Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 653 caught the tail end of the world bug!

Soon, seven days passed in the blink of an eye. Jiang Lin, who had transformed into the Ancient Sea Blazing Sun, began to realize that his strange fire reactor seemed to have reached its limit. If it continued, a 'furnace explosion' would occur. So he looked at the light purple crystal that had been growing inside his body.

“The End Crystal has already crossed that line. As long as the plane embryo doesn’t actively interfere, the Origin Qi will react on its own under the terrifying energy siphon.” Jiang Lin looked at the pale purple crystal in his abdomen, which was tightly wrapped by the Fire Spirit Lotus, and said with lingering fear.

No one could better understand the terrifying power of that End Crystal than Jiang Lin. With the support of the Strange Fire Reactor, Jiang Lin devoted most of his energy to the final refinement of the End Crystal. With the assistance of Little Fairy Doctor, the strength of that End Crystal had finally reached an extremely frightening level.

To paraphrase Jiuyouque, even a nine-star Dou Sheng would experience a significant decline in cultivation if swallowed. Of course, no nine-star Dou Sheng would be so foolish as to swallow such an inedible End Crystal and then stupidly try to refine it.

Although this End Crystal cannot become a weapon that truly threatens a Battle Saint, due to its special energy properties and the enhancement of the Origin Qi of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, this End Crystal can become an extremely terrifying 'Energy Reaction Seed'!
"The energy environment of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm is like a forest of dead leaves. Once you can ignite the first dead leaf, everything else will be much easier." Just like in the technological universe, once a black hole is formed, there is almost no possibility of it being extinguished unless there is no more matter around for the black hole to devour.

Jiang Lin's energy downgrade strategy for the Ancient Sea Secret Realm was exactly like this: he would act as the first spark to ignite the energy reaction mechanism of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, and then use the End Crystal to replace himself to continue reacting with the source energy of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm!
Jiang Lin was able to do this because he had the advantage of timing, location, and people. He benefited from the fact that those foolish Dou Sheng ancestors had destroyed the higher planes of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, causing the energy level of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm to be permanently blocked. Now, Jiang Lin suddenly created an 'End Black Hole' that far exceeded the upper limit of the energy level. Under the terrifying energy difference, the source energy of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm was successfully ignited and began to consume itself!
When Jiang Lin took out the End Crystal, he could clearly feel that the center of the Divine Essence Black Hole had shifted. So Jiang Lin didn't waste any words and directly threw the successfully refined End Crystal into the Source Pool below, and then closed his Divine Essence Black Hole.

However, Jiang Lin put away his divine essence black hole, but the energy black hole in the ancient sea secret realm did not stop. Instead, it was instantly taken over by the end crystal above the source pool and began to accelerate the reaction to the source energy that was constantly surging in from the surrounding area!
"Although the speed is a bit slower, it has the advantage of being more durable." Jiang Lin roughly estimated the reaction efficiency of the End Crystal and finally nodded slowly. He was quite satisfied with the current effect.

The End Crystal will be gradually eroded by the Ancient Sea Secret Realm. However, this process is extremely slow. Due to the severe infighting among these Origin Qi, often resulting in friendly fire, they are unable to concentrate their forces to attack the End Crystal. Consequently, this motley crew of Origin Qi is tightly controlled by the End Crystal at a minimal cost.
Hmm. Am I still referring to the End Crystal?
"..." Jiang Lin shook his head, clearing the jumbled thoughts from his mind. Seeing that the 'Ancient Sea End Array' with the End Crystal as its core was operating stably, he quickly left the Ancient Origin Realm and appeared near the Holy Fire Imperial Pass.

At this very moment, the Origin Qi Continent has begun to undergo dramatic changes. Mountains and rivers are breaking apart, and rift valleys are springing up. The Origin Qi Continent is growing on a macroscopic scale.

Fortunately, as the source energy in the environment increased, many Battle Kings were able to fly and absorb the weak source energy in the environment, so the casualties were not actually that great. Apart from a few really unlucky ones, basically anyone with a bit of luck could survive with the help of other source race powerhouses.

"Is it all done?" The moment Jiang Lin returned to the Sacred Fire Imperial Pass, Ling Jiu led the top experts of the Origin Clan to greet him.

"It's all set. At the current reaction speed, this End Crystal can last for three years," Jiang Lin nodded.

"Three years??" Ling Jiu frowned, looking at Jiang Lin in front of her with some confusion: "It can be over in three years?"

“No.” Jiang Lin shook his head: “Originally, according to my idea, the Origin Qi Continent would enter the Dou Qi Plane in an out-of-control manner, which might happen very quickly. But now, with the help of the artifact spirit of the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, the Origin Qi Continent is entering the Dou Qi Plane at a controllable speed. This process may take ten to a hundred years.”

"Then you...?" Ling Jiu looked at Jiang Lin: "You can enter repeatedly?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Feite and the others looked at Jiang Lin in shock.

At this moment, Jiang Lin stopped pretending and directly tore off a fragment from his chest: "Isn't the Ink Soul Domain missing a fragment? This fragment is right here with me. The secrets deep within the Ancient Sea Secret Realm have already been controlled, so eight fragments of the Emperor Cauldron are enough. This one can just be used as a key, allowing free entry and exit from the Ancient Sea Secret Realm."

Of course, Jiang Lin's ability to freely enter the Ancient Sea Secret Realm with the Emperor Cauldron fragments was mainly due to Pei Xuan's help in giving him a cheat code.

After all, Pei Xuan is already the spirit of this world, so giving Jiang Lin a little cheat code isn't a difficult task.

Of course, as the saying goes, the right timing, the right location, and the right people are all indispensable.

Jiang Lin was able to use the Emperor Cauldron fragment as a key because Pei Xuan was able to stabilize the situation. Furthermore, activating the Emperor Cauldron key required Pei Xuan to combine it with the Emperor Cauldron fragment.

With eight fragments of the Imperial Cauldron, plus Pei Xuan's army, there was enough to stabilize the embryo of the Ancient Sea Plane. Only then could Jiang Lin take out a fragment to make the Ancient Sea Key.

“In that case…” Xuanji’s eyes flickered as he looked down at the army of trainees eagerly awaiting his arrival, and said in a deep voice, “They can’t go out now, right?”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin looked down at the army of trial participants in the distance, pondered for a moment, and then said truthfully, "To be honest, we can go out, but the risks are extremely high."

"I can even take you out if you want to, but in the next few decades, the environment within the Ancient Sea Secret Realm will align with the Dou Qi plane, and your cultivation limits will be raised. Given the cultivation speed of Dou Zun and Dou Sheng, going out will only allow you to see the world at most." Jiang Lin didn't hide anything. There was a reason why he could act as a 'teleporter': his Divine Essence Spirit Fire, the fragments of the Emperor Cauldron, and the authorization from the artifact spirit were what ultimately allowed him to freely enter and exit the Ancient Sea Secret Realm!

Of course, the guidance of the laws of the battle qi plane is also indispensable.

For the Dou Qi plane, Jiang Lin is practically a human-shaped Origin Qi money-making machine! As long as Jiang Lin releases Origin Qi signals to the Dou Qi plane, the Dou Qi plane will actively attract Jiang Lin under the instinctive drive of the Chaos Will.

“We can wait ten or a hundred years.” Shi Feite smiled upon hearing this. He had already waited for ten thousand years, so what difference would a few more decades make?

Xuanji and the others nodded in agreement with Shi Feite's statement. Yuan Liao, however, remained silent for a moment before suddenly speaking, "I need to go out for a bit. We need to deal with things on Gu Hai's side, otherwise there will be some unnecessary chaos."

When Jiang Lin selected the trial army, many people knew that if he went out alone, it would inevitably arouse the hatred of the other ancient sea races. After all, in the eyes of others, Jiang Lin had deceived everyone, breaking through the trial and leaving the ancient sea secret realm alone.

"If that's the case," seeing Yuan Liao say this, Dragon Emperor Lan Hong paused for a moment, "then I can also go out with him and take a look at the situation on the Dragon Clan's side. It doesn't seem optimistic." As she spoke, Lan Hong glanced at Jiang Lin's abdomen, which was Jiang Lin's spiritual space.

Others might only be able to speculate about Zi Yan's identity, but Lan Hong was different. She was the Loli Dragon Emperor—no, she was the Dragon Emperor of the Eight Emperors era. She could discern the pure dragon bloodline in Zi Yan's body. Combined with Zi Yan's own background of being abandoned, Lan Hong instantly understood that something unusual had happened to the dragon race.

"I won't go out," Feng Qing said, shaking his head. There was no longer any Nine Roc Clan outside, so there was no point in him going out. Anyway, there was no rush.

Of course, Feng Qing was also a little guilty. He knew that he might arouse the curiosity of some Dou Sheng, thus leading to his capture.

He didn't have the confidence of Yuan Liao and Lan Hong, and faced with the curiosity of a Dou Sheng, he felt somewhat uncertain about his chances.
“We won’t go out. We have no ability to protect ourselves. Going out would just be sending ourselves to our deaths.” The other city lords also shook their heads. At most, they were only low-level Dou Zun. Going out would make them nothing special. On the contrary, it would attract the attention of some old guys, which would be a loss.

“I want to go out.” Ling Jiu was silent for a moment, then finally said with a firm look in her eyes.

The Ancient Sea Secret Realm no longer needs the Spirit Emperor, so Ling Jiu wants to go out and see the current world of Dou Qi.

Finally, after a round of discussion, in addition to Jiang Lin and his group, Ling Jiu, Yuan Liao, and Lan Hong were chosen as the three people who wanted to go out.

Jiang Lin originally didn't plan to let Yuan Ming and Kelly go back, because the two were from the Sea Clan, and Jiang Lin was worried about potential problems. However, since Yuan Liao was willing to go out with them, Jiang Lin didn't reveal his intention to leave his two Sea Clan teammates behind.

"As for the others," Jiang Lin thought for a moment and finally decided to regroup all the trial participants and explain the changes in the Origin Qi Continent to them.

"Therefore, for the sake of the ultimate stability of our great undertaking, and for the sake of the Origin Qi Continent to surpass the Dou Qi Continent, we need a certain amount of time to develop."

The army of trial participants: "."

Although the sea creature trial participants were speechless at Jiang Lin's empty promises, considering the changes in the ancient sea and the fact that they couldn't resist even if Jiang Lin didn't explain, they realized that they were already on a sinking ship, so they might as well close their eyes and go all the way!
Despite some complaints, the sea race trial participants ultimately did not cause trouble. They had witnessed all the changes on the Origin Qi Continent, and Jiang Lin's words were always highly credible. Moreover, the future Jiang Lin described was indeed very tempting, so in the end, the sea race trial participants chose to continue to believe in Jiang Lin.

Of course, what truly calmed the sea creature trainees down was Jiang Lin's deliberate revelation of his ability to take people away.
At the edge of the Ancient Sea world, for some unknown reason, the once dense black mist abyss is gradually fading away, and an extremely vast sea area is slowly opening up.
From a macro perspective, it becomes clear that the world of Dou Qi is beginning to resemble a complete planet.

This planet, named 'Douqi' Star, is centered on the Douqi Continent. The space around its edges was originally distorted. No matter how you flew, the straight line you flew in was curved, and you would eventually appear on the other side.

This would also have occurred at the edge of the Ancient Sea, where space is even more distorted. Looking down from a higher dimension, the edge of the Ancient Sea corresponds exactly to the Dou Qi Continent on the other side of the planet. Once the Origin Qi Continent successfully manifests, the two continents will form a true Yin-Yang correspondence, occupying the two poles of the world.

However, at this moment, the mysterious sea area inside the edge of the Ancient Sea world has only opened up a few new, desolate sea areas. The Origin Qi Continent that is slowly materializing at its core will not be observed by the outside world for decades.
"If Pei Xuan hadn't perfected the escape route, the Origin Qi Continent might have suddenly appeared on this sea at an extremely exaggerated speed." On the mysterious sea, a crack suddenly appeared, and Jiang Lin, dressed in black robes, put on his mask again, stepped into the void, and stood on the space of the Dou Qi plane.

In an instant, Jiang Lin felt the greedy desire of the surrounding world to devour him. Jiang Lin did not resist, but let the world devour the source energy in his body, while absorbing the battle energy in the surrounding world to fill the gap.

Perhaps due to Jiang Lin's active cooperation, the speed at which the Dou Qi plane absorbed the source Qi energy within Jiang Lin's body decreased, eventually matching the speed at which Jiang Lin absorbed the surrounding Dou Qi energy. Without affecting Jiang Lin's energy intensity, it gradually replaced the source Qi energy within Jiang Lin's body.

If someone were to observe Jiang Lin from an energy perspective, they would see countless dazzling streams of energy evaporating from his body, followed by a surge of colorful energy flowing away.

"Hmm, as expected, this can be considered a tacit acknowledgment." To Jiang Lin's slight surprise, the Battle Qi plane did not destroy his 'energy realm' while replacing the source energy in his body. In other words, the Battle Qi plane tacitly approved of his 'super-level nine-star' realm.

"Hehe. I see." Jiang Lin sensed the power within his body and couldn't help but chuckle.

Sure enough, under the vision of the Spirit Eye, it seemed that many temporary law patterns had appeared in his body. The world consciousness of the battle qi plane was indeed subject to certain chaotic order, just like the laws of physics, and could be utilized.

"If I don't cultivate to the Dou Zun level and then break through to Dou Zun in the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, wouldn't these temporary law patterns just keep piling up and eventually turn me into a Source Emperor?"

Seemingly realizing something, Jiang Lin couldn't help but smile knowingly; he had caught a small loophole in the world's bug.

(End of this chapter)