Douluo Continent: What should I do if I don't have a cheat system?

Chapter 284 Absorbing the Secret Realm to Prepare for the Next Advancement

Regardless of what Thor did, Jerry can only say, well done, for leaving this as a backup plan.

At this point, Jerry begins to examine Thor's throne. Once the throne is revealed, it appears magnificent at first glance.

It might even give the impression of being flashy but impractical.

However, this throne can strip the Thunder God of his divine position.

It feels a bit unreal.

It's a bit hard to believe.

Generally speaking, such ornate items are mostly decorative.

Anyone who sees it for the first time will think that this throne is just an ornament and will never imagine that this throne can strip Thor of his divine position.

After inheriting the divine position, one must fulfill the corresponding responsibilities.

Thor, the sixth son, found it troublesome and spent a long time building Thor's throne, imbuing it with Thor's divine authority.

Moreover, this throne used to be placed in the Temple of Thunder, and many gods have seen it.

But these gods could never have imagined that Thor's scepter would become this throne.

In this way, as long as the throne remains, the divine authority of the Thunder God will remain, and the rules governing the thunder attribute between heaven and earth will operate normally according to divine authority.

With this throne, is Thor still needed?

Yu Xiaogang has only obtained a divine position now, a nominal divine position without any real power.

You have to admire Thor; he actually came up with this method.

In fact, Thor's actions were inspired by a sudden inspiration, which led him to forge the Thor's Throne.

It is precisely because the throne of Thor has been in place of Thor, fulfilling the duties of Thor, that the world would have been in chaos long ago after Thor's fall.

Thor's duty is to assist the world, eliminate heretics, or test cultivators.

Tribulation by lightning and divine tribulation are both controlled by the Thunder God. He even holds a sliver of power over heavenly punishment.

In ancient times, all the gods in the entire divine realm had experienced divine tribulations.

Which god hasn't been struck by lightning?

Therefore, Thor's fall may also have been part of the gods' scheme.

The gods believed that with the fall of the Thunder God, the position would be vacant and there would be no more tribulations of lightning between heaven and earth.

Surprisingly, Thor sensed this and forged the Throne of Thor to fulfill his duties in his place.

Even after Thor's fall, the rules governing lightning in the world continued to operate, which shocked many god-level powerhouses at the time.

However, unable to find the cause, the matter was eventually left unresolved.

Later, the gods in the divine realm discovered the central hub of the world, which could mobilize a portion of the power of the rules, and any rule at that. After that, no one pursued the issue of Thor anymore.

With the throne of Thor in hand, Yu Xiaogang hopes you won't cause any trouble.

However, Jerry has now confirmed one thing.

The Church of Light has five divine envoys, Tang San is one, and Yu Xiaogang is definitely one as well.

There are three more divine messengers, but their identities remain unknown for the time being.

After putting away Thor's Throne, Jerry returned to the Spirit Hall.

It seems there are no teleportation formations within the Douluo Continent.

Then this teleportation array can only be used in one place: the divine realm opened up by the Dragon God.

"I've taken out the World Consciousness and the items from the Thunder Mystic Realm. Can you now devour the Mystic Realm?"

Jerry asked on a whim, "The Secret Realm should be considered an incomplete world, right?"

These secret realms are all opened up in other spaces. If the world can devour other worlds, this would undoubtedly accelerate the world's advancement.

"Yes, this Thunder Mystic Realm must have been born a long time ago. It contains some of the world's origin. Although it can't compare to the small world you created, it can still replenish some energy."

After trying it out, the World Consciousness discovered that it could also devour any secret realm created based on the Douluo World.

This discovery caught the attention of both World Consciousness and Jerry.

There are quite a few hidden places left over from history.

Previously, the world consciousness had detected eighty-seven teleportation arrays. Besides the Thunder Mystic Realm, there should be other teleportation arrays that can teleport to other mystic realms.

The world's consciousness told Jerry the locations of all the teleportation arrays.

Jerry embarks on a journey to find the hidden realm.

The reason these remaining teleportation arrays malfunctioned was because their energy storage devices were damaged.

Jerry could tell that some of the teleportation arrays had only recently been damaged, probably due to the world's advancement.

Jerry doesn't need to repair these teleportation arrays right now; it's too much trouble.

You only need to check the rule runes inside the teleportation array to find the coordinates of the teleportation location.

Jerry set up a separate multi-directional teleportation array and simply added all these location coordinates into it.

Of the eighty-six teleportation arrays, some were not actually secret realms but were used for mutual location teleportation. After excluding these, thirteen secret realms were found.

However, of these thirteen secret realms, only two are divine inheritance realms; the rest are small spaces.

In the two divine inheritance secret realms, the inheritance had already been obtained by someone else. Apart from some materials, there was nothing else.

However, the purpose of this search for the secret realm is to devour the secret realm itself; whether there are other things is not so important.

After the world consciousness devoured the thirteen secret realms, it felt greatly enhanced.

"Regarding world consciousness, I deduced last time that there are at least three conditions for a world to advance: first, sufficient energy; second, sufficient water; and third, sufficient land area. Looking at your previous two advancements, you started advancing as soon as you had enough energy, and then you made it seem like a natural disaster."

"So you can't just absorb energy; you also need to pay attention to the other two aspects."

The world consciousness only focuses on energy and doesn't care about anything else. Every advancement is treated like a natural disaster, which is what Jerry is worried about.

Although it can be rebuilt, it would require a lot of manpower and resources.

Moreover, the reconstruction took too long, severely delaying development in many areas.

"Jerry, I can slowly transform water and soil, but energy is the most difficult to transform."

"World consciousness, that was in the past. The situation is different now. As for energy, with me and the Fairy Queen helping you, energy is the least of your worries."

Jerry felt it was necessary to remind them that their world consciousness was still limited to their own perceptions.

"That seems to be true! Water is relatively easy to manage; more rain over the years has been enough. But soil is a bit more difficult. The meteorites near the planet have all been absorbed. I don't know how to transform the soil except for this method."

At this point in the discussion about world consciousness, Jerry also sensed something was amiss.

Water-attribute soul power particles in the world can be transformed into water, so why can't earth-attribute soul power particles be transformed into soil?

Is it because we haven't found the right method?

If it cannot be converted, it can only be collected from the universe.

In the past, people thought the universe was boundless, so collecting things wouldn't be a problem.

However, this time it was discovered that the Douluo Galaxy is also a closed world.

What happens after all the meteorites in the universe have been collected?

What should we do if it's not enough?

And what are meteorites in the universe?

Jerry created his own mini-world, but apart from the main planet, there were no meteorites in the mini-world he created.

"World Consciousness, I'll tell you about a plan. What do you think?"

"I go into space, collect meteorites, and then place them in a specific location."

"However, this time you don't need to wait for the world to advance to absorb it; you can control the world to absorb it slowly at other times."

"At the same time, the water conversion cannot be stopped. If you want rainfall, you can choose an area at sea where it rains all year round."

"Let's try to collect enough water and soil before the next world advancement, so that the advancement won't be like a natural disaster again."

Jerry shared his calculations, believing that this approach could mitigate the disasters brought about by the world's advancement.

The world consciousness thought for a moment and replied, "This method is feasible, but I need to keep controlling the conversion."

"Please work hard so that the world can advance, and don't just fall asleep all the time."

When the world consciousness is not busy, it will fall into a deep sleep and convert energy during the sleep. However, now that Jerry and the Fairy Queen are helping, the world consciousness does not need to fall into a deep sleep so often.

"Alright then! But we need to choose a new location for the meteorite. Three hundred thousand nautical miles east of the original Poseidon Island, there is a volcanic island with the world's largest active volcano."

"From now on, you should put all the meteorites into the volcano. This volcano is directly connected to the Earth's core and has a very high temperature. It can directly refine the meteorites you put in and slowly expand the world from the inside."

Expanding gradually from the inside out, although it takes longer, is undoubtedly the least risky approach.

If the process proceeds from the inside out, there will be no ground fissures, which is the safest option for the creatures on the Douluo Continent.

"Alright, my clone will go collect the meteorites, and the Fairy Queen will continue converting the water. We'll split up. But can you predict how much water and soil will be needed for the next advancement?"

There has to be a standard for the water and soil needed for advancement. It's impossible to collect them indefinitely. If there is enough water and soil, it is also necessary to convert it into energy.

If there were three gods, Jerry wouldn't ask this question; one god could be responsible for one thing. But now there are only two gods: Jerry and the Fairy Queen.

Therefore, we need some data so that Jerry can better divide the work.

"I only have a vague feeling about it, but if I have enough, I can sense it."

"The next time it advances, the planet will increase tenfold. Think about how much water and soil it will need to grow tenfold, and use that amount."

Jerry was practically ready to complain.

Increasing it tenfold—that's a huge undertaking!

I've explored the universe before, but I don't know if collecting all the meteorites in the universe would be enough.

But even if the next world advancement is enough, what about the one after that?

It seems that moving meteorites is not the best solution.

Jerry thought of the soul tool he had made that could convert water. If water could be converted, then soil should be able to be converted as well.

After all, this is a world of cultivation, so it's possible.

Transforming earth-attribute soul power into soil, although both contain the word "earth," the two are very different.

A space was set up, and an earth-gathering array was arranged. A spirit-dispersing array was added outside the space, and the function of the spirit-dispersing array was adjusted to extract all soul power except for earth attribute within the space.

Once everything was set up, Jerry immediately activated the two formations.

Soon the space was filled with earth-attribute soul power. As time went on, the earth-attribute soul power increased, and soul pressure gradually began to form in the space.

The soul pressure gradually increased, 100 times, 200 times...

When the pressure increased to 1800 times, Jerry stopped the formation.

They dared not increase the pressure any further; the space was already shaking slightly and could only withstand a maximum of 1800 times the soul pressure. If it were to explode now, the power would be unimaginable.

Under 1800 times the soul pressure, these earth-attribute soul powers did not change.

It seems this method won't work.

Jerry had originally hoped to use Soul Suppression to see if he could compress earth-attribute soul power into soil, but it seems that's impossible now.

Water-attribute soul power can be compressed to obtain water, so why can't earth-attribute soul power be compressed to obtain earth?

Could it be that the soul pressure is insufficient?

However, Jerry has already created the space with the highest strength, which can only withstand 1800 times the soul pressure. That's not enough. So what should he do?

Afterwards, Jerry tested other formations: Fire Gathering Formation, Metal Gathering Formation, Wood Gathering Formation, Thunder Gathering Formation, Light Gathering Formation, Darkness Gathering Formation, and Nothingness Gathering Formation.

None of them are of the same nature as water, and none of them can be condensed into a physical object.

It seems that only the special nature of water-attribute soul power allows it to condense into water.

Why is there such a difference?

Both methods involve condensing soul power, but water-attribute works while other attributes don't. What exactly is the problem?

If they cannot condense into a solid form, then where do meteorite soils in the universe come from?

With that in mind, Jerry stopped pondering behind closed doors and went directly into space, found a meteorite, and used his divine sense to observe it carefully.

In the world of Douluo, everything is imbued with soul power; it's just a matter of how much.

This meteorite also possesses soul power.

Through Jerry's observation, he finally saw something different: some earth-attribute soul energy particles that were turbulent in space would be absorbed by the meteorite when they collided with it.

At first, there was no change, but after there were more, the meteorite seemed to get a little bigger.

This phenomenon caught Jerry's eye.

Jerry felt he was almost there to figure out the key to meteorite formation.

It's just one step away from the goal, but it's hard to seize the opportunity.

Jerry then observed some meteorites, and they all exhibited this phenomenon.

Furthermore, other planets in the Douluo Galaxy will also absorb soul power from the universe and gradually change.

However, planets are very large, so the absorption rate is difficult to detect.

It is only because Jerry's spiritual sense is relatively strong that he was able to perceive this subtle change.

Jerry examined the inside of the meteorite but found nothing unusual.

Even when using divine sense to explore the planet, nothing different was found.

Jerry had a feeling that the planet's precursor might have been a meteorite.

As time passed, the meteorite absorbed more and more soul power, grew larger and larger, and eventually evolved into a planet.

The interior of Douluo Star is extremely hot, making it a planet with life.

The other eight planets have icy interiors.

Jerry is currently in a state of feeling that he seems to understand, yet also seems not to understand.

I feel like I'm just a little bit away from understanding it, but that little bit is like the vast ocean of stars, so difficult to cross.

So close, yet so far!

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(End of this chapter)