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.

to slander Exalted Blacksmith, who performed a flawless God of Creation Ceremony. Because of you, we've lost a

a flawless ceremony? It's impossible to have a 100 percent success rate for Celestial-grade treasures, not to mention the speed at which he was crafting them.

was no change in his tone as the God of Creation remained adamant on his

sense

Anyway, I have said what I wanted to say, so I am

and said, "If you're so convinced that he's legitimate,

hence why I am here speaking to you personally. I should've said something on that very day, but just like you, I was overwhelmed by his otherworldly performance and became

have no right to say these things to you since I am just as guilty, and I can hardly raise my hammer nowadays because it carries the weight

left shortly

later, Heaven and Earth Blacksmith shocked the world with

retirement? He still has one more attempt at the God of Creation Ceremony,

have something to do with what

even close enough for Heaven and Earth Blacksmith to do such a

Divine Blacksmiths in

to come to his senses, and as if he had been cursed by Heaven and

"What have I done…"

but it was already too late to change anything, and

hasn't made an appearance since his God of Creation Ceremony, almost as if

hard at work inside

after his ceremony. Although she had planned on visiting sooner, she had to deal with some

was surprised to see Tian Qiyuan working by

a fraud to the entire world yet?" Tian Qiyuan asked her with a calm smile on

frowned at his question and said, "How can you act so calm

of Creation, and Fiery Heaven Blacksmith 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 to defend your own image? Are you going to let them continue slandering

I needed for my true ambition. Now that I have collected everything I need

didn't think it was worth it trying to save a persona he'd

had a

may not care about that persona, but it's important to me! It's the identity of my first love, and I will not allow anyone to trample

stay for

think too much about

years later, Tian Qiyuan was almost

knew that Zi Xuan would want to experience the creation of his