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Creating a plane was no simple task.
Although theoretically, the forbidden spells of the Holy Heart Plane were interpretations of the universe's fundamental laws, using combinations of these basic laws to achieve the effects of forbidden spells and applying them to catalyze the formation process of a plane, this was only in theory.
One must understand that the birth of a plane involved numerous laws.
Even just the energy operation of a newborn plane required the nurturing of complex laws for its formation. Even if forbidden spells were used only at critical junctures, it might still take dozens or even hundreds of forbidden spells to make it possible.
A plane's operation wasn't as simple as just energy flow.
Yun Ming's creation of the Netherworld was based on celestial phenomena. Strictly speaking, he merely expanded his Seven Forbidden Techniques domain to encompass the entire range of celestial phenomena. After gaining control over the celestial phenomena, he opened up space and transferred everything into this new space, thus forming the Netherworld.
"Is it difficult?" Rex didn't feel defeated by Xu Yuan's reminder.
He simply countered with a question to Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan nodded.
"Even the Holy Heart Plane doesn't have enough forbidden spells to combine and promote the cohesion of a plane."
"That's true," Rex agreed.
"But you haven't considered a crucial factor."
"Oh? What factor?" Xu Yuan looked puzzled.
"I am a Super God-level magician." Rex stated.
Xu Yuan was confused.
He really didn't know how much a Super God-level could change.
"Strength," Rex sighed. "Do you think one needs to analyze to gain corresponding power?"
Xu Yuan pondered.
"Just like your soul masters; without any comprehension, they can master various miraculous soul skills through the bonuses of soul rings. In the universe, this is generally applicable because all systems naturally grant practitioners some abilities once they become powerful. Some are exaggerated, like your soul masters, while others are more normal."
"First analyzing, then possessing corresponding power—that's your perception of magicians. In reality, most of a magician's power comes from the unknown."
If one had to fully analyze and understand the corresponding laws to master the forbidden spells related to those laws, every advancement for a magician would be too difficult.
"After all, strength is the foundation. My magical power has grown strong enough to shake the laws."
This was what being a Super God-level meant.
The god level connected with laws, but the Super God level transcended this stage, allowing one's power to surpass the forces of laws, reaching the point of easily manipulating them.
Of course, it wasn't an essential transcendence but rather a matter of manipulation.
Like the growth path of soul masters gradually mastering the mobilization of heaven and earth forces.
From perception, to influence, to direct mobilization.
The cultivation of the god level was similar.
The essence of the Super God level was the ability to directly touch the laws.
"So that's how it is," Xu Yuan took a deep breath.
"Therefore, the forbidden spells I need aren't about every aspect of a plane's formation but the true core."
The birth of a plane relied on the core.
With the most critical law in place, the rest would be manageable.
"In the universe, the Super God level is already an absolute powerhouse. Regardless of which plane, they hold extremely high status because Super Gods could promote the nurturing of planes. However, this process is incredibly slow, possibly taking tens of thousands of years, but even so, it's a crucial step in the transformation of a plane."
Xu Yuan took a deep breath.
Could the Super God level really promote the evolution of a planet into a plane?
What about the 1st Class God level?
Indeed, strength was the root, wasn't it?
Once one reached a certain level of strength, even without understanding the essence, they could forcefully achieve their goals.
Xu Yuan hadn't considered this point.
"Our magicians' efficiency in promoting is higher, but even so, fostering the birth of a plane requires several thousand years. This slow change isn't enough to bring sufficient enlightenment to magicians."
"Do you have a target already?"
"Yes, I'm going to recreate a Blood Mage Plane."
Rex took out a star map.
"This planet is the best environment within the jurisdiction of our Ten Thousand Stars Chamber of Commerce. It's even ready to serve as a migration planet."
A life-bearing planet and a plane were two different concepts.
A planet that met the conditions necessary for life forms to survive could become a life-bearing planet.
With migration, this planet would be developed and included under the main plane's laws, slowly becoming a part of the main plane.
However, a plane was an independent whole.
If a planet were to evolve into a plane, migration wouldn't be able to achieve that.
Though Rex had disappeared for ten thousand years, he still retained control over the Ten Thousand Stars Chamber of Commerce.
It seemed that the current top management of the chamber still recognized him as the founder and didn't set obstacles for him. They even acknowledged his identity as the merchant lord.
This made all of Rex's actions proceed very smoothly.
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A month later
Xu Yuan followed Rex to a desolate planet.
The environment here was excellent.
Various substances and elements were present.
With his spiritual power covering a vast area, Xu Yuan discovered many plants. These were planted by the Ten Thousand Stars Chamber of Commerce to transform the environment here.
Their purpose was to establish the ecosystem first.
In a few decades, the vegetation here would cover a sufficient range, making it suitable for human habitation.
At that time, a group of humans from the Holy Heart Plane would migrate here, bringing along the laws of the Holy Heart Plane.
Under the planned guidance of the chamber and the overall laws of the plane, the evolution of this planet would accelerate.
But that was the original plan.
Now, with Rex and Xu Yuan's arrival, this planet had a completely different future.
"Are you ready?"
Xu Yuan looked at Rex.
Rex's gaze was firm.
In this past month, he had already completed the reconstruction of his physical body.
Everything went surprisingly smoothly, and he directly regained control of the Ten Thousand Stars Chamber of Commerce.
This was unexpected but certainly the best outcome.
"In a moment, I will trigger the universal laws to promote the evolution of the entire planet's laws. You help me cast the forbidden spell."
"Me?" Xu Yuan pointed at himself, looking puzzled.
"Yes, I need you to use the power of your small world to cast the forbidden spell."
Small world?
Xu Yuan knew Rex was referring to his scroll world.
His expression changed, feeling conflicted.
"Don't worry. This way, the effect of the law attraction will be better. As for your scroll world, it will also benefit. With the transformation of this planet, your scroll world will naturally evolve as well."
Xu Yuan slowly nodded.
If that's the case, let's begin!
A scroll appeared above his head, and a space descended upon the scroll.
"Is this your world?" Rex revealed an envious look.
This was far better than being a Plane Lord.
A plane couldn't be taken away.
However, Xu Yuan's scroll world was a part of him, created within his body and capable of moving with him.
This was a portable small world. Even if perfected to the level of a plane, it wouldn't be as immovable as a regular plane.
The scroll world descended.
Xu Yuan triggered the forbidden spell.
Xu Yuan had participated in the refinement process of the Blood Mage Contract forbidden spell and had mastered it.
After all, Rex was right. Although bloodline power had its own hierarchy and drawbacks when fused, the abilities within the bloodline power were fine.
The bloodline might be flawed, but the content within it wasn't.
Deeply analyzing the information contained within the bloodline and extracting this information equaled mastering the bloodline.
Moreover, if one could parse the dragon might within the dragon race's bloodline, even without having the dragon race's bloodline, one could replicate the effect of dragon might using their own spiritual power and will.
Rumble!
As the forbidden spell was cast, Xu Yuan could feel the vibration of the entire universe.
The laws of the universe converged, influenced by this forbidden spell.
This was Rex's handiwork.
Normally, just a forbidden spell wouldn't cause such a reaction from the laws of the universe.
However, the current situation was different. Rex invoked numerous laws, using these laws to continuously expand the forbidden spell.
"Run!"
Under Rex's reminder, Xu Yuan immediately activated spatial teleportation.
The two disappeared from the planet, appearing outside it.
"If this fails, your chamber's loss won't be small."
With just a few more decades of development, this planet could be migrated to, and within less than a century, it could be developed into a true life-bearing planet, of immense value.
Now, a forbidden spell was cast here—a forbidden spell amplified infinitely.
Forbidden spells combined the laws of the universe, with unpredictable power.
In fact, a forbidden spell had no upper limit. Even if the forbidden spell itself wasn't perfect, it could still trigger unforeseen disasters.
A god-level magician, with a death-defying resolution to infinitely stimulate the power of a forbidden spell, gathering the laws of the universe and pushing the forbidden spell to uncontrollable levels, could unleash unknown power from the forbidden spell.
No one knew if this forbidden spell would instantly evolve into a world-destroying forbidden spell.
This was Rex's line of thought.
The Blood Mage Contract forbidden spell was still too minuscule, but under artificial stimulation, it held infinite possibilities.
Of course, everything depended on the laws of the universe.
To describe it vividly, the two of them were essentially throwing a fireball into a forest at this moment.
The flames from the explosion of this fireball might only burn down one or two trees, or it could form a continuous wildfire consuming the entire forest.
The Blood Mage forbidden spell was this fire. Once this flame engulfed the entire planet, it would become the law of this planet, enveloping the entire planet as a framework, attracting the laws of the universe to integrate and construct a new plane.
Similarly, this fire might destroy the entire planet.
"Not necessarily. Our Blood Mage Contract forbidden spell isn't destructive by nature. It's very suitable as the core of a plane. Even if something unexpected happens, it won't destroy the planet."
"Hopefully so."
Xu Yuan shrugged.
He stood in cosmic space, looking at the planet before him.
In his vision, the surface of the planet was covered with a dense layer of laws, and where they had just been, a small vortex gathered the laws.
This vortex expanded, but after a brief expansion, it stopped.
"Failed," Rex sighed.
However, there was no discouragement in his tone.
Such attempts were a gamble, betting on the possibility of stimulating the forbidden spell to spread across the entire planet and cover it entirely with its effect.
"Try again?"
Rex looked at Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan didn't refuse.
The two returned to the planet, triggering the forbidden spell.
Casting the forbidden spell, stimulating it, and then escaping the scene.
They repeated this cycle endlessly.
Until the three hundred seventy-fifth time.
"A variable has appeared."
The two stared intently at the massive vortex.
The vortex stopped expanding, and it wasn't even the largest expansion since their experiments began.
However, this vortex brought a surprise to the two.
Because it brought forth a law.
"Destroy this law!"
Xu Yuan looked at Rex.
Rex took a deep breath, hesitation evident in his eyes.
Should he act?
Finally, gritting his teeth, he enveloped the law with his magic power.
Bang!
He expelled that law.
And with the departure of that law, the forbidden spell began to expand again.
This time, the forbidden spell expanded tenfold in an instant, covering one-tenth of the entire planet.
The forbidden spell continued to expand.
Unfortunately, it stopped after covering about one-fifth of the planet.
"You add that law back," Xu Yuan suggested.
The birth of a plane inevitably required the participation of all laws in the universe; otherwise, the plane itself wouldn't be complete.
Rex took a deep breath and adopted Xu Yuan's idea.
With the addition of that law, the vortex expanded again.
This time, the vortex reached half the size of the planet.
At the core of the vortex, the two observed the complex evolution of laws.
"Although it hasn't completely succeeded yet, I feel we don't need to continue," Xu Yuan said.
Hesitation lingered in Rex's eyes.
Clearly, the forbidden spell below had undergone tremendous changes, but it still hadn't met his initial goal—promoting the planet's evolution into a true plane.
However, the forbidden spell had been stimulated to an extreme level. Within the storm caused by the forbidden spell, there was already a natural tendency towards the evolution of universal laws.
This evolution could provide both of them with insights.
Should they try to erase this forbidden spell and continue experimenting, or stop and comprehend the changes in the laws within the vortex?
After a moment of hesitation, Rex made a decision.
Of course, insight came first.
Who knew how long it would take to achieve the goal with further attempts.
Since this forbidden spell's evolution brought gains, they should grasp these gains first.
The two returned to the planet, arriving at the core of the forbidden spell.
"Wow"
Just by immersing his mind in it, Xu Yuan marveled at the wonders of the universe.
This was the greatness of the universe.
A Blood Mage Contract forbidden spell, driven by the laws of the universe, evolved to a level they could never have perfected it to.
"Blood God Transformation"
Xu Yuan gave this forbidden spell a new name.
"Fusing bloodline power, truly transforming into the corresponding blood beast!"
Moreover, it seemed that due to the influence of Xu Yuan's scroll world, it absorbed some aspects of the soul master system, granting this forbidden spell storage capabilities.
What was originally a temporary contract now became the fusion of bloodlines, condensing blood patterns.
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