Mirror Apparition Fruit yield is scarce and more suited for creating Mysterious Instruments and Bizarre Formations.

The most developed aspect of the Bizarre Object Research System is the Bizarre Talisman, which boasts the greatest quantity and variety.

The Mysterious Pill system was still in its nascent stages. He certainly wouldn't consume such pills himself; he had no desire to end up like a Bizarre Alliance Cultivator, ingesting Flesh Demon Pills and transforming into a grotesque flesh monster.

It's more like... poison, suitable for administering to a target.

Formation was the weakest of the Four Arts of Cultivation. A great deal of effort was poured into Elixirs, Magical Treasures, and Talismans, with considerable forays into controlling Spirit Insects, taming beasts, and utilizing poisons. This was without even mentioning the significant cultivation required for Spells and secret techniques.

Human effort is finite.

Jia Ren couldn't master a multitude of formations. Instead, he focused on Demon-Suppressing and illusionary-type formations, aiming to achieve more with his limited energy. This approach prevented an overlap in capabilities among the Four Arts of Cultivation, thereby avoiding wasted time.

Bizarre Formations, however, could not be overlooked. He planned to use the Mirror Bizarre to construct a Mirror Apparition Array.

If the plan succeeded and an enemy was ensnared within the Bizarre Formation, they would face an inexhaustible onslaught of 'themselves.' If they failed to break the formation and escape, especially with his assistance from the side, their fate was easy to imagine.

This would become a trump card. Once successful, even Nascent Soul Cultivators might not be impossible to slay.

The Smiling Weird Talisman and Mysterious Pill were manageable, but the Mirror Apparition Array would become the focus of his subsequent research. Research on Bizarre Talismans was progressing relatively smoothly thanks to previous successes; the difficulty wasn't high.

Mysterious Pills and Bizarre Formations were much more troublesome, requiring him to start everything from scratch, building from nothing to something. This endeavor would require a significant investment of energy and time and couldn't be completed quickly.

「A month passed unknowingly.」

The Personal Treasured Demon-Sealing Pagoda finally ceased its vibrations, emitting a dazzling brilliance.

The advancement succeeded! It had astonishingly become a Nascent Soul Grade Treasure.

With a thought from Jia Ren, the Demon-Sealing Tower appeared in his palm. Its body was pitch-black and even more robust, exuding a profound sense of history and gravitas.

Delving his consciousness into the Demon-Sealing Tower, he distinctly felt the increased power of the Wicked Flame—it was more than double its previous strength. The speed at which it incinerated Bizarre Demons was faster. For instance, the Misleading Bizarre, which used to die three to four hundred times a day, now died over eight hundred times daily, approaching the one thousand mark.

Previously, the three Bizarre Demons in the Demon-Sealing Tower could provide enough Sacrificial Fire in a single day to refine the tower for eight years. Now, this duration had astonishingly increased to nearly twenty years. This was the most direct and effective improvement resulting from the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure's advancement to the Nascent Soul Level. The efficiency of the Magical Treasure's advancement had effectively doubled.

"Suppress!"

The maximum range of the Demon-Suppressing Rosy Light now reached ten miles, a tenfold increase. Its power had also seen a tremendous improvement, though an accurate judgment couldn't be made without a target.

It's at least a five to tenfold increase. With the Demon-Suppressing Rosy Light deployed, it can easily suppress ordinary Bizarre Demons.

The drawback was that each use consumed Spiritual Power exponentially. The consumption of a Nascent Soul Grade Treasure was alarming, but still within a controllable range.

If it were to advance to the God Transformation Level, would a single use drain all of my Spiritual Power? Or... would even all my Spiritual Power be insufficient for a single deployment of the Demon-Suppressing Rosy Light? By then, would my Life-bound Magic Treasure become a mere ornament, useless against Bizarre Demons...?

By the time the Demon-Sealing Tower advances to a God Transformation Level Magical Treasure, I won't possibly have reached the Late Golden Core Stage, let alone the Nascent Soul Stage. Hopefully, I'll find a solution by the time the Demon-Sealing Tower ascends to become a God Transformation Level Magical Treasure.

For the first time, he felt that the rapid improvement in a Magical Treasure's quality could also be a headache.

I need to slow down the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure's advancement rate, convert its Sacrificial Fire into Corpse-Ritual Fire, and enhance the strength of the Flying Stiff. With the Flying Stiff growing at such an astounding rate, it won't be long before I have a Nascent Soul Level Yaksha. However, Flying Stiff are different from a Life-bound Magic Treasure.

Once a Flying Stiff advanced to Yaksha, there was no guarantee that he or the Puppet Demon King Worm could suppress and control it. A Nascent Soul Level Yaksha turning on its master was a risk far beyond his ability to bear. Jia Ren didn't want to dig his own grave.

First, I'll raise them to their peak, then learn the Corpse Demon Sect's corpse-controlling secret technique. With this two-pronged approach, the problem should be resolvable. Then, I'll attempt to advance one Flying Stiff to Yaksha. If successful, that would be excellent—a new Nascent Soul Level enforcer to skyrocket my combat strength. If control fails... I'll consider it setting it free. Yaksha crave freedom. Giving it its freedom back could even be considered an act of immeasurable merit.

Advancing the Five Flying Stiff to their peak, along with the thousands of ordinary walking corpses and Hairy Corpses, was not a difficult task. Delaying the advancement rate of the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure wouldn't be troublesome.

Devoting myself wholeheartedly to enhancing the strength of my Corpse Refining, forming armies of thousands of Flying Stiff and Yaksha in the future... that doesn't seem out of the question.

Jia Ren wasn't in a hurry to suppress the growth rate of the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure. Letting it reach near the limit of a Nascent Soul Level Magical Treasure before suppressing it wouldn't be too late. In this way, maximum efficiency could be achieved.

In the time that followed, he immersed himself in Cultivation, and time flew by astonishingly fast.

「Three years passed in the blink of an eye.」

During these three years, Jia Ren's progress had not been slow. His Cultivation Level was approaching the peak of the Early Golden Core Stage. In at most half a year, he would reach the Middle Stage of the Golden Core.

The growth rate of his Life-bound Magic Treasure, the Demon-Sealing Tower, was astonishing. In less than three years, it had advanced to the level of a Nascent Soul Late-stage Cultivator's Life-bound Magic Treasure, drawing ever closer to becoming a God Transformation Level Magical Treasure. The Spiritual Power consumed by the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure had increased again. Jia Ren found that using the Demon-Suppressing Rosy Light just three times was enough to deplete all the Spiritual Power in his body.

My Cultivation Realm is still too low! It's better to let it just act as a competent perpetual power source for now.

Jia Ren dared not let the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure grow any further. He decided to halt its progress there, converting its Sacrificial Fire into Corpse-Ritual Fire to boost the strength of the Flying Stiff.

Both his Cultivation and Life-bound Magic Treasure had advanced rapidly, and his progress in other areas was also significant. The Proficiency Level of several key secret techniques he was diligently cultivating rose rapidly, and his Divine Skills also improved, greatly enhancing his combat power.

He made significant progress with the Smiling Bizarre Pill, successfully finding a breakthrough and producing some satisfactory experimental batches. With Jia Ren's amazing skill in Elixir refinement, concocting Mysterious Pills was not a problem; this particular issue was resolved rather quickly.

Crafting Magic Artifacts using Mirror Apparition Fruit and Mirror Apparition fragments wasn't difficult; creating a Mysterious Instrument would suffice. Born from imitating the Mirror Bizarre, once its crafting was complete, it maintained the form of a mirror. Unlike previously created Bizarre Talismans, without the suppression of a Xuan Ming Stone Magic Artifact, it wouldn't take long for this Mysterious Instrument to take on the appearance of Bizarre Demons or Bizarre Objects. The closer a Mysterious Instrument was to... a Bizarre Demon in nature, the less its form would change.

After multiple experiments, the imitation Bizarre Mirror was finally successfully created.

I'm still not sure about its performance.

The Insect External Incarnation held a black, matte-finished copper mirror, looking mysterious and extraordinary. This was the Bizarre Mirror that Jia Ren had meticulously crafted using the Mirror Bizarre as a reference. At first glance, it seemed ordinary, just a common Magic Artifact with no hint of the strangeness typically associated with a Mysterious Instrument. This was the result after processing.

Let's see how effective it is.

Jia Ren hesitated for a moment, then took out a Golden Core Formation Pill and placed it in front of the black, matte-surfaced copper mirror. He himself remained hidden behind the mirror.

"Collect!"

He cast a spell, and the black matte finish on the mirror's surface faded, retreating to the back of the mirror. This was a Demon-Suppressing layer, a Magic Artifact specifically tailored for the Bizarre Mirror, made from Xuan Ming Stone powder and Mist Spirit Sand. With it, the Bizarre Mirror would remain in a sealed and suppressed state, preventing it from affecting its wielder.

The image of the Golden Core Formation Pill was reflected on the Bizarre Mirror. After a short while, the Bizarre Mirror gradually materialized the object. Two identical Golden Core Formation Pills now existed. With his level of mastery in Elixir refinement, their appearances were indistinguishable.

An Ancestral Fish Sage Pill was placed next to the Golden Core Formation Pill, but even after a long wait, there was no reaction. No new Ancestral Fish Sage Pill appeared in front of the Bizarre Mirror.

Can the Bizarre Mirror only materialize one type of object at a time?

The Insect External Incarnation approached the Bizarre Mirror, full of vigilance. The Bizarre Mirror was dim and lacked luster. Even though the Insect External Incarnation stood before it, the Incarnation itself was not materialized.

The Insect External Incarnation examined the Elixir replicated by the Bizarre Mirror. It noted that the object contained no bizarre power and had not contaminated the Insect External Incarnation.

Even so, I wouldn't dare consume this thing replicated by the Bizarre Mirror.

Upon cutting it open for research, he found the medicinal properties and ingredients inside were nearly identical, perfectly replicated.

This is too unbelievable! Is this the Bizarre Mirror's ability? If the Golden Core Formation Pills produced by the Bizarre Mirror are identical to genuine ones, wouldn't I strike it rich? By continually using other Sects' items, I could, in no time, deplete the resources of the Town Demon Alliance by exchanging them for contribution points! The Bizarre Mirror shouldn't be this overpowered... I need to find a target to test it on!

Jia Ren destroyed the replicated Golden Core Formation Pill. After a full twelve Hours, the Bizarre Mirror's dim state finally disappeared, and it materialized an Ancestral Fish Sage Pill for the second time.

This time, I'll experiment with Spirit Fish.

The Insect External Incarnation took the materialized Ancestral Fish Sage Pill to the seaside. The Elixir created by the Bizarre Mirror had an astonishing allure for Fish Demons. In just a breath's time, numerous Fish Demons were attracted.

He selected one. The Elixir was tossed into the mouth of the closest Fish Demon, which swallowed it cheerfully.

BOOM!

In just a breath's time, the Fish Demon exploded, its body turning into a shower of scattered flesh. This flesh was not ordinary; it resembled... mirror-like shards of flesh.

Indeed, this thing isn't a normal Elixir.

Jia Ren was not surprised by the result, as everything was within expectations.

If materializing Elixirs like this doesn't work out well, what about Magical Treasures? What about Wings of Annihilation and Fu Wan?

One idea after another emerged in his mind, his thoughts branching out into more and more possibilities.

Twelve Hours later, the second item he materialized was the Seven Star Sword Magical Treasure. The Magical Treasure materialized successfully! The Insect External Incarnation controlled it. Its power was formidable, rivaling the genuine Seven Star Sword. Furthermore, it possessed some bizarre characteristics: once it slashed a target, their flesh would crystallize, similar to the previously observed flesh fragments.

A high-quality replica that's even better than the original?

Jia Ren's smile hadn't even fully bloomed when something unfortunate happened. The replicated Seven Star Sword disappeared after the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

Do materialized objects have a time limit? This is indeed an issue, and it's likely not easy to solve. However, if I materialize Wings of Annihilation and Fu Wan, wouldn't that somewhat address the issue?

Fu Wan detonate instantly; their full power could be unleashed in far less time than it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Twelve Hours later, Wings of Annihilation and the Wind Thunder Talisman Pill were successfully materialized.

Haha, with this, can't Fu Wan be freely squandered? With one Bizarre Mirror, I could splurge with Fu Wan once a day. By crafting several Bizarre Mirrors, I could achieve true Fu Wan freedom! From now on, this can be a common tactic. I'll greet enemies with a massive bombardment of Fu Wan!

Jia Ren found an open expanse of sea to conduct the experiment. The Insect External Incarnation controlled the replicated Wings of Annihilation. In an instant, brilliant flashes of thunder and fire erupted, forming a tidal wave of destructive power. After the storm of thunder and fire, the sea area was devastated, with crystallized remnants of Sea Demon flesh visible.

Its power is weaker than the genuine article, at most half the strength? Could it be that materializing too many objects at once affected their power?

Jia Ren experimented a few more times and confirmed his guess. Materializing too many items at once indeed affected the power of the materialized objects. The Bizarre Mirror was a new creation and still had room for improvement. These issues could likely be somewhat mitigated with further refinement.

The final step was to materialize living beings. He started with the weakest Spirit Insects and progressed to the most formidable Flying Stiff. Living beings materialized by the Bizarre Mirror possessed strength identical to their original counterparts, whether they were weak Spirit Insects or Late Golden Core Stage Flying Stiff.

Can the Bizarre Mirror also materialize Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators?

Without a suitable target for experimentation, this remained unknown.

Living beings materialized by the Bizarre Mirror naturally harbored animosity towards their original counterparts (the ones they were 'projected' from) and would attack them on sight. This also made Jia Ren look forward to the Mirror Apparition Array even more.

After many experiments, he roughly understood the capabilities and limitations of the Bizarre Mirror.

For materialized objects to exert their full power, it was best to materialize only one target at a time. The more numerous and diverse the materialized objects, the weaker their collective power.

The Bizarre Mirror could only materialize an object once per day. This process would overdraw its power, rendering it unable to materialize new objects until it recovered.

Finally, the Bizarre Mirror... could not materialize Bizarre-type items. Jia Ren tested it with the Lost Path Guai Talisman Pill and other Bizarre-type Magical Treasures, all attempts ending in failure.

This concludes the experiments with the Bizarre Mirror. Now, should I test if the Mirror Bizarre itself can materialize Bizarre Demons? If that plan is successful, filling all thirty-three levels of the Demon-Sealing Tower won't be a problem.

The Demon-Sealing Tower still had thirty empty levels, urgently in need of new 'tenants.'

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