Chapter 800

Wei Yuan settled the Mirage Demon tribe on the original small island and transformed it into an environment that the Mirage Demons liked. However, what Wei Yuan did not expect was that the consumption for transforming this island was huge. If he wanted to transform it completely, all the vitality that the Human Realm's mortal world breathed and swallowed in a whole year would only be able to increase it by a square li.

After a little experimentation, Wei Yuan found that this was simply not feasible. He flew urgently to the Northern Shanmen to ask the Tinghai Xianjun Yanshi for advice, and only then did he learn that the Mirage Demon tribe already had three Imperial Views, including one mid-stage Master Yu Jing, which was already the configuration of a silver grotto-heaven. The Human Realm's mortal world had currently just reached deep green, a full two major realms behind.

If immortal plants were not counted, then the daily spiritual energy consumption of the three Mirage Demon Imperial Views was equivalent to the entire Human Realm's mortal world, while inside the Human Realm's mortal world, the heaven-and-earth vitality consumed by more than ten Dharma Form cultivators like Han Li accounted for almost half.

The immortal plants were self-sufficient and had excess spiritual energy to discharge into the Human Realm's mortal world, which was also the reason why Wei Yuan's progress had been rapid all along. Otherwise, before the Human Realm's mortal world developed its own spirituality and could swallow heaven-and-earth vitality, the little bit of heaven-and-earth vitality that Wei Yuan swallowed himself could not have supported so many mortals; being able to have a few thousand would have been quite remarkable.

Only then did Wei Yuan intuitively realize how terrifying the consumption of high-rank cultivators was. One Master Yu Jing was worth a thousand Dao Foundations; a Dharma Form was at least equivalent to more than ten Dao Foundations, and a powerful Dharma Form consuming more than a hundred Dao Foundations was not a problem. As for Wei Yuan himself... Wei Yuan made a rough estimate and then ignored the answer.

Wei Yuan had always felt that his Mind-Reflection World was not normal, but from the time of Tinghai, until Xuanyue, Yanshi, and even Zhang Sheng, they all turned a blind eye to the various unusual aspects and only let him cultivate with peace of mind. Having heard similar words many times, Wei Yuan also cultivated with peace of mind.

Wei Yuan asked for advice for three consecutive days, and only then was he satisfied, returning to Qingming with dozens of textbooks selected by Yanshi.

Now he finally understood why the consumption for completely transforming a small island was so huge; this was equivalent to recreating a golden grotto-heaven. It was only because of the terrifying swallowing capacity of the Human Realm's mortal world that it could create a square li in a year. Ordinary Dharma Form Mind-Reflection Worlds... where would ordinary Dharma Forms have Mind-Reflection Worlds?

Since he knew where the crux of the problem lay, Wei Yuan had a solution. It was impossible to transform a small island that would make the Mirage Demons live comfortably and satisfactorily, so he lowered the standard.

Wei Yuan tried several plans in succession, but the spiritual energy consumed during testing was still unacceptable. Wei Yuan had to lower the standard again and again, finally lowering it to just staying alive.

In this way, the consumption finally fell within an acceptable range, and a small island of ten square li was transformed, with the twenty thousand-plus Mirage Demons all piled up on it.

In such an environment, the Mirage Demons were naturally unable to bear it, and one after another, the weakest ones died, until the number stabilized at around nineteen thousand.

Wei Yuan knew that the Mirage Demons' cause of death was actually mainly due to the virus, and the harsh environment only accounted for a small part. Moreover, after the body was destroyed by the virus, it was extremely difficult to recover unless they returned to the Star Forest to be protected by the grotto-heaven's power, which was the only possibility for survival.

The Mirage Demons' custom is water burial; in the Human Realm's mortal world, it became sea burial. Watching one corpse after another being pushed into the sea, Wei Yuan could only sigh secretly.

For the Mirage Demons, this ending was indeed tragic. But both sides served their own masters, and there was nothing to be done about it. If it happened again, Wei Yuan would still release the virus and still capture as many Mirage Demons as possible. The war between the two tribes had no room for pity.

The Mirage Demons silently endured, huddled in narrow shacks, enduring the terrible weather and environment, as if in a long night with no end in sight.

After settling the Mirage Demons, Wei Yuan began the next step of perfecting the Human Realm's mortal world. Ordinary Dharma Form cultivators at this stage should have already constructed the framework of the Mind-Reflection World, then perfected the details, ignited the world's spiritual vitality, allowed the Mind-Reflection World to take shape, then passed the heavenly tribulation, received the recognition of heaven and earth, left a brand in the Great Dao, and thus a Mind-Reflection World would be built, advancing to Master Yu Jing.

But when it came to Wei Yuan, the Human Realm's mortal world as a whole was regarded by heaven and earth as a Dharma Form, so it was necessary to construct a Mind-Reflection World for the Human Realm's mortal world... This was not impossible. The Tinghai Xianjun Tinghai had explored it, Yanshi had further perfected it, and now the method had been passed to Wei Yuan, which were those dozens of textbooks.

Now Wei Yuan had to regard the Human Realm's mortal world as a star. First, he had to create a small world attached to it, equivalent to a satellite.

Therefore, the first thing Wei Yuan had to do now was to calculate a usable satellite orbit.

It's just a circle that isn't very round; there's nothing difficult about it... Wei Yuan thought to himself. Then he found that it was still somewhat difficult because the Human Realm's mortal world itself was also moving.

And in order to calculate such a circle, more than half of those dozens of textbooks were talking about related problems, among which a dozen were prerequisite knowledge that needed to be learned.

The Primordial Spirit is much more complex than a real star, and it also needs to consider the attributes of spiritual energy; the influence brought by different attributes is also different. Once the orbit calculation is wrong, the grotto-heaven will be damaged at best, and the grotto-heaven will deviate from its orbit and lose control at worst; even the lightest consequence would be a drop in rank.

The difficulty of different spiritual energy attributes is also different. The Five Elements are the most basic and simplest, while moving up, the Four Symbols, Three Talents, and the positions of the various constellations are all much more complex.

Wei Yuan originally wanted to pick the most basic Five Elements, but Yanshi directly specified Yin and Yang for him. This is a difficulty level on par with time and space, second only to the chaos before heaven and earth opened!

As for why it was Yin and Yang, Wei Yuan knew it in his heart. A young girl of Yin and Yang lived in the Human Realm's mortal world; she was equivalent to the manifestation of the Yin and Yang Great Dao in the world. After she reincarnated and appeared in the Human Realm's mortal world, the two influenced each other, gradually branding the Human Realm's mortal world with the Yin and Yang Great Dao.

Yanshi's gaze was like a torch, naturally seeing through the attributes of the Human Realm's mortal world, so he thoughtfully arranged relevant courses for Wei Yuan. At that time, Wei Yuan felt as if Xu Wenwu had entered a competition class, opening the book and recognizing every word on it, but when combined, it was like reading a heavenly book.

But since it concerned his Dao path, Wei Yuan knew there was no escaping it, so he calmed his mind and let the Human Realm's mortal world swallow vitality on its own, while he devoted himself to calculating that circle that wasn't very round, occasionally handling official business in between. Before he knew it, summer had turned into winter.

A bell rang in the Human Realm's mortal world, startling Wei Yuan from his deep thought. He had originally thought that only two or three days had passed, but it turned out that more than half a year had passed, and it was now the New Year of the tenth year of Tianqi.

At the beginning of the New Year, Qingming was full of joy everywhere, and most people were celebrating another fat year. After the great war with the Shaman tribe, Qingming was thriving, and every year was a fat year like never before.

People were celebrating, and spirit beasts and immortal plants were not idle either.

Early on the morning of the first day of the New Year, the Flying Marten brought three-colored gifts to pay a New Year's call to the little rooster.

(End of chapter)