At high noon, Yun Ming punctually used the method taught by Poseidon to communicate with the mark between his brows, entering the Illusion World he had visited three days prior. This time, he did not appear outside the temple, but rather upon a gemstone throne situated just below the main seat of the Sea God.
"Three days no see. How are you, Lord Sea God?" Yun Ming stood up and offered a greeting.
Poseidon, seated on the main throne, glanced at him and said, "For you, it has been three days; for this deity, it has been but a fleeting moment."
"I know, I was just offering a greeting." Regarding matters of the God Realm, the Sea God Pavilion of his past life contained a few scattered records; he knew that a time dilation existed between the two realms.
Poseidon: "You are quite polite."
Yun Ming: "Thank you for the compliment."
Poseidon: "."
Is he actually complimenting Yun Ming? Forget it, let's get to the point. Poseidon steered the conversation back to the main topic. He said with a serious expression, "Let us speak of the God Realm."
"Yun Ming, you wish to establish a God Realm, but do you know what a God Realm actually is?"
Yun Ming pondered for a moment and replied, "A four-dimensional space. It is a timeline formed by refining countless three-dimensional spaces, added onto the foundation of reality with an axis of time."
This might be difficult to understand, so to explain with an example: when a cultivator breaks through the limits of the god-level, it is effectively equivalent to transitioning from being confined to a three-dimensional space into a four-dimensional one. That is why, after reaching the god-level, one gains the ability to traverse space. In reality, this is achieved by gaining insight into four-dimensional space to travel through individual three-dimensional spaces.
Poseidon was very satisfied with Yun Ming's answer. Being able to answer this question showed him that Yun Ming was serious and not just acting on a whim; it also proved that Yun Ming possessed truly transcendent comprehension. This was good; it made him worth talking to.
"Not bad. The minimum requirement for a God Realm is indeed a four-dimensional space."
"Then, do you know the origin of the current God Realm?"
"Natural birth?"
Yun Ming thought of the ancient myths passed down in the Human World, as well as the fact that deities could not create a true world, and answered thus.
Poseidon shook his head and explained, "Both right and wrong."
Yun Ming: "?"
Poseidon's words were cryptic, and he did not quite understand.
"According to the God Kings who were born at the very beginning of heaven and earth, the entire world as it exists today was created by the first living being of the Primordial Chaos World, the 'Creation God', using his own life."
"Back then, the Creation God sacrificed his life to open the world. The turbid matter sank to become the vast sea of stars and infinite planes, while the energy of the gods floated upward to become the initial prototype of the God Realm."
"So, in a sense, the God Realm was created by a living being, but that being was also like an evolution of the world's will. Sacrificing his life to open the world was his mission, so it is both right and wrong."
The truth of the world left Yun Ming in awe. The human and divine realms were actually opened by a single living being. Although it seemed this being was essentially a tool, how strong must he have been if he hadn't died? Such thoughts arose in Yun Ming's mind. However, he immediately caught the key point in Poseidon's words.
"There are still God Kings who understand how the Creation God opened the world?"
Poseidon nodded and said, "Yes. Two of the current Five God Kings, Life and Destruction, were the first living beings in the world formed from the two origins of the Creation God. They possess the memories related to the Creation God's act of creation. Their powers, when merged into one, constitute the Genesis Power."
At this point, Yun Ming seemed to understand what Poseidon meant.
As expected, Poseidon continued, "Even the two God Kings who inherited the Genesis Power might not be able to create a God Realm."
"You, a mere mortal living in a three-dimensional reality, do you truly think it is possible for you to create a four-dimensional space?"
"The thousand years I mentioned earlier were based on the premise that you had no foundation. But having observed your divine position and re-evaluating the timeline, you could likely become a god independently in less than ten years. The path ahead is bright; are you certain you still want to create your own God Realm?"
After the initial surge of adrenaline from Yun Ming's proposal, Poseidon had calmed down and reconsidered the idea of creating a God Realm. Honestly, he still felt that for Yun Ming to achieve such a thing while still a human was as difficult as ascending to heaven. If he could become a god first and then use the endless years of a deity to consider the God Realm, his talent might give him a sliver of hope.
To Poseidon's question, Yun Ming was silent for a moment, but then he smiled and said firmly, "I am certain! I won't give up without even trying!"
"I am indeed a mere mortal, incomparable to the Creation God who was born for a purpose, but I never intended to be like the Creation God anyway!"
"Even if we take a step back and say it truly doesn't work, I can just become a god using the conventional method later, can't I? There is still plenty of time, isn't there?"
Over the past few days, through his interactions with Asura and Poseidon, he had seen a drawback to becoming a god in the God Realm: if he created his own divine position to enter the God Realm, not only would he be under the control of others, but if he ever wanted to leave the God Realm in the future, he would have to leave his divine position behind. Wouldn't that be working for the God Realm for free? The power of a deity with a divine position and one without are completely different, and he did not want to do that. Therefore, if it were possible, it was best to walk his own path.
Having received Yun Ming's confirmation, Poseidon had nothing more to say. After all, Yun Ming was right; he had time.
"Very well. Then tell me your line of reasoning. I am curious: what kind of genius concept could give you the confidence to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Creation God?"
Yun Ming organized his thoughts and said leisurely, "The starting point of a God Realm is a four-dimensional world. To create one, I must add a time axis to the reality of space. If I wanted to add this time axis to Douluo Star—never mind the planet, even adding it to a single human city would be as difficult as ascending to heaven. Not to mention controlling that vast and chaotic time axis, the forces of fate and space-time involved are too much for even a god to bear, let alone a human. However."
"What if this reality is something inherent to my own Martial Soul? If it only involves my personal time axis, could it be controlled?"
"Inherent to the Martial Soul, a personal time axis," Poseidon repeated these words, unconsciously deducing them in his mind.
A time axis involving countless space-times and causal forces is difficult to control, but if it is reduced to a single thread belonging to an individual, it is not unbearable. Taking Poseidon himself and Yun Ming as an example: if he were willing to pay the price, and Yun Ming did not use his divine position to resist, he could actually control Yun Ming's personal time axis for a short period, and he could withstand the backlash.
Deities need the God Realm because a divine position requires a four-dimensional space to support it; the space a Martial Soul can support would also be sufficient. If things were as Yun Ming imagined—the reality exists, and the time axis associated with that reality also exists—the only thing left to solve is the integration of the two. If that could truly be solved, it would be a man-made Meson God Realm.
Thinking of this, Poseidon's pupils dilated in shock.
It seems... it is not impossible.
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