Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

But what happened next shocked him greatly. The moment the Seven Killing Divine Sword was affected, Chen Xin decisively threw it away, and at the same time, a similar but even more powerful blood-red greatsword appeared in his hand.

The crimson greatsword easily severed the killing intent sword that Hypnos had condensed, giving him no chance to react, and split his entire body in two.

Even the golden divine armor, which had reached the level of a divine artifact, could not withstand the sharpness of the Asura Seven Kill Sword and was split in two.

This is the terrifying power of a super artifact. Only a main artifact can withstand it to some extent. Even the artifact armor worn by Hypnos is far from enough to contend with the sharpness of the Seven Killings Sword of Asura.

Not to mention that Chen Xin had prepared for this attack for a long time. Not only did he have his own power, but the Dao Palace Secret Realm within his body also provided power from eight goddesses.

With a calculated attack on an unsuspecting opponent, who else but Hypnos is destined to die?

Most importantly, Hypnos is a god of the killing system, and he will be restrained by higher-level killing power, which is more severe than the restraint of the opposing system.

The once-powerful artifact, the Asura Divine Sword, was his nemesis, completely suppressing both his divine power and divine body.

"The Asura Divine Sword?"

This was Hypnos's last thought before his consciousness was annihilated by the Seven Killings Sword of Asura, and even his soul was split in two.

And so, Hypnos died. The god of death, who once dominated countless planes and was feared by many gods, died because of his contempt for mortals and because of their scheming.

This is the real life-or-death struggle, where life and death are decided in a single thought or an instant. Those battles that last for hundreds of rounds are just for dramatic effect in movies and TV shows.

The lifeless body split open to reveal a shattered divine throne, which was the God of Slaughter throne that Hypnos had previously refined.

The divine position itself is not indestructible; even the position of a first-level main god can be shattered, let alone the position of a third-level god.

Faced with the power of a divine artifact, shattering is the only outcome.

With a single sword strike, Chen Xin instantly evacuated everyone from the Dao Palace Secret Realm, including the eight goddesses.

After the eight goddesses emerged, they immediately manifested their own domains to completely isolate the area, guarding against Hypnos's backup plan or being detected by the Asura God of the divine realm.

"This thing is about to break. Senior brother, can you refine it? Maybe you can help evolve the God of Slaughter's divine position."

After examining the cracked divine throne, Tian Hao made a suggestion to his junior brother.

He could sense that this divine position was also part of the killing system, but it was lower in rank than the God of Slaughter position.

Since they are of the same category, they should be able to be perfectly refined.

Chen Xin didn't say much, but grasped the divine position and guided the killing god's divine position to devour and refine it.

Because it is part of the same system, the God of Slaughter's position has an absolute suppressive effect on it, and the refining speed is very fast.

The eight goddesses were not idle either. They skillfully dismembered Hypnos, carefully sensing every inch of his body to prevent any hidden tricks from being left behind, including the golden divine armor.

Fortunately, Hypnos was indeed careless and underestimated his opponent this time. He didn't realize what was happening until his death and had no time to leave any backup plan.

Furthermore, the Seven Killings Sword of Asura was effective against him, so he died completely this time, without any chance of survival, and not even a trace of his divine sense or consciousness remained.

After confirming that there were no problems, the eight goddesses then began to read his soul memories.

At this stage, what they lack most is their understanding of the situation in the divine realm, and this god of death has come to their door at just the right time.

Actually, they had been planning this for a while, but they weren't very confident before. Fortunately, it did work out.

However, Hypnos existed for an extremely long time, and the memories he left behind are incredibly complex, requiring a considerable amount of time to sort out.

Tian Hao placed great importance on Hypnos's memories, because this guy was an enforcer under the God of Gods, Shura, and had visited countless planes under the Gods over the years, so he naturally knew about the cultivation systems in those planes.

These are all valuable assets, and we must get our hands on them all.

Several days passed in this way. Chen Xin first refined the shattered God of Slaughter's divine position, and at the same time, he used the God of Slaughter's divine body, divine power, divine soul, and divine consciousness to devour and refine them all with the God of Slaughter's divine position and the God of Slaughter's sword.

Humans can refine divine positions to become gods, and divine positions can naturally be refined and elevated.

Because they are of the same origin, there will be no stagnation or hidden dangers when refining them, and they will quickly merge into one.

Fortunately, Hypnos had previously broken through his bottleneck and reached the level of a main god by using a portion of the Asura God's origin. After absorbing it, his God of Slaughter position was successfully upgraded to a first-level main god position, and at the same time, the God of Slaughter Sword was also upgraded.

Although it's still a long way from being a super artifact, it's already an extremely powerful main artifact, no less powerful than the Angelic Holy Sword or the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.

Will the God of Asura send down another god?

After refining Hypnos, Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of the Asura God in the God Realm.

"Probably not. He sent the God of Slaughter down only to reclaim the position of God of Slaughter. Only a God of Slaughter of the same origin can reclaim the position. Otherwise, even if he sent down a first-level main god, it would be impossible to defeat you under the suppression of the laws of the plane."

The other divine position belongs to the God of Forging. According to Hypnos's memories, he is a non-combat god, whose combat power is at most on par with a second-level god. He wouldn't be sent down to his death, and the God of Forging is under the command of the Benevolent God-King.

The angel god answered this question. From Hypnos's divine memories, they obtained a lot of valuable information and gained a clear understanding of the changes and current situation in the divine realm.

In this way, some things can be planned better.

"Hey, something fun is here."

At this moment, the Rakshasa God, who had been studying the forging of the divine hammer, beckoned to everyone, then placed his palm on the forging hammer and broke the seal on it.

Soon a great hall flew out from the forging hammer and rapidly expanded, quickly transforming into a giant temple with a length and width of over a thousand meters.

"The Temple of Forging! Could it be that the God of Forging has passed down all his possessions?"

Walking over and looking at the four divine runes of the Forging Temple, Tian Hao was startled by his own thoughts.

Forging is very expensive, but everyone who does it becomes incredibly wealthy. The God of Forging, being able to forge divine artifacts, must also be a very rich man.

"It really is all his possessions, even his divine equipment is in there. It seems he's tired of life in the divine realm."

Walking into the Forging Temple and examining the divine armor floating in mid-air, Rakshasa God was quite moved.

Another god who's fed up with the divine realm, but it's true, the divine realm is, in a way, like a prison.

If it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to endure it for long, and I would find an opportunity to pass on the divine position and run away with the bucket.

"I've made a fortune!"

Walking up to the mountain of weapons, Tian Hao picked up a longsword that weighed at least ten thousand pounds, and his smile stretched almost to his ears.

These are all divine artifacts, at least in terms of their materials.

Their path to transforming weapon spirits into divine artifacts lacks good materials; the grade of those special metals is simply too low, barely enough to forge divine equipment.

These divine artifacts are undoubtedly forged from divine materials from the divine realm, perfectly complementing their path of transforming their weapon spirits into divine artifacts—truly a godsend for those who are sleepy.

"Now there's a question: were these decisions made by the God of Forging himself, or were they part of the God of Asura's scheme?"

Bibi Dong toyed with a huge scythe, wondering who was behind all this.

"That's easy. If it's the Asura God's scheme, he will definitely take action again to take these back."

Qian Ruyi was also playing with a piece of crystal, which contained strong spatial energy fluctuations, making it perfect as a vessel for her own Void Mirror.

"Senior brother, remember to go out and show your face later, so that our Asura God knows that the situation in the mortal realm is getting out of control and we must increase our investment."

Putting down the divine sword, Tian Hao winked at his junior brother who had just walked in, his smile quite wicked.

Asura God is indeed a gambler. This kind of person needs to be stimulated to increase the stakes... no, the investment.

That's right, it's about investment. We're looking to attract investment. We're respectable people, not the kind of bad people who get people addicted to gambling.

"The Asura God is doomed to face you, kid."

Amused, Chen Xin shook his head and couldn't help but feel a little pity for that Asura God.

The plan itself was proposed by the junior apprentice, and they continued to plan with this as their goal, and finally succeeded.

And this is just one of the junior brother's plans targeting the gods of the divine realm, especially that Asura God.

"What do you plan to do with the position of the God of Forging?"

With a solemn expression, Chen Xin inquired about the handling of the position of the God of Forging.

The position of God of Forging is different from other combat-type divine positions. If used well, it can exert an effect far exceeding its own level, which can be understood by simply looking at the mountain of divine artifacts.

The crowd, who were selecting their favorite artifacts, also turned their attention to Tian Hao, subconsciously regarding him as the center point and the final decision-maker for important matters.

"Teacher, haven't we trained a master blacksmith yet?"

Tian Hao did not respond immediately, but looked at the little teacher.

He also wanted to cultivate a god of forging, but only if someone was qualified.

It's not about qualifications in cultivation, but talent in forging. Otherwise, at most you'd cultivate a processing machine, not a forging god, which wouldn't be very meaningful.

Of course, he didn't fixate on this aspect; if there really wasn't a suitable candidate, he had a second plan.

However, that plan is much more difficult to implement, and even with his current resources, he is not very confident.

Chapter 513 A Real Man

"Any industry needs sufficient talent to reach the top. We started too late in the forging industry, and it will be difficult to cultivate true forging masters in a short period of time, let alone forging masters who can bear the position of a chief god."

Lou Gao, the president of the Blacksmiths' Association, is a talented man, but unfortunately, he had a conflict with our Spirit Hall in the past, and he's very stubborn. It's basically impossible to win him over; in this respect, we are far inferior to the Clear Sky Sect.

Looking at the eyes reflected in the blade of the sickle, Bibi Dong felt helpless.

Compared to their Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect has been developing in the blacksmithing field for far too long. All potential hammer-type spirit masters respect the Clear Sky Sect, and even the Blacksmith Association is mostly affiliated with the Clear Sky Sect. In previous years, the so-called three great blacksmiths were Tang Hao, Titan of the Power Clan, and Lou Gao, the president of the Blacksmith Association. Lou Gao and Titan were friends and had good relations with the Clear Sky Sect. Even if they were brought over, the Clear Sky Sect would not be able to trust them.

Of course, they can be trained slowly, but that's all they can do. It's extremely difficult to produce someone capable of holding the position of the God of Forging as soon as possible.

"Then we'll dismantle it and study it. We'll try our best to develop a weapon-refining method that everyone can practice, and only refine weapons that belong to ourselves."

Tian Hao didn't hesitate for long and directly chose his second option.

He wanted to replicate the sophisticated and high-class weapon-forging methods found in many fantasy and martial arts novels, as using an iron hammer was too rudimentary.

Hammer forging involves shaping the metal and then using compression force to squeeze out impurities, which is a process of purification.

But when it comes to purification, forging is only a relatively inefficient method. There's no need to stick to swinging a hammer. As long as we understand the underlying principles, it would be much better to directly develop the refining system.

The special metal forging in the future Douluo Continent III is simply the incorporation of spiritual power, soul power, life force, and elemental power. We can also figure out a way to incorporate it, at most it will be slower, not as fast as a true blacksmith.

But we can take it slow. Life is neither long nor short, and a Soul Master's cultivation is a lifelong endeavor.

In his opinion, the blacksmiths in Dou San were somewhat impatient for quick success and instant benefits, basically making everything in one go, which was quite fast and crude.

But is it really a good thing if the process of conceiving life is too fast?

Look at the gestation of life in nature; which of them doesn't require enough time, and the longer the gestation period, the greater the potential?

The Dou San blacksmith system is the complete opposite: the faster the forging, the higher the potential, which completely goes against the laws of life evolution in nature.

This is truly unacceptable!

If we're going to follow the path of weapon crafting in the Red-Haired Old Monster's "Covering the Sky" system, we'll spend a lifetime refining a single weapon, and one weapon can break through all laws!