After returning from the Heavenly Silkworm Clan's residence, Reilo fell deep into thought.
The birth of a Level Six life-form was no longer simply a matter of the so-called ecological food chain in Evolution's Profound Meaning. Besides requiring vast amounts of Law Aura and influence over an immense territory, it also needed the support of vitality and fortune.
This vitality did not refer only to ordinary living creatures. It also included the world as a whole.
In other words,
if the world as a whole were viewed as a living creature, then the Star Binding Technique would undoubtedly promote its growth, essentially adding to its mass out of thin air and bringing it a measure of vitality.
As for the fortune that a Level Six life-form had to incorporate, that was easy enough to understand.
If a Level Six life-form were likened to a tycoon whose status depended on possessing an enormous sum of gold coins, then the Star Curtain World Reilo inhabited was like a country in which industries of every kind were in constant decline.
Earning money in a country that was steadily declining was countless times harder than doing so in a thriving nation on the rise.
The sum of gold coins a tycoon needed was simply too great. Small-scale industries could not meet its needs, and even the resources of several provinces' populations were nowhere near enough. Meanwhile, bulk commodity industries such as energy were completely monopolized by the Ancient Ones and Immortals. As newcomers, they could only settle for less and try to build their wealth in other, less profitable industries.
However,
as more competitors like Reilo and the Feather Emperor appeared, the total supply of gold coins in this declining country kept shrinking. Eventually, they realized that unless they defeated every other competitor or