Chapter 584

In the end, Xu Jin did not use the only top-grade seven-star spiritual armor he had for the experiment.

If he ruined it, where would he find a second one?

Even exchanging for one from the Thousand Star Token would cost one thousand points.

Xu Jin still had two low-grade seven-star spiritual armors; the mid-grade seven-star spiritual armor had already been given to Ning Yuchan, but these two were also intended to be given away, so he wouldn't feel bad even if they were refined away.

What kind of treasures of heaven and earth should be used for fusion refining to make it upgrade its grade or even its tier?

Based on his previous fusion refining experiments with star weapons, Xu Jin had also gained some experience.

For example, higher-quality materials for refining weapons, and they must also have compatible attributes.

Xu Jin's first thought was the golden horn of the eighth-tier Golden Pillar tribe; that was an extremely rare eighth-tier material, and it might be able to make the Ink Jade Armor directly upgrade to an eight-star spiritual armor.

But after thinking about it, he immediately rejected it.

The attributes were incompatible.

That golden horn's five elements belonged to Metal, while the Ink Jade Armor's five elements were primarily Wood, though it also had Earth-type power aura; Earth and Wood generate each other.

If he used the golden horn, it might ruin the Ink Jade Armor.

Seventh-tier and eighth-tier treasures of heaven and earth were rare; the ones he had before were all obtained from seventh-tier and eighth-tier alien races, and at this point, they had all been exchanged for Thousand Star Token points.

Conversely, he had no materials left that could be used for fusion refining and upgrading.

He had intended to stop there and experiment again after obtaining high-tier treasures of heaven and earth, but Xu Jin suddenly thought of a few other things.

He didn't have seventh-tier or eighth-tier treasures of heaven and earth, but he did have treasures with value comparable to seventh-tier and eighth-tier treasures of heaven and earth.

For example, the special power accumulated from Xu Jin's elephant-type star patterns.

Or, for example, the Will of the Heaven and Earth Stars.

Whether it was the Will of the Heaven and Earth Stars harvested from sweeping the fourth-tier star domains before or the sixth-tier star domains now, only a portion could be filled into the Law Stars.

As Xu Jin's Law Stars reached higher and higher tiers, and the duplicate Wills of the Heaven and Earth Stars became more numerous, Xu Jin had accumulated over a hundred of them.

This stuff might also be usable.

It was making use of waste anyway.

The next instant, Xu Jin drew one of the low-grade seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armors directly into the Arena. As he drove his consciousness, the flames of the six star lamps surged violently, and the firelight instantly wrapped around this seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor.

It was truly miraculous; wrapped in the flames of the star lamps, this low-grade seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor did not melt, but instead became ethereal and iridescent.

The seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor's five elements belonged to Water; as he moved his consciousness again, a trace of Profound Water Rhyme was immediately cast into the Arena's lamp flames.

Under Xu Jin's divine sense observation, as the lamp flames burned, that trace of Profound Water Rhyme actually fused with the low-grade seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor in a short period of time.

Moreover, the aura fluctuations emitted by this low-grade seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor also improved.

The approach was correct.

But the quantity was insufficient.

The next instant, ten more traces of Profound Water Rhyme were injected by Xu Jin, fusing into one with the low-grade seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor. The aura fluctuations emitted by this seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor surged by a significant margin; it became stronger, but still did not break through its current grade.

It was still a low-grade seven-star spiritual treasure.

It seems that five-element special power alone is not enough.

The next instant, a Water-type Will of the Heaven and Earth Stars was sent by Xu Jin into the Arena and into the fusion refining lamp flames.

Within half a quarter of an hour, the Water-type Will of the Heaven and Earth Stars was refined into the seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor by the fusion refining lamp flames.

The moment it was refined in, Xu Jin suddenly saw a faint phantom of a mysterious turtle appear inside the Mysterious Turtle Armor, wrapping around the entire seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor.

A few breaths later, the starlight gradually returned to calmness, but the aura grade emitted by the seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor had indeed improved.

Mid-grade seven-star Mysterious Turtle Armor.

Naturally, its defensive power had also become stronger.

Originally, it could at most withstand one or two full-force strikes from a seventh-tier mid-stage expert; now, it could easily withstand a full-force strike from a seventh-tier mid-stage expert, and even withstand one or two full-force strikes from seventh-tier late-stage and peak-stage practitioners.

But what made Xu Jin even happier was that he seemed to have found the pattern.

The pattern of the Arena's fusion refining.

The next instant, the top-grade seven-star Ink Jade Armor that Xu Jin had refined into his body flew out and was sent directly into the Arena by Xu Jin.

The moment he activated the fusion refining function, it was instantly wrapped by the lamp flames.

Then he began to inject Verdant Wood Rhyme and Earth Core Earth Rhyme; the process of injection was truly heart-stopping.

It was only because the Mingji star pattern was constantly being activated, sensing carefully, that Xu Jin sensed the abnormality; otherwise, this Ink Jade Armor might have already been ruined.

When injecting the same two types of rhyme power for fusion refining, the Ink Jade Armor actually felt like it was collapsing.

It wasn't until Xu Jin adjusted the ratio of injected rhyme power to three-to-one that the Verdant Wood Rhyme and Earth Core Earth Rhyme could be stably fusion-refined into the Ink Jade Armor.

At the same time, the Ink Jade Armor's aura was steadily improving.

When eighteen traces of Verdant Wood Rhyme and six traces of Earth Core Earth Rhyme had been injected, and injecting more of this rhyme power caused no further changes in the Ink Jade Armor's aura, Xu Jin knew that the rhyme power was sufficient.

At the same time, he triggered three traces of Wood-type Will of the Heaven and Earth Stars and one trace of Earth-type Will of the Heaven and Earth Stars, injecting them into the Arena to begin fusion refining.

A quarter of an hour later, the fusion refining was complete; the Ink Jade Armor within the lamp flames was like black jade and emerald, emitting an aura that was incredibly tough, and it stood to reason that its power had also been greatly improved.

But its grade had not changed at all.

Its grade hadn't changed; it was still a top-grade seven-star spiritual treasure, at most able to withstand one or two full-force strikes from an eighth-tier early-to-mid-stage expert; if struck by an eighth-tier late-stage or peak-stage expert, it would inevitably shatter.

Useless.

Then what is the key to upgrading a seven-star spiritual treasure?

Xu Jin tried again to fuse more Wills of the Heaven and Earth Stars.

But it was useless; the aura no longer had any changes.

It felt like it had reached a kind of balance; any more, and it would instead explode.

What is missing?

With no usable treasures of heaven and earth on hand, Xu Jin intended to give up.

In any case, its power could be considered improved; now this Ink Jade Armor should count as a supreme-grade seven-star spiritual treasure, its defensive power was considered strengthened, and the resources were not wasted.

But just as he was about to stop, Xu Jin suddenly thought of the Wood Spirit he had exchanged for earlier.

"Should I give it a try?"

"It's only two hundred points anyway; if I can succeed in upgrading it, that would be a huge profit. An eight-star spiritual treasure, even a low-grade one, costs two thousand points."

"Maybe I can even find a way to get rich."

Xu Jin convinced himself.

As he moved his consciousness, the Wood Spirit he had just put into his Sumeru space was taken out by Xu Jin and then placed into the fusion refining lamp flames inside the Arena.

Theoretically, three Wood Spirits and one Earth Spirit would be best.

But if that were the only way to upgrade, it would be too extravagant, and Xu Jin didn't have that many at the moment.

The Ink Jade Armor is Wood-type; if it works, one Wood Spirit might be able to upgrade it.

Under the burning of the lamp flames, that verdant Wood Spirit drilled directly into the Ink Jade Armor; in an instant, the aura inside the Ink Jade Armor seemed to come alive, with green light flowing through it.

At the same time, rays of starlight fell continuously onto the Arena, constantly being refined into the Ink Jade Armor.

Each of these rays of starlight represented a massive amount of star power.

And the aura emitted by the Ink Jade Armor was also constantly climbing.

The next instant, as if starlight had swept across it, a touch of green covered the entire Ink Jade Armor from the inside out, making the starlight emitted by the Ink Jade Armor more restrained, and that green more profound.

The aura it emitted had also changed.

With a slight sensing, a look of surprise appeared in Xu Jin's eyes.

The upgrade was successful.

It was now a low-grade eight-star spiritual treasure.

He had successfully upgraded the top-grade seven-star Ink Jade Armor to a low-grade eight-star Ink Jade Armor.

If this were combined with Xu Jin's star power and defensive methods, he could easily withstand attacks from eighth-tier mid-to-late-stage experts.

I'm afraid only eighth-tier peak-stage and ninth-tier experts would be able to destroy the low-grade eight-star Ink Jade Armor that Xu Jin is driving with all his might. In the future, if he has points, Xu Jin even plans to exchange for Wood Spirits and Earth Spirits again to see if he can upgrade the Ink Jade Armor to mid-grade or even top-grade.

In any case, this is much more cost-effective than exchanging points within the Thousand Star Token.

A set of low-grade eight-star spiritual armor costs two thousand points.

Unfortunately, the buy-back price is only one thousand points.

Otherwise, Xu Jin could even earn a wave of points relying on this.

But even this buy-back price is not impossible.

If Xu Jin captures seventh-tier mid-to-top-grade seven-star spiritual treasures in the future, upgrading them to eight-star and selling them would also allow him to exchange for some points.

If there's an opportunity, he can also fleece some wool.

After all, the consumed starlight is not much; Xu Jin checked, and the two spiritual treasures' upgrades consumed less than five hundred traces of starlight.

Can star weapons and spiritual treasures all be upgraded?

Then what about spiritual herbs?

Since the star lamps can nourish a fifth-tier or sixth-tier spiritual herb to its limit, can they upgrade it?

Very quickly, Xu Jin began a very violent attempt.

There are many fourth-tier and fifth-tier spiritual herbs now, so wasting one or two doesn't matter.

Half an hour later, Xu Jin obtained the result.

The result was gratifying.

Upgrading spiritual herbs was simpler than Xu Jin had imagined.

Fourth-tier spiritual herbs only need to be fusion-refined with two or three traces of special rhyme power of corresponding attributes to be upgraded.

If a fifth-tier spiritual herb wants to upgrade to the sixth tier, it needs to fuse at least ten or more traces of special rhyme power.

If a sixth-tier spiritual herb wants to upgrade to the seventh tier, it needs the corresponding Will of the Heaven and Earth Stars.

However, this upgrading cannot be done infinitely.

Native fourth-tier spiritual herbs can be fusion-refined and upgraded to the fifth tier through the Arena.

But spiritual herbs upgraded to the fifth tier through the Arena cannot continue to be upgraded to the sixth tier.

But native fifth-tier spiritual herbs can be fusion-refined and upgraded to the sixth tier.

The function is good, but the use is not too great.

For Xu Jin, a seventh-tier spiritual herb's medicinal power is about the same as one or two seventh-tier Jingzhu.

Of course, it's also not bad for exchanging for points.

But the Divine Soul-type spiritual herbs that are truly of great use to Xu Jin cannot be fusion-refined and upgraded.

To be precise, it's not that Divine Soul-type spiritual herbs cannot be fusion-refined and upgraded, but that Xu Jin doesn't have the treasures of heaven and earth to fusion-refine and upgrade Divine Soul-type spiritual herbs.

He could only let it go.

【Your Highness, King of the Domain, we have arrived at the White Deer Star Domain; please instruct us on how to proceed.】

Suddenly, Xu Jin received a message on one of his Mandarin Duck Seals; it was the practitioners sent by the Grand Master to take over this sixth-tier star domain who had arrived.

With a slight sensing, Xu Jin found the location of these people.

The leader was an old man with half-white hair and beard, nearly seventy years old.

He was a practitioner within the Great Chen Dao Academy who had no hope of breaking through to the seventh tier; now, under voluntary circumstances, he had been sent by the Grand Master to take over this sixth-tier star domain.

"Are you ready?"

"Your Highness, King of the Domain, I am ready."

"You won't regret it?"

"Having wasted half my life, now that I can break through to the seventh tier with the help of Your Highness, King of the Domain, and also sit in charge of a region for Great Chen, and even gain honor and benefits for my family, it's worth it.

I absolutely do not regret it!" the old man said.

"Good."

As he spoke, Xu Jin casually tossed out twenty percent of the White Deer Star Domain's Heaven and Earth Authority, letting him refine it.

Refining twenty percent of the Heaven and Earth Authority would make one the darling of this heaven and earth, and with Xu Jin's help, breaking through to the seventh tier would become relatively easy.

It's just that under normal circumstances, one would never be able to leave this sixth-tier star domain again in this lifetime.

And the seventh-tier experts of the star domain before him had already been killed by Xu Jin.

With seventh-tier first-layer cultivation and the assistance of the Heaven and Earth Authority, Xu Jin would also have him assist in controlling quite a few alien elites; it was basically stable.

As for the other forty percent of the Heaven and Earth Authority, Xu Jin had to take it back and hand it over to the Grand Master for safekeeping.

It counted as another kind of check and balance.

One hour later, this old man successfully broke through to the seventh tier, and after Xu Jin had explained all the tasks he needed to do next, he left.

The moment he stepped out of the temporary star gate of the White Deer Star Domain, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao was already waiting for Xu Jin in the Star-Plucking Tower of the Thirteenth Garrison City.

"Grand Master, have you found the candidates to control the next star domain? If you have, I'll start sweeping." Xu Jin said directly.

"If possible, stop for two days first; they are all sixth-tier practitioners of quite advanced age, and they are currently still rushing over from the present world, so they need some time."

"Can do."

Hearing this, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao breathed a sigh of relief.

For every additional sixth-tier star domain, it was equivalent to increasing Great Chen's wealth and income by one or even two provinces; the output was extremely rich.

Before, it was a shortage, and even if they had them, they couldn't control them.

Now that there was a method to control and master them, there was a shortage of manpower.

Great Chen had added five sixth-tier star domains in a row; Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao was tired but happy, the kind of busy-to-the-point-of-craziness.

But he was incredibly happy.

Five sixth-tier star domains, ah; whoever uses them knows their value.

Just one point alone, it was super value.

After controlling the alien races within the sixth-tier star domains, they could open temporary star gates and send them out to participate in the war.

Just this point alone, the value was incredibly important.

One sixth-tier star domain could at the very least add hundreds of sixth-tier elite warriors to Great Chen, and they were sixth-tier mid-to-late-stage ones at that.

It could be said that the national strength was improving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If they could take them over, naturally they would take them all over.

"In addition, the star boats you requested are expected to arrive at the Thirteenth Garrison City in three days; at that time, they will be able to transport at least ten thousand people at once.

As long as you can open the gate to the Seven Kill Star Domain, I will issue a military ban, and overnight, I can silently transport one hundred thousand alien races into the Seven Kill Star Domain." Cheng Yuexiao said.

"Good, thank you for your hard work, Grand Master; then I'll go into seclusion, and I'll come out to sweep the star domains again in three days."

"Good!"

The next instant, the moment Xu Jin's figure disappeared, he stepped directly into the Star Dome Secret Realm of the Star-Plucking Tower branch, though he didn't forget to greet others such as Peng Lao, Marquis Luoshui Song Shoujie, Dong Zhao, and others, letting them come to cultivate together.

The Arena Lamp Domain reflected himself, and the Fire-type star that had already transformed into an Lei Yuanxing had its starlight shrouding the entire Arena Lamp Domain.

Xu Jin directly triggered a trace of the True Meaning of the Divine Dao and began to continue comprehending the Cheng Po star pattern.

As soon as he began to comprehend it, Xu Jin immediately sensed something.

Even though it was the Fire-type Law that had transformed into an Lei Yuanxing, it still had an auxiliary effect on Xu Jin's comprehension of the Cheng Po star pattern.

Naturally, this was related to the fact that the other Law Stars had also grown stronger.

Now that Xu Jin held six traces of the True Meaning of the Divine Dao, he was full of confidence as he comprehended the Cheng Po star pattern.

Even if he consumed all six traces of the True Meaning of the Divine Dao, Xu Jin would still deduce the Cheng Po star pattern to the sub-ninth-tier.

Thereby breaking through to the threshold of Connecting Heaven and Earth.

A day and a half later, after consuming two and a half traces of the True Meaning of the Divine Dao, the sub-ninth-tier Cheng Po star pattern was successfully deduced.

The Divine Soul-type ninth-tier star pattern required for Connecting Heaven and Earth was now in hand!

(End of chapter)