Complete Materials Compendium

Gu Jinlai and Zhang Yukun entered the Aries Palace, where they found themselves in a main hall.

However, upon seeing the main hall, Gu Jinlai immediately realized something.

"No! The area of the main hall..."

"Many sources record that the interior space of Aries constellation is much larger than the space actually displayed on the outside. I couldn't understand it at first, but now I know... the records are true."

Si Tianyan muttered to himself, "Even after seeing it with my own eyes, I still can't understand what kind of method can expand space so drastically?"

No one Gu Jinlai, can truly understand this main hall.

Like Star Gate and Void Beast, this was essentially a blind spot in his knowledge.

"Space technology."

Gu Jinlai, images of mythical and fantastical things have flashed through my mind, such as the Qiankun Bag, the Storage Bracelet, the Grotto World, and the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm of My Hand.

Really...

Are Celestial Masters cultivators of immortality?

"The Aries Palace has three trials. Those who pass all three trials will receive the complete inheritance of the Creator Lord, the Lord of Aries."

Zhang Yukun said, "You can try all three trials at once or one at a time, and you can choose which one to pass first. It sounds easy, but unfortunately... out of the more than 300 people who have tried the trials recorded in our Great Sun Heavenly Sect, only six people have passed even one trial."

"I have a document that Jiang Chongshan brought me. It records 1,040 attempts, but only 13 people passed the first test."

Gu Jinlai said, "However, as long as we pass a level, we can receive a reward based on our performance in that level. So, I hope that all of us can pass a level."

"Thank you for your kind words, Heavenly Emperor."

Zhang Yukun and the others agreed, and her gaze swept around.

The three directions represent three checkpoints.

"These challenges are called Hidden Dragon, Rising Dragon, and True Dragon, which correspond to a Celestial Master's potential, theory, and application, respectively. Which challenge does the Supreme Elder intend to try first?"

Zhang Yukun said with a smile.

"The Potential Challenge is the most dangerous. According to the data, this challenge squeezes a person's spiritual potential to the limit through a combat-like method. More than 90% of the deaths and injuries in each assessment occur in this challenge. Therefore, I have put this challenge last. As for the theoretical challenge corresponding to the Ascending Dragon, a mistake can also lead to a misunderstanding of self-perception. So, I will start with the practical application of the True Dragon Challenge."

This Gu Jinlai.

His current status means he can no longer take risks as freely as before.

True Dragon Pass is the least dangerous pass.

"I also choose Zhenlong Pass."

"I have an idea for refining a certain kind of pill. I'd like to see if I can achieve it through the Ascending Dragon Pass. Even if I can't, at least I can verify whether my path is correct."

"Potential... Many people are confident in their potential. I also want to know where my limits are. If I can break through and then start anew, that would be the best. I choose Hidden Dragon Pass."

The celestial masters quickly made their choices.

Like people Gu Jinlai, most people chose the safest Zhenlong Pass, while only a minority chose Qianlong Pass or Shenglong Pass.

Gu Jinlai quickly entered the palace on the right.

The palace seemed to have a soundproof design.

There was no noise in the main hall, but when they entered the right hall, murmurs arose.

This is a large hall that appears to be tens of thousands of square meters in size.

The main hall is divided into various areas.

There are living areas, leisure areas, food areas, and separate rest spaces.

At this moment, in the right hall leisure area, more than a hundred people gathered in small groups, discussing the matter.

The True Dragon Pass assessment can be divided into three categories: Beast Taming, Weapon Forging, and Spirit Nurturing.

First, they are tested on some basic knowledge of the Celestial Masters sect. Then, the Celestial Masters process and analyze the spiritual materials. Based on the materials they analyze, they refine a Spirit Artifact embryo with various performance values exceeding one hundred.

Only after the palace's own spirit verifies its performance value to over 100 can it be considered to have successfully passed the test.

This kind of assessment is fairly standard.

It even leans a bit towards exams.

The only difference is that this is an open-book exam.

If you encounter materials that you cannot identify, you can ask someone for help.

Of course, when helping others, you need to be careful that they don't imitate your work and use it as their own.

Just like writing a thesis, you can ask someone else to write it, but you also have to be careful that they don't copy your thesis and publish it first.

Ultimately, whether or not to seek help from others is a matter of opinion.

Gu Jinlai and his group stepped into the right hall, many people's eyes fell on them.

Some people guessed their identities immediately.

"Ancient Heavenly Lord!?"

"Is this the only Heavenly Lord to be promoted in our Great Qian Dynasty in the last forty years? Rumors say he received the inheritance of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect, but I don't believe it. The inheritance of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect isn't that powerful."

"I wonder if this Ancient Heavenly Lord will, like the Heavenly Lords Wanwusheng and Zhang Daoyan, simply hide in his private rest room, remain closed off, and refuse to answer our questions..."

Various voices rose from the crowd.

More than a dozen celestial masters even stood up to greet Gu Jinlai.

Even though Xu Zhenlou knew that Gu Jinlai did not represent them at the Divine Sword Tournament, he still readily provided all the relevant information about the Aries Star Palace, all for the sake of what was happening before his eyes.

He hopes that when the Celestial Master of Xuzhen Tower has a question to ask him, he will be willing to help.

After Gu Jinlai to each of the celestial masters who greeted him, he headed towards the center of the main hall.

Along the way, the Celestial Masters made way for him, showing him the utmost respect as the Celestial Emperor who had almost reached the end of his career.

In the center of the right hall, there were virtual projections simultaneously resolving some problem for several celestial masters.

Yes!

It looks extremely similar to a virtual projection.

But Gu Jinlai have known that this is an image created by the condensation of spiritual energy to its extreme, and then by controlling microscopic particles and using light to refract light.

This is the spirit of the Aries constellation.

Everything has a spirit.

The same applies to Spirit Artifact.

When the spirituality of an object reaches its limit, it can be transformed into life under the guidance of the Creator or even the Heavenly Ruler.

And the guidance method...

It's somewhat like the domestication of artificial intelligence.

As the Gu Jinlai arrived at the center of the right hall, a new spirit of the Aries constellation was created.

It turned its gaze to him, curiously "sizing him up".

Human expressions and movements are portrayed with remarkable realism.

If given a real body, its thinking and behavior patterns would be almost indistinguishable from those of a human.

"Pure spirituality..."

The spirit examined Gu Jinlai for a moment, seemingly discerning something. "Similarly... a very violent spirituality... possessing this kind of spirituality full of destructive power, Qianlong Pass can better leverage your strengths."

The spirit's evaluation drew the attention of many Daoist masters.

Some people even drew parallels to the various astonishing and glorious achievements of people throughout Gu Jinlai.

This...

He is a celestial ruler skilled in battle and combat.

"No rush, we'll take it one step at a time."

He said with a smile, "Gu Jinlai."

"If you insist, then let's begin. I will continuously display sets of extraordinary materials or spiritual materials that can be used to forge Spirit Artifact. You need to analyze the properties of these materials, and then use the materials you have analyzed to forge a Spirit Artifact."

"Can."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

At that moment, in the perceptions of the Gu Jinlai, the spirituality of the artifact spirit suddenly erupted.

Immediately afterwards, these spiritualities began to simulate and recombine at an extremely rapid pace.

In this process, Gu Jinlai have clearly felt what it means to create things from nothing!

Yes!

Creation from nothing!

The spirit of the object uses its spirituality to continuously simulate and create objects.

Although the structure it simulates and creates is not actually formed, but merely projected through light and shadow, but...

If enough spiritual energy is infused into these simulated objects, causing them to rapidly split, eventually...

Just as elements gather into dust, dust gathers into gravel, and gravel gathers into rocks, they will form true spiritual materials and minerals.

"Really..."

Gu Jinlai have witnessed this scene.

He had previously touched the realm of the Creators and wondered if they possessed the ability to create things from nothing.

And now...

It has been confirmed.

Gu Jinlai, we have witnessed the spirits of artifacts constantly evolving and transforming into various materials, each with its own distinct spiritual structure and function.

During this time, he also saw spiritual materials such as cloud wood, void stone, and jade dragon scales.

The construction of each spiritual material amazed him.

It seems that all matter in the world is stored in the spirit's mind, and it can produce anything it wants.

Including spiritual materials.

Of course, the structure of spiritual materials is extremely complex.

To truly create a spiritual material from nothing, the amount of spiritual energy required is enormous.

Just like modern civilization, although a diamond can be synthesized by arranging atoms, the equipment and electricity costs required are much higher than buying a diamond directly.

Therefore, the Creators, through their creation of nothingness, often produce materials that are urgently needed.

Furthermore, they must also know the specific structure of this material.

Gu Jinlai, they have been staring intently, their eyes unblinking, their spiritual perception pushed to its limit.

Three minutes, ten minutes, half an hour, an hour...

The spirit of the artifact presented a variety of materials from Gu Jinlai for more than three hours.

Gu Jinlai, people have broadened their horizons and "seen" combinations of thousands of materials and spiritual materials.

Most of these materials are no less valuable than black gold.

Some materials even outperform black gold.

Just as Gu Jinlai was about to continue watching, the spirit of the artifact couldn't sit still any longer.

"Hey! Have you made your choice yet? I see that you are spiritually pure, so I will show you the materials one by one, instead of giving you a set of materials to analyze like those people who are obviously just trying their luck. Don't go too far, it's tiring to keep simulating different material structures."

The spirit said, seemingly a little angry, "Never mind, just take the 1,024 kinds from before. Choose the materials you need and analyze them yourself to assemble the Spirit Artifact embryo."

"If the Spirit Artifact weapon core I've assembled performs reasonably well, could you perhaps refine it using other materials?"

This Gu Jinlai.

"That depends on whether the performance of the Spirit Artifact you combine satisfies me."

"I see."

Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.

The artifact spirit's database contains so many materials...

Although he didn't recognize many of the materials, but...

His brain has already memorized it.

Therefore, he had to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to copy the artifact spirit's material database.

With this database, he will no longer have to worry about choosing materials.