A few days later.
Electrolux finished his seclusion before Su Ming.
When Su Ming emerged, he was met with a confident Electrolux.
"Unless a God King descends in person, I can help you withstand any obstruction."
Electrolux was not boasting.
He had his own confidence.
He didn't know exactly how strong a God King was, but years of intercepting experienceing Tang San's divine sense probes told him that, behind the planar barrier, there was no fundamental difference between the power a God King could penetrate into Douluo Star and his own.
The planar barrier was his confidence in dealing with God King methods.
"Elder, let's be cautious. I'm not sure how much control the God Realm has over Douluo Star. Before, we hadn't touched the God Realm's core interests. I'm afraid God Kings might descend in person this time," Su Ming cautioned.
Electrolux became serious.
He looked at Su Ming.
He hadn't expected Su Ming's planned action to be this monumental.
Su Ming hadn't told him about it before, and he still didn't know exactly what Su Ming was going to do.
But based on his understanding of Su Ming, if Su Ming had this concern, then under normal circumstances, what he worried about would likely happen.
However, his seriousness stemmed only from the scale of Su Ming's action, not from the prospect of God Kings descending in person.
"Over the years, I haven't been idle in my observations. Based on what I've seen, God Kings probably can't come to the lower plane."
Hearing this, Su Ming looked at Electrolux in surprise.
What did he mean?
"I was once close to that step myself. In my world, if you broke through the final step, you would become part of the world. I thought it was a problem with the cultivation system. In our system, cultivation was itself a process of merging with the world. At the final step, upon breakthrough, one would naturally be assimilated by the world." Electrolux smiled wryly. God King itself represents a boundary—the boundary between the universe and the cultivator."
"In my homeland's system, merging into the world, the cultivator's everything comes from the world and thus belongs to the world. Normally, the cultivator holds a dominant position because the world doesn't compete with you. The cultivator is in a subordinate state. But once you cross that boundary, the world will compete with you for control of power. All the power you previously received from the world must be returned to it. The so-called deity then becomes part of the world."
"Your cultivation system here is different; it doesn't involve merging into the world. But there is still a threshold. Once you cross this threshold, it means competing with the universe for power. You will be ostracized, even blocked by the universe!"
He paused for a moment, then continued.
"Therefore, God Kings shouldn't exist. Even if one succeeded in breakthrough, they would be targeted by the Universe's Will the instant they succeeded. But you have God Kings here. Could these God Kings have withstood the universe's targeting? I think it's more likely they found a way to avoid being targeted. The God Realm itself might be such a shelter."
Su Ming nodded thoughtfully.
"If they can't leave the God Realm, wouldn't that make God Kings trapped by their own success? Yet the God King divine seats are also passed down, meaning some God Kings, after passing on their seats, have left the God Realm."
"Simple. They went to other worlds," Electrolux said.
Other worlds?
Su Ming was stunned.
Electrolux looked at him meaningfully. "Do you think the universe encompasses all planes?"
"Isn't it?"
"No. In my view, the universe is one world. It encompasses many planes and is very vast. But it does not belong to the same world as the Holy Demon Continent I came from. On the contrary, the two worlds exist side by side, even though the Holy Demon Continent is just a single plane."
A look of surprise appeared on Su Ming's face.
Is that so?
"I was close to that boundary in the Holy Demon Continent, so my status corresponds to a quasi-God King here. But there was actually a significant difference," Electrolux said with a wry smile. "Because although the Holy Demon Continent exists alongside this universe, it is not strong enough itself, so the corresponding boundary is not high enough."
"But without a doubt, I am of that boundary too. After reaching the apex of spiritual power, I researched the divine sense, researched the laws of the world, and continued to advance. My insights are not weak."
After Electrolux's explanation, a look of understanding appeared on Su Ming's face.
So that's how it was.
He now had a more intuitive understanding of this world.
Then...
Does the River of Time encompass the Douluo universe, or all worlds?
Su Ming resisted the urge to go check the River of Time.
He really couldn't see anything.
With his current perspective, he couldn't even see the entirety of the Douluo universe.
"Therefore, in my opinion, the God Kings who left the God Realm actually went to other worlds, leaving the universe's range of targeting."
Having reached the God King level, going to another world wouldn't make them targeted, because their power wasn't plundered from the new world.
Su Ming understood.
"Of course, it's also possible they could appear within the Douluo universe but outside the God Realm. But that would likely have irreversible consequences."
Hearing this, Su Ming did not feel happy. Instead, he smiled wryly.
Seeing this, Electrolux's expression became serious again.
His heart also sank slowly.
Staring at Su Ming, he asked, "What you're going to do... it won't threaten the God Realm as a shelter, will it?"
If the shelter wasn't threatened, God Kings probably wouldn't risk descending in person with irreversible consequences.
Su Ming nodded helplessly.
"What I'm going to do will anger the Universe's Will."
Electrolux was speechless.
"Is it absolutely necessary?"
"This is my path," Su Ming said.
"If you're the one being targeted by the Universe's Will, they probably wouldn't descend in person," Electrolux said. "Try to control it. Don't let it affect the God Realm."
Su Ming shook his head.
"Of course, I won't do anything harmful to the God Realm. But I'm afraid the God Kings in the God Realm won't see it that way."
If Su Ming violated the Universe's Will while staying on Douluo Star and benefiting it, the Universe's Will would target Douluo Star, and in turn, target the Douluo God Realm.
That would likely be the thought of the God Kings in the God Realm going forward.
In truth, Su Ming had already stolen a portion of the universe's status.
He could conceal it.
But he couldn't explain that to the God of Destruction and the others.
"I understand."
Electrolux still appeared confident.
"If it comes to it, I'll just break through."
Su Ming looked at him in surprise.
"I'm someone who can cross that critical point at any time. Although it's not the same world, many things are common. My current insights are sufficient to take that step."
"..."
Su Ming was silent for a moment. He didn't ask Electrolux about the consequences of doing so.
"Elder, thank you."
"Being able to have another chance, and having these insights now, I owe it all to you."
The two stopped being sentimental.
Su Ming set up his forging platform, preparing to forge.
Seeing this, a look of understanding flashed in Electrolux's eyes.
Seeing it, he understood.
Su Ming was truly about to perform Super Refinement!
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