Translator: AnubisTL
Soon after, a massive interplanar teleportation formation lit up with dazzling light in the center of the plaza.
Anita, along with other graduates sharing her fate, stepped onto the formation with heavy steps and mixed emotions.
The light engulfed their figures, carrying away everything they had known at the academy—both its glories and regrets.
Jieming watched expressionlessly as the formation's glow gradually dimmed until it vanished completely.
He neither sighed nor offered any commentary, simply turned calmly into a stream of light and returned directly to the core laboratory on the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
Some roads, once chosen, must be walked alone.
Some burdens can only be borne by oneself.
Upon returning to the laboratory, he first checked the large-scale alchemy formation that had been operating continuously for years.
At the formation's center, the originally dark crimson crimson gold, after repeated quenching and purification, had transformed into a pure, immortal concept aggregate resembling flowing crimson light.
As Jieming approached, he could sense a profound and warm aura emanating from the crimson glow.
"Progress is excellent. In another two years, it will be fully perfected," Jieming nodded in satisfaction, his anticipation for the final result growing.
The two years passed swiftly, consumed by focused waiting and research.
When the magical formation finally ceased its revolution, the crimson radiance at its center stabilized, radiating a perfected and flawless dao resonance. Jieming knew the moment had arrived.
He carefully enveloped the pure Immortality concept—refined at the cost of vast quantities of gold and immeasurable heart power—with his mental power, meticulously examining its flawless quality.
Confirming its perfect purity, he cautiously stored approximately two-thirds of the refined concept within his internal space for future use.
With a thought, the various materials he had prepared earlier flew out from his internal space, hovering around him and emitting brilliant, multicolored glows.
Jieming sat cross-legged, his breath held and his mind focused.
After a moment, he opened his mouth and exhaled. A warm, gentle, five-colored radiance slowly emerged from his dantian, solidifying above his palm into a small mirror. Though seemingly plain and unadorned, it contained boundless mysteries within—his lifebound magical treasure, the Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror.
"Today, I will help you advance further!"
Jieming's gaze sharpened. Following the steps he had practiced countless times, his hands danced like butterflies weaving through flowers, forming a series of intricate magic seals.
Under the combined influence of the magic seals and the formation, the Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror quickly shed its physical form, transforming back into a radiant orb of light.
The suspended materials were drawn into the crimson-gold concept of Immortality, guided by its pull, and slowly merged into the mirror's luminous essence.
The entire process proceeded with remarkable smoothness.
Jieming had meticulously simulated every step of the reforging process, analyzed the properties of each material, and even anticipated potential energy conflicts.
The concept of Immortality inherent in the crimson gold perfectly complemented the Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror's ability to refine all light and its fundamentally illusory nature, infusing it with the foundational cornerstone of existence.
Runes flowed, and the light gradually receded inward.
After an unknown duration, as the final trace of material's spiritual essence was absorbed into the mirror's body, the Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror trembled gently, emitting an almost imperceptible, clear chime.
The radiant glow instantly faded, restoring the mirror to its unremarkable appearance as it floated quietly in Jieming's palm.
Yet Jieming could clearly sense that his connection with it had grown stronger. The mirror's internal structure had become more stable and brimming with potential, while its spirituality had undergone a remarkable enhancement.
The magic treasure had been successfully refined!
According to the cultivation world's terminology, his Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror had completed its Second Transformation.
Jieming eagerly began testing the enhanced capabilities of the Second Transformation.
First, he tested its spirituality.
He fed the mirror a complex data stream—the iterative calculations of millions of variables for a novel energy circuit.
The mirror's surface flickered faintly as countless tiny runes seemed to flicker and calculate within its depths. In mere moments, an optimal solution was returned!
"Though it hasn't yet developed true spiritual intelligence, capable of autonomous thought and assistance like artificial intelligence, it's more than sufficient as an ultra-high-speed computational core!" Jieming exclaimed inwardly, his heart swelling with delight.
This would undoubtedly be a tremendous asset to his future complex research endeavors.
Moreover, it would provide a significant advantage in combat situations.
He swiftly left the laboratory and traveled to the Purgatory Sulfur Plane, preparing to test his most core ability: Light Transformation!
With a thought, his golden core began to circulate, and a torrent of spiritual power surged into the Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror.
In the next instant, Jieming's body blurred, dissolving completely into a pure, intangible light that contained all his life information.
Whoosh...
The light flashed, instantly piercing through the layers of restrictions surrounding the teleportation formation and penetrating the thick atmosphere of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
Propelled by a speed approaching the conceptual limits of conventional physics, it streaked toward the distant horizon!
As the Light Transformation state neared its limit, Jieming's form coalesced once more in a desolate region.
He quickly estimated the distance covered, his face lighting up with astonishment.
"The duration... has doubled!"
When his golden core had first formed, he could only maintain the Light Transformation state for one-tenth of a second. Now, he could sustain it for one-fifth of a second!
In that fleeting moment, the light he had become had traversed a staggering distance of one hundred thousand li!
Moreover, he clearly sensed that the Light Transformation after the Second Revolution had become even more "pure."
He was no longer merely simulating light; for that fleeting moment, he had become light itself!
This meant that unless an enemy's defenses could fundamentally intercept, deflect, or absorb "light," even the thickest energy shields and most impenetrable barriers would be rendered useless as long as light could still pass through them.
As these thoughts raced through his mind, the light dissipated, and Jieming's form fully solidified once more.
A wave of intense weakness washed over him. Though far milder than during his first Light Transformation, it still caused him to stagger and involuntarily plummet downward.
With a splash, Jieming landed in a slowly flowing river of molten lava below.
Lying in the steel-melting lava, feeling the warmth and restorative effects of his body tempering method activating automatically, Jieming felt no discouragement. Instead, his eyes burned with renewed determination.
"The weakness has lessened... Is it because of the stabilized golden core and the magic treasure's feedback?" He carefully assessed his physical state. "It seems it's time to prioritize adaptation training."
He had considered this before, but there had never been sufficient space for training.
Jieming resolved to dedicate a fixed time each day to performing the Light Transformation.
He would thoroughly familiarize his body and soul with the strain of this life-form transformation.
Through the adaptive evolution of his body tempering method, he would shorten the post-transformation weakness period to its absolute limit, perhaps even... completely overcome it!
(End of the Chapter)
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