Merit.
Although the overall level of the Douluo Continent universe was low, it was ultimately a supernatural world. Therefore, Ye Wen had often drawn on cultivation novels from his previous life while cultivating. He had even pirated "Investiture of the Gods" and spread it around as entertainment fiction.
Thus, Ye Wen had a deep understanding of merit.
Unfortunately, Ye Wen had received no merit for liberating Douluo Star, nor had heavenly merit descended after he conquered dozens of star systems.
This had led Ye Wen to believe that this universe was too low-level, that its World Law had never developed such a mechanism.
But judging from the current situation, Ye Wen realized that his thinking had been flawed.
Subconsciously, Ye Wen had believed that doing good deeds, or helping humanity advance its civilization as in Primordial Novels, would earn merit.
But that was actually a mistaken notion.
At most, such actions could be considered virtuous deeds. They might allow one to be reborn into a good family in their next life through the cycle of life and death.
True merit, however, was a special energy bestowed with the recognition of heaven and earth when one benefited the entire world.
Now, Ye Wen had crusaded against Chaos and eliminated a crisis that could have led the world toward destruction.
This was a great merit that benefited this universe!
Although Ye Wen knew that the merit before him had come because of him and would never disperse, he still could not suppress the instinctive urge rising from within. He began drawing the strands of merit into his body bit by bit. The feeling was simply incredible.
Yet the habits he had developed over the years quickly calmed him down, and he began analyzing the mysteries of this merit.
In Primordial Novels, merit's