Chapter 298: Refining Treasure for Ten Thousand Years (Part 2)

Refining a Top-level Treasure is extremely difficult; Xiao Yu is confident but not arrogant enough to assume he will definitely succeed, so this time he prepares to forge a Top-level Supreme Treasure Weapon.

This Treasure Weapon comprises a total of 36 million components, and almost every component is different.

Although he has already verified the design of all components countless times, Xiao Yu still cautiously re‑verified them more than ten times.

This time he begins to work.

Void Divine Power manipulates 360 assorted tools, commencing forging, refining, and alchemy on the massive precious materials.

These 360 tools include all sorts of hammers, forges, etc., each one custom‑made by Xiao Yu.

The 360 forging implements whirled like flying, and in the blink of an eye over a hundred components of varying sizes had completed preliminary forging.

"Sancai, your treasure‑refining efficiency is truly high, faster than this old fellow by a good margin!" Jiang Shen exclaimed, for refining Top-level Treasures is no stranger to him, yet he cannot refine so swiftly.

"Lao Shan, your arms and legs are old, you're surely slower than this young guy!" Xiao Yu joked, his hands never stopping.

"Can it? Many of the High-level Treasures the masters forged before were already comparable to Top-level Treasures."

"Truly, you've opened the heavenly eye!"

"Right, Sancai, I've been meaning to ask, why did you embed a Void Secret Pattern into the component's interior during the initial forging?" Jiang Shen, seeing Xiao Yu's bold technique for the first time, asked.

"It's my first time seeing it."

Behind them, dozens of Universe Sage Level Jiang Shen's Apprentices watched and learned, as those with Immortal Level power cannot enter here.

Jiang Shen and Xiao Yu continued bantering.

Jiang Shen's divine power seeped into the component's interior and uncovered a secret.

"Take another look." Xiao Yu's Void-like presence reached in like a pair of hands, snatching a forged component.

"We're all the master's apprentices, none of us have such efficiency."

Piles of metal materials, as massive as mountains and far more precious than the finest G-level Metal, were swiftly refined in his hands and then forged into individual components.

"Brothers and seniors, do you think Master Sancai can succeed in refining a Top-level Treasure this time?"

"How would I know?"

"No need to feel ashamed; how much do you actually know about the Void Secret Pattern? I only thought of it recently, and we're testing it while refining the Top-level Treasure, the results are decent," Xiao Yu said with a grin.

The apprentices of Jiang Shen, even while learning, never cease discussing; their whispers, however faint, cannot escape the ears of Xiao Yu and Jiang Shen.

"Marvelous! Truly marvelous!" Jiang Shen praised, "Why didn't I think of this before? This Secret Pattern can also repair the interior of materials, alter their internal structure, and erase inherent flaws."

"Jiu Shixiong, is Master Sancai's technique and speed truly what the teacher taught?"

"Has anyone ever seen a Void Secret Pattern embedded when initially forging a Treasure component? I certainly haven't."

"Fight! If I weren't watching you kid doing the right thing, I'd beat you so hard your mother wouldn't recognize you." Jiang Shen laughed.

"Hit me then, with this face—if you don't, my mother still wouldn't recognize me!" Xiao Yu joked.

"Ha…" Jiang Shen burst into laughter.

"Lao Shan, why the weird laugh for no reason? It's scary!" Xiao Yu said.

"At last, I finally discovered how to forge a Strongest Supreme Treasure." Jiang Shen said, "I've amassed an incalculable amount of materials to forge one, yet it never came to fruition."

Previously Jiang Shen couldn't even forge a Peak Treasure, but now he has found a way to forge a Strongest Supreme Treasure.

"Really? I'm truly happy for you, Lao Shan." Xiao Yu grinned, "When the time comes, you must let me observe."

The conversation between Xiao Yu and Jiang Shen was conducted via telepathy, so the apprentices behind them naturally remained unaware.

"Of course. I'll still need your help later, and the Void-Real Secret Pattern of the Strongest Supreme Treasure will also require your assistance." Jiang Shen said solemnly; although he is the Lord of the Universe and learns anything swiftly, he knows his mastery of Secret Patterns is far inferior to the Universe Overlord before him.

"Sure, but don't expect me to help for free; my fee is steep." Xiao Yu grinned, joking, his hands moving like lightning, instantly unleashing thousands of Secret Patterns.

"Ha ha, once the Strongest Supreme Treasure is forged, I'll give you all the various materials I've accumulated over billions of eras." Jiang Shen laughed.

For billions of eras, he has often helped powerful individuals or clans forge various Treasures, amassing a massive stock of materials and resources—more than any great clan could gather.

Peak Clans such as the Demon Race and Human Race frequently commission him to forge Treasures; this is the advantage of Jiang Shen not aligning with any faction. Even though his external services are pricey, many strong beings, even the Strongest of the Universe, still seek him for Treasure forging.

"Alright! I'll cover all the Secret Patterns!" Xiao Yu replied cheerfully, then, as if recalling something, asked, "Lao Shan, what Strongest Supreme Treasure do you intend to forge?"

"I intend to refine Jiang Shen Star into a Strongest Supreme Treasure." Jiang Shen said without hesitation.

Jiang Shen Star is his foundational Treasure; it is not only a Top-level Flying Palace Treasure but also his cultivation ground.

"That's a massive project!" Xiao Yu said, "I suddenly feel I might regret this."

"Ha ha, regret comes too late now." Jiang Shen laughed.

……

Time flew by day after day amid their jokes, and a month passed swiftly.

The 3,600 components were all preliminarily forged, followed by various trimming and polishing work, taking another month.

Then Xiao Yu began inscribing Secret Patterns.

Each component required the inscription of tens of thousands of intricate Secret Patterns.

"For me, the inscription work is the most troublesome," Xiao Yu sighed.

"Sancai, you're impressive; after each component is inscribed with Secret Patterns, the aura ripple rivals a Top-level Heavy Treasure. When these 36 million components combine into a Top-level Treasure, its power should already compare to a Peak Treasure." Jiang Shen praised.

"These components are merely virtual schematics; though they seem comparable to Top-level Heavy Treasures, their power's radius is limited. Only when all 36 million components unite can they be called a Top-level Treasure, though it should still be a supreme quality." Xiao Yu bragged shamelessly.

……

Ten years later.

"This is the final piece, and also the most crucial." Xiao Yu held in his palm a Micro Sword Blade smaller than a sesame seed yet radiating the aura of a High-level Treasure.

Swish!!

In an instant, Xiao Yu employed the Time Law—Space-Time Acceleration, Time Pause, and other mysteries—to simultaneously inscribe tens of millions of Secret Patterns onto the Micro Sword Blade.

Then the Time Law vanished.

Space‑time restored.

Only the Micro Sword Blade now glowed with multicolored light, which in the void formed a colossal war‑blade Illusory Shadow about ten trillion kilometers long; though an illusion, it exuded incomparable might, its surface constantly flashing countless Secret Patterns, as if composed of them.

(End of chapter)