Chapter 381

The solar core, light and heat gushing forth.

Gazing at this strange "Solar God" before him, Li Ziliang, who had come along, felt quite moved:

"A perfectly fine Solar God, and you've made it into this…"

It seemed to hear his lament, and the utterly transformed Solar God violently unleashed two waves of nuclear fusion reactions, violent light and heat, as if that were its expression of anger! Lin Six on the wheelchair struggled to calm his excited feelings, and after a long while said: "All this is for the sake of myriad generations; a Solar God serves no purpose—only a real sun can be of use to all beings!"

Old Li asked curiously:

"How can you be so sure this is the real sun? Frankly, I've never seen a sun like this—where did you get this information?"

Lin Six looked at him, then finally shook his head:

"You wouldn't understand."

"Tch!"

Old Li pursed his lips, but didn't say more; after all, he was now a subordinate, so naturally whatever the superior said went……

{You looked upon the no-longer-deformed Solar God with both relief and excitement: Finally! Finally we've reached this step! }

{All along the way, although you still haven't stepped onto that perfect clearance, being able to solve the energy problem for all beings is already a historic breakthrough. }

{If you can enable all beings to achieve complete self-reliance, then even if you never find the path forward, you can wait without worry, slowly, until a thousand years, ten thousand years…}

{In short, you are now only one step away from a stage‑wise victory. }

{And this step is actually quite simple. }

{You slowly took out the little sand tray, while caressing this supreme and powerful law‑breaking treasure, you chose to activate it, and thus the crimson Pangu divine power lit up again, growing brighter and brighter…}

{It seemed to sense the danger to its life and death, and the solar core trembled again! But this time, aside from trembling, it could do nothing else; the incense‑belief power of humanity had already completely altered its form. }

{It is no longer the forms of the Golden Crow or the flood dragon, but can only maintain this strange material state…}

{"May your journey be peaceful."}

{You murmured to yourself, then pressed the crimson‑glowing little sand tray onto the trembling solar core! }

{Silently and without sound, there was no heaven‑shaking, earth‑splitting portent, no unwilling scream or resistance, nor any unexpected mishap. }

{Under the suppression of supreme divine power, the Solar God merely twitched and then showed no change; it continued to spew light and heat as usual, the violent nuclear‑reaction explosions never ceasing, as if the Pangu divine power had taken no effect. }

{But…}

{Li Ziliang's pupils contracted: "Solar divine power… has it disappeared?"}

{"No."}

{You slowly withdrew the little sand tray and sighed: "It is already dead…"}

{Yes, the Solar God is dead. }

{In an instant, the Pangu law‑breaking divine power erased its divinity, leaving only a material corpse. }

{Yet this divinity‑less "solar remnant" somehow feels more real than when it was whole—a feeling that defies description, as if it does not belong to this world at all…}

{From this day on, humanity's perception of the sun became reality; no one will know that the sun once looked different. }

{Everyone will think the sun has always been like this—merely a material nuclear reactor that can be used as a natural energy source. }

{As for the Golden Crow, the Golden Flood Dragon, the big eyeballs… they are nothing but myths, fantasies born of humanity's mistaken understanding, carrying the ancients' beautiful hopes and possessing great literary value… and nothing more. }

{The sun has truly been forged from falsehood into truth by all beings and you! }

{…}

{From this day onward, your former anxiety vanished completely, replaced by full hope. }

{Now that the sun's greatest problem is no longer a problem, what you must do next is to push humanity onto the bright great road of developing solar energy! }

{But while the ideal is fine, reality is not so easy, for mortals' technology is still too low…}

{Since the invention of the steam engine, nearly fifty years have passed, but limited by technology and resources, development speed remains greatly restricted; the distance to utilizing solar energy is still far away. }

{After much deliberation, you finally decided: you could first use divine power to some extent to boost human technological development! }{Thought done, you directly led your subordinate gods, beginning large‑scale inducement of tree growth to provide the steam‑resource‑limited industry with nearly limitless charcoal! }

{Of course, while providing charcoal, you also repeatedly declared: although charcoal is abundant, it ultimately relies on divine power; to be self‑sufficient, we must still vigorously develop new‑style energy… the prospects are limitless, and we must never rest on our laurels! }

{Soon, the charcoal market of the four great continents welcomed an unimaginable boom. }

{And stimulated by this, the civilian sector, which had previously been restrained in its development trend, now completely let loose, with factory after factory rising and various industries developing rapidly…}

{Year after year passed, and with abundant resources humanity underwent tremendous change; trains and steamships filled the world, and an unprecedented golden age is underway. }

{And people have not forgotten your reminder; while relying on old energy for rapid development, countless people are also painstakingly researching ways to use new energy. }

{Some thought of wind power, some of water power… but using these sources turns out to be inconvenient. }

{Thus, everyone could only try to seek a new type of energy that is easy to gather, transportable, and low‑cost…}

{This process is very difficult, so we must not rush; you, who deeply understand this, are even more open‑minded: anyway the sun has already been solved, no matter how the future develops, at least this fundamental problem will no longer be a problem, and given enough time they will surely succeed someday. }

{So your work, aside from daily leading people worldwide to plant trees and induce growth, is mainly to handle cultivator‑related issues! }

{After all, the dream realm is also a world with gods; no matter how you think about developing material technology, you cannot neglect the development of the Way of the Gods. }

{Thus, since you established yourself in the West Continent, you have never abandoned developing the Way of the Gods: as mortals increase, their incense offerings also grow, and under your careful regulation and distribution, the true gods of your camp are clearly increasing. }

{As of today, the new Heavenly Court has stood for over a hundred years, and your true gods have grown from over thirty to nearly five hundred; moreover, with the population's continual rise, the speed of true‑god increase will only get faster! }

{However, since you have secured total victory over the four great continents, the Heavenly Court's gods have retreated far into seclusion, meaning you actually no longer urgently need many true gods; the true gods you continue to cultivate, even you are unsure what specific use they have…}

{But having power in hand is ultimately good; just… just consider it as preparation against the thousands of true gods that might flee from the Heavenly Court. }

{Silently contemplating, you continue to maintain mortals' rapid development while also supporting the growth of the Way of the Gods, with your true gods emerging in batches…}

{And your perseverance has borne fruit! }

{In the year 100 of the new Heavenly Court, researchers attempted to capture lightning to study natural forces, and unexpectedly discovered that lightning is actually the same thing as everyday static electricity…}

{In the year 108 of the new Heavenly Court, a student happened upon a wondrous phenomenon: he discovered that lodestone can, under certain conditions, generate an electric current…}

{In the year 123 of the new Heavenly Court, after everyone's careful discussion and experimentation, the first generator was a great success; it can steadily output current and drive a simple electrical device to move…}

{In the year 135 of the new Heavenly Court, the world's first practically useful electric lamp appeared…}

{Electric power, this sudden novelty that entered people's view, quickly attracted attention and received strong research. }

After discovering it, countless people saw a bright future in it: this new energy source, which can be steadily obtained, is easy to transport, and is very user-friendly, could completely replace today's mainstream steam power!

Thus, after intensively researching electrical energy for a while, someone began trying to find a convenient way to generate electricity.

Using wind to drive generators, using water to drive generators, using people to drive……

In short, the prospects are enormous!

Upon learning of this breakthrough, you couldn't help but feel delighted: at last you've found a way!

And now that a suitable development path has been found, the next step is to guide them to link electrical energy with the sun, thereby inventing a solar-powered generator……

But just as you were feeling fully confident about the future, an unexpected arrival of a person left you somewhat puzzled.

"Benefactor!"

The monkey came alone; in its cultivated state, it was no longer observable by others, and it anxiously sought you out.

"What's wrong?"

You had a faint uneasy feeling.

The monkey hesitated, but finally gritted its teeth and said: "Benefactor! The Ancestral Master says, please stop refining truth into falsehood for him!"

"The more you let the dream deviate from the true setting of the Primordial Wilderness, the more false we become."

"If you continue like this, turning false into truth will truly become an illusion, and none of us will ever be able to return to the Primordial Wilderness..."

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(End of Chapter)