Development Beyond the World

A gentle breeze swirled beneath his feet, but Zhang Xuezhou's heart remained heavy.

As fiery meteors fell, the lord of the Sacred Land, who occupied a region, did not enjoy the blessings but instead risked his life to travel from afar.

Zhang Xuezhou was well aware that these powerful beings must have a purpose, but he believed more that these beings lived in a world with scarce resources, thus forcing them to seek what they needed elsewhere.

For example, the Qinmeng Secret Stone, also known as the Great Spirit Jade, which Zhang Xuezhou and others have been in short supply.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that the fire meteor beings desperately needed this kind of resource that could strengthen themselves.

But he never considered something as mysterious as the origin of life, something that could easily destroy the current rules of the entire world.

Xu Lu's claim about the origin of life is almost identical to the seductive content of doomsday prophecies. He felt that Xu Lu was exaggerating in order to survive, and that his statements contained elements of intimidation. However, Zhang Xuezhou could not deny the possibility that it was true.

Humanity's understanding of the world is still in its infancy; even the starry sky we gaze upon is merely a remnant of past glories.

Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it didn't happen; just because a theory isn't supported doesn't mean it's unfeasible; seeing is believing isn't always reliable; and even seemingly unfounded claims might contain a degree of truth.

What does the origin look like?

"The origin can be a drop of water, a gemstone, a piece of soil, a leaf; it can transform into a living being or an inanimate object; its form is neither unique nor fixed!"

How can one obtain the origin?

"Whether it's the strength of an individual, the manifestation triggered by a sufficiently large crisis, or something else, every extreme approach has the potential to touch upon the fundamental nature!"

"A crisis big enough?"

Zhang Xuezhou asked in doubt.

He seemed to understand somewhat why humans had perished in the Qinmeng region and why strange beasts had emerged.

This may have created a sufficiently large crisis, or it may have led to some kind of transformation, resulting in the Qin-Meng region being different from other regions of the world.

"Who created the crisis in Qin Meng that led to the demise of this empire?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"I don't know. I perished when I entered this world, so my knowledge of the outside world is limited!"

The virtual furnace responded with extreme caution.

He felt the dazzling scene receding rapidly, and he knew very well that Zhang Xuezhou was quickly moving away from the snake pit.

Zhang Xuezhou's individual strength aside, his opponent's methods were undoubtedly extremely sophisticated.

"What's it like outside this world?" Zhang Xuezhou asked again.

"A higher dimension, nothing more," the Void Furnace replied.

"Your world should be far more prosperous than ours; it must be a contrast between cities and villages. Since you have a good life in the city, why come to the countryside to become a local tyrant?" Zhang Xuezhou asked. "Don't you have any fortuitous opportunity in your higher-dimensional world?"

"Do you believe that the development of our higher-dimensional world will lag behind that of the lower-dimensional world?" Xu Lu asked. "When the world becomes an elite stage that believes in individual strength, the world's development will stagnate, thus falling into a dark jungle where the strong prey on the weak."

"Oh?"

"It was a chaotic land, a Savage Wilderness world, and a world of despair and death!"

You sound like you're not doing well!

"Among all living beings, only the gods can attain true freedom; the rest are nothing more than toiling cattle and sheep, and I am just one of those cattle and sheep!"

Can coming here change your destiny?

"Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but we should still give it a try!"

Zhang Xuezhou once believed that the Outer Heavens was a world of powerful beings, and his guess was not wrong. There were indeed top-tier experts there who were so powerful that they inspired despair, so powerful that even the Void Furnace could hardly describe them.

But the majority of people in Tianwaitian are ordinary citizens.

The world Zhang Xuezhou lives in is no different; the majority of people are always ordinary.

Xu Lu couldn't explain the strength of the top beings, because every truly top being possessed the origin of the world, had an immortal body, endless lifespan, and the ability to generate earth, water, wind, and fire. They had completely deviated from the normal concept of power. However, he was clear about his own and Zhang Xuezhou's position. With their strength, they were already considered small elite leaders in the Outer Heaven World.

If powerful cultivators like the Emperor are sent to the Outer Heavens, they will be considered strong figures in their own region and will not remain unknown and trampled upon.

Individual strength is very important in the outer heavens, but the world that pursues individual strength has fallen into a vicious cycle of cognition, where every living being seeks strong individual strength, and the advancement of social civilization has lagged behind.

"Given your development model of seeking power, you should possess very strong cultivation techniques," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Perhaps some powerful individuals possess it!"

The furnace's response was extremely wooden.

In the perception of those powerful beings in higher-dimensional worlds, looking down upon lower-dimensional worlds is like a human gazing at an anthill.

The sense of superiority derived from this is self-evident, and few high-dimensional beings believe that lower-dimensional worlds are stronger. At most, they believe that these worlds contain certain dangers or powerful beings that may be unexpectedly conceived.

This is similar to how Zhang Xuezhou and others explored and entered a secret realm. The beings like Xu Lu believed that the ultimate goal of entering a world was to obtain benefits, especially since unexplored worlds offered the most advantages.

As they suspected, the humans and beasts in this world were pitifully weak. Apart from a few elite individuals who were relatively strong, all other creatures could be easily defeated.

Having personally interacted with Zhang Xuezhou and comparing his own abilities, Xu Lu couldn't help but feel lost for a moment.

He felt his cultivation technique was superior, but he was a loser, and after comparing the two using the Void Furnace, he had to admit that Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation technique was more refined and stronger.

This shouldn't have happened, but it did.

Zhang Xuezhou's comparison between cities and rural areas is not problematic, but the current issue is that rural areas are more prosperous than cities.

"Cultivation in the Outer Heavens emphasizes direct and powerful methods: strength, speed, might, Law Treasure..."

Zhang Xuezhou flew dozens of miles away from the snake cave, listening to everything that Xu Lu had described.

He felt as if everything Xu Lu had described had happened in another world.

The cultivators of the unified empire possessed immense and invincible power; even ordinary people who controlled powerful treasures could defeat cultivators who had cultivated for decades or even centuries.

The power of the Law Treasure was unparalleled, and it made countless cultivators wary.

However, Law Treasure are not permanent items. When powerful Law Treasure are damaged and weakened, and there are no new powerful Law Treasure to replace them, the era of Law Treasure begins to wither. Cultivators seek the path of Technique Method, and the core of cultivation is constantly changing. Law Treasure gradually exist as an auxiliary to strength.

In the world beyond the heavens, the abundance of the world meant that this pursuit remained unchanged, and those who possessed powerful Law Treasure still held a dominant position.

This powerful constraint has hampered the development of cultivators. The speed at which cultivators research and innovate in areas such as Technique Method is actually slower than in lower-dimensional worlds. No one can break the rules of the outer heavens, and can only let this situation dominate the entire world.

Compared to Law Treasure, Zhang Xuezhou and his companions were utterly lacking in resources.

However, if we compare the sophistication of the Technique Method, the Technique Method he possesses are very likely to have a certain advantage at present.