Above The Sky
Chapter 929 - 929 75 The Key to the Gates of the Underworld 7100_3

929: Chapter 75: The Key to the Gates of the Underworld (7100)_3 929: Chapter 75: The Key to the Gates of the Underworld (7100)_3 [If used as a Magic Potion Ingredient, even a damaged soul can quickly heal and regenerate, but the pain will not be lessened.]

[Warning: If the user’s base quality is insufficient, recklessly consuming a perfect quality Earth Pulse Source Crystal may lead to one’s own will being diluted by the overwhelming natural will within the crystal, turning them into a vegetative state.]

[Contained Primordial Essence: 35615.8554 core units]

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“Indeed, it is of perfect level!”

Seeing the data on the Silver Chip, Ian’s eyes couldn’t help but light up: “It can heal the soul, nourish the spirit…

exactly the ability I need the most!”

Recently, Ian has been self-modifying his Soul Structure, and even if the Prophet can do so without errors, any modification comes with inevitable pain and wear.

Although his computational power has greatly increased, in terms of absolute strength, Ian’s soul has actually declined slightly.

After all, even if they are both made of iron, it’s obvious that a solid lump of Big Iron is more prone to damage than a tightly built computer.

Even if a Soul Structure mimicking a Calculation Unit is also very resilient, if he could both nourish and cultivate his soul at the same time, the results would be twice as effective with half the effort!

Up to this point, Ian has accumulated nearly enough Magical Medicine Ingredients, and if it were simply the Lord of Stone, Ian could say he is fully prepared.

But he, having already accumulated enough, does not plan to simply tread the old path.

Returning to his own storage, Ian counts the materials he currently possesses.

The Heart Protection Shell of the Dust Cleansing Dragon, Morien Steel, Earth Pulse Source Crystals, an entire Third Energy Level Ironwing Dragon’s materials…

as well as various Sublimation Materials obtained from the Jiamu Sect.

Basically, he has all the main ingredients he should have.

Moreover, the Heart Protection Shell of the Dust Cleansing Dragon, as the core of the ‘Ultra Giant Magnetic Storm Coil’, has been fiercely purified by the Dragon God Sacrificial Fire.

Although this resulted in some loss of mass, the Inscriptions left behind became extremely pure, prompting an additional sentence in the description on the Silver Chip.

[An exceptionally pure Heart Protection Shell, though its physical strength has slightly decreased, its control over magnetism has significantly enhanced, a special product that surpasses the original owner’s capacity limit]

Honestly, Ian doesn’t need any ‘physical strength’—his shield can already accommodate nine layers, and Kode Jiamu, who is already six feet under with grass probably two inches tall on his grave, couldn’t even fully break it with his all-out confrontation, only a Nightmare Spawn has truly broken through Ian’s defense.

But the Nightmare Spawn is, in essence, a cosmic-level super lifeform; even a fragmented fantasy shadow being able to break his defense is not shameful!

Considering that the Unyielding Fortress has already achieved the ultimate in defense, when Ian was building the ‘Essence Furnace Core’ centering around the Ancient Dragon Heart Core recently, he has been pondering whether he really wanted to follow Teacher Hiliad’s old path.

Ian’s future is destined to pioneer a brand-new path of cultivation, and most Bloodline True Forms can’t adapt to Ian’s forthcoming methods of combat; the Lord of Stone is no exception.

This is why he wants to evolve based on the foundation of the Lord of Stone, constructing a completely new ‘new Magic Potion’, tentatively named the True Form of the ‘Iron Lord’!

The Iron Lord, is an improved form based on the Lord of Stone, adding ‘magnetic control ability’, and its positioning is vastly different.

The essence of the Lord of Stone is someone specialized in manipulating materials with incredibly strong war capabilities, a fortification builder, and a giant golem creator who is also extremely hard, protecting the formation as a guardian Knight and summoner, enough to deter any attempts to behead the summoner to eliminate the summoned creatures.

But the Iron Lord is different.

Its abilities lean towards ‘scientific research infrastructure’ and ‘self-enhancement’.

Ian needs to strengthen his own soul, enhance micro-manipulation, manually craft machine tools using magnetism and metal control abilities, then use those machine tools to mass-produce more equipment, in a cycle that rapidly enhances the production capacity of his territory.

Then, although he cannot create a multitude of golems and stone fortresses, as an individual with defense even harder than the Lord of Stone, the Iron Lord’s exquisite use of magnetism, with Ian’s vast foundational knowledge base…

is definitely stronger than a substantial portion of the Sublimators in Terra who play with electromagnetism.

Putting aside others, Ian can manually craft a magnetic propulsion engine on the spot to venture into Outer Space, and on the planet, he can easily accelerate himself to unimaginable speeds with magnetism.

Not to mention magnetic deflection and magnetic containment fields.

In simple terms, the Iron Lord can fly!

And the Lord of Stone cannot!

It’s all about pure slaying.

“My soul has already fully converted, infinitely close to the Third Energy Level, but my body cannot yet bear it— I have reached the limit, and it’s pointless to try to advance any further.”

Surveying the materials before him, Ian nods slightly: “The next research direction is to perfect the magic potion of the Iron Lord…

As long as I can reach the Third Energy Level, even if the war between The Empire and Fiery Flame Land spreads to South Ridge, I am confident in ensuring the high-speed development of my territory.”

However, before venturing into developing the Iron Lord, Ian still has a few things to do.

Ian goes to the Alchemy Laboratory, where he finds Adalbert.

Recently, when Ian defeated the Constructed Knight, he successfully replicated the entire structure of the Constructed Knight, including the most important ‘Spirit Machine Core’ in its entirety.