Chapter 1297, The Imperial Artifact: the Divine Forge Hammer

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

 

Indeed, it was merely the beginning.

 

Or rather. The beginning of Yu Zi Yu’s grand plan.

 

With a faint smirk tugging at the corner of his lips, Yu Zi Yu stood silently, watching the Original Sins rampage across the planet.

 

However, in the next moment, his eyes narrowed ever so slightly, as if sensing something.

 

“Heh… so you’ve awakened,” a soft murmur escaped him, sensing a surge of archaic power stirring the air.

 

It was the aura of an Imperial Artifact.

 

He reckoned that this aura belonged to the Ancestral Imperial Artifact of the Dwarves, the Divine Forge Hammer.

 

The Dwarves, after all, were famed across the starry sky for their unparalleled smithing arts.

 

Their Imperial Artifact was a hammer, one capable of refining myriad Divine Artifacts. It was very domineering.

 

And now, apparently, the chaos upon this subsidiary planet had roused that ancient existence from its slumber.

 

“Is this the scent of the Void?” a hoarse whisper, tinged with boundless age, rippled through the cosmos.

 

Then, at the farthest edge of the stars, dazzling lightning-blue flashes erupted into brilliance.

 

At the same time, torrents of molten lava surged like Dragons.

 

In but a breath’s time, that distant starry realm lit up with roaring lightning and rising magma.

 

And amidst this terrifying storm, a colossal warhammer, thousands of meters long, slowly began to rise into the sky.

 

*Crackle, crackle, crackle…* Lightning wove itself around the hammer’s core, illuminating the dim void as though it were noon.

 

“What an overbearing presence…” Yu Zi Yu couldn’t help but marvel, his eyes glinting with admiration as he felt the hammer’s domineering aura.

 

But even so, it wasn’t enough.

 

At least, not for Yu Zi Yu, not him.

 

“Carry on. Leave the rest… to me.” His voice echoed within the minds of every Original Sins present, lightning all the worries and burdens weighing down on their minds.

 

At the same time…

 

*Booooom…* With a single step, time and space twisted around him.

 

At the same time, Yu Zi Yu vanished into the starry void.

 

And if anyone had been watching closely, they might have noticed that deep within the heart of the Dwarf Clan, upon a place that resembled an altar, a shadow had appeared.

 

The shadow was blurry, flickering in and out perception.

 

Not a single Dwarf Powerhouse noticed its arrival.

 

And atop that altar…

 

*Booooom…* Amid a storm of flickering lightning, a silver warhammer, nearly three meters long, rose slowly from its slumber.

 

Lightning crackled more and more, as if it would destroy everything around it.

 

The aura was extremely terrifying and oppressive, to the point that countless Dwarves felt stifled.

 

The overbearing nature of the Divine Forge Hammer was renowned.

 

To this day, none among the Dwarves had managed to tame it.

 

However, that did not diminish its fame.

 

Because just the Tier-7 Divine Artifacts it had forged numbered more than twenty, it was enough to shake the Heavens.|

 

It was not called Divine Forge Hammer for nothing. The Artifacts it forged were nothingless than Divine Artifacts.

 

And now, sensing the presence of the Void approaching the planet, this ancient existence had finally chosen to awaken.

 

However, just then, as if it had sensed something, the Divine Forge Hammer momentarily froze, before the lightning arcs and fiery red lava weaving around it pulsated even more fiercely.

 

*Boooooom…* With a thunderous roar, as if the sky was collapsing, space not too far away from the altar shattered like a mirror, revealing a vast, boundless rift between dimensions.

 

“You even broke through the Spacetime dimension I was in!?” A soft chuckle echoed through the hall.

 

And then, under the stunned gazes of countless Dwarf Powerhouses, a tall figure stepped from the rift in the sky.

 

The figure was Humanoid in shape, but happened to have six wings, trailed by long plumes resembling tails.

 

Just as the figure appeared, a wave of violet washed over the surroundings. At the same time, an extremely terrifying pressure erupted from it, bearing down upon the entire planet.

 

*Boooooom…* In an instant, Heaven and Earth dimmed.

 

Visible to the naked, thick waves of violet clouds surged across the firmament, blotting out the sky itself.

 

Even the land… was dyed in shades of deep violet.

 

“This is…”

 

“You’re kidding me, right?”

 

“How’s that possible!? That kind of pressure… Can someone at Tier-6 really possess such power!?”

 

…

 

One startled cry after another rang out, as countless Dwarf Warriors paled with horror.

 

Just his presence alone had affected the weather across the planet.

 

A phenomenon like that was simply unprecedented, incomprehensible.

 

However, compared to the short-sighted Dwarven Warriors, their own Imperial Artifact was far more shocked.

 

“Never did I imagine… someone like you would emerge from the Void…” Its ancient, booming voice trembled with disbelief. [That’s…that’s the aura of the Supreme Principle. Only those who bore a Supreme Principle can stir such phenomena with a mere thought.]

 

[No, this is not merely changing the weather.] Lifting its ancient gaze, the Divine Forge Hammer saw what lay across the skies of the entire planet: Boundless Principles.

 

Much to the Divine Forge Hammer’s surprise, Yu Zi Yu had woven a net across the entire planet using his Principle, and that had birthed this horrifying vision.

 

Dark and dense purple clouds stretched from horizon to horizon, weighing down upon the dwarven planet like a divine punishment.

 

And in all this oppressive majesty, only one stood untouched: Yu Zi Yu.

 

*Haha…* Yu Zi Yu let out a chuckle, showing no sign of concern.

 

Instead, he tightened his fist, and punched out.

 

*Boooooom…* The air collapsed around him, and even before the blow landed, a fearsome aura swept through the skies.

 

And before the Divine Forge Hammer could even react…

 

*Boooooom…* The punch, seemingly transcending time and space, struck it.

 

And the moment it struck, a thunderous roar reverberated across the sky, while the Divine Forge Hammer, that rarely ever left its altar, was sent flying straight toward the distant horizon.

 

Every inch it passed over was laid to waste, and the sheer shockwaves flattened ten thousand kilometers of mountains and valleys.

 

“You… what are you!?” A voice of disbelief echoed across the distance, as the Divine Forge Hammer finally ground to a halt.

 

Beside it now shimmered a hazy, ancient figure.

 

However, even this old illusory figure wore a deeply complex expression, and its eyes filled with utter disbelief.

 

“Time… and space…” it muttered, faint awe in its voice.

 

Even with all its knowledge, the Divine Forge Hammer had realized something crucial.

 

However, now was really not the time to hesitate, before, once again, the figure cloaked in violet had stepped forward, crossing spacetime in a single stride, reappearing right before him.

 

Then, raising his fist, he struck once more.

 

Adding more to the dread, at some point in that moment, a streak of violet light flashed through the air.

 

*Swoosh…* A shrill piercing whistle filled the surroundings, as a violet flying blade, resembling a crescent moon, cut through the air.

 

This was Void Blade, the seventh blade of Yu Zi Yu’s Radiant Galaxy, and also his Void Artifact..

 

And today… he had chosen this legendary Divine Forge Hammer to temper it anew, forge it from a Tier-6 Artifact to true Tier-7!

 

For most Imperial Artifacts, such a task would be nearly impossible, but for the Divine Forge Hammer, an Imperial Artifact born to forge Divine Artifacts, such a feat was well within reach.

 

The only question was… would it be willing?

 

A cold smile curled across Yu Zi Yu’s lips, and Yu Zi Yu couldn’t help but murmur to himself, “As if it has a choice.”