Chapter 1783

Having received an affirmative reply, Xiao Feng felt much relieved.

"I just don't know if this Little Jianmu has sentience; if you merge with it, who will be in charge later?" He voiced his final concern.

The little tree replied: "I don't sense any sentience on the Little Jianmu; it may have suffered a strong enemy's attack, its sentience wiped out, turning it into a pure treasure tree."

In that case…

Xiao Feng's heart settled.

He looked at Cai Yi and the others and said, "Everyone, I have a method; I don't know if you're willing."

"What method?" Cai Yi asked.

All the demons looked over.

"It's like this…"

Xiao Feng voiced the little tree's suggestion and, by the way, showed them the eighth‑rank Supreme Treasure Chaos Ancient Tree.

After hearing that, Cai Yi and the others fell into thought.

"Are we moving house…"

"Take the Little Jianmu… out of the Myriad Phenomena Forest?"

"Is this… possible?"

Everyone found it hard to believe.

Cai Yi frowned and said, "Although this could resolve the positional conflict, it might harm the Little Jianmu. Moreover, going to another place, if there happens to be something unsuitable, I'm afraid…"

Xiao Feng thought for a moment and felt that the idea of moving house was indeed a bit of a shock for them.

Moreover, he himself was still unclear about exactly how the process of opening a secret realm works.

"Or I should first try to see how to open a secret realm," he said.

Cai Yi nodded.

Xiao Feng opened the title interface to check.

Behind the 【All-Heavens Great Emperor】 title, there is an option to open a secret realm.

He clicked it, and the system immediately popped up a dialogue: 【Please select the type of secret realm you wish to open.】

Below are two options: 1. Growth Secret Realm; 2. Inheritance Secret Realm.

Growth Secret Realm: a place suitable for cultivation and residence, can set up 1–3 entrances/exits, needs you to transplant spirit veins to improve the environment, gradually raising the secret realm's grade (minimum grade 1, maximum grade 10).

Inheritance Secret Realm: leave a legacy for others to obtain, can set up 1 entrance, internal environment is dungeon mode, specific content adjustable by yourself.

He can currently open only one secret realm; a second secret realm requires him to reach the Venerable level.

"Growth Secret Realm." Xiao Feng chose the first option.

Then the system popped up a screen: 【Please select the secret realm's basic configuration; this configuration is the initial specification, and later expansion can be done via "Secret Realm Management."】

The basic configuration includes four options.

1. Spatial shape and size

2. Spirit vein distribution and direction

3. Ground and aerial environment settings

4. Secret realm space openness rate

5. Copy a region

The first option concerns the secret realm's size; the minimum specification is about 10 kilometers, roughly the size of the Azure Moon Grotto Heaven, and the maximum can reach 100 kilometers, similar to the Verdant Subtlety Realm.

The smaller the secret realm's space, the higher the energy density, and the stronger its aid to cultivation.

The larger the secret realm's space, the more it can contain, and the greater its potential for transformation.

Xiao Feng chose the maximum scale.

Then he looked at the spirit vein direction.

The basic directions of spirit veins are many; they can radiate outward from the center, be scattered in dabs east and west, or form long strips east and west.

This matter, if there is later expansion of the secret realm, can be reselected, so it doesn't matter.

Setting the ground and aerial environment is comparatively complex.

This function is equivalent to "pinching the map"; you need to set up the desired basic environment layout yourself, otherwise the system will give you just a flat piece of land.

The fourth option determines the entrance openness.

It can go up to 90%, allowing entry from any direction, like the maps of Skeleton Mountain and Holy Dragon Cavern.

The minimum is 1%, setting only one entrance or Teleportation Array, with no other places accessible.

However, all of the above are not important.

The fifth option is the most convenient, as you can directly copy a region to serve as the prototype for building your own secret realm!

After copying, all geographical features and spirit vein directions will be perfectly replicated.

However, the actual spirit veins, ground vegetation, structures, and entrances/exits still need to be handled by yourself.

Xiao Feng tried to frame-select the area around the Little Jianmu.

The system then prompted him: 【The area is too large, exceeding the size that can be built for a secret realm; corresponding resources must be consumed to complete construction.】

The Little Jianmu is hundreds of kilometers tall, and its canopy's maximum coverage exceeds 200 kilometers, which cannot be accommodated by an initial‑grade secret realm.

Moreover, he cannot limit himself to just the tree's range; the surroundings also need some space to replicate the Demon Emperor Palace's domain, so that Cai Yi and the others can live on a familiar map.

Xiao Feng glanced at the resources required to expand the secret realm's range.

The system will determine the required consumption based on the size of the area he framed on the map.

If he only frames the Little Jianmu, he needs 8 Void Crystals, 800 God King Divine Seals, and 80 billion God Stones.

Xiao Feng happens to have the Void Crystals on him; many dropped when he slew the Master of Life, likely obtained by the Master of Life while roaming the outer starry sky, totaling over 400.

Divine Seals can be offset using the Primordial God's Heart or the Venerable's Heart; the Primordial God's Heart offsets 100 each, while the Venerable's Heart offsets 30,000 each.

Divine stones can also be offset with spirit stones and immortal crystals.

Xiao Feng happens to have enough of all these resources.

He expanded the selected area to a diameter of 5,000 kilometers, fully encompassing the core region of the Xuan Die forces' territory.

The cost for the expansion also surged dramatically: 360 Void Crystals, 36,000 God King Divinities, and 3.6 trillion Divine Stones.

He has enough Void Crystals and God King Divinities, but he is far short on Divine Stones and their equivalents, possessing less than 300 billion.

It seems I need to go back and borrow some money from Shen Di and the others.

Xiao Feng closed the Mi Jing opening function and turned his gaze to Cai Yi and the others.

"Everyone, I can fully replicate Little Jianmu and the surrounding several‑kilometer area, opening an independent Mi Jing space for us to live in. But after the Mi Jing is opened, there will be only the surface rock layer; Little Jianmu must be transplanted there, and the surface environment also needs to be manually moved, which will take some effort and time." He explained the situation.

Zixi and the others were delighted: "It's fine, it's nothing; we have plenty of strength, we can move slowly!"

Chan Xia also said: "If we can live in an unchanged environment without worrying about external disturbances, then it would be no different from before. Only… we would lack Her Majesty the Empress."

Everyone discussed it enthusiastically, all seeming to think it's not bad.

Cai Yi thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Then give it a try; if it works, we'll move together with Little Jianmu. Those who don't want to go won't be forced; each can go seek refuge with other powerful ones."

Seeing that basically no one objected, Xiao Feng felt much more at ease.

Keeping Little Jianmu and Cai Yi and the others safe also counts as giving an explanation to the Xuan Die predecessors.

"I'll go back to prepare the resources and settle this as soon as possible." Xiao Feng told the gathered demons, then immediately left, not even taking He Xianzi.

He directly transmitted to the Azure Moon Cave Heaven, intending to send a message to Shen Di, Jiang Ning, and the others to borrow money.

However, upon returning, what came into view was a silkworm cocoon of sworn brothers.

That was the little hut of Little Xuan Die…

Seeing this, Xiao Feng's heart sank and his chest felt suffocated.

From now on, this sleepy little girl will have no Mother Goddess…