[You did not know whether your Array Dao Skill had truly improved greatly during this period, or whether the new equipment had made up for your final shortcoming, but after this, two of the four formations you needed were already in place...]
[In the 3,535,815th year, you completely refined the three portions of Top-grade Jade Fine Rice Wine from the barrel you had brought back from the Tiangan Realm cellar. Because you did not have the many minor bottlenecks that existed within the Quasi-Emperor realm's smaller stages, those three portions of Sixth-Ring Dao Grade wine increased your Origin by roughly five percent.]
[Yes, after reaching Quasi-Emperor, it was no longer Immortal Source, but something called Origin. At its most fundamental level, refined Immortal Essence was no longer liquid; it could condense into a more efficient diamond-shaped crystal.]
[At this point, its function had changed. Calling it Immortal Source was no longer appropriate, so through continuous evolution, it was ultimately named an Origin Crystal, bringing it in line with the world's Origin core.]
[This tiny diamond-shaped Origin Crystal was the core of the entire physical body, even more important than the heart and brain. It was also the residence of a new guardian spirit, which was why those at the Quasi-Emperor realm naturally possessed greater soul resistance.]
[In refining Immortal Essence and all kinds of energy, Origin and Immortal Source were also completely different. The former was purer and had a higher conversion ratio for Immortal Essence. It was the true hub connecting flesh and spirit, Dao and law, and its refining efficiency far surpassed the latter's.]
[Its drawback was that Origin was harder to condense as well. If you wanted that tiny Origin Crystal to continue growing, there was a minimum threshold for tempering. If the tempering quality was insufficient,