467: inner world

Having resolved the matter of the yin extreme origin source, Chen De finally pulled out two more items.

Looking closely, they were actually two miniature versions of worlds.

Starting from when a martial artist gains a domain in the Void Union Realm, every subsequent advancement works toward perfecting it.

The Myriad Transformation Realm provides the soil, the Void Union Realm sees its initial formation, and the Heavenly Imperial Realm injects laws; every step continuously refines it.

Finally, this perfection reaches a qualitative change in the Immortal Law Realm, where the domain successfully transforms into a true world.

The inner small world is one of the characteristics of the Immortal Law Realm, the Demon Venerable Realm, and other immortal realms.

When an inner small world is first born, its three-dimensional scale is generally between one hundred to three hundred light-years, and its time flow is roughly 1.2 to 1.5 times that of the outside world.

The various characteristics of an Inner World are closely related to the laws practiced by the host.

Generally speaking, the more laws one practices and the higher the level of law comprehension, the stronger, larger, and more stable the small world becomes.

For those with the profound meaning of the Law of Fire, their Inner World would lean toward being a world of fire, potentially filled with all kinds of flames everywhere.

For those with the profound meaning of the Law of Water, their Inner World would lean toward being a world of water, potentially filled with vast oceans everywhere.

Of course, under normal circumstances, such extreme worlds do not arise.

Most small worlds exhibit characteristics centered on the primary law's profound meaning, supplemented by other laws or profound meanings.

Various life-bearing planets and even star systems can be transplanted into them, and various resources can be cultivated, among other things.

Furthermore, during battle, they can serve as power banks; the energy within the Inner World belongs entirely to oneself and can be extracted for direct use, skipping even the step of energy conversion.

At the birth of an Inner World, any excess or residual power of creation will actively transform into various resources.

These could be famous mountains and great peaks, rivers and lakes, resource points, various spiritual herbs, some simple life forms, or exclusive resources matching the profound meaning of their laws... many powerful experts choose to settle their clans, relatives, and organizations within their own Inner Worlds.

However, most of these internal environments are extreme or heavily biased.

While it might be fine for those at lower realms, the cultivation of those at higher realms would inevitably be affected.

Yet, the resources produced within such a nascent Inner World are far from enough to sustain an immortal realm expert.

The two Inner Worlds in Chen De's hands belonged to Positive Separation and Yuan Chen respectively.

The interior of the Inner World belonging to Positive Separation had already been destroyed beyond recognition.

With an average three-dimensional scale of about two hundred and seventy light-years, it was such a massive space.

Inside, there was nothing but interstellar dust, continental fragments, and leaking spatial rifts.

Positive Separation died while battling Yuan Chen and was not killed instantly; thus, during that process.

Realizing that survival was impossible, he resolutely chose to frantically destroy his own Inner World.

A part of the Inner World is the host's will; after the host dies, this part of the will actively condenses into a new life form, referred to as Heavenly Will for short.

It possesses all the memories and personality of the host, acting as a smaller version of them.

Within the Inner World, it also possesses the strength of the Immortal Law Realm; aside from being unable to leave and being slightly weaker, it is no different from the original host.

If lucky, there might even be a chance to use this to be resurrected in the future.

However, the will within Positive Separation's world had already been sealed by Yuan Chen.

Originally, Yuan Chen's plan was to bring it back and purify the subjective will into a controllable, mechanically intelligent objective will.

It would then be used as a trial mystic realm and resource point for their Zhengyuan Sect.

Or it could be sold or traded to other immortal realm beings.

The Inner World of an Immortal Law Realm expert is extremely rare and sought after no matter where it is placed; there is no lack of buyers.

Unfortunately, his calculations fell through, as Chen De confiscated the stolen goods through righteous means.

As for Yuan Chen's own Inner World, it was incredibly complete—so complete that not a single bit of it had been affected.

The will of Yuan Chen within the world had also been easily suppressed by Chen De unintentionally.

Even Yuan Chen himself couldn't sense the process of being reformed, let alone just a portion of his will.

Continuing from before, Yuan Chen's world had an average three-dimensional scale of about four hundred light-years, much larger than Positive Separation's world.

Inside was an incredibly vast continent, and far below the continent, over a hundred thousand star systems floated.

Each star system was separated by about two light-years, and each contained at least two hundred life-bearing planets, with some having as many as five hundred.

Each of these star systems was several times larger than the Solar System of Chen De's past life, and the stars within them were also many times larger.

Even the life-bearing planets, at their smallest, had a capacity for at least a trillion people.

However, the resources produced by these few life-bearing planets were far from enough to sustain an Immortal Law Realm expert.

Thus, the bulk of Yuan Chen's daily cultivation came from the taxes of the nearly one hundred billion star systems under the Zhengyuan Sect's name.

Behind the powerful strength of the immortal realm lies the hard work of countless mortals.

As he thought about it, Chen De was almost moved to tears.

The Righteous Path of Heaven and Earth allowed him to ascend to the upper realm, presumably so that Chen De could break the exploitation of mortals by the aloof immortals.

As the saying goes, "When luck comes, heaven and earth work together; when fortune leaves, even a hero is not free."

Chen De understood who gave him everything he had, so he would certainly act in accordance with heaven's will.

Just like now and in the future, he would not exploit the mortal world.

By Chen De's side, there would only be like-minded individuals and their donations.

Finally, speaking of Chen De's own Inner World, it was simply an eyesore.

There was chaos everywhere, distortion everywhere, and even some unspeakable monsters were born.

These monsters, without exception, seemed like combinations of madness and distortion.

They self-destructed almost as soon as they were born; at every moment, a large number were being born while a large number were being destroyed.

Those lucky enough to survive for a few breaths would fall into mutual slaughter.

They either perished in battle or self-destructed during the fighting.

Such extremely contradictory life forms could not endure even in their place of birth.

Let alone if they were taken to the outside world; they would likely vanish before they even got there.

This included other types of resource products, which were also filled with chaos and distortion, making them unusable.

For example, right now, Chen De moved a life-bearing planet from Yuan Chen's world into his own Inner World.

Visibly, in the very instant it entered, the shape of the entire planet changed.

First, it stretched violently in a certain direction, then it was kneaded and flattened like pulled noodles.

Moreover, a mouth grew from one side of the planet, laughing mockingly.

As for the various forms of life moved in along with the planet—humans, animals, flowers, birds, fish, and insects—before they could even react to what was happening, their bodies were the first to undergo changes.