The recent celestial phenomenon affected nearly half of the Four Seasons Valley. For a Spirit Core Stage Cultivator, such an area of effect was astonishing.
The ceaseless cycling of the Four Seasons Celestial Time also demonstrated Jiang Xuan’s absolute mastery over wind, thunder, rain, and snow.
Based on this alone, Zhen Youqing could tell that Jiang Xuan’s power was extraordinary.
Especially since the recent celestial cycle included Thunder—one of Heaven’s authorities—and its might was truly awe-inspiring.
Just as Zhen Youqing and Xia He exchanged shocked glances, inside the Scripture Pavilion, Jiang Xuan gazed at the faint golden light swirling in his palm, a flicker of amazement in his eyes.
’To think I’ve obtained such an authority... but it makes sense. Over the past month, I’ve poured my entire Heart Spirit into the Ten Thousand Daoist Collection in the Scripture Pavilion and the Celestial Time Spells of the Four Seasons Valley. Getting this result was only natural.’
HUMMM—!
As Jiang Xuan marveled at this, the Eternal Golden Bell flew out from his body, hovering silently three feet above his head.
Compared to before he reached Second Spirit Core Perfection, the Divine Bell’s increase in durability and fundamental strength wasn’t significant.
However, this didn’t mean the Eternal Golden Bell hadn’t undergone a qualitative improvement.
SWISH...
At this moment, inside Jiang Xuan’s Scripture Pavilion, countless characters and arcane Talismans were still swirling about.
But now, these characters and Talismans were no longer chaotic. Like subjects paying homage to their king, they formed a massive vortex centered around the Eternal Golden Bell.
Furthermore, imbued by the Eternal Golden Bell, the color of these characters and Talismans had changed from blue and white to a gilded gold.
WHOOSH...
The magnificent, immense golden vortex filled Jiang Xuan with a sense of the divine as he gazed upon the scene.
At the same time, Jiang Xuan could clearly feel countless Talismans and characters surging toward the Eternal Golden Bell’s once mirror-smooth Bell Wall, like weary birds returning to their nests. They rapidly merged into it, leaving behind ancient and profound markings.
HUMMM—!
As a sea of characters and Talismans merged into it, the Golden Bell—originally the foremost instrument of rites and music—not only took on an air of divine majesty but also developed an ineffably profound aura.
More importantly, the inscription of countless characters and Talismans gave Jiang Xuan’s Eternal Golden Bell the profound weight of history and heritage.
—Previously, the Eternal Golden Bell, though gilded and priceless, had always carried the coldness of a modern industrial product or the ostentation of a pure gold artifact. It was like someone who had suddenly struck it rich—all flash and no substance.
But now, it was different.
Countless arcane Talisman Inscriptions now flowed and shone on the Bell Wall. Now, the Eternal Golden Bell merely had to hover above Jiang Xuan’s head to instill in any beholder a profound sense of ancient history, as if it had existed for millennia, witnessing the rise and fall of countless ages.
And this profound sense of heritage was not just for show.
A bell is an instrument of rites, and the more ancient the rite, the greater its authority.
’The Eternal Golden Bell’s Commanding Ability has finally, truly awakened,’ Jiang Xuan realized. ’Now, with this Divine Bell, I can not only command the ownerless Spiritual Qi and celestial phenomena, making them bend to my will, but I can also directly usurp an enemy’s Techniques!’
Forcibly seizing another’s Technique for one’s own use was undoubtedly a heaven-defying Divine Technique. Of course, it also had clear limitations.
First, the Techniques and Attributes Jiang Xuan could command and control had to be ones he himself had already comprehended and mastered.
To put it more directly, only Techniques inscribed upon the Eternal Golden Bell, or powers of a similar or identical origin, fell under the purview of his Commanding Ability.
Indeed, the characters and Talismans that had merged into the Bell Wall were not mere decorations, nor were they there just to give his Golden Bell a sense of historical weight.
Those Talismans and arcane inscriptions themselves represented the Spells Jiang Xuan had mastered.
Each Talisman Inscription was a form of Magic.
If an enemy cast a Technique that was of a similar or identical origin to a Spell Jiang Xuan had inscribed, he could use the Eternal Golden Bell’s Commanding Ability to seize it and turn it back on them.
Besides seizing Techniques, the Spells inscribed on the Eternal Golden Bell could also be greatly amplified and empowered by the sound of its Bell Ringing.
’This ability is pretty good, but it consumes way too much Magical Power.’
[Golden Bell Jade Law: Order and Return to Truth]
This was the new Trait the Eternal Golden Bell gained after Jiang Xuan reached Second Spirit Core Perfection, and its Divine Power Seed had fully condensed and merged with the bell.
The Effect of this Divine Technique—or rather, its essence—was to take all the Taoist Skills, the celestial order of Heaven and Earth, and even the cosmic laws that Jiang Xuan comprehended, and inscribe them one by one onto the Eternal Golden Bell in the form of Talisman Inscriptions.
From this point on, the Divine Bell was no longer merely a tool for Divine Techniques but had become Jiang Xuan’s life-bound treasure, a vessel for the Great Dao itself.
The Basic use of this Divine Technique was for Jiang Xuan to amplify the power of his Curse Techniques through the Eternal Golden Bell.
The intermediate method of use was to activate the ’Era of the Eternal Emperor’. When active, any power related to the Talisman Inscriptions and under the cover of the Golden Bell would be under Jiang Xuan’s control. Before, the only powers Jiang Xuan could perfectly command within the Era of the Eternal Emperor were Gravity, Gravity, Repulsive Force, and a faint Space Power.
Now, however, he had dominion over any power inscribed on the Eternal Golden Bell.
As for this ultimate treasure’s final form, that would be achieved if, one day, Jiang Xuan could inscribe all the constant Taoist Skills and the laws of Heaven and Earth of an entire world onto the Eternal Golden Bell.
At that time, he could use his Eternal Golden Bell to encompass a world, transforming it completely into his Country of Eternal Domination.