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Chapter 205: Chapter 202 Complete Materials List
Gu Jinlai and Zhang Yukan, among others, entered the Aries Star Palace and found themselves in a main hall.
However, upon seeing this main hall, Gu Jinlai immediately realized something.
"It’s not right! The size of the main hall..."
"Many records indicate that the space inside the Aries Star Palace is much larger than the space it seemingly occupies from the outside. I was somewhat unable to understand this before, but now I realize... the records are true."
Si Tianyan muttered to himself, "Even with my own eyes, I still can’t comprehend. How can space be expanded like this?"
Gu Jinlai, too, was unable to understand as he gazed at the main hall.
Like the Star Gate and the Ruins Beasts, this was far beyond the scope of his knowledge.
"Spatial techniques, eh."
In Gu Jinlai’s mind flashed images of the Qiankun Bag, Storage Bracelet, World of Cave Heaven, Palm Buddha Country, and other legendary wonders.
Indeed...
The Heavenly Master is an immortal cultivator, right?
"There are three challenges within the Aries Star Palace. Those who overcome the three simultaneously can inherit the complete legacy of the Creator, the Aries Star Lord," she said.
Zhang Yukan said, "The three challenges can be attempted all at once or one by one, and you’re free to choose which to tackle first. It sounds easy, but alas... according to the records of our Great Sun Heavenly Sect, out of more than three hundred attempts, only six people have passed even one challenge."
"I have a record from Jiang Chongshan stating that out of one thousand and forty attempts, only thirteen have passed a single challenge," Gu Jinlai noted.
"However, as long as you pass one challenge, you can get a reward based on your performance in the challenge. So, I hope that all of us will be able to pass at least one."
"Let’s hope your words bring good fortune," the others responded as they looked around the hall.
Three directions represented the three challenges.
"These challenges are named Hidden Dragon, Shenglong, and True Dragon, corresponding to a Heavenly Master’s potential, theory, and application, respectively. Supreme Elder, which challenge would you like to attempt first?" Zhang Yukan asked with a smile.
"The challenge of potential is the most dangerous. According to the records, it employs a combat-like method to push a person’s spiritual potential to the limit, with over ninety percent of the casualties during the assessment occurring there. Therefore, I’ll try that last. As for the challenge associated with theory, which is the Shenglong, a single mistake could lead to a misjudgment of oneself. So, I’ll start with the True Dragon challenge and its practical application," Gu Jinlai said.
His current status meant he could no longer adventure as recklessly as he had done before.
The True Dragon challenge was the least hazardous.
"I also choose the True Dragon challenge."
"I have an idea for refining an elixir that I want to try out in the Shenglong challenge. Even if I can’t pull it off, at least I can verify whether my path is correct."
"Potential... many people are confident in their own potential, and I want to know where my limit lies. If I can break through my limits, that would be ideal. I’ll take the Hidden Dragon challenge."
One by one, the Heavenly Masters made their choices quickly.
Most people, like Gu Jinlai, chose the safest True Dragon challenge, while only a few chose the Hidden Dragon or Shenglong challenges.
Gu Jinlai wished those Heavenly Masters taking on different challenges to take care and soon entered the palace on the right.
The palace seemed to have a soundproofing effect.
There was no uproar in the main hall, but as they entered the right wing, a chorus of discussion rose.
This palace appeared to be an immense hall covering thousands of square meters.
The hall was divided into various areas.
There were living quarters, a recreational area, a food zone, and isolated resting spaces.
At the moment, in the recreational area of the right wing, groups of more than a hundred people gathered together, talking animatedly.
The True Dragon challenge’s assessment involved three major categories: Beast Taming, Artifact Refining, and Fetus Spirit.
At first, it evaluated foundational knowledge in the Heavenly Master Path, then allowed the Heavenly Master to process and analyze spiritual materials. Next, based on the analysis of these materials, they needed to refine a Spiritual Artifact Embryo with attributes scoring over a hundred.
Only after the Artifact Spirit inherent to the palace verified the attribute score of over a hundred did a contender successfully pass the challenge.
This assessment was standard.
It was even somewhat like an examination.
The sole difference was that it was an open-book test.
If you encountered unrecognizable materials, you could even ask for help.
Of course, while helping, one had to be careful that others wouldn’t replicate your results and claim them as their own.
It’s like writing a paper; you can ask for assistance, but you must also guard against someone else copying your work and publishing it first.
Ultimately, the choice to seek help from others is subjective.
As Gu Jinlai and others stepped into the right hall, many eyes turned towards them.
Some guessed their identity right away.
"Heavenly Monarch Gu!?"
"Is this the only Heavenly Monarch our Daqian has produced in nearly forty years? The rumor says he got the inheritance of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect, but I don’t believe it. Their inheritance isn’t that amazing."
"I wonder if Heavenly Monarch Gu will act like Wan Wusheng and Zhang Daoyan, secluding himself in a private rest area, unresponsive to our requests for guidance..."
All sorts of voices arose from the crowd.
About a dozen Heavenly Masters stood up to greet Gu Jinlai.
The Xuzhen Tower provided all relevant information about the Aries Star Palace to Gu Jinlai, knowing he would not represent them at the Divine Sword conference, all for this moment.
They hoped that when Heavenly Masters from Xuzhen Tower had questions, he would lend a helping hand.
Gu Jinlai nodded in acknowledgment to each Heavenly Master who greeted him, then headed towards the center of the hall.
Along the way, the Heavenly Masters stepped aside to give full respect to this Heavenly Monarch who had nearly reached the culmination of the Heavenly Master Path.
In the center of the right hall, multiple virtual projections simultaneously addressed various concerns of the Heavenly Masters.
Yes! 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
It looked remarkably like holographic projections.
Yet Gu Jinlai knew that these were figures created by the concentration of spiritual energy to its extreme, further manipulating microscopic particles and reflecting light.
This was the Aries Star Palace’s Artifact Spirit.
All things have spirits.
Spiritual Artifacts, likewise.
When the spirit of an artifact reaches its limit, it can transform into life under the guidance of the creator, and even the Heavenly Monarch.
And the method of guidance...
It’s somewhat like the domestication by artificial intelligence.
When Gu Jinlai reached the center of the right hall, a new Aries Star Palace Artifact Spirit came into being.
It set its gaze upon him, curiously "examining" him.
The expressions and movements of humans were vividly replicated by it.
If given a real body, its thought and behavior patterns would be almost indistinguishable from those of humans.
"Such pure spirit..."
After examining Gu Jinlai for a moment, the Artifact Spirit seemed to discern something, "Likewise... very violent spirit... Possessing this kind of spirit, full of destructive power, you would be able to better utilize your advantages at Hidden Dragon Pass."
The evaluation of the Artifact Spirit drew the sideways glances of many Heavenly Masters.
Some even associated this with Gu Jinlai’s various alarming and brilliant battle achievements.
This...
He was a Heavenly Monarch skilled in the art of battle and slaughter.
"No rush, one pass at a time,"
Gu Jinlai said with a smile.
"If you insist, then shall we start? I will continuously show groups of materials that can be used to cast Spiritual Artifacts, both extraordinary and spiritual materials. You need to analyze the properties of these materials and then use your analyzed results to refine a Spiritual Artifact,"
"Ok,"
Gu Jinlai nodded.
At that moment, the spirit on the Artifact Spirit burst forth explosively within Gu Jinlai’s perception.
Immediately after, this spirit began to simulate and recombine at an extremely fast pace.
In the process, Gu Jinlai clearly sensed what was called Void Creation!
Yes!
Void Creation!
Through its spirit, the Artifact Spirit continually simulated and created various items.
Although the structures it simulated and created did not actually conglomerate, being projected merely as light and shadow, but...
By infusing these simulated items with enough spirit to allow them to quickly replicate, ultimately...
It would be like elements gathering into dust, dust gathering into gravel, gravel gathering into rocks, forming into actual spiritual materials and ores.
"This is really..."
Gu Jinlai watched this unfold.
He had previously touched upon the domain of the creators and had wondered whether the creators possessed the ability of Void Creation.
And now...
It was confirmed.
Gu Jinlai watched as the Artifact Spirit continuously interpreted and changed one material after another, each with a distinct spirit structure and serving different functions.
During this time, he also saw materials like Yunxiao Wood, Void Stone, and Jade Dragon Scale.
The structure of each spiritual material left him in awe.
It seemed like all the substances in the world were stored in the memory of the Artifact Spirit, which could produce anything it wished, including spiritual materials.
Of course, the structure of spiritual materials was extremely complex.
To truly create a piece of spiritual material from nothing would require an enormous amount of spirit.
It’s like in modern civilization, even though we can synthesize a diamond through the arrangement of atoms, the cost of equipment and electricity is much higher than simply buying a diamond.
Therefore, the materials that creators produce through Void Creation are often those in urgent need.
And they must also know the exact structure of these materials.
Gu Jinlai watched intently, his eyes not blinking, his spiritual perception pushed to the limit.
Three minutes, ten minutes, half an hour, one hour...
The Artifact Spirit performed for Gu Jinlai for over three hours, interpreting various materials.
And Gu Jinlai had his horizons broadened as he "saw" the combinations of thousands of materials and spiritual materials.
Most of these materials were no less than Black Gold.
The performance of some materials even surpassed that of Black Gold.
Just when Gu Jinlai was planning to continue observing, the Artifact Spirit grew impatient.
"Hey, hey, hey! Have you made your choice? I see that your spirit is pure, so I’m actively showing you each material instead of just giving you a set for analysis like those who clearly come here trying their luck. Don’t be too excessive now, simulating different material structures is very tiring,"
said the Artifact Spirit, seemingly a little angry, "Forget it, just the one thousand and twenty-four materials from before, pick the materials you need from there and analyze them yourself, combining them into a Spiritual Artifact Embryo."
"If the Spiritual Artifact Embryo I combine turns out to be decent, may I then ask you to perform other materials for me?"
Gu Jinlai asked.
"That depends on whether I’m satisfied with the performance of your combined Spiritual Artifact,"
"I understand,"
Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.
The thought that there were so many materials in the Artifact Spirit’s database...
Although he did not recognize many of them, but...
They were now recorded in his brain.
Therefore, he must take advantage of this rare opportunity to replicate the Artifact Spirit’s materials database.
With this database, he would no longer have to worry about choosing materials.
