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"What's wrong?" Wei Yang replied, maintaining her usual nonchalant attitude.
Ye Ruichen was furious.
"You crazy woman, do you have any idea how heavy a small world is? Is that something you can just open up on a whim? Furthermore, using a small world as a material to create Consolidating Equipment is completely unheard of. You would have to extract the entire small world's source origin to serve as the core for this heart-protecting mirror. If a single mistake occurs during the process, it will trigger the collapse of the entire spatial dimension!"
If it were a small world he had opened up himself, its collapse would be one thing. But if the source origin was extracted directly from the space of the actual continent and a mistake occurred, it would lead to the collapse of the entire continent's space.
Even if it were a small world, the consumption required to open one was immense. Even if a Heavenly Emperor could achieve it, it would require an unknown number of years of cultivation and evolution to perfect it.
As for Heavenly God tier powerhouses, it was equally impossible for them to just open up small worlds casually.
Rather than saying a small world was opened up out of nothing, it was more accurate to describe it as a realm connected to the real world created by a powerhouse. Borrowing the laws of the outside world while maintaining internal stability, it was the result of evolution over countless years.
Only through this gradual process of evolution could a small world break away from the external space and birth its own independent small world source origin.
Every single small world was treated as a foundation and fiercely protected, even by the Sacred Grounds.
"You can propose hunting a Heavenly God tier dragon, so why can't I propose extracting a small world's source origin?" Wei Yang looked at Ye Ruichen, utterly speechless.
Ye Ruichen's mouth twitched, but he stubbornly argued, "I never said we had to hunt a dragon."
"The dragon tendons have already been pulled out, and even the reverse scale needs to be used, yet you're telling me you don't need to kill the dragon?" Wei Yang's eyes widened, staring at Ye Ruichen with an expression of disbelief.
Ye Ruichen snorted a couple of times, choosing not to defend himself any further.
Su Wen paid no attention to their bickering; his mind was already seriously contemplating Wei Yang's proposal.
The Ancient Tree of Life was an existence similar to the World Tree. It was the core of this Heavenly Jewel Planet, supporting the ecology of the entire continent. If he could obtain a portion of its branches and use that as a foundation, it would make opening up his own heaven and earth much easier.
Su Wen knew his own path very well. He understood that opening up a world of his own was a path he absolutely had to take. Because of this, he highly approved of Wei Yang's suggestion.
If the heart-protecting mirror was created with space as its foundation, then the mirror would possess the power of an entire space.
"The Heavenly Eye is the gateway, and the heart-protecting mirror can also serve as another overlapping node between the Heaven and Earth Set and the Armor Set. No, there's also the belt, which can serve as a connecting node between the two parts as well."
Wouldn't this make it even more stable?
Connecting three nodes would provide greater stability.
Su Wen inexplicably thought of the stability of a triangle.
"Looking at it this way, it actually makes a lot of sense."
Furthermore, the Heavenly Eye could communicate with the Sea of Spirit, serving as the node where spiritual energy merged with heaven and earth. The heart-protecting mirror could communicate with the middle Dantian's blood vital energy, serving as the node where blood vital energy merged with heaven and earth. The belt could communicate with the lower Dantian, serving as the node where heavenly jewel energy merged with heaven and earth.
In this manner, a trinity would be formed, making the future fusion of the three Great Core Jewels much smoother.
The more Su Wen thought about it, the more feasible he felt this plan was.
"The Ancient Tree of Life is the core of the plane. Even Ye Ruichen, who brought up this suggestion, has never seen it, let alone known how to obtain it from the Elven Race. But I have my ways!"
Su Wen bid farewell to the three Divine Masters and left Heavenly Jewel Island once again.
This time, he did not head toward the Snow God Mountain. Instead, he arrived at a secret realm located right on Heavenly Jewel Island--the Light and Shadow Space.
Inside the Light and Shadow Space.
Two giant dragons were snuggling close to each other, seemingly engaged in something rather indescribable.
The sudden appearance of a figure interrupted the two dragons' intimate moment.
Hui Yao looked toward the sky in anger, glaring in Su Wen's direction.
Suddenly, Hui Yao's pupils contracted to the size of pinpricks.
Has another Heavenly God appeared among the human Heavenly Jewel Masters?
No, he's only a Heavenly Emperor. But why is his aura so terrifyingly powerful, giving off a sense of fatal threat?
Hui Yao suppressed his anger, holding his breath as he spoke, "Human, what business do you have here?"
"Hui Yao?" Su Wen was also quite speechless. He hadn't expected to interrupt the young couple while they were trying to make a baby.
Coughing twice to clear the awkwardness, Su Wen stated his purpose.
"I want to make a trip to the underground world. You should have a passageway here, right?"
Hui Yao's aura shifted abruptly, becoming incredibly fierce. He glared at Su Wen, seemingly ready to strike at any moment.
"Human, where did you get this information?"
The Light and Shadow Space was one of the entrances to the underground world. Very few people knew this secret; even the two Palace Masters of the Boundless Palace were unaware of it.
Strictly speaking, Hui Yao and his companion shared a cooperative relationship with the Boundless Palace. The Light and Shadow Space was anchored to the space around Heavenly Jewel Island, utilizing the island's unique characteristic of gathering the natural energy of heaven and earth to nourish the numerous treasures within the space, while simultaneously making the space itself more stable.
The Boundless Palace was also permitted to send people in to harvest the treasures produced within the space.
It was a simple partnership.
The space needed to borrow this location to remain stable. At the same time, the Light and Shadow Space was a highly perfected small world. Leveraging the environment of Heavenly Jewel Island, it produced no small amount of rare materials.
When the Consolidating Masters on Heavenly Jewel Island crafted Consolidating Scrolls, the materials for low-to-mid-tier scrolls were produced on the island itself. However, for high-tier Consolidating Scrolls, more than half of the primary materials came from the Light and Shadow Space.
"In fact, I went down there not long ago. Last time, I entered through the Snow God Mountain. You can verify this with the Dragon Emperor; I believe you'll get a response from that side."
Hui Yao maintained his wary expression.
He didn't believe it.
As a direct descendant of the Dragon Clan and the leader of this generation's dragons, Hui Yao deeply revered the greatness of the Dragon Emperor. He knew that the space he guarded connected to the underground, and he had attempted to send messages down there before. Unfortunately, he had never received a reply, and that side never permitted him to enter either.
It had been this way for countless years.
And now, this human was claiming that contacting that side would yield a response?
Heh.
Before Hui Yao could finish his mental scoff, his expression turned incredibly bizarre.
Because he had just given it a try, and it was an instant reply!
Holy moly!
Hui Yao widened his massive dragon eyes, staring intently at Su Wen.
"Who are you?"
"Send me in first." Su Wen had no time to waste bantering with this comical dragon, urging Hui Yao to open the passageway for him.
Hui Yao let out a couple of roars and opened the spatial tunnel for Su Wen.
"Hey, hey, hey, wait for me, I'm coming too." Hui Yao hurriedly followed Su Wen into the spatial tunnel. When the tunnel vanished without any warning or rejection from the underground, Hui Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hey, who on earth are you? How are you allowed to enter the underground?"
Su Wen ignored Hui Yao, swiftly making his way toward the depths of the underground.
As they drew closer to the underground world, Hui Yao stopped his chatter. He tried his best to maintain the dignity fitting for the leader of his generation's Dragon Clan, not wanting the Dragon Emperor to see him acting uncomposed and be disappointed.
"Su Wen, you've returned again," the Dragon Emperor's voice echoed, carrying a hint of confusion.
He didn't know what Su Wen's purpose was this time, entering through the passageway guarded by Hui Yao.
Nevertheless, he had still given Hui Yao an immediate response to grant him passage.
"Dragon Emperor, I want to know where the Elven Race is located." Su Wen was very direct, stating his objective right away.