Translator: AnubisTL
Within his dantian, everything had returned to stillness.
The flow of true essence and mental power had ceased, but over half of both had been drained, leaving only a small amount to maintain his basic functions.
Jieming, too preoccupied with his weakness to dwell on it, immediately focused his divine sense inward, meticulously examining his lower dantian.
Where once there had been only emptiness, a tiny space now existed!
The space was pitch-black, appearing deep and vast, yet it was actually quite small, roughly two to three hundred cubic meters—about the volume of a small cottage.
Visually, it felt like pure nothingness, as if it could devour even light. Yet mental power could explore it unimpeded, encountering no resistance whatsoever.
It hovered silently, without boundaries or support, completely independent of his physical body and meridians.
The peculiar thing was that whenever Jieming's true essence circulated, it deliberately passed through the space's location, as if this were the nexus point of his cultivation method's circulation.
Understanding dawned on Jieming in an instant.
This was the true effect of the "Inner Circulation Method" he had been silently cultivating since reaching the foundation establishment realm!
He had begun practicing this cultivation method long ago, drawn by the Great Dao Library Pavilion's description of its ability to "isolate inner and outer realms, deceiving heaven and earth."
At the time, he had intended to use it to conceal his cultivator identity, preventing the wizards from discovering his mastery of another extraordinary system, all for self-preservation.
Over the years, Jieming had habitually circulated the Inner Circulation Method, allowing his true essence to form a closed loop within his body, severing direct contact with external energies.
Having always used this method to hide his cultivation, he had inadvertently forgotten its true purpose.
Isolating inner and outer realms was merely a side effect.
The Inner Circulation Method's true function was to construct an internal blessed realm!
It wasn't until he advanced to the foundation establishment realm, when his internal power surpassed a critical threshold, that the method truly activated.
This miraculous technique, triggered by Jieming's breakthrough to the foundation establishment realm—a fundamental leap in his life essence—had spontaneously channeled his power to carve out an independent microcosm within his body, completely isolated from the outside world.
Though this space was currently far too small to be considered a true blessed realm, it held immense potential.
But as Jieming's cultivation improved, this space would eventually evolve into a self-sufficient microcosm!
"Brilliant!"
Understanding the truth, Jieming couldn't help but smile.
With a flick of his mental power, the Foundation Establishment Potion in his hand vanished.
In his perception, a drop of luminous, warm liquid appeared within the internal space.
"Just when I needed it most! I was still worrying about getting a space ring."
During the academy's arranged trials, Jieming had already noticed the issue with storage tools. Considering their instability, he had planned to consult Mentor Clark about obtaining a space ring after the trials.
But reality struck him hard: acquiring a space ring was far more difficult than he had imagined.
Creating such an artifact required a sixth-tier wizard skilled in both alchemy and spatial magic—two highly specialized disciplines. Even mastery of one would make a wizard highly sought-after; those proficient in both were exceedingly rare.
Mentor Clark possessed the necessary qualifications, but his expertise lay in fate and causality, leaving him unfamiliar with spatial magic.
Within Noren Academy, only one wizard excelled in both alchemy and spatial knowledge, and even that individual was merely a fifth-tier wizard, incapable of crafting space rings.
Clark suggested Jieming use his second-tier cultivation protocol privileges to apply through the Noren Workshop's official website. However, the demand for spatial equipment among wizards was so high that even the least busy wizards had reservations booked up for the next decade.
With both avenues blocked, the only remaining option was to exchange military merit for one.
However, as creations of sixth-tier wizards, even with official subsidies, the cheapest space ring still cost a thousand low-tier military merit or a hundred high-tier military merit.
Now that he had this space, Jieming's long-standing problem was finally resolved.
Moreover, this space might even allow him to further develop his rune-imbued magical artifact system.
Jieming eagerly began experimenting, making items in the laboratory repeatedly vanish and reappear.
Just as Jieming was enjoying himself, another change occurred within the pitch-black space.
"Huh?!"
Jieming's hand trembled as he withdrew the complete set of magic potion brewing equipment he had just stored. He cautiously enveloped the space with his senses, hardly daring to believe what he was perceiving.
A wisp of spiritual energy had inexplicably appeared within the space.
This spiritual energy was dense and pure, drifting slowly through the void without dissipating.
With a puzzled expression, Jieming extracted the wisp of spiritual energy.
After a brief examination, he confirmed it was genuine spiritual energy, perfectly suitable for enhancing his cultivation or replenishing his depleted reserves.
But...
"Did I refine spiritual energy earlier? Or could it be..."
Jieming decisively released everything he had stored in the space. He sat cross-legged on the ground, calming his mind and focusing his senses on the space within his body.
One hour, two hours...
After waiting a full four hours—the equivalent of two shichen—under Jieming's watchful gaze, another wisp of spiritual energy suddenly materialized within the space.
"This..." Jieming was even more astonished now.
He had a theory, but he needed to prove it.
Glancing at the laboratory, which was in its highest state of lockdown in preparation for his breakthrough, Jieming decisively stood up and grabbed a massive metal disc from the side.
With practiced skill, he carved runes onto the disc, quickly creating a magic formation that completely blocked the exchange of energy between the inside and outside.
Next, Jieming retrieved an extremely sensitive energy detector from nearby equipment, aimed it at the entire metal disc, and then returned to the center of the formation, sitting cross-legged once more.
Taking a deep breath, Jieming slowly released the inner circulation he had maintained ceaselessly for years.
Not only did he halt his inner circulation, but he also stopped the operation of his cultivation technique and the functioning of the nine truth runes in his mental sea.
He waited quietly for four hours. When another wisp of spiritual energy appeared within his body, Jieming drew it into himself and then went to check the detector's recorded data.
Although the instrument's extreme sensitivity caused constant fluctuations in the readings, the overall statistics showed an extremely slight increase in the total energy within the disc after he drew the spiritual energy into himself.
"Interesting... Creating something from nothing, perhaps?"
(End of the Chapter)
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