Chapter 810: Carrying a Fifth-Level Spiritual Vein

After the Heavenly Origin Pearl and the Five Extremes Pendant merged, the seams where the five jade pieces originally joined slowly began to heal under the five-colored spiritual light. This was, of course, primarily due to the effect of the Can Tong Qi. After making this magical artifact his true life artifact using the Can Tong Qi, Chen Mobai understood it as thoroughly as its creator.

After True Monarch Yiyuan perfected his Primordial Dao Fruit, the Five Extremes Heavenly Heart Pendant became useless to him, both for defense and cultivation. So he simply dismantled it, taking the core Heavenly Origin Pearl and burying it at the very center of the secret realm. It served as a hub to fuse and transform five-element spiritual energy, nourishing the Five-Element Spirit Tree, which had suffered significant vital energy loss.

The Five Extremes Heavenly Heart Pendant was originally a fifth-tier artifact only after its three components were combined. However, after True Monarch Yiyuan's artifact refining skills reached mastery, he re-refined it, and the core Heavenly Origin Pearl alone became a fifth-tier artifact. It was precisely because of this that the Heavenly Origin Pearl could transform into a fifth-tier spiritual vein within the Yiyuan Secret Realm. Or perhaps, the pearl itself was a fifth-tier spiritual vein.

Chen Mobai was overjoyed after realizing this through the Can Tong Qi. Over thousands of years, the five-element essences collected by True Monarch Yiyuan had continuously transformed into five-element spiritual energy, flowing endlessly into the Heavenly Origin Pearl along the spirit-gathering array he had set up. The concentration of five-element spiritual energy within it was equivalent to that found in thousands of top-grade spirit stones. According to True Monarch Yiyuan's design, this five-element spiritual energy was originally meant to be freely supplied to the Five-Element Spirit Tree. But unfortunately, the Five-Element Spirit Tree had dropped in cultivation level; being only at the fourth-tier, it could at most absorb and refine one percent of the energy. Thus, over thousands of years, more and more five-element spiritual liquid accumulated within the Heavenly Origin Pearl. As of today, it was equivalent to a complete lower-grade fifth-tier spiritual vein.

What delighted Chen Mobai most was that the five-element spiritual liquid absorbed and stored by the Heavenly Origin Pearl was perfectly balanced, allowing him to easily refine it into Primordial True Qi. If he took this Heavenly Origin Pearl and placed it in his own domain, Chen Mobai would effectively be carrying a fifth-tier spiritual vein with him.

Chen Mobai continued to use the Fangcun Book to analyze the operating rules of the Yiyuan Secret Realm, wanting to see if taking the Heavenly Origin Pearl would affect the realm. At the same time, after obtaining the Heavenly Origin Pearl, the secrets of the spirit-gathering array True Monarch Yiyuan had originally set up near the Five-Element Spirit Tree were fully revealed to him. This spirit-gathering array, named "Five-Element Origin Array," was primarily designed to create an environment with balanced spiritual energy, suitable for the growth of the Five-Element Spirit Tree. If the Heavenly Origin Pearl were taken away, another artifact capable of balancing the five elements would need to be put in its place to serve as the core of the array.

Chen Mobai indeed had such an item with him. It was the Taiyi Five Smokes Robe. However, he had only recently refined this artifact to the upper-grade fourth-tier, and he felt a bit reluctant to leave it in the Yiyuan Secret Realm. But this feeling only lasted for a moment, and Chen Mobai quickly made up his mind. After all, the Heavenly Origin Pearl was a fifth-tier artifact and a mobile fifth-tier spiritual vein; exchanging it for the Taiyi Five Smokes Robe would be an immense gain for him. Moreover, if the Taiyi Five Smokes Robe were to replace the Heavenly Origin Pearl as the core of the secret realm and continuously absorb five-element spiritual energy to grow, it might even eventually reach the fifth-tier. The only concern was that without the Heavenly Origin Pearl, the spiritual vein level at the core of the secret realm would directly drop to the fourth-tier. However, the Five-Element Spirit Tree had already degenerated to the fourth-tier anyway, so absorbing fourth-tier spiritual energy would be just right. In that case, the matter of "pulling up seedlings to help them grow" to enlighten and advance its tier would have to be postponed. After all, if the Five-Element Spirit Tree reached the fifth-tier, a fourth-tier spiritual vein would certainly not be sufficient.

Chen Mobai once again used the Fangcun Book to simulate the entire process he was about to undertake, and also analyzed the "Five-Element Origin Array" using the knowledge from the Immortal Sect. After confirming there were no theoretical issues, he took out his Taiyi Five Smokes Robe.

Zhou Shengqing and others, who were receiving True Monarch Yiyuan's Grand Dao inheritance on the Five-Colored Platform, suddenly felt the entire secret realm tremble twice. They all opened their eyes in surprise, looking towards the center. However, soon, Chen Mobai's voice rang in their ears, stating that he was practicing a powerful technique that might cause some five-element spiritual energy fluctuations within the secret realm, and asked them not to worry.

After Junior Brother formed his Nascent Soul, his divine abilities became unfathomable. Zhou Shengqing, also a Nascent Soul cultivator, couldn't detect how Chen Mobai had transmitted his voice directly into his ear. Recalling how Chen Mobai's practice had shaken the entire secret realm, he couldn't help but feel secretly ashamed. As for the others, like Zhou Ye, they were even more astonished.

The fluctuations in the Yiyuan Secret Realm lasted for three days and three nights. Finally, Chen Mobai emerged from the ground using Earth Escape, holding the Heavenly Origin Pearl and the Five Extremes Pendant in his palm. He couldn't help but burst into laughter. However, as he placed the Heavenly Origin Pearl into his own domain, the spiritual energy concentration in the area where the Five-Element Spirit Tree was located instantly dropped by one level.

Chen Mobai stepped into the center of his domain, where he had long ago placed a large amount of Immortal Sect inorganic soil. However, it had always lacked sufficient five-element spiritual energy, so it remained merely first-tier five-element spiritual soil. He chose a spot and placed the Heavenly Origin Pearl and the Five Extremes Pendant on it. This artifact could fuse and balance five-element spiritual energy into five-element spiritual liquid, and conversely, it could dissipate the spiritual liquid into pure five-element spiritual energy. The process was also very simple: by arranging the Five-Element Origin Array in reverse, or simply by using the Five Extremes Pendant. Chen Mobai used the Can Tong Qi to set up a balanced infusion of five-element spiritual energy into the inorganic soil of his domain. Under the nourishment of sufficient five-element spiritual energy, it wouldn't be long before this place transformed into high-grade five-element spiritual soil.

Chen Mobai planned that after leaving, he would transplant the Five-Element Spirit Tree seedling that Zhuo Ming was tending into his own domain, to cultivate it to maturity in the shortest possible time. At that time, he could use the same method to replace the Five-Element Spirit Tree in the Yiyuan Secret Realm. After completing all of this, Chen Mobai left his domain.

If the Five Extremes Pendant weren't the key to entering and exiting the Yiyuan Secret Realm, Chen Mobai even felt that this artifact could also serve as the spiritual vein core of the secret realm, just like the Heavenly Origin Pearl. However, considering that other Golden Core cultivators of the Five Elements Sect could not enter using Void Walk or the