At this point, the Dragon Pearl had merely developed an outline. It was still far from true mastery—or from reaching the level of the Black Dragon. However, the Dragon Pearl in Lu Xiaotian's hands had already begun to take shape and possessed its own Dao. At the very least, Lu Xiaotian now clearly understood how to continue cultivating it. The only variable was that, after blending in the power of space and his insights into those temporal crystal grains, the Dragon Pearl had gained even more mystery and unpredictability than before.
Though the Dragon Pearl had just been formed, many aspects of it still remained incomplete. Lu Xiaotian immersed his divine sense into the Dragon Pearl, allowing dragon essence to flow into it before circulating back through his body, repeating the cycle again and again. During this circulation, Lu Xiaotian discovered that the Dragon Pearl was still rather unstable. After incorporating numerous Demon Race cultivation arts into it, the entirely different cultivation methods inevitably came into conflict with one another.
Nevertheless, the Dragon Pearl had ultimately been cultivated successfully. Every divine ability had been meticulously refined. There were countless paths to the Dao, and each person faced a different one. The Black Dragon could only provide a method of cultivation; as for the individual cultivator and the different problems they encountered, they still had to resolve them on their own.
While Lu Xiaotian cultivated, Zhang Taixu had combined the Pure Jade Immortal Pill Lu Xiaotian gave him with several other immortal materials and brewed them into wine. He had also opened a temporary wine cellar in the small courtyard atop the isolated peak where Nie Tianhou had settled Lu Xiaotian, storing the Pure Jade Immortal Brew there. At present, aside from going out with Meng Delin to help Lu Xiaotian