After the opening, the book was filled with endless material knowledge.
In this book, there was no distinction between spirit herbs, ores, or anything else. Everything, in the World Tome, was considered a part of the cosmic world.
From the most inconspicuous blade of grass to a common clump of earth, this book contained everything imaginable.
Fortunately, the book’s contents were still organized by tier and grade, with introductions arranged from the lowest to the highest. Though the book didn’t specify how the ranks were divided, Joe Di guessed it was based on factors like spiritual energy distribution, hardness, and others.
According to the World Tome, all matter has form, yet its grade varies according to different rules.
Joe Di had seen countless spirit herbs and medicinal jade slips before. But only after studying this book did he realize that his previous knowledge was merely superficial.
Joe Di devoured the contents of this book with a ravenous thirst. His spiritual sense was powerful, and his reading speed was astonishing, yet after several days, he was still lingering on the first page.
If not for seeing Violet Silksand in the World Tome, Joe Di would have continued reading obsessively.
Upon reading the introduction of Violet Silksand, Joe Di was suddenly jolted awake.
Violet Silksand was indeed a ninth-grade material, but it was somewhat similar to Celestial Blade Steel. After being forged into a magical artifact, this material could also be upgraded.
Moreover, Celestial Blade Steel was not the only material that could be refined together with Violet Silksand to create an upgradeable magical artifact. In this regard, Violet Silksand was even more precious than Celestial Blade Steel.
Violet Silksand had another unique property: to obtain higher-grade Violet Silksand, one must first refine it into a magical artifact. As the artifact is upgraded, when it reaches a certain level, the Violet Silksand within can be extracted and elevated to a higher grade.
Only the user of the magical artifact can accomplish this. In other words, to separate out higher-grade Violet Silksand, the upgradeable artifact must be personally refined by you, and you must be its user. Only by meeting these two conditions can you eventually separate the Violet Silksand and obtain a higher grade.
Joe Di didn’t care much about these properties of Violet Silksand. What mattered to him was that he already possessed a piece of Violet Silksand—and he hadn’t even recognized it before.
It was the heavy stone sphere he’d obtained in that cave mansion on Fairy Star. That incredibly weighty stone sphere was actually a piece of Violet Silksand.
Upon learning that he possessed Violet Silksand, Joe Di grew eager to find a suitable flame and refine his magical artifact as soon as possible.
As for the World Tome, he could consult it at any time. With his current cultivation, even ten thousand years wouldn’t be enough to finish reading it.
Just as Joe Di was about to withdraw his spiritual sense and leave, a sudden thought struck him. That gray-robed cultivator had once said a cultivator’s spiritual sense couldn’t touch the World Tome, yet with the help of the Graystone, not only could his spiritual sense reach the tome, he could even see its contents clearly.
Didn’t that mean he had a chance to refine the World Tome itself?
The thought that he might be able to refine the World Tome made Joe Di’s heart pound uncontrollably. He was far from calm at the prospect that this legendary tome could one day become his own.
Joe Di was well aware of the value of the World Tome. He had only glimpsed a fraction of its surface knowledge, yet he had already benefited immensely. If he could refine the World Tome, what could possibly stand in his way as he traveled the universe?
Refine it—he must refine it!
Joe Di stopped reading the contents of the World Tome. Instead, his spiritual sense began searching for restrictions within the tome, hoping to refine it by breaking through its prohibitions.
After a whole day, Joe Di grew somewhat confused.
He hadn’t found any restrictions on the World Tome, but with the help of the Graystone, he had discovered the boundless, infinite rules on the tome’s very first page.
He knew these were cosmic rules—again, thanks to the Graystone.
Through his cultivation journey, Joe Di had come to vaguely realize that the golden lightning within the Graystone seemed to represent a cosmic rule. As for what kind of rule, he was still unable to grasp it.
The rules on the first page of the World Tome were so vast and limitless that even billions couldn’t describe a fraction of them.
If refining the World Tome required comprehending these rules, Joe Di reckoned that even countless billions of years wouldn’t be enough.
Just as Joe Di was about to give up, the golden lightning within the Graystone in his spiritual sea suddenly erupted into profound golden patterns. Joe Di couldn’t understand any of these patterns, but he vaguely sensed that they, too, were a kind of cosmic rule.
The endless golden patterns nearly burst Joe Di’s spiritual sea. He no longer cared about refining the World Tome—he frantically activated the Starstream Technique, hoping to channel these golden patterns from his spiritual sea into the starry meridians.
Although the spiritual energy here was abundant, it had been impossible to cultivate. Thanks to the golden pattern rules, Joe Di absorbed the rich spiritual energy and quickly completed his first full circulation.
As the first circulation formed, Joe Di absorbed more and more spiritual energy, and his cultivation level soared.
In just half a month, Joe Di reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Level Eight. Then, he sensed a clear rule aura—one he detected through the endless golden patterns in his spiritual sea. The moment he grasped this rule aura, his cultivation effortlessly broke through to Foundation Establishment Level Nine.
To his delight, Joe Di realized he had captured one of the billions of cosmic rules on the first page of the World Tome, even comprehending it clearly.
At that moment, it seemed as though a faint, intangible connection had formed between him and the World Tome.
It turned out that the World Tome wasn’t refined by breaking its restrictions, but by comprehending its boundless rules.
Without the Graystone, even if Joe Di understood this principle, he wouldn’t have bothered with such a futile endeavor. Now, as long as he continued cultivating, he had a chance to use the golden patterns triggered by the Graystone to comprehend a second rule aura.
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With a sense of direction, Joe Di immersed himself in the process of cultivating while comprehending the rules of the World Tome.
The World Tome, once as lifeless as stagnant water, began to exude cosmic laws one after another as Joe Di continued his insights.
Dozens of cultivators outside the World Tome fell into epiphanies because of these cosmic laws. Since everyone was absorbed in enlightenment, no one noticed when Joe Di unknowingly stepped into the World Tome.
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Half a year later, when Joe Di captured the ninth rule on the first page of the World Tome, the faint connection between him and the tome suddenly vanished. At that moment, he was surprised to find a half-open book floating in his spiritual sea.
Wasn’t this the World Tome itself? When Joe Di opened his eyes, the World Tome that had been standing beside him had indeed disappeared.
Joe Di was sure he hadn’t refined the World Tome. Of the billions of rules on its first page, he had only captured nine, and even then, only sensed them rather than truly comprehended them.
Had the World Tome really become his?
Soon, Joe Di vaguely understood: the World Tome had appeared in his spiritual sea not because he had refined it or comprehended its rules, but because he possessed both the Graystone and the golden lightning. It was these two things that caused the World Tome to manifest itself to him.
With the clear aura of cosmic rules and the powerful flow of true essence, Joe Di felt he was on the verge of a breakthrough.
Joe Di knew this wasn’t an illusion. After half a year of cultivation, he had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, and with his continuous insights into various rules—even if he hadn’t truly mastered any—he was now about to step into the Golden Core stage.
Glancing at the dozens of cultivators still meditating, unaware that the World Tome had vanished, Joe Di rose, spread his figure, and swiftly departed.