After speaking with Mei Xuan, Li Chen went outside to the Inner Valley residence and sank into thought.
Materialized great unity seemed inconceivable at first glance, but in truth, it already manifested in every nation, people, and even organization.
It was a shared spiritual core and cultural foundation, an invisible, intangible force of assimilation.
Its existence was real beyond doubt.
Even in the mundane world of the Dharma's decline, it was at work every moment.
Life arose naturally, and all the awareness and convictions it possessed resulted from the combined effects of nature and nurture. The teachings of different eras, regions, and civilizations left different marks.
At its root, everything resulted from the transformation of matter. Human will was not actually so subjective or free.
Those as extreme as Luo Changshan even regarded humans as machines, denying the existence of sentient intelligence in living beings.
Although Li Chen could not agree with this, he had heard strange accounts of "wolf children" and the like, which proved that sentient intelligence was indeed not something to take for granted.
What he was doing was extracting this power and realizing it through divine abilities and spells.
Li Chen did not particularly mind Mei Xuan's resistance, either, because he understood that he still had a long road ahead.
There was not even a trace of the Materialized Kingdom yet. He had not built so much as a basic virtual reality resembling a large-scale online game. It was far too early to discuss such things.
But another matter was truly pressing: the Mei Family's response.
Li Chen had not chatted with Mei Xuan because he had nothing better to do.
He had wanted to probe her reactions through their heart-to-heart conversation, secretly reading her mind to gauge the Mei Family's reserves and backing.
If the