Chapter 187: Opening of the Primordial Star

Heh heh heh~~~

Above the stone cliffs of the East Sea, scorching violet‑red flames burned wildly.

At the very center of the flames, an octagonal dark‑golden scale with a diameter of several hundred meters was gradually forming.

Zhou Yang raised his hand and waved, and the sky‑filled violet‑red flames vanished instantly, leaving only the massive dark‑golden scale hovering in midair.

"Before it can solidify, each of the eight attribute spirit liquids must imprint one Fundamental Law Essence secret pattern of the Eight Major Fundamental Laws, and connect with the main line of the Chaos secret pattern of the Reincarnation Divine Armor."

As his will shifted, eight streams of spirit liquid of gold, green, blue, red and four other colors surged up from the lakes on Dao Yu.

Zhou Yang, with his precise control of the New Universe Space‑Time Power, began to direct these spirit‑liquid streams to draw upon the dark‑golden scale.

Heh heh heh~~~

When each spirit liquid, imbued with a different elemental force, first touched the still‑hot dark‑golden scale, it instantly stirred up scorching mist.

The spirit liquids were heavily consumed, and Zhou Yang kept the lakes supplying more, ensuring the drawing could continue.

Starting from the very center of the dark‑golden scale, twisted secret‑pattern threads of various colors began to coil outward, spreading toward the scale's edges.

With the aid of the New Universe Space‑Time Power, Zhou Yang's control over each spirit liquid reached an extremely fine degree, and no mistake occurred during the process.

Under his continual drawing, the entire dark‑golden scale was quickly covered by dense secret‑pattern threads.

The eight secret‑pattern threads kept extending, each spreading toward one of the dark‑golden scale's eight vertices.

Hum~

The moment this step finished, the dark‑golden scale blazed brightly, the secret‑pattern threads flashing on and off before quickly fading, eventually merging completely into the scale.

At the same time, a vague attractive force arose between the dark‑golden scale and the Reincarnation Divine Armor, as if eager to fuse them into one.

"It's successful!"

A smile appeared at Zhou Yang's mouth.

He shifted his intention, and the fully formed dark‑golden scale in the air swiftly fell.

During this process, the scale, originally several hundred meters in diameter, kept shrinking until it was the size of an ordinary leaf, landing on the shoulder of the Reincarnation Divine Armor on his body.

At the contact point between the dark‑golden scale and the Reincarnation Divine Armor, brilliant secret‑pattern lines spread and intertwined, ultimately binding the two tightly together.

Zhou Yang gave a slight impetus, and the Reincarnation Divine Armor instantly lit up with endless secret patterns.

"The conductivity of its power is stronger, and the base amplitude of the Chaos secret pattern is also rising; the overall might of the Reincarnation Divine Armor has increased by about one thousandth, right?"

Zhou Yang silently sensed, and soon his mind grasped the situation.

"A single scale adds one thousandth to the might; ten thousand scales together—could that boost the Reincarnation Divine Armor's might tenfold? The armor is already an upper‑grade among Peak Supreme Treasures; raising it another tenfold would likely place it at the very top of all Peak Supreme Treasures!"

"Unfortunately, the materials in my hand have almost been exhausted now."

A moment later he stored away the Reincarnation Divine Armor and stood, looking toward the island below.

By now, the various refining materials that had nearly filled the entire island were almost completely used up, leaving only a few scattered small piles of ore. "Without realizing it, I've been researching artifact refining here for over ninety thousand years."

Zhou Yang couldn't help but sigh.

Ninety thousand years—that's the time measured in the Original Universe. If the New Universe's time acceleration is counted, as the New Universe grows, his limit of time acceleration is now close to 5,000 times; even using an average of over 3,000‑to‑4,000 times, he has spent at least 300 million years in the New Universe! When one truly immerses oneself in a single pursuit, time truly flies. Over such a vast span, through repeated experiments and forging, Zhou Yang's artifact‑refining skill has naturally leapt forward. At first he could only replicate Immortal Level and Esteemed‑level Realm equipment; after mastering replication he began to create his own weapons and gear. As his skill matured, he even started attempting to forge Heavy Treasure items.

Around 120 million years in, he successfully forged his first Heavy Treasure‑grade equipment—a Heavy Treasure Divine Sword! It must be said that with the aid of the New Universe Space‑Time Power and his mastery of various Fundamental Law Essences, he enjoys a unique advantage in artifact refining; both success rate and quality are exceptionally assured.

Afterwards, he set his sights on consistently forging Heavy Treasure equipment.

However, the materials for Heavy Treasure are scarce, so he cannot mass‑produce them like ordinary gear; he must first contemplate silently, and only begin forging when he has sufficient confidence.

Basically, he can guarantee forging two or three Heavy Treasures every ten thousand years.

These successfully forged Heavy Treasures are offered to his clan in exchange for enough contribution points, after which he draws more refining materials from the clan's treasury.

At first his success rate for forging Heavy Treasures was low, many materials were wasted, leaving him short of resources; he even patched in a few Heavy Treasures harvested from the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

But later, as his skill improved, his forging success rate gradually rose, eventually allowing him to maintain balance and even achieve a slight surplus.

By ten thousand years ago, he had forged at least thirty‑to‑forty thousand Heavy Treasure‑grade pieces! Even the lowest‑grade Heavy Treasures amount to tens of thousands of Heavy Treasure points, comparable to a dozen ordinary Supreme Treasures!

Moreover, as Zhou Yang's refining level rose, he later produced many Heavy Treasures of good quality.

Within tens of thousands of years, the exchange treasury of Chaos City was flooded with tens of thousands of Heavy Treasure‑grade pieces, even causing the exchange ratio between Heavy Treasure points and Supreme Treasure points to drop slightly!

With abundant material practice, his refining skill naturally skyrocketed!

Until ten thousand years ago, he even succeeded in forging his first Supreme Treasure‑quality equipment!

Reaching this point, he could rightfully be called an Artifact Refining Master throughout the Original Universe!

However, Supreme Treasure‑grade materials are even rarer; even the vault of the Virtual Universe Company holds only a few.

In the following ten thousand years, Zhou Yang cobbled together only three ordinary Supreme Treasures, one of which was a 'scale' component needed to perfect the Reincarnation Divine Armor.

In the universe, the rarity of 'Artifact Refining Masters' capable of forging Supreme Treasures is largely due to the scarcity and preciousness of Supreme Treasure‑grade materials; ordinary refiners have few opportunities to practice, so their skill advancement is naturally slower.

"Trying to gain experience through massive testing seems impossible now; I guess my refining level will improve more slowly."

Zhou Yang sighed helplessly, feeling a bit disheartened.

Over these years, not only has his refining level made great strides, but through continual testing and forging, his grasp of combining various Law Secret Patterns has deepened, and his insight into Law Fusion has also quickened slightly.

This also confirms his conjecture: the fusion of laws and the art of refining truly can mutually reinforce each other.

Unfortunately, the secret‑pattern level of Heavy Treasure forging is low and no longer gives him much boost, while Supreme Treasure materials remain limited; just as he feels down, his Doppelganger in the Original Universe receives an Email notification from the ruler of Chaos City.

"Supreme Council. Primordial Star?"

When he saw the content of the Email, his eyes lit up.

(End of Chapter)