"When the world consists of only one circle, then balance is correct."
Because when the circle is very, very small, a stable self-recurring cycle will emerge.
A prolonged period of equilibrium will eliminate these problems at their root.
Yes, if I can't solve the problem, then I'll solve the person who raised it.
Imagine a village where everyone is prosperous, Goodness, optimistic, and cheerful, and where no external force disrupts the balance.
Would conflict occur in such a idyllic place?
The statement that disputes arise from interests is somewhat absolute, but it is generally true.
It is not scarcity that we fear, but inequality; it is not poverty that we fear, but instability.
The balance of a secluded paradise, to some extent, aligns with Laozi's philosophy of non-action, which emphasizes small states with few people.
"However, in the Runeterra storyline, Ionia was invaded by Noxus, breaking the perfect cycle and causing the balance to collapse."
Before Luo Chen could speak, Ah Rou and Ah Yin exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh oh oh!"
Gu Yuena waved her small Riot Games, slightly annoyed, and said, "Starting from the Fourth Trial, I will directly obtain the content from your Martial Soul."
This is what Luo Chen meant when he said that the world is not just a small circle; it is influenced by external factors.
Let's put aside the absurd fact that the world can be copied.
Luo Chen: "If you don't know, please let me know in advance."
After thinking carefully for a while, Luo Chen asked Gu Yuena what exactly the domain mentioned in the Fourth Trial meant.
"My High Priest, shouldn't you explain the contents of the Fourth Trial to me?"
"Without hundreds or thousands of years of gradual transformation, the Douluo Continent could never have become Ionia."
Luo Chen was currently unaware of what the balance proposed in the Fourth Trial required him to do.
"Field?"
It's hardened, its Riot Games are hardened!
Gu Yuena glared at the two of them before explaining, "After you Ah Chen, absorbed Tian Meng's Soul Ring, a great power descended upon the Douluo Continent, replicating and overlapping the entire world's structure."
Tian Meng: "So, the boss was unreliable before?"
"Oh oh oh!"
" Ah Chen, even if it's you looking down on me like this, I'll still get angry."
If the entire Douluo Continent were to be recreated as Ionia was before its invasion, that would truly be asking Fatty Tiger a difficult task.
The overlap was clearly a combination of this new Douluo Star and the original Douluo Star.
"Is this something a human could do?"
Therefore, logically speaking, Luo Chen didn't think the Fourth Trial would be that troublesome, "So, the key to completing the Fourth Trial should lie in the 'different fields' mentioned earlier."
The so-called replication can be understood as creating a copy of Douluo Star.
Luo Chen: "Is Na'er starting to become more reliable?"
Even something as simple as overlapping can be stacked on top of each other.
Aren't you afraid of them colliding and getting crushed?
"I see."
However, Luo Chen understood what Gu Yuena meant. " Na'er, the other world you mentioned that was copied, is it the Spirit Realm?"
When it comes to balance, Ionia comes to mind.
As the First Lands, Ionia is most distinctive for its blurred boundaries between the material and the spiritual.
In Ionia, the world is divided into two parts: the Material Realm and the Spirit Realm.
Just as Gu Yuena said, Luo Chen's Martial Soul copied a new Douluo Star.
However, this Douluo Star has neither water nor soil; it is entirely composed of spiritual energy.
Its overlap with the original Douluo Star can be understood as the fact that every blade of grass and every tree on Douluo Star has given birth to spirituality, and a new world has been created where all the spirits of things can live and dwell— the Spirit Realm.
This is what is called layering, meaning that you are simultaneously on both the material and spiritual levels, no matter where you are.
It's just that most people don't perceive the existence of the Spirit Realm because of insufficient awareness.
"Good."
Gu Yuena nodded and said, "Simply put, you can think of it as the Douluo Continent undergoing a sublimation, giving birth to its own unique spiritual space."
However, the spiritual space here is no longer occupied by Soul Master, but by Douluo Star itself.
"The spiritual space of a planet, this..."
The three women, and even Tian Meng, were deeply shocked. It was truly unimaginable how magnificent a Spirit Realm nurtured by a planet must be.
"Wait a minute, Na'er."
"The fusion of spirit and matter—such a huge commotion—why is there absolutely no reaction?"
"Furthermore, I can't sense the existence of the Spirit Realm. What's going on?"
As the source of all this, Luo Chen should theoretically be qualified to directly confront the Spirit Realm.
However, after standing in the room for so long, Luo Chen still didn't sense any spiritual changes.
In his view, the ground was still the ground, the bed was still the bed, nothing had changed.
" Ah Chen, you haven't finished the God Trials yet."
Gu Yuena discovered that her partner could be quite adorably clueless at times. "The result of the Fourth Trial is that you need to guide the Spirit Realm to perfectly align with the Material Realm, that is, to achieve balance."
If you haven't done it yourself, how can you see the changes in the material world that occur in the Spirit Realm?
"Forehead"
Luo Chen scratched his head, then gave an awkward laugh, "Oh, right, haha."
Although Luo Chen's silly antics were endearing, Gu Yuena still felt compelled to remind him, " Ah Chen, I must warn you, the balance required for your Fourth Trial isn't as simple as it seems."
"What?"
"First, there's the quantity."
Gu Yuena: " The Spirit Realm is only one of the four realms that need to achieve balance."
Four kinds?!
Upon hearing this number, Luo Chen was somewhat confused. "Wait a minute, the Material Realm and the Spirit Realm, those should count as two types, so what are the other two?"
It's not Luo Chen's fault; he genuinely didn't know that other realms existed besides the Spirit Realm.
" The Realm of the Dead, also known as the Nether Realm."
"There's also the Star Realm, also Surface Void."
Of these two realms, the former is easier to understand; it is the afterlife as Luo Chen perceives it.
With Luo Chen completing the attachment of his Fourth Soul Ring, the power of the Star Forger was further unleashed.
Under the interference of this great power, the cycle of reincarnation in the entire Douluo Continent was forcibly stripped away, creating a Underworld that belongs exclusively to the Douluo Plane.
Although this Underworld is now completely empty, souls that enter it will only wander aimlessly within it.
"Therefore, the second task of the Fourth Trial is to find the afterlife and connect it with the Douluo Continent to achieve a self-consistent cycle of reincarnation."
Gu Yuena was well aware of the difficulty of these two tasks. "The reason there's been no movement right now is because no one has been drawn to the three realms and found the gate to those areas."
"Door?"
"Um."
Gu Yuena said, "Of the four areas mentioned in the Fourth Trial, excluding the Material Realm, the other three realms will choose their own gatekeepers."
These gatekeepers will receive keys to the spiritual realm, the Underworld, and the Star Realm, and will assist Luo Chen in achieving the fusion of these four realms when he completes his Fourth Trial.