Chapter 284: Absorbing Secret Realms to Prepare for the Next Advancement

Regardless of how the Thunder God did it, Jerry just wants to say that this contingency plan he left behind was well played.

At this moment, Jerry began to examine the Thor's Throne; after its true appearance was revealed, one look was enough to make anyone feel it was magnificent.

It even gave off a feeling of being flashy but without substance.

Yet, this throne could actually strip away a God Position of the Thunder God.

It felt a bit unreal.

It made people find it hard to believe.

Generally speaking, things this ornate are mostly decorative.

Anyone who looked at it for the first time would think this throne was just an ornament and would never imagine it could strip away a God Position of the Thunder God.

After inheriting a God Position, one must fulfill the corresponding duties.

The Thunder God, that sly old fox, found it troublesome, so he spent a long time crafting the Thor's Divine Seat and imbued the Thunder God's divine authority into the seat.

Moreover, this throne used to be placed inside the Thunder God Palace, and many gods had seen it.

But these gods never imagined that the Thunder God's scepter would be this throne.

In this way, as long as the divine seat remained, the Thunder God's divine authority remained, and the Thunder Attribute Rules between heaven and earth could operate normally according to that divine authority.

With this throne, was the Thunder God even needed?

What Yu Xiaogang has obtained now is merely a God Position, a God Position that is a hollow shell, a God Position without any real power.

One has to admire the Thunder God; he could actually come up with such a method.

In fact, this approach of the Thunder God was also something he refined the Thor's Throne for after a sudden inspiration.

It was precisely because the Thor's Throne had been substituting for the Thunder God, fulfilling the duties of the Thunder God, that the world did not fall into chaos after the Thunder God fell.

The duties of the Thunder God were to assist the world, eliminate heresy, or test those in Cultivation.

Thunder Tribulation and God Tribulation were both controlled by the Thunder God, and he even held a sliver of authority over Heavenly Punishment.

In ancient times, every god in the entire God Realm had experienced a God Tribulation.

Which god had not been struck by the Thunder God?

Therefore, the fall of the Thunder God might also have been a scheme by the gods.

The gods thought that after the Thunder God fell and the God Position became vacant, there would be no more Thunder Tribulation between heaven and earth.

Unexpectedly, the Thunder God had a premonition and crafted the Thor's Divine Seat to fulfill his duties in his stead.

After the Thunder God fell, the Thunder Attribute Rules between heaven and earth continued to operate, which shocked a group of god-level powerhouses at the time.

But they could not find the reason, so it was eventually left unsettled.

Later, the gods in the God Realm discovered the World Hub, which could mobilize a portion of the power of the Rules—and any Rule at that—so no one pursued the issue of the Thunder God anymore.

With the Thor's Throne in hand, Yu Xiaogang, I hope you don't cause any trouble.

However, Jerry was now certain of one thing.

In the Light God Sect, of the Five Great Envoys, Tang San is one, and Yu Xiaogang is definitely another.

As for the other three God Envoys, they remain unknown for the time being.

Putting away the Thor's Divine Seat, Jerry returned to the Spirit Hall.

It seems there is no array within the Douluo Continent that can teleport out.

Then this Teleportation Array can only be in one place: the God Realm opened up by the Dragon God.

"World Consciousness, I have already taken out the things inside the Thunder Secret Realm; can you swallow the Secret Realm?"

Jerry asked with the mindset of giving it a try; a Secret Realm should also count as an incomplete world, right!

These Secret Realms are all opened up in other spaces; if the world can swallow them, this would undoubtedly speed up the World Advancement.

"It is possible. This Thunder Secret Realm must have been born a long time ago and contains some World Origin; although it cannot compare to the Small World you opened up, it can still replenish some energy."

After the World Consciousness tried it, it discovered that as long as a Secret Realm was created based on the Douluo World, it could also be swallowed.

This discovery made the eyes of both the World Consciousness and Jerry light up.

There are quite a few Secret Realms left behind by history.

The World Consciousness had previously detected eighty-seven Teleportation Arrays; besides the Thunder Secret Realm, there should be others that teleport to other Secret Realms.

The World Consciousness told Jerry the locations of all the Teleportation Arrays.

Jerry embarked on the path of searching for Secret Realms.

The reason these remaining Teleportation Arrays had problems was entirely due to damaged Energy Storage Devices.

Jerry could see that some of the Teleportation Arrays had only been damaged recently, likely due to the World Advancement.

Jerry did not need to repair these Teleportation Arrays now; it was too troublesome.

He only needed to examine the Rule Runes inside the Teleportation Arrays to find the teleportation coordinates.

Jerry set up a separate Multi-directional Teleportation Array and just added all these location coordinates into it.

Of the eighty-six Teleportation Arrays, some were not Secret Realms but were for mutual positioning teleportation; after excluding those, he found thirteen Secret Realms.

However, among these thirteen Secret Realms, only two were God Inheritance Secret Realms; the others were just small spaces.

In the two God Inheritance Secret Realms, the inheritances had long been claimed by others; apart from harvesting some materials, there was nothing else.

But the purpose of searching for Secret Realms this time was to swallow the Secret Realms themselves, so whether there were other things became less important.

After the World Consciousness swallowed the thirteen Secret Realms, it felt it had improved significantly.

"World Consciousness, I deduced last time that there are at least three conditions for World Advancement: first, sufficient energy; second, sufficient water volume; third, sufficient land area. Look at your previous two advancements; you started advancing as soon as there was enough energy, and later it ended up like a natural disaster."

"So you cannot just absorb energy; you also need to pay attention to the other two aspects."

The World Consciousness only focused on energy and did not care about other aspects, and every time it advanced, it was like a natural disaster descending; this was also what Jerry was worried about.

Although it could be rebuilt, it would cost a lot of manpower and material resources.

And the rebuilding time was too long, which severely delayed development in many areas.

"Jerry, I can slowly convert water and earth, but relatively speaking, energy is the most difficult."

"World Consciousness, that was for the past; the situation is different now. As for energy, with the Fairy Queen and me helping you, what you should lack the least is energy."

The World Consciousness was still stuck in its own understanding, and Jerry felt it was necessary to provide a reminder.

"That seems to be the case! But water is easy enough to handle; just having more rain over these years will suffice. However, soil is a bit difficult. The meteorites near the planet have all been absorbed. Aside from this method, I don't know how to convert soil."

When the World Consciousness said this, Jerry also felt there was a bit of a problem.

The Water Attribute Soul Power Particles between heaven and earth can be converted into water; why can't Earth Attribute Soul Power Particles be converted into soil?

Was the wrong method found?

If they cannot be converted, then they can only be collected from the universe.

In the past, it was felt that the universe was boundless, so collection was naturally not a problem.

But this time, it was discovered that the Douluo Star System is also a closed world.

What happens after all the meteorites in the universe are collected?

If it's not enough, what needs to be done?

Also, where do the meteorites in the universe come from?

Jerry had opened up a Small World himself, but in the Small World he opened, aside from the main planets, there were no meteorites at all.

"World Consciousness, I'll tell you a plan; see what you think?"

"I will go into the universe to collect meteorites, and then place them in a specific location."

"However, this time you don't need to wait for the World Advancement to absorb them; you can control the world to absorb them slowly during normal times."

"At the same time, the conversion of water cannot stop. If you are going to make it rain, you can choose an area on the ocean to have it rain year-round."

"Strive to collect enough water and earth before the next World Advancement; this way, the advancement shouldn't be like a natural disaster again."

Jerry stated the idea he had calculated, feeling that this way, the disasters brought about by World Advancement could be reduced.

The World Consciousness thought for a moment and replied: "This method is feasible, but it requires me to constantly control the conversion."

"For the sake of World Advancement, put in some hard work and don't just fall into a deep sleep at every turn."

When the World Consciousness had nothing to do, it would fall into a deep sleep and convert energy while sleeping, but now with Jerry and the Fairy Queen helping, there was absolutely no need for the World Consciousness to sleep often.

"Alright then! But the location for placing the meteorites needs to be reselected. To the east of the original Sea God Island, at a distance of 300,000 nautical miles, there is a volcanic island; the volcano on it is the largest active volcano in the entire world."

"In the future, you will cast all the meteorites into the volcano. This volcano connects directly to the Earth Core, and the temperature is very high; it can directly refine the meteorites cast into it and slowly expand the world from the inside."

Expanding slowly from the inside, although it consumes more time, is undoubtedly the method with the least risk.

From the inside out, there won't be any phenomenon of ground cracking, which is also the safest for the living beings on the Douluo Continent.

"That works. My clone will go collect meteorites, and the Fairy Queen will continue to convert water; we will act separately. But can you foresee how much water and earth are needed for the next advancement?"

There must be a standard for the water and earth needed for advancement; it's impossible to keep collecting forever. If there is enough water and earth, energy will still need to be converted.

If there were three gods, Jerry wouldn't ask this question; one god could be responsible for one task. But now there are only two gods, Jerry and the Fairy Queen.

So a figure is needed, so that Jerry can divide the work more easily.

"I only have a vague feeling about this, but if it's enough, I will be able to feel it."

"For the next advancement, the planet will increase in size tenfold. See how much water and earth are needed for a tenfold increase, and go by that amount."

Jerry felt like complaining in his heart.

Increasing tenfold—this is a massive project.

He had explored the universe before, but he just didn't know if collecting all the meteorites in the universe would be enough.

But even if it's enough for the next World Advancement, what about the one after that?

It seems that transporting meteorites is not the optimal solution.

Jerry thought of the Soul Guidance Device he had made for converting water. Since water can be converted, then soil should also be possible.

After all, this is a world of Cultivation, so it is also possible.

Converting Earth Attribute soul power into soil—although both carry the word "earth," the difference between the two is vast.

He set up a space and then arranged an Earth Gathering Array. Outside the space, he added a Spirit Dispersion Array, and the function of the Spirit Dispersion Array was adjusted to extract all soul power from the space except for the Earth Attribute.

After the arrangement was completed, Jerry directly activated the two arrays.

Very quickly, the space was filled with Earth Attribute soul power. As time passed, there was more and more Earth Attribute soul power, and Soul Pressure gradually began to be generated within the space.

The Soul Pressure gradually increased: 100 times, 200 times...

When it increased to 1,800 times the pressure, Jerry stopped the array.

He didn't dare to increase it further; the space was already shaking a bit. It could only withstand a maximum of 1,800 times the Soul Pressure. If it exploded at this time, the power could be imagined.

Under 1,800 times the Soul Pressure, these Earth Attribute soul power particles did not undergo any changes.

It seems this method won't work.

Jerry had originally wanted to see if he could compress Earth Attribute soul power into soil through Soul Pressure; it seems that is impossible now.

Water Attribute soul power can yield water when compressed; why can't Earth Attribute soul power yield earth when compressed?

Could it be that the Soul Pressure is not enough?

But the strength of the space Jerry had made had already reached its maximum, and it could only withstand 1,800 times the Soul Pressure at most. If this is still not enough, then what exactly should be done?

Afterward, Jerry tested other arrays: Fire Gathering Array, Metal Gathering Array, Wood Gathering Array, Gathering Thunder Array, Light Gathering Array, Darkness Gathering Array, and None Gathering Array.

All of them were different from the Water Attribute; none of them could condense into physical objects.

It seems that only Water Attribute soul power is special and can condense into water.

Why is there such a difference?

They are all condensing soul power; the Water Attribute can do it, but other attributes cannot. Where exactly is the problem?

If they cannot condense into form, then where does the meteorite soil in the universe come from?

Thinking of this, Jerry stopped racking his brains behind closed doors and went directly into the universe, found a meteorite, released his divine sense, and observed it carefully.

In the Douluo World, all objects are tainted with soul power; it is merely a question of how much.

This Meteorite also carries soul power.

As Jerry observed, he finally saw something different: some Earth Attribute Soul Power Particles drifting in the cosmic turbulence would be absorbed by the Meteorite upon impact.

At first there was no change, but after there were more, the Meteorite seemed to have grown a little larger.

This phenomenon made Jerry's eyes light up.

Jerry felt that he was now just a step away from grasping the key to how meteorites are formed.

He was just one kick away from the door, yet it was very difficult to grasp.

Subsequently, Jerry observed several meteorites and they all had this phenomenon.

Moreover, other planets in the Douluo Star System also absorb soul power from the universe and change slowly.

It is just that the volumes of the planets are very large, so compared to the speed of absorption, it is hard to detect.

It is only because Jerry's divine sense is relatively powerful that he can detect this subtle change.

Jerry probed the interior of the Meteorite and did not discover anything different.

He even used his divine sense to probe the planets and did not discover anything different either.

Jerry had a feeling: is it possible that the predecessor of a planet is also a meteorite?

As time passed, the meteorite absorbed more and more soul power, its volume grew larger and larger, and it finally evolved into a planet.

The interior of the Earth Core of Douluo Star is scorching hot, which is why Douluo Star is a Life Planet.

The interiors of the Earth Cores of the other eight planets, however, are ice-cold.

Jerry was currently in a state of feeling as if he understood, yet also as if he did not understand.

He felt he was just a little bit away from comprehending it, but this little bit was like a sea of stars, very difficult to cross.

It was within reach, yet untouchable!

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(End of this chapter)