132: Nirvana Pearl

Meanwhile, in the massive secret chamber beneath Spoon Mountain.

Xiao Qingyuan sat cross-legged on a stone platform, surrounded by scattered beads of varying sizes, all emitting a dangerous golden-red glow.

These beads were translucent and golden-red, and the golden light was none other than continuously flowing magical power contained within them.

Yes, it was magical power.

This was Xiao Qingyuan's greatest achievement during this period: the necessity of infusing magical power, combined with the power of heaven and earth, to form a layered magical power circuit—which is to say, a Spirit Inscription—while Artifact Refining!

This was also the first type of Spirit Inscription he created, spherical in shape.

It was a series of nesting dolls, layer upon layer, within the Thunderclap Pearl.

During Artifact Refining, it was crucial to start from the innermost layer, with each layer requiring a massive infusion of magical power.

Not a single error was allowed.

“Phew… after all this time, I’ve finally stacked the spherical Talisman patterns to twelve layers. The power of the Thunderclap Pearl has increased twelvefold from its original strength!”

“To continue nesting, a more complex material ratio is needed.”

“The inherent properties of the red stone alone are no longer sufficient!”

“Although the power is only acceptable to me, this method is a success and will suffice for now!”

A look of exhaustion, yet also excitement, flashed in Xiao Qingyuan’s eyes.

As if seeing it for the first time, he picked up a new type of Thunderclap Pearl and examined it closely.

Within the small, transparent spherical bead, upon closer inspection, twelve layers of faintly glowing magical power circuits flickered continuously, just like a Spirit Talisman.

They were complex and exquisite, dangerous yet beautiful.

Each magical power circuit appeared to be on the verge of eruption, seeming highly unstable.

Extremely dangerous.

Nevertheless, Xiao Qingyuan nodded, extremely satisfied with it.

In reality, the most difficult part was not the production itself.

Although Artifact Refining each new type of Thunderclap Pearl required him to keep his spiritual eyes open throughout the entire process, and was equivalent to drawing twelve High Grade Talismans consecutively during Artifact Refining.

It might be difficult for others, but for him, it was merely that.

The hardest part was not how to improve it later, but the Breakthrough from zero to one.

This single step alone consumed more than half a month of his time.

Conversely, transitioning from a double-layered nested Thunderclap Pearl to the current twelve-layered one only took him three days.

Simply put, the new Thunderclap Pearl is essentially an alternative Spirit Talisman, composed of Materials acting as Talisman paper, Artifact Magical Artifact Talisman patterns as strokes, and magical power as stored energy, all aimed at instantaneousbreak out.

However, after he overcame the difficulty of using Materials to replace Talisman paper, the step of infusing magical power while Artifact Refining also didn't trouble him for long, with the help of his spiritual eyes.

He even created many Spirit Inscription structures, not just the spherical one, inspired by his original profound talisman.

These were all simple problems.

But what about Talisman ink?

That was the most difficult part.

How to attract a massive amount of the power of heaven and earth during the Formation of the Spirit Inscription—this was the main problem that had stumped Xiao Qingyuan for so long.

He tried various Materials, even Talisman ink and Yao Beast essence blood, but no matter what he did, the results never met his expectations.

Ultimately, it was only by carefully observing the slaying immortal gourd, the geng metal gourd vine, and the natural Talisman patterns formed by the Water Refining Method on this stone wall that he finally gained inspiration.

—He must let the power of heaven and earth come on its own while infusing magical power!

Since there are Spirit Attraction Formations and Spirit Gathering Formations, why couldn't there be a special Spirit Formation that attracts the power of heaven and earth?

Thus, Xiao Qingyuan's mind suddenly opened up, and he had a burst of inspiration.

Why could the Formation of the Water Refining Method attract a massive amount of the power of heaven and earth when it formed?

Why would heaven and earth spontaneously come when one achieved Foundation Establishment Breakthrough?

Why could the combination of magical power and Talisman ink attract a large amount of the power of heaven when drawing Talismans?

To achieve this, he had to return to the question he had when he first learned to draw Talismans: why, when others drew Talismans, were they afraid that the power of heaven and earth would be like an arrogant goddess, and no matter how much his grandfather preened and used his skilled techniques, the power of heaven and earth attracted was only so-so?

And why, when he drew Talismans, was he afraid that this little hussy of the power of heaven and earth would be too much and too clingy, affecting his performance?

Was it really just because he could see the power of heaven and earth?

No!

Xiao Qingyuan immediately focused his gaze on the reincarnation seal, which was bound to his Soul.

Having already achieved Foundation Establishment Breakthrough, Xiao Qingyuan naturally understood that the reincarnation seal itself had no physical form.

Its essence was a form of authority, or an existence similar to the six paths of Reincarnation, or a fragment of the underworld.

Its status was extremely high.

Even he, its master, became extraordinary as a result.

As long as he could find the pattern and utilize it, all the problems he envisioned would be easily solved!

Thinking this, Xiao Qingyuan began to try various methods.

However, the power of heaven and earth was, after all, a power that only Golden Core True Persons or even Nascent Soul Old Ancestors could initially grasp. How could Xiao Qingyuan easily achieve his desires without resorting to some unorthodox cultivation methods?

Indeed, from that moment on, Xiao Qingyuan’s painful attempts began.

The initial Formation he envisioned had too weak an effect, and the time cost was too high, so it was temporarily shelved.

Drawing Talismans with one hand and Artifact Refining with the other also proved useless; the power of heaven and earth attracted by the Spirit Talisman would only flow into the Spirit Talisman.

This brought Xiao Qingyuan to the brink of collapse.

And just as his mentality was about to explode, even thinking of giving up in a fit of recklessness, things coincidentally and suddenly saw a glimmer of hope.

Finally, three days ago, Xiao Qingyuan touched upon a slight threshold for the Formation of Spirit Inscriptions—the ultimate destruction and rebirth!

“Drawing Talismans is a gentle way of tickling the power of heaven and earth through enticement.”

“Then the key to my The Way of Spiritual Patterns lies in destruction!”

“No destruction, no creation!”

Thinking of the process of Artifact Refining the new type of Thunderclap Pearl, Xiao Qingyuan couldn't help but sigh, “The moment the Spirit Inscription is completed, quickly infuse magical power to the critical point just before eruption.”

“And at the same time, the temperature of the Materials must also be raised to the extreme limit of impending destruction.”

“Only with this extremely unstable state can the attention of the power of heaven and earth be attracted.”

“‘Luring’ the surrounding power of heaven and earth in, and quickly covering it with the next layer of Material casing.”

“And more crucially, the attracted power of heaven and earth must be neither too much nor too little.”

“It must be ensured that the amount of power of heaven and earth in the outer layers is precisely a tiny bit more than the previous layer.”

“Sigh…”

At this thought, Xiao Qingyuan kept shaking his head.

“This kind of tightrope walking, besides me who can see the concentration of the power of heaven and earth, I’m afraid no one else in this world can Artifact Refining this new type of Thunderclap Pearl, right?”

“In that case, calling it a Thunderclap Pearl might be a bit inappropriate.”

“Heh!”

Xiao Qingyuan chuckled, and being bad at naming things, he turned to look around, glancing left and right.

Suddenly, he saw the ground full of waste Materials in front of him, and his eyes lit up, saying:

“It’s decided! One bead emerges, perishing together, all things annihilated. I’ll call you Nirvana Pearl!”

Xiao Qingyuan rubbed his hands.

“Although the power of this thing doesn’t reach the power of a second-tier Spell.”

“But it is definitely above a quasi-second-tier Spirit Talisman.”

“It’s enough for my father and the others to use for pioneering and self-defense.”

“If the quantity is huge, it can even threaten weaker Early Stage second-tier Yao Beasts!”

“The most crucial thing is that, apart from the Artifact Refining method being more troublesome and having little room for error, the time cost and the price of the Materials themselves are quite cheap!”

“And just like a Spirit Talisman, you can use it as soon as you get it.”

“Unlike the previous one-time Magical Artifacts, which required further consumption of magical power to activate.”

“In terms of practicality, power, and cost, it’s more than ten times better than the original Thunderclap Pearl.”

“Heh!”

Xiao Qingyuan grinned.

“A Thunderclap Pearl is worth five Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Wouldn’t it be fair to sell my twelve-times more powerful Nirvana Pearl for fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones?”

“Hehehehehe…”

He couldn't help it; he had six wives, and there would be more in the future.

More importantly, he had a bunch of children crying for food; he had to earn money to support his family!

“Buzz—!”

However, just as Xiao Qingyuan was happily laughing and preparing to research true second-tier Magical Artifacts, the sound transmission Talisman, which represented that it should only be contacted for major matters, suddenly rang.

This was also the safeguard Xiao Qingyuan had specially left for Guanyin Nu after the last incident.

The purpose was to avoid any regrettable events that would cause him lifelong regret.

Bringing it this time was merely a precaution.

Seeing it ring, Xiao Qingyuan’s expression immediately darkened.

What was going on?

Could someone dare to attack again?

So he quickly picked up the sound transmission jade Talisman, and his face instantly changed. How could this be…?