101: Chapter 101 Condensing Three Ancestral Seeds of Supernatural Abilities! Natal Weapon [Forbidden Ruins]

Pulling his thoughts back, Jiang Jin sat cross-legged.

The surroundings were pitch black. He calmed his mind to sense the three abilities that had just awakened in his body.

After becoming the [Creator], his [Comprehension Ability] improved drastically. He basically encountered no major [Bottleneck]s during his cultivation, making his journey smooth sailing as he advanced all the way.

Comprehension Ability is a very magical thing. Just like talent and background, it can accelerate a Transcendent's speed during closed-door cultivation, and also allow them to stay ahead of ordinary people in terms of ability comprehension and learning Cultivation Techniques.

Jiang Jin didn't know exactly how much his Comprehension Ability had improved compared to before, but he figured it was at least tenfold.

Time flowed slowly, and Jiang Jin's comprehension of the three abilities gradually deepened.

Within his body, a mysterious and profound change slowly began to take place.

As his Realm grew higher and his body evolved significantly, his need for ordinary grains gradually decreased.

Although he couldn't 'abstain from food' at his current [E- Rank] Realm, he could still barely sustain his Physical Body's daily consumption for two or three days using Transcendent energy.

Crack!

At a certain moment,

at Jiang Jin's navel acupoint, a crisp cracking sound accompanied a wave of warmth, like the rupture of fascia, causing the navel acupoint to undergo a transformation.

Immediately after, wisps of dense Transcendent light emanated from there, like a receding torrent—a sign of the Dantian's formation.

Now is the time!

His mind was highly alert. As the dense light radiated, the three abilities flowing through his body frantically condensed toward that spot!

With the new birth of the Transcendent, the path of cultivation was entirely in an exploratory phase, and the living beings were still relatively unfamiliar with abilities.

But as the [Creator], Jiang Jin could access all the ability information that appeared on the Origin Continent.

Therefore, he was very clear about the Early Stage growth steps of abilities.

And at this moment, he was condensing—the Ancestral Ability Seeds!

In myths and legends, the position corresponding to the navel acupoint is the so-called 'Dantian'.

However, Jiang Jin's cultivation had not yet reached that step, so naturally, a Dantian had not formed.

But even without a Dantian, the location for condensing the Ancestral Ability Seeds still existed.

Once the three abilities formed by Transcendent energy gathered in place, they intertwined and swirled around each other. Within the faint, hazy energy layer radiating around the navel acupoint, they gradually solidified... forming three mysterious seeds the size of rice grains!

And these were the Ancestral Ability Seeds!

They were the source of power for utilizing abilities!

From now on, whenever Jiang Jin unleashed his abilities, he would draw ability elements from within them.

Looking closely, their colors each had their own unique charm.

[Wings of Light] was pure white, [Golden Armor Holy Blade] was light yellow, and [Space Constraint] was deep black.

Phew...

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Jin pressed his hands down to gather his Qi, Awakening from his closed-door cultivation.

As he moved his hands, three wisps of abilities with completely different auras appeared at his fingertips, burning like sparks and emitting a fascinating, faint glow.

Immediately after, his fingers flicked as if dealing cards, and the three wisps of abilities instantly surged into his body and disappeared.

In the next second, the three abilities unfolded.

Jiang Jin was clad in earth-element armor, with pure white Wings of Light growing from his back. He stepped on the faintly fluctuating space-time, and a chilling metal-element killing power flowed through his arms!

Not bad... I'm just lacking a handy melee weapon...

Jiang Jin murmured. He slightly opened his right hand, and a rusty bronze Tang Dao, its surface engraved with ancient inscriptions and a damaged five-clawed golden Dragon pattern, suddenly appeared in his hand.

Clang!

With a gentle pull of his hand, even after thousands of years, the blade still gleamed with a cold, silver light. It was dazzling to the eyes while emitting a blade hum that sounded like a golden Dragon's roar.

This bronze Tang Dao was encased in a cypress scabbard.

The blade was about half a finger wide and one meter long, with a straight-cut tip. It could be swung with one hand or slashed vertically with both hands.

Although it was called a bronze sword, the bronze was actually only a thin plating on the scabbard and hilt; the blade itself was still made of iron.

Its origin was astonishing.

According to archaeological experts' speculations, it was once the treasured blade worn by Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin and Grand General of Heavenly Policy of the Tang Dynasty, during the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Back then, when Jiang Jin killed Wang Zhen in Sichuan, this bronze Tang Dao was among the thirty-odd precious cultural relics he collected.

Because it was too dilapidated, Jiang Jin had not used it and had kept it stored inside the Singularity Universe.

Although he didn't know if its origin was truly as the experts speculated, considering Wang Zhen's status, a bronze artifact stored in his villa's basement was certainly not some common museum piece.

In fact, from the moment this bronze blade was excavated from the tomb until now, it had not even been displayed in a museum before being presented by a subordinate official.

Otherwise, with Wang Zhen's half-baked expertise, how could he have had the ability to collect it?

Now that his abilities were in place, it was time for this thousand-year-old treasured blade to see the light of day again.

A Mortal Weapon, its grade is too low...

With a shift of Jiang Jin's thoughts, the Spirit Energy Factors within the oval light screen seemed to receive a summons, surging spontaneously into the bronze Tang Dao.

Under the nourishment, repair, and nurturing of the Spirit Energy Factors, the rusty blade slowly underwent a bizarre transformation.

Visibly, the cold gleam across its entire body grew even sharper.

The damaged five-clawed golden Dragon on the scabbard seemed to come alive, trembling with clangs and shining brilliantly.

About two hours later, the bronze Tang Dao completed its first transformation, its body ascending to [Tier 1]!

Tier 1 is not quite enough. Continue the transformation...

Jiang Jin did not stop, continuing to let the Spirit Energy Factors wash over the blade's body, transforming it to the next level.

Five hours later, after consuming over three thousand wisps of Spirit Energy Factors, the bronze Tang Dao completed its second transformation, its body ascending to [Tier 2]!

A smile appeared on Jiang Jin's face. Even before the blade was unsheathed, he could clearly sense that this sword was no longer a dead object; a hazy, faint consciousness was nurturing within it.

The legendary 'Artifact Spirit'?

The world is vast and full of wonders. Under the extraordinary, even 'silicon-based life' can actually exist.

As expected, the Transcendent Era is the future. The technological side is destined to only serve as a foil.

He shook his head, sighing in admiration repeatedly.

Swish!

Drawing the blade, he practiced a set of ordinary blade techniques in the pitch-black Void Realm where he couldn't even see his own hand.

The blade techniques were ordinary, but with the enhancement of a Tier 2 weapon and the metal-element killing power of the [Golden Armor Holy Blade], each slash unleashed magnificent curtains of blade light, slicing through the Void Realm and lighting up the surrounding darkness.

Having familiarized himself with the weapon, Jiang Jin unleashed all three of his abilities. With the sacred armor on his back and the Tang Dao in hand, he looked like a deity descending to the world, the powerful aura radiating from his body suffocating.

In this boundless Void Realm, even more magnificent curtains of blade light appeared once again, along with terrifying traces of surging Transcendent light waves.

The growth of abilities is not achieved overnight. I need to find an opportunity to go to the dense forest and fight in person. Only through battles of blood and fire can the synchronization speed be faster.

A long time later, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead and his undershirt soaked, Jiang Jin sheathed the blade, looking thoughtful.

This will be my Lifebound Weapon from now on, so I should give you a name... What should it be...

He lowered his gaze to look at the bronze Tang Dao. As his eyes flickered, a name surfaced in his mind, 'Forbidden... Ruins!!'

Not bad. The name forbidden void fits my identity as the [Creator] very well.

Jiang Jin nodded with satisfaction, feeling that he wasn't terrible at naming after all. Didn't such a high-class blade name just come to him?

Buzz~

Suddenly, a slight tremor ran through the blade.

He could sense that the faint Artifact Spirit inside the bronze Tang Dao was very satisfied with the name 'forbidden void'.

With a wave of his hand, he sent forbidden void into the circular light screen of the Origin Continent.

The Spiritual Qi was dense there, and the environment was excellent, making it highly suitable for forbidden void' growth and transformation.

Tier 2 seemed decent, but to become Jiang Jin's Lifebound Weapon, it was far from enough.

Immediately after, with a thought from Jiang Jin, the latest four-dimensional panel appeared before his eyes:

[Name: Jiang Jin]

[Abilities: Wings of Light (Rudimentary Form), Golden Armor Holy Blade (Minor Achievement), Space Constraint (Rudimentary Form)]

[Race: Human]

[Strength: 24]

[Agility: 24]

[Physique: 23]

[Spirit: 24]

[Comprehensive Life Rating: E-]

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In Jiang Jin's settings, the proficiency of ability Awakening is divided into: Rudimentary Form, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, Perfection, and Ultimate Sublimation.

Being able to awaken an ability to the Domain of 'Ultimate Sublimation' would bring about indescribable changes, almost reaching the end of the 'corresponding Rank elemental system'.

For example, for a fire-element N-Rank ability, if a Transcendent awakens it to Ultimate Sublimation, they would be the uncrowned king within this fire-element N-Rank ability, standing at the very peak of strength.

Simply because there can only be one person who achieves Ultimate Sublimation for the same ability!

Of course, there are thousands, countless types of ability talents. For now, no overlapping individuals have been discovered on the Origin Continent.

This 'only one person' rule is limited to the same [Elemental World]. The Origin Continent and Blue Star are two different Elemental Worlds, with no intersection between them, and their world elements operate independently.

This is a fundamental world rule set by Jiang Jin, which all living beings in heaven and earth simply cannot violate.

After Awakening three abilities, my four-dimensional stats have also increased slightly... It seems I'm not far from the next Realm...

But there's no rush. Once the living beings of the two worlds have cleared the path ahead and made it smooth and pitless, I will step into it as the situation demands...

Jiang Jin thought to himself, and his figure disappeared from where he stood, returning to the real world.

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