Chapter 337 Upgrading the Mysterious Astral Mortal Dust Barrier

Jie Ming roughly calculated the current black giant proliferation efficiency.

Including the master pool and its divided sub-bodies, he now possessed ten deeply transformed incubation pools.

Under the seventh-level elemental pool’s near-infinite energy supply, each pool could “produce” at the terrifying rate of one third-level black giant per minute.

Yet even this astonishing efficiency required considerable accumulation to expand the black giant population to his desired hundreds of billions.

The Infernal Sulfur plane was a typical small material plane, surface area roughly equivalent to Earth from Jie Ming’s previous life.

Unlike there, no azure oceans or clear continental plates.

Vast regions: roiling lava seas, erupting volcano clusters, sulfur-shrouded scorched earth.

An environment deadly to ordinary life, but paradise for lava-and-energy-feeding black giants.

Thus, the plane’s biological carrying capacity was extraordinarily vast.

Black giants averaging over ten meters tall; Jie Ming estimated, at limits, the Infernal Sulfur plane could sustain nearly a trillion!

Of course, theoretical.

Such density would sharply degrade living quality, diluting per-individual energy and resources—detrimental to early black giant devouring evolution.

After weighing, Jie Ming deemed hundreds of billions the ideal current-stage population.

“Hundreds of billions black giants…” Imagining the sky-blotting, black tide-like legion, Jie Ming felt anticipation. “At that scale, even ordinary sixth-level wizards facing my reserve army’s numbers would scalp-tingle.”

But future visions.

Currently, seventh-level large elemental pool preliminary linked.

Subsequent deep debugging and full plane vein fusion was gradual; time would handle.

Jie Ming focused primarily on the plane’s core transformation—fully converting the existing divine faith network into Incense Fire Divine Dao system!

Not rote following Great Dao Book Pavilion’s traditional cultivation-bound Incense Fire Divine Dao methods.

Instead, integrating his wizard-world “divine faith network” mechanics understanding and Incense Fire Divine Dao core principles for highly customized adaptations.

Process required seamlessly embedding the mature “elemental spiritual qi conversion system” as the energy foundation.

Jie Ming knew his needed Incense Fire Divine Dao functions centered on four:

Produce incense fire power.

Grant black giant communities “social” attributes for stable Mortal Dust Qi generation supporting divine dao operation.

Achieve cross-space, ultra-long-distance energy transmission.

Efficiently convert elemental forces, maintain plane spiritual qi environment.

Traditional Incense Fire Divine Dao deity empowerment or jurisdiction weather/resource regulation—non-essential, simplifiable or discardable.

If later needed, add temporarily.

This targeted design greatly reduced construction difficulty.

Yet complexity remained unimaginable.

Equivalent to altering a plane’s base rules—every step cautious.

Construction not smooth.

Jie Ming often encountered energy circuit conflicts, rule rejections, rune array instabilities.

Forcing pauses, diving into Great Dao Book Pavilion masses and past notes for solutions, redesigning.

Fortunately, this problem-solving process was excellent tempering.

Jie Ming clearly felt his “spiritual qi” essence understanding growing comprehensive and profound.

Previously disparate knowledges fused under high-intensity application, mastery deepening.

Fifty years passed busily in construction and research.

Seventh-level large elemental pool fully integrated with plane core, stably outputting vast energy.

Incense Fire Divine Dao overall progress about one-third—not fast, but foundations extremely solid.

During, Jie Ming gained an unexpected surprise.

In laboratory, he satisfiedly viewed a softly pulsing light like breathing.

His re-refined guardian treasure—Mysterious Astral Mortal Dust Barrier!

Previous version, forged from various baleful qi and Mortal Dust Qi.

Formed invisible barriers around Jie Ming, effectively resisting curses and prophetic detections—key defense and concealment.

But deeply studying Black’s bizarre plane combat data and beast sample, Jie Ming’s illusion and mental interference resistance tech advanced leaps.

Reviewing the “Mind Barrier Bracer” crafted for Black felt crude and outdated.

Thus, in Incense Fire Divine Dao gaps, he spared time upgrading this treasure.

Infused massive self-refined high-purity fluid Aging Gold and other rare materials enhancing mental stability and conceptual “anchoring.”

Then, using Great Dao Book Pavilion profound artifact refinement arts, refined these tangible materials from “tangible” to “intangible.”

Granting Aging Gold illusion resistance while perfectly integrating into Mysterious Astral Mortal Dust Barrier’s baleful qi and Mortal Dust foundations—indistinguishable.

Jie Ming beckoned; the soft light flowed like water enveloping him, forming near-imperceptible film.

Then light converged, fully vanishing.

Upgraded Mysterious Astral Mortal Dust Barrier’s protection qualitatively leaped.

Now resisted not only curses and prophecies but powerfully illusions and mental interference.

Mechanism similar: relied on integrated, refined-to-intangible-concept Aging Gold etc. as “consumables”—isolating most mental assaults until depleted.

Moreover, as mind-linked treasure.

Upon exceeding limits nearing shatter, Jie Ming instantly sensed warning—clearly realizing possible affliction, gaining precious reaction time.

Savoring upgraded treasure’s feel, Jie Ming nodded slightly, but eyes flashed subtle regret.

“Barely semi-finished…” He inwardly assessed.

In his vision, perfect mental defense shouldn’t rely solely on Aging Gold’s “eternity” for rigid offset.

Incense fire power’s contained sentient beliefs and vows naturally countered and purified falsehoods and delusions.

This was ideal “material” for mind defenses.

“Once Incense Fire Divine Dao completes, gathering sufficient incense fire power—refine it into this Mysterious Astral Mortal Dust Barrier; then, this treasure truly perfected.”