Cosmic Forge

*Make the Cosmos your forge!*

## Summary

A crafting heritage of Dasorm, a Cosmic Pathfinder of the First People, that Zac acquired in the Quarry of the Perennial Vastness. It contains as least three chapters or layers that involve removing, infusing, and fusing affinities into items to raise their grade.

## Omnitool

* Only three things were lying atop it; a crystal, a tome, and in the middle, a tool with a small hammerhead on one side and a pick on the other. **Chapter 1,015**
* Earn some Mana and feed his Omnitool, which apparently was the real name of the hammer pick floating around in his mind. **Chapter 1,018**
* The hammer had to first be filled with Void Energy to recover. The whole inheritance had almost been drained for eons, and it would have been unable to withstand the Heavens for much longer. After the hammer had been replenished, Zac would have to infuse Daos from all seventeen peaks into the tool. By that point, it would be fully stabilized. **Chapter 1,015**

## Creator

* I am Dasorm, a Cosmic Pathfinder of the First People," the bust said. "Fate brought you to my forge, and I gift you my creation with no expectation beyond remembering my name. I was not the most powerful of my kin nor the brightest. Neither did I ever cross that final threshold and join the six ancestors. **Chapter 1,015**
* Dasorm continued. "I was, however, the only Cosmic Pioneer to ever forge an Ancestral Instrument." **Chapter 1,015**

## Heritage

My creation is called **[Cosmic Forge]**. No matter your path, no matter the material. Everything can be refined by the Cosmos! At the highest level, the Cosmos itself can be refined! I wish you luck, inheritor! **Chapter 1,015**

Interestingly, there was not a single mention of actually forging equipment in the available information. It all referred to improving existing items. In a sense, it was more accurate to call it a refinement technique than a crafting technique. Of course, judging by Dasorm's introduction, actual crafting techniques would no doubt appear in the later chapters. **Chapter 1,015**

### 1st Chapter

**[Cosmic Infusion]** contained two techniques. The first was to extract 'Truth and Aether' from a base material. The second technique was to infuse the unique energy into a piece of gear. **Chapter 1,015**

According to the method, there didn't seem to be a limit to how much essence you could infuse into an item. Of course, the worse the base item, the more demanding the process. Stacking infusions also increased the difficulty. Still, this seemingly simple solution would probably drive most blacksmiths mad with envy. **Chapter 1,015**

The biggest downside was that **[Cosmic Infusion]** could only create single-affinity items on its own. Luckily, the inheritance provided a few hints that wouldn't always be the case. The first chapter was completely unlocked, but it also provided a preview of the next one. **Chapter 1,015**

### 2nd Chapter

It was a companion technique to the first called **[Cosmic Extraction]**. The details were vague, but it sounded like Zac would be able to extract clashing or unsuitable elements from equipment. **Chapter 1,015**

Now, the details of **[Cosmic Extraction]** were finally laid bare, along with the inherited experience where he somehow remembered practicing the technique for decades. There weren't any surprises to the technique. It was almost a reversion of **[Cosmic Infusion]**, where you extracted the equivalent of a single essence from a weapon. The process could be repeated, but each modification would make the extraction more difficult. Of course, if you messed up, there was also the risk of destroying the weapon altogether. **Chapter 1.047**

### 3rd Chapter

**[Essence Union]** was a technique that would make the process more refined. It was very rare to find an essence that perfectly matched your path. But what if you could take the useful parts of two different Natural Treasures and add some of your Dao as glue? **Chapter 1.047**

## Quests

Cosmic Forge (Unique, Inheritance): Infuse a non-mortal item with two Cosmic Cycles. Reward: [Cosmic Extraction]. (0/34) **Chapter 1,015**

Cosmic Forge (Unique, Inheritance): Extract two Cosmic Cycles from a three-cycle refined item. Reward: [Essence Union]. (0/34) **Chapter 1.047**