Chapter 455: Grand Procurement

"For offense, there's the 'Discharge of Fiery Annihilation Light'; for defense, the 'Return to Xu Void Armor'; for reconnaissance, the 'Causal Retro-Shadow Technique'; for mobility and stealth, the 'Grand Void Step'…"

Gao Jie Ming simulated in his mind: "With this, a basic combat system built on spells has taken shape."

If this entire system is fully assembled, based on the destructive power of the Discharge of Fiery Annihilation Light, it should be sufficient for me to stand toe-to-toe with a Level Six Wizard. Combined with my spatial combat system, I can at least manage the vast majority of battlefield environments…

The next step was to disassemble these three cultivation spells one by one, just as he had done with the Discharge of Fiery Annihilation Light.

Then reconstruct them using Wizard runes and models, and design corresponding drive and encapsulation schemes…

This step wasn't particularly hard, but it wasn't simple either.

After all, each spell had been meticulously crafted by a Soul Transformation cultivator, and learning them was never easy.

But if you compare it to the near-infinite effort of accumulating knowledge, improving combat efficiency was far faster.

"Let me see… which spell should I start with?"

After selecting the three spells as targets for modification, Gao Jie Ming wasted no time and immediately began the first step—mass procurement of dimensional origins.

There was no choice; this was primarily to better analyze the 'Return to Xu Void Armor'.

According to records in the 'Book of the Great Dao', the reason this defensive spell possessed the extraordinary ability to absorb, decompose, and store energy attacks lay not in any complex energy structure or rune arrangement, but in its integration of the 'Xu Void' concept.

Xu Void, in ancient cultivation legends, was the endpoint of all things.

The final destination of all energy, matter, even time and information.

A concept that only took in, never gave out, devouring everything.

By embedding this 'end', 'devouring' concept into the defensive spell through specific mental techniques and incantations, the Return to Xu Void Armor gained its terrifying theoretical potential to infinitely absorb energy attacks.

Yet, 'concept' was an elusive thing.

It was neither a concrete law nor a measurable energy parameter; it was more like a 'fuzzy cognition' and 'mental reflection' of some cosmic truth or ultimate phenomenon.

In essence, 'concept' was a prerequisite component of cultivation-world conceptual technology.

The Return to Xu Void Armor was essentially a fusion of conceptual technology and spellcraft.

At Gao Jie Ming's current level of knowledge, though he could not yet comprehend conceptual technology, directly memorizing and applying it was not a problem.

But his biggest issue was his insufficient understanding of the Xu Void concept; after all, he was a brilliant Wizard full of confidence—unless he had specific firsthand experience, truly grasping such a concept was indeed asking too much.

Fortunately, Gao Jie Ming had 'money'.

The Wizard world was vast and boundless, with deep research and corresponding law manifestations for concepts such as 'end', 'devour', 'void', and 'abyss'.

Though the systems differed and expressions varied, certain intrinsic qualities could mutually corroborate each other.

Rather than speculating blindly about the ethereal Xu Void concept, it's better to start with the 'embodied' knowledge of similar concepts already existing in the Wizard world.

To avoid wasting time, Gao Jie Ming made a pragmatic choice.

Through the Magic Web terminal, he placed massive orders with the Star Ring Federation's official resource repository and several reputable large interdimensional trading houses.

The targets were dimensional origins imbued with laws related to 'devour', 'absorb', 'annihilate', 'abyss', 'infinite void', and 'entropic end'.

One by one, dimensional origins sealed in special force fields—each displaying different colors and properties—arrived continuously at the Hell Sulfur Dimension like the most precious gems.

Some were pitch black, as if swallowing all light; others were dull and murky, radiating the scent of universal decay; still others were deep, dark purple, with swirling vortices within…

Gao Jie Ming's method of studying the Xu Void concept was simple and extravagant—he directly 'consumed' these dimensional origins.

Through specific rituals and spiritual resonance, he extracted the 'knowledge information stream' contained within each dimensional origin, relating to its corresponding law or concept.

This method was extremely efficient: the more knowledge he acquired, the more naturally he would grasp the related concepts.

But the cost was enormous.

Each strand of dimensional origin was priceless, and Gao Jie Ming consumed several strands daily.

More critically, this 'force-feeding' method of knowledge acquisition had inherent flaws.

He merely 'knew' the content of those teachings, like memorizing a complex, profound textbook.

The forms of those laws, rune configurations, interaction formulas with other laws, historical applications… all these details were indeed stored in his memory bank.

But he did not truly 'understand' the deeper logic behind them, the creators' thought processes, or their true operational essence.

He knew what, but not why.

Without the long years of personal research, verification, trial-and-error, and insight, these knowledge fragments were merely a 'database' stored in his consciousness—not wisdom fused into his soul.

Added to this were the daily expenses for rare materials required to modify spells and manufacture new Wizard artifacts.

Even with the stable income from the 'Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol' and 'Liquid Gold', his finances were gradually becoming strained.

Fortunately, heaven never closes a path.

As news of Star Fall Wizard obtaining the 'Level One Cultivation Protocol' gradually spread through the higher circles of Wizard society,

Though details were blurred, some Wizards still sensed key points, and the associated 'Imagination Elements' re-entered the awareness of more powerful Wizards.

Many, though unable to achieve groundbreaking inspiration like Star Fall, hoped to study this peculiar energy to find new possibilities or supplements for their own paths.

Thus, requests and orders to purchase 'Imagination Elements' from Gao Jie Ming quietly increased, and the buyers' ranks and spending power far surpassed previous levels.

Gao Jie Ming accepted them all without refusal.

The Incense God Path operated stably in the Hell Sulfur Dimension, and its elemental spiritual energy conversion system, after several rounds of optimization, had become increasingly faster, producing a considerable amount of high-purity spiritual energy daily.

This spiritual energy was refined, packaged into standard units, and safely traded via the Magic Web.

It brought Gao Jie Ming one substantial, nearly endless stream of income.

It was precisely this new 'side income' that allowed Gao Jie Ming to continue funding his gold-devouring luxury research, daily immersed in waves of knowledge about 'end' and 'devour' from dimensional origins.

(End of Chapter)