The Origin Magnetic Golden Mountain was also a great treasure trove. The gains Jiang Chen had obtained from it were no less than those from the Ice Fire Demon Lotus.
The Origin Magnetic Golden Mountain's magnetic storms, its defensive capabilities, and the formidable striking power of the Golden Seal Lord — all of these grew in tandem as Jiang Chen's strength continued to rise.
The Green Stinging Ginseng Monster had functions quite similar to the Ice Fire Demon Lotus, though relatively limited in scope, possessing only two abilities: entangling and releasing poisonous mist. For Jiang Chen, this was somewhat redundant.
And so, he gave the Green Stinging Ginseng Monster to his sister, Xu Qingxuan, as a gift.
Xu Qingxuan was absolutely enamored with the Green Stinging Ginseng Monster. Though she was a Holy Maiden of the Moon God Sect and had access to certain treasures of the sect, she had never before laid her hands on anything like this.
Then there were the eight statues he had seized from King Shang Ping in the Sealed Demon Land all those years ago. Jiang Chen had never been able to fully decipher the secrets within them.
At present, he had incorporated the eight statues into the Eight Desolations Rock Formation for defensive purposes — a rather extravagant use of such an item.
However, what more powerful functions these eight statues might hold was something Jiang Chen couldn't yet extract. Still, with his formidable powers of perception, he could sense that the statues contained an immense will — far more than simple stone carvings should possess.
These eight statues appeared to be mere stone sculptures, yet they would sometimes reveal hints of a powerful willful force, and this surprised Jiang Chen.
Therefore, these eight statues had become one of the key artifacts Jiang Chen intended to study going forward.
The Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl — this was the guardian treasure of the Earthly Treasure Gate, a supreme sect of ancient formations, which spoke volumes about the item's power. The Earthly Treasure Gate had proclaimed itself the foremost formation sect of antiquity, and the potential of this Origin Pearl was absolutely staggering. The ancient age of gods and demons had not been like the current Divine Abyss Continent — in that era, Celestial-realm powerhouses roamed freely and were more common than Emperor-realm cultivators today.
Therefore, a sect that dared call itself the number one formation sect of antiquity was certainly no mediocre organization. And if the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl was the guardian treasure of that foremost ancient sect, how could it be anything less than extraordinary?
Of course, Jiang Chen's exploration of the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl at this stage remained far from thorough. The pearl was remarkably special. Although he had bonded it with his blood, claimed it as his own, and refined it into his personal bonded treasure, the power he had managed to extract so far was merely the outermost veneer of its true capabilities.
If the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl's full potential could truly be unlocked, Jiang Chen would be able to walk across the entire Divine Abyss Continent with impunity.
Forget the human domain — even if every boundary stone seal were broken and every race emerged into the open, Jiang Chen could stride about without fear.
He could even venture to legendary places like Myriad Abyss Island without the slightest trepidation.
Of course, this was no overnight endeavor.
"The treasures I currently possess should all be legacies from antiquity. For metal, I have the Origin Magnetic Golden Mountain. For wood, I have the Spirit of the Wood Spring. For water and fire, the Ice Fire Demon Lotus. For earth, the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl. With all five elements — metal, wood, water, fire, and earth — gathered together, how many people in this world could rival such an advantage?"
The first step in cultivating with the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl was to use it to generate earth pulsations. Jiang Chen had experienced the force of those pulsations before.
That, however, had not been the most powerful form. The ultimate earth pulsation, once a warrior was caught in its grip, would grind them to dust without mercy.
Naturally, at his initial stage of cultivation, Jiang Chen wouldn't be reaching that level anytime soon. But once he could produce earth pulsations, they would be devastating in combat — catching opponents off guard, dragging them into a pulsation vortex to sow panic and create the element of surprise.
Put simply, the earth pulsation was somewhat analogous to Emperor-realm or Sovereign-realm domains. The difference was that domain power derived from a cultivator's own might, whereas the earth pulsation harnessed the primal force of the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl itself, generating powerful magnetic field fluctuations and terrifying subterranean wave distortions to disrupt and assault enemy warriors.
What Jiang Chen looked forward to most now was combining the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl with formation arrays. Once that fusion was achieved, it would form an airtight chain of offense and defense.
This would be an enormous boost to Jiang Chen's combat power.
With his current cultivation, ordinary Sovereign-realm cultivators — even peak ninth-level Sovereigns — posed no threat to him. He had absolute confidence in his ability to stand against them.
In truth, within the entire Sovereign realm, there was no opponent Jiang Chen feared.
And within the Emperor realm, so long as he didn't encounter the very apex of that tier, he believed he had what it took to hold his own.
Of course, such engagements came at a cost. He would need to rely on items like the Imperial Descent Armor Talisman and the Imperial Descent True Light Talisman, drawing upon these heaven-defying artifacts and techniques to survive the clash.
Back when his cultivation hadn't even reached mid-level Sovereign, Jiang Chen had already fought the Asura Great Emperor to a stalemate, leaving the latter unable to do anything to him.
That spoke volumes about how formidable his combat power truly was.
The Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl was the legacy treasure of the Earthly Treasure Gate. The great pity was that Jiang Chen had found only the pearl itself, without ever obtaining the gate's formation inheritance.
Had he obtained both, he would have effectively inherited the complete essence of the ancient Earthly Treasure Gate.
If that were the case, even the most powerful Great Emperor of the present age would hold no terror for him.
Of course, without the Earthly Treasure Gate's formation inheritance, Jiang Chen did possess the formation legacy of the ancient Danxiao Sect.
When it came purely to the profundity of formations, the Danxiao Sect's heritage was in no way inferior to that of the Earthly Treasure Gate. The reason the Danxiao Sect had never surpassed the Earthly Treasure Gate in prestige lay solely in the Origin Pearl. Though the Danxiao Sect possessed numerous treasures, none among them could rival a guardian treasure on par with the Earthly Treasure Origin Pearl.
The only thing was, the Earthly Treasure Gate's guardian treasure was fundamentally attuned to the Earthly Treasure Gate's own formation systems. To forge a seamless synergy with the Danxiao Sect's formations would require Jiang Chen's relentless refinement, constant exploration, and gradual innovation — merging the two over time.