chsdbacks Chapter 785 The Mechanism of Blood Sacrifice
Chapter 785 The Mechanism of Blood Sacrifice
Beyond the continent of Sulfur Purgatory, in the cold and silent space of space, a newly born "constant star" is quietly suspended.
That was not a real star, but the first eye of the Zhou Tian Star Array.
Dark golden light flowed slowly from the depths of the array's core, and streaks of star patterns spread continuously along the surface of the sphere. The light and heat emitted even made the elemental tides within hundreds of millions of kilometers around exceptionally active.
Standing in the void, Jieming gazed at his first achievement and remained silent for a long time.
Then he raised his hand.
Within the spiritual sea, the model of the Zhou Tian Star Array, which had been deduced for over a thousand years, slowly unfolded, with countless points of light forming a vast star map, and the location of the first array eye suddenly lit up.
"This is it."
As the mental energy locked onto the coordinates, the space surrounding the massive array core began to tremble.
Relying on the power of incense and deities, the entire space was distorted in just a moment, and the enormous sun disappeared into thin air.
The entire array's core was teleported away by the power of the incense and divine path, placed in a vast star field several light-years away from the Purgatory Sulfur Continent. In the pitch-black, empty universe, accompanied by a ripple-like tremor, a colossal sun suddenly appeared.
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Invisible ripples spread in all directions, and the array's core steadily arrived at its predetermined coordinates.
The stellar energy within tens of light-years seemed to be drawn by some force, slowly converging towards the center of the formation.
Jemin checked the feedback from the incense and deity system using the destiny system and nodded in satisfaction:
"The coordinate error is 0.0003, which is not small. However, if we make continuous fine adjustments using the power of incense and the divine way, it will probably be able to enter the predetermined trajectory in about a hundred years."
In summary, the first key element of the formation has officially been put into place.
However, there is only one key point in the formation at present.
Fortunately, although a complete formation could not be formed, the array cores that were painstakingly crafted possessed various mystical properties.
Even without any other use, simply using it as a sun could have a positive effect on the evolution of life on the surrounding planets. Jemin brought up the star map again, and projections of several planets quickly appeared around the array's core.
Those are planets that the Tentacle Tree civilization has already developed.
What was originally just an ordinary immigrant planet has now been given a new mission by him.
"Notification to the colonial governors of the following coordinate planets."
In the incense-burning sacred path, Jemin's voice instantly reached the minds of the officials in charge of those planets.
"Migrate according to the new orbital parameters."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The person in charge of the Digital Tentacle Tree Civilization responded immediately.
A few days later, several planets of varying sizes were teleported over using the power of incense and the divine path.
These planets, which continued to move due to inertia after being teleported over, were quickly derailed from their original orbits and rearranged around the array's core under the combined effect of numerous orbital propulsion arrays and gravity adjustment devices.
From a distance, it looks just like the real Heng galaxy.
Even the orbital period of each planet has been precisely calculated.
As Jemin looked at the layout that was becoming more and more like a real star system, a hint of satisfaction finally appeared on his lips.
"This looks much better."
The black giant priest next to him, responsible for recording data, was recording each parameter with his head down.
"Sir, should we continue setting up the outer perimeter defense array?"
"We'll talk about it later," Jemin waved his hand. "I don't have any money right now."
The black giant priest nodded silently.
The entire research team now knows that their Overlord's biggest enemy is none other than themselves.
It is poverty.
However, although there is no money to continue refining the second array eye for the time being, there are still some cheap things that can be set up conveniently.
Jemin flew back to one of the planets, and with a gentle tap of his right hand, a large amount of remaining materials flew out from his inner cave.
Various alchemical metals, runic crystals, and psionic nodes rained down on the entire planet.
At the same time, the true form, which is 500 kilometers tall, slowly unfolds.
Countless threads of mental energy simultaneously manipulated billions of rune nodes, rapidly spreading them across the entire planet's surface.
A faint, purplish-gold pattern rapidly spread across the entire surface of the planet.
In less than half a day, the giant magic circle covering the entire planet was completely completed.
Then.
The second one, the third one...
Jemin only stopped working after all the designated planets had been set up.
The black giant priest looked at the enormous array patterns that covered the entire planet, somewhat puzzled.
"My lord. What is the purpose of a magic array of this scale?"
Jemin casually replied, "To collect the purple aura coming from the east."
The priest was taken aback.
"...Auspicious purple clouds from the east?"
"Yes." Jemin nodded.
"At sunrise, a very small amount of special spiritual energy is generated, and it is of good quality."
"However, this thing is too ineffective for me now, so I was too lazy to collect it before."
At this point, Jemin paused, his voice becoming much lower.
"But we're poor now."
Black Giant Priest: …………
After saying that, Jemin looked at the planets slowly orbiting the sun and suddenly felt a mix of emotions.
The Zhou Tian Star Array... it really costs a fortune.
After arranging everything in the star system, Jemin did not linger.
With one step, the teleportation array lit up, and Jemin's figure disappeared from the spot.
Soon, Jemin returned to the alchemy laboratory at Noren 147 Academy.
The culture chambers next to the laboratory stand quietly, but now the number of clones inside is several times greater than it was initially.
After checking the data from when he left and confirming that there were no significant deviations, the experiment resumed.
Group 1.
Two clones of the same class.
One body remained intact, while the other was directly reduced to a pool of blood.
Jemin initiates the blood sacrifice ritual.
The magic circle was successfully completed.
Then, he activated his True Delusion-Breaking Eye, and the data slowly appeared.
The improvement in qualifications is exactly the same as that of normal sacrifices, with no changes whatsoever.
Jemin stroked his chin and wrote a line on the experimental record.
The quality of the offerings has nothing to do with the integrity of the flesh and blood.
In the second experiment, instead of increasing the number of sacrifices, Jemin continuously spawned one of the clones through life alchemy.
A moment later, inside the incubation chamber, a gigantic clone, twice the size of an ordinary person, slowly stood up.
Their muscles are more developed, their bones are stronger, and their weight is even more than twice that of a normal clone.
Then, the blood sacrifice began.
The results came out quickly, and the improvement was still only one unit.
Jemin stroked his chin and wrote down a new conclusion.
The effect of a sacrifice is unrelated to body size or total amount of flesh and blood. What determines the effect is the "number of individuals."
"In other words..."
"The blood sacrifice law recognizes 'a person,' not how many kilograms of flesh."
This result wasn't unexpected.
After all, improving one's aptitude inevitably consumes more fundamental things; flesh and blood... even the soul are merely external objects.
However, what really made Jemin frown was the third set of experiments.
This time, the sacrifice was not for an ordinary clone, but for an experimental subject that had been accelerated with resources and whose cultivation had reached the Foundation Establishment level. A moment later.
As Jemin looked at the result, his brows slowly furrowed.
"The effect has decreased, and it's very noticeable."
The same offering.
The improvement in the qualifications of the Foundation Establishment stage test subjects is only slightly less than half that of ordinary mortals.
He conducted dozens of experiments and finally confirmed this.
The higher the cultivation level of the beneficiary, the lower the benefit of using a low-cultivation sacrifice for blood sacrifice.
The reason... is unknown.
The experiment lasted for several years.
The number of clones in the incubation chamber increased and decreased continuously, and a large amount of data was input into the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror.
Finally, a complete model was successfully established.
Jemin looked at the final result he had derived and slowly exhaled.
"It's alright, the result is much better than expected."
Judging from the results, the blood sacrifice method can indeed be repeated indefinitely, but the aptitude cannot be improved indefinitely.
Or to be more precise, each realm has its own upper limit of aptitude.
Once the current cultivation limit is reached, continuing the blood sacrifice will stop the aptitude from increasing, and the remaining power will automatically be converted into life energy to improve cultivation.
"It's quite similar to the wizarding world."
Jemin leaned back in his chair and chuckled softly.
The same applies to the wizard's aptitude system.
The highest level of spiritual talent a mortal can possess is level ten, because a mortal's life level can only support level ten.
To go further, one must break through the extraordinary.
Each time a wizard advances in rank, their body, soul, and spirit undergo a comprehensive transformation, naturally increasing their talent ceiling as well.
The cultivation system is actually based on the same principle, only the form of expression is different.
Jemin glanced at the other data again and quickly did some mental calculations.
Soon, a number came to mind: 634 bodies.
The meaning of this number is that if all the clones are at the same level as himself in the Dao Integration Realm, then by sacrificing 634 clones, his spiritual aptitude can reach the true limit of his current realm.
"It's not difficult." He quickly completed the assessment.
The real difficulty in cultivating cannon fodder units using the wizard system is never their level, but their combat strength.
If it were simply a matter of accelerating cultivation levels, he had plenty of ways to quickly create a batch of experimental subjects with only cultivation realms and no combat abilities. The only problem was that rapidly cultivating clones of this level required a massive expenditure of resources.
Thinking of this, Jieming slowly lowered his head and glanced at the experiment budget, then at the material procurement list for the incomplete Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array. Finally, he glanced at his dwindling military merits.
The air was still for a few seconds.
A very soft voice suddenly rang out in the lab: "...Damn!"
Jemin rubbed his temples and let out a long sigh.
"I need to start saving money again."
He remained silent for a moment, then quickly rallied.
"No rush. Clones can be cultivated slowly, and resources will be enough in a few more years."
"Now, let's dismantle the blood sacrifice ritual first."
His gaze returned to the experimental records.
With all the functions of the blood sacrifice ritual now clear, the next goal is to dissect the core mechanisms that truly function within it, and then reconstruct them using the knowledge of the wizarding civilization.