Following the passing of Kyumars, the world-conquering Hushang ascended the throne of his ancestor, crowning himself with wisdom and justice. For forty years the celestial sphere revolved above him—four decades wherein his heart burned with sagacity and his mind was filled with radiant intelligence. Sitting upon the supreme throne of kingship, he proclaimed his sovereignty over all seven realms, vowing by the grace of victorious God to gird his loins with righteousness and benevolence. He transformed the wilderness into prosperous lands and filled the face of the earth with equity. It was during this golden dawn that Hushang unlocked nature's hidden treasure: by applying fierce fire to hard rock, he separated molten iron from stone, giving humanity its foundational metal and birthing the age of craft and civilization.