Li Chen had spent his recent days overseeing Golden Light City's renovations while worrying about the current war and the Outer Dao's movements, leaving him no time to attend to the changes within himself. By the time that transformation became increasingly apparent, there were already signs that his mental certification was approaching great completion.
The fact that his innermost heart had sensed no threat was also a sign that this change was beneficial. Had it been harmful, his present cultivation and the vigilance of Elder He and the others around him would have alerted them long ago.
Even so, he still could not settle his mind and enter seclusion to cultivate. He could only steel himself and continue along the path of empirical certification.
What heartened him was that, as the Creation Sect vigorously promoted his Dao Path, more and more Puppet Masters grasped its essentials and joined in production. Some Grand Artisans had even thoroughly mastered the relevant Creation Mother Devices and established supporting systems.
The wave of empirical certification led by Li Chen had finally begun spreading silently throughout this world.
Almost every day, Grand Artisans and Grandmaster Artisans like Huang Ding and Daoist Wufeng exchanged ideas and discussed the Dao with him, broadening his horizons and deepening his knowledge. Information also poured back from thousands of battlefields and cities, further refining Heavenly Pivot.
Improvements to numerous Communication Artifacts, control systems, and energy constructs were also taking place without pause.
Finally, toward the end of June, someone suddenly informed him that the Creation Sect had successfully completed the "Creation Secret Realm" it had poured its strength into building. The largest internet this world had ever seen was now online!
It was another virtual reality world, built through the combined efforts of the three great sky cities-Golden Light City,