Chapter 1014 Source Force Ascends All Things

Chapter 1014 Source Force Ascends All Things

After paying respects to the faceless true immortal stone statue, the relationship between the two sides seemed to have become much closer.

"Qiao Gong Daoist, you worked hard to establish the Lingyuan Sect to gather source force. What is the purpose of it? To be honest, I only took over the Lingyuan Sect's great cause because I saw the convenience of multiple people practicing the Lingyuan Technique together. As for how to extract and utilize source force, I really have no idea!" Li Fan asked, with a hint of admiration, as Qiao Gong Daoist accompanied him to visit the blood and flesh puppets used for automatic practice of the Lingyuan Technique in the Spirit Wood Realm.

"There is a separate small world as a base, which is quite convenient. When I was in the Lingyuan Sect, I didn't dare to openly display these blood and flesh puppet cultivators in the plaza like this. I always had to cover it up, otherwise there would be all sorts of trouble caused by the instability of people's hearts down below." Qiao Gong Daoist said with a hint of envy during the tour.

"Except for using them to create Tianji Puppets, most of the source force should have been stored by me. For use as needed." He then explained to Li Fan.

"Theoretically, refined source force can be used by every cultivator to quickly improve their cultivation. I don't know if you've heard of the legend of the Immortal Sect bestowing rewards and disciples breaking through several major realms in succession? That's the effect of source force."

"But well, in this Xuanhuang Realm..." Qiao Gong Daoist sighed and shook his head slightly.

"This place, indeed, is not suitable for cultivators to reside. Not to mention the resources needed for breaking through each major realm, just the bottleneck of the Heavenly Tribulation is much stricter here than in other cultivation realms." Li Fan also agreed.

"Unfortunately, there's no other option." Qiao Gong Daoist sighed.

"But these restrictions only apply to cultivators, while creations like Tianji Puppets are not subject to these restrictions. Therefore, treasures and the like also do not have usage restrictions. Perhaps this is why the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance always collects a large amount of source force from me each time." Qiao Gong Daoist hinted afterwards.

"Are you talking about... the Celestial Mirror?" Li Fan instantly understood.

"Not just that. Undoubtedly, the Celestial Mirror is an existence of the immortal tool level. For it, source force is actually quite useful. But within the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, any treasure that has not been promoted to an immortal tool can be enhanced by absorbing source force." Qiao Gong Daoist smiled.

"Indeed, there are such ingenious uses." Li Fan looked at the ultimate disintegration disc in his sea of consciousness, deep in thought.

With the help of the kind-hearted Qiao Gong Daoist, next to the blood and flesh puppet plaza in the Spirit Wood Realm, a celestial fortress was built.

Shaped like a sphere, with two constantly rotating metal rings outside the sphere.

After Qiao Gong Daoist finished engraving on these two metal rings, Li Fan faintly sensed the overflow of source force that had originally flowed into his second body, Li Qing's body.

At this moment, it was converging towards the celestial fortress.

Like a clear stream changing into a roaring river, forming golden droplets of substance that fell into the sphere for storage.

Upon careful observation, Li Fan found that these golden source forces were clearly a level lower than the source force essence formed by the faceless true immortal stone statue, which is also known as the Flower of Dao.

However, for cultivators, it still had a fatal attraction.

Although not to the extent of losing control upon seeing the soul of heaven and earth, it still aroused a greedy desire from the depths of one's heart.

"It's finally done. It seems that in the small world, it's much easier to guide source force than in the Xuanhuang Realm." Qiao Gong Daoist wiped his forehead and expressed some joy.

"This item is called the Celestial Fortress. Besides guiding source force, it should also have a defensive function, right?" Li Fan asked, getting straight to the point.

Qiao Gong Daoist did not hide it: "Yes, because our resources in the Celestial Realm are limited, so when developing creations, we often pursue the ultimate integration of functions."

Qiao Gong Daoist lightly touched the sphere not far away, and a burst of light flashed.

This newly built structure disappeared in front of Li Fan's eyes in an instant.

"Huh? That's interesting..." Not only could it not be observed with the naked eye, but even divine consciousness also could not detect it.

It could only be found by approaching and touching it with one's hand.

"This is the stealth form, which requires a certain amount of source force to activate. It can almost achieve the same level of concealment as an ancestor. Even if an elder cultivator in the Eternal Realm were to come near, they might not be able to detect anything." Qiao Gong Daoist said proudly.

Next, Qiao Gong Daoist demonstrated the offensive and transfer forms of the Celestial Fortress to Li Fan.

Indeed, it lived up to its name of "Celestial".

Li Fan was very satisfied.

"The only regret is that source force is not easily obtained. It requires hard work to extract it from each cultivator practicing the Lingyuan Technique." 

"It cannot achieve the self-sustaining perpetual motion of the ancestors."

"When I was fleeing for my life, I was unable to bring the core components of the ancestral energy source. Perhaps I will never have the chance to solve this mystery in the future." Qiao Gong Daoist looked at the Celestial Fortress in front of him, seemingly reminiscing about his hometown with regret in his eyes.

"Hehe, there will be a chance." Li Fan smiled and said.

Qiao Gong Daoist did not take Li Fan's words seriously.

After the explanation, Qiao Gong Daoist conscientiously handed over the highest authority of the Celestial Fortress to Li Fan.

In an instant, information about how much source force was stored in the fortress, how long various functions were expected to be used, and the specific situation projected around the Celestial Fortress all appeared in Li Fan's mind.

It gave Li Fan a different kind of illusion.

By increasing the output power of the fortress's source force and enveloping the entire Spirit Wood Realm with its protective range, it resulted in very little source force being stored. Almost a case of barely making ends meet.

However, Li Fan was not worried. Instead, he increased the intensity at which the Lingyuan Technique was practiced in each small world by Li Qing.

It could be predicted that as the Lingyuan Technique was further promoted, there would be not only a harvest of source force, but also a qualitative improvement in the quantity of source force essence created by the gratitude and compassion of the immortal.

As this matter gradually settled into a routine, holding an attitude of making the most of everything, Li Fan did not let Qiao Gong Daoist idle either.

He called Tianyang over and had Qiao Gong Daoist carefully inspect him.

"My junior fellow, because of the limitations of his physical aptitude, he was unable to break through to a higher realm. Therefore, he took an alternative path, using his body to create a spiritual puppet. Later, he absorbed the power of the earth's fire for a thousand years and finally achieved godhood."

"Although I helped him devour the soul of heaven and earth and step into the threshold of the Joint Dao later, this may be his limit."

"Tianyang junior fellow has been with me for many years, loyal and dedicated. I can't bear to see him stop here..."

"Qiao Gong Daoist, can you help me see if there is a way to help Tianyang progress further?" Li Fan asked solemnly.

(End of the chapter).