Source Pearl

The speed of forging was astonishingly fast, far beyond the cultivation experience Jiang Yun had heard from Grandma Feng.

When cultivators forged artifacts, refining and merging Divine Patterns was often the simplest step. Most of their time was spent fusing the materials they had found with the Divine Patterns.

Divine treasures often naturally contained intricately woven, profound principles and laws within them.

When cultivators fused Divine Patterns into them, it was like a thief breaking into a house to rob it. And this thief did not merely rob the place—he wanted the house and everything inside it as well.

Thus, the more extraordinary the treasure, the more fiercely it resisted, and the longer it took to forge it into shape.

During this process, one often needed to borrow external power in order to speed up the forging process.

That was why many people went to the Fire Region to forge artifacts.

However, Jiang Yun's Source Space had naturally taken Jiang Yun's form. There was no question of breaking into a house to rob it; once the Divine Patterns entered it, they were all family.

However, the Divine Patterns had only just been born and still needed proper tempering and training.

A day and a night passed. For the first time since their marriage, Jiang Yun had not spent the night with Jiang Shuanglan.

After a long period of refinement, Jiang Yun's artifact gradually took shape. It was a sphere, and the Divine Patterns gradually merged as one with the Source Space.

Though it was not yet very smooth and still needed long-term refinement and polishing, its shape had already appeared.

However, the artifact Jiang Yun had refined was currently utterly ordinary, with no phenomena whatsoever. It was as unremarkable as Jiang Yun's Mortal Physique.

Yet Jiang Yun was not discouraged in the slightest. He was extremely satisfied with the artifact he had forged and named it the "Source Pearl."

Artifacts formed from external materials were filled with the inherent Dao resonance of those materials, which might not necessarily suit their owner's own Dao.

Though powerful, it was merely borrowed power. To fully master it still required a great deal of time and adjustment.

As for the artifact Jiang Yun had forged from his own origin, his realm was currently too low, and he had no power he could draw upon.

But its potential was limitless. Once Jiang Yun comprehended other Dao arts in the future, he would certainly be able to integrate them into the Source Pearl. After evolving Dao resonance within it, even creating a world might not be impossible.

If it could evolve heaven and earth within itself, weaving together Dao and laws, Jiang Yun vaguely felt that this might be a supreme path to the heavens in the future.

Jiang Yun drew the Source Pearl out from the Sea of Bitterness, and a feeling of spiritual connection surfaced in his mind.

With a thought, the Source Pearl shot forth like lightning, tracing a golden rainbow as it charged toward a massive five-meter-tall bluestone outside the courtyard.

In an instant, thunderous booms rang through the valley. The bluestone was nearly reduced to dust, and its remaining force even blasted a huge pit into the ground.

Jiang Yun tested it with great delight. He then walked out of the courtyard, and after a while, not a single intact stone could be seen in the valley.

Jiang Yun's control over the Source Pearl became increasingly fluid, as though it were an extension of his will. He made it perform all manner of tricks.

The Source Pearl turned into a divine rainbow and shot toward a great tree, spiraling upward around its trunk. Rings of light circled the tree, mysterious and extraordinary.

As the rings gradually shrank, they crushed the tree apart, sending wood chips, branches, and leaves flying through the air.

Under Jiang Yun's control, the Source Pearl shot past them. In an instant, the leaves and branches filling the sky vanished like bubbles, all collected by Jiang Yun into its inner space.

There was no need to lift a hand to kill or seize treasure. The Source Pearl could complete everything in Jiang Yun's stead.

After some testing, Jiang Yun discovered that his control over the Source Pearl was extremely nimble. Unlike ordinary cultivators, whose artifact control was comparatively crude.

However, it currently only worked within a hundred-meter range. Beyond that, it was no longer so responsive, and could only move in straight lines, making complex control difficult.

After finishing his attempts, Jiang Yun controlled the divine power within him. Towering waves surged through the Sea of Bitterness, clouds and rosy mist churned, and a blazing divine light burst from his body, wrapping around him and carrying him three feet above the ground as he flew toward the small courtyard ahead.

Unfortunately, he had not yet reached the Life Spring Realm, and his divine power could not yet flow without end.

With a thud, he fell to the ground.

Though his landing posture was far from graceful, he had still flown nearly a hundred meters at low altitude like a breeze.

Suddenly, a clear, silver-bell-like laugh rang out.

Jiang Yun climbed to his feet and looked ahead. Jiang Shuanglan stood at the doorway, having witnessed his awkward appearance.

If there had been a crack in the ground, Jiang Yun felt that he would definitely have crawled into it.

Jiang Yun rose to his feet as radiance flickered around him and divine light shone in every direction, wiping away his disheveled appearance. He then walked toward the small courtyard as if nothing had happened.

As long as he was not embarrassed, it was everyone else who would be embarrassed.

"Lan'er, did I disturb you just now?"

Jiang Yun spoke gently to Jiang Shuanglan.

"Those rumbling noises kept coming. I thought someone had come knocking at our door for a fight."

Jiang Shuanglan suppressed her smile and elegantly rolled her eyes.

"My artifact forging made some progress, so I tested it out. I didn't expect to frighten you."

He smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to gently embrace Jiang Shuanglan.

In Jiang Yun's arms, Jiang Shuanglan looked somewhat downcast. She said nothing, merely holding him tightly.

Jiang Yun only assumed that she was a little frightened and did not think much of it.

"This is Jade Cauldron Paradise. How could anyone possibly break in here? The ancestor is here as well."

He softly comforted Jiang Shuanglan, stroking her long, smooth hair, soft as silk.

"Mm, I wasn't frightened. The noise was just too loud, and I thought something had happened."

Jiang Shuanglan spoke softly.

After spending a while being affectionate with Jiang Shuanglan in the courtyard and exchanging a few sweet words, Jiang Yun headed toward the alchemy room.

It was still better for cultivators to have separate spaces for cultivation, so they would not disturb or distract one another.

After successfully forging his artifact, Jiang Yun had tested it for quite some time in his excitement. It was already evening, but he did not wish to rest just yet. The Life Spring Realm was right before him, and Jiang Yun hoped to break through in one burst of effort.

Jiang Yun returned to the alchemy room, sat cross-legged, and opened the panel.

[Panel]

Realm: Sea of Bitterness Cultivator

Physique: Mortal Physique (Sacred Physique 1.93%, Divine Physique 11.43%)

Bloodline: Hengyu Bloodline (1%)

Cultivation Techniques: "Dao Scripture," "Solar Scripture," "Nine Secrets: Zhe"

Reflection Points: 0

Source Space: 45*45*45

Dao Companion: Jiang Shuanglan (Hengyu Bloodline 3.25%, Divine Physique 7.59%) Favorability: 89

Marks: 0

Descendant Bonus: None

Favorability became increasingly difficult to raise later on, but Jiang Yun was not anxious. A relationship between husband and wife needed to be nurtured over the long term.

The 624 Marks were the result of Jiang Yun's diligent efforts over the past month and a half. Rather than saving them, he had used them all to enhance his Divine Physique.

Jiang Yun felt that his cultivation speed had been getting faster and faster recently. Compared to his cultivation speed before obtaining the Divine Physique, it had increased by nearly fifty percent.

If he had not consumed the Sacred Fruit from the Desolate Forbidden Land, Jiang Yun's initial cultivation speed would not even have matched Jiang Shuanglan's.

Gathering his thoughts, Jiang Yun took out Source Stone and swallowed a large mouthful of Divine Spring Fluid.

He circulated the profound method within the "Dao Scripture" and launched an assault on the Life Spring Realm.

He had already been close to the Life Spring Realm. With the dual aid of the Divine Spring Fluid and Source, waves rose and churned violently within Jiang Yun's dark green Sea of Bitterness. Peals of thunder rang without end, almost affecting the outside world.