Chapter 1 The Uroboros Spacetime Ring

The Uroboros Spacetime Ring was a God-King artifact that exceeded Soren's cognitive level. Even the seemingly simple task of repairing and adhering it was a time-consuming and energy-intensive process.

After the Dwarf King Ironhelm Olre raised that rune iron hammer again, he paid no more attention to Soren.

He was single-minded, his eyes only on the furnace and forging.

A crisp and rhythmic sound echoed in the space.

"Clang," "Clang," "Clang"...

Soren watched attentively from the sidelines.

It had to be said that watching the process of a divine craftsman forging was not boring.

Especially for someone like Soren, who understood a lot of forging techniques, it was a magical experience that could be greatly beneficial.

Looking at the mechanical hammering like an ordinary blacksmith, Soren could see that the Dwarf King's strikes were not purely physical. Under the heavy hammer, even the laws were being tempered and deformed, becoming the required form and attached to the ring.

The rhythm of the hammering was clearly a high-level forging technique that required great care.

Soren watched silently, and his own forging skills improved greatly.

However, he also noticed a problem.

That was, the Dwarf King's resentment was dissipating during the hammering process. The rationality in his eyes gradually faded, and his actions seemed to rely entirely on instinctive mechanical movements.

Soren knew that this was a sign that his obsession was disappearing and his remnant soul was about to collapse.

Alarmed, he quickly covered the Dwarf King's remnant soul with the Rune Black Umbrella, using its ability to nourish the dead to sustain this wisp of a soul.

Otherwise, if the item was not repaired and the top-notch materials were used up, that would be a great loss.

......

Soren stayed by the furnace at all times.

At the exit of the cursed space, Soren had invited Mr. Black to come out to be on the safe side. With him and Number Nineteen guarding the place, the remaining magicians from the Celestial God Plane were unable to stir up any waves. After charging twice and being repelled, they stopped.

This repair took nearly half a month.

Every day of the repair was anxious for Soren, who was afraid that the Dwarf King's resentment would suddenly stop working one day.

Fortunately, the Rune Black Umbrella was powerful enough to continuously nourish the soul, and the fluctuations of the remnant soul became even more stable than before.

As the days passed, watching the broken marks on the fragments being glued together by the adhesive made of Sands of Time and plane fragments, the conflict between Soren's anticipation and anxiety became more and more intense.

Finally, on the sixteenth day.

Soren heard the forging stop, and when he looked again, he saw that the Dwarf King's remnant spirit had taken the ring, which had been burned red by the divine fire, out of the Eternal Furnace. He was overjoyed.

"The repair is successful!"

His left eye shone with light, and he identified the properties of the ring at first glance.

[Uroboros Spacetime Ring (Damaged)]

Quality: God-King Artifact

Description: Time is a ring, with past, present, and future; after sacrifice, gain Space Spell Affinity +999, Time Affinity +999, and immunity to spacetime laws no higher than the artifact's own laws; can be integrated into space equipment to absorb cursed space and spacetime rifts, condensing into spacetime power that you control;

Detailed Explanation: You see the origin of the cursed space on the ring. The artifact is broken, and the overflowing cosmic laws have spilled into various parts of the Alchemy Plane, and the power of spacetime has formed cursed spaces one by one. The artifact is damaged, and you cannot use any of its abilities except for some spacetime characteristics brought about by the material itself; this item contains a lot of information beyond cognition;

"Such strong attributes!"

Seeing this, Soren's expression suddenly cleared up as if he had seen the sun through the clouds.

He could see at a glance that the repair effect of this ring was not very good, like a broken jade bracelet pieced together with inferior glue, and the rough marks were very obvious.

But it was this little bit of repair that made him overjoyed!

Although it couldn't cut or kill like the Black Scythe, this ring didn't have any direct combat functions, but Soren couldn't take his eyes off it!

That spell affinity "+999" was extremely eye-catching.

This was not a specific value, but because it exceeded the limit of cognition.

Seeing this, Soren knew that the Sands of Time and Plane Crystal he had used had not been wasted, and he had made a great profit!

When he used these two kinds of law materials to release alchemy before, he used them to temporarily increase his spell affinity and enhance the power of the spell.

Now this ring could do the same.

What did that mean?

Before, when he used the two materials to cast spells, they were disposable consumables, and he used a little less.

But now that he had the ring, it was equipment that could be used repeatedly.

It was even many times stronger than casting spells with consumables before!

In other words, he could now use ultra-long-distance space displacement without feeling bad.

And he could use it infinitely!

Just holding it in his hand without sacrificing it, Soren could clearly feel the exaggerated spell affinity bonus.

He roughly estimated in his mind that he had already glimpsed the terrifying increase.

Before, the limit of Teleport was dozens of meters; now with the ring in hand, he estimated that the teleport distance could reach a thousand meters; after it was sacrificed, it could theoretically skyrocket to several thousand meters!

This distance would become stronger and stronger as he improved his understanding of the laws.

The distance of instant-cast spells like Teleport was comparable to the long-distance space displacement that originally required hand seals and law condensing.

After sacrificing this ring, Soren estimated that if he didn't consider other unexpected factors, he could theoretically teleport directly from the Mafa space back to Lu Ying!

How terrifying was this survival ability?

Even if he encountered a strong enemy again in the future, even if he couldn't beat them, no one could keep him!

Just this point alone made Soren feel it was worth it.

Very worth it!

Moreover, Soren saw the ring's introduction and finally solved an ultimate unsolved mystery in the alchemy field: "So the cursed space of the Alchemy Plane was formed because of the overflow of laws after this artifact was broken!"

The energy overflowed from an artifact affected a plane, which showed how high its rank was.

He knew from the memories of those magicians from the Celestial God Plane that he had stripped away that there was no cursed space in the Celestial God Plane.

There were similar existences called "spacetime rifts," but they were very, very rare.

In contrast, the number of cursed spaces in the Alchemy Plane, like stars in the sky, was simply unbelievable.

Now he understood that it was because of this artifact.

No wonder this Uroboros Spacetime Ring was a treasure coveted by the gods of the Celestial God Plane!

......

"This is really an upgrade from a musket to a cannon..."

Soren had never felt so good.

He used to be frightened, afraid that he would be directly wiped out by top experts in this dog-eat-dog world.

Now with this ring, he was confident that he could go to the Alchemy Plane!

Even if he met a Tier 9 head-on, he could retreat calmly.

With the ring's terrifying affinity bonus, even if the enemy wanted to restrict his displacement escape on the level of space laws, it was unlikely, even for a Tier 9.

As his life-saving ability became stronger, his thoughts immediately became active.

It seemed that Dragon Island... could also be arranged?

Countless images flashed through Soren's mind in an instant.

He previously thought that his current Tier 7 was unlikely to survive in that dangerous sea area where even the Pirate King's fleet could be wiped out.

But now...

Even if he didn't find any treasure, it would be difficult to die.

Besides, he had fought a great battle with that black dragon, and he had a rough idea of the legendary dragon's combat power.

As long as he didn't encounter a Tier 9 dragon with combat power comparable to a god, as Mr. Mirror said, there shouldn't be any problems.

Thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and Soren had even thought of a series of adventure plans.

But now was not the time to think about adventures. He looked at the Dwarf King Ironhelm Olre's remnant soul standing there with a dull expression.

Soren asked a question, but received no response.

Thinking about it, he used the Rune Black Umbrella to collect this wisp of a remnant soul.

.......

After doing all this, Soren began to ponder this space again.

This [Dwarf King's Resentment] cursed space was very special and had not dissipated until now. The root cause was that it was a stable space formed by the overflow of spacetime power attached to the ring.

Seeing this, Soren thought of another piece of information identified by the ring: "This ring can also absorb cursed space?"

Some other ideas popped into his head.

Could he use the ring to expand the Small Void Realm?

Just like F had fused the space fragments of that mirror library before.

As soon as this thought arose, he immediately began to act.

He arranged the highest-level sacrifice formation he had mastered, with various flawless crystals, alchemy arrays, and his own blood. Soren began to sacrifice the [Uroboros Spacetime Ring].

Before long, the light of the alchemy array emerged, and a rich power of spacetime laws filled the formation.

A day later, the sacrifice was completed.

Soren slowly opened his eyes from meditation.

He looked at the Ouroboros ring in his hand, and a flash of light shone in his eyes.

Although he had identified the ring's effect before, he couldn't help but sigh, "The amplification of the artifact is really exaggerated."

After the sacrifice, wearing the ring on his hand, the increase in space affinity was indescribable.

His previous understanding of the "spacetime law" was like viewing the scenery from the top of a mountain, and few people in this plane could match it; but now, after fusion, it was like being on an airship, with the earth in sight.

His affinity was raised a large level out of thin air by the artifact.

Moreover, this level was something that could not be achieved through normal cultivation.

This ring obviously had more uses to develop, and Soren planned to study it slowly in the future.

The information identified was that this ring could be integrated into space equipment.

His [Empty Swimming Whale's Endless Stomach] was a small plane, so theoretically it was possible.

After the sacrifice, Soren felt that his previous thoughts were correct.

He pinched the warlock seal and tried to integrate the ring into the implanted equipment.

Unexpectedly, this attempt was very smooth!

The ring, a divine artifact containing the highest-level spacetime laws, had a very high degree of compatibility with the Small Void Realm and easily merged into the space.

Soren didn't dare to try to devour this space in the cursed space. He put away the [Eternal Furnace], as well as treasures such as the hammer and the contract scroll.

Then, with a teleport, he appeared at the exit of the cursed space.

......

Looking at Soren, whom they hadn't seen for more than ten days, Number Nineteen and Mr. Black, who were guarding the exit, were slightly surprised.

Number Nineteen asked, "Have you finished?"

"Yes."

Soren nodded and continued with a smile, "Let's go out. I plan to try absorbing this cursed space."

Hearing this, even Mr. Black, who was well-informed, showed an unbelievable expression, "Absorb the cursed space?"

The three filed out.

The surrounding scenery changed, and they had appeared in a dark mine.

Soren sensed that their current location was probably underground in the Giant God Mountain. This place had been completely covered by dark energy and space cracks before.

And in front of them was one of the crack entrances to the cursed space.

Soren didn't delay. He pinched the warlock seal, and a seven-pointed star alchemy array lit up under his feet.

He condensed a space vortex in his hand and reached out to approach the space crack. In an instant, the vortex seemed to have a magical suction force, tearing the space crack into it.

Beside him, Number Nineteen and Mr. Black marveled at the sight.

Soren felt even more excited: "It really works!"

It was like connecting a water pump to a pool, drawing water from elsewhere.

He knew very well that a large amount of space energy was pouring into his Small Void Realm, and its area was constantly expanding.

This extraction lasted another whole day.

......

When they came out, it was probably in the early morning. Looking at his pocket watch, it was already midnight.

The space cracks that were previously visible everywhere in the mine had disappeared completely.

The entire cursed space had been completely devoured by Soren.

[Dwarf King's Resentment] was a space where reality and illusion overlapped and were distorted.

Some things in the cursed space were real in reality.

For example, the treasures in the underground city.

Most of the Mountain Dwarf Clan had escaped through secret passages before.

As for the small number of adventurers and some Mountain Dwarves who were still left in the space, they were expelled by Soren before they realized what was happening. Those remaining magicians were naturally killed along the way.

The cursed space was completely transformed into nourishment, nourishing the Small Void Realm.

At this moment, the area of the Small Void Realm had expanded by dozens of square kilometers.

The previously cramped war workshop instantly became a corner of the space, with large areas of open space around it.

The people in the Small Void Realm were happily arranging the various equipment that had nowhere to be placed before.

Now that they had such a wide area, it was enough to squander. They could even create a forest, a large lake, and a lively town.

Soren and the Dawn Group could completely create this space according to their own preferences.

Moreover, in the future, he could completely extract other cursed spaces to expand the Small Void Realm.

By then, this space would slowly become an ideal small world.

......

Mr. Black went back to the Small Void Realm to stay in. He was the Dawn's librarian, and now that the space was large enough, he had to go back and plan the layout of the library.

Soren looked at Number Nineteen beside him and beckoned, "Let's go and talk to the Mountain Dwarf Clan."

"Okay."

Number Nineteen nodded, and a strange color flashed in her eyes.

The strong enemy was killed, and the cursed space was completely eliminated. This adventure seemed to be coming to an end.

She was also glad that she came along this time, so she had such a great opportunity.

She was also gradually getting used to being Soren's "lucky charm."

Thinking of something, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The two didn't say much. Soren put his arm around her mechanical waist and disappeared on the spot.

Before, teleporting a person required a moment to form hand seals, but now, almost stepping out was a thousand meters away.

After several displacements, Soren had sensed dense soul fluctuations.

It was in the hall in the Dwarf Underground City that was piled with treasures.

The black dragon flew away, but it couldn't take away the treasures here.

[Dwarf King's Resentment] was a space where illusion and reality alternated. The treasures he had seen before were all still here.

It was just that Soren had moved the Dwarf King's statue away and melted it, so there was no statue here now.

At this moment, a flaxen-bearded dwarf wearing a crown was leading a group of clansmen to rummage through the treasure pile.

The hall had been covered by the cursed space before, but they probably sensed that the cursed space had disappeared, so they groped over.

Seeing two people suddenly appear in the hall, the dwarves were also alerted at the first time.

They had mostly slipped out of the secret passage during the war, and they didn't know what happened later.

But seeing Soren, the Dwarf King recognized him at a glance, and vaguely guessed something.

Soren knew what they were looking for.

Without waiting for them to ask, he took out the hammer, the Rune Codex, and other things, and said straightforwardly, "I met the remnant soul of your noble ancestor 'Ironhelm Olre' in the cursed space. He entrusted me to bring these inherited treasures out and return them to the Mountain Dwarf Clan..."

What!

Ironhelm Olre?

Hearing this legendary name, a group of Mountain Dwarves looked at each other.

They looked at the inherited treasures that the elders of the clan had passed down by word of mouth that had actually appeared in front of them. Their faces became extremely complex, shocked, emotional, excited, and excited.

They looked at the treasures one by one, and then looked at the person who took out the treasures.

This person could pick up [Dwarf King's Forge God], which meant that he had really been recognized by the heroic spirit.

In an instant, the vigilance in the eyes of the dwarves disappeared, replaced by gratitude and friendliness.

Soren took out these things not only to fulfill his promise, but also to recruit this group of dwarves with excellent forging skills.

Saying that, he pointed to the contract scroll in the pile of things, and without concealing his purpose, he said directly, "Ironhelm Olre asked me to tell you: If one day humans are willing to follow the content of the alliance again, the Mountain Dwarf Clan will still keep its promise and become the steel ally of the alchemy civilization."

After a pause, Soren looked at the big-bearded Dwarf King, who was listening to these words and fell into contemplation, and said directly, "Now the plane invasion has become a reality, and the Alchemy Plane is in danger. If Your Majesty the Dwarf King thinks I am trustworthy, then I would like to represent the alchemist lineage and restart this alliance."

Hearing this, Dwarf King Barrel Beao's tight face showed an extremely solemn expression.