivalent.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Luo Feng continued to fly downward…

The space inside the gourd wasn’t large, roughly ten thousand kilometers in diameter. The Golden-Horned Giant Beast quickly reached the bottom of the flame space. But as soon as it arrived, it felt an unimaginable heat. The flames at the bottom of the black gourd were far stronger than those in other areas, obviously the essence accumulated over countless eons. Some of the flames even faintly shimmered with an unusual purple hue.

97%—94%—91%—88%… the divine body was being consumed at an alarming rate.

“Not good, I need to hurry!”

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast landed on one of the bottom areas of the flame space, where many materials were scattered. Immediately, it clawed forward, directly grabbing for the fourth black metal plate.

“Weng~~~”

The surface of the black metal plate and the many scattered materials faintly shimmered with a layer of black light. The endless black lights were interconnected, momentarily preventing the Golden-Horned Giant Beast from taking the black metal plate.

“Roar~~” The Golden-Horned Giant Beast looked down.

The endless flames within the fiery realm were actually flowing along the hidden patterns of these black rays, continuously drilling into the base of the black gourd, causing its bottom to accumulate increasingly potent energy. Clearly, this was a unique arcane sealing technique designed for transmitting and storing energy, with the materials also sealed within.

“A secret method seal without a master controlling it dares to stop me?”

“Break!!!”

The Shi Wu Wings slashed fiercely!

Puff!

The black light was directly severed. Immediately, the hoof easily grabbed the black metal plate, then bit it and swallowed it into its body. Divine power attuned to it, just like before. The information within the black metal plate began to transmit.

“Go!”

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast did not dare to delay any further. Its brief hesitation when grabbing the black metal plate had already caused its divine body to drop to just 62%, and the Nethersea clone, after supplying energy, had also fallen to 68%…

Swoosh!

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast shrank to the size of a fist, becoming a streak of light that flew directly out of the flame space through the gourd’s mouth, landing on a distant rock.

“Finally obtained it.” A glimmer of joy appeared in the Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s eyes.

“Boom!!!”

An overwhelming pressure descended, as if countless mountains were pressing down, causing the Golden-Horned Giant Beast to reveal terror… No good! The severed secret technique seal had indeed alerted the Divine Craftsman who set it, and he had immediately returned to his lair.

“Dare to break my secret method!” A hoarse voice echoed.

Boom!

A colossal arm, shimmering like colored glaze, tore through layers of flames and descended directly. Under the spatial constraints, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast moved sluggishly—too slow to evade—and was seized instantly!

A crushing pressure suddenly descended upon the Golden-Horned Giant Beast without warning. Even with the Jie Armor reducing the force to one ten-thousandth of its original strength, its divine body was rapidly being depleted, deteriorating at a terrifying rate… Previously at 62%, its vitality sharply dropped—50%… 42%… 36%…

“Replenish!”

“Clone of the Nethersea, replenish!!!” The Golden-Horned Colossal Beast panicked. The Nethersea clone swiftly supplied energy, rapidly repairing the divine body.

When the hand ceased to press further, the divine body of the Nethersea clone had already been depleted, and the divine body of the Golden-Horned Giant Beast had also fallen to 42%.

“Actually survived my full grip?” The glazed-colored giant stone arm held the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, emitting rumbling sounds. As the Craft God Master, that grip also carried the essence of his usual hammering technique, infused with boundless power. An ordinary Cosmic Overlord would have been obliterated instantly.

“You managed to withstand my full grip, yet you only took a piece of useless material. I’ll spare your life…”

Boom~~~

Space reversed.

Previously still inside the mountain, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast felt the space-time around it change. When it looked clearly again, it was already outside the Craft God Star in the void, seeing in the distance many giant spatial vortices.

“There are 98,200 natural wormholes around my Craft God Star, two of which lead to death zones!” The mountain giant, towering millions of kilometers high, held the tiny Golden-Horned Giant Beast and directly threw it into one of the giant spatial vortices. On the floating stone tablet in front of the spatial vortex were the crimson words ‘Death Zone.’

“Withstanding my grip…”

“I’ll give you a sliver of life.” The rumbling voice echoed into Luo Feng’s mind. Immediately after, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone had already passed through the spatial vortex.