I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 158 First Turn and Autonomous Floating Cannons (Two Chapters Combined)

Jemin temporarily suppressed the various thoughts that were popping into his mind and turned his attention to another matter.

At the final moment of refining the Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier, the dazzling light that broke through the boundary between reality and illusion brought him the opportunity to reforge his natal magic weapon.

The Light of Creation is the final core material needed to reforge the "Five Aggregates into a Rainbow Mirror".

The materials needed to reforge the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror are not complicated; they are simply various other concepts of light.

Jemin had already collected all the other materials, but he still had no clue about the most important one, the "Light of Creation".

It wasn't until today, when the Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier was completed and burst into light, that Jieming finally understood.

The so-called "Light of Creation" represents the moment from nothing to something, the primordial light at the very instant of life's germination. It can only be perceived and captured at the moment of ultimate energy aggregation.

Although the Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier has a simple manufacturing process, the materials required are not "low-end," which is why it can burst forth with the light of creation when it is formed.

With a single gesture from within his body, the "Five Elements Rainbow Mirror," which had been quietly suspended deep within his dantian, immediately responded to the call and emerged.

After so many years of refinement, this magical artifact is no longer as flamboyant as it was when it was first forged. It looks like an ordinary, simple bronze round mirror, appearing quite unremarkable.

“The Light of Creation has been obtained; it seems today is also your opportune day,” Jemin murmured to himself, gazing into the bronze mirror.

The ancient bronze mirror emitted a faint glow in response, seemingly expressing its own joy.

Because of the special materials used in its creation, the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror possesses an inherent quality that blends the real and the illusory.

Its true core is an aggregate of illusory concepts of light.

This unique structure allows it to be continuously refined through a refining method called "reincarnation".

Each "turn" signifies a significant increase in the quality and power of the magical artifact.

One reforging is called "first transformation", two reforgings are called "second transformation", and the higher the transformation number, the more powerful the magic weapon becomes.

Over the years, Jieming has never relaxed his efforts in refining the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror.

Every day, he would nourish the magic weapon with his own pure true essence, and every now and then he would carefully manipulate the mortal energy to repeatedly refine its spirituality.

After so many years of effort, not only has the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror become more compatible with his soul, but it has also reached the standard that allows it to carry higher concepts and undergo its first "transformation".

Cultivating immortality depends on a fortunate opportunity. Seeing that the time was right, Jieming recovered some of his true essence and sat down cross-legged again, suspending the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror in front of him.

He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and entered a state of ethereal refinement.

Mental energy surged forth like a tide, completely enveloping the magical artifact.

"Disperse!"

He gave a low shout and traced complex arrays of runes in the air with his fingers.

These runes, directly inscribed in the void, shimmered with light and resonated with the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror.

Guided by spiritual power and talismans, the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror began to vibrate with a buzzing sound, and the shape of the bronze round mirror gradually became blurred and distorted.

Finally, with a "poof," the bronze mirror's shape completely dissipated into the air, leaving only the five pure rainbow lights at its core, floating in front of Jemin.

This is the first step: discarding the mundane form and retaining only its essence.

Next comes reshaping.

Jemin pulled out various concepts of light that he had prepared in advance and threw them at the several rainbow lights.

Under the control of the weapon-refining technique, the core of the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror began to split and recombine.

Soon, the new material was absorbed by the core of the rainbow light, and the entire mass of light quickly condensed into the shape of a mirror under Jemin's manipulation.

But no matter how they coalesce, these lights can never regain their form and quality.

The next step is the most crucial one.

Jemin carefully guided the wisp of creative light that he had accidentally captured while refining the Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier to the center of the mirror composed of light.

The light of creation, carrying the wondrous aura of creation from nothingness, merges with the core of the concept of light.

However, the integration process was not smooth sailing.

Each concept of light has its own unique properties; they attract and repel each other.

When it was first made, the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror contained five concepts of light. Now, with Jieming's addition of ingredients, the number of light concepts inside has doubled, and the conflicts between them are also increasing.

As the light of creation merged in, the five concepts of light began to tremble violently, their light flickering as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

Jemin's true essence and spiritual power were being consumed at an alarming rate. He kept adjusting the rune array to maintain the energy balance and used his will to reverse the conflict between the concepts, guiding them toward fusion.

Fortunately, I had already successfully refined it once before, so it wasn't too difficult.

"Merge!" Jemin roared, pressing in the last ray of creative light.

In an instant, the five concepts of light contracted sharply, and then, guided by the light of creation at the center, they burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!
Jemin's eyes lit up, and he immediately used one hand to cast a spell on the light.

Guided by the law, a similar ball of creative light quickly condensed in Jemin's hand.

This is the terrifying aspect of conceptual materials: they can be entirely self-produced and self-sold, and even grow out of thin air.

With this ray of creative light, collecting the materials for the second job advancement became much easier.

As the light gradually faded, the ancient bronze mirror slowly reappeared.

Jemin also felt weak. The refining process hadn't taken too long, but it had consumed a tremendous amount of energy.

Looking at the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror floating in his palm, he couldn't help but show a joyful expression.

"First transformation... Success!"

He summoned back the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, which once again merged into his body, perfectly aligning with his soul.

He could clearly sense a qualitative change occurring inside the magic weapon.

After the first transformation, the most significant improvement of the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror is its enhanced escape ability.

After briefly examining the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, Jemin couldn't wait to head to the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.

"Let's... stay here..."

After looking at the survey map provided by the "construction team" for a long time, Jemin finally chose a lava lake as the test site.

This area is largely devoid of life, making it ideal for testing.

By closing his eyes and communicating with the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror, Jieming perceived more specific information.

Besides the most basic ability enhancements, the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror after the first transformation has an extremely important advantage compared to before.

Or rather, a new guarantee!
According to the information transmitted back by the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, Jemin now knows that he can use other methods to create a shield for himself before transforming into light.

During the process of transforming into light, these shields will also "transform into light" and merge into the light transformed from his body.

But after the light transformation ends, when his physical body solidifies again, these shields will be reshaped and remain on him!

This means that if he encounters a situation where he needs to transform into light to escape, he will no longer be completely naked, but will have an extra layer of protection during the vulnerable period after the escape.

At crucial moments, such a shield can buy him valuable time and prevent the enemy from taking advantage of his vulnerability.

This is undoubtedly a huge step forward!
Without hesitation, he pulled out a level-four magical artifact to cast a shield on himself. Jemin then gathered his true essence and activated the "Transformation into Light" ability of the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror.

"Huaguang!"

His body instantly transformed into a beam of pure light, crossing the lava lake at a speed beyond the reach of the naked eye.

Jemin could sense that his current state of light transformation was more stable, which meant that he could maintain the state of light transformation for a longer time while consuming the same amount of true essence!
boom!
In the blink of an eye, the transformation into light ended, and Jemin crashed straight into a volcano, even shattering the entire volcano wall and plunging into the molten lava.

Rumble…

Given such a strong stimulus, the already highly active volcano erupted without any surprise.

Towering black smoke and scorching magma gushed from the crack that Jemin had smashed open, adding even more dust to the already polluted air of the Infernal Sulfur Plane.

After a moment of stillness, a hand reached out from the lava lake and grabbed the rock wall beside it.

Jemin slowly climbed out of the lava, supporting himself against the rock wall. His shield was faintly visible, with lava continuously flowing down from it.

"Sigh... I was too happy too soon."

Ignoring the intense heat emanating from beneath him, Jemin plopped down on the crater, looking at the flickering energy shield around him and couldn't help but sigh.

He should have realized long ago that the transformation of light itself is a function of the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror, and as long as it is an ability, it must have a "power".

As a natal magic weapon, and especially for a Foundation Establishment cultivator who has just completed his first transformation, it is indeed a bit too much to expect it to maintain a level four shield.

During the transformation into light, most of the energy of the level four shield on Jeming's body dissipated. When it was re-condensed, it almost couldn't even maintain the state of the shield itself. "It seems that at this stage, the maximum level of shield that can be applied in advance during the transformation into light is two levels. If the shield level is higher, it will not only affect the stability of the shield, but also affect the duration of the transformation into light."

Jemin felt he was being a bit greedy and couldn't help but shake his head: "Forget it, the only time I can use the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror to escape is in a crisis, so I can't worry about that. Escaping as far as possible is the only important thing. This aspect has improved quite a bit."

According to Jemin's calculations, if it weren't for the energy interference from the level four shield, his light transformation could have lasted for a moment longer.

Compared to before the reforging, the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, after its first transformation, doubled the time it took to transform into light while consuming the same amount of true essence and spiritual power. This meant that Jemin's escape distance also doubled.

Originally, a Foundation Establishment cultivator could instantly leap a thousand miles using the Transformation of Light technique. Doubling the distance means that even a third-tier being would be unable to catch up.

"However, I didn't expect that body training would have such unexpected benefits. Body cultivation is indeed a cultivation method that specializes in offensive operations. Its adaptability to various negative states is truly exaggerated."

As Jieming felt the emptiness in his body after his true energy was depleted, and the stinging pain in his brain caused by the exhaustion of his mental energy, he looked at his clenched fist and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Suddenly, he turned to look at the rock wall he was holding onto, clenched his fist, and slammed it down.

boom! !

The volcano, which had been somewhat calming down, became active again due to the stimulation. A powerful force erupted from the mountain, and a figure broke through the obstacles of lava and rock walls to rush out.

Wow...

As the figure fell, the extremely dense lava was smashed open like water droplets.

Standing in the flowing lava without any protection, relying solely on his physical body, Jemin looked at his own body with excitement.

Jemin never expected that physical training would have such benefits.

His powerful physique meant that after he transformed into light, he didn't become weak and helpless upon landing like he had in previous tests.

Although his mental strength and true essence were depleted, he was still able to stand firm thanks to his strong physical attributes, and even engage in some simple hand-to-hand combat for self-defense, which was equivalent to providing himself with double insurance.

After landing, Jemin felt his mental energy recovering rapidly, and his eyes showed even greater satisfaction: "Having a good body is indeed a good thing. Not only does it allow me to protect myself after using Transformation of Light, but a strong body also makes the recovery of mental energy faster... It seems that I can allocate more attention to body tempering in the future."

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Satisfied with the improvement after testing the Five Elements Transformation Rainbow Mirror, Jieming and the others, having recovered some of their mental strength, activated the teleportation device and returned to the laboratory.

Over the next few days, he focused his attention on refining the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror.

While stabilizing its current state, it also further enhanced its already strong spirituality.

Jemin sat in the chair, and the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror appeared outside his body, flying around him on its own, like a pet playing with its owner.

Looking at the state of the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, Jieming stroked his chin and pondered, "The first transformation has also allowed the spirituality of the magic weapon to break through... The spirituality at this level can now be called intelligence, so it's worth trying out the idea I had before."

After the transformation, the "Five Elements Rainbow Mirror" exuded an unprecedented vitality within Jieming's body.

It is no longer just a medium, nor just a tool, but more like a "living being" with independent thought.

Although this creature has very low "intelligence," probably only slightly better than that of lower-level creatures that only have instincts, as a magical artifact, it possesses extremely strong calculation capabilities.

After acquiring initial "intelligence," the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror can make judgments and execute actions on its own according to Jieming's intentions.

This discovery brought to mind an idea that had once crossed Jemin's mind: if the "Five Elements Rainbow Mirror" could manipulate other rune artifacts on its own, could he hand over his rune artifacts to it for control, thereby freeing up some of his energy and even achieving a certain degree of automated combat assistance?
There are three difficulties in achieving combat automation. The first is the level of spirituality of the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror itself, which has now been achieved after the first transformation.

Secondly, how to connect the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror with the talismanic artifacts so that it can directly manipulate the talismanic artifacts.

This difficulty was already overcome when Jemin was researching reconnaissance-type talismanic artifacts.

As for the last difficulty, it is how to "activate" the talismanic artifact using the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror.

The mental energy required to activate a talismanic artifact is actually a bit higher than that of an artifact of the same level. Although it is not much, the problem is that mental energy originates from the soul, and the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror at this stage does not have such a thing as a soul!
Fortunately, they arrived in the Erosian plane, where Jemin came across the key to solving this problem: the Divine Power Faith Network.

Thus, the last piece of the puzzle for all the technical difficulties has been completed; all that remains is to assemble it.

Jemin immediately took out an offensive rune artifact from his inner space. He levitated it in front of him and then used his mental power to weave a "network" that extended towards the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror like a probe.

"Since the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror lacks spiritual power, I will simulate a divine power faith network to grant it the authority to mobilize my spiritual power in order to manipulate this offensive talismanic artifact."

Jemin combined the energy transmission structure of the mental power simulation divine power faith network with the mental power transmission network, allowing the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, which was already in sync with his mind, to directly mobilize his mental power when needed.

The Five Elements Rainbow Mirror responded immediately. The five orbs of light inside it flickered slightly, and then an invisible wave spread out from it, connecting to Jieming's mental sea and drawing a trace of pure spiritual power from it.

The mobilized spiritual power did not flow directly into the talismanic artifact, but was first transformed and guided by the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror before connecting to the crystal-shaped offensive talismanic artifact.

"Test, attack the target," Jemin ordered the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror.

The crystal-like rune artifact trembled slightly, and then a dazzling elemental ray shot out from its top, accurately hitting the bullseye on the laboratory wall.

"We did it!" A look of triumph appeared in Jemin's eyes.

This was not something he personally manipulated, but rather the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, after receiving his intentions, mobilized the spiritual power he had authorized and, through its unique spirituality, activated the talismanic artifact.

This means that the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror possesses the ability to "think" and "execute," and even when it is performing other complex sorcery, it can independently assume a part of the combat function.

Having proven the feasibility of his idea, he immediately threw himself into the next stage of creation.

Jemin needed to produce a bunch of metal materials. After finding relevant information on the magic network, he began to forge some metal platforms that could automatically levitate and follow.

Jemin designed these metal platforms with exquisite craftsmanship, featuring a slender, rhomboid column shape and a streamlined design to reduce air resistance.

Complex flight and gravity arrays are depicted inside them.

The flight array provides continuous lift and thrust, allowing it to hover and move flexibly in the air.

Gravity arrays allow them to remain absolutely stable while suspended, unaffected by external airflow.

Furthermore, as long as Jemin carries the corresponding gravity component, the two can exert a weak gravitational pull on each other, allowing it to better follow Jemin's movements.

To ensure that these platforms have their own independent energy sources, Jemin also embedded several high-quality energy crystals purchased from the Magic Network into their cores.

These artificial energy crystals are essentially a simplified version of small elemental pools, capable of providing energy to the magic array inside the metal platform very steadily, allowing the platform to operate in the air for extended periods without requiring additional energy from Jemin.

Next, Jemin took out different types of offensive rune artifacts from his internal space one by one.

These talismanic artifacts were all mass-produced by him recently while practicing his weapon-refining skills.

Now that Jemin has figured it out, with his internal space as a logistical support, he can have "everything" without having to choose a particular attack strategy.

Whether it's pure energy blasts, elemental rays, or traditional fireballs and lightning spells, he can make some and stockpile them.

Considering the firing speed and ease of operation, Jemin chose several rune artifacts that emitted energy beams.

Each rune artifact is intricately embedded on one of the four faces at the front of the rhombus-shaped metal pillar, so that a single metal pillar can simultaneously possess four offensive rune artifacts.

Jemin forged a total of six such rhomboid metal pillars, each representing an independent firing point.

Once all the metal pillars were forged and inlaid with the talismanic artifacts, he used his Eye of Reconnaissance as an intermediary to establish a deep connection between these newly created "armed platforms" and the "Five Elements Rainbow Mirror".

This not only allows the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror to directly and autonomously manipulate talismanic artifacts, but also gives the Eye of Reconnaissance an "eye" to this auxiliary combat system.

The spirituality of the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror flickered once more.

It began to skillfully process this influx of massive amounts of information, constructing a three-dimensional model of the surrounding environment.

With its enhanced spirituality, it began to analyze potential threats while constructing a three-dimensional map, and commanded the six rhomboid metal pillars to fight in coordination according to the combat logic preset by Jemin.

As Jemin stood in the center of the laboratory and activated the system, six slender, rhomboid metal pillars silently rose slowly from behind him and automatically floated behind him.

They are arranged in a stable array, like six sharp swords pointing in all directions, each with four crystal-like offensive rune artifacts at its tip that shimmer with a faint light.

On the surface of the metal pillar, faint traces of flowing energy can be seen, which are the traces of the efficient operation of the flight array and gravity array, as well as the power provided by the energy crystal.

Jemin turned to observe this brand-new auxiliary combat system.

He tentatively took a few steps forward, and the six metal pillars immediately and silently followed, maintaining their relative position to his body, perfectly achieving automatic levitation and following.

"Attack all moving objects."

After giving the order, Jemin controlled several small targets made of elemental energy to rise in the laboratory and launch them from a distance.

Almost the instant the target popped out, the six metal pillars behind Jemin reacted.

The crystal runes at their front ends lit up simultaneously, and dozens of rays shot out like a laser net, accurately hitting the target and instantly vaporizing it.

The entire process was smooth and swift, without any delays.

Looking at the scene before him, Jemin smiled with satisfaction: "This system's reaction speed is even faster than mine... Is it because the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror's essence includes the concept of speed?"

After walking around the lab a couple more times, looking at the metal pillars that were always floating behind him as a watchful eye, Jemin muttered to himself.

"This system can now be called a self-driving floating cannon."

(End of this chapter)