Any major power, when it begins to unify, is always accompanied by a certain degree of turmoil, but fortunately, the chaos was quickly and thoroughly quelled.
With the implementation of various types of reforms, the entire Federation gradually stabilized.
Three years later, internal stability within the Federation was established, and subsequently, through a series of policy formulations and reforms, the entire continent began to move onto the right track.
Several god-level powerhouses entered the laboratories one after another, participating in different projects and gradually becoming a group of scientists.
As science developed, they began to immerse themselves in scientific research, and it was not uncommon for a single god to participate in multiple projects.
They did this, on one hand, because of the point system established by Lord Huosi; research results could be converted into points, and points could be exchanged for divine artifacts.
The divine artifacts here were not the pieces of junk they used to nurture slowly with their own divine power.
These were divine artifacts infused with new technology and scientific attributes; if one had enough points, there might even be a chance, like Adkins, to obtain battle armor and fundamentally change one's strength.
Although the points required for battle armor were terrifyingly high, it might take hundreds of millions of years to achieve.
However, god-level powerhouses lacked many things, but they never lacked time; in a magical universe with endless lifespans, time had little meaning.
On the other hand, they could also gain rewards from the laboratories, such as divine artifacts and other items they could modify themselves, while simultaneously manufacturing special weapons, like remote-detonating crystal balls.
Some of the old professors in the laboratories had mixed feelings about this; they were happy that with the addition of god-level powerhouses, research would inevitably reach a higher level.
These guys could go without eating, drinking, or sleeping, researching non-stop, which was terrifyingly effective; science, in many cases, required time, and gods had the most time of all.
They were also worried because this group could work all year round without eating, drinking, or sleeping, which made it hard for the old folks to keep up.
These god-level beings, relying on their divine bodies, didn't care, but many ordinary researchers couldn't handle it.
Most of the professors at the research institute had not reached the Saint-level; although their bodies were far superior to ordinary people, they could not go without food, drink, or rest all year round like gods.
Even after entering a state of deep focus, they could automatically absorb the elements of heaven and earth, but they still required a certain amount of time for rest and meals.
However, these gods wouldn't let them rest well, especially Airlock, who would often wake people up when they were asleep to ask a few questions, only to tell them to get a good night's rest after he was done.
The victims were so angry they wanted to slap him, but they had to hold back out of fear of his strength.
While the Federation was developing prosperously, Huosi left the laboratory alone.
He was about to begin a new research direction.
In the Far North Ice Plains, beside eleven complex hexagram magic arrays, a middle-aged man in white robes sat cross-legged on the ground.
After a long while, the man suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the distant sky.
A streak of light flashed by rapidly and then landed on the ground.
"Long time no see, Mr. Kaido."
Huosi's figure appeared, and he greeted him slowly.
"Yo, you're here, Huosi. You've made quite a stir on the continent these past few years."
Kaido spoke in a teasing tone; he was generally aware of what was happening on the continent.
Kaido Reinass was a collateral descendant of the Reinass family from the Infernal Realm and was the current guardian of the Yulan plane.
In the Infernal Realm, he was a weak collateral descendant, belonging to the kind of ordinary person one could see everywhere and who wasn't worth mentioning.
But in the material plane, he was a top-tier powerhouse, the only Mid-level God in the entire plane, an invincible existence.
It should be said that the plane guardian being the strongest was the true norm for material planes.
Not every material plane had a Beirut; in most material planes, the guardian was the true master.
If they wanted to, they could even unify the material plane and become kings with ease; of course, few people did this, as material planes held no attraction for them at all.
With that kind of time, it was better to cultivate properly and, by the way, trick more Saint-level experts into going to the divine planes to supplement the food supply there.
Kaido's personality was relatively laid-back; most of the time he spent cultivating on his own, and he didn't even go to the continent to trick people into going to the divine planes.
That's right, it was tricking; after all, plane guardians were people who had stayed in the divine planes, so how could they not know what would happen to Saint-level experts who went there?
Yet, despite this, they would still constantly persuade those Saint-level experts to go to other planes.
If they were humans, it might be slightly better; some people might need servants, and Saint-level humans might have a chance to survive and wait to become gods.
If they were magical beasts, half would be treated as food and half as materials; the ingredients in the castle's restaurant and the materials for making some divine artifacts often came from magical beasts.
However, today, Kaido looked at Huosi, and his interest was slightly piqued.
"Huosi, are you interested in joining my family?"
Kaido stared at Huosi and asked, a rare question for him.
"Join your family?"
Huosi was stunned; he hadn't expected Kaido to invite him.
He knew about Kaido's family—the Reinass family, the family that would later produce Hodan and Sadista, and the one that participated in the siege of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
As a Shura family, the Reinass family's strength was quite formidable.
Daring to besiege the Four Divine Beasts Clan itself spoke volumes.
One had to know that although the Four Divine Beasts Clan had suffered heavy losses, their strength was still very powerful.
The Eight Great Clans dared to besiege them not only because of hatred but also because they had the strength to do so.
"That's right. You, kid, seem to have some talent in delving into certain specialized fields. Our clan's magic array masters might just take a liking to you."
Kaido continued, showing a hint of appreciation for Huosi.
Plane Overseers were originally a system designed by the Sovereigns countless years ago to spread their faith and attract more life to the Divine Planes.
Later, as time passed and the wars of faith gradually came to an end, the Sovereigns stopped placing much importance on these matters.
Subsequently, many great clans began to appear, controlling portions of material planes to serve as bases for talent reserves.
After all, many great clans did not rely solely on bloodlines. The Four Divine Beasts Clan, where one could awaken talents with just a bit of lineage, was a rarity. Many clans absorbed geniuses from material planes through marriage or by offering them positions as retainers.
Since material planes were often lacking in elemental energy, those who could independently break through to become deities were rarely lacking in talent.
Enlightened great clans would absorb all kinds of talent to ensure the clan's foundation.
Of course, most of these were clans without bloodline support.
The Four Divine Beasts Clan required one to possess their own bloodline to undergo the ancestral baptism, so they had no interest in outsiders.
Similarly, there were the clans on Miluo Island, which relied on the Blood-Veined Titan bloodline within their families and naturally placed great importance on lineage.
Xisai was hunted down by Saikela precisely because the child Cecily was carrying lacked the Blood-Veined Titan bloodline, which Saikela had identified at a single glance.
Kaido actually had his own mission, which was to absorb people with decent talent into the clan.
Of course, by today, this mission had become purely symbolic.
After all, as the Reinass clan had gradually grown stronger over the years, their own strength was sufficient, and geniuses from the material planes were simply too rare.
It was the kind of task where you wouldn't be blamed for failing, but you wouldn't be rewarded for completing it either.
If it weren't for the fact that a close elder of Kaido's was fond of magic arrays, he wouldn't have said anything at all. At the very least, in the current Yulan plane, he didn't see anyone qualified to be absorbed by the clan.
"My apologies, Mr. Kaido, but I currently have no intention of leaving the continent."
Huosi shook his head, directly rejecting the other party's solicitation.
Considering everything, the Reinass clan was not a good choice for Huosi; in fact, it was extremely dangerous.
On one hand, Huosi knew his own situation best. The things he researched were different from magic arrays, and he could not expose many aspects of his technological knowledge.
His true talent regarding magic arrays was not actually that strong, and even if he went to a so-called great clan, he would not be valued.
Conversely, an outsider who joined a great clan without demonstrating significant utility would only face one outcome: being treated as a disposable pawn.
On the other hand, the Reinass clan would very likely clash with the Four Divine Beasts Clan in the future. It would be easy for an outsider like him to become cannon fodder.
As a Shura clan that joined the other seven great clans in besieging the Four Divine Beasts Clan, the Reinass clan was destined to suffer heavy casualties in the future battles.
Perhaps in the eyes of the higher-ups, all of this was just a number, but for those who died, they only had one life.
The Reinass clan, the other seven great clans, and the Four Divine Beasts Clan—the number of people who would die would likely reach an astronomical figure.
Joining the clan as an outsider would surely lead to a miserable end.
When Linley first arrived at the Bloodridge Continent with Dilin and the others, they encountered a group of people being hunted down.
The only reason they were being killed was that they had helped the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
It was precisely because of this that Linley had specifically investigated and learned that the Four Divine Beasts Clan was currently in a difficult situation.
"Is that so? Then never mind."
Kaido shook his head, not caring much. He had only mentioned it in passing.
At the end of the day, Huosi was just a low-level deity who had refined a divine spark; he wasn't worth spending more energy on.
The fact that he had spoken up at all was already giving Huosi a chance. Since Huosi wasn't interested, it didn't matter.
"Mr. Kaido, I would like to discuss something with you."
Slightly changing the subject, Huosi continued to speak.
"Oh? What do you want with me? Surely you aren't planning to leave the Yulan plane now."
Kaido was slightly stunned, then looked at Huosi with some confusion.
This kid had just unified the entire continent with his formidable strength not long ago; he couldn't possibly want to leave now, or what was the point of him unifying it in the first place?
"Naturally not. I want to research a teleportation magic array here, so I would like to impose on you for a while."
Huosi shook his head and spoke slowly.
"What the hell? You said you want to research a teleportation magic array?"
Kaido couldn't help but widen his eyes, doubting if he had heard correctly.
This kid, what he just said—he wanted to research a teleportation magic array?
Following that, Kaido felt it was utterly absurd. This kid really didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth; no, he was simply being incredibly arrogant.
Something created by the Highgods? You want to research that too? Do you think you're a Sovereign?
I mentioned in passing that you had talent in magic arrays, and you think you're capable of anything? Isn't that too arrogant?
As a disciple of a Shura clan, although his talent was average, his knowledge was far beyond what an ordinary person could compare to.
The teleportation magic arrays between heaven and earth were created by the Highgods during the early stages of the world's birth.
Even a Highgod could not possibly research it, let alone replicate it.
Now, a Lowgod was saying he wanted to study a magic array; how utterly absurd.
The last time he had heard such a ridiculous statement was when a disciple of his clan claimed he wanted to cultivate eleven clones.
However, throughout countless years and among countless gods, no one had ever been able to cultivate eleven clones; even those with five or six were few and far between.
"Is that so? Then do as you please, but I must warn you, this magic array is not so easy to study."
Kaido shrugged indifferently and spoke directly.
Let the kid mess around with it; it would be quite amusing to watch him scratch his head in total confusion.
"Then thank you, Mr. Kaido."
Huosi smiled slightly, then took out several detectors from his interspatial ring and sat down right beside the magic array.
"Oh? A little interesting, but it's a pity you don't understand what a spatial teleportation magic array signifies."
Kaido raised an eyebrow, watching Huosi as he pondered.
In the Coiling Dragon world, time was cheap; Huosi felt he had just gained a spark of inspiration, yet another hundred years had already passed.
It made Huosi sigh; back in his previous life at school, there were always top students who lamented how fast time flew, and he had never understood it.
Now he understood: in the eyes of those geniuses, learning was a very natural thing, and time simply slipped away while they were absorbed in it. Naturally, they couldn't grasp the feeling of a poor student for whom every day felt like a year.
Fortunately, in this life, he probably didn't fall into the category of a poor student anymore.
"You kid, you finally stopped. You actually spent a hundred years without a word; what are the results?"
Kaido looked at Huosi with considerable surprise; he truly hadn't expected Huosi to be able to persist for a full hundred years.
"It is far too profound; I couldn't understand it at all!"
Huosi shook his head directly, indicating that he hadn't understood it.
"I told you long ago that this thing isn't easy to comprehend; do you understand now?"
Kaido curled his lip, scoffing at Huosi's actions.
Huosi smiled calmly and didn't answer. In truth, he had gained some insights and already had a train of thought for creating a spatial teleportation magic array.
But for a Lowgod to find inspiration in a spatial teleportation array created by a Highgod was too shocking to the world; it was better to go back and work on it later.
Therefore, he told Kaido directly that he didn't understand it. Once he returned, he would continue his research, and Huosi estimated that he would be able to produce a finished product very soon.
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