Refining a World Within
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Emerging from the spatial wormhole, Li Wei said with lingering fear, "I finally understand that Mordor's true strength is indeed formidable. Just that terrifying giant hand alone would have been enough to annihilate me."
The place where Li Wei was located was near the Three Yin Six Demons Ruins. It was a thousand miles away from the abyss, but it was by no means a completely safe place. If Mordor broke out of the abyss, he could find him very quickly. At this moment, Li Wei did not want to fight to the death with him immediately.
He still has time and room for improvement. Once he breaks through to the Star Emperor level and obtains a more powerful divine inheritance, then killing Mordor will be a sure thing.
Not only Mordor, but also powerful beings like Pluto King, the Head Monster, the Daluo Fan, and Jialuo will have to submit to him, and from then on, they can roam the world freely, without restraint or carefree joy.
But right now, the most important thing is to find a way to improve my physical cultivation level.
After flying tens of thousands of miles further, Li Wei saw a lake thousands of meters wide below, situated atop a mountain. The lake was calm, with unmelted snow on the shore, and it was eerily quiet.
"It's quiet here. If I were to sink to the bottom of that lake, I doubt anyone would notice. Mordor would never have imagined I'd be here!" Li Wei saw that the lake was calm and he couldn't see the bottom from above. So he turned around and flew downwards. After landing on the lake, he slowly released all his strength and sank down.
Given Li Wei's current level, he no longer needs to obtain oxygen from outside the body. Since breaking through to the Star King level, the small cluster of galaxies within his body has replaced the previous bodily circulation. Now, Li Wei doesn't need to eat or drink; the celestial bodies in the galaxy will provide a continuous source of energy to maintain the vitality of Li Wei's body. Therefore, even if he is submerged at the bottom of the lake, it is no different for Li Wei than if he were on land.
Looking at the lake water around him, Li Wei felt as if he had entered another world.
Bubbles rose, and all sorts of fish swam around them. Because Li Wei had already concealed all his aura, these little creatures were not afraid at all. They curiously approached and swam closer, occasionally rubbing against each other with their bodies.
Li Wei sank to the bottom of the lake like a large rock. Li Wei spread his divine sense and explored the entire lake bottom, but found nothing that could threaten him. The most powerful creatures at the bottom of the lake were at most a few giant fish. Although these fish could rule the lake, Li Wei only needed to sneeze to kill countless of them.
Calming himself down, Li Wei focused his divine sense within his body and saw twenty-one stars constantly rotating and circulating within the galaxy inside him.
This celestial body looked just like a real star field, except that it was completely empty, devoid of people and things. At this moment, Li Wei was like a god who had created the world, surveying his planet in the starry sky.
"This internal star system is something that everyone who advances to the Star King level will produce, providing a continuous source of stellar power. Even a powerhouse with S9-level combat strength is absolutely no match for the power of a single star system. This is a difference in realm... If I want to continue to improve my combat strength, is there no other way besides increasing the number of stars?"
Li Wei looked at the star system within his body. Twenty-one stars already filled the space completely. If he were to add more stars, he would first have to expand the area of the star system, which would require the power of countless stars to expand it.
By infusing his divine sense into the galaxy, Li Wei selected a celestial body and poured his divine sense into it. Instantly, he sensed the surface of an extremely desolate planet.
Now that Li Wei possesses the Demon Lord's primordial spirit, he can create an avatar. At this moment, the primordial spirit avatar is strolling across this planet, looking around.
"It is indeed desolate. Although this planet is vast and boundless, it is extremely silent and lifeless. There is no atmosphere to protect it... By the way, if I could create an atmosphere, could I then nurture life on this planet?" Li Wei suddenly had a whimsical idea and was somewhat eager to try it out. However, he still had something to do at the moment.
Temporarily separating his primordial spirit clone, Li Wei took out the Copper Pot. With a thought, he brought out the Heaven Corpse Worm that had been trapped in the Copper Pot World.
The worm showed no discomfort in the water. As soon as it appeared, it looked around nervously, and only breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that it was no longer in the deep abyss.
"You must be the Heaven Corpse of the Godslayer Alliance?" Li Wei asked the worm through his mind.
The latter nodded, though it was just an insect, its eyes darting around, clearly plotting something. Seeing this, Li Wei revealed a sinister killing intent. "Heaven Corpse, now that you've pledged allegiance to me, don't be fickle, or I will surely eliminate you completely!"
Seemingly remembering that its own natal corpse crystal was still in the other party's hands, the Corpse Worm immediately transmitted a submissive thought.
Li Wei nodded with a cold smile. He had originally summoned the Heaven Corpse to devour the five stars within its body, but upon further reflection, he realized that keeping it alive was also a good idea, at least giving him a Star King-level subordinate. Moreover, this Heaven Corpse was said to be the first Star King-level expert in the Godslayer Alliance, and its lifespan was even longer than that of Pluto King and others, which made it impossible for Li Wei to ignore it.
The saying "old people become wise" refers to having rich experience. Presumably, this Heaven Corpse must know something about the star system inside his body. So Li Wei told Li Wei about his previous wild idea of wanting to nurture life on the stars in his body's star system.
That Heaven Corpse Worm was clearly taken aback. It was well known that after breaking through to the Star King level, one's body would form its own star system, capable of containing celestial bodies. By orbiting these celestial bodies through the star system's orbit, it could generate powerful stellar force. This force was far superior to that of ordinary reincarnators; describing it as capable of moving mountains and filling seas, or uprooting Kunlun Sect, would not be an exaggeration. And the more celestial bodies one possessed, the stronger the stellar force—this was common knowledge among Star King level experts.
Only when the number of stars increases to twenty-four, forming a complete star system cycle, will the power be elevated to another level, at which point one will reach the Star Emperor realm.
Take Heaven Corpse himself, for example. In the hundreds of years since he became a Star King, he has been trying to gather power and condense stars. However, on the one hand, condensing stars is indeed very difficult, and on the other hand, Heaven Corpse's specialty is creating demonic corpses, so the progress is slow. So far, he has only condensed 5 stars.
Of course, the Heaven Corpse had also thought of Li Wei's wild idea before, but it was almost impossible to nurture life on a star within the star system inside the body.
"Master, I had this idea a hundred years ago. After all, the stellar power that a planet without life can provide is limited, while the stellar power generated by a planet with life is ten times that of an ordinary planet. However, as far as I know, no Star King-level expert has yet successfully nurtured a life-bearing planet within their own star system..."
To be honest, the Corpse Worm was still somewhat unconvinced and felt that Li Wei's idea was wishful thinking, since no one could do it.
However, Li Wei smiled slightly upon hearing this.
"What others can't do, I, Li Wei, may be able to do as well. Heaven Corpse, since you have already submitted to me, then I'll broaden your horizons. Take me!"
Li Wei chuckled, and an idea suddenly popped into his head. With a wave of his hand, he used his spatial power to wrap the Heaven Corpse Flesh Worm and send it into the Copper Pot World.
This time, Li Wei's idea is to combine the star field within his body with the Copper Pot World.
Within the Copper Pot World, Li Wei is the ruler. He can create anything—wind, fire, water, or earth—with just a thought. Imagine if the Copper Pot World were combined with the star system within his body; Li Wei would then be the ruler of the star system within his body, Li Wei too could command wind and rain at will.
Once again manifesting the Demon Lord's primordial spirit, Li Wei used a technique to instantly transfer the Copper Pot into the hands of this primordial spirit clone.
"I will use the method of refining the Copper Pot from the past to refine the star system within my body, making it my world. And this is something that others really can't do, because others don't know spatial power!" Li Wei was full of ambition at this moment. A large amount of spatial power gathered in the hands of his primordial spirit clone. The latter was inside his body and directly wrapped the star system within his body with spatial power.
"The first step is to completely envelop the star system within the body with spatial power. Then, spatial power needs to be permeated into it. To create a new world, the Copper Pot is also needed..." At this point, Li Wei had no experience to rely on. The attempt he was about to make was unprecedented and fraught with danger.
However, Li Wei had enough confidence.
Li Wei already had a strong understanding of spatial power. This ability to freely traverse, utilize, and create space, if properly controlled, could truly allow him to completely control the galaxy within his body. And once control was transferred, he would no longer need the Copper Pot; this galaxy within his body would become the replacement for the Copper Pot World, and it would be larger and more hidden.
At this moment, the power of space is slowly permeating into the galaxy within his body, but the process is extremely slow. Fortunately, Li Wei has a special method for refining the 'World in the Pot,' and with the continuous incantation, the galaxy within his body is gradually being permeated.
This process lasted for three whole days.
Three days later, Li Wei was running out of steam, but less than one-tenth of his internal star system had been penetrated. Li Wei quickly used his primordial spirit avatar to throw out the Copper Pot in his hand, and then a similar spatial force enveloped it, sending the Copper Pot into his internal star system.
It's simply impossible for Li Wei to infiltrate a star system with twenty-one stars using spatial power alone, or rather, Li Wei simply doesn't have that much spatial power to spare. So, at this point, he has to resort to an unconventional strategy.
"By using spatial power to disintegrate the Copper Pot, the spatial power within will overflow, allowing me to simultaneously refine twenty-one celestial bodies, thus transforming the star system within my body into a new Copper Pot World. What kind of changes will occur then? I'm truly looking forward to it!"