Cultivation Online

1536 Crafting the Masterpiece

"Hold onto your anvils, folks! I've got a shocking revelation for you! The Exalted Blacksmith has been unmasked as a fraud! Don't miss this breaking news!" A streetwise informant bellowed, drawing a throng of curious onlookers.

"What? Exalted Blacksmith is a fraud? How is that possible?"

"It's true! The Ancient Anvil Association and even the revered God of Creation have already declared the Exalted Blacksmith to be a fraud! In fact, Exalted Blacksmith was never even an official blacksmith to begin with!"

"The Exalted Blacksmith not only committed blasphemy during the God of Creation Ceremony by cheating, but all of his creations are not even his!"

"What kind of nonsense are you sprouting? How can someone cheat in the God of Creation Ceremony? And many have watched him craft treasures."

"I heard about this. However, nobody at the ceremony could actually prove that the Exalted Blacksmith had cheated during his ceremony." Someone defended Tian Qiyuan.

"I was present at the ceremony, and I didn't notice anything unusual, let alone cheating. It's possible that the Exalted Blacksmith is being unfairly accused due to envy of his skills." Another voice chimed in, offering a different viewpoint.

"The Exalted Blacksmith called out the Ancient Anvil Association before the ceremony began, so they have a motive. As for the God of Creation, he probably just didn't want to hand over his title so soon after acquiring it."

Not everyone believed the rumors, but the God of Creation and the Ancient Anvil Association wielded immense influence. Challenging them meant risking their ire and losing access to their invaluable services, making it wiser for most to remain silent.

Because of this, most of the families and sects in the upper heavens remained silent, allowing such rumors to continue spreading like wildfire.

With nobody truly influential stepping forward to refute these rumors, more and more people started believing it. Eventually, the rumor was no longer just a rumor and turned into a fact.

The Ancient Anvil Association also invested tremendous resources and effort into ensuring that Tian Qiyuan became and remained a fraud.

With the God of Creation backing them, almost nothing could stop them from branding Tian Qiyuan as a fraud.

And in just a few hundred years, it'd become common knowledge that Tian Qiyuan was a fraud who managed to become a Divine Blacksmith by fooling the world.

"God of Creation… I am disappointed in you…" A face that the God of Creation hadn't seen in a while suddenly showed up to say such words in private.

"What are you talking about, Heaven and Earth Blacksmith?" God of Creation responded in a nonchalant tone.

the sake of that title, you've forsaken your own dignity and collaborated with the Ancient Anvil Association to slander Exalted Blacksmith, who

for Celestial-grade treasures, not to mention the speed at which he was crafting them. Even if there is no solid evidence, the abnormal result is enough to convince me that he'd cheated. It's just common sense,

change in his tone as the God of Creation

when did common sense apply

I wanted to say,

said, "If you're so convinced that he's legitimate, why haven't you said anything

to you personally. I should've said something on that very day, but just

guilty, and I can hardly raise my hammer nowadays because it carries the weight of my guilt. I wish the best of luck to you and your future endeavors,

left shortly after

years later, Heaven and Earth Blacksmith shocked

did the Heaven and Earth Blakcksmith suddenly announce his retirement? He still has one

to do with what happened to

close enough for Heaven and Earth Blacksmith to do such a

two Divine Blacksmiths in less than a thousand years

and Earth Blacksmith's visit and sudden retirement, the God of Creation began to come to his senses, and as if he had been cursed by Heaven and Earth Blacksmith, his hammer became

"What have I done…"

eventually realized his faults, but it was already too late

his God of Creation Ceremony,

was hard at work

him a few years after his ceremony. Although she had

at his world, she was surprised to

the entire world yet?" Tian Qiyuan asked

and said, "How can

are hard at work trying to brand you as a fraud. They're even going as far as trying to destroy your creations. Why aren't you even attempting

true ambition. Now that I have collected everything I need for my masterpiece, I couldn't care less about what happened to it afterward. In

worth it trying to save a persona he'd

a

the identity of my

Xuan did not stay for long and left in

Qiyuan didn't think too much about it and continued his

later, Tian Qiyuan was almost finished with

would want to experience the creation of his masterpiece, so he contacted her