Ethan was like a child with a new toy, flying around this world and constantly examining the world that completely belonged to him.
After exploring for a while, he found that this world had many more creatures.
In the original small world, there were very few creatures. Although legendary phoenixes, pegasi, and unicorns existed, their numbers were small, and there was even less life in the sea.
Now that it had completely evolved into a complete world, the ocean was full of life. Similar to the Earth's oceans that Ethan was most familiar with, various creatures existed in different waters and at different depths.
On land, various creatures also lived according to the differences in terrain and environment. For example, penguins, polar bears, seals, and other animals he was familiar with lived in the snowfield areas relatively close to the sea.
Overall, the ordinary animals added to this God Kingdom were basically familiar Earth creatures.
After wandering around, Ethan also unexpectedly discovered Auriel, who was staring wide-eyed in a state of confusion.
This little creature and Shiro, the polar bear, were located at the edge of that mountain range, which was also the central part of the entire continent, a plateau and mountainous region.
He was not sure if it was an illusion, but when Ethan appeared, Auriel's eyes seemed filled with tears, and the little one pounced on him very excitedly. It seemed the sudden change of arriving in a completely unfamiliar environment had frightened it.
In fact, Shiro was also scared, but its movements were not as agile or fast as Auriel's, so it was a little slower.
Seeing the little creature clinging to his shoulder with a "you can kill me, but I won't get down" attitude, Ethan let it stay on his shoulder.
Then he waved at Shiro and walked around on foot again.
This plateau and mountainous area had rich mineral deposits. Ethan understood the situation here with just a glance. After all, this was the world he had "created," and no information would be hidden from him.
What surprised him was that besides many "ordinary" mineral deposits, this God Kingdom actually contained many rather special minerals.
Not to mention Thorium, Mithril, and so on, Ethan also found Vibranium and more. As for magic stones? Those things were found almost everywhere on the entire continent, and there were even magic stone veins on the seabed.
With rich mineral deposits and the entire continent being very large, Ethan roughly estimated that it definitely exceeded the total land area of Earth. With such a huge God Kingdom, it felt like causing a resource crisis here by bringing people in would be somewhat difficult.
Even if Diana's home, all of Themyscira and all the Amazon warriors, were brought to live in this world, along with all the people of Atlantis, the home of Logan's girlfriend Atlanna, plus all the residents of Asgard ruled by Thor, moving all of them over would not cause any pressure.
What was more, these people might not even be willing to move. Perhaps the Amazon warriors on Themyscira would be willing, but it was hard to say for the other two groups.
Ethan did not dwell on this too much. Even if the Amazons did not move over, he still had the most basic "divine citizens." The Heavenly Kingdom in this world still existed, still within the sun in the sky.
His loyal followers were increasing, and it was not suitable for all of them to hide in the Heavenly Kingdom. At the appropriate time, some souls had to be released to become people.
Besides the Heavenly Kingdom, Ethan had also created the Underworld this time. As for whether the Underworld would be used for reincarnation or something else, he had not decided yet.
As for its location, Ethan casually placed it directly in this world's "moon."
After circling around and getting a good look at the "surface" of the universe, Ethan brought Auriel and Shiro to the core of this universe.
It was a sphere of light almost identical to the universe's core in the Source Sea. It only appeared much calmer and quieter compared to the unique environment of the Source Sea, which was filled with energy and the power of rules.
Ethan knew that the Source Sea of that world had such dense energy and abundant power of rules due to the special nature of that world.
As for this God Kingdom world, all the rules had been "written" into the core, and the basic operating energy was also within it. Only in the future, as the "rules and energy absorbed from various places" become increasingly vast, would it slowly turn into an environment similar to the Source Sea.
Ethan felt that was only a matter of time, because the "foothold" of this God Kingdom world was very special. It was built "above" countless universal planes, naturally residing on a higher level.
It was at this moment that Ethan suddenly understood many things, such as why Merlin had treated him so well back then and provided all sorts of help.
He did not feel there was anything wrong with this, nor did he feel uncomfortable. After all, the other party had genuinely helped him when he desperately needed to grow.
Standing before the core of the God Kingdom, and after observing the core's operation for a while and confirming that everything was on the right track, Ethan gently waved his hand, leaving behind divine power to protect and guard the core. Then he left with Auriel and Shiro, returning to the Venus.
Ethan had originally housed the God Kingdom in a separate cabin. Everyone could reach that small island just by opening a specific cabin door.
Now that Ethan's God Kingdom had finally evolved into a separate universe, and its area had increased by who knew how much, he certainly would not continue to travel back and forth in this way. Ethan planned to create some new methods to allow everyone to travel freely between the two worlds.
However, this matter was not urgent. Although the God Kingdom had finished evolving and become a more perfect world, for the people in Ethan's team, it was a brand-new, desolate world with nothing in it.
If they wanted to live there, it would require further development first.
As for how exactly it should be built, Ethan wanted to ask for everyone's ideas.
"I hope Logan won't be angry that I got rid of his little cabin!"
The God Kingdom had undergone such massive changes that the various cabins built back then were long gone. Now on that continent, let alone the ruins of those vacation cabins, not even a trace could be found.
Opening the cabin door, the cabin where the God Kingdom had been "placed" had now returned to being an ordinary empty cabin. There was nothing inside, and not even the lights were on.
It was fortunate that Ethan was not an ordinary person. Otherwise, in the pitch-black environment, it would take a considerable amount of time just to find the door.
It was much better back in the corridor. Although he could ignore the darkness, a bright environment was still more comfortable for him. And upon returning to a familiar environment, Auriel no longer clung tightly to Ethan's shoulder, but it still did not come down. It simply stayed on his shoulder.
Strolling to the bridge, Ethan looked at the familiar environment but did not see anyone he knew.
"Luna, what is everyone doing now?"
After all, it had been too long since he returned. Ethan did not see anyone when he arrived, and only then remembered that he could have just asked Luna first before going to find them.
"Betty is resting in her room. Nebula is in the entertainment room."
"What about Arthur?"
"Arthur is currently in the Diablo world."
"Thank you, Luna!"
"You're welcome, sir."
Ethan turned and left the bridge, thinking he would go find Nebula first.
Arriving at the entertainment room, Nebula was sitting in the simulator playing a game. With her flying skills, she certainly did not need to use the simulator for training. She was simply passing the time.
Interstellar travel was long and boring. Without enough entertainment, the crew would definitely go crazy.
Ethan stood by and waited for a while until Nebula finished the level and saved the game. Then he waved at her.
"Hi!"
The current Nebula did not have her blue-skinned appearance. After accepting the enhancements provided by Ethan, Nebula now maintained a "human" appearance most of the time.
Because on this ship, the members basically had human appearances. If she were the only one with a unique appearance, it would make her feel "excluded."
However, Nebula in her ordinary human form looked a bit naive and adorable, unlike her original appearance, which seemed very imposing. Especially with her stunned expression when Ethan waved and greeted her, she did not look like a space warrior with terrifying strength at all.
After being stunned for a moment, Nebula came back to her senses and looked Ethan up and down. With her built-in electronic devices, she could see many things ordinary people could not, so she could detect Ethan's changes immediately.
"Your body has undergone significant changes again."
If she did not know Ethan's situation, she would even suspect that someone was impersonating Ethan and had gotten onto the ship.
"You were gone for a long time this time?"
For her, Ethan had only been gone for a short time. They had met not long ago. But judging from Ethan's condition and his expression when he greeted her, he had probably stayed in another world for a considerable amount of time.
"Yeah, it has been a long time. I almost forgot what everyone looked like."
"That long?"
Nebula knew Ethan was a powerful deity, and forgetting was impossible. By saying this, he was emphasizing that he had stayed in a certain world for too long.
"Yes, so I'm planning to call everyone back, and there are indeed some things I need to mention to everyone."
Besides discussing the matter of the God Kingdom with everyone, there was also something like Betty going home, which was no longer a difficult task for the current Ethan.
"Then just let Luna notify everyone to gather on the ship."
"No!"
Ethan shook his head. He had been away for too long this time, and he decided to go find everyone individually.
"I'm going to go find everyone one by one, and at the same time, I can catch up with each person."
Since Nebula was the closest, she was the first person he greeted. After chatting with Nebula for a while, the next person would be Betty.
Just then, Betty came out of her room. After seeing Betty, Ethan did not immediately tell her that he could help her find her family right away. He planned to tell Betty about this after seeing everyone else, so that she would not feel anxious while waiting, because the worlds they were going to this time were basically time-synchronous universes.
After saying hello, Ethan set off. The first person he wanted to see was, of course, Diana!
(To be continued.)