Inside the Bottle

Ember!

The thought model came from Flameburner Norman Martin.

Yin Ming had made no modifications or alterations to it. That meant the criteria for triggering Humanity's Karmic Fire Curse matched Ember's understanding exactly.

Ember glanced at the Liches in Gourd Space. If the humans of the Origin Plane wanted to rise again, they would have to accept transformation by supernatural power. They could become elemental wizards or bloodline sorcerers, so naturally, they could become Liches too.

After a pause, he said, "Uh... I suppose that counts! But there has to be a core population of humans, at least!"

"To pass on a Civilization Fire Seed, you'd need tens of thousands of humans at the very least, even if they reproduce fairly quickly, right?"

"And they can't lose their knowledge or cultural heritage, or be assimilated by other human populations. They also need enough room to thrive—about the size of a small country, at least. Your Gourd Space can't hold that."

Yin Ming nodded. "Great minds think alike. So the urgent task isn't to stop the End of Dharma on the Origin Plane. It's to raise my tier and expand Gourd Space."

Ember: "..."

Nothing gets through to him!!

At the rate elemental energy was draining away, wasn't the End of Dharma only about ten years off?

Yin Ming was already at the Fourth Ring. How could he raise his tier again so quickly?

Ember asked, "You really intend to put the Origin Plane inside Gourd Space?"

Yin Ming said, "Why not? Everything comes to an end. Solve one world-ending crisis, and there'll be a second, a third..."

"I once heard someone ask, 'Why not put the whole world in a bottle?' I've always thought it was a good idea."

"..."

The Primordial Spirit Talisman Body, the Heavenly Cycle Qi Restriction,