Chapter 2894: Sea-settling Pearls (2) |
Unexpectedly, on this day, because a scale was being refined, the Primordial Clock focused on absorbing and refining, without suppressing the aura of the Ancestor Black Dragon, causing the Sea Suppressing Bead to sense it again, creating another disturbance.
Just as Chen Mobai was considering whether to stop "The Union of Differences" and take action, the Spiritual Venerable appeared with Qing Nu through teleportation, blocking the Sea Suppressing Bead, and summoned a Coral Jade Screen, which was the Thousand Scale Moon Reflector.
Under the Spiritual Venerable’s control, the Thousand Scale Moon Reflector transformed into a mirage, with each scale flowing with brilliant colors, transforming into a thousand dragon-shaped phantoms, soaring and circling at the Mysterious Sea Floor, trapping the Sea Suppressing Bead within.
The little Flood Dragon, tied up in this medicine field, was stunned upon seeing this, with its mouth agape.
These Magic Artifacts clearly required the bloodline power of the Mysterious Flood Dragon Clan to activate. How come, in just one year, the Spiritual Venerable was able to wield them with such fluidity and perfection, exerting their full power?
Previously, Qing Nu could use the Sea Suppressing Bead because of a burst of its spirituality.
But now, the Thousand Scale Moon Reflector was perfectly intact. Even if the spirituality outright turned and surrendered, the Spiritual Venerable shouldn’t be able to reach such a level.
"Thank you, Senior."
Upon seeing the Spiritual Venerable wield the Thousand Scale Moon Reflector so powerfully through "The Union of Differences," Chen Mobai also expressed his gratitude.
And in the Immortal Gate, the most powerful is the Lingxiao Palace’s War Artifacts, the ownership of which does not belong to individuals.
What remains are the three Fifth Rank Superior Grade Flying Swords.
But even if one could merge with these, at most, they’d possess the strength of the Deity Transformation Peak. If they wish to practice Cultivating Void with them, they’d be shackled by the Magic Artifacts instead. Just like Cheng Xuan initially, if not for obtaining Spirit Material during the war to upgrade the Soulful Mirror to Rank-5, he might have been stuck on the threshold of Deity Transformation for life, unable to break through.
Yet now, in the Tianhe Realm, this cultivation technique has unlimited potential.
After all, Chen Mobai could successfully refine Rank-6 Magic Artifacts if he took the time.
Upon acquiring two Rank-6 Magic Artifacts, the Spiritual Venerable immediately agreed with Chen Mobai and practiced "The Union of Differences." With her Realm, she naturally achieved mastery easily.
Three days later, seeing the Primordial Clock had stabilized and could autonomously channel the Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation to refine the power of the Ancestor Black Dragon, Chen Mobai stood up and approached the Spiritual Venerable, using his Law Domain to reclaim the suppressed Sea Suppressing Bead.
"It seems this bead needs some handling."
After retrieving the Thousand Scale Moon Reflector, the Spiritual Venerable stated.
The Sea Suppressing Bead is the Ancestor Black Dragon’s inner core, so even if its spirituality is gone, if it detects the aura of the Ancestor Black Dragon, it instinctively rushes to merge with it.
Chen Mobai had spent a year just to barely refine a single scale with the Primordial Clock, while the Ancestor Black Dragon had tens of thousands of scales, along with more powerful tendons and bones, possibly needing tens of thousands of years for the Primordial Clock to fully refine.
Such a long time is something Chen Mobai definitely can’t wait out.
Moreover, if throughout the process the aura of the Ancestor Black Dragon keeps bursting out, the Sea Suppressing Bead would have to remain in his Law Domain, rendering this Magic Artifact useless.
The meaning behind the Spiritual Venerable’s words was clear to Chen Mobai, who nodded gently and said to Qing Nu, "Madam, why don’t I step in, shatter this bead, and craft a set of Sea-settling Pearls for you?"
Since the Sea Suppressing Bead is a trouble before refining the Ancestor Black Dragon’s skeleton, it might as well be disposed of. Coincidentally, with the conquest of the Dragon Palace this time, twenty-three Taiyuan Blue Pearls were obtained. Chen Mobai has prior experience refining Sea-settling Pearls, and with his advanced Artifact Refining Technique now, he can completely transfer the original Dao Power of the Sea Suppressing Bead.
"You decide, dear husband."
Qing Nu naturally had no objections to this, as the Sea Suppressing Bead was barely usable by the "The Union of Differences," it couldn’t compare to the convenience of the Lifespan Artifact, the Sea-settling Pearl.
Exchanging it for a set of Sea-settling Pearls may allow the crafting of twenty-four Second Primeval Spirits.
With a custom set of the Sea-settling Array, even equipping each Second Primeval Spirit with an Artifact, Qing Nu’s combat power might rival some top Deity Transformations in the Tianhe Realm.
Chen Mobai: "I will first refine the Sea-settling Pearls, and later you, madam, can use ’The Union of Differences’ to merge with them, using the Sea Suppressing Bead as an elevating material to nourish these Sea-settling Pearls."
For materials of Rank-7, Chen Mobai had limited options, but refining the fifth and sixth ranks was a breeze for him.
After pouring the massive amounts of Heavenly And Earthly Treasures stored within the twenty-three Taiyuan Blue Pearls into his Law Domain, he took Qing Nu’s Essence Blood and True Qi, and refined these into Sea-settling Pearls before the little Flood Dragon, using the Water Refining Technique.
Three months later, Qing Nu’s Second Primeval Spirit in the Southern State handed over affairs to Luo Yixuan and the eldest disciple Jin Ling’er, and then hurried back to the Dragon Palace.
Qing Nu’s Divine Sense, being just at the initial Fifth Rank, couldn’t simultaneously control twenty-four Fifth Rank Superior Grade Artifacts, hence she needed the initially evolving Second Primeval Spirit’s Sea-settling Pearl as the main pearl to control the entire set of twenty-four Sea-settling Pearls.
Under Chen Mobai’s guidance, Qing Nu used the main pearl to absorb the original Dao Power of the Sea Suppressing Bead, beginning its refinement through "The Union of Differences."
However, Qing Nu’s refining speed was as slow as the Primordial Clock refining the skeleton of the Ancestor Black Dragon, since, although the Sea Suppressing Bead lacks spirituality, it instinctively knows this would lead to its demise, and thus resists.
After a discussion between Chen Mobai and the Spiritual Venerable, they tried several methods and ultimately, with a plan from the little Flood Dragon, solved the key issue.
The solution was to arrange the Guardian Array of the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court with the twenty-four Sea-settling Pearls.
This Guardian Array is named Innate Water Element, sharing the same origin as the Sea Suppressing Bead and the power of the Ancestor Black Dragon. Qing Nu, drawing from it, found the Sea Suppressing Bead no longer resisted, allowing the Sea-settling Pearls to freely extract its essence.
Teaming up with the Spiritual Venerable, Chen Mobai took twenty-four scales from the Ancestor Black Dragon’s skeleton and affixed them on each Sea-settling Pearl. This time, the Sea Suppressing Bead even opened up voluntarily, speeding up a hundredfold.
And, outside the Law Domain, it could also harness the Sea Eye Power for further acceleration.
However, due to Qing Nu’s limited Cultivation Level, she must now slow down.
Following this trajectory, once these Sea-settling Pearls finish refining, they might even ascend to the Sixth Rank.
The Spiritual Venerable stayed in the Law Domain to protect Qing Nu as she refined the Sea Suppressing Bead, while Chen Mobai, inspired by this, considered whether he could accelerate the refinement of the Ancestor Black Dragon skeleton by the Primordial Clock.
Since he aimed to elevate the Primordial Clock with powers worthy of Rank-7 before Harmonization.
If he had to wait tens of thousands of years, he might die of old age or ascend already.
If Sea-settling Pearls could speed up with the Innate Water Element Array, the Primordial Clock should as well. Chen Mobai, a pinnacle existence in Formation expertise, quickly repaired the destroyed Dragon Palace Array, then linked the formation’s core to the Primordial Clock.
Sure enough, with the power of the large formation, the refining speed increased tenfold.
Yet Chen Mobai still found it insufficient and started trying to channel the Sea Eye Power.
He carefully proceeded, and because of the existing foundation of the Dragon Palace Array, he completed it smoothly.
Under his focused guidance, originally refining a scale took over a year, but now it took only half a month.
However, it also consumed his Divine Sense greatly. Refining a scale depleted nearly half of his Sixth Rank Divine Sense.
This trial, however, opened up new ideas for Chen Mobai.
[If he could establish a Seventh Rank Celestial Stars Earth Luo Star Formation upon the Primordial Clock, the time could potentially be reduced by hundreds or thousands of times.]