Chapter 721 - 460: Sky-Piercing Array Core Tree, Heaven-Mending Stone’s Spiritualization_2
In two years, some of them have developed strange feelings in their hearts.
At this moment, the instant they saw Jiang Ming, they were all shocked and did not dare to show any strange expressions.
Even though Jiang Ming had not yet begun his cultivation.
However, with the blessing of the Primordial Sea Talent,
and the mental tempering during Jiang Ming’s simulations,
Jiang Ming merely stood there quietly, yet seemed to be one with heaven and earth.
Many demon cultivators dared not utter a word.
Jiang Ming looked into the distance.
It seemed as if a pair of eyes were watching him.
However, in the next second, Jiang Ming made a hand gesture, and the entire Leopard Room seemed to be shrouded in mist, indistinguishable to the eye.
Above the Imperial Capital,
the Phoenix Ancestor Ancient Spirit’s phoenix eyes looked at the Leopard Room with confusion.
"What kind of trick is this?"
"Interesting, you don’t want me to peek?"
"Never mind, do as you please, after all, they are just some interesting spirit monsters."
The Ancient Spirit closed her eyes again.
She cooperated with Zhong Heng, believing that Zhong Heng had other forces behind him.
Moreover, Zhong Heng gave her a feeling similar to Great Lii’s Martial Ancestor Zhaoo Yunfei.
............
Zhong Heng held an array disc in his hand.
The disc was neither metal nor wood, inscribed with countless inscriptions, clearly carved on the array disc.
Yet with each glance, the inscriptions seemed different.
This is the Celestial Derivation Array Disc.
It is the Lifebound Immortal Artifact of the Celestial Derivation Immortal Venerable Zhong Heng.
Immortal artifacts are extremely difficult to forge; ordinary immortals can only gradually refine them with time, using their own laws to infuse the immortal artifact, usually able to cultivate only one immortal artifact.
Therefore, immortal artifacts are hard to find in the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
As an immortal, Zhong Heng had more than one immortal artifact even before becoming an immortal.
But the long years of cultivation still allowed Zhong Heng to nurture his Lifebound Immortal Artifact, which contains the Celestial Derivation Array Disc of Array Dao.
At the same time, Zhong Heng compiled a set of Immortal Scriptures, the Celestial Derivation True Technique, which is a rationalization of his own Dao.
In this simulation, Zhong Heng was directly rewarded with this immortal artifact.
Jiang Ming pressed down with one hand, and special fluctuations from his body enveloped the immortal artifact.
That came from the Third-level Concealment Ability of the God-Demon List.
"Set up the array!"
Jiang Ming possessed the Celestial Derivation True Understanding from Tier One to Eight and had Array Master Talent.
In addition to observing Zhong Heng’s demonstrations on array arrangement during simulations, he gained some insights.
At this moment, he had a certain understanding of Array Dao.
The Celestial Derivation Array Disc, as an immortal artifact, could greatly amplify Zhong Heng’s level of Array Dao.
"Celestial Derivation Array Disc, deduction."
"Purification, Gathering Spirit, spatial expansion, time acceleration, spirit vein convergence, comprehension enhancement, concealment, protection, counterattack..."
As Jiang Ming uttered each word, the inscriptions on the Celestial Derivation Array Disc changed slightly.
The demon cultivators looked at the light in Jiang Ming’s hand with a bit of stupefaction.
"The array is set."
Jiang Ming didn’t even break a sweat on his forehead.
Inscriptions emerged, and the earth’s veins began to surge silently.
The Celestial Derivation Array Disc transformed into the array core and fell to the ground, gradually evolving into a towering ancient tree.
"This, this, this..."
Many demon cultivators looked around somewhat nervously.
However, the heaven and earth seemed to change.
The territory of the Leopard Room began to enlarge out of thin air, and the Spiritual Qi became more abundant.
All the demon cultivators even felt their minds become much clearer.
Even some wild beasts in the Leopard Room gained wisdom and became demon cultivators.
This is also why Jiang Ming chose arrays in this life.
Because arrays provide the greatest overall boost to a sect.
They can change the earth’s veins, alter Spiritual Qi, provide a boost to cultivation, and offer stealth, defense, and even offensive capabilities.
No sect can do without arrays.
Especially the time acceleration array among them, it’s the highest level of time usage in the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm, apart from the Time Law.
Although it’s only effective on lower-level cultivators, and consuming it may significantly shorten the lifespan of ordinary ones,
but with Spiritual Qi, spirit veins combined with time acceleration, low-level cultivators can grow at the fastest speed.
With the Celestial Derivation Array Disc at the Profound Immortal Artifact Level as support, the array of the Leopard Room Demon Pavilion was no less than those of some Divinity Transformation Sect’s arrays.
This was even when Jiang Ming’s Array Dao was not that strong, after all, the Array Dao True Understanding was not Array Dao Cultivation.
Of course,
this also came at a price.
Jiang Ming stood before the towering ancient tree that the array disc had transformed into.
The tree was enormous, far taller than the mountains.
With a bit of heartache, Jiang Ming took out a Crystal Stone and pressed it onto the ancient tree.
Wisps of flowing light flickered, and the ancient tree immediately became radiant.
That piece of Crystal Stone was nothing else but an Immortal Crystal.
Similar to cultivators using Spirit Stones, Immortal Crystals are circulating materials among immortals, although for daily transactions, most exchanges still require bartering.
But to cultivators below immortals, Immortal Crystals are exceptionally precious.
This Immortal Crystal cost Jiang Ming eighty percent of his Simulation Points.
The quality was still the worst among Immortal Crystals.
However, it could sustain the array for a thousand years.
This Immortal Crystal was also the core energy source for Jiang Ming’s next plan.
Jiang Ming gently opened his hand.
A somewhat dim Seven-Colored Divine Stone appeared in Jiang Ming’s hand.
This is the Heaven-Mending Stone.
This stone was transformed by Zhong Heng.
Its energy was almost completely consumed.
Though both are Heaven-Mending Stones, there is a difference between the Acquired Heaven-Mending Stone and the naturally occurring Heaven-Mending Stone.
The quality of the Acquired Heaven-Mending Stone is relatively poorer.
With its essence depleted, it no longer has the purpose of mending the heavens.
But it still has another use.
That is to nurture living beings.
According to legends, in the Ancient Wilderness Era, a Heaven-Mending Stone accidentally left by Nuwa nurtured living beings.
Immortals expended countless cultivation techniques searching for this Spirit Stone, but to no avail.
It wasn’t until a Great Saint appeared among the Demon Race that the immortals discovered this Great Saint was also transformed from a Heaven-Mending Stone.
Possessing qualifications and innate structures that even other Great Saints envied.
Only that this Great Saint later entered the end times and disappeared with other Great Saints of the Demon Race in the long river of history, leaving little record.
This Heaven-Mending Stone no longer has other functions, only useable as material for alchemy, artifact refining, and nurturing living beings.
Even though this Heaven-Mending Stone is far inferior to the one Nuwa once left,
the life formed from it would still have top-notch qualifications even in the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
Moreover, with the energy in the Heaven-Mending Stone, the initial growth rate will not be too slow.
Jiang Ming needed a very powerful trusted aide.
Because the simulator no longer freezes time for simulations, Jiang Ming needed someone to protect his Dao.
Sunx Yuan’s Golden Origin Ape bloodline was good, but still far behind the Heaven-Mending Bloodline.
"Sunx Yuan!"
"At your command!"
Jiang Ming instructed Sunx Yuan.
The power structure of the Demon Pavilion gradually took shape.
This was something Jiang Ming was already adept at, establishing an already perfected framework of influence.
Now the Demon Pavilion was divided into four major elders, led by Sunx Yuan.
Jiang Ming required them to break through to the Demon Body Realm.
For this, Jiang Ming exchanged for some Realm-Breaking Pills.
Plus, with the abundant Spiritual Qi in the Demon Pavilion and the time difference outside, reaching the Demon Body Realm, equivalent to the Divine Treasure Realm in the short time eyes of outsiders, is not difficult.
If it doesn’t work, then those capable will rise, and the incompetent will step down.
The Immortal Sect also had time-accelerated cultivation fields, although those were partial fields, requiring disciples to make reservations.
Now with an Immortal Crystal supporting, the entire Leopard Room was opened for time acceleration.
In this regard, Jiang Ming was not stingy.
After instructing everything, Jiang Ming had Sunx Yuan liaise with the Zhaoo Family to stabilize them.
Jiang Ming had no interest in knowing about trivial matters.
He then stepped into the Simulation Space.
From inside the Simulation Space, one could see a clear difference between the flow of time in the Leopard Room and the outside world—a rapid acceleration among the demon cultivators in the Leopard Room, as if pressing a fast-forward button.
"The most crucial thing is still the Simulation Points."
"I don’t have enough Simulation Points."
Jiang Ming sighed.
The simulation ended with a massive reward of Simulation Points, but most were used to exchange for Immortal Crystals.
Anything associated with immortals was of astronomical cost to Jiang Ming.
"I need means to continuously harvest Simulation Points."
It was simple: Jiang Ming alone was too busy, so his subordinates could help.
This was the original intention behind forming a power structure—to relieve the burden of the strong.
A red crystal appeared in Jiang Ming’s hand, a Fire Element Law Crystal.
White light began to appear in Jiang Ming’s eyes, as if witnessing the evolution of all things in the world.
Special talent, Secondary Deduction.
