Super God Golden Crow Record

Chapter 28 The Opening of the Heavenly Pot

A golden light streaked across the starry sky.

Zhao Chen activated the Golden Crow Escape Light and simultaneously used his Invisibility Divine Power, making him appear like an invisible phantom as he sped towards Teda Star. The meteorites beside him retreated rapidly, starlight swirling around him.

"Once we get to Teda Star, I need to check if those three Nascent Soul stage angels have woken up yet..." he thought to himself.

Just then, a strong life force was suddenly detected in my senses.

The fluctuation originated millions of feet to the left front, violent and powerful, carrying the spatial distortion unique to void creatures. Judging from the intensity of the fluctuation, it was at least at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

They're everywhere! They're practically a plague!

Suddenly, Zhao Chen's eyes lit up.

The crystal cores of void creatures are truly valuable. Especially this crystal core from the early Nascent Soul stage, which contains extremely pure spatial energy, perfect for crafting storage magic treasures or integrating it into the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife to enhance its spatial attributes.

"Perfect, I'll start with you."

Zhao Chen changed direction and flew towards the direction from which the fluctuation came.

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The distance of millions of feet was covered in a mere quarter of an hour under the golden crow's escaping light.

Zhao Chen quickly spotted his target—a void beetle, over eighty feet tall, covered in a deep purple carapace with dense patterns that faintly emitted a ghostly glow. It was perched on a massive meteorite, the surrounding space violently distorted, clearly absorbing some kind of energy from the meteorite.

"Early Nascent Soul stage..."

Zhao Chen narrowed his eyes.

With his current strength, plus the three enhanced magic treasures, dealing with a void creature at the early Nascent Soul stage would be as easy as crushing an ant. But he didn't let his guard down; instead, he activated his invisibility and quietly approached.

The Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife flew out of the gourd silently, disappeared into space, and slashed towards the void beetle.

The beetle was completely unaware and was still focused on devouring the meteorite.

As the flying knife approached within a hundred feet, Zhao Chen's mind stirred—

"laugh--"

The throwing knife shot out from the spatial ripples, aiming straight for the beetle's neck!

The beetle reacted quickly, jerking its head just as the throwing knife was about to strike its body. The knife, originally aimed at its neck, only pierced its shoulder. A gash appeared in its carapace, and a splatter of dark blue blood appeared.

"hiss--!"

The Void Beetle let out a sharp screech, twisting wildly, causing the surrounding space to distort violently, and dozens of spatial blades slashed wildly in all directions!

Zhao Chen was prepared.

The Chaos Bell flew out from the dantian, instantly growing larger and hovering above the head. A black light curtain descended, blocking all the spatial blades.

The God-Slaying Spear fell into his palm at the same time, and he firmly gripped the shaft with one hand.

He suddenly lunged forward and thrust his spear into the head of the void creature!

The twelve sharp arrays and ten armor-piercing arrays on the spearhead lit up simultaneously, and the spear's light surged several times over, carrying a world-destroying killing intent as it aimed directly at the enemy.

The Void Beetle hastily unleashed a spatial blade, only to have it torn apart by the spear's edge. The spear tip pierced its head, and pure Yang fire surged into the wound along the spear shaft, burning fiercely.

The Void Beetle let out a deafening hiss, its body thrashing wildly, its legs flailing erratically. But Zhao Chen gripped the gun tightly, refusing to let go.

The Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife shot out from the space once again, this time accurately piercing through its other eye.

Ten breaths later, the beetle finally stopped struggling.

Zhao Chen landed on it, panting heavily.

"Early Nascent Soul stage... is nothing special."

Zhao Chen grinned and began to devour.

As the beetle's flesh and blood entered his stomach, pure energy surged into his limbs and bones, further strengthening his cultivation. His Qi Refining cultivation brought him one step closer to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Most importantly, he found a fist-sized crystal core on the beetle's head—completely transparent, with a faint silver-white light flowing inside, radiating a rich spatial fluctuation.

"nice one."

Zhao Chen carefully put the crystal core into his stomach space.

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He did not leave immediately, but instead began searching the surrounding asteroid belt.

After the warehouse incident, he vowed to cultivate the Heavenly Pot Technique as soon as possible. Now, with the crystal core of this void creature, he has a new idea: to refine a storage ring, an essential item for living and traveling in the world of cultivation.

To craft a storage ring, a crystal core alone is not enough; a carrier material is also needed to hold the crystal core—ideally, a hard metal or jade. These are all recorded in his weapon-crafting tradition.

This meteorite belt contains countless meteorites of all sizes. He scanned them with his keen eyes and quickly discovered more than a dozen meteorites containing metal.

He used pure yang fire to melt the stubborn rocks piece by piece and extract the metal inside.

Most of them were ordinary iron-nickel alloys, with only three pieces of metal of slightly better quality, emitting a faint silvery light, seemingly some kind of low-grade metal with spiritual properties.

"That's enough."

Zhao Chen found a relatively large meteorite, landed on it, and sat down cross-legged.

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Although this was his first time crafting a storage ring, he already had experience crafting natal magic treasures and had a plan in mind.

First, he took out a piece of silver-white metal from his stomach. Then, he drew upon the pure yang fire from his dantian. He communicated with the golden fire in his dantian, and a wisp of blazing white flame rose from his dantian and gathered in his palm along the meridians.

The pure yang fire danced in his palm, not flowing, but rather like a solidified golden lotus, radiating terrifying heat.

Zhao Chen enveloped the metal with his magic and placed it into the flames. Carefully controlling the temperature, the metal slowly softened in the pure yang fire, eventually turning into a pool of silvery-white liquid. Zhao Chen manipulated the liquid with his mental power, gradually shaping it into a ring—simple and unadorned, without any superfluous patterns.

After the ring was formed, it was not allowed to cool down immediately, but instead left to float to the side.

Next, Zhao Chen took out the Void Crystal Core.

Crystal cores are much harder to refine than metals. He carefully separated a wisp of pure yang fire and enveloped the crystal core at an extremely low temperature. The crystal core trembled slightly in the flame, slowly softened, and finally turned into a transparent liquid.

Zhao Chen used his mental power to draw out strands of silvery-white threads from the liquid—the byproduct of the melting crystal core. He guided the threads into the ring, where they flowed slowly along its interior, forming fine patterns. These patterns formed the basic framework of the storage space, allowing independent spaces to be created within the ring.

This process is extremely mentally taxing, requiring precise control of every bit of energy; the slightest mistake can lead to the loss of all previous efforts.

An hour later, all the liquid had dissolved into the ring.

The ring trembled slightly, and a spatial fluctuation emanated from within—a space about ten feet square opened up within the ring.

Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but did not stop.

He then took out several pieces of metal from his stomach space, refined them to extract metallic energy, and carefully engraved it onto the surface of the ring. This was the most basic "stabilizing array" and "strengthening array," which would make the ring more durable and prevent the space from collapsing.

Another half hour passed, and the two array patterns were completed.

The silvery-white light on the ring gradually subsided, transforming into an antique silver ring that floated quietly in front of him.

Zhao Chen reached out and took it, then put it on the finger of his right hand.

With a thought, a piece of ordinary metal from the stomach space instantly appeared in the ring space. With another thought, it returned to the stomach space.

"It's done!"

He grinned.

He tried to store the Chaos Bell into his storage ring—successfully. Then he stored the God-Slaying Spear—also successfully.

Zhao Chen tidied up all the miscellaneous items on his body, put the few he used into his storage ring, and left the rest in his stomach space for the time being.

He sat cross-legged on the meteorite, looking down at the silver-white ring on his right index finger.

This was a storage ring he had just crafted using void crystal cores and meteorite metal, with an interior space about ten feet square. Inside the ring were the recording crystal plate he'd smuggled from Teda Star, and a few leftover pieces of ordinary metal.

But that's not enough; a space of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) is still too small.

Zhao Chen began searching through the 72 Transformations of Earthly Fiends in his mind and found that extremely useful spell—the Heavenly Pot.

The Pot Heaven, also known as the Sun and Moon in a Pot, can create independent spaces within objects or temporarily construct a storage space in the void. Unlike storage rings, the spaces created by the Pot Heaven are more stable and flexible.

"Perfect timing. Now that I've learned this spell, I can upgrade my spatial ring." Calming his mind, Zhao Chen began to comprehend the magic of the Pot Heaven.

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To begin cultivating in the Heavenly Pot, one needs to grasp the basics of the Dao of Space.

The first step was to sense the space. He closed his eyes and extended his mental energy outward, carefully perceiving every fluctuation in the surrounding void. Those invisible spatial folds and faint spatial nodes gradually became clear in his perception.

This was an ability he had acquired from the void creatures, and it came in handy at this moment.

Three days later, Zhao Chen's perception of space deepened.

The second step was to create a temporary space. Following the method, he condensed his spiritual power into an invisible blade, aimed it at a weak point in the void, and gently slashed—

A tiny crack appeared out of nowhere, about the size of a fist, inside which was a chaotic void.

With a thought, he tossed in a piece of ordinary metal. The crack immediately closed, and the metal vanished without a trace. He then used his mental power to sense that the metal was quietly suspended in that temporary space, completely isolated from the outside world.

"It's done."

Zhao Chen grinned.

Although this temporary space can only exist for a few hours before automatically collapsing and its contents being torn apart by the void turbulence, it is sufficient for temporary storage.

The third step is to create permanent space within the object.

Zhao Chen took out the storage ring and used his spiritual power to probe into it, carefully observing its internal structure. The patterns outlined by the void crystal core were the foundation supporting the existence of space.

Following the principles of the Celestial Pot Technique, Zhao Chen infused the ring with spatial power, merging it with the existing patterns. The ring trembled slightly, and the internal space seemed to stabilize even further.

"The Pot Heaven Technique can not only open up space, but also reinforce it."

He seemed to be deep in thought.

In the days that followed, Zhao Chen cultivated while practicing the Pot Heaven Technique. Then, he carefully used the Pot Heaven Technique to create a space within his spatial ring.

The first attempt failed. The space collapsed as soon as it opened, and the ring nearly shattered into pieces.

The second attempt failed. The space stabilized, but it was only the size of a palm.

The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time... one day, two days, three days...

The ring trembled slightly in the flames, its internal patterns growing denser and more intricate. The space that was originally one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) began to slowly expand outwards—one zhang eleven, one zhang twelve, one zhang fifty…

On the fifth day, the space expanded to two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters).

On the tenth day, it expanded to five zhang (approximately 10 meters).

On the fifteenth day, when the last wisp of spatial energy was injected, the inside of the ring suddenly trembled, and the space froze at a radius of ten zhang.

Ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).

Zhao Chen opened his eyes, his eyes filled with excitement.

With a thought, he stored the recording crystal plate into his ring—it vanished instantly, and he retrieved it effortlessly. He then tried storing several large meteorites—successfully as well. The ten-zhang space was more than enough to hold items the size of a small mountain.

"This is the real storage treasure."

Zhao Chen put the ring back on his right index finger, feeling the spaciousness within, and was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

He put the ring on the index finger of his left hand, feeling very pleased with himself.

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half a month later.

Zhao Chen sat cross-legged on the meteorite, wearing a storage ring made from a void crystal core on the fingers of his right hand. Inside the ring were different items—a recording crystal plate, spare materials, and some ordinary metals he had picked up from the meteorite.

He focused his inner vision on his dantian.

Within his dantian, the nascent soul slowly rose and fell. Around the nascent soul, three natal magic treasures floated silently—the Chaos Bell, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. They maintained a delicate distance from the nascent soul, neither interfering with its operation nor hindering its growth, while simultaneously absorbing the true essence dissipated by the nascent soul to nourish themselves.

This is the method of nurturing one's natal magic weapon. There is no need to open another space in the body; simply let the magic weapon coexist with the nascent soul in the dantian, temper it with true essence and blood every day, and nurture it with mental focus every night, and it will grow.

With a thought, the Chaos Bell trembled slightly, emitting a deep hum. The killing patterns on the God-Slaying Spear glowed faintly, and the flying knives in the Immortal-Slaying Gourd also moved gently.

"good."

Zhao Chen nodded in satisfaction.

The better the magical artifacts are nurtured, the stronger their connection to his mind and spirit will become. As his cultivation continues to improve, these magical artifacts will also evolve, becoming his right and left arms.

I stood up and looked in the direction of Teda Star.

We've been delayed for so long, it's time to go and see.

With a thought, Zhao Chen activated the Golden Crow Escape Light, transforming into an invisible golden light that sped towards Teda Star.