By the time Yang Jing arrived at Canghe Island, the entire island was already flawlessly sealed by the various Restrictions set up by the Nine Marvels Sect.
Even though Yang Jing had already received a Command Talisman, he could still feel several waves of Divine Sense scan over him before he was allowed to enter the Grand Array.
Once inside the Grand Array, he could sense that all of nature’s spiritual energy was in turmoil. It was as if the space within the Array had become a placenta, and the Primordial Embryo in the Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace was like a full-term baby, thrashing restlessly and disturbing the amniotic fluid within.
Even the two Divinity Transformation Cultivators from the Nine Marvels Sect had never witnessed such a scene.
This body, before it was even born, already possessed the ability to resonate with the heavens and the earth.
Nine Marvels was even more nervous. He had long since forgotten his original, simple desire for a body that could move freely in the Nine Heavens World. If he could completely refine this Earth Puppet, he might be able to take another step forward in his cultivation.
Yang Jing nodded.
"A new sun is about to rise."
In his Dharma Eye, the Primordial Embryo looked like a new sun on the verge of bursting forth.
The agitation of nature’s spiritual energy lasted for nearly three days. Under these conditions, even Nascent Soul True Monarchs were unable to absorb nature’s spiritual energy.
On the third day, everyone within the Grand Array faintly heard the sound of a baby’s cry.
The next moment, the Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace, positioned at the center of the Spirit Vein, seemed to transform into a black hole, devouring the Spiritual Mechanism between heaven and earth at an astonishing rate. The immense suction was so powerful that even Golden Core Cultivators couldn’t keep their footing. Their Magical Power began to uncontrollably leak from their bodies, drawn away by the force.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators were like fish caught in a whirlpool.
"All Cultivators at the Golden Core Realm and below, leave the Array immediately!"
A Divinity Transformation Cultivator from the Nine Marvels Sect waved his sleeve, expelling all disciples below the Golden Core Realm from the Grand Array. Even so, those Cultivators looked utterly devastated. They were horrified to find their Cultivation had regressed significantly. Some would need to enter seclusion and train bitterly for a year just to recover.
A hurricane of Spiritual Qi swept across Canghe Island, uprooting even the ten-thousand-year-old giant trees.
In mid-air, the jumbled timber was ignited by the highly compressed Fire Element Spiritual Qi, instantly turning into a sky-filling rain of fire.
BOOM!
Canghe Island trembled violently. The intense tremors spread from the mountain range all the way to the seabed.
The next moment, a colossal shadow shot up from the depths of the sea, breaching the surface and kicking up monstrous waves.
A long, pure-white dragon let out a mournful cry. It struggled violently but was still inevitably pulled back toward the center of Canghe Island.
"That’s the main branch of the Canghe Island Spirit Vein!"
A Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Nine Marvels Sect watched this astounding scene in shock.
The main peak of Canghe Island cracked open, layer by layer, revealing the dragon-like body of the Spirit Vein. The Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace was positioned at the dragon’s tail, devouring the entire Spirit Vein at a terrifying speed.
"It was a good thing we didn’t refine this Puppet at the Nine Marvels Sect. Otherwise, our own Spirit Veins would have been completely devoured," a Divinity Transformation Cultivator remarked, watching the scene.
A Tier Four Upper Grade Spirit Vein actually couldn’t last long under the Primordial Embryo’s consumption.
The Spirit Veins of the Nine Marvels Sect had long been interconnected through the efforts of generations of disciples. Severing a Spirit Vein was not easy. Even a Divinity Transformation Cultivator would need the power of an Array to do it. By then, who knows how many Spirit Veins would have been swallowed by this Primordial Embryo.
By the time the Primordial Embryo hatched, the Sect would have become a desolate wasteland.
ROAR!
With a final, wretched scream, the entire Spirit Vein was drawn into the Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
A colossal, drum-like beat echoed from within the Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace, as if a heart the size of a mountain was beating inside.
A long time passed, but the Primordial Embryo did not emerge.
"What’s going on? Could it be that one Spirit Vein wasn’t enough?" a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Nine Marvels Sect asked Yang Jing, at Nine Marvels’ behest.
"No. I underestimated the miraculous nature of the Divine Body. Even after the seven returns and seven reversals, a faint trace of Spiritual Essence remained. This caused the Earth Puppet to be born with considerable intelligence. It knows that the moment it leaves the Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace, its Spiritual Essence will be erased, which is why it’s reluctant to come out."
The Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace was Yang Jing’s own Magical Treasure. With just a brief moment of sensing, he perceived everything happening inside it.
Nine Marvels looked troubled. The Primordial Embryo had actually developed its own intelligence. If he possessed it, wouldn’t that be equivalent to body-snatching? At his current Realm, he had to be very careful about matters of karma.
"Senior Nine Marvels, do not panic."
As Yang Jing spoke, he formed a Spell with his hands, and the raging Five Elements True Fire immediately ignited within the Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace.
Although the Earth Puppet within the Primordial Embryo was innately extraordinary, it could not withstand the searing heat of the Five Elements True Fire. After a cry of pain, it was forced to leap out of the Celestial Spirit Eight Trigrams Furnace.
The Earth Puppet looked like a two- or three-year-old child. It had a round head and face, skin as flawless as polished jade, and a pair of large, round eyes that shone with spirit. As it jumped, a faint dragon shape could be seen swimming around its body—the very Spirit Vein that had not been completely refined.
"Senior Nine Marvels, quickly send someone to place the Spiritual Eye Object into the Spirit Vein!" Yang Jing said.
Having lost its Spirit Vein, the Spiritual Qi within the Grand Array was rapidly dissipating.
Nine Marvels nodded hastily. He had been so concerned with the Earth Puppet that he had forgotten about the Spiritual Eye Object. He took out a Treasure Pearl the size of a washbasin and handed it to a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Nine Marvels Sect who was proficient in Arrays.
The Nascent Soul True Monarch dared not delay. Holding the Spiritual Eye Object, he flew over to Canghe Island.
The Spiritual Eye Object held a great attraction for the Earth Puppet. It was about to rush up and fight for it, but a Five Elements Hand suddenly shot out and snatched it into the air.
"Yang Jing! You refined me! By rights, I should call you ’Father’! As my father, are you really going to sell your child’s body to someone else and let your child suffer the fate of Soul Scattering?!" the Earth Puppet shrieked desperately as it struggled.
Yang Jing actually laughed out loud. He was iron-hearted; how could he be moved by a few mere words?
"If I weren’t certain that the seven returns and seven reversals had ensured that Ah Guoshami and White God left not a single trace of their thoughts behind, your Divine Soul would have been annihilated by now. I’ll give you two choices. One: you continue this futile resistance, and I’ll wipe out your Divine Soul right now. Two: you obediently leave this body and enter this pearl. I’ll refine a new body for you in the future and take you as my disciple. Whatever you achieve after that will be entirely up to you."
As he spoke, he took out the Sea-Calming Pearl.
It was as if it were fated; the Primordial Spirit of an Earth Puppet could not be housed in just any Magical Treasure or Magical Artifact. If he hadn’t received this Sea-Calming Pearl a while back, Yang Jing truly wouldn’t have had a good way to contain it.
The Earth Puppet’s eyes darted about. As an Innately divine being, it could tell at a glance that this Sea-Calming Pearl was extraordinary.
"Since Father has already planned a future for this child, this child will naturally obey."
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