Chapter 187 - 93: Third Trait: Chang’s World

Chapter 187: Chapter 93: Third Trait: Chang’s World

For Jiang Xuan, the awakening of his Divine Power Seed was closely linked to three things.

The first was the Nine Breath Qi Ingestion Technique. This was the Core Cultivation Method Jiang Xuan was currently focused on, and it was the key to his Acupoint Perfection.

Moreover, because of the Dao Foundation Contract, this Cultivation Technique was a perfect match for Jiang Xuan. As a result, some of its abilities became the source of his Divine Power Seed.

In Jiang Xuan’s view, the very reason his Divine Power Seed manifested in the "round" form of a Golden Bell was inextricably linked to the Circulation of Heaven and Earth trait of his Nine Breath Qi Ingestion Technique.

The second thing that influenced the formation of Jiang Xuan’s Divine Power Seed was the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye. Being of the Golden Legend Grade, it was the highest-level ability he possessed.

The formation of his Divine Power Seed was naturally influenced by it.

And the Trait it bestowed upon the Divine Power Seed was not Gravity, but something more fundamental—space.

’The extreme of Gravity is a black hole, and a black hole’s very existence can warp Space-Time. It’s only natural for the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye, which is somewhat related to that, to possess spatial properties.’

Of course, due to his low Cultivation, the spatial properties of Jiang Xuan’s Eternal Golden Bell were very weak.

But no matter how weak, the spatial properties were there. Constant Meditation was one application of them.

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Besides the Circulation of Heaven and Earth and the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye, the third influence on the Golden Bell’s formation was the Memory Palace - Scripture Pavilion.

Jiang Xuan was initially puzzled that a Divine Power Seed nurtured by the Flesh Body could be linked to something as illusory as memory.

But a moment later, he realized that the brain was also part of the body—and its most important component.

The reason Jiang Xuan believed the two were connected was that the Golden Bell was the foremost of ritual instruments, a symbol of authority and rules.

This was inextricably linked to the brain, the Memory Palace, and the Daoist Technique Books and various Imperial Decrees within it.

With this combination of abilities, Jiang Xuan now understood the origin of his Eternal Golden Bell’s three Traits.

Flawless Leakproof was a fusion of Circulation of Heaven and Earth and the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye, with the former being dominant. The Spiritual Qi from the Circulation of Heaven and Earth suffused Jiang Xuan’s entire body, protecting him.

Flawless Leakproof was a step beyond that; it treated everything inside Jiang Xuan’s body as an independent space, a small world of its own.

Because of this Trait and the barrier from his weak spatial ability, external attacks had a hard time affecting Jiang Xuan, and it was difficult for his Magical Power and vitality to leak out.

Constant Meditation was a combination of all three abilities.

The description of this ability was to record Jiang Xuan’s best state and "fix" it in place. The state recording was undoubtedly a Trait from the Memory Palace, while the "fixing" was due to the weak spatial properties.

As for the pressure being borne by the Golden Bell—the Circulation of Heaven and Earth already had the effect of transferring Power, and the addition of spatial abilities allowed it to transfer it perfectly.

At this point, the combination of the three abilities, while present, wasn’t yet outrageous.

The third ability, Chang’s World, was a different story.

It was the ultimate peak of their fusion.

Jiang Xuan’s Circulation of Heaven and Earth could even draw external Spiritual Qi into its cycle.

The so-called Chang’s World involved releasing the Golden Bell into the outside world. Then, by relying on its faint spatial properties and its nature as the foremost of ritual instruments, he could treat the heaven, earth, and space enveloped by the bell as ’inside his body’—his own personal Era of the Eternal Emperor.

Because it was ’inside his body,’ his own ruled ’eternal world,’ Jiang Xuan could naturally borrow the Power of Heaven and Earth within the Golden Bell to freeze everything.

Furthermore, since the Golden Bell was the foremost of ritual instruments, a symbol of order and authority, Jiang Xuan could also use various Imperial Decrees to seal others.

Of course, in the Cultivation Realm, Magical Power was the root of all things.

Although Jiang Xuan’s Chang’s World was of an extremely high order due to the involvement of the Golden Legend Level Nether Abyss Dharma Eye, it wasn’t invincible. This was because his Dao Practice was shallow and his Magical Power was weak.

First, limited by his meager Magical Power and the strength of the Golden Bell itself (which was tied to the strength of Jiang Xuan’s Flesh Body), the current Jiang Xuan could only expand Chang’s World to a range of over ten meters. He could only use the heaven and earth within this small area to freeze and seal everything.

An enemy could break the Golden Bell’s seal, whether by staying over ten meters away and using continuous ranged attacks, or by possessing sufficiently powerful Magical Power.

The Power of Heaven and Earth was solid and couldn’t be broken, but the Golden Bell Jiang Xuan used to define the ’Era of the Eternal Emperor’ had a limited capacity to withstand damage.

Just now, as Chen Qianjun burned his vitality and struggled with all his might, the illusory image of the Golden Bell that Jiang Xuan had released began to tremble.

However, even though it was only an area of over ten meters, Jiang Xuan was ultimately borrowing the Power of Heaven and Earth.

And this allowed him to control Chen Qianjun for another three to five breaths.

For Jiang Xuan, that was enough time.

"Condense!"

With a thought from Jiang Xuan, the over ten-meter-tall Golden Bell suddenly shrank.

During this process, Chen Qianjun’s body remained frozen inside the Golden Bell while Jiang Xuan’s figure appeared outside.

Then, placing a single hand on the Golden Bell, Jiang Xuan unleashed all the force the bell had borne up to this point.

The Constant Meditation ability caused the Golden Bell to bear all the pressure Jiang Xuan received, but this Power didn’t just disappear. Instead, it accumulated within the bell.

This accumulation of force was a double-edged sword; it meant the Golden Bell had an upper limit to what it could bear.

But it was also a good thing, as Jiang Xuan could convert that Power into an attack and release it on an enemy.

And although his grueling battle with Chen Qianjun had not been long, it had been exceptionally fierce, with Jiang Xuan going all out the entire time.

Such a fight had caused Jiang Xuan’s Golden Bell to endure immense pressure and Power.

Now, all this Power was unleashed by Jiang Xuan within the sealed Golden Bell, pouring down solely on Chen Qianjun.

DONG!

BOOM!!!

With this release, the first to suffer was Jiang Xuan.

The immense force was released inside the shrunken Golden Bell, causing the Power to slam back and forth against the Bell Wall, rebounding repeatedly. This assault made the Golden Bell erupt with a series of deafening roars.

And it had to be known that the Golden Bell was inextricably linked to Jiang Xuan’s body. If it was heavily damaged, Jiang Xuan’s condition would naturally suffer as well.

CRACK...

It was more than just spitting blood; cracks appeared in his muscles, bones, and skin.

Of course, as miserable as Jiang Xuan was, the fate of Chen Qianjun—who was tightly sealed within the bell, forced to endure the full brunt of the repeatedly scouring Power—was a hundred times more gruesome.

DONG!

CRACK...

The instant that force erupted, the powerful impact stunned him senseless.

Jiang Xuan, who considered the inside of the Golden Bell his own Era of the Eternal Emperor, released the Power directly onto Chen Qianjun’s head.

BOOM!

This act was no less than taking a thousand-pound warhammer and smashing it down on Chen Qianjun’s head with all his might.

The brutal attack instantly deformed his head, and blood gushed from his seven orifices.

With just that single blow, Jiang Xuan had knocked him unconscious and near death. Afterward, the Power repeatedly slammed around within the narrow confines of the bell, delivering relentless blows to his entire body, especially his head.

When the Power was finally spent and dissipated from within the Golden Bell, Chen Qianjun’s head had been completely smashed like a watermelon.

Hooo...

His death let Jiang Xuan breathe a long sigh of relief. A wave of ease and joy washed over him.

’I won!’

While he was rejoicing, outside, on the viewing platforms, all the Cultivators who had witnessed the end of the deathmatch were dumbfounded, their Heart Spirits shaken with horror.

"He... he won?!"