Black Emperor Armor

As for artifact refining, Lei Dong trusted Wang Lei most. Every powerful treasure he had acquired along the way had been refined with Wang Lei's help, from the Asura Wings he first obtained to the Netherflame Ghost Banner he acquired later. They had helped Lei Dong countless times, seeing him through one crisis after another. It could be said that if Wang Lei had never existed, whether Lei Dong could have made it this far would have been anyone's guess.

That was why, even though the ancient sects naturally had people whose artifact-refining skills could rival Wang Lei's, Lei Dong would still choose to ask Wang Lei for help. He would even bring artifact refiners from other sects over and put them all under Wang Lei's command.

Wang Lei had another advantage: he had once helped Lei Dong forge the Netherflame Ghost Banner, a Middle Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. After that experience, Lei Dong believed Wang Lei could forge Innate Spiritual Treasures with complete confidence.

Lei Dong had found the time to study artifact refining and had gained some insight, but he still couldn't compare to a grandmaster like Wang Lei. So as soon as he had successfully concluded his transaction with Nether King Hall, he set off with a vast haul of resources.

With his current reputation and connections to all sorts of people, Lei Dong began inviting alchemists and artifact refiners from every sect and clan to gather in Great Gan Continent for a grand alchemy and artifact-refining conference.

The alchemy and artifact-refining grandmasters, who had always looked down their noses at everyone, were genuinely stunned when Lei Dong revealed just a small portion of his Chaos resources. He then set about recruiting talent, offering Chaos Crystals, spirit herbs, ores, and other resources as bait, while promising to