Chapter 3702: Mysterious Substance

“I can actually rob the spiritual Qi of other heavens. The Energy-gathering Divine Mountains truly are astounding!” When he learnt about the various wonders of the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains from the sword spirits, Jian Chen could not help but gasp in amazement.

However, he soon remembered that the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains were high quality god artifacts, so it did make a lot of sense.

A formation assembled from eighteen high quality god artifacts would obviously have unimaginably great powers.

Moreover, despite being high quality god artifacts, the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains only had a single purpose—gathering spiritual Qi. They basically had no other functions.

They were powerful high quality god artifacts that had sacrificed all of their other functions, completely concentrating on gathering energy. That obviously left the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains with almost mystical effects in this particular aspect.

“Master, when you use the projective ability of the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains, you must be careful. If some stronger cultivators notice it, it’ll increase your risk of being exposed,” said the sword spirits.

Jian Chen nodded. Obviously, he was aware of the hidden risks involved. For some supreme experts, it was completely possible for them to follow the flow of spiritual Qi and find the final destination of the spiritual Qi.

When it came to this, there was still a risk of exposure even when he had the mask from the Illusionary Daemon race, the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, and a sovereign god artifact isolating everything.

If the mask of the Illusionary Daemon race and the Divine Armour of Heavenflight gave him the ability to hide away in the night, then the spiritual Qi he drew in was like candlelight in the dark, indicating his position in the pitch-black night.

“If I don’t need to conceal my identity, it’s fine even if the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains are exposed. With my current strength, no one will be bold enough to say anything even if I flagrantly absorb spiritual Qi, but I have to keep my identity hidden for now.” For a moment, Jian Chen felt very constrained. He ran into inconveniences no matter what he tried.

Afterwards, Jian Chen did not proceed to any of the thirty-three heavens. Instead, he moved swiftly through the sea of stars. He travelled with the Laws of Space, traversing galaxies with each step. He flickered through the starry sky.

In the end, he stopped at an extremely remote region of space and landed on a barren planet that saw no light, taking out a medium quality god artifact divine hall and setting it on the ground.

“I’ll cultivate here for the time being and try to set up a miniaturised version of the Divine Formation of the Heavens.” With that thought in mind, Jian Chen entered the divine hall, planning on spending a long period in secluded cultivation.

The divine hall originally belonged to a great elder of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants. The arrangements inside were extremely extravagant. Many pieces of furniture were carved from a special type of ancient wood. It gave off a special fragrance that refreshed the mind.

Jian Chen had already refined the divine hall. He had erased all of the traces and presences, removing all potential lurking issues. He could use it freely.

Soon after Jian Chen entered the divine hall, all of the spiritual Qi within three hundred million kilometres of the divine hall began to surge. It seemed as if they were drawn in by a tremendous force, rapidly gathering towards the divine hall.

Jian Chen had already activated the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains, absorbing the tremendous spiritual Qi nearby.

He was not afraid of raising any attention in this silent part of space, so he did not use the projective ability of the Energy-gathering Divine Mountains.

“Once I assemble a miniaturised version of the Divine Formation of the Heavens, I’ll travel across the thirty-three heavens and find the remaining Energy-gathering Divine Mountains. But before then, I need to pay another visit back to the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens and retrieve the Energy-gathering Divine Mountain there.” Jian Chen calculated inside. When he retrieved the three Energy-gathering Divine Mountains from the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants, he had tried sensing around through them.

However, he discovered that none of these three Energy-gathering Divine Mountains possessed the ability to sense the other Energy-gathering Divine Mountains.

Perhaps the sealed Energy-gathering Divine Mountain in the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens was the leader of the eighteen mountains, possessing some functions that the others did not possess.

As a result, if he wanted to find the other Energy-gathering Divine Mountains, he had to retrieve that one first.

Currently, the only way to retrieve that Energy-gathering Divine Mountain was to assemble the Divine Formation of the Heavens. He needed to forcefully sever it using the power of the formation, separating it from the space there.

Jian Chen sat on a white jade pedestal in the divine hall. Multicoloured light shone between his hands.

He had taken out the Fortune God Jade, studying it seriously.

“Fortune God Jade is virtually indestructible. Only Grand Exalts have a chance at destroying it, so why was I able to remove a layer of powder?” Jian Chen recalled the sword spirits’ description of Fortune God Jade again. This was a doubt that had bothered him all this time.

Since he was in the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants earlier, he did not have time to seriously consider this question. Now that he had some leisure, he immediately began to ponder this.

At this moment, he took out the tiny amount of powder he had removed from the Fortunate God Jade and began studying it.

But very soon, Jian Chen frowned. He stared straight at the powder in his hands and discovered that the powder had actually become much dimmer than before.

The power of the Fortune God Jade that lingered in the powder was weakening. It still was not very obvious, but Jian Chen still noticed the difference.

“Looks like the powder shouldn’t be separated from the Fortune God Jade. Otherwise, after some time, they’ll lose all of the powers that belong to the Fortune God Jade,” Jian Chen thought to himself and carefully studied the powder in his hand.

However, the more he studied, the more he furrowed his eyebrows. Vaguely, he seemed to realise that the powder was some kind of special substance.

“Zi Ying, Qing Suo, Primeval artifact spirit, do you recognise the item in my hand?” Jian Chen secretly communicated with the artifact spirits.

“This isn’t Fortune God Jade, but I can’t say for certain what it is,” Zi Ying said.

“Master, I-I sense a familiar feeling, but I’ve definitely never encountered this substance since I gained intelligence,” Qing Suo said in thought.

“You have a familiar feeling, but you’ve never seen it before in your life?” the Primeval artifact spirit’s elderly voice rang out slowly, “Then it might be the case that you’ve seen this substance in your former life.”

The sword spirits did not possess any of their memories from their past life, but there was something that they could be certain about. They had existed for countless years, and they had experienced aeons after aeons. They had also followed multiple masters in the past.

However, times changed. The sword spirits were indestructible, but perhaps their intelligence had been replaced more than once.

“Master, I encountered the substance in your hand once when I followed the Saint of Grand Clarity in the past. I’m not familiar with its name or function, but its origins seem to be connected to the chaotic space,” the Primeval artifact spirit continued.

“What? This is connected to the chaotic space?” Jian Chen was startled, staring at the powder blankly.

“Yes, it is indeed connected to the chaotic space. It seems to originate from there, but it also doesn’t seem to be something important, so my past master never became interested in it,” said the Primeval artifact spirit.

Jian Chen sank into his thoughts when he heard that. He stared at the Fortune God Jade in a daze.

Back then in the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants, he discovered that he could only destroy the four corners of the Fortune God Jade in his hand. Apart from the four corners, the Fortune God Jade was truly indestructible.

“Why would this Fortune God Jade be contaminated with a special substance from the chaotic space?” Jian Chen stared straight at the Fortunate Gode Jade as his eyes flickered with uncertainty.