For the next while, Richard remained in the Coiling Dragon World, digesting the gains he had made in the Naruto World.
On a whim, he even found a large Magic Crystal Mine and planted the God Tree there, leaving the Water Element Divine Clone to guard it.
Later, he could see how the God Tree Fruit produced in the Coiling Dragon World differed from those in the Naruto World.
He was incredibly busy. Even with two Divine Clones, he still could not keep up. At times like this, the Shadow Clone Technique was a divine skill. He did not need Shadow Clones for combat; he only needed them to work.
He needed to study the Ninjutsu, Sealing Techniques, Barrier Techniques, Yin-Yang Release, Sage Arts, and more that he had brought back from the Ninja World.
There were also many research projects to carry out: the treasures obtained from the Ninja World, the Rinnegan, and the transformation of the Kamui Eye into Divine Artifacts.
He needed to comprehend the Laws of Time and Space, Life Law, Laws of Fate, Laws of Wind, Law of Water, Laws of Earth, Laws of Fire, and Laws of Thunder.
Several Divine Artifacts needed to be upgraded and modified again after barely being used. He also needed to forge an exclusive Divine Artifact for his main body. Furthermore, during his last trip to the Ninja World, he had found the lack of sealing and imprisonment-type Divine Artifacts extremely troublesome when facing enemies he needed to capture alive. Therefore, he also needed to forge sealing and imprisonment-type Divine Artifacts.
His own Dojutsu Small World needed to be constructed, and the Small World within the Kamui Eye needed to be modified as well.
Additionally, he needed to combine Dragon Race Alchemy, Divine Machine Refinement, the Ninja World's Yin-Yang Release and Sealing Techniques, and the Coiling Dragon World's native Magic Arrays and forging methods into an artifact-refining art exclusively for himself.
There was simply too much to do. Richard worked on and off for several decades before he barely managed to sort it all out, and that was only thanks to the help of a large number of Shadow Clones.
Over those decades, thanks to the gains from the Ninja World, he made remarkable progress in Life Law, the Laws of Time and Space, and the laws of wind, fire, water, earth, and thunder.
Life Law even surpassed Laws of Fate, allowing him to become a god first through Life Law.
Richard still followed his old routine, quietly going overseas to become a god, then quietly returning. Stability was the priority.
He once again experienced the pain of having his soul split in two. Although the Soul Gold Bead could heal his injuries, the thought that he would have to endure such pain several more times made the road ahead seem hopeless.
With Life Law achieving godhood, Richard's main body cast off another burden. From now on, matters concerning Life Law and Yin-Yang Release could be handled by the Life Divine Clone.
As for the Laws of Fire, he had inherited the memories of the King of Bronze and Fire, so his comprehension progressed rather quickly.
As for the Laws of Earth, Richard made another trip to the Dragon World and exchanged insights with Xia Mi regarding the Laws of Earth. His comprehension even surpassed that of the Laws of Fire. At present, he had entered the Mysteries of Earth Element, Profound Mystery of Gravity Space, and Mysteries of Life Force, and was progressing rapidly. It was foreseeable that he might surpass the Law of Water in the near future.
His progress in the Laws of Thunder was unremarkable. He could only be said to have gotten started, and his comprehension speed was not particularly fast.
The result of using Shadow Clones in such large numbers was that every time he released them, his head throbbed painfully. He always felt that one day, he would be unable to bear it any longer and his head would explode.
Especially since he was using Shadow Clones to comprehend profound Law Profound Mysteries.
At this moment, within the secluded Nibelungen, the Life Divine Clone in green robes had taken the Wind Element Divine Clone's place.
The Wind Element Divine Clone had been sent by Richard to take over the small continent from which they had snatched the Soul Gold Bead last time.
Previously, lacking manpower, he could only abandon that small continent. Now that he had spare Divine Clones to send over, he naturally intended to claim it.
If nothing else, he could at least plunder plenty of valuable resources.
Richard's consumption of resources was now astronomical.
This time, merely constructing his Dojutsu Small World had nearly bankrupted him.
If he merely wanted to casually build an ordinary Small World, it naturally would not cost much. But if he wanted a sufficiently sturdy Small World, one capable of withstanding battles between him and his enemies, then the resources required would be astronomical.
Even so, Richard had only barely built a Small World spanning a thousand li. It could barely be called a Grotto-Heaven Small World.
Although this world was fairly sturdy, it still could not withstand Richard fighting at full strength. It would collapse under the impact. There was no helping it; he lacked resources.
It was mainly intended as a rear base and was not meant for fighting enemies.
The Kamui Eye, which Richard had strengthened and modified, was the special Divine Artifact responsible for sealing and imprisoning enemies.
Richard forged a mirror, then fused the Kamui Eye into it.
Out of a mischievous sense of humor, Richard named the mirror the Void Mirror. He only hoped that one day it would truly live up to that name and become a genuine Extreme Emperor Weapon.
Richard divided the Kamui Space into multiple regions, allowing it to suppress multiple targets.
After creating just those two spaces, Richard had little resources left. One had to know that this was after he had plundered the wealth of several Low-level Gods.
If it had been Richard when he had first become a god, he would not even have had enough resources to build half a space.
With his resources nearly exhausted, Richard had to replenish them as quickly as possible.
Moreover, in the Coiling Dragon World, faith could also serve as a resource for God Level experts. Thus, Richard had even less reason to let such a small continent go.
Since Richard only shut down the Chat Group intermittently and often logged in to chat with the other members, half a year had passed in the Chat Group since he returned from the Ninja World.
Before he knew it, more than a year had passed in the Chat Group since he joined it.
From several group members who had joined in the first batch, he learned that less than a year had actually passed in the Chat Group between their joining and Richard's group's second batch joining.
Perhaps a third batch of group members would join at any time.
The Chat Group was discussing exactly this matter. Everyone was guessing what kind of worlds the next batch would come from.
Ye Zhen: It would be best if more experts joined.
Lin Feng: Give us a world where immortality is easier to attain. Save this kid. I'm almost thirty, and immortality is hopeless.
Wan Wan: You've already reached the Grandmaster realm, and you still say immortality is hopeless?
Lin Feng: You still haven't said what realm you're at. You're often offline, so you must be in seclusion. Have you reached Grandmaster too?
Wan Wan: Guess.
Lin Feng: Definitely. You ran off to Yangzhou City early on, found Shi Long, and snatched the Longevity Formula. By the way, now that you stole the Longevity Formula, what will happen to the Twin Dragons?
Wan Wan: What the hell does that have to do with me? Whether those two pathetic simps rise to power or not, Li Tang will win in the end. What difference does it make whether they exist or not?
Lin Feng: I think you're just annoyed at Xu Ziling. He met you first, yet he ran off to simp for Shi Feixuan.
Wan Wan: Neither of them is any good. One simped for Shi Feixuan, and the other simped for Li Xiuning. They even gave up the world for them. Choosing beauty over power—how devoted. In the end, they still did not get either woman. They deserved it!
Sister Bao: Xu Si says this is love.
Ever since Xu Si learned that there were powerful figures still watching over their world, he had completely let himself go and no longer interfered with Feng Baobao speaking in the group.
Feng Baobao was no longer completely destitute either. Richard copied a version of Divine Machine Refinement for her. Together with her own Old Farmer Art and various miscellaneous cultivation arts and techniques she had obtained from Na Dou Tong, although they were all low-grade things, she still gained quite a lot after uploading them to the group.
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