Chapter 205: World Advancement? Or the End of the World?

As Jerry finished speaking, the entire world began to tremble.

The first thing people felt was an earthquake; as the ground shook, many could not stand steady and collapsed directly onto the ground.

Although the Spirit Hall had notified everyone of the situation in advance, when it actually happened, everyone began to panic.

Within Wuhun City, Spirit Hall soldiers maintained order and comforted the panicked populace.

The Two Great Empires saw the same scene.

This was World Advancement, yet it felt as if it were the end of the world.

Especially in coastal cities, cracks appeared in the ground, and seawater poured directly in, triggering landslides along the fissures and instantly forming many muddy rivers.

Houses near some of the cracks were directly washed away and submerged by the seawater as the landslides occurred.

Accompanied by the shaking of the earth, tsunamis appeared all over the globe, and many coastal villages were directly submerged by the sea.

Even many small islands near the coast were directly washed away and carried off by the sea.

Throughout the entire continent, there were cracks in the ground everywhere, and countless fields were destroyed.

Jerry's divine sense remained covering the entire continent; thirty-seven active volcanoes erupted simultaneously, shooting magma hundreds of meters into the air before it rained back down, setting nearby forests ablaze and sending up thick black smoke.

For these burning forests, Jerry used his divine sense to transport large amounts of water to extinguish the spreading flames.

Soul Beasts inside the burning forests ran out one after another, fleeing in panic in all directions.

The Star Dou Great Forest also experienced many ground cracks, but because the trees there were dense and the plants had well-developed root systems, the damage caused was not severe.

Moreover, with the Fairy Queen presiding, wherever a crack appeared, she controlled the plants to grow toward the fissure.

The earthquake lasted for a day; now the entire globe was riddled with holes, and Jerry checked to see cracks everywhere, dense and packed, like parched, cracked earth.

Even many large mountains from before had experienced landslides.

Jerry hurriedly contacted the World Consciousness to inform it that the planet had grown larger and many cracks had appeared on the ground, but the overall land soil had not increased; this method of advancement looked like mere expansion.

The World Consciousness told Jerry not to panic, as this was only the first day; on the second day, the land soil of the entire planet would increase, and on the third day, the water content would increase.

After the first day passed, Jerry checked the entire planet; it had directly expanded by two times.

When the second day arrived, many fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky, rushing down toward the continent at high speed.

Damn it, World Consciousness, your so-called increase in planetary soil is just meteorites.

The meteorites fell at a very high speed and in huge numbers, their surfaces igniting directly due to air friction.

Jerry tried his best to control them to fall into the cracks, which could just happen to fill those fissures.

This meteorite shower was set to last for a day, and the scene of them falling was like a rain of fire.

There were many places Jerry could no longer worry about; let them burn, as it would rain on the third day anyway.

Now he only needed to prevent the meteorites from hitting cities; he truly couldn't manage the rest, there were too many.

Meteorites falling on land were one thing, but those falling into the sea directly evaporated the nearby seawater, and the entire sea surface was shrouded in water vapor, looking misty from afar.

Regarding so many meteorites, he asked the World Consciousness and learned that as the planet grew larger, the range of its gravity also increased, directly attracting meteorites from the nearby space.

You should have said so earlier; if he had known, Jerry would have gone directly to space to collect all the nearby meteorites and brought them to the continent himself, instead of having to deal with this, which looked like the apocalypse.

Jerry subsequently had his several clones go directly into space to collect nearby meteorites and then fill the cracks in the earth with them; the workload was a bit large, and only then did he feel he had too few clones, but there was no other way—reducing the disasters brought by World Advancement was better than doing nothing.

The meteorite shower lasted until evening, and finally, no new meteorites appeared in the sky.

The World Consciousness told Jerry that because of his help, this meteorite shower ended six hours early, which also gave Jerry a buffer time.

Tomorrow, the third day, there would be heavy rain across the globe.

Floods, mudslides, landslides, and other phenomena would all occur.

The World Consciousness told Jerry that this heavy rain would raise the sea level of the entire planet, asking Jerry to prepare in advance.

He had just caught his breath, and now he had to start working again.

Jerry directly activated the sprinkler devices in the Wuhun City area, letting them start raining in advance.

It took three hours for his main body plus thirty clones to work at full capacity to produce the sprinkler devices.

The reason for thirty clones was that he had first retrieved the Pillar Supporting the Sky from the Moon.

Time waited for no one; he would make as many as he could in three hours.

Subsequently, his main body and thirty clones all transformed into Pillars Supporting the Sky and then connected directly to the sprinkler devices.

Then they dispersed to make it rain everywhere.

Compared to the amount of rainfall needed for World Advancement, this three-hour rain was just a drop in the bucket.

But the benefit was that in the areas where Jerry made it rain, the heavy rain simply bypassed them.

The World Consciousness told Jerry that there was no need to convert it into rainwater; for the world, as long as it entered the interior of the planet, it became the planet's energy.

Meteorites, rainwater, and the like were just manifestations of energy, and it was better for Jerry to convert the energy directly.

Once he understood, the thirty-two Pillars Supporting the Sky went full throttle, absorbing energy from outside the world and converting it into energy.

The energy now converted by the Pillars Supporting the Sky was directly of eight attributes.

In the past, when Jerry only had the Wood Attribute, the absorbed energy had to undergo special conversion into Non-Attribute energy before being released into the world for everyone to absorb.

But now that the energy throughout Jerry's body had become multicolored, he could directly convert energy of various attributes, saving many steps.

The World Consciousness also conveyed its joy at this time: "Jerry, these thirty-two Pillars Supporting the Sky of yours are amazing; if you keep converting at full power like this, even the next World Advancement will be brought forward by a hundred years."

Jerry grumbled inwardly: What does this take me for? A filter? A converter?

In fact, the heavy rain on the third day was the world absorbing cosmic energy with all its might; the reason it appeared in the form of heavy rain in the end was that water was more easily absorbed and assimilated by the continent.

However, with Jerry as a human converter, the speed was faster than the World Consciousness converting through five layers of barriers—much faster.

Although the speed was fast, the total quantity was a bit small, but at least the energy in thirty-two regions would meet the standard, and these regions would not experience major downpours.

The heavy rain lasted for a day; in this downpour, the previously pitted and bumpy continent was washed smooth, its sharp edges softened, and the rain smoothed out the previously cracked earth and extinguished the fires that were everywhere.

As soon as the heavy rain stopped, the whole world seemed brand new, and the fresh air was mixed with the fragrance of grass.

Everyone felt refreshed throughout their bodies; some people with white hair began to turn black at a visible rate, the wrinkles on their faces began to decrease, and they looked younger overall.

Many people saw the changes in themselves and those around them, and were one after another wild with joy.

One reason for the joy was surviving this catastrophe, and the other was the joy of becoming younger.

There were also many ordinary people who directly birthed soul power, from then on embarking on the path of a Spirit Master.

These were only the changes for ordinary people; the changes for Spirit Masters were even greater.

Some Spirit Masters who had not broken through their bottlenecks for decades simply disappeared.

Moreover, many martial souls that were previously relatively weak directly evolved.

For those who did not evolve, their martial souls also received a great boost, and their Body Strength and soul power concentration both increased significantly.

At this moment, the Spirit Hall suddenly emitted two beams of golden light, a beam of golden light also erupted from the distant ocean, and a beam of golden light likewise erupted from the Star Dou Great Forest.

The golden light shot into the sky, directly piercing through the clouds; at this moment, every corner of the continent could see these four beams of golden light.

What is this situation? Jerry rushed toward the location of the two beams of golden light at the Spirit Hall.

The golden light was very blinding; ordinary people could not see what the situation was inside at all.

Bibi Dong, Elder Jin'e, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and a crowd of other Elders from the Spirit Hall all rushed over.

Jerry began to check the interior of the golden light using his divine sense.

He saw two people sitting cross-legged at the base of the golden light: one was Qian Daoliu, and the other was Poseidon.

Is this a breakthrough to Hundred Level?

Whether it was a breakthrough or not, there would soon be a result.

The golden light dissipated very quickly, and the figures of Poseidon and Qian Daoliu appeared.

The changes in the two people were too great; Poseidon now looked like a young girl of seventeen or eighteen, and Qian Daoliu had directly turned into the appearance of a young man, his previous head of white hair having vanished, and his appearance restored to when he was young.

While everyone else felt astonished, Jerry spoke first and asked:

"Poseidon, Great Elder, have you two broken through to Hundred Level?"

The people nearby heard Jerry's question and were instantly shocked to the point of being unable to speak.

"This is the Great Elder?"

"It is the Great Elder's young appearance! The Great Elder has regained his youth!"

"We only had our white hair turn black, but the Great Elder not only had his white hair turn black, his body has even returned to a youthful state; I am envious to death!"

"Jerry, you still have a good eye, seeing it immediately. However, the feeling of the body now is really good; being young is really good, hahaha." Qian Daoliu said with a loud laugh, unable to hide the joy in his heart; he could be said to be a winner in life, having regained his youth and broken through to Hundred Level.

"Then Great Elder, have you become a god?" Elder Jin'e asked.

"It counts as becoming a god, but it also doesn't count as fully becoming a god. Hasn't the world advanced? The world's upper limit has become higher; Hundred Level is no longer the end point. Oh, no, it should be said that Hundred Level is only the beginning; the road ahead is still long!" Qian Daoliu explained.

"Hundred Level is only the beginning? What does that mean? Have we not even started yet?" The crowd of Elders were all very puzzled.

"I only understood it after breaking through to Hundred Level. Anyway, you all are almost there, so it is good to tell you a bit."

"As everyone knows, in the past, breaking through to Hundred Level meant one could become a god and enter the God Realm. However, the God Realm is not the end point. After entering the God Realm, one still needs Cultivation. Those with a God Position inheritance can quickly cultivate to the upper limit of their God Position, but those without an inheritance can only cultivate step by step from the bottom."

"And once in the God Realm, Cultivation is not just about cultivating soul power, but the mastery of Rules. The more Rules one masters, the stronger one's strength. Like the God Kings at the highest level of the God Realm, they have all completely mastered a Rule."

"In the past, the God Realm was equivalent to a plane one level higher than the Douluo Continent, and only there could one come into contact with Rules. But now it is different; the world has advanced, and after breaking through to Hundred Level, one can come into contact with Rules on the Douluo Continent."

"So the saying 'Hundred Level to become a god' is outdated, and gods are no longer a secret; they are just Spirit Masters who are one level higher than us."

"Alright, I have said enough to everyone here; hurry up and go cultivate. After the world advances, the speed of Cultivation will be faster. I will wait for you at Hundred Level."

After Qian Daoliu finished speaking, he dismissed the crowd of Elders.

"Jerry, how many beams of golden light were there just now?"

Qian Daoliu asked Jerry, because he had an intuition that there were definitely more than just him and Poseidon on the Douluo Continent who had reached the limit.

"Four. Two of them were you and Poseidon. As for the other two, if I am not mistaken, Poseidon should know about the one in the ocean."

"I know. The one in the ocean should be the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, which was already close to a million years old in the past. Before the world advanced, it was always afraid of the final God Tribulation, so it suppressed itself. Now that the world has advanced, there are no restrictions, so it broke through directly." Poseidon explained.

"So there is such a powerful existence in the deep sea; Xixi, you should have said so earlier, we should have eliminated it sooner." Qian Daoliu said.

"It's useless. Even the Sea God didn't eliminate it back then; are you more powerful than the Sea God?" Poseidon said with disdain.

"Ah, is that so? Then never mind. By the way, what about the other one?"

"The other one is in the Star Dou Great Forest. If I am not mistaken, it is also a Ten Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast. I will handle this one!" Jerry said.

"Another million-year Soul Beast!" Qian Daoliu was surprised; in this short while, he had learned of two million-year Soul Beasts.

In the past, even Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts were hard to find, but now two million-year Soul Beasts appeared. What about those in between? Two hundred thousand years, three hundred thousand years...

Actually, if comparing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and Tianmeng Iceworm, after becoming a god, Tianmeng Iceworm should be harder to deal with.

In the past, before becoming a god, Tianmeng Iceworm only knew how to use some Spirit Power methods and had no real strength of its own.

But now that it has become a god, a Spirit Master or Soul Beast with powerful Spirit Power will have strength far exceeding others after becoming a god.

Just with a single pressure, I reckon Ditian and the others can't hold it back now!

Moreover, it is not easy to deal with a god with high Spirit Power. I must go to the Star Dou Great Forest immediately to take a look; that is Jerry's backyard, it cannot fall into chaos.

"Great Elder, I will go to the Star Dou Great Forest first; you arrange the subsequent recovery work."

After Jerry finished speaking, he directly used Teleportation to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Just after arriving at the core area, he saw an ice worm in the sky spouting nonsense.

"Hahaha, I am out! I am a god now, you can no longer control me! I am going to kill all of you Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest!"

Is this person crazy from being locked up for too long? I have no opinion on you killing Ditian and the others, but you want to kill all the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest?

Even if Jerry doesn't make a move, do you think the Fairy Queen is just for show?

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