Upon a towering cliff where mountains and oceans met.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The surging hurricane carried the rhythmic sound waves of Divine Power being forged.

Above the clouds.

Zorn was looking at the forging tower in the distance.

He could even feel a faint trace of the Divine Artifact Sikes’ Magic Wand’s aura carried on the wind.

The Divine Artifact was nearly complete.

Not far from Zorn, Abigail stood on the clouds, carrying her Sword Divine Artifact on her back.

Golden Divine Power wove around it, forming a scabbard that nurtured the Sword Divine Artifact. Within the golden light, the Divine Artifact itself was faintly visible—translucent and as thin as a cicada’s wing.

Zorn had heard that after Abigail obtained her Divine Artifact, she had fought against many Lower Rank Gods in the Divine Kingdom’s Tree Nest.

Many incredibly powerful Lower Rank Gods had been defeated by her.

Her strength had increased significantly after getting the Divine Artifact.

Besides Abigail and Zorn, many other Lower Rank and Middle Rank Gods were also present.

These Divine Spirits were all waiting for their own Divine Artifacts.

With the war beginning, a great number of Divine Spirits were having Divine Artifacts forged.

As Zorn was lost in thought...

WHIIINE...

The Divine Artifact Sikes’ Magic Wand suddenly let out a bizarre roar.

Following a final, rapid-fire burst of forging from the Divine Artifact Forger,

Sikes’ Magic Wand transformed into a black dragon of Divine Power and swiftly broke free from the forging tower.

The Divine Artifact magic wand was successfully forged.

At once, all the surrounding Divine Spirits fixed their gazes upon the newly forged Divine Artifact.

A Divine Artifact breaking free was a rare phenomenon that only occurred after a successful forging, and only with a magic wand possessing immense Spiritual awareness.

If the Divine Artifact wasn’t properly suppressed now, it would likely be difficult to wield in the future.

The next moment, Zorn’s Divine Power surged forth.

A massive, violet-gold hand suddenly pressed down from above the clouds.

The demonic dragon form of the Divine Artifact Sikes’ Magic Wand was writhing above the clouds, baring its fangs and claws.

BOOM!

An immense power descended, striking the Divine Artifact and sending it plummeting.

A series of mournful wails echoed across the sky.

Guided by Zorn’s pull, the Divine Artifact fell directly toward him.

Seeing this, the other Divine Spirits couldn’t help but stare in Zorn’s direction.

Normally, a Divine Artifact in a demonic dragon form, being so spiritually aware, would have put up a vicious fight.

They would have been happy to see the Divine Artifact break free from its master’s grasp, or even put him in an embarrassing predicament.

But this time, that Lower Rank God seemed to be quite formidable.

With a single Ancient God Curse, he had knocked the Divine Artifact right out of the sky.

"It seems... that Lower Rank God is the Evil God Zorn Corick."

"Evil God Zorn? I’ve heard of him. They say his power is astonishing."

"A while ago, he fought Terence using the Insect King Curse and came out on top."

"The Insect King Curse? That’s one of our Divine Kingdom’s most supreme Ancient God Curses. I heard many have tried to master it, but most have failed. Many even became Insect-Cursed Souls."

"To think that Evil God Zorn has such a technique up his sleeve."

"The guy’s methods are extraordinary. His Ancient God Curses are said to be incredibly powerful, so it’s not that surprising he mastered our Divine Kingdom’s Insect Curse."

...

The Divine Artifact Sikes’ Magic Wand fell from the sky and landed in Zorn’s hand.

The Divine Artifact’s will obediently submitted, not daring to show the slightest hint of resistance.

After carefully inspecting it, Zorn nodded slightly.

’Not bad, not bad at all... ’

’The overall Divine Power framework is very stable.’

’Although it only has a little over a hundred Rune Magic Rings, as long as I set up a special ritual within it, the number of rings will skyrocket with every kill, eventually reaching a level on par with my own.’

’More importantly...’

Zorn gradually poured his Divine Power into it.

’Once this Divine Artifact Magic Wand is fully nurtured...’

’I can construct the ritual framework for the Evil God Calamity inside it, and the Ritual Fire can be built in as well.’

’I can also outline a portion of the structure for several Ancient God Curses within it. That way, the efficiency of casting Ancient God Curses with the Divine Artifact will be greatly enhanced.’

’While it’s not a qualitative leap, this Divine Artifact will definitely amplify my abilities across the board.’

The more he examined it, the more Zorn grew to like the Divine Artifact Sikes’ Magic Wand in his hand.

As his Divine Power flowed into it,

Sikes’ Magic Wand rapidly transformed into a black Divine Artifact Demon Dragon Bracelet, coiling around Zorn’s wrist.

After bowing to the distant Divine Forger,

Zorn turned to Abigail, who was standing to the side.

"Let’s go."

"Okay."

Abigail nodded.

The two of them walked side-by-side toward the distant Divine Kingdom Passage.

...

「Half a day later.」

After passing through the Divine Kingdom Passage, the two returned to the Black Star Divine Kingdom.

After two years of extensive construction,

the Black Star Divine Kingdom was now completely different from before.

The Black Star Divine Kingdom’s Crystal Wall had been re-woven. Not only was it thick and stable, but it was also linked with the surrounding Divine Kingdoms to form an integrated whole.

More importantly, the many Material Plane Worlds conquered by Zorn and the others had also been integrated with these core Divine Kingdoms.

One had to understand that whether it was an Upper Rank God or one of the Ancient Gods,

destroying a Divine Kingdom was not a problem for them.

However, if they dared to destroy a Material Plane World, they would inevitably face suppression and punishment from the Cosmic Law.

By linking the numerous Material Plane Worlds with the Divine Kingdom into a single entity,

and not just a few, but hundreds of Material Planes and Divine Kingdoms,

neither Upper Rank Gods nor Ancient Gods would dare to attack the Divine Kingdom rashly.