“Main Shrine!”
Wu Ming arrived at the Main Shrine Hall and sat atop the Throne of Ten Thousand Realms. Instantly, a screen appeared before him.
It displayed various symbols written in styles like cloud script, yet anyone could understand their meanings at a glance.
True Celestial Script is not difficult or obscure. On the contrary, the higher-level Daoist texts are so refined that cultivators immediately grasp their content and meaning without any possibility of misinterpretation.
At this moment, all information regarding Wu Ming himself and the Main Shrine was displayed before his eyes:
[Name: Wu Ming]
[Cultivation Level: Golden Immortal (7th Grade)]
[World: Huangting World (Main Shrine Space · 1%)]
[Unique Title: Sovereign]
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[Main Shrine]
[Number of Recruits: Thirteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty!]
[Explored Worlds: Saer World, Star World, Ghost and God World, Fusang World, Phantom Spirit World, Divine Warrior World…]
[Buildings: Main Shrine Hall, Yuanli Pool, Da Luo Hall, Creation Hall]
[Yuanli Reserves: Four Hundred Thousand Units (Current Capacity Limit of Yuanli Pool: Five Hundred Thousand Units)]
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Cultivating to the level of Golden Immortal was extremely difficult. Even now, Wu Ming had not made much progress.
However, after several years of development, both the Main Shrine and the Huangting World had grown significantly, whether in terms of the number of recruits or Yuanli reserves.
“So, the Steam Universe is finally ready to be opened?”
Ever since the moment he split his consciousness to obtain the Main Shrine Space, the Steam Universe had begun to exhibit a strange resistance. Even forcibly entering would destroy the entire world, so Wu Ming had hesitated.
But now, that powerful resistance had finally vanished completely.
Bang!
With the opening of the hyper-dimensional passage, a flood of information poured out.
“I see, it’s world upgrading?”
Wu Ming’s true body slightly closed his eyes, his expression solemn: “The path of Da Luo is unique! Therefore, all incarnations must be recalled, imprinting a unique mark across all times, spaces, and dimensions—past, present, and future…”
A Heavenly Immortal was extraordinary and transcendent, equivalent to a sixth-grade recruit in the Main Shrine’s rating system.
Golden Immortals were seventh-grade, corresponding to world-level status.
Da Luo Golden Immortals were eighth-grade, universal-level beings! Da Luo cultivators existed eternally across all times and spaces, so even when entering other worlds or universes, their power would not diminish in the slightest.
Although the leap from fifth to sixth grade was a huge threshold, Wu Ming sensed that breaking through from Golden Immortal to Da Luo would be even more challenging—perhaps even more difficult than all the obstacles and bottlenecks he had encountered throughout his cultivation journey combined.
“To accumulate such massive resources, the only way might be the advancement of worlds or even the universe itself?”
Wu Ming murmured, a strange gleam flashing in his eyes.
He had already experienced world advancement in the Steam World, but the advancement of a universe was something he had never even heard of.
However, recalling the worlds he had traversed, a vague suspicion had begun to form in his mind.
Buzz!
As ripples continuously spread through the void, the hyper-dimensional passage stabilized, revealing the figure of a young Westerner.
“True Self!”
He smiled and said: “Finally, we meet again!”
“Yes indeed!”
Wu Ming sighed softly: “Although I am you, and you are me, this situation is still quite unexpected.”
“That powerful being thought we would destroy each other, but in reality…”
Wu Ming’s true body smiled slightly and stepped forward, opening his arms.
Puff!
With an embrace, Steven’s consciousness fragment transformed into a streak of light, completely merging into his body.
Boom!
The entire Main Shrine trembled, and an immediate notification arose:
[Ding!]
[Acquired a space similar to the Main Shrine, assimilation in progress!]
…
It felt as though a long time had passed, yet it was also like only an instant, as the assimilation gradually concluded, generating another information box: [Assimilated artifact, Main Shrine ability enhanced!]
The Main Shrine Space had originally been a half-finished product imitating the Main Shrine.
Now, after devouring the entire Main Shrine Space, Wu Ming suddenly felt the Main Shrine become more complete, exuding a sense of perfection.
“This is… completing the missing parts. Truly a joyous occasion!”
A delighted expression suddenly appeared on his face.
If the Main Shrine could be compared to a high-end car, then the Main Shrine Space was its low-spec version. Although there were some differences, the most basic components could still be used interchangeably.
After receiving the component supplements from the Main Shrine Space, Wu Ming immediately sensed that his Main Shrine had become “complete.”
“The original group of recruits within the space, along with the petitioners and the devout refugees saved during the apocalypse, all need to be settled!”
This was actually quite simple. The recruits could remain recruits, just forbidden from returning to the real world. As for the petitioners and the faithful refugees gathered during the apocalypse? Wu Ming planned to directly settle them into his own Huangting World.
After all, that newly built world desperately needed a large amount of manpower and resources for development.
“The experiences in the Steam World were truly enriching!”
After merging with his fragmented consciousness, Wu Ming reviewed the memories acquired since his consciousness fragment obtained the Main Shrine Space, and a strange emotion arose in his heart.
[Ding! The Main Shrine’s abilities have been completed, adding a new building—Heaven-Stealing Platform!]
In Wu Ming’s perception, near the Yuanli Pool at the center of the Main Shrine, a new building suddenly appeared.
As a combination of countless worlds and paradises, the artifact of the Main Shrine originally had the ability to directly draw energy from chaos to sustain itself.
However, after once breaking apart and losing many components, it had to rely on worlds for survival. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have ended up in Wu Ming’s hands, and he wouldn’t have been forced to scheme for other worlds and seize their essence due to initial energy shortages.
But with the Heaven-Stealing Platform, everything could now be self-sufficient.
[Ding! Yuanli Pool expanded, current capacity limit—One Million Units!]
“With the Heaven-Stealing Platform, the Main Shrine has gained a power source, making it entirely self-sufficient and capable of becoming a world of its own…”
Wu Ming felt joy in his heart, but what he valued more was his own cultivation breakthrough.
Compared to his own transcendence, even the Main Shrine was merely an external object.
“The Da Luo Sutra…”
A scripture automatically surfaced in his mind—it was the Da Luo Sutra that his fragmented consciousness had attempted to deduce.
After experimenting in the Steam World and later receiving computational assistance from the Main Shrine Space and the legacy experience left by that powerful being, the Da Luo Sutra now appeared to Wu Ming’s true self as an exceptionally brilliant secret manual.
“I now fully understand the path of Da Luo. What remains is merely to accumulate patiently, persistently, and attempt to break through…”
Wu Ming pondered, his face once again showing a look of confusion: “But was that powerful being really so kind-hearted, only seeking to pass on knowledge?”
Although there were indeed great cultivators in the world who wished to leave behind their legacies, there were even more with ulterior motives.
Wu Ming was very clear—the powerful being who created the Main Shrine definitely possessed strength beyond the 8th grade!
Such an existence had imprints throughout the river of time, permeating all universes, transcending past, present, and future. Even if they died, they could rise again to scare others. They could not be taken lightly.
Looking at this Steam World operation, although it was perilous, it ultimately resulted in a bountiful return. This couldn’t help but make him suspicious.
Of course, from what he had seen and heard, that powerful being might be seriously injured, might have already perished, and might not be able to cause any significant trouble. It was also possible that the being merely intended to leave behind a legacy.
“In any case, being extra cautious can never be wrong.”
Wu Ming murmured, his eyes seeming to pierce through countless spaces and seeing the expansion of the Huangting World.
Bang!
At the edge of the Huangting World, countless chaotic energies were pushed aside as a small landmass, resembling a space station docking, slowly floated over.
Two landmasses connected and suddenly merged. The entire Huangting World rejoiced and expanded outward significantly.
“Praise our Lord!”
A golden-haired, blue-eyed Redeemer priest knelt in prayer and then stood up, looking around: “As our Lord said, He would send us to a new world. It seems this must be it!”
Existing on this small continent were all followers of the Church of Redemption.
They had migrated en masse during the apocalypse and, after decades of reproduction and development, had already formed many city-states of various sizes, developing a religious civilization vastly different from the Steam World.
Under these circumstances, Wu Ming naturally would not casually abandon them in the Steam World, but instead brought them all out and now settled them into the Huangting World.
As a complete world, the current capacity of Huangting was terrifying.
Moreover, the large number of species, plants, and animals that Wu Ming transplanted from the Steam World would greatly enrich this world’s foundation.
“The eighth-grade path is transcendence, and the first step is to let go of the world…”
Earth Immortals possessed blessed lands, Heavenly Immortals advanced to cave heavens, Golden Immortals created worlds, and reaching the Da Luo realm meant learning to “let go,” allowing the world to evolve independently.
Watching this scene, Wu Ming also pondered deeply.
He only intended to intervene on a large scale in the world this one time. Afterward, he should let the Huangting World evolve on its own.
World evolution was like a person growing from an infant into a youth; it naturally required more space to allow independent development and create sufficient brilliance.
“To strive for the eighth grade, this is just the first step. The second step is to gather sufficient resources, accumulating the world’s Yuanli… In this regard, having the Main Shrine already gives me an advantage. However, if I wish to accelerate this process even further, I must participate more actively in the advancement of worlds, even the universe…”
“When these are completed, what remains is to collect the principles of the Dao, universal laws, forge a unique spiritual imprint belonging solely to myself, and imprint it into the river of time…”
This was the process of self-elevation, forming a singular mark that permeated space and time.
Only at this stage could a cultivator transcend all universes and temporal constraints, achieving freedom and ease, truly deserving the title “Da Luo!”
Never before had the eighth-grade path appeared so clearly before Wu Ming.
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