Translator: AnubisTL
Fortunately, the raw materials Jieming needed were concepts rather than tangible objects. As long as the light was perceived as "moonlight" in people's minds, he could gather the associated concepts... but white moonlight wouldn't suffice.
Full moons were rare on Noren Plane No. 13, typically appearing only once every three months. Today was one of those opportune days.
At the summit of a towering plateau, Jieming faced the cold, cleansing moonlight, channeling the light gathering art he had learned from the Great Dao Library Pavilion.
The concept of moonlight essence differed from that of morning haze. It lacked explosive power, instead possessing a tranquil, introspective quality, as if capable of permeating all things.
When Jieming touched the moonlight with his divine sense, he felt not an impact, but a gentle embrace.
Patiently guiding his true essence, he wove a soft, ethereal net to capture the essence of "tranquility" and "eternity."
When Jieming regained awareness, he gazed at the strand of warm, luminous energy deep within his dantian. Without hesitation, he retrieved a vial of liquid.
This was rootless pure water—simply put, dew infused with spiritual energy.
The process was surprisingly simple. Jieming simulated the condensation environment of dew in his laboratory, then released his true essence to saturate the area, yielding a substantial quantity of materials.
He introduced the captured concept of moonlight essence into the rootless pure water, then carefully nurtured it with his true flame.
Guided by Jieming's will, the moonlight essence infused the water like dye, imbuing it with a faint silvery-white radiance.
The droplets transformed into miniature moons, radiating a cool, gentle light—this was the Light-Imbued Spirit Dew, a raw material for artifact forging that embodied the concept of light.
The Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror required no special furnace or equipment because most of the processing was completed during the raw material collection. Each of the five types of light required a unique method to be transformed into its corresponding raw material.
Fortunately, apart from the somewhat troublesome concept of light, the remaining materials were relatively easy to obtain. Jieming simply needed to refine them with his true essence.
By the end of the night, Jieming had successfully condensed four drops of Moonlight Spirit Dew, which he carefully stored in an adamantium vial.
The third concept he needed to collect was stellar light.
Stellar light embodied the concepts of "distant anchor" and "constant guidance."
It represented the unwavering characteristic of starlight: a constant beam piercing through endless void, pointing to a fixed direction.
To harvest it, one needed a clear, moonless night, choosing a bright and stable star to resonate with.
The other requirements were manageable, but finding a moonless night with starlight in this plane proved particularly challenging.
To this end, Jieming traveled to a vast desert in the heart of the continent.
Here, the nights were free from light pollution, the sky resembling black velvet studded with billions of glittering gems.
Most importantly, the area had a sufficiently sparse concentration of water element, preventing reflections from the Water Elemental Plane and fulfilling the requirement of a moonless night with starlight.
Beneath the starry expanse, he selected a plane-level strategic construct marked on the map as "Titan's Grip" as his primary source of starlight.
This artificial creation of the wizards was exceptionally stable; barring the destruction of the wizard civilization, it was virtually immutable.
The greatest challenge in capturing the stellar concept lay in perceiving the "remoteness" and "constancy" that spanned immeasurable distances and endured across eons.
This required immense patience. After more than half a month of continuous attempts, Jieming finally grasped the technique, feeling his divine sense pierce through the entire plane to touch that distant, unchanging point.
Once he grasped a sliver of the concept, it felt like holding an unshakeable "coordinate" in his hand.
He channeled it into a pure crystal, carefully refining it with true flame and divine sense.
Within the crystal, the stellar concept condensed into a tiny, shimmering grain of "stellar light-condensed crystal sand," radiating the eternal glow of a distant star.
Unlike the sharp-edged Morning Haze Crystal Sand or the gentle Moonlight Spirit Dew, this sand possessed a unique quality: a sense of unwavering stability, like an anchor pointing toward the distant horizon.
He spent several moonless nights in the desert, successfully refining three portions of stellar light-condensed crystal sand.
The fourth and fifth concepts were harvested simultaneously.
This time, Jieming specifically sought out a region with a unique climate. He waited an entire month during the dry season before finally witnessing a magnificent thunderstorm.
The concept of rending lightning light contained both the "momentum of an instant" and the "power of destruction," making it the most explosive and dangerous of the five concepts.
Unlike the distant rumbling thunder, harvesting this concept required close proximity to the moment lightning struck, capturing the lingering electrical afterglow before it dissipated.
Jieming chose the highest point at the thunderstorm's epicenter, deploying several defensive talismanic artifacts as safeguards.
As a dazzling bolt of purple lightning tore through the air with a deafening roar, Jieming simultaneously activated his light gathering art, instantly probing the fleeting afterglow of the lightning with his divine sense.
It was the pure essence of "explosion" and "destruction," carrying an untamed, uncontrollable power.
The moment his divine sense made contact, Jieming felt as if his brain had been struck by an electric shock, a searing pain jolting through him.
With unwavering willpower, he clung to that sliver of conceptual essence and swiftly channeled it into a special crystal highly sensitive to lightning energy.
Crack!
The crystal shattered, but within its fragments, a grain of Light-Condensed Crystal Sand, shimmering with an blinding purplish-white light, stubbornly persisted.
It pulsed with an extreme sense of explosive force and rending power, as if it might detonate at any moment.
Throughout the thunderstorm, Jieming repeatedly risked his life in these attempts.
He sustained multiple injuries from stray lightning energy, and several of his defensive talismanic artifacts were destroyed.
In the end, he successfully condensed three portions of Void-Rending Thunder Light Condensed Crystal Sand, each radiating a terrifying aura of annihilation.
The final rainbow light contained the concepts of "bridging dimensions" and "illusionary reality." Jieming had made several previous attempts, but had only managed to capture trace amounts of these concepts.
After the thunderstorm cleared, a clearer and more magnificent double rainbow arched across the sky.
The concept of rainbow light was swiftly infused into rainwater collected during the thunderstorm, guided by true flame and divine sense.
This time, the condensed "Light-Imbued Spirit Dew" radiated a dazzling seven-colored glow, resembling a miniature rainbow bridge, imbued with distinct meanings of "connection" and "illusion."
In less than a year, Jieming had traversed several corners of this plane, successfully gathering five of the most crucial light-based conceptual materials: from mountain peaks at dawn, moonless deserts, rain-soaked grasslands, and beneath raging thunderclouds.
Each successfully condensed medium carried a unique radiance and conceptual essence.
Jieming carefully stored these precious conceptual materials.
"Next, it's time to refine the heart mirror."
Having already obtained the most critical "soul" for refining the magic artifact, his next task was to construct the "bones" and "flesh" to contain these concepts—condensing the instrument embryo and establishing a spiritual connection between it and his own mind.
(End of the Chapter)
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