Chapter 337: Upgrading the Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier

Gao Jie Ming calculated the proliferation efficiency of the Black Giants for a moment.

Including the main pool and the sub-bodies that had split off, he now possessed ten deeply modified incubation pools.

Under the near-infinite energy supply of the Tier 7 elemental pool, each incubation pool could "produce" one Tier 3 Black Giant every minute at a terrifying speed.

However, even with such astonishing efficiency, it would still require a considerable amount of time to accumulate the Black Giant population to the ten-billion level he desired.

The Purgatory Sulfur Plane was a typical small material plane, its surface area roughly equivalent to the Earth of Gao Jie Ming's previous life.

The difference was that there were no azure oceans or distinct continental plates here.

Looking out, the vast majority of the area consisted of rolling lava seas, clusters of erupting volcanoes, and scorched earth shrouded in sulfur smoke.

This environment, which seemed like a desperate situation to ordinary creatures, was a perfect paradise for the Black Giants who fed on lava and energy.

Therefore, the number of biological populations this plane could support was exceptionally large.

Even though Black Giants were generally over ten meters tall, Gao Jie Ming roughly estimated that under extreme conditions, the Purgatory Sulfur Plane could even accommodate nearly one hundred billion Black Giants!

Of course, that was only a theoretical number.

If that density were truly reached, not only would the quality of life for the Black Giants drop sharply, but the energy and resources available to individuals would also be diluted, which was unfavorable for the early-stage devouring evolution of the Black Giants.

After weighing the options, Gao Jie Ming believed that maintaining a population at the ten-billion level was the most ideal state for the current stage.

"Ten billion Black Giants..." Gao Jie Ming imagined that legion, covering the sky like a black tide, and couldn't help but feel a sense of longing. "At that scale, I'm afraid even ordinary Tier 6 Wizards would feel their scalps tingle when facing the sheer number of my reserve legion."

However, those were all visions for the future.

For now, the Tier 7 large-scale elemental pool had completed its initial connection.

The subsequent deep debugging and complete integration with the plane's veins was a task requiring patience, which could be left to time.

Gao Jie Ming devoted his main energy to the most core transformation of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane—thoroughly converting the existing divine power belief network into an Incense Divine Dao system!

He did not follow the book blindly, constructing it entirely according to the traditional Incense Divine Dao construction methods recorded in the Dadaoshuge that were applicable to the Cultivation World.

Instead, he combined his understanding of the operating mechanism of the Wizarding World's "divine power belief network" with the core principles of the Incense Divine Dao to carry out a highly customized, adaptive transformation.

The entire process also required perfectly embedding the already mature "elemental spiritual energy conversion system" into it, making it the energy foundation of the Incense Divine Dao system.

Gao Jie Ming knew clearly in his heart that the Incense Divine Dao functions he truly needed were mainly concentrated in four points:

Producing incense power.

Endowing the Black Giant community with "social" attributes, enabling them to stably produce Hong Chen Qi and support the operation of the Divine Dao.

Realizing cross-space, ultra-long-distance energy transmission.

Efficiently converting elemental power and maintaining the spiritual energy environment within the plane.

As for the traditional Incense Divine Dao functions of boosting "deity" power or regulating favorable weather and resource regeneration within the jurisdiction, he viewed them as non-essential items that could be simplified or even discarded.

Even if there were such a need in the future, it could be added temporarily then.

This highly targeted design greatly reduced the overall difficulty of constructing the Incense Divine Dao.

But even so, its complexity still exceeded imagination.

This was equivalent to modifying the underlying rules of a plane, and every step needed to be extremely cautious.

The construction process was not smooth sailing.

Gao Jie Ming often encountered problems such as energy circuit conflicts, rule rejection, and unstable rune arrays.

This forced him to pause the project and bury himself in the massive amount of data in the Dadaoshuge and his own past research notes to find solutions and reorganize his design ideas.

Fortunately, this process of constantly encountering and solving problems was itself an excellent form of tempering.

Gao Jie Ming could clearly feel that his understanding of the essence of "spiritual energy" was becoming more comprehensive and profound.

Many seemingly unrelated pieces of knowledge he had learned in the past were also opened up and fused under this high-intensity application, becoming increasingly proficient.

Fifty years of time passed quietly amidst busy construction and research.

The Tier 7 large-scale elemental pool had completely merged with the plane's core, stably outputting vast energy.

The overall construction progress of the Incense Dao is about one-third complete; it cannot be called fast, but the foundation has been laid extremely firmly.

During this period, Gao Jie Ming also harvested an unexpected surprise.

In the laboratory, he looked with satisfaction at a soft light in front of him that flickered like breathing.

This was the protective treasure he had re-refined—the Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier!

The previous Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier was refined from various Gang Sha Qi and Hong Chen Qi.

It could form an invisible barrier around Gao Jie Ming, effectively resisting curses and prophecy-type detection, making it his important defensive and concealment means.

But after deeply studying the actual combat data and giant beast samples provided by Lei Ke regarding that eerie plane, Gao Jie Ming's technical level in resisting illusions and mental interference had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Looking back at the "Mind Barrier Bracers" he originally crafted for Lei Ke, he feels they are somewhat crude and outdated.

Consequently, in the gaps between constructing the Incense Dao, he took the time to perform an upgrade on this protective treasure of his.

He integrated a large amount of high-purity liquid refined gold he had extracted into the Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier, along with several other rare materials that enhanced mental stability and the concept of "anchoring" effects.

Subsequently, he used the profound artifact refining methods recorded in the Dadaoshuge to refine these tangible materials from "tangible" to "intangible."

While giving this refined gold the ability to resist illusions, he made it perfectly integrate into the Gang Sha Qi and Hong Chen roots of the Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier, inseparable from each other.

Gao Jie Ming raised his hand and beckoned, and that soft light spread out like flowing water, covering his entire body and forming a nearly imperceptible thin film.

Then the light retracted and completely disappeared.

The re-refined Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier had seen a qualitative leap in its defensive capabilities.

It could now not only resist curses and prophecies but also possessed powerful abilities to resist illusions and mental interference.

Its defensive mechanism was similar to before, relying on the refined gold and other materials integrated into it, which had been refined into intangible concepts, as "consumables." Before the reserves were exhausted, it could effectively isolate most mental-level invasions.

Moreover, because it was a magic treasure connected to his mind.

Once encountering an attack that exceeded the defensive limit, causing the barrier to be on the verge of shattering, Gao Jie Ming could immediately feel a warning in his heart, clearly realizing that he might have been hit, thereby gaining precious reaction time.

Carefully experiencing the feeling brought by the upgraded magic treasure, Gao Jie Ming nodded slightly, but a trace of imperceptible regret still flashed in his eyes.

"It can barely be considered a semi-finished product..." he evaluated in his heart.

In his conception, the most perfect mental defense should not rely solely on the "eternal" characteristic of refined gold to rigidly offset it.

The sentient beliefs and wish power contained in the incense power itself had a natural restraint and purification effect on forces like falsehood and illusion.

This was the most ideal "material" for constructing a mental defense line.

"Once the Incense Divine Dao is built and enough incense power is gathered, then refine it into this Xuan Gang Hong Chen Barrier; only then will this treasure be truly complete."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 338 =====