Chapter 196: The Vanishing Jerry

Jerry returned to the Research Department. The matter of Sea God Island had already been resolved, and the Two Great Empires had no issues either, so now it was time for Jerry to think about his own affairs.

Jerry currently had two directions: the first was the Cultivation of soul power, and the second was Faith Power.

He took a look at his dantian and couldn't bear to look; if he had to fill this dantian, he truly didn't know how much longer it would take.

Jerry had been researching methods to compress soul power.

In an ideal state, it was not necessary to have the dantian fully stored with soul power to compress it; it should be possible during normal times as well, but he just hadn't found the method yet.

The only thing known now was that upon entering the God Realm, soul power would automatically transform.

But this was not what Jerry wanted. Not to mention whether he could enter the God Realm, even if he entered the God Realm now, he still had so many ties on the continent.

Jerry felt he could not abandon everything for the sake of strength.

Therefore, Jerry's idea was to bring the continent along to develop. If the world could undergo World Advancement, that would be even better, as he would not have to be separated from his loved ones.

Yet, World Advancement was not that simple; if it were to advance naturally, it would take millions or even tens of millions of years.

So Jerry had been trying to change the continent to see if that could accelerate World Advancement.

Tang San had escaped this time. Before, when he knew that the gods of the God Realm could not easily descend to the mortal world, he had still underestimated these gods.

Jerry's Divine Sense could cover half of the Douluo Continent, and Tang San should have been within the coverage of his Divine Sense with one hundred percent certainty, yet he could not find him.

It seemed the Sea God must have applied unknown means to Tang San, shielding his investigation.

Moreover, Jerry also discovered that not only Tang San, but Oscar and Ma Hongjun had also disappeared.

Among the Shrek Seven Devils, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing were at the Spirit Hall, Dai Mubai was dead, and the remaining three had all disappeared.

This was definitely not a coincidence. They were all people who could have become gods and could be said to possess Zhujiao Guanghuan. He hadn't even gone to find trouble with Oscar and Ma Hongjun, so how could they have disappeared so inexplicably?

The only ones capable of manipulating this were the gods of the God Realm; it seemed they had already begun their layout.

Jerry did not know where Oscar and Ma Hongjun were undergoing their God Trial, but looking at the current situation, they must have already accepted the God Trial.

Unable to find the people, Jerry had no way to act now.

Faith Power could further strengthen Jerry's Divine Sense, so it seemed better to gather some Faith Power first.

How could one obtain more Faith Power?

Jerry first thought of starting with agricultural crops. Although he had the fertilizer he had developed, the grain itself was not high-yielding.

Jerry found a batch of high-quality crops and went directly into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Jerry did not understand cross-breeding, but he understood selective breeding.

First was rice; under Jerry's Infusion, batch after batch of rice matured.

Among these mature rice plants, Jerry selected those that grew better and had higher yields to cultivate again.

After ten rounds of cultivation, he finally selected over a dozen rice plants that met Jerry's requirements.

Then he began to cultivate these rice plants, and a few days later, he had cultivated 100,000 kilograms of rice seeds.

Previous rice yields were about 400 to 500 jin per mu, but the rice Jerry cultivated directly reached a yield of 1,000 to 1,200 jin per mu. Although there was still a gap compared to the super rice of his past life, it had already doubled based on the original foundation.

Subsequently, Jerry brought these 100,000 kilograms of seeds back to the Spirit Hall. Then, under the promotion of the Spirit Hall, the Two Great Empires all learned that Lord Jerry of the Spirit Hall had researched new rice seeds with a yield more than double the original, and everyone scrambled to the Spirit Hall to exchange for seeds.

Following that period, Jerry successively cultivated high-yield corn, sweet potatoes, and some vegetables with better taste.

For a time, the Spirit Hall Logistics Department was bustling with activity, with long lines of people coming to buy seeds every day.

After the agricultural products were researched, Jerry began to cultivate various fruit trees and also published a separate book on planting.

Half a year later, everyone gave Jerry a new title: God of Agriculture.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jerry harvested another wave of Faith Power.

Because Jerry had brought sufficient food to the continent, all the common people were very grateful to Jerry, so this wave of Faith Power was greater than ever before.

In Jerry's Sea of Consciousness, there were now tens of thousands of stars in the sky, and the land beneath his feet began to expand, and the entire Sea of Consciousness began to enlarge.

No matter how one looked at it now, Jerry's Sea of Consciousness looked like a continent.

What exactly was going on? The current Sea of Consciousness completely overturned Jerry's cognition.

Could it be that his Sea of Consciousness would turn into a planet in the future?

It was still too early to say that; Jerry checked his own changes.

He released his Divine Sense, and it connected; the beginning and the end connected.

Jerry's Divine Sense could now cover the entire Douluo Continent.

Moreover, on the other side of the Douluo Continent, Jerry discovered another continent.

If he wasn't mistaken, that was the Sun Moon Continent. He scanned it, and the current Sun Moon Continent was not nearly as developed as the Douluo Continent.

However, he could go to the Sun Moon Continent in the future to harvest a wave of Faith Power.

Furthermore, Jerry's Divine Sense could now directly penetrate the 10,000-meter-high altitude; that barrier could no longer block Jerry's Divine Sense.

And Jerry finally understood the function of this barrier.

Above 10,000 meters, there was actually another layer. The soul power in this layer was relatively active, and this barrier would adsorb this active soul power, convert it into relatively stable soul power, and transport it into the interior of the Douluo Continent.

Jerry wanted to see how big the Douluo Continent was, so he probed his Divine Sense directly upward.

Finally, he reached a conclusion: it was about the same as Earth.

The atmosphere was also divided into five layers, with a slight difference from Earth, but the difference was not large.

Troposphere (sea level to 10,000 meters)

Stratosphere (10,000 to 45,000 meters)

Mesosphere (45,000 to 80,000 meters)

Thermosphere (Ionosphere, 80,000 to 400,000 meters)

Exosphere (Ionosphere, above 400,000 meters)

Moreover, Jerry discovered that the soul power in outer space was the most dense, and it was very violent.

From the Exosphere to the Thermosphere to the Mesosphere to the Stratosphere, it was like a purification device, layer by layer converting the violent soul power from the outside into stable soul power to supply all the living beings on the continent for absorption and Cultivation.

There is a barrier between each layer, and their functions are all about the same.

So this is what the continent looks like.

Jerry then shot up into the sky, and ten minutes later, Jerry arrived directly in outer space.

Wow, the universe is truly beautiful; no wonder so many people in my past life loved collecting pictures of outer space observations. Without having been here in person, one could never know the vastness of the universe!

The soul power here is very violent. Jerry tried to absorb some, but as soon as these soul powers entered Jerry's body, they rampaged everywhere, uncontrollable.

If it were anyone else, they would have long since died from their Meridians being ruptured by the rampaging of this soul power; it is only because Jerry had already transformed into a God Body, and his Meridians, flesh, and bones had all been strengthened, that he could withstand the impact of this soul power.

However, Jerry used his powerful control ability to suppress them all completely. Once this soul power reached the Lower Dantian, it could no longer be active, and was entirely absorbed by the Liquid Soul Power in Jerry's Lower Dantian.

This single instance was directly equivalent to the amount of Cultivation from one or two months prior.

Jerry then directly let go and absorbed it; more and more soul power entered Jerry's body. The violent soul power was not only absorbed by the Lower Dantian, but Jerry also discovered that after being impacted by the violent soul power, his flesh and bones were also strengthened.

The Cultivation effect was so good that Jerry couldn't help but sink into Cultivation.

One year later.

"Great Elder, is there still no news of Jerry?" Chrysanthemum Douluo asked dejectedly.

"No, the Two Great Empires have been searched thoroughly, and the entire Douluo Continent is searching for Jerry, yet not a single clue has been found," Qian Daoliu said with regret.

Jerry had been missing for a year, and no one could contact Jerry. Based on Jerry's strength, neither Qian Daoliu nor Poseidon could imagine who could trap Jerry.

During this year, many things happened.

Because the Spirit Hall was searching for Jerry, it started as a secret search, but the news leaked out before long.

Now, not only is the Spirit Hall searching for Jerry across the entire continent, but the common people are searching for Jerry even more.

The Two Great Empires and the Spirit Hall have both increased their rewards, seeking news of Jerry with heavy bounties.

While everyone was concerned about Jerry's whereabouts, only Xiao Wu was working hard at Cultivation.

Xiao Wu had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest once before and found the Fairy Queen.

The Fairy Queen told Xiao Wu that Jerry was fine and had been Cultivating the whole time. Judging by the speed of Cultivation, he was not on the Douluo Continent. The Fairy Queen guessed that Jerry must be trapped in a Secret Realm.

This Secret Realm should be the Inheritance Site of some god, and since Jerry has the strength of a Semi-God, he does not meet the requirements to accept a God Trial at all, which is why he was trapped in the Secret Realm.

However, Jerry had not given up and was working hard at Cultivation; once Jerry's strength was sufficient, he could break out of the Secret Realm.

The Fairy Queen also instructed Xiao Wu to keep it a secret.

Because if news of this kind of Secret Realm inheritance spread, it would attract many people. If someone else accepted the inheritance, the entire Secret Realm would be destroyed, and it would be very difficult for Jerry to come out then.

In fact, in the Fairy Queen's heart, she thought of the Inheritance Secret Realm of the God of Destruction and the Evil God King. Given Jerry's strength, only the Secret Realm of a God King could contain Jerry.

When Xiao Wu learned that her brother was not in any life-threatening danger, she felt much more at ease.

However, since the Fairy Queen said the Secret Realm was hard to break from the inside, she would work hard at Cultivation to break the Secret Realm from the outside. So, after returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu began closed-door Cultivation.

After a year, Jerry finally woke up.

There is no concept of time in Cultivation; Jerry did not know that a year had already passed.

He checked his Lower Dantian; it was full to the brim, how great!

And it wasn't just that the Lower Dantian was filled; previously, after his flesh, bones, and Meridians had reached an Energy-like State, the energy was insufficient, and it had not reached a perfect state.

This Cultivation session had truly reached perfection.

He checked his Sea of Consciousness and saw that all the stars were bright; one look told him there was a lot of Faith Power inside.

How could this be? Jerry remembered having absorbed Faith Power just before he started Cultivating; why was there so much again now?

After the news of Jerry's disappearance spread, all the common people were praying for Jerry, once every day for a year, so the Faith Power was very abundant.

Jerry didn't think too much about it; since there was so much Faith Power, why wait to absorb it?

His body was no longer absorbing Faith Power, so this Faith Power split directly into two streams.

One stream went directly to his Lower Dantian, which was full of Liquid Soul Power, and this Faith Power directly began to purify this Liquid Soul Power.

As the Liquid Soul Power was purified, its volume also shrank, getting smaller and smaller, and smaller and smaller, until it shrank to the limit and directly condensed.

The soul power became a Solid State; does this count as forming a pellet? Is this considered an Inner Pellet or a Golden Core?

Let's just call it an Inner Pellet for now!

After the soul power condensed into a Solid State, the Faith Power did not stop and continued to transmit. Slowly, the Inner Pellet began to change color; the originally green Inner Pellet finally turned white. Only then did this stream of Faith Power stop.

The other stream of Faith Power directly strengthened Jerry's Sea of Consciousness. As the Sea of Consciousness expanded again, the stars above also underwent changes.

These stars began to move, and after colliding with each other, they directly merged together, then continued to move, collide, and merge.

Finally, all the stars merged together into one white sphere.

The Lower Dantian has an Inner Pellet, so what about the one in the Sea of Consciousness?

The white sphere in the Sea of Consciousness did not end its movement but ran out of the Sea of Consciousness, moving toward the direction of the Lower Dantian, and the Inner Pellet in the Lower Dantian also began to move upward.

Finally, they met at the position in front of the chest, and the two spheres directly merged into one.

Damn, this is possible too? It turned into one?

At this moment, in the Sea of Consciousness, Jerry's soul directly opened its eyes.

This opening of the eyes gave Jerry a start; did his own soul body give birth to consciousness?

Just as Jerry was still puzzled, the soul body came directly to Jerry's chest.

The white sphere at the chest sensed the arrival of Jerry's soul body and directly merged into the soul body.

Then the soul body directly sat cross-legged.

Only then did Jerry think of a piece of content he had read in his past life about the Dantian.

The human body has three Dantians: the Upper Dantian, the Middle Dantian, and the Lower Dantian.

The current position is the location of the Middle Dantian.

How did they all run to the Middle Dantian?

Without waiting for Jerry to think much, the soul body that had absorbed the white sphere began to grow larger, slowly growing larger.

Finally, the soul body directly merged with Jerry's physical body.

Jerry felt unprecedentedly powerful now; this should be the unification of soul and flesh.

Now, every cell in his entire body carried Jerry's soul; he felt that as long as a single cell remained, he could completely regenerate himself.

Subsequently, Jerry plucked a hair and directly injected energy into it; the hair slowly began to change, and finally, another Jerry appeared directly.

This is truly capable, though there is still a distinction between primary and secondary; Jerry could perceive all the changes in the clone.

"Original body, hello!" the clone said.

"You have self-awareness?" the original body said.

"Of course, after your soul and flesh unified, every cell has consciousness!" the clone said.

"I will first examine my own body."

As Jerry checked his own body, he directly shouted in surprise: "Oh my god! Am I still human now?"

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