The Yin-Fa Secret Realm, situated in a remote corner of the vast cosmos, stood as one of the most perilous locations among the countless secret realms scattered throughout the universe. In terms of sheer danger, it was nearly on par with the Ancestral God Secret Realm; the primary difference being that the Yin-Fa Secret Realm occupied an area roughly equivalent to the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field, making it considerably smaller than the Ancestral God Secret Realm.
After spending over a month in interstellar travel, Luo Feng finally arrived at the Yin-Fa Secret Realm.
“The destination of my journey lies ahead—the Artificer God Star.” Inside an ordinary spacecraft, Luo Feng stood in the control room, gazing out at the distant void.
“Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest always said that retrieving the black metal plates three times was a trial for me,” Luo Feng frowned slightly. “Other powerhouses might not know my capabilities, [Swallow, Mighty, Divinity Unleashed] but Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest surely does… Knowing my methods, this time will likely be extremely dangerous.”
Whoosh!
A cute, one-meter-long Golden Horned Beast materialized beside him, its wings unfurled.
“All my treasures are kept with the Golden Horned Beast,” Luo Feng turned to look at the hovering beast beside him. “I, the Sea of Chaos Clone, and the Demon Killing Clone will proceed to the Artificer God Star. Even if this fails, it will only be a loss of energy.”
“Depart!”
Swish!
Luo Feng instantly teleported out of the spacecraft, followed immediately by the manifestation of the Demon Killing Clone… With the Demon Killing Clone’s teleportation prowess, three successive jumps carried him over three thousand light-years, bringing him to his intended destination. The Golden Horned Beast, bearing numerous supreme treasures, remained aboard the spacecraft.
In the void, colossal spatial whirlpools appeared sporadically across various points.
This particular region of space resembled a vast ocean dotted with tens of thousands of swirling vortices, distributed randomly in every direction, stretching as far as the eye could see without end.
“Artificer God Star.”
A towering figure, over nine meters tall, stood suspended in the void—Luo Feng’s Sea of Chaos Clone. Since Luo Feng’s true form (the Earthling) was too famous, and the Demon Killing Clone was too weak… it was better to deploy the Sea of Chaos Clone for this initial approach.
“The legendary Artificer God Star.” Luo Feng gazed at the distant void. Deep within the space choked with countless spatial whirlpools, [Swallow, Mighty, Divinity Unleashed] lay a massive planet—his destination, the Artificer God Star.
The Artificer God Star was a planet of outrageous proportions. Such phenomena were only found within cosmic secret realms, this being a super-planet with a diameter of approximately 3.2 trillion kilometers. While such a massive celestial body was unique, many similarly gigantic planets in the universe’s secret realms remained obscure and unknown.
But the Artificer God Star was renowned because it was home to a supreme existence—a great Universe Master revered by billions of races across the cosmos as the ‘Artificer God’!
The Artificer God was a powerful Universe Master, originally a Mountain Giant specialized lifeform, inherently devoted to forging weapons. Even when his strength was low, he delighted in crafting armaments… Continuously breaking through… Having immersed himself in the endless eons of weapon creation, the ‘Artificer God’ was virtually unparalleled in this domain. This was because the knowledge of ‘Sitting Mountain Guest’s’ ability to forge supreme treasures was known only to a select, minuscule few! Consequently, the ‘Artificer God’ was universally acknowledged as the greatest authority in forging supreme treasures… This status alone granted him an extraordinary standing.
The Artificer God could forge peak-tier supreme treasures! That in itself was remarkable. Only two other supreme beings in the universe were known to be capable of forging peak-tier supreme treasures. What allowed the Artificer God to completely overshadow those two was the ‘Artificer God Star’ itself.
Because… the Artificer God Star was, in essence, a supreme-tier flying palace treasure!
The Artificer God belonged to no faction. The Ancestral God Sect had attempted to recruit him; every major superpower across the universe had tried to court him… [Swallow, Mighty, Divinity Unleashed] yet, to this day, the Artificer God remained independent. Firstly, his personal strength was immense, and he possessed numerous treasures, making his assassination incredibly difficult, almost impossible. Secondly, due to his supreme forging skills, he maintained associations with many supreme existences, leaving no one willing to employ drastic measures against him.
“A madman.”
“Anyone who pushes any single path to near perfection must be a madman,” Luo Feng looked toward the distant Artificer God Star. “To expend endless materials just to forge a planet into a peak-tier flying palace treasure.”
Swish!
Luo Feng surged forward, occasionally utilizing large leaps via teleportation.
The void surrounding the Artificer God Star was littered with countless spatial whirlpools. These vortices were actually natural wormholes—exactly 98,200 of them. Only some wormholes led to safe zones, while others plunged directly into areas of extreme danger.
“Stele?” Luo Feng saw steles suspended before some of the massive spatial whirlpools.
Roughly two-thirds of the space whirlpools had a stele floating before them.
Stone steles… The vast majority were inscribed with the word ‘Danger.’ A very small number bore the word ‘Forbidden Zone.’ Moreover, two steles even displayed the blood-red, ominous characters: ‘Dead Zone.’
“The space whirlpools without steles must lead to safe areas. Danger, Forbidden Zone, Dead Zone…” Luo Feng observed a nearby stele upon which the crimson, malevolent characters ‘Dead Zone’ were inscribed. The sheer killing intent emanating from the inscription alone sent a shudder through Luo Feng.
Only a Universe Master could have inscribed such writing.
“Legend states that two of the 98,200 natural wormholes around the Artificer God Star lead to Dead Zones—places from which escape is impossible, where all intruders perish. However, the records in my Hong Alliance mention that some powerhouses survived those passages, yet they refuse to divulge what terrifying ‘Dead Zone’ those specific natural wormholes lead to,” Luo Feng mused internally.
Moments later.
Luo Feng traversed countless natural wormholes and finally teleported directly above the Artificer God Star.
“The great Universe Master, the ‘Artificer God,’ is known for his bold and generous nature, enjoying fellowship. Unlike most aloof Universe Masters, he shows particular favor towards specialized lifeforms. Many specialized lifeforms from the entire Yin-Fa Secret Realm have relocated to the Artificer God Star, living carefree lives under the Artificer God’s protection,” Luo Feng descended rapidly from high altitude, the accumulated data surfacing in his mind.
“Artificer God Star: Peace, Killing Forbidden.”
“Many experts come here seeking treasures, requesting the Artificer God’s aid in forging treasures, or even requesting instruction in treasure refinement… Universe experts from all races frequent this place,” Luo Feng penetrated layers of cloud cover and finally landed on the ground.
Luo Feng stepped forward, each stride covering millions of kilometers.
He had gathered detailed information before his arrival.
The residents of the Artificer God Star were specialized lifeforms, including Immortal-level and even Universe Venerable-level specialized lifeforms. While many possessed formidable strength, the atmosphere was undeniably peaceful.
“I can feel it…”
“The call of the black metal plate.” As Luo Feng proceeded, his Earthling true form, housed within the World Ring he carried, could distinctly sense the summoning from the black metal plate. Just as when Luo Feng obtained the second plate… the World Ring alone could not impede this powerful sensation.
“It’s in that direction!”
Luo Feng moved swiftly toward it.
Along the way, Luo Feng observed various specialized lifeforms interacting playfully. These beings were rare elsewhere, but on the Artificer God Star, they were commonly seen. Luo Feng spotted specialized lifeforms at the Sector Lord level, the Immortal level, and even one at the Universe Venerable level.
“Outsider, where are you from? Are you also here seeking to learn treasure refinement from the ‘Artificer God Master’?” A stream of green light flew to Luo Feng’s side. It was an ethereal energy body, less than a meter tall, possessing a charming face.
“I wish to learn, but I hear the conditions for becoming a disciple of the ‘Artificer God Master’ are very strict,” Luo Feng replied with a smile.
“They are quite strict. Powerhouses from billions of races frequently visit our Artificer God Star, hoping to learn treasure forging,” [Swallow, Mighty, Divinity Unleashed] the green light figure danced beside Luo Feng. “But even though many fail, some do succeed. The Artificer God Master currently has 182 disciples.”
Luo Feng nodded with a smile and continued moving, each step executed via teleportation.
The green light figure easily kept pace.
“Have you been to the Artificer God Star before? Do you know the direction of Artificer God Mountain?” the green light figure asked curiously.
“Haha…” Luo Feng grinned, saying no more. After all, he was relying purely on the intense sensation connected to the fourth black metal plate, moving resolutely in that direction. He was certain—the fourth black metal plate was located in that quadrant.
Luo Feng’s speed was swift.
After traveling for about half an hour, during which he conversed amiably with the green light figure, he arrived at what the figure called ‘Artificer God Mountain.’
In the thirty minutes of conversation, Luo Feng learned more. This green light figure was named ‘Bonnisa,’ and she had relocated to the Artificer God Star with her clan a very, very long time ago. According to Bonnisa, she knew nearly every blade of grass and tree on the planet; she was intimately familiar with it and often saw the universe experts who came seeking treasures.
“That is Artificer God Mountain!” Bonnisa pointed into the distance toward an immense peak that pierced through layers of clouds. “The Artificer God Master resides upon Artificer God Mountain. His disciples often descend to gather materials.”
“Look, there are many structures around Artificer God Mountain.”
“Nearly all were built by experts from various universe races who are waiting here. Since the Artificer God Master rarely appears, they are not qualified to request an audience. So they must wait… [Swallow, Mighty, Divinity Unleashed] waiting for the Artificer God Master to emerge to test his disciples, hoping to seize the chance to request a treasure,” Bonnisa spoke excitedly.
Luo Feng nodded with a smile.
His gaze, however, was fixed upon the towering Artificer God Mountain. The sensation was intensely strong now; even through the World Ring, his Earthling true form felt every single cell boiling. The fourth black metal plate was hidden within that mountain.
“Teacher hid the fourth black metal plate in Artificer God Mountain?”
“That is the very residence of the Artificer God Master.”
Luo Feng frowned. “No matter how powerful I am, I can’t possibly steal a black metal plate from under the nose of a Universe Master.”
Luo Feng paused there, deep in thought.
“Aren’t you here to learn treasure refinement from the Artificer God Master? Look, there are some Universe Venerables kneeling over there. You should go too. Only with sufficient piety… and the potential for treasure refinement… can one be accepted as a disciple by the Artificer God Master,” Bonnisa circled Luo Feng as she spoke.