Shanhai Realm

The Book of Dimensions records the coordinates of dimensional universes discovered by sorcerers who previously practiced projection magic. However, there aren't many, only forty-eight in total, collectively known as the Forty-Eight Worlds.

Worlds without magic or danger are called Primary Worlds, and there are the most of them, totaling 28.

Worlds with faint magic or other strange abilities are called Intermediate Worlds. There aren't many such worlds, only 12 in total.

A higher level of world is called the Spirit Realm, and there are 7 of them. In these worlds live intelligent races no less than humans, and some races are even more powerful than humans.

The last and most powerful one is called the God Realm, inhabited by a race called Deities. These Deities have lifespans of up to five thousand years and are powerful. The strongest among them are even comparable to the Sorcerer Supreme.

Oh, the name of that world is Asgard.

The God Realm, the Spirit Realm, and Earth together form nine worlds. Because they are linked by the World Tree, they are collectively known as the Nine Realms.

"So Asgard isn't in the universe?" Bai Jing clicked his tongue in wonder. He had thought Asgard was some kind of planet, but it turned out to be a dimensional universe.

But it makes sense. Asgardians' technology is so far ahead of Earth's; it's only natural they would understand what the universe is like. However, they call their world the Nine Realms, not the Nine Planets.

There are countless dimensional universes, but most are too small to warrant a name and thus aren't recorded in the book.

Another situation is when a dimension is too powerful or too dangerous. In such cases, it won't be recorded in this book to prevent sorcerers from accidentally entering.

Forget the Nine Realms. Odin, that old man, is always watching. Bai Jing doesn't want to go there yet. He's in his developmental stage and has no need to confront such a powerful being.

There's no need to go to Intermediate Worlds either. He's not here to learn arts, but to absorb water, so the fewer troubles, the better.

Therefore, Primary Worlds are very suitable.

Among the 28 worlds, 7 contain water, and 4 contain a large amount of water!

"Shanhai Realm, where the waves are as high as mountains?" Bai Jing looked at the introduction of one world and then at the illustration in the lower right corner. It was a person standing in the water, looking up at the distant mountains.

"This is the place!" Bai Jing noted down the incantation coordinates. To prevent this world from having too little water, he also wrote down the coordinates of the other 6 worlds before returning the book to its place.

As he was leaving, Bai Jing almost bumped into Mordo.

Mordo looked at Bai Jing with a strange expression. Bai Jing glanced at him and sidestepped to return to his room.

"Bai!" Mordo called from behind.

"Something wrong?" Bai Jing turned and asked.

"I suggest you interact more with everyone. I see that since you came here, you're either in your room or in the library. That's not good. You should make more friends!" Mordo said.

"I'm here to learn, not to make friends!" Bai Jing retorted. "If I wanted to make friends, wouldn't it be better to go to a regular school? There are more people there, and they're younger, prettier, and more energetic!"

"No, no, no," Mordo waved his hand. "I just think you're not fitting in. Do you know what everyone says about you behind your back?"

"Who cares?" Bai Jing asked again. "There are so many types of magic, and so many books in the library. It's not unusual to spend ten or twenty years studying them. I don't see anyone borrowing a book to read, but they have time to gossip? You think my serious study is abnormal, but their gossip about me is normal?"

Mordo was speechless. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Learning shouldn't be the entirety of life. Will you feel happy living like this?"

Bai Jing had just been wondering why Mordo was asking such strange questions. Now he understood.

So Mordo also grew up with "happy education"!

This version of Mordo is a black man. His background story is a bit different from that of Baron Mordo, but it's not hard to guess why a black man could become a follower of the Sorcerer Supreme.

Mordo is nearly 40 years old this year and has been following the Sorcerer Supreme for nearly 20 years, meaning he started following the Sorcerer Supreme in 1988.

There are four Sanctum Sanctorums in the world: one in London, one in Hong Kong, one in New York, and one in Nepal.

Around 1988, there were no black people in Nepal or Hong Kong. In the UK and the US during that era, "happy education" was undoubtedly the norm.

This meant no emphasis on grades or exams. What was taught in class wasn't important; the most important thing was happiness.

Under this educational system, students preferred activities and sports and disliked top students and those who loved to read, calling them nerds.

Those who watch American TV shows should understand this culture.

When Rick tells Morty to do less homework, saying it affects intelligence, he's referring to the homework assigned under this educational system. Homework that only aims for student happiness will naturally affect intelligence.

Mordo grew up under this system, and certain concepts were deeply ingrained in his mind, even carried over to Kamar-Taj.

This is what Bai Jing sees now: many sorcerers are practicing martial arts in the training grounds, while the library is empty.

The only one reading a book is Kaecilius. It's no wonder he became a villain; villains are always cunning and value knowledge.

Bai Jing looked at Mordo and said earnestly, "I love learning. Learning makes me happy. I cannot give up learning for even a moment. To me, giving up learning is like giving up life."

Mordo fell silent.

Bai Jing waved his hand. "Farewell!"

"Bai!" Mordo narrowed his eyes. He thought of the newly arrived Banner and Kaecilius before him.

All exceptionally talented, all eager to learn!

This gave him, as the Sorcerer Supreme's eldest disciple, a strong sense of crisis!

Bai Jing didn't care what Mordo was thinking. He knew that Baron Mordo had spiraled because Strange became the Sorcerer Supreme, eventually turning evil and becoming a villain. Bai Jing didn't know what the future held for this Mordo.

But no matter what, he wouldn't be his opponent.

With a black hole in hand, I have the world!

Shanhai Realm, here I come!

In his small room, Bai Jing chanted. His spirit left his body, and with a special incantation combined with spatial coordinates, Bai Jing felt as if he had passed through a thick barrier. In the blink of an eye, the world, which had been bright at one o'clock in the afternoon, suddenly became dim.

All that met the eye were the myriad stars overhead and the surging tide beneath his feet.

The stars were not of this world, but projections of the stars from the outside.

However, the tide beneath his feet was real!

This was an ocean, an ocean so vast that even Bai Jing's sight could not find its end, nor could it spot a single fish or island!

This was a world made entirely of water!

Rumble...

A sound like thunder echoed from the horizon. Bai Jing quickly looked up, only to see a wave connecting heaven and earth at the edge of the sky, like a moving city wall, rolling towards him!

"Waves like mountains, waves like mountains! This is practically the Red Earth Continent!" Bai Jing stared at the monstrous wave, recalling the fear humans felt when dominated by giants.

"This is exactly what I want!" Bai Jing excitedly plunged into the water.

For a teleportation portal to form, a clear image must first be conceived in the mind. Therefore, he had to enter the water and find a fixed scene to record.

He didn't know how deep the water was. Bai Jing activated his Devour ability, absorbing water as he descended. After half an hour, he still hadn't reached the seabed.

"What is this? My speed must be over 120 kilometers per hour, and I've descended 60 kilometers without reaching the bottom?" Bai Jing clicked his tongue. The deepest trench on Earth is only 11 kilometers!

He refused to believe it and continued to descend. But after another half hour, looking at the pitch-black ocean below, Bai Jing began to feel uneasy.

He was quite brave, but the key was that there wasn't a single fish in the 120-kilometer-deep sea, and it was dark below. It always gave Bai Jing the feeling of being in a solidified abyss.

"Forget it, that's enough for today!" Bai Jing didn't know when it would end. What if another hour passed and he still hadn't reached the bottom?

To come here, one needed to chant an incantation to sense the coordinates. To return, however, was unnecessary; his own body was the most conspicuous coordinate!

In the blink of an eye, Bai Jing returned to his own body. He sensed his Gravity Field again: 3.7 meters!

He checked the time and was a little surprised. Why was it 7:30 PM?

Had he spent 6 hours in the water world?

That couldn't be right. Thought speed is extremely fast. I spent 1 hour in the water world in a spiritual state. Theoretically, the actual time elapsed in the outside world should be less than a second!

But in reality, 6 hours had passed outside!

This meant that the time ratio of this world was outrageously disproportionate to reality.

One day in the water world was equivalent to tens of thousands of years on Earth!

Perhaps if his true body went to that world to pee and came back, the descendants of his descendants would already be grown!

Bai Jing quickly flipped through the book and found the description of the water world. He looked from top to bottom, left to right, but found no mention of the time ratio!

"I understand!" Bai Jing thought for a while and knew the reason.

Because the water world only contained water and nothing else, it had no value to Mages. Therefore, Mages wouldn't go there in person; at most, they would use spiritual projection to take a look.

The time of the spirit and the time of reality were relative, and the time of the water world and the time of reality were also relative.

When these two relative values were divided, the ratio of time spent in the water world by spirit to the outside time was close to 1:1!

That is to say, one hour of spirit in the water world was equivalent to one hour in reality!

When Mages viewed the water world this way, they naturally overlooked the time difference.

It could be compared to the sun and the moon. The sun was equivalent to the time of the spirit, and the moon was equivalent to the time of the water world. The sun was N times larger than the Earth, and the Earth was N times larger than the moon. However, due to the distance, the moon and the sun appeared to be the same size to us.

Bai Jing's situation was that his spiritual realm was too low, equivalent to the Earth being too small. The relative time ratio in a spiritual state was very small. Therefore, one hour for him in the water world was equivalent to 6 hours in reality.

When his spirit became stronger, he could also achieve a 1:1 spiritual to outside time ratio!

"Well, although the time ratio is vastly different, the water pressure at nearly 120 kilometers deep is much higher than that of the Hudson River, and my water absorption rate hasn't slowed down much!" Bai Jing calculated simply and found that even with the time difference, spending an hour absorbing water in the Shanhai Realm every day was pure profit!

The key was that the water in the Shanhai Realm could be absorbed freely, unlike on Earth!

His current Gravity Field diameter had reached 7 meters. Such a large amount of water absorption would definitely be noticed in the Hudson River, and even in the deep sea, it would be difficult to avoid being seen by the Sorcerer Supreme.

More importantly, as the Gravity Field continued to grow, absorbing water like this would cause climate problems.

In short, it was not free and felt awkward.

"Then I'll go for 2 hours every day, which is equivalent to 12 hours in the real world. This way, the Gravity Field can increase by about 1 meter per day!" Bai Jing thought.

Yes, he could also descend deeper and see if the Shanhai Realm actually had a seabed!

Chapter fifty!

The protagonist has only been in Marvel for about 6-7 days since transmigrating.

Actually, I didn't intend to drag it out, but there hasn't been any situation where I could skip several months in one go.

So, I can only write it slowly like this.

It will pick up pace once Hell's Kitchen is dealt with.

In my outline, dealing with Hell's Kitchen only took one line, 6 characters. Who knew it would take so many words to write.

Also, I transformed Hell's Kitchen into Heaven, and it's not because I betrayed the working class.

I explained it earlier: one man's poison is another man's meat.