Chapter 288: Cultivation of the Physical Body: The Birth of the Converting Water-Cloud Layer

Cultivation knows no passage of time.

Nine months of time passed in the blink of an eye.

All 639 holes were finished, and adding the original one, there were 640 air vents; the oxygen should be sufficient.

All 640 air vents were connected to the Earth Core, and Jerry and the Fairy Queen's clones all transformed into Pillars Supporting the Sky, beginning to convert soul power with full force.

As the soul power grew more and more abundant, the Fire Attribute at the Earth Core began to increase violently.

The original small flame instantly turned into a sea of fire, filling the entire space.

The soil and stones around the Earth Core Space began to melt once again.

"Jerry, it seems like there is going to be a problem."

"Fairy Queen, I see it. After the soil and stones melt, some of the substances inside are burned away, and the volume decreases. If this continues, the space at the Earth Core will become larger and larger; if the interior is empty, it might collapse."

Jerry saw the problem; if the burning continued, it would decrease the planet's density, which would lead to many unstable situations.

"Then what do we do now? If we stop, the efforts of several months will be wasted. If we don't stop, this planet will soon burn up completely; it might turn into a Sun, but it will likely be impossible for it to become a Life Planet!"

Seeing the current situation, the Fairy Queen stated her analysis.

"No, no, no, there is still a way. If we reduce the number of clones converting energy now, the fire below will naturally weaken after a while. If the melting of soil and stones reaches a balance with the fire, we will be able to control it."

After Jerry finished speaking, he began to withdraw his clones.

Doing it one by one was too slow, so Jerry withdrew all his clones directly, and the Fairy Queen likewise withdrew all of hers.

Without the conversion of stable soul power, the fire should weaken very quickly.

That was what Jerry thought, and that was also what the Fairy Queen thought.

If there were no accidents, once the stable soul power in the Earth Core Space was exhausted, the fire would stop.

At that time, Jerry would regulate the fire through the speed of converting soul power, in order to adjust the planet's temperature.

However, accidents always come very quickly.

The previous fire had been too intense; after the soil and stones outside the space melted, they adhered to the outside of the space.

As they absorbed the thermal energy released by the fire inside the space, these surrounding soil and stones became similar to molten lava.

More and more lava piled up outside the space; if the things surrounding the space were solid, the space would remain stable, but because they had turned into fluid lava, they were constantly impacting the space.

Eventually, the space could not withstand it and disintegrated directly.

The lava poured into the interior of the space all at once, and the Fire Ignition Array was also covered by it.

Without the Space Barrier, the violent soul power between heaven and earth reached the Earth Core directly through the 640 air vents.

As soon as the violent soul power touched the lava, it was absorbed directly, and the lava that had absorbed the violent soul power also began to become violent.

The temperature of the violent lava suddenly increased, and more soil and stones around the space turned into lava and merged into it.

"It's over, it can't be stopped!"

At this moment, this was the only thought in Jerry's mind.

If things continued according to this situation, it might eventually burn to the surface of the planet, and at that time, the entire planet would begin to burn.

Damn it!

I don't want a Sun!

"Jerry, there is still one method. To prevent the lava at the Earth Core from burning to the planet's surface, we can only transport soil and stones to the Earth Core here. When soil and stones are dissolved into lava, they will absorb a lot of heat. What we can do now is to consume this heat as much as possible until it reaches a balance."

"No, no, no, your method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. The lava at the Earth Core is currently absorbing violent energy from the universe; with this energy replenishing it, it will continue to release heat. If we cannot reduce this heat, even if we transport more soil and stones over, they will eventually be melted into magma."

"Then what do you suggest?"

The Fairy Queen was also at a loss; this was the first time for such a thing, and there was no experience to draw from.

"Let me think. There must be something that went wrong. At the very beginning, we didn't account for one thing: that after igniting the Earth Core, it would directly destroy the space we set up, and it could also directly absorb energy from the universe."

"Even if we block the air vents we dug now, it's useless. If we block the air vents, the violent burning inside the planet will release many substances, which will increase the pressure at the Earth Core; once it reaches a certain level, it will explode directly."

"So the air vents cannot be blocked; we can only reduce them. But reducing the air vents will only slow down the speed at which the Earth Core absorbs cosmic energy; sooner or later, it will still burn to the surface."

"There is an important thing we might have overlooked, which I haven't thought of yet."

"Fairy Queen, you go fill in one hundred air vents first. I will have my clones convert soil and stones and cast them into the Earth Core to prolong the time it takes for the Earth Core to burn to the surface, while I think it over carefully."

At this moment, Jerry fell into deep thought.

If it could not be resolved, even if this planet did not explode, it would turn into a second Sun.

Two Suns in one star system.

Two suns in the sky.

The weather on the Douluo Continent would be affected tremendously.

The temperature would rise.

This would change the living environment of all species, and it is estimated that many species would go extinct.

Douluo Star is the third planet of the star system and is very close to the Second Planet; if the Second Planet turns into a Sun, the temperature on Douluo Star can be imagined.

Jerry wanted to create a Life Planet, not destroy a planet.

Where exactly did the problem arise?

Jerry looked at Douluo Star, then looked at the Second Planet.

Douluo Star has an Isolation Belt, which can make the soul power in the universe stable; the Second Planet does not.

The Second Planet is currently absorbing the violent soul power from the universe directly, making the interior of the planet violent as well.

Jerry had studied how this Isolation Belt came to be several times but had never had a clue; it was like the atmosphere, formed naturally.

In the past, Jerry felt that the Isolation Belt was set up by the Observer, but later, Jerry completely changed this idea.

If it were the Observer, there would be no need to set up this Isolation Belt at all.

Like Jerry, one could just set up a space and then have a clone convert soul power.

Therefore, Jerry concluded that the Isolation Belt was formed naturally.

Without a clue, Jerry stood in the universe, looking at Douluo Planet.

What a beautiful planet.

Douluo Planet, the ocean area accounts for 71% of the planet's surface area, and the land area accounts for 29% of the planet's surface area.

Looking from afar in the universe, it looks like a water-blue planet.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck.

71% ocean area.

Jerry understood in an instant.

Ocean.

Water.

Cooling.

No wonder!

World Advancement requires water; it turns out that when advancing, a large amount of energy is released, requiring water to cool it down.

Moreover, in normal times, the 71% ocean also plays a role in cooling.

Seawater carries away most of the heat.

And after evaporation, water molecules rise, rising to a certain height to form clouds and mist.

When the time comes, it will fall down.

When rising, it consumes energy and gives back to the world.

After rising to a certain height, the energy is exhausted, and it will condense together.

When it condenses to a certain point, it will return to the ground in the form of rain, and can absorb energy again.

This forms a perfect cycle.

On the Second Planet, there was no water, and later a lot of water was transferred over, but by comparison, it was a drop in the bucket.

"Fairy Queen, stop for a moment, let's go to the surface and convert water with all our might."

This time, Jerry directly set up a space 10,000 meters in length, width, and height on the surface.

All clones began to convert soul power, and inside the space, tens of thousands of devices for converting water were directly set up.

This time there is no need to separate, just being in one place is enough.

With the full operation of these devices, more and more water was converted.

Some water flowed into the Earth Core along the holes dug previously.

After meeting the lava in the Earth Core, it made a sizzling sound.

Instantly, a lot of water was evaporated, and this water vapor began to be discharged outward along the air vents.

Thick white mist was discharged from the air vents, rushing directly toward the high sky; although it was very fierce when it first rushed out, after reaching 10,000 meters high, the energy was exhausted.

Many air vents that had been temporarily sealed before were now directly pushed open by the water vapor rushing up from underground.

Because Jerry thought they might be used later, they were not sealed very tightly, and he did not expect them to be pushed open again now.

640 air vents were all emitting white steam rushing into the sky, heading straight for the heavens; the scene was very spectacular.

But Jerry had no time to look at these at this moment, and was instead converting water with all his might.

After calculating, with the current speed of the two, the conversion speed was still too slow.

But the effect was much better than converting soil and sealing air vents before.

A month passed, and when Jerry looked up again, he suddenly discovered something that surprised him.

He could not see the universe.

A white zone had formed in the sky, covering the entire planet.

Is this about to form an atmosphere?

So this is how an atmosphere is formed.

The whole planet now looks a bit like a Life Planet; at least there are clouds.

Blue sky and white clouds.

Once an ocean is formed on the planet, it will be one step closer to a true Life Planet.

With the cover of white clouds, the sunlight during the day became much milder and was no longer so scorching.

Calculating it, as the water on the planet increases, the cloud layer will become thicker and thicker; who knows, when it reaches a certain point, it might become an Isolation Belt.

Digging holes for nine months before, plus one month of converting water, ten months had passed unknowingly.

Ten months, three hundred days, the gravity of the Douluo World had increased one hundred times, exactly ten times.

It was originally 4.6 times, and now it has reached 14.6 times.

After the thousand-fold amplification of the Gravity Array, it can reach 14,600 times, a huge improvement compared to the previous one thousand times.

Let the clones come to convert water here; Jerry's main body and the Fairy Queen's main body returned directly to Douluo Planet.

"Fairy Queen, now we need to practice Cultivation; let's first test how many times the gravity we can withstand."

To be honest, Jerry did not know how many times the gravity he could withstand; before, the Array could only amplify up to one thousand times, and under one thousand times gravity, Jerry did not feel much at all.

Now the upper limit is 14,600 times, so he should be able to try his limit.

Subsequently, the Fairy Queen and Jerry began to adjust their Gravity Bracelets respectively.

Jerry adjusted directly to 2,000 times gravity; he felt nothing, so he continued to increase it, and finally, at 10,086 times, it reached Jerry's limit.

The Fairy Queen was about the same; she reached her limit at 10,011 times.

It had been a long time since he had felt this kind of pressure, and Jerry was full of excitement now.

Subsequently, the two began to perform primitive movements under the gravity.

First standing, then moving slowly, then walking normally, and then running.

Once here, one could perform some professional movements.

Drenched in sweat, sweating like rain.

Every cell in the body seemed to be breathing.

This feeling of Cultivation had not been experienced for too long.

Later, the Silver Dragon King learned that Jerry was practicing Cultivation inside the Star Dou Great Forest and also joined the ranks of those practicing Cultivation.

Every time one practiced Cultivation, one could feel an improvement; this kind of Cultivation was addictive.

Cultivation knows no passage of time.

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

Now, the gravity of the Douluo World has reached 26.6 times.

The Gravity Bracelet has already amplified to 26,600 times gravity; the God Body of Jerry and the Fairy Queen belong to energy bodies and have very fast adaptation abilities, so the speed at which the world increases gravity can no longer keep up with the adaptation abilities of Jerry and the other.

The God Body of the Silver Dragon King, with Jerry's help, also advanced to the Divine Body Third Layer.

The improvement in divine sense was not very large, having only increased to 300,000 points, but when creating clones, it was discovered that a maximum of only 18 clones could be produced.

It seems that the Silver Dragon King, or the Dragon God entity, can only produce 18 more clones before reaching the limit.

Jerry does not know exactly how many clones the Dragon God has, but it is a good thing that the Silver Dragon King can produce 18 clones.

After they were produced, Jerry told the Silver Dragon King not to recall the clones.

If they were recalled, the Dragon God entity could still continue to produce clones; for every one the Dragon God produces, the Silver Dragon King would produce one fewer.

Therefore, let the Silver Dragon King occupy the quota for the clones first.

As for whether the Dragon God entity will come to cause trouble, Jerry is not worried about this at all; if it wanted to cause trouble, it would have done so long ago, why wait until now?

Except for the Silver Dragon King who stayed behind to practice Cultivation, Jerry took the eighteen summoned clones directly to the Second Planet for Conversion Water.

As for Jerry and the Silver Dragon King, after this year of Cultivation, their God Bodies remain energy bodies, only that each cell absorbs more soul power, and the concentration of energy is also higher.

There was no improvement in divine sense; after all, what is being practiced now is Body Strength, and no method for practicing divine sense has been found yet.

In addition to practicing Body Strength, Jerry has also been researching methods for practicing divine sense.

He even performed Visualization on all the gods of the heavens in his memory within his mind, but not a single one succeeded.

Regarding whether these gods of the heavens exist, Jerry feels they certainly must; after all, he himself has transmigrated, so what else is there that one dare not believe?

As for the Visualization method having no effect, it can only mean that the images of the gods in Jerry's mind are different from the real ones.

The limitations of this Visualization method are too great; Jerry's current attempts can only be considered blind guesses—if he happened to guess one god correctly, wouldn't he be able to practice Cultivation immediately?

However, there is no "if"; he has tried everything he could think of, and not one was useful.

Damn it!

In his past life, Jerry visited quite a few temples and had paid incense money many times.

It turns out that those in the temples were all imagined by people and were not the true appearances of those immortals at all.

If he could go back, Jerry would definitely run over and make those monks and Daoists refund his incense money.

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