Chapter 290

Not long after, the huge cross-plane teleportation array lit up with dazzling light in the center of the square.

Anita, along with other graduates with the same fate, stepped onto the teleportation array with heavy steps and complex emotions.

The light swallowed their figures and also took away everything they had in the academy, whether it was glory or regret.

Jie Ming watched the light of the teleportation array gradually dim until it disappeared completely with a blank expression.

He didn't sigh, nor did he comment, just turned around calmly, turned into a stream of light, and went straight back to the core laboratory of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.

Some paths, once chosen, must be walked by oneself.

Some prices can only be borne by oneself.

Returning to the laboratory, he first checked the large alchemy array that had been running for several years.

In the center of the array, that mass of originally dark red Red Gold, after several repeated quenching and purification, had now turned into a mass of pure, immortal conceptual collection like flowing red clouds.

Jie Ming approached a little, and could feel the profound and warm aura exuding from that mass of clouds.

"The progress is good; in another two years, it will be completely successful." Jie Ming nodded with satisfaction, full of anticipation for the final result.

Two years of time passed in focused waiting and research.

When the array finally stopped running and the red clouds in the center stabilized, exuding a perfect Dao rhyme, Jie Ming knew that the time had come.

He carefully wrapped it with spiritual power, carefully observing this pure immortal concept that had consumed massive amounts of gold and countless efforts to refine.

After confirming that its quality was perfect, he separated about two-thirds of the amount and cautiously stored it in the body space for future needs.

Immediately after, with a thought, all kinds of materials that had been prepared long ago flew out from the body space, hovering around him, exuding colorful and magnificent light.

Jie Ming sat cross-legged, holding his breath and concentrating.

A moment later, he opened his mouth and spat out a gentle and peaceful five-colored brilliance that slowly flew out from the dantian, finally condensing above his palm, turning into a small mirror that looked ancient and plain but contained infinite mysteries—it was his natal magic treasure, the Five-Essence Transformation Rainbow Mirror.

"Today, I will help you go a step further!"

Jie Ming's eyes froze, and according to the steps he had practiced countless times, his hands danced like butterflies, casting complex magic formulas.

Under the joint action of the magic formula and the array, the Five-Essence Transformation Rainbow Mirror quickly released its physical form, turning back into a mass of brilliant light.

The hovering materials were invested into the Red Gold-like immortal concept one by one, and under its traction, slowly merged into the light belonging to the Five-Essence Transformation Rainbow Mirror.

The whole process was exceptionally smooth.

Jie Ming had already deduced every step of the re-refining, the properties of every material, and even possible energy conflicts countless times.

The "immortal" concept contained in Red Gold perfectly matched the characteristics of the Five-Essence Transformation Rainbow Mirror in refining all "light" and having an illusory essence, as if injecting the most fundamental "existence" cornerstone for it.

Runes circulated, and the brilliance was restrained.

I don't know how long it took, when the last trace of material spiritual light was absorbed by the mirror body, the Five-Essence Transformation Rainbow Mirror shook slightly, emitting a faint, almost inaudible clear sound.

Immediately, the brilliance was completely restrained, returning to its inconspicuous appearance, quietly hovering in Jie Ming's palm.

But Jie Ming could clearly feel that its connection with him was closer, the internal structure of the mirror body became more stable and full of potential, and its spirituality had been greatly improved.

The magic treasure is successful!

According to the cultivation world's saying, his Five-Essence Transformation Rainbow Mirror had already completed its second turn.

Jie Ming couldn't wait to start testing the power after the second turn.

The first thing tested was spirituality.

He imported a complex data stream—millions of variable deductions about a certain new energy circuit—into the mirror. Only to see the mirror surface flash with faint light, and countless tiny runes inside seemed to be born and destroyed in calculation; within a few breaths, an optimal solution was fed back!

"Although it hasn't given birth to true intelligence and cannot think autonomously like artificial intelligence, as a super-high-speed computing core, it is more than enough!" Jie Ming was overjoyed.

This was undoubtedly a huge help for his subsequent various complex research.

And it could also provide a huge advantage during the battle process.

Then, he quickly left the laboratory and came to the Purgatory Sulfur Plane, preparing to test the most core ability—Transformation into Light!

With a thought, the Jin Dan in his body operated, and surging spiritual power poured into the Five-Essence Transformation Rainbow Mirror.

The next moment, Jie Ming's body suddenly became blurry, and finally completely turned into a pure light that was invisible and intangible, yet contained all his life information!

Whoosh... —

The light flashed and disappeared, instantly penetrating the heavy restrictions next to the teleportation array, and penetrating the heavy atmosphere of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.

At a speed that reached the limit of conventional physical concepts, it fled toward the distance!

When the light transformation state was about to reach its limit, Jie Ming re-condensed his figure in a barren area.

He roughly estimated the distance, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

"The maintenance time has doubled!"

Originally, when the Jin Dan was first formed, he could only maintain the light transformation state for one-tenth of a second; now, it could reach one-fifth of a second!

In this extremely short time, the light he transformed into was enough to cross a distance of one hundred thousand miles!

Not only that, he clearly felt that the light transformation after the second turn had become more "pure."

He was no longer just simulating light, but in that short moment, he became light itself!

This meant that unless the enemy's defensive means could fundamentally intercept, deflect, or absorb "light," otherwise, no matter how thick the energy shield or how solid the barrier, as long as it could transmit light, it would be a mere formality when he transformed into light!

As his thoughts turned, the light dissipated, and Jie Ming's figure re-condensed completely.

A strong sense of weakness instantly struck; although it was much lighter than the first light transformation, it still made his figure sway, and he couldn't help but fall downward.

With a "plop," Jie Ming fell into a slowly flowing hot lava river below.

Lying in the lava that was enough to melt steel, feeling the warmth and repair brought by the automatic operation of the body-refining technique, Jie Ming was not frustrated, but his eyes became even sharper.

"Is the reduction in weakness due to the stability of the Jin Dan and the feedback of the magic treasure?" He carefully felt the state of his body, "It seems it's time to put adaptive training on the agenda."

Actually, he had this idea before, but at that time there was really no space for him to train.

Jie Ming decided that from now on, he must set aside a fixed time every day to perform a light transformation.

He wanted his body and soul to thoroughly familiarize themselves with and adapt to the load brought by this life form conversion.

Through the adaptive evolution of the body-refining technique, he would shorten the weakness period after light transformation to the limit, or even—completely overcome it!

(Caught as coolie by the guide, asking for leave in advance, asking for leave tomorrow.)