Within the Pocket World, a mountain peak that seemed to connect to the sky had its summit piercing through the clouds, surrounded by a sea of clouds. On the mountain summit, a person sat quietly, and the sea of clouds seemed to churn with his every breath.
Zhao Li had returned from the Star Realm and immediately ascended the mountain peak. Since then, he had been sitting cross-legged on the summit for several months.
At this moment, his mind was immersed within his body, like a deity inspecting his territory. Wherever his thoughts passed, the countless Cell Particles within his body became active, like a Million Strong Army, roaring towards the Realm Barrier that resembled the Sky Dome.
With a thought, Zhao Li transformed his Dou Qi into horses, bowstrings, and Long Sabers, fully arming them. Carrying an unstoppable Momentum, they launched an attack towards the Sky Dome!
As they charged again and again, that layer of Barrier was like a calm sea surface, first rippling slightly, then turning into waves, until it became a turbulent surge!
With repeated friction and repeated Probing, the Nine Star Realm's Barrier was like an Isolated City under siege, only able to passively endure the impact.
*Boom!*
After an unknown amount of Time and an unknown number of impacts, that layer of Barrier shattered with a roar. In an instant, Zhao Li felt as if he had entered a warm world, enveloped by an exceptionally soft aura, and an infinite sense of satisfaction arose in his heart.
But soon, Zhao Li moved, striking while the iron was hot, attacking this world!
Since he began Cultivation, he had broken through countless times and was already familiar with the process. How could he miss this opportunity to break through the Realm bottleneck and absorb the rewards within?
When that Barrier shattered, it was like falling Withered Leaves turning into Spring Mud to protect the flowers, causing the Dou Qi within Zhao Li to rapidly grow and his vision to widen again, just like the Deity in this Pocket World.
When he broke through the Barrier, countless people within the Pocket World looked up at The Void, but they saw nothing. Yet, they had no intention of looking away. A thought arose in their minds simultaneously:
"What is that, Old Man Heaven?"
Just now, they seemed to have felt a ethereal and vast aura appear from within The Void. In that instant, The Void seemed to suddenly come alive, possessing a real Will.
In fact, it was almost the same, except the world hadn't come alive. It had just suddenly changed from an ownerless dead object to an owned object. Just now, it was merely the manifestation of its owner's Will within it.
Perhaps this world was originally created by Zhao Li. When he broke through to Dou Sheng, everything in this world was clearly presented before his eyes.
At this moment, in front of Zhao Li, this Pocket World had changed its appearance. Rather than calling it a Pocket World, it was more like a perfect Grand Formation. It had an empty Space and could easily connect with the Continent. As it grew stronger, it seemed to be assimilating with the Continent.
Zhao Li felt it was like a Sac that had detached from the larger world of the Dou Qi Continent, but with slight differences. There was still a Two-Way Feedback between them.
The Pocket World had taken some Origin from the larger world, but just like the saying "the wool comes from the sheep," the growth of the Pocket World could also enhance the Continent's own Foundation.
And his current state was like the Heavenly Dao of this Pocket World. He could monitor everything within the Pocket World and easily change its layout. In other words, at this moment, his size was no different from this Pocket World, and he even subtly surpassed it.
From this strange perspective, Zhao Li felt a faint connection. So, following that weak connection, he saw the other side!
That was a Towering Tree, and he was now one of the branches within the massive Root System beneath the great tree.
This reminded him of the Dou Di Bloodline's extraordinary Cultivation speed and the terrifying improvements of the Xiao Family when Huo Huo advanced to Dou Di in the original story.
"Could this be the reason why Dou Di Clans can enjoy the Bloodline Bonus?"
If there was any Pocket World on the Dou Qi Continent that could be strong enough to receive positive feedback from the Dou Qi Continent, it would probably only be those Dou Di existences who could create Pocket Worlds of that level.
Moreover, he could now rival this Pocket World. If he continued to Cultivate, would he be able to rival the Dou Qi Continent when he broke through to Dou Di?
Zhao Li withdrew from that strange perspective and sighed inwardly:
"Indeed, the Dao of Heaven takes from what is abundant and gives to what is lacking. This principle is truly eternal."
Below the Dou Di Realm, a wide net is cast. As long as one person becomes an Emperor, the Continent will receive feedback. Moreover, even if no Pocket World owner becomes an Emperor, these Pocket Worlds will be like countless root hairs branching out from a large tree. For the world itself, there is no loss.
Furthermore, Zhao Li thought of the first time he came into contact with that strange Ball of Light. Unconsciously, he had a feeling of ascension. That feeling was as if he was about to be assimilated into a part of that Ball of Light, which was almost indistinguishable from the concept of "Spreading the Dao" in myths and legends.
"Hmm, overthinking is useless. Only by truly breaking through to Dou Di will all of this have an answer."
After much thought, Zhao Li had sorted out a line of reasoning, but it was only a guess derived from the world he himself had created. Without any other evidence, he couldn't be certain that this was the case.
However, he felt it was highly likely. Just as the legendary First Emperor Spreading the Dao throughout the world to seek fellow Daoists, the world's instinct is also to develop towards a better goal.
So Zhao Li didn't continue to dwell on this issue. Anyway, as long as he achieved Dou Di, he would know whether this was the case.
Sometimes, thinking too much only adds to one's troubles.
Immediately, Zhao Li immersed his mind and felt the changes after this breakthrough, and then he was startled:
"This is? A Rule Network similar to the World Origin?"
In his Qi Sea, that round Inner Core, which had transformed from the initial Qi Cyclone, to the later Dou Crystal, and then gradually Returned to Simplicity, was now surrounded by a layer of faint fine lines. He could feel that their existence had directly increased his ability to mobilize the Power of Heaven and Earth by ten percent!
Don't underestimate that ten percent. If an Eight-Star Dou Sheng could utilize this ten percent of World Power, it would be enough to rival a Mid-Stage Nine Star existence!
One must know that he himself could previously only barely utilize fifty percent of World Power, and this was already enough for him to contend with Hun Tiandi!
"It seems I'm not far from being invincible. I wonder if I can reach the Realm of the First Emperor when I can utilize one hundred percent of the Power of Heaven and Earth?"
If his guess was correct, the First Emperor should be a truly Heavenly Supreme level existence. As for other Dou Di, even if they could break through to Dou Di by relying on the Plane Embryo and Emperor's Origin Qi that were shattered by who knows what, they only had the Realm in name, but their strength had not reached the Heavenly Supreme level.
Putting everything else aside, without the Plane Embryo, the control over World Power is limited to ninety percent at most! And for the remaining ten percent, cultivating it on one's own would take who knows how many years.
Thinking of this, Zhao Li shook his head slightly and sighed:
"Alas, it's a pity. Without the Plane Embryo, the hope of cultivating to one hundred percent is slim. I don't know what it was shattered into."
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