Chapter 268: Entering the Medicine, Guiding the Spirit

At this very moment.

The once-solid Divine Illumination barrier had shrunk to a thin layer.

A faint ice-blue glow illuminated it, dyeing it a moon-blue hue, exquisitely beautiful.

“So there is something here.”

Jiang Jian activated the ice-blue glow, saturating the Divine Illumination barrier.

His gaze suddenly sharpened!

Under the light of Pure World Divine Fire, a twelve-faceted crystal clearly appeared at the edge of the Divine Illumination barrier!

This twelve-faceted crystal was colorless.

Firmly embedded in the barrier.

At every moment, it drew in external matter.

Maintaining the Divine Illumination barrier from breaking.

If this object were not removed,

Even with countless spiritual energies, one could never break through!

Pure World Divine Fire, though unable to affect the Divine Illumination barrier, could destabilize the twelve-faceted crystal!

Jiang Jian focused his spirit, carefully activating the ice-blue glow to slowly peel away the colorless crystal.

Boom!

His Divine Illumination barrier trembled violently, as if stimulated!

External matter surged wildly, reassembling upon the transparent water curtain.

The gap left by the peeled crystal was instantly sealed.

In just a few seconds,

Jiang Jian’s Divine Illumination barrier absorbed external matter, growing thicker, reforming into a solid wall!

Even thicker than at the beginning.

Much thicker!

Jiang Jian sensed the newly formed Divine Illumination barrier.

Deep within his spirit, joy surged!

The Divine Illumination barrier exists in every living being—it is a truly irreplaceable resource.

Its impact on cultivation in the Divine Palace realm and subsequent potential is immense!

And in his case,

His previous barrier had been entirely absorbed into his Divine Palace.

If he broke through again,

The irreplaceable resources contained within this new barrier would likewise merge into his Divine Palace, becoming the foundation of his third realm!

Compared to ordinary beings,

Having shattered his entire Divine Illumination barrier with nothing left was already unprecedented, reaching the extreme of extremes.

But now,

On this foundation,

The potential foundation he was about to gain would double!

Meanwhile,

Jiang Jian also noticed

That as his soul rift healed under the influence of the “Weaving Fate” technique,

This new barrier

Was slowly, imperceptibly, growing thicker!

The thickness of the Divine Illumination barrier is inherently tied to one’s cultivation state.

Realizing this,

A wild idea formed in Jiang Jian’s mind.

To seize the Earth Store Lord position in Yinshan’s Ten Halls with only Spring Surge realm cultivation!

Obtain the Weaving Soul Stones, consume them all.

Combine them with Shen Qingchan’s “Weaving Fate” technique.

Enough to completely heal his remaining soul injuries!

Weaving Soul Stones have tremendous power.

If the other Hall Masters had not used theirs,

The current Yinshan Wonder Realm should still hold seventeen Weaving Soul Stones.

Perhaps after healing his soul, there would even be surplus.

These methods could greatly strengthen the soul.

At that time,

His cultivation foundation would surge, enhancing every aspect of his cultivation.

The Divine Illumination barrier would surely grow larger and thicker again!

If he then shattered it on this basis,

He could forge a Divine Palace unlike any in history—perfect, unimaginable to ordinary beings!

Making his decision,

Jiang Jian turned his attention back to the twelve-faceted crystal.

Fully focused, he activated the ice-blue glow, drawing the crystal out and suspending it before him.

“Ordinary methods cannot analyze it.”

Jiang Jian opened his eyes, took it in hand, examined it closely—but found no clues.

“I must use Pure World Divine Fire.”

The next moment, his sleeve swept lightly.

The ice-blue glow spread, covering the crystal.

The colorless twelve-faceted crystal instantly shattered, revealing a data crystal core within!

Jiang Jian studied the core, frowning slightly.

In his memory, it was utterly unfamiliar.

He activated his identity device, scanned the core, uploaded its image, and initiated an advanced search.

In an instant,

The holo-screen displayed a long string of information.

“Universal Storage Unit, Model N.”

“Introduced to the Solar System in 2950 by Neptune’s divine descendants from the Orion Arm, becoming synonymous with cutting-edge technology.”

Jiang Jian swiped his finger, browsing details on Model N crystals.

Information on Model N crystals in Earth’s network was exceedingly rare.

Only a passing mention, no further leads.

After all,

This technology far surpassed Earth’s capabilities.

Previously,

He had only known that textbooks mentioned Earth’s identity devices were built with Model T crystals.

These advanced technologies also originated from Neptune.

“For centuries,

Earth’s identity devices have undergone multiple upgrades—they are no longer the primitive devices of the past.”

Holding the Model N crystal, Jiang Jian’s thoughts surged, “I wonder if today’s identity devices can even parse Model N crystals.”

He raised his wrist, attempting to insert the Model N crystal into the device’s reader unit.

Click!

A crisp sound echoed!

Hearing it,

Jiang Jian’s eyes brightened!

The Model N crystal was accepted by the reader unit!

The holo-screen scrolled rapidly, displaying dense, massive blocks of garbled code!

Only occasionally did two or three data fragments flash past.

On the right side of the holo-screen, green annotations appeared.

“Incomplete parsing.”

“Only preliminary analysis of the data is possible.”

Jiang Jian steadied his spirit, waiting for parsing to complete.

A few minutes later,

The holo-screen stopped scrolling.

The identity device finally emitted a mechanical prompt.

“Analysis complete!”

“Target information: N-type crystal.”

“Analysis progress: 2%.”

“Interpreted information: 4 entries.”

As the prompt faded.

On the right side of the holographic screen.

Four green annotations flickered with faint light.

Jiang Jian swiped his finger and opened the interpreted data.

The next instant.

His gaze turned instantly icy!

……

“Drug note: Solar System No. 7.”

“Drug property: Innate soul essence (suspected).”

“Drug effect: Extract a portion of the soul, tear it into fragments, and use as a spirit catalyst.”

“Harvest interval: 79 years.”

……

Seeing this information.

Jiang Jian confirmed his suspicion—his heart froze instantly with dread!

The physician had appeared on Earth.

Her true purpose was indeed him!

Perhaps.

His sister’s illness was crafted by her own hands!

But at the same time.

Jiang Jian’s thoughts surged—he sensed another critical piece of information.

The physician did not harvest her drug indiscriminately.

She operated under constraints, requiring a plausible pretext.

Or rather.

She needed an entry point.

Like his sister’s illness.

The physician cured the illness.

And he paid with a fragment of his soul as compensation.

This was the surface reason.

But the physician’s true notes were recorded on the crystal.

She had implanted it into his body as a location beacon, using some method!

“The twelve-faced crystal, as the carrier of the N-type crystal, must have other functions.”

“One of them is to prevent me from breaking through to the Divine Palace.”

Jiang Jian flipped his palm and stored the crystal in his storage space, eyes thoughtful.

Based on the available information.

He had already deduced much.

Beyond preventing his breakthrough.

The twelve-faced crystal must have another function.

To protect his life under certain circumstances!

Only then.

Could the physician ensure her drug remained alive.

But.

The twelve-faced crystal had been burned to colorless ash by Pure World Divine Fire.

These functions could no longer be verified.

“These colorless ashes.”

“Perhaps one day they will prove useful.”

Jiang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly; he waved his hand and collected the pile of colorless ash into his storage space.

At this moment, his storage space held many items.

Aside from the N-type crystal and the colorless ash.

Most prominent was a metal sphere.

This was the solidified, cooled remnant of the aircraft after it had melted.

Jiang Jian’s gaze passed over it and settled on a black orb.

This was the negative energy formed after the death of the Lord of the Void.

This substance could corrupt spiritual essence and posed grave danger.

After crafting his storage space using refractive crystals, Jiang Jian had removed it from the Spring of Surge and placed it inside.

“The crafting of a dimensional space.”

“What changes would occur if negative energy were mixed in?”

A sudden insight sparked in his mind.

Jiang Jian pondered briefly, then immediately began experimenting!

His memory held only the basic method for crafting a dimensional space.

That method made no mention of negative energy.

But Jiang Jian had visited the Underworld and witnessed the power of negative energy.

The Underworld contained thirty prefectures, vast in scale, yet entirely contained within a dimensional space—far exceeding ordinary wonder realms.

Had the Underworld’s entrance not been fully opened.

Before that.

Even beings of the Spiritual Platform realm could not forcibly enter the Underworld.

This alone proved.

That negative energy in the Underworld.

Must play an unknown role in spatial mechanics.

Jiang Jian focused his intent, drew a small amount of negative energy, and slowly infused it into his storage space using the dimensional crafting method.

The storage space showed no reaction.

But Jiang Jian faintly sensed his dimensional bracelet had become slightly more elusive.

The negative energy vanished upon entering, instantly transformed into a peculiar aura.

This aura.

Made the storage space far more concealed!

The storage space’s nature had also subtly, unknowingly changed.

Jiang Jian weighed the change for a moment.

He judged it beneficial—no harm detected.

With a thought.

He extracted a large mass of negative energy and fully infused it into the storage space!

This mass of negative energy came from a Divine Palace-level Yin Lord.

Not too much, not too little.

After it fully dissipated and transformed into the peculiar aura, merging into the storage space.

The dimensional bracelet Jiang Jian wore underwent a visible change!

Its form grew even more indistinct.

Nearly vanished entirely into space.

On the other side of the dimensional space, around the storage space.

Grayish light currents swirled around it.

Making it more resilient.

Most importantly.

The size of the storage space had also increased noticeably!

Previously.

Its volume was only about ten cubic meters.

Now.

He made a rough estimate.

The storage space had expanded to fifteen cubic meters!

“Negative energy can expand the storage space.”

Jiang Jian stood up, a host of suspicions rising in his heart.

The dimensional space is profoundly mysterious.

Even beyond the solar system, in the vast expanse of the Orion Arm, no one has truly understood the dimensional space.

As he pondered.

Jiang Jian tidied his belongings, activated Wang Dian’s authority, and directly alerted the Guide Messenger.

The next instant.

The Guide Messenger appeared.

Its expression was strange as it scanned Jiang Jian up and down, asking, “What did you just do?”

In its perception,

Jiang Jian’s spiritual aura

had become vastly different from before!

It naturally did not know,

that Jiang Jian had completely eradicated all his internal hazards.

Yet it could clearly sense,

that this being, though merely at the Spring Flow realm,

possessed a spiritual essence of profound depth.

As if capable of unleashing an immensely terrifying force in an instant!

“Open the portal. Send me to Chang’an Prefecture.”

Jiang Jian did not answer it.

Instead, he spoke plainly and directly.

The Guide Messenger nodded reluctantly: “Alright.”

When a Chosen One makes a request, the corresponding Guide Messenger must strive to fulfill it.

This is one of the fundamental rules of Yinshan’s Odd Realm.

It swept its arm, and a gate of light appeared before it, instantly engulfing Jiang Jian!

Jiang Jian stood still, making no move.

The next moment.

The immense pulling force returned.

As light and shadow shifted,

Jiang Jian’s peripheral vision suddenly caught the Guide Messenger’s face twisting in shock!

Its mouth gaped open, as if witnessing something unimaginable.

Yet it emitted not a single sound from start to finish.

At the same time,

a piercing, eardrum-shattering crack echoed violently!

Jiang Jian’s vision went black; a dull pain throbbed in his skull, leaving his scalp numb from the shock.

The light and shadow before him rapidly coalesced!

Jiang Jian felt a foreboding.

He realized that during the teleportation, he had been struck by another force, violently torn out of the pathway!

The next instant,

Jiang Jian landed, forcing himself to steady his composure.

Fighting through dizziness and the lingering echo of the crack, he opened his eyes and looked around.

(End of Chapter)