Global Evolution: I transplanted the heart of the Supreme God.

Chapter 1139 The Secret of the Wilderness
With so many small factions, getting them all to Exalted level feels like an incredibly long process.

Fortunately, this is the main storyline world, so you can enter directly without matching. You can also stay in the main storyline world for a long enough time to take your time.

There are also more violent methods, such as murder and robbery to try to extract the treasure from the chest; or using insidious methods, such as secretly enslaving a forest clan lord to obtain the cultivation method.

The latter, in particular, is a unique path that arises from the main storyline world's lifting of the restrictions on evolved beings. It's just that Bai Pu still has a moral bottom line and wouldn't do that.

After the city lord left, Bai Pu communicated with his new servant Han Cun in the Source Lord's Descent Space.

"Han Village, the Wilderness World was once your ascension plane, and now it is your main world. You should know this world very well, right?"

Hancun respectfully replied, "Master, the plane I ascended to was called [Wilderness: Archipelago], which was an island landscape... Putting aside the difficulty, just in terms of the size of the world, it was far inferior to the current [Wilderness: Eastern Continent] world. If the Wilderness: Eastern Continent world is a continent, then the Wilderness: Archipelago plane is just some scattered islands on the edge of the continent."

"How could a small world in an archipelago expand into such a large dimensional world?" Bai Pu was still somewhat incredulous.

Han Cun said, "Master, after exploring the Desolate Eastern Continent for so many years, and combining my experiences in the Desolate Archipelago, I have some speculations that are becoming increasingly plausible..."

“Tell me everything, whether it’s your personal experience or your speculation.”

Hancun then began to recount his story.

In the beginning, the Wilderness: Islands was just an "ascension plane," similar to the previous Black Tide.

When Hancun was undergoing the ascension trial, they teamed up to kill a giant beast called "Red-Eyed Alligator Turtle".

According to Hancun's speculation, this red-eyed alligator snapping turtle is very likely the world spirit of Wilderness: Islands!
Similar to the World Spirit that the Lord of Suffering and the Mother of Thorns plotted in the world of original sin, except that Bai Pu thwarted his plan.

Under normal circumstances, Hancun and his companions would not be able to threaten the World Spirit.

However, the World Spirit was burdened with a mysterious heart. That heart clearly did not belong to it, placing a heavy burden on the World Spirit and causing it to weaken, with all its attributes decreasing significantly.

Therefore, Hancun and others surrounded and killed him.

However, when that mysterious heart was peeled away, it split into several pieces, and the bursting forth power of laws opened up the barriers between worlds.

One of the original heart fragments was carried by the juvenile red-eyed alligator snapping turtle; another original heart fragment passed through the septum, distorting a lower plane and transforming it into a world of flesh plague.

Hancun was also unsure whether these two fragments of the original heart were the complete heart.

But what he was certain of was that when the heart ruptured, a great deal of divine energy passed through the diaphragm and fell into the wild world that exists today!
The original Wilderness: Islands has been connected to the current Wilderness: Eastern Continent world.

"In other words, this large world is not an expansion of the original archipelago world, but rather the world's barriers were broken through by the divine energy of the primordial heart, and it was transformed into one?" Bai Pu asked.

Hancun replied, "Rather than connecting and integrating them, it's more accurate to say that the original archipelago world was incorporated into the wilderness: the Eastern Continent... After all, the difference in size between the two is too obvious."

Bai Pu nodded slightly, then asked, "You chose the Wilderness World as the main world... you must still be thinking about the secret of that heart and want to explore it further."

Han Cun said, "Yes, this is the only path I can think of that might help me ignite the divine fire... It's just a pity that I've stagnated at the Great Lord level for too many years, and I've gradually lost my ambition. Now I only think about advancing to the Domain Lord level."

After a brief pause, Hancun delivered a bombshell announcement:
“Master, according to my investigations in the past, the divine power contained in that divine heart is especially sought after by high-level demon beasts, which has caused countless internal wars among them. If you are interested in recovering this divine power, you may consider seeking out the great demon beasts standing at the pinnacle of the Wilderness World.”

"What templates are used for the great demonic beasts at the pinnacle of the Wilderness World?" Bai Pu asked.

"Wilderness: The Eastern Continent is a mid-level second-tier spirit realm. The strongest great demon beast there should be a six-star king, known as the 'Lord of the Eastern Continent,' the Primordial Panlong."

Han Cun swallowed hard. "As for the advanced spirit realm, it is the Wilderness: the Central Continent World is the center of the Wilderness World, with a spiritual energy particle intensity exceeding 30, making it an absolute peak second-tier plane. The great demon beasts standing at the top must be of divine lineage!"

Six-star king, god-like...

Bai Pu repeated it twice in a murmur.

Neither a six-star king nor a divine being is within his current reach.

A single Thunder Horned Kui Niu, with the strength of a three-star king, left Bai Pu helpless, barely able to save his life.

How strong must a six-star king be? As for the divine offspring, they are beyond imagination.

"Hancun, you will stay in the main storyline world from now on to continue investigating the distribution of the Primal Heart's divine energy."

Bai Pu was still somewhat unwilling to accept it. He suspected that the divine power Han Cun spoke of was actually a fragment of divine essence contained within the primordial heart.

Although divine power has a strong attraction to great demon beasts, and demon beasts will fight fiercely for divine power, after decades of development, those who can obtain divine power are usually the most powerful and the most powerful demon beasts.

But what if, by sheer chance, a lucky great demon beast gains divine power and goes unnoticed by other great demon beasts?

Han Cun obeyed the order with a stern expression.

Bai Pu has completed two phases of the main quest in the Wilderness World, and he can stay there for over a month. The rule for the main quest world is that one can enter it once per quarter, without needing any tickets.

Theoretically speaking, even if Bai Pu doesn't trigger any new main quests, he can return to the Wilderness World after a month.

Furthermore, if the third phase of the main quest can be triggered, the transition can be seamless.

However, Bai Pu didn't plan to continue trying to trigger the third stage of the main quest. It was clear that the main quest difficulty was increasing; the first stage was a one-star king-level quest, the second stage involved a three-star king-level quest, and what about the third stage? Bai Pu had absolutely no interest in that.

Bai Pu arranged for Han Cun and him to explore the wilderness at different times.

In this way, if Hancun makes an amazing discovery in the Wilderness World during its exploration and needs Bai Pu to descend, it can use the ritual of the Source Lord's descent to summon Bai Pu.

In Descent Mode, if Bai Pu still has enough entries into the main story world, he can remove the restriction on his comprehension ability and even enhance his equipment.

However, without the regular descent mode that allows entry into the main storyline world, Bai Pu has no way to cultivate skills or true meaning; he can only help Han Village sort out the plot and solve plot difficulties.

Bai Pu then found Ye Qingmei.

"Miss Ye Qingmei, I have acquired some rare and precious medicinal herbs in Leize. I wonder if I could exchange them for some resources in the Ye Clan?"

"Medicinal herbs from Lei Ze." Ye Qingmei's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "Of course!"

At that moment, Bai Pu found a secluded spot, took out some of the various medicinal herbs and minerals stored in his storage space, and asked Ye Qingmei for their prices.

Of course, this was under the merit exchange list model, where Ye Qingmei, as the quartermaster of the Ye clan, negotiated with Bai Pu.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and Ye Qingmei herself would not have this memory.

All she knew was that Bai Pu had traded a batch of Leize medicinal herbs for some resources from the Ye Clan, nothing more.

Under the guise of the world's mysteries, Ye Qingmei would never delve into this aspect.

Bai Pu quickly found out the price.

Dark gold-grade medicinal herbs are indeed scarce in the Ye Clan. The Ye Clan is now willing to purchase each dark gold-grade medicinal herb for 1500 reputation points or 300 merit points.

With Bai Pu's current Revered reputation, just seven or eight Dark Gold herbs would be enough to raise his reputation to Exalted.

His goal was still the cultivation method of the Calamity Wood Qi, but the exchange price for the Calamity Wood Qi cultivation method was also astonishing.

—A full 10,000 merit points!
Bai Pu currently only has 4,000 merit points in the Ye Clan, leaving a shortfall of 6000 merit points. He needs at least 20 Dark Gold Herbs to exchange for them.

However, Bai Pu tried the King-level treasure medicine and took out the Xuanxue Vine.

A one-star king-level treasure medicine can be exchanged for 5000 merit points.

It seems that the value of a King-level treasure medicine is about ten to twenty times that of a Dark Gold medicine.

Bai Pu was not lacking in precious materials, so with a wave of his hand, he directly boosted his reputation to Exalted, and then exchanged it with Ye Qingmei for the cultivation method of the Calamity Wood Qi.

Bai Pu also found the Lin Clan's quartermaster through Ye Qingmei, who was none other than Lin Zhan, the lord who had gone to explore the Thunder Swamp with Bai Pu.

The Lin clan in Huaixi City mainly deals in the forging of high-end weapons and equipment.

Quartermaster Lin Zhan's exchange list was filled with equipment.

If you want to exchange Dark Gold materials for Reputation Points, you will need to spend some Dark Gold-grade ore forging materials.

Fortunately, Bai Pu had also scavenged a lot of forging materials such as ores and animal bones in Leize, especially the few purple crystals he obtained from the Thunderhorn Kui Niu Cave, which were king-level forging materials.

Among them, there is one three-star king-level amethyst, and the rest are two-star king-level.

A single two-star king-level purple crystal was enough to boost Bai Pu's reputation from respected to revered.

Bai Pu paid with two two-star king-level purple crystals and some dark gold-level forging materials, finally raising the Lin Clan's reputation to worship. He then exchanged for the Lin Clan's Qi cultivation method—Flame Breath Qi.

It should be noted that the reputation of the Leaf Clan and the Forest Clan cannot be leveled up by just anyone with materials.

Those who aspire to high prestige must first have a foundation of prestige exceeding the level of respect, and then possess the strength to command the attention of the two major clans, the Ye and Lin.

Otherwise, if a weakling tries to exchange valuable materials for reputation, the outcome will likely be dire. Do they really think everyone in Huaixi City is a saint?

(End of this chapter)