Chapter 0280: The Primordial Forest

Huang Long currently possesses the following magical artifacts: the Group of Immortals Pavilion, the Five Directions Flag, the Thunder Gathering Vessel, the Immortal Binding Rope, the Five Pits Divine Cauldron, the Green Rainbow Sword, the Sky-Piercing Umbrella, and the Bagua Purple Longevity Robe. After reaching the realm of Heavenly Immortal, he acquired the Immortal Slaying Sword as well, bringing the total to nine.
Except for the Immortal Slaying Sword and the Group of Immortals Pavilion, none of the other artifacts are Immortal Grade.
Now that Huang Long is a Heavenly Immortal, the other artifacts like the Five Directions Flag are no longer sufficient, so it is crucial to upgrade them to Immortal Grade!
After summoning the Five Pits Divine Cauldron, Huang Long released ores such as the Crescent Stone. With a breath, streams of heavenly fire enveloped the ores in midair, beginning to refine them continuously.
As the heavenly fire burned, strands of black gas emerged—impurities within the ores like the Crescent Stone.
After some time, the ores melted under the heavenly fire into a glowing liquid. This liquid writhed slowly in midair, its light flickering.
At that moment, Huang Long waved his hands, causing the glowing liquid to flow toward the Five Pits Divine Cauldron. Then, his eyes gleamed as he formed spells with his hands; one after another, immortal talismans transformed into golden lights and were sent into the cauldron.
The glowing liquid continued to merge into the Five Pits Divine Cauldron, accompanied by a buzzing sound. The cauldron expanded and contracted, emitting faint roars of dragons and phoenixes. At the same time, powerful auras radiated from it, filling the entire refining room and forcing Bogu and the others to retreat, their expressions changing as they quickly used their magic to resist.
However, Huang Long had already set up a formation in the room, so nothing was noticeable outside.
Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Artisans’ Hall outside, crowds moved back and forth.
The Five Palaces of the Netherworld— the Artisans’ Hall, the Alchemists’ Hall, and the Commerce Hall—had the highest foot traffic, with tens of millions of people visiting each day.
Since reaching the divine level granted access to divine fire, allowing one to craft weapons and pills on their own, every divine-level powerhouse was also an artisan or alchemist. This led to the astonishingly large crowds in the Artisans’ Hall.
Artisans, alchemists, and the powerful rulers of the Netherworld all had nine levels. Levels one to three were considered low; in the Netherworld, the vast majority of people were at the low level, with few at the intermediate level, and even fewer at the advanced level.
“Are you sure you’re not mistaken? Just now, someone brought a batch of divine realms into the premium refining room?!” asked a red-haired high-ranking deity in the main hall, surprised.
“It’s in Room 08, right next to where we were before,” said another high-ranking deity nodding.
He had just come out of a refining room and seen a mid-ranking deity bring a batch of divine realms into a premium refining room, which also surprised him. Generally, only advanced artisans could rent premium refining rooms.

Advanced craftsmen can only attain this status by crafting top-tier divine artifacts or certain special mid-tier divine artifacts comparable to top-tier ones; they are usually high-ranking gods.
“Overestimating himself! Does he think just by entering an elite crafting room he can create a top-tier divine artifact?” the red-haired high-ranking god said mockingly.
“Let’s go. Whatever he manages to craft has nothing to do with us. This time, we’re lucky—we’ve created a top-tier seventh-tier divine artifact, which should fetch two to three million!”
Sometimes, even advanced craftsmen cannot guarantee a 100% success rate in crafting a top-tier divine artifact. The higher the quality of the artifact, the more difficult the crafting process becomes, and even the slightest mistake can ruin everything.
Top-tier divine artifacts successfully crafted in the Craftsmen’s Hall can be auctioned there—of course, only top-tier ones.
Divine artifacts are divided into nine tiers: tiers one to three are low-level and classified as lower-tier; tiers four to six are mid-level and classified as mid-tier; tiers seven and above are high-level and classified as top-tier.
Huang Long was unaware of the comments made by the two high-ranking gods. Inside the crafting room, he looked at the Five Pits Divine Cauldron with joy. At that moment, the cauldron emitted a faint aura of immortality. A young man dressed in a Taoist robe identical to Huang Long’s was sitting cross-legged on it—this was the spirit born after the cauldron evolved into an immortal artifact.
After the Group of Immortals Pavilion, another immortal artifact had been created!
The power of magical artifacts can be enhanced by adding rare materials, but another method doesn’t require such materials. For example, if the Five Pits Divine Cauldron is placed in the high-altitude astral wind layers to be tempered by natural winds, it might evolve into an immortal artifact after tens of thousands of years—just as innate spiritual treasures emerge at the dawn of chaos.
However, this takes an extremely long time.
After the creation of the Five Pits Divine Cauldron, the Sky-Piercing Umbrella, the Five Directions Flags, the Thunder Gathering Vessel, the Immortal Binding Rope, and the Bagua Purple Longevity Taoist Robe would all evolve into immortal artifacts one after another.
Wholesale of immortal artifacts!
Finally, Huang Long also reforged the immortal robes and attack artifacts worn by Bogu and the others, evolving them all into immortal artifacts!
The ore that Huang Long had spent nearly ten million on had also been used up.
By now, two months had passed.
Two months later, Huang Long emerged from the crafting room along with Bogu and the others.
Although it took two months, careful preparation would improve efficiency when hunting the ancient primal beasts later on.
Huang Long had planned to ensure that all of them became powerful Dark King-level warriors within two years, before heading to the Holy Literature Mansion!
Yet, two years was still somewhat tight—a deadline even for those like Huang Long who possessed immortal artifacts for attack.

One million every two years, that’s 500,000 per year, or 40,000 per month on average, over 1,000 per day!
Moreover, it would take Huang Long and the others about two months to travel from Silver Emperor City to the Ancient Forest. After accounting for the time to and from, plus the two months needed for refining weapons, only one and a half years remain.
“One and a half years, one million!” A glint appeared in Huang Long’s eyes.
After settling the rent for the refining room at the Artisan Hall, Huang Long immediately left Silver Emperor City with Bog and the others. He took them to the Immortal Pavilion and flew toward the Ancient Forest.
The Ancient Forest bordered all six continents and was almost as large as the combined area of those six continents—vast and boundless. The ancient beasts living there were as numerous as the sand and stones in the desert, impossible to kill or hunt out!
Silver Emperor City was located on the edge of the Sea Continent, so it wasn’t far from the edge of the Ancient Forest. Two months later, Huang Long and the others arrived at the Ancient Forest.
At each border where the six continents met the Ancient Forest, there were one billion armies of supreme gods stationed. It was precisely because of these armies that the ancient beasts never invaded the six continents.
Of course, there were exceptions.
Ten trillion years ago, for some unknown reason, a terrifying swarm of ancient beasts erupted from the Ancient Forest—trillions upon trillions of them. Even one billion armies of supreme gods couldn’t hold them back. It was only when the supreme gods of the Netherworld intervened that the situation was brought under control. Otherwise, the invasion of the six continents by those beasts would have been a disaster for their gods!
Upon reaching the pass guarded by the armies of supreme gods, Huang Long paid 10,000 divine stones before entering the Ancient Forest.
After entering, he released Bog and the others.
“Is this the Ancient Forest?!” Bog and the others stood there, staring at the endless rows of ancient trees before them, marveling in shock.
When they entered the Palace of the King of the Netherworld, they had already felt the ancient aura, but facing these endless trees, they sensed a sense of timelessness and insignificance. At the same time, there seemed to be eerie presences lurking within, causing Bog and the others to tremble inwardly.
This was the Ancient Forest!
“Be careful everyone. Now, split up and fight. Gather back here in one and a half years!” said Huang Long.
Of course, they wouldn’t all go together. Huang Long went alone, while Bog and the 24 others were divided into six groups of four. With the immortal weapons crafted by Huang Long, each group of four could easily handle ordinary lower-tier divine beasts.
“Yes, young master!” Bog and the others replied respectfully.
Then, Huang Long flew in alone.

Half a day later, Huang Long had ventured deep into the Ancient Wilderness Forest, tens of thousands of miles inward. Using his Heaven-Seeing Eyes and divine consciousness, he felt delighted as he arrived thousands of miles away. “Iron Prairie Ox!” Before coming here, Huang Long and his companions had gathered some information about the various Ancient Wilderness Beasts. This beast, covered in scales, standing several zhang tall with dark green eyes resembling those of a black ox, was called the Iron Prairie Ox—a Lower Divine Tier beast! There were over three hundred of these Iron Prairie Oxen before him! Huang Long’s eyes burned with excitement. At that moment, the herd of Iron Prairie Oxen spotted Huang Long and roared, unleashing their divine power to attack him. Unperturbed, Huang Long drew out his Green Rainbow Sword. “Sword Dragon Formation!” With Huang Long at the center, thousands of sword beams emanated from the Green Rainbow Sword, forming a sword dragon dozens of miles long around him. The sword dragon swung toward the herd of Iron Prairie Oxen. Clang, clang, clang! Along with the roars of the beasts, all the Iron Prairie Oxen instantly fell to the ground, lifeless. Over three hundred Lower Divine Tier beasts were destroyed! After evolving into an Immortal Artifact, the Green Rainbow Sword’s power had grown countless times stronger than before. After revealing his true form, Huang Long used his divine consciousness to check the Nether King Card on his body. Sure enough, it clearly recorded the exact number and strength of the three hundred Iron Prairie Oxen that had been destroyed. Turning around, Huang Long looked at the over three hundred beast crystals floating in the air. He wondered if the Nether Divine Tree could absorb them. In the sky, a flash of golden light appeared, and the Group of Immortals Pavilion showed up. Then, the white jade roots of the Nether Divine Tree stretched out, emitting excited vibrations, and instantly wrapped around and devoured the three hundred beast crystals! After a while, the crystals turned to dust and disappeared. “It can actually absorb beast crystals!” Huang Long was astonished. After devouring the three hundred crystals, the Nether Divine Tree changed further—it grew taller, its branches and flowers radiating immense divine power. At the same time, energy streams emanated from the tree, flowing throughout Huang Long’s body and refining his immortal physique. “Such pure energy! This is probably equivalent to a year of hard cultivation for me!” Huang Long was overjoyed. If that was the case, wasn’t the Ancient Wilderness Forest the perfect place for cultivation?! By hunting more beasts and allowing the Nether Divine Tree to absorb more beast crystals, Huang Long’s strength would grow even faster! More, stronger! Perhaps it would take ten thousand years to reach the level of Taiyi Golden Immortal?!