bookandnovel Chapter 466 Sorting Out the Harvest, Dream Branch!
Chapter 466 Sorting Out the Harvest, Dream Branch!
Chapter 466 Sorting Out the Harvest, Dream Branch!
However, Chen Yuan did not return directly to the Primordial Universe, but instead returned to the Creation Cauldron.
After all, he had gained a great deal from inheriting the Holy Weapon Sect's legacy, but he hadn't had time to check what treasures he had acquired yet.
Inside the cauldron, Chen Yuan unfolded a panoramic image of hundreds of millions of small worlds in front of him, among which 28 small worlds were specially marked.
This place contains all sorts of treasures left behind by the Holy Weapon Sect.
As for the other small worlds, they are not empty either, but are filled with ordinary materials to power the automated refining equipment.
"Precious and wondrous items brought from the Origin Continent —"
Chen Yuan has always been very curious about things from the Origin Continent, not to mention that he also needs many precious materials to cultivate his "Great Evolution Creation Body".
"The first level of the Great Evolution Creation Body is called the Realm of All Things, but 'all things' is actually a figurative term, not literally ten thousand kinds of treasures, but rather the gathering of all the creations of heaven and earth to reshape the divine body."
This sounds like it uses a lot of materials, and it actually does.
Although Chen Yuan has not yet fully optimized this secret technique, judging from the unoptimized version, the materials consumed during the body-refining process are not insignificant.
The original cultivation method divided the Myriad Realms into nine levels, with the first four levels corresponding to the Supreme Treasure level, the last four levels corresponding to the Strongest Supreme Treasure, and the last level corresponding to the Void Initial Stage Secret Treasure.
Each level advancement not only represents an endless investment of materials, but also requires the cultivator's weapon crafting skills to improve simultaneously.
This means that if Chen Yuan wants to cultivate to the ninth level body, which represents the peak of the Myriad Realms, he also needs to reach the Void level in weapon crafting.
Fortunately, this was one of the paths he was good at.
Since obtaining the Jin inheritance, Chen Yuan has focused his main efforts on researching life genes, but apart from the final sprint stage, he has not withdrawn the consciousness of his other clones.
In other words, Chen Yuan has never stopped honing his weapon-refining skills since the beginning of this era. He has not only solidified his Void-level weapon-refining expertise but has also successfully advanced it to the peak of the Void level.
He has crafted no fewer than a thousand Primordial Towers, which are at the ninth level of the Void, over the years.
That's why, during the internal assessment of the weapon forging diagram, he chose this secret treasure that he found easiest to forge, thus gaining its complete recognition as his master.
"Speaking of weapon forging diagrams, if I'm not mistaken, the power contained within them—"
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan's mind stirred, and the golden scroll flew out from within his body. He reached out and gently touched the scroll, then immersed his consciousness into the space within it.
A moment later, within the scroll space.
"really----"
After a series of attempts, Chen Yuan finally understood the essence of the illusory power within the scroll.
"This illusion doesn't just affect the soul, it also influences the will!"
A hint of surprise appeared in his eyes: "The so-called 'a thousand years in an instant' is not spent in an illusion, but rather time is accelerated at the level of consciousness—or rather, the level of the mind!"
"That's why my feelings within the weapon-forging diagram were so real; it's a pure world of the mind!"
"In this world, what you think about is what you get, which is why all the materials for the assessment can be provided."
"Moreover, since it doesn't involve any energy, even if I accelerate a billion times inside, I can do it easily, which is why a thousand years can pass in an instant."
"So, I understand—"
In reality, Chen Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the weapon-forging diagram before him with surprise: "This is not an illusion at all, but an independent mental world!"
"To put it simply, it's a dream!"
The so-called illusion is not uncommon. Most soul techniques can create illusions. In other words, the power of illusion is a branch of the power of the Great Dao of the Soul.
But dreams are different. Dreaming is an inherent function of all living beings. It is very basic and does not involve the power of the soul like illusions. It is simply a world of will.
Moreover, although dreams are rooted in willpower, perhaps because the way willpower is cultivated is different in this world, the existence of dreams is inversely proportional to the strength of willpower.
In other words, the stronger a person's will, the less likely they are to dream.
For this reason, dreams, unlike illusions, cannot be enhanced through soul magic; instead, they simply dissipate completely as one's will strengthens.
However, Chen Yuan brought a unique method of cultivating willpower from other worlds, which began by gradually enhancing mental willpower through deep sleep.
This method does not cause the dream to disappear; on the contrary, as Chen Yuan's mental will improves, his control over the dream gradually strengthens.
When he attempted to break through to the realm of fetal breathing, in order to integrate his mind into the origin of the universe, he found the origin of the universe in a special dimension within his dreams. This is how he utilized dreams.
The reason why Chen Yuan is able to run rampant in the Origin Space and even control a part of the Origin of the Universe is that he is actually using the power of dreams to coat his body with a layer of skin in order to confuse the Origin Will.
Therefore, for Chen Yuan's spiritual journey, the word "dream" runs through the entire process.
"I originally thought that before I opened up the Great Path of the Mind, no Great Path power related to the mind would appear in this world, but I didn't expect—"
Chen Yuan stared at the golden scroll before him. After some investigation, he knew that the power of the Great Dao contained in the scroll undoubtedly belonged to one of the branches of the Great Dao of the Mind that he had envisioned.
A branching dream!
"This is truly an unexpected delight." Chen Yuan blinked. "I was still struggling with which branch of power to develop first when I open up the Great Path of the Mind."
"Initially, I wanted to explore the 'Will' branch, because my understanding of dreams wasn't very profound. On the contrary, influenced by this world, my research into the mind and will was very deep, and I had even constructed a system of consciousness."
"Unexpectedly, a small, long-extinct, and unknown force has actually discovered a power related to dreams."
According to the legends left by the Holy Weapon Sect, the process of forming the weapon-refining diagram is quite magical.
Initially, the Eighth Generation Ancestor only intended to use the illusion as a foundation to create a space where one could freely hone their weapon-forging skills.
However, the power of the illusion is essentially dependent on the existence of the soul. Although the Eighth Ancestor was a God-King level expert, his soul power was clearly insufficient to support the perfect weapon-forging place in his mind.
No matter how the Eighth Patriarch tried, the materials that could be displayed in the illusion were limited, and it was impossible to achieve one's wishes.
After many years of research, the Eighth Patriarch suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought he had found a way to break the deadlock. Then, after spending thousands of epochs, he finally completed the world he envisioned.
Then he woke up and realized that everything that had happened before was just the eighth patriarch's dream.
But the dream was so vivid that he still remembered all the details. So, on a whim, the Eighth Patriarch began to refine this world completely according to the method in the dream, which is the origin of the weapon refining diagram.
At first, Chen Yuan thought the legend was somewhat untrue, and the idea of enlightenment in a dream was too far-fetched, so he didn't take it to heart.
However, after he understood the essence of the weapon-forging diagram, when he looked back at the record, he felt that some parts might have been exaggerated, but the weapon-forging diagram must have been influenced by the power related to dreams during its formation.
It is impossible to attain enlightenment in a dream.
But perhaps the eighth patriarch just happened to discover some kind of opportunity and mistakenly regarded it as a treasure related to the illusion. So he thought of using the illusion as a basis to create the world inside this weapon forging diagram.
Ultimately, the other party inadvertently created an independent dream world.
Chen Yuan made this guess because he discovered that the foundation of this dream lay entirely in the material of this golden scroll.
No one knows how the Eighth Ancestor obtained this treasure. Even the records of the Holy Weapon Sect regarding the golden scroll only state that the Ancestor used this extraordinary treasure as a foundation, thereby creating the Illusionary World.
They simply took out a rare treasure, and the illusionary world was created without even a process.
"Could this scroll have originated from a treasure land on the Origin Continent?"
Chen Yuan guessed, "I do remember a treasure land called the Dream Realm," but it is extremely dangerous and cannot be entered lightly by anyone without the strength of an Emperor.
"Even if the Eighth Ancestor was strong, he was only at the first level of the God King realm. He shouldn't be able to enter that place, right?"
"Not to mention, the two royal families have always been extremely guarded over such a treasure land, so the eighth patriarch should not be able to enter."
"But that's not necessarily true. The Wu Kingdom existed for a very long time, and its eighth patriarch was a figure from billions of years ago on the continent."
It should be understood that one cycle of reincarnation in the primordial universe is only equivalent to ten thousand epochs on the Origin Continent. Therefore, no one can say for sure what the situation was like on the Origin Continent when the Eighth Ancestor was still active.
"Forget it, why think so much?" Chen Yuan shook his head slightly. "The important thing is to fully grasp the opportunity."
He looked at the golden scroll, his eyes gleaming with white light, and directly used his Primordial Eye to analyze all the information in the golden scroll.
After a short while, Chen Yuan roughly figured out the basic information about the golden scroll.
"The level of this material is equivalent to that of a God-King, but it is not limited to the first level; its upper limit should be the Ultimate level."
"Of course, the premise is that your weapon crafting skills are up to par."
After understanding the basic situation of the weapon-refining diagram, Chen Yuan withdrew the secret technique and prepared to let his other clones analyze it slowly.
After all, given his level, acquiring a complete first-level God King treasure wouldn't be something he could do in a short time. He needed to check out his other gains and didn't have time to linger here.
After transmitting the weapon-forging diagram to the clone of the Tomb Ship, Chen Yuan once again looked at the holographic image in front of him, and then locked onto the location of the 28 key marked worlds.
"It's time to go see the treasures left behind by the Holy Weapon Sect."
The next second, Chen Yuan tore open a spatial gate and stepped through it, arriving at the first space.
As far as the eye can see, there are countless refining materials, piled up like mountains, forming colorful and continuous mountain ranges according to different categories.
"These materials—are all of the Void level."
Chen Yuan arrived at the foot of a mountain made of purple metal, picked up a metal block at random, and the detailed information of this material automatically appeared in his mind.
[Purple Ridge Stone: Attributes to metal and earth, it can be used to refine superior Void True Mystic Treasures, and can also be used as a cultivation material for the ninth level of the Myriad Realms Realm of the Great Evolution Creation Body]
These materials were not recorded in his database, but rather messages left directly within this piece of purple prism so that future generations could understand them.
"A treasure material of Void Realm quality is only a cultivation material for the ninth level of the Myriad Things Realm."
"interesting."
Chen Yuan glanced at the mountains, which stretched for at least a thousand kilometers, and made a judgment about the value of these materials.
"The source of the Great Way, worth at least trillions."
After gathering information about the purple prism, Chen Yuan turned around and refined the purple metal in his hand, turning it into an energy reserve.
Anyway, with the Primordial Hand around, he can make a huge amount of these materials at any time, so there will never be a shortage.
Therefore, Chen Yuan was more interested in the energy contained in these materials themselves. If he could refine all the materials, it would be easy for him to advance his Primordial Hand to the eighth level.
With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated and raised his hand to prepare to refine the entire Purple Ridge Stone Mountain.
However, he soon discovered that after refining less than a hundred pieces, a layer of light appeared before him, completely covering the remaining purple prism stones.
"this----"
Upon seeing this, Chen Yuan was stunned and couldn't help but reach out to touch the light screen. Then, a message was transmitted into his mind.
"I see----"
After reading this information, he finally understood and shook his head helplessly: "In order to prevent future generations from abusing these materials, there is actually a protection mechanism. Certain requirements must be met before these materials can be taken away at will."
The so-called requirement is actually the realm of "Great Evolution Creation Body".
For example, this Purple Ridge Stone Mountain is of late-stage Void Realm quality, and requires one to cultivate the Great Evolution Creation Body to the ninth level of the Myriad Things Realm before one can take it all.
Otherwise, he could only take a few samples of each material at most.
Chen Yuan hasn't even started body tempering yet, so he naturally hasn't reached the Great Evolution Creation Body realm. Therefore, after taking a few pieces of purple prism stone, he immediately triggered the protection mechanism.
"Okay, samples will do."
Chen Yuan shook his head slightly, but he wasn't disappointed.
As long as he has samples, he can analyze the essence of these materials and then create them with the Primordial Hand, producing as many as he wants!
The inability to fully refine these materials only prevents his Primordial Hand from breaking through; in any case, the seventh level is already sufficient for him.
"In that case, let's collect all this information first."
Looking at the other mountains in the distance, Chen Yuan made a decision in his heart.
So he took a piece of each material as a research sample, and after collecting the data, he refined it.
About half a day later, Chen Yuan had recorded all the information about the materials in this small world.
Unsurprisingly, all the materials in this world are of Void-level quality, with the worst being around the mid-Void stage and the best being the peak Void stage.
"It's time to explore other smaller worlds."
After collecting the last material, Chen Yuan opened the spatial portal again and headed to the next treasure space.
The situation here is similar to the first space, and it is also filled with void-level materials.
In fact, out of the 28 treasure spaces, 18 of them contain void-level materials.
Of the remaining 10 spaces, 7 contain Eternal-level materials, 2 contain Chaos-level materials, and 1 contains God-King-level materials.
Subsequently, Chen Yuan spent more than a month sweeping through the 25 spaces, basically collecting most of the information on eternal-grade materials.
As for Void-level materials? Judging from Wu Guo's collection, he felt that even if he hadn't collected all the types on the Origin Continent, he had at least collected 90%.
"Good news, the Celestial Armor can finally evolve again."
A smile appeared on Chen Yuan's face.
This battle suit was initially limited by its basic design and remained stuck at the ninth level of the Supreme Treasure category, unable to be upgraded. Later, he obtained the inheritance of the Jin Dynasty, which contained enough information to upgrade the battle suit to the Chaos level.
Unfortunately, while we had enough information, we were limited by the availability of materials. There were very few materials that met the requirements, especially eternal-grade materials, which were extremely scarce.
So much so that after tens of thousands of years, his Heavenly Mantle Armor was only able to be upgraded to the Eternal Level 1 before it could no longer be improved.
The materials required for the Primordial Soul are even rarer, and it has only been optimized to the ninth level of the Void.
But now, the situation is completely different.
Not to mention the Heavenly Mantle, he could even optimize the Primordial Soul to the Eternal Peak.
"Okay, let's continue to explore its other aspects."
Chen Yuan was already satisfied with his trip, but he was even more looking forward to what treasures were hidden in the last three treasure vaults.
Unfortunately, when he tore open the portal and prepared to go to the next treasure vault, he was blocked.
To unlock the Saint-level treasure room, one must cultivate the Great Evolution Creation Body to the fifth level of the Chaos level.
"Uh—" Chen Yuan scratched his head, not expecting that he couldn't even enter the three most important treasure rooms.
"If a Chaos-level treasure room isn't enough, then a God-King level treasure room probably won't do either."
After thinking about it, Chen Yuan decided to give it a try. As expected, he received a rejection message, which required him to cultivate his "Great Evolution Creation Body" to the ninth level of the Chaos Realm.
"Well, it seems the Holy Weapon Sect isn't just blindly generous after all."
Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly, "That's true. If we encounter a spendthrift, then the wealth accumulated over hundreds of millions of years will probably be squandered."
"The requirement to reach the Great Evolution Creation Body realm is not only to ensure that successors have enough materials to cultivate, but also to prevent some key treasures from being sold off."
After all, the Holy Weapon Sect only provided cultivation resources for body-refining secret techniques.
Want other resources? Then go earn them yourself!
These accumulated resources can be considered the foundation of the Holy Weapon Sect, and they are not something to be wasted by successors.
"Well, having gathered so much information, my trip has already been quite fruitful."
Chen Yuan smiled slightly. Anyway, he still had many sources of the Great Dao, so he could just create whatever materials he wanted.
"Well then, this fruitful journey has come to a successful end, and it's time for me to return to the original universe."
With that in mind, Chen Yuan tore open another spatial gate, preparing to go to the Inheritance Hall first and take away the other core inheritances.
But just as he was about to leave, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Wait, should I go check out the other ordinary spaces?"
"I remember that although those spaces only contained ordinary materials, there shouldn't have been any restrictions on what you could take."