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 Divine Patterns was often the easiest step. Most of the time was spent fusing the materials they had found with the Divine Patterns.

Miraculous treasures were often born with profound Dao and principles intertwined within them.

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

Thus, the more extraordinary the rare treasure, the fiercer its resistance, and the more time it took to forge an artifact into shape.

During this process, external power was often needed to speed up the forging.

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 shape. 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 formed and still needed to be thoroughly tempered and honed.

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 slowly fused with the Source Space.

Though it was not yet perfectly round and still required long-term refinement and polishing, its shape had already emerged.

However, the artifact Jiang Yun had refined was currently utterly ordinary, without the slightest manifestation of any phenomenon, as unremarkable as Jiang Yun's Mortal Physique.

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

Artifacts formed with external objects were filled with the Dao resonance inherent to their materials, which was not necessarily suited to the artifact master's own Dao.

Although their power was formidable, it was merely borrowed. Completely mastering them required a great deal of time to adjust and harmonize.

The artifact Jiang Yun had forged from his own origin had no power Jiang Yun could draw upon at his current low realm.

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

If heaven and earth could evolve within it, weaving together Dao and principles, Jiang Yun vaguely felt that this might become a Heaven-Piercing Grand Dao in the future.

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

With a thought, the Source Pearl flashed like lightning, drawing a golden rainbow through the air as it shot toward a massive blue stone over five meters tall outside the courtyard.

In an instant, rumbling thunder echoed through the valley. The blue stone was nearly reduced to dust, and the 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 effortless, as though it were an extension of his will, and he soon discovered all sorts of ways to use it.

The Source Pearl transformed into a divine rainbow and shot toward a large tree. It spiraled upward around the trunk, while glowing divine rings circled the entire tree, mysterious and wondrous.

As the divine rings gradually contracted, they shattered the tree, sending wood chips, branches, and leaves flying through the sky.

Under Jiang Yun's control, the Source Pearl streaked past, and the leaves and branches filling the sky instantly turned into nothingness, all of them collected into its inner space by Jiang Yun.

There was no need to lift a finger to kill people and seize treasures. The Source Pearl could accomplish everything in Jiang Yun's place.

After a round of testing, Jiang Yun discovered that his control over the Source Pearl was exceptionally agile, unlike ordinary cultivators, whose control over their artifacts was comparatively crude.

For now, however, it could only operate within a hundred-meter range. Beyond that, it was no longer so responsive and could only fly in straight lines, making complex control difficult.

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

Unfortunately, he had not yet reached the Life Spring Realm, so his divine power could not flow endlessly.

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, light as the breeze.

Suddenly, laughter as clear and pleasant as silver bells rang out.

Jiang Yun climbed up and looked ahead. Jiang Shuanglan stood at the entrance, having witnessed his sorry state.

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

Jiang Yun got to his feet, radiance flickering around him as divine light shone in all directions, wiping away his disheveled appearance. He then walked toward the courtyard as though nothing had happened.

As long as he was not embarrassed, the embarrassment belonged to someone else.

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

Jiang Yun spoke gently to Jiang Shuanglan.

"The rumbling kept going on and on. I thought someone had come knocking at our door."

Jiang Shuanglan put away her smile and elegantly rolled her eyes.

"My artifact forging achieved a minor success, so I tested it out. I didn't expect to frighten you."

He smiled awkwardly, stepped forward, and gently embraced Jiang Shuanglan.

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

Jiang Yun only thought that she was a little frightened and did not give it much thought.

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

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

"Mhm. I wasn't afraid. The noise was just too loud, so I thought something had happened."

Jiang Shuanglan spoke softly.

After lingering affectionately with Jiang Shuanglan in the courtyard for a while and exchanging a few sweet words, Jiang Yun headed toward the alchemy room.

It was better for cultivators to cultivate in separate spaces, so they would not disturb or distract one another.

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

Jiang Yun returned to the alchemy room, sat down 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%) Affection: 89

Marks: 0

Descendant Bonus: None

As affection rose, it became increasingly difficult to improve. Jiang Yun was not in a hurry; a marital relationship needed to be cultivated over time.

The 624 Marks were the result of Jiang Yun's diligent efforts over the past month and a half. He had not saved any of them, adding them all to his Divine Physique as soon as he obtained them.

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

Had he not consumed the sacred fruit from the Desolate Forbidden Land, Jiang Yun's initial cultivation speed would not even have matched Jiang Shuanglan's.

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

He circulated the profound method from 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, the waves in Jiang Yun's dark green Sea of Bitterness surged violently. Peals of thunder rang out without end, nearly affecting the outside world.