Chapter 199: Attention from the World Consciousness

After Jerry set the Pillar Supporting the Sky in place, he suddenly felt a connection with his world.

Was this the World Consciousness paying attention to him?

He was truly being watched by the World Consciousness now; previously, the Nine-Tailed Fox had told him that the Star Dou Great Forest might be under the observation of the World Consciousness, but over these years, the World Consciousness had not brought down any disasters.

Furthermore, after Jerry learned about Douluo Planet, understood the universe, and grasped the function of the barrier, he felt that the Nine-Tailed Fox's previous theory was flawed.

If one does not consider the conversion of soul power from the universe, the soul power of Douluo Continent follows the law of conservation of energy; Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts absorb various soul powers, which is equivalent to absorbing various energies, and then when they release soul skills during battle, they consume energy, and this energy eventually returns to the natural world.

Moreover, the reason why it is so difficult to become a god on Douluo Continent, and why even a Title Douluo does not have a very long lifespan, is mainly because the level of the world of Douluo Continent is too low.

It must be that when the World Consciousness was just born, gods had already appeared in this world, and the Dragon God opened up the God Realm also for the sake of Cultivation; the Dragon God could not wait for the World Advancement, so he could only open up a Secret Realm first, and only in the Secret Realm could one cultivate to a higher realm.

However, the upper limit of the Secret Realm is restricted by the world level of Douluo Continent; back when the Dragon God was still around, the amount of soul power extracted should not have been as much as it is now.

Now, nine-tenths of the soul power is extracted by the God Realm, which is equivalent to slowing down the speed of the world's advancement by 90%.

Furthermore, the people in the God Realm do not know the reason at all; they feel that Douluo Continent is restricting them, so they think about passing on their God Positions so that they can break free from the restrictions of the World Consciousness.

Having been "fleeced" by the God Realm for so many years, the World Consciousness had long since harbored resentment, so it not only targeted the gods who descended from the God Realm but also restricted the lifespan of all living beings on Douluo Continent.

After a living being dies, all the soul power in their body returns to the heavens and earth at once.

These are actually all acts of retaliation by the World Consciousness.

As long as the World Consciousness restricts the lifespan of living beings, it does not need to do anything else.

Moreover, Jerry set up Lightning Rods in the Star Dou Great Forest, allowing many Soul Beasts to successfully survive their tribulations; after surviving the tribulations, the Soul Beasts cultivate, and the purified soul power is greater, which is a good thing for the world, so it did not bring down any disasters.

Therefore, what the Nine-Tailed Fox said before was completely incorrect, because in the era of the Nine-Tailed Fox, many gods were on Douluo Continent; they had long lifespans and constantly consumed the world's resources, and the World Consciousness could not see their returns, which is why it brought down various disasters.

After all the gods went to the God Realm, the only restriction the World Consciousness had on Douluo Continent was lifespan; all other restrictions were set by those people in the God Realm through the World Hub.

Jerry's series of operations directly helped the World Consciousness, so now he clearly felt the attention of the World Consciousness.

Jerry could feel the World Consciousness entirely because the World Consciousness wanted Jerry to know, and Jerry could also perceive the friendliness of the World Consciousness.

The World Consciousness conveyed a message to Jerry: the hole that Jerry had previously blown up had recovered.

"It seems the God Realm acts quite quickly!"

Jerry went directly to the Mesosphere and scanned with his divine sense, only to find that the nine holes had recovered; it seemed the previous bomb did not hit the device forming these holes, but only stopped the holes for a moment.

Originally, if the holes disappeared, it would be truly difficult to find the entrance to the God Realm, but now that they had appeared again, that was good.

Can't blow them up, right?

Nine holes extracting soul power, right?

Then let's see who extracts faster.

The principle of extracting soul power is actually very simple, similar to a Spirit Gathering Array.

So Jerry started making Spirit Gathering Arrays directly; the Spirit Gathering Arrays were connected to Jerry's Pillar Supporting the Sky clone, and after gathering the spirit, it was converted directly.

Except for the Troposphere, he made one Spirit Gathering Array every thousand meters in the other four layers, and in outer space, he made countless more, only stopping when all the materials stored in Jerry's rings were exhausted.

Using so many materials this time was just to lock horns with the God Realm.

Jerry directly activated all the Spirit Gathering Arrays.

The spaces in the Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere all began to vibrate.

The first to start was the Exosphere; all soul power was condensed by the Spirit Gathering Arrays, and only a very small portion passed through the barrier into the Thermosphere.

The Thermosphere and Stratosphere also experienced this situation.

Only in the Mesosphere were the Spirit Gathering Arrays competing with the God Realm's holes for soul power.

A week passed, and the Mesosphere was basically devoid of soul power.

The nine holes couldn't absorb any, and the Spirit Gathering Arrays couldn't absorb any either.

With no soul power in the surroundings, it would be useless even if there were a hundred holes.

After the nine holes couldn't absorb soul power, they suddenly stopped, but the holes did not close.

At this moment, an interesting thing happened: the soul power of the God Realm began to flow back through the holes.

The backflowing soul power did not restart the nine holes; it seems the activation conditions for these holes are related to soul power concentration, and the backflowing soul power did not meet the standard for activation.

Then why would Jerry be polite? He directly activated the Spirit Gathering Arrays in the Mesosphere at full power; the backflowing soul power was immediately absorbed by the Spirit Gathering Arrays, transmitted to the Pillar Supporting the Sky, and then converted and released into Douluo Continent.

The God Realm's device for devouring soul power should be similar to a Spirit Gathering Array, only your technology is backward.

When the soul power of the God Realm flowed back, the World Consciousness contacted Jerry again, expressing its joy.

Having been "fleeced" by the God Realm for so many years, now that it had finally taken some back, the World Consciousness was naturally happy.

Furthermore, the World Consciousness conveyed a message to Jerry that, at the current speed, it could advance in at most twenty years.

Twenty years to the World Consciousness is just the time for a nap, but for Jerry, it is not.

So Jerry conveyed a message to the World Consciousness, hoping that the World Consciousness would tell him the locations of some materials, because the technology of Douluo Continent is a bit skewed, so the reserves of many materials are very small and difficult to collect in a short time; Jerry now needs more materials to make Spirit Gathering Arrays to accelerate the conversion of soul power, which could also shorten the time for the World Advancement again.

After the World Consciousness understood Jerry's meaning, it directly transmitted the locations of all mineral deposits on the planet into Jerry's mind.

After receiving the locations, Jerry marked all the mineral deposits he needed within the regions of the Two Great Empires and the Spirit Hall, then issued orders to mine the minerals at full capacity.

Because the base of Spirit Masters was small, Jerry directly made Excavator Soul Guidance Devices and Transport Vehicle Soul Guidance Devices.

As for the more powerful Dunqiaoji, Jerry hadn't figured it out yet, so he could only make these two types to use for now.

Jerry personally went to some sparsely populated places; the mineral deposits here could only be mined by Jerry himself.

Jerry did not mine all of any deposit, leaving some behind, and afterwards, Jerry filled in these mine shafts; after a few hundred years, it is estimated that new mineral deposits could be born.

Only after all one thousand Level Nine Soul Guidance Rings were filled did Jerry return to Wuhun City.

He split off clones again, only to find that there was an upper limit to his clones; including his main body, there were at most twenty.

One was on the Moon, and one was the incarnation of the Pillar Supporting the Sky.

With the remaining ones plus the main body, eighteen Jerrys started making Spirit Gathering Arrays at full power.

A few days later, Jerry came to the holes in the Mesosphere again; feeling the backflow was a bit slow, Jerry set up a Spirit Gathering Array for each hole, pulling directly at the holes.

Then he went into space, released all the Spirit Gathering Arrays, connected them with the Pillar Supporting the Sky, and activated them all.

Next is to wait.

Since I cannot go to the God Realm myself right now, I will just wait for you all to open the Heavenly Gate yourselves.

If nothing unexpected happens, the next time Tang San appears, it will likely be after he becomes a god; at that time, the Heavenly Gate will open automatically, so the gods of the God Realm should just wait.

Returning to Wuhun City, everyone was performing their own duties; some were sitting at the entrance chatting, some were working in the fields, and some were playing with children. Suddenly, Jerry felt a sense of envy.

Not knowing what will happen in the future, one only needs to live the present well.

Jerry shook his head. While an ordinary life is certainly something to yearn for, Jerry knew he still had many things to do. After resolving the matters of the God Realm later, he would think about other things then.

However, Jerry's Cultivation had reached its upper limit. Previously, he only needed to absorb soul power to improve, but within this period, he had absorbed to the limit. After all the energy in his body became saturated, soul power could no longer enter Jerry's body.

Moreover, his control over the Muxi Fazhe had also reached its limit; a single thought could directly mobilize all the plants on the Douluo Planet.

It could be said that Jerry was now the new God of Wood.

Because Jerry could now contact the World Will, after asking, the World Consciousness told Jerry that only after it ascended would the upper limit of the entire world be raised, and only then could Jerry cultivate again.

Since there was no way in this regard.

He could only start from the laws; in the novels of his past life, a person could comprehend many laws.

Previously, because of the limitations of his martial soul, Jerry could only comprehend the Wood Attribute law. Now that he had reached an Energy-like State, he had jumped out of the limitations of his martial soul, so now Jerry could comprehend other laws.

After thinking about it, he would start with the Huoxi Fazhe; wood generates fire, so the Huoxi Fazhe should be easier to comprehend.

Of course, the environment is also very important for comprehending laws. Jerry found an active volcano and jumped straight down, sensing the laws directly above the magma.

When Jerry came out this time, he told everyone so they would not worry.

In the magma area, the air was filled with fire-attribute soul power, and there was not a trace of other attributes, so this was an excellent location.

Subsequently, Jerry released his divine sense to begin sensing this fire-attribute soul power.

The Spirit Hall

Bibi Dong was currently very depressed and confused.

Her goal was to take revenge on the Qian family. Previously, due to the influence of the Rakshasa God's remnant thoughts, she had the idea of taking revenge on the world, but after Jerry destroyed the Rakshasa God's remnant thoughts, this influence became increasingly faint.

Take revenge on the Qian family, then.

The Qian family now only had Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue.

She could not beat Qian Daoliu herself, and no matter what, Qian Renxue was her daughter, so she could not bring herself to strike.

Moreover, during this period, Qian Renxue came every day to pay her respects and called her "Mother" directly.

At first, hearing Qian Renxue call her "Mother," Bibi Dong was extremely angry.

But Qian Renxue insisted on coming every day, and as time passed, Bibi Dong gradually accepted this form of address.

Now, she could even chat a few sentences with Qian Renxue.

Even Bibi Dong herself found her own changes strange. At first, Bibi Dong had thought about cutting off this connection, but her heart was a bit unwilling; she had started to like this feeling, so Bibi Dong just let nature take its course.

In fact, all of this was guided by Jerry. He had quietly told her about Bibi Dong's tragic past and Qian Renxue's background.

Only then did Qian Renxue understand Bibi Dong and know why Bibi Dong was full of hatred every time she saw her and would not allow her to call her "Mother."

What followed was the idea Jerry gave Qian Renxue: to interact with Bibi Dong every day and slowly influence her.

Because Jerry knew that Bibi Dong actually cared about Qian Renxue very much in her heart.

Sooner or later, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue would return to a normal mother-daughter relationship.

Moreover, Qian Renxue going to find Bibi Dong every day was still beneficial to Jerry.

If Bibi Dong were left idle every day, it would be inevitable that she would stir up some trouble.

Why did he think Bibi Dong would stir up trouble?

Because during this period, Bibi Dong was truly bored and wanted to find something to do for herself. Suddenly, in the internal database of the Spirit Hall, she saw the methods Jerry had used previously to deal with the Two Great Empires and the Elders of the Spirit Hall—bloodless and effective—and Bibi Dong was very interested.

Then, someone was in for a miserable time.

The only ones Bibi Dong could target now were the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans below it.

Her methods were even better than the original; she now found people to cooperate with the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

With someone coming to their door to cooperate and make money, the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans naturally accepted.

After a few successful collaborations, everyone let down their guard.

Then, Bibi Dong placed a large order with the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

A large order appeared, and neither the Clear Sky Sect nor the Four Single-Attribute Clans would let it pass.

They signed the contract directly.

However, when the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans prepared to complete the order, all the raw materials on the market had been bought up by someone.

The materials on the market had been released by Bibi Dong, who had driven the price down very low, which was why the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans felt there was a profit to be made.

When they finished signing the contract, Bibi Dong directly withdrew the materials she had previously released and bought up all the materials on the market at a high price.

The Spirit Hall had high efficiency; they signed the contract in the morning and bought everything up by the afternoon.

The Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans did not complete the order within the stipulated time, and the breach-of-contract penalty alone was enough to bankrupt them.

At first, they did not want to pay the penalty, but all the transaction contracts were guaranteed by the Spirit Hall.

If they refused to pay the penalty, this would be exactly the handle the Spirit Hall needed; they would be wiped out directly, and there would be nowhere for them to reason.

In the end, the Clear Sky Sect had no choice but to smash their pots and sell their iron, sell their land, sell their shops, and finally, they borrowed a sum of money from somewhere, which was just enough to pay the penalty.

The matter of the Clear Sky Sect was resolved, but the penalty they paid was only a part of the Clear Sky Sect's share; the penalty for the Four Single-Attribute Clans had not yet been paid.

Previously, the Four Single-Attribute Clans had only set aside their prejudices against the Clear Sky Sect under Tang San's solicitation.

This order was also something the Clear Sky Sect could not handle alone, so they dragged the Four Single-Attribute Clans in to do it together.

Now that the Clear Sky Sect had resolved its own issues, it once again ignored the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

Poor Four Single-Attribute Clans, they were sold out again!

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