After the Boundary Wall connection was complete, a flood of battle reports came in from the front lines.
To sum it up in one sentence: the Guest-receiving Monk was under little pressure from Orion, and he was further strengthening his control over the Boundary Wall in the Overlimit Zone.
A World King could directly mobilize the power of a Boundary Wall. As long as it fought on home ground within the Boundary Wall, even the Zodiacal Orbit would struggle to break in.
From this, Lu Yao figured out two things.
First, once World Kings developed to the end, they could easily end up devouring one another.
They controlled de facto territory and held the key passages between Pocket Universes. Whether it was the Old Rulers or The Reigning One in the past, they had all become overlords of their domains only after eliminating every other dissenter.
Second, a World King served as both ruler and defender of life.
Even The Reigning One, insane as he was, had merely pursued the limits of power and gone mad enough to spar with the Laws, yet he had still allowed great numbers of Calamity Variants to reproduce and grow freely. After reaching this stage, they must all have realized that life itself was a kind of ultimate power, possessing enormous potential and function.
But right now, there were only two World Kings. What if there were two more? At least one could garrison each Boundary Wall. There should still be enough slots for that.
Lu Yao summoned Alchemy Child and asked about the progress.
An embarrassed expression appeared above the young Immortal Tree girl's head. "Great Lord, although 'Contrast 19' has a certain catalytic effect, of the 177 Feathered Ones we have tested so far, only the Guest-receiving Monk and The Unawakened succeeded.