63: The second innate artifact, the Star-Picking Ruler!

As Xiao Dong ascended to the Peak of the valley, Donghuang Pan’s attention was completely fixed on him.

“Little Wu, no wonder you couldn’t sense the Treasure Trove; it turns out those countless stars are individual treasures!”

Little Wu took a deep breath: “So that’s it, no wonder! But the ruler we’re supposed to forge is actually used to pluck stars from the sky. The God Race has such grand plans!”

Donghuang Pan stared intently at Xiao Dong: “Get ready. Once he finishes collecting his treasures, we’ll immediately use the Spatial Immortal Talisman to act, aiming to snatch the Treasure Trove directly inside!”

Little Wu nodded vigorously: “Understood, Young Miss!”

At this moment, everyone was on edge, except for Lin Qingxue and Xia Shirou, who were quietly watching the show from the sidelines.

Jiang Lin furiously hammered the Artifacts in his hand, not sparing Xiao Dong a single glance.

He only occasionally looked up and calmly shouted, “Starburst!”

The stars in Shangguan Yaoyao’s eyes grew fewer and fewer, and her vitality became increasingly weak.

Cracks gradually appeared on the monster’s body, and occasionally, pieces of flesh would fall off.

Meanwhile, Xiao Dong’s face was flushed with excitement as he enthusiastically selected treasures from the Divine Treasury.

Every time Xiao Dong used the ruler in his hand to strike down a treasure from the sky, Donghuang Pan’s grip on the Immortal Talisman in her hand would tighten a bit more.

Time was passing bit by bit.

Until Jiang Lin delivered the final hammer blow.

Top Grade Spiritual Artifact, Measuring Ruler!

In one hour, he had once again replicated the previous scene.

He walked out of the Forging Space without hesitation and stepped onto the altar again.

“Congratulations, fated one, for ascending the Forging Divine Path. With each step you ascend, you may designate one of your Magic Treasures, not exceeding Immortal Rank, with a chance to increase its Rank by a minor step!”

“If the artifact forged by the fated one is a Spiritual Artifact, then the Magic Treasure will definitely be upgraded by one Rank!”

A familiar voice rang out.

That’s right, this was a bug.

As long as he did it again, he could get another chance to advance.

It was like an unintelligent online game; every time he walked the same path, the familiar NPC would repeat the same words.

But Jiang Lin knew that this path was the Ancient Forging God Steps.

Later, after Xiao Dong achieved Immortal Ascension, he would use these steps to revive the entire Forging God Clan and then begin to contend with the forces of the Chaos First Devil!

If it couldn’t be used repeatedly, how could those tens of thousands of God Race members be revived?

“This time, I’ll choose this Treasure Hunting Ruler!”

Everyone was stunned.

Had Jiang Lin lost his mind?

What was the use of this thing?

You couldn’t go to the Divine Treasury, so why did you want it?

Jiang Lin ignored the gazes of the crowd and began his new ascent.

“No promotion opportunity obtained, but the artifact invested is a Spiritual Artifact, triggering an upgrade opportunity!”

“Immortal Rank Top Grade upgraded to Saint-Grade Low Grade!”

Jiang Lin heard the familiar voice and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

The people below thought Jiang Lin was wasting an opportunity, upgrading this useless Treasure Hunting Ruler.

But the God Race and Heavenly Dao above knew the inside story; what they least wanted Jiang Lin to upgrade was the Rank of his Treasure Hunting Ruler.

The limit of the Treasure Hunting Ruler was the Star Plucking Ruler, a symbol of the Forging God Clan’s supreme status!

Wherever the Star Plucking Ruler passed, any member of the Forging God Clan could not resist or defend against it!

Therefore, they least wanted Jiang Lin’s Treasure Hunting Ruler to be upgraded!

If they could, they would directly order the Forging Divine Steps not to upgrade the Rank of the object in Jiang Lin’s hand!

But rules were rules.

In this world, the second most important thing was rules.

Without rules, there would be no order, no Heavenly Dao!

The rules that appeared on the Forging Divine Steps were like this.

The God Race acquiesced, and the Heavenly Dao acknowledged!

Denying these rules would be cutting off the God Race’s path to revival and negating the meaning of the Heavenly Dao’s existence.

First step, second step…

Saint-Grade Low Grade, Saint-Grade Medium Grade…

Until the ninth step, divine patterns appeared on the Treasure Hunting Ruler in Jiang Lin’s hand!

Divine-Grade Low Grade!

“Everyone, I’m at the final step?”

“Are you really not going to stop me?”

Above the ninth step, Jiang Lin said loudly.

“And you, are you also a coward?”

“Didn’t you already make a move?”

“Why are you backing down now?”

“Come again for half a year, let’s see what else you have!”

“No, you come down yourself! I know you still have the power of Divine Punishment, bring it down!”

“Do you think I can block it?”

Jiang Lin looked towards the sky, his eyes filled with fierce might.

Nine times as a villain, he had already resisted the Heavenly Dao nine times.

He wasn’t afraid at all.

He had only one principle.

If he didn’t act, so be it, but once he did, he had to shake the opponent’s Foundation!

The biggest taboo for a villain is to think of yourself as a villain and constantly plot against the protagonist and the Heavenly Dao.

You need to know your goal.

Before reaching your goal, you need a period of dormancy.

This period is painful, requiring humility.

You might have to curry favor with the protagonist, act like a sycophant, self-hypnotize, or even create your own flaws...

But, for that goal, you must endure.

Then, you lay out your plans step by step until you reach your goal!

This was the only way a villain could survive in those satisfying novels Jiang Lin had experienced!

Outside the altar,

Little Wu frowned, looking around.

“There’s no one here? Who is he talking to?”

Donghuang Pan shook her head: “This Lin Shenzhi is crazy; I have no idea what he’s doing.”

“He had to refine an artifact when he should have been snatching the Treasure Trove, then almost died in the God’s Wrath Space. After finally getting out, he now climbs the altar again, provocatively challenging the air like a madman!”

“Is he planning to go die again?”

“Isn’t it good to be alive?”

“Does he really want to court death?”

“This person is truly insane!”

Ninth step,

Jiang Lin looked at the calm sky and then at the calm altar, a hint of mockery on his lips.

“I won this round!”

“No one can stop me now!”

“I will fulfill all the promises I made, one by one!”

Stepping onto the tenth step.

The ruler in Jiang Lin’s hand began to transform.

“The refined artifact is a Top Grade Spiritual Artifact; the fated one is truly a prodigy!”

“Obtained an ultimate promotion opportunity, upgrading the designated weapon to the ultimate Rank of its current major stage!”

“Divine-Grade Low Grade upgraded to Divine-Grade Top Grade!”

Familiar formula, familiar scene.

The ruler in Jiang Lin’s hand became Divine-Grade Top Grade!

The Nascent Soul’s innate artifact, the Star Plucking Ruler!

The second innate artifact was born!

On the steps, another new Treasure Hunting Ruler appeared.

Just then,

The monster in the God’s Wrath Space went completely berserk.

He couldn’t waste any more time on this ant.

He had to close the God’s Wrath Space!

“I really want to use my strongest power against the Demon Race, but there’s no time left…”

“Heavenly God’s Wrath, Mountain Collapse!”

“Heavenly Mountain!”

At this moment, Shangguan Yaoyao’s face was pale, and her aura was extremely weak; it felt like she only had one breath left.

Only one star remained in her eyes.

Jiang Lin no longer hesitated and directly stepped onto the Path to Godhood.

This time, the God’s Wrath Space did not forcibly pull him in.

But he chose to enter the God’s Wrath Space directly.

“This time, I don’t need you to pull me in; I’ll come myself!”

Outside the space.

“Is this guy poisoned? He’s going directly to his death?”

Little Wu was utterly confused: “Young Miss, I don’t understand. He could have just gone directly to the Divine Treasury to get the treasures!”

Donghuang Pan nodded in agreement: “Yes, and he has the Divine Artifact Star Plucking Ruler in his hand. Perhaps he can pluck down all the stars without any restrictions!”

And at this moment, the monster’s ultimate move had already taken shape.

The space trembled, and a dense wave of Qi appeared around the giant axe.

That was the visualization of power.

Watching this attack, Shangguan Yaoyao once again resigned herself to fate.

A Mahayana Peak strike; Starburst couldn’t stop it at all.

She had no chance!

But Jiang Lin calmly said:

“Named after the stars, crowned with the Emperor’s position!”

“Emperor Star, burst!”