Chapter 165: Add Everything In

After Yu Lin returned, Hephestos naturally stayed and ate a meal with them.

After they were full, he finally took out the parchment and asked Yu Lin:

"Yu Lin, all the materials have been melted and forged, so what kind of artifact do you want?"

Yu Lin thought for a moment and replied:

"A pair of gloves."

"Gloves?" Hephestos showed surprise and said:

"I thought you were going to forge a sword."

He also saw the scene of Yu Lin fighting Ares that day, especially the crimson Sword Aura that filled the sky!

So he assumed Yu Lin wanted to create a sword.

In fact, Yu Lin just wanted something simple: with gloves on, he can attack by punching and defend by grabbing the opponent's weapon—very straightforward and brutal.

And they can stay on his hands at all times.

Since Yu Lin made that request, Hephestos naturally agreed to follow his idea and nodded:

"Alright, then what style do you want?"

"Anything's fine, as long as it's not too ugly." Yu Lin shrugged, looking very casual.

In fact, he trusted Hephestos's eye, after all this fellow had previously crafted a slew of exquisitely refined jewelry to please the love god.

The jewelry loved by the love god couldn't possibly be ugly.

However, Yu Lin suddenly recalled the GodsBlood that Satan gave him......

What would happen if that blood were added to the forging?

Satan said he would need it later, and isn't now the time?!

And the Yellow Jade Ring that Emperor Yao gave him... that shouldn't be simple either.

Never mind, add everything in.

Later we'll use transmutation to enhance the gloves, maxing out the bonuses!

Yu Lin thought, and immediately took out the two items, handed them to Hephestos, and smiled faintly: "I almost forgot, I still have two more things."

"Add them together in the forging; that's all I require."

"These?" Hephestos took them, glanced at the blood in the test tube and the Yellow Jade Ring containing Human Race's fortune, felt something off but didn't notice any problem.

Those two unfamiliar materials sparked his deep curiosity, and he nodded:

"Fine, I'll go back and try it right now."

"If anything comes up, I'll come find you. Goodbye."

Having said that, he stood up, took a few steps, and vanished into the crowd.

Heracles, however, was very curious and asked Yu Lin:

"Yu Lin, is that your blood inside?"

"No." Yu Lin shook his head, thought for a moment, and said:

"Just treat it as your father's blood; that should be about the same."

"Like that..." Heracles nodded, without asking further what kind of blood it actually was.

He glanced at the fire‑burning clouds on the horizon, stood up, and said with a smile:

"I still need to prepare for the second trial, to go to Lerna and slay the Hydra!"

"Wait for my good news!"

This time he didn't ask Yu Lin for a hint; perhaps the successful completion of the first trial gave him confidence, maybe the awakening of his Zeus bloodline did.

In short, he strode forward, riding his own horse.

He just didn't know when his nephew Iolaus would come looking for him.

Heracles had perfectly inherited Zeus's stallion bloodline; like Zeus, he was fine with men, women, snake‑people... whatever he liked.

However, given the culture still transitioning toward the Bronze Age, it can be understood.

It was a matter of mutual consent.

Heracles generally acted out of admiration for the strong, being the one who was pursued; he rarely forced anyone unwilling, even if he were to use force......

Yu Lin shook his head and didn't think about it.

It wasn't his business.

Now his job is to properly teach Li Ya, so she won't be tricked later.

He turned his head, saw that Li Ya had already rested, and clapped his hands, saying:

"Alright, alright, come over and cultivate."

"Fine!"

Olympus.

Inside Hephestos's forge palace.

The entire palace resembled a massive furnace, its walls inlaid with ever‑burning volcanic crystal, bathing the interior in crimson light.

In the center stood a forge made from Titan bones, its fire—eternal flame drawn from the earth's core—capable of melting any solid.

At this moment, Hephestos stood before the forge, his coarse fingers rubbing the two items on the wooden tray—

The GodsBlood Yu Lin gave and the Fortune Ring.

"Let's start with the blood......"

He took a deep breath and pulled the test‑tube stopper—

Boom!

In an instant, the entire forge temple shuddered violently!

A vast, indescribable aura burst forth, and Hephestos's eyes instantly lost focus.

His consciousness was pulled into a pure white space, where there was no concept of time or space, only a pair of eyes wider than the Milky Way watching him.

That gaze pierced his divine body, divine rank, even traversed the river of time, seeing everything about him from birth to now with crystal clarity.

Hephestos's whole body went rigid, even his fingers could not move, as if confronting the will of the entire Universe!

Just as his consciousness was about to collapse—

The gaze suddenly softened, and the vast aura receded like a tide.

Hephestos abruptly fell to sit on the ground, and the Forge Hammer clanged as it dropped at his feet.

He gasped heavily, noticing his divine robe soaked with cold sweat, and whispered, "Is this........ another supreme one?"

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he finally rose from the ground.

"What kind of existence could it possibly be........"

Hephestos stopped overthinking, poured GodsBlood into the furnace, and after it fused with the already refined forging material, he then picked up the yellow jade ring.

This time he was much more cautious, first clamping the yellow jade ring with tongs and suspending it above the furnace—

Buzz!

The moment it was sent up, the yellow jade ring suddenly shattered on its own, turning into countless Golden Light Specks that fell into the furnace.

Inside the furnace, the material began to wildly recombine; the originally silver molten metal gradually took on a pale gold hue, and fine patterns surfaced on its surface, resembling some extraordinarily subtle Rune!

Watching this scene, Hephestos's eyes were full of amazement; the earlier panic faded, replaced by the joy of witnessing something new: "Interesting, interesting!"

"Could an unprecedented Forged Artifact be born from my hands?!"

"Forge Hammer, come!"

The words fell.

A Forge Hammer instantly flew in from the side and landed in his hand.

His gaze became extremely excited, and he lifted the Forge Hammer.

Bang!

The first hammer fell!

Bang bang...........

The clanging echoed throughout Olympus.

The Gods knew he was forging a Forged Artifact for Yu Lin, but they did not know what level of artifact it was.

However, the aura that had just emanated from his palace told them.............

An eternal Forged Artifact is about to be born!