Emperor of the Sourc Chapter 260: Targeted Purification

The mont Adrian ascended beyond the atmosphere and entered open space, he felt the oppressive weight of chaotic essence lift from his body. The perception limits that had constrained him within the planet's surface vanished completely, and his awareness expanded freely in all directions.

He paused, suspended in the void, and let himself adjust to the sudden clarity. Below, the relic world's surface writhed with distorted currents. Above, the stars burned steady and cold.

He turned his gaze outward and observed the star system this planet belonged to. There were only two suns surrounding the planet. Aside from these, the system was entirely desolate. There were no additional planets, no asteroid belts, no visible celestial bodies of significance. The relic world stood alone, isolated in silent void.

Adrian retrieved his UNI-OS node.

Now that he was outside the planet's chaotic interference, the device should be able to connect to local networks and get information about this galaxy. In the first place, this was not even the Androda Galaxy. It was an entirely different one, and according to the Nine-Vault Comrce Sect, manual travel between Androda and this galaxy using a standard starship would require an enormous amount of ti.

He activated the node.

A blue holographic interface projected into the void before him.

?? Current Region: Virelith Galaxy Void

?? Searching For In-Range Free Networks...

?? Detected Two Free Networks...

?? Listing Free Networks

New text materialized across the display.

— FREE NETWORKS —

?? Void Fang Sect Network [Private] — Invitation Required

?? Obsidian Rift Sect Network [Private] — Invitation Required

Adrian frowned slightly.

"Hmm… no decentralized network?" he muttered.

He searched again, but the result remained the sa. There was no decentralized public network within this galaxy. That significantly limited his imdiate options. Without access to a local public net, he could not browse forums or gather open information about this galaxy. The two detected networks were private sect networks, and without invitation credentials, he could not access either of them.

For now, at least he got to know the galaxy's na. When he returned to Androda, he could search for information about the Virelith Galaxy and learn more about its power structure.

He stored the node back inside his spatial ring and shifted his attention to the planet below.

From space, its surface was completely obscured by twisting layers of chaotic essence. The chaotic currents folded and overlapped endlessly, distorting the visual field so severely that he could not even identify the Azure Garden's location from orbit.

Nurous thoughts flowed through his mind. There were many things he wanted to accomplish, but his highest priority remained clear: guiding his people and making them stronger.

His people still had to unlock their perception to see rules. They had to cultivate the Crimson Vital Sect's divine concept. They had to form Mana Seas and increase their mana capacity. There were countless foundational steps that still needed to be completed.

All of that required ti, resources, and a stable environnt. This planet and the garden within it could serve as a major support for all of that.

Even if he could not expect the Crimson Vital Sect to allocate large portions of the garden's resources directly to his people, the ambient environnt of the garden itself was an ideal place for cultivation.

Adrian looked around at the desolate star system. This was an unknown galaxy that could bring unexpected dangers. But thinking deeply about it, his options right now were extrely limited. Moving the planet was sothing he had done many tis, but he had never moved planets between galaxies. At least for now, he couldn't risk that option. Other than that, hiding this planet with a formation was the only way, but even that was limited now since he didn't have enough mana crystals to power planetary formations. Even the Crimson Vital Sect was not in a situation to afford that; at least, it would take a little ti for them to arrange it.

Adrian gazed back at the planet. Temporarily, he couldn't avoid the external dangers, but he could focus on taking care of the issues within the planet first. The chaotic environnt surrounding the planet was dangerous and unpredictable. It could trigger unknown events at any mont.

The first step toward securing this world would be to eliminate the chaotic environnt entirely and turn this planet into a safe domain.

At present, the only thod he possessed was manually expanding his devour-based divine domain and relying on its inert properties to refine the chaotic essence. From space, he could expand his domain and cover the entire planet.

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But there was a problem. Before, he didn't do this exact thing because of caution over Everlasting Pill Sect mbers, guardians over this planet, and the garden itself. Now the Everlasting Pill Sect problem was solved, and there seed certainly no guardians on this planet.

But the garden itself was still there. If he expanded his domain across the planet, its inherent function would refine everything within its range, including the Azure Garden itself. He could not risk damaging the garden, so he needed another thod.

A sudden thought crossed his mind. "A divine spell."

If he could not safely use his domain, then he could instead create a spell designed to target specific areas and refine the chaotic environnt selectively. His devour-based divine concept was perfectly suited for this purpose. If the domain was too indiscriminate, then a precisely constructed divine spell could solve the problem.

Adrian floated in the silence of space, considering the approach.

He closed his eyes and turned his awareness inward, and began constructing a spell structure within his mind.

This was his first divine spell he was working on, and he didn't have a reference of the structures of other divine spells. So he started with the simple fireball spell's structure, but replaced the arcane fire rules with the rules belonging to his devour-based divine concept.

Adrian extracted those organizational principles of a fireball and began overlaying his divine concept's rules onto the frawork.

The first attempt collapsed imdiately.

Divine rules possessed far greater complexity than arcane ones. It was basically a rge of multiple arcane ones. Where fire simply burned and expanded, his devour-based divine concept carried layered processes: intake, refinent, and stabilization. The simple fireball structure couldn't support the additional weight.

Adrian tried again.

Divine spells served as a progression chanism within the universe. Even a low-level divine spell forced a cultivator to explore specific functionalities of their divine concept. By mastering higher-tier divine spells, a cultivator could deepen their understanding and increase their overall mastery, which in turn unlocked greater authority.

However, creating a higher-level divine spell from scratch without external guidance was extrely difficult. Adrian had known this theoretically, but now, creating his first divine spell, he experienced it firsthand.

He fully understood the devour-based divine concept and its rules. Yet combining specific fragnts into a stable spell structure produced different results each ti. Efficiency, output strength, mana consumption, and functional stability all depended on precise arrangent. Optimizing those variables required extensive experintation and ti.

The second attempt held together longer. The sphere ford in his ntal space, dark crimson with swirling currents visible beneath its surface. Then a fragnt responsible for directional intake rotated incorrectly, creating a feedback loop. The construct devoured itself from within and shattered.

Adrian's willforce dipped slightly from the ntal strain.

At present, his mastery of this divine concept remained at the Early Rule Stage. If he wanted to ascend using this concept, then he would need to create more higher-tier divine spells.

But even designing a basic fireball-style spell required much effort, and improving it further would require extensive iterative refinent. And because this was a cognitive process rooted in consciousness itself, it would consu willforce over ti. One could not endlessly experint without rest.

He rotated the problematic fragnt, adjusted the binding sequence, and reinforced the outer shell with stabilization rules. The third attempt stabilized.

This entire experience showed Adrian how difficult things would be if he wanted to create unique divine concepts for his people and create an entire cultivation pathway for it.

Sects existed for this exact reason. Thousands of cultivators across generations refined divine spells through trial, error, and shared comprehension. What took one person decades might take a sect only years through collective effort. And what took a sect years might take a great sect rely months through accumulated wisdom spanning eons.

Adrian had no such support. He worked alone, building from nothing.

For now, however, Adrian did not worry. He did not require a high-level divine spell; rather, he only needed sothing functional. Even a low-level divine spell would suffice to handle the chaotic environnt below.

He dismissed the initial fireball structure and began assembling a new one from scratch. The devour-based divine concept carried rules of absorption, refinent, and many others. He selected specific fragnts, those responsible for controlled intake, purification, and stabilized release, and integrated them into a new construct.

This ti, he abandoned the fireball's aggressive compression. Instead, he designed the sphere to remain semi-perable, allowing continuous exchange with the surrounding environnt.

When the structure stabilized in his mind, he attempted to cast it.

Crimson essence flowed from his outstretched palm, coalescing into a sphere roughly the size of his fist. It was visually similar to Starbreaker but fundantally different in internal structure and functionality.

He launched it toward the planet's surface, targeting a specific region of the chaotic atmosphere.

The sphere descended through the void, trailing faint crimson light. Adrian drifted after it, maintaining visual contact as it approached the planet's turbulent outer layers.

As the sphere entered the upper layers of the planet's atmosphere, it halted midair, and then it began functioning.

The chaotic essence imdiately pressed against the sphere from all sides, but the construct held firm. Its semi-perable shell opened, and dark currents began flowing inward. The sphere absorbed chaotic essence from the surrounding region, refined it internally, and released purified mana outward. Within its limited radius of influence, the chaotic turbulence transford into stable mana.

After a short duration, the sphere dissolved. Adrian analyzed the result imdiately.

The construct had lasted approximately forty seconds before exhausting its internal reserves. The purified mana it released dissipated quickly, reabsorbed by the surrounding chaos. Without continuous operation, the effect was temporary.

He had only cast the spell using only fifty mana units, so its operational range and ti was therefore limited. Once its internal energy was exhausted, it dissipated. That ant the range, duration, and speed of refinent were directly proportional to the mana input.

Adrian perford rapid calculations. If he increased the investnt to five hundred units, the sphere should operate for roughly six minutes and cover a hundred-tre radius. At five thousand units, perhaps an hour with a kilotre of influence. The scaling was linear and predictable.

Or another thod was to create a better structure for the spell and create a higher-level divine spell, which could do the sa thing with less mana.

But refining the spell structure would require weeks of iterative developnt, perhaps months. He didn't have that luxury. Brute force through sheer mana investnt was the faster solution.

A faint smile appeared on his face. For now, this was enough.

From space, he could cast dozens or even hundreds of these spells toward specific regions of the atmosphere. By targeting areas carefully and avoiding the Azure Garden entirely, he could gradually cleanse the planet without disturbing the alchemical ecosystem below.

Unlike his domain, this thod offered precision, and precision was exactly what he needed.