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--- Chapter 470 ---
"This... How is this even possible? The Sky Poison Pearl actually evolved according to your will," Hanlong Nuji murmured, her sharp eyes picking up on the subtle, world-shaking changes to the Heavenly Profound Treasure she had known in her previous life. "It can actually contain a living world now..."
"The Sky Poison Pearl currently possesses its own independent Law of Time. In this state, it is structurally no different than the Eternal Heaven Pearl."
Han Yuan shook his head gently, a faint gesture of his hand recalling the brilliant Sky Poison Pearl back into the depths of his soul.
"It isn't quite as domineering as you thought," Han Yuan countered softly. "My Sky Poison Pearl is technically incomplete. It has long since lost both its ultimate deadly poison and its original artifact spirit."
"Because of those missing core components, I have had to refine it using my own essence, continuously feeding it high-grade heavenly materials over the span of many years."
He paused, letting the residual spatial energy settle around his phantom form. "Eventually, the Sky Poison Pearl gained the ability to split its own core into many copies, which halved the inner dimension."
"A phenomenon made possible by its infinitely growing inner space and a few specific refinement methods I would rather keep to myself."
A trace of a thoughtful smile tugged at the corner of Han Yuan's lips as he looked at his companions. "Once that foundation was set on me, I began experimenting with the boundaries of its nature."
"I asked a simple question to myself: since the Sky Poison Pearl's inner dimension is capable of infinite expansion, could I gradually alter that space into a completely stable inner world?"
Xu Deming and Hanlong Nuji listened intently, entirely fascinated by the scale of Han Yuan's hypothesis.
"Beta has already proven the viability of this path," Han Yuan added, his tone filled with a calm certainty. "He succeeded in forcing his own split portion of the Sky Poison Pearl to anchor a Divine Throne—a true God's Position birthed in an entirely different world."
"Since he could achieve a feat of that level, there shouldn't be any flaw in my plan to devour, refine, and retain a Small Demon Grotto Plane, using its framework to develop a space-time dimension ruled by my own unique Law of Time."
"This..."
Xu Deming rubbed his temples, performing calculations to comprehend the complex mechanics behind Han Yuan's handiwork.
From the perspective of a peak Spirit Engineer, he could only marvel at the sheer innovation. Utilizing an infinitely expanding space, splitting it, and then using a naturally formed pocket plane as the framework to anchor a stable world was a stroke of genius.
Hanlong Nuji narrowed her gem-like eyes slightly, a playful yet deep look flashing within them. "You're becoming more and more interesting, Han Yuan. I wonder just how many secrets you are hiding other than this..."
"Oh, come on. Don't give me that look," Han Yuan groaned, rolling his eyes at the dragon lady. "You know I won't answer it."
"Hehe, I can't help it," the dragon lady giggled in response. "I really am."
"Whatever..." Han Yuan sighed. This lady was far more troublesome than he had anticipated, always finding a way to push his buttons.
In truth, anchoring an Inner World with an independent Law of Time had always been Han Yuan's ambition. And as he well knew, the reality of the process was far more problematic than the basic explanation he had just provided.
After all, the Law of Time was supreme. In the grand path of cultivation, there was an indisputable truth: If Space is King, then Time is Emperor.
Yes, it sounded very cliché, but this statement remains true throughout many cultivation worlds.
The basis for this success hadn't appeared overnight. Alpha had also long been experimenting with the nature of the Sky Poison Pearl, using the minor planes that Thirteen, the Douluo Plane's Consciousness, had dragged back to the Dao Academy.
Because of those early trials, this wasn't Han Yuan's first ever attempt at manipulating planar boundaries.
Of course, Alpha lacked the time to delve deeper into this specific path, leaving Han Yuan to take up the mantle willingly.
At the moment, Han Yuan had only just begun refining the Small Demon Grotto Plane. But who was to say he would stop there?
In the future, nothing would prevent him from devouring the Abyss Plane, the Demon Plane, and even the Dragon Valley—gradually forging his Sky Poison Pearl into a true, self-sustaining pocket universe.
That was his most ideal path, also one of the keys to solving the Golden Dragon King's problem in an alternate future.
"All the preparation is complete," said Han Yuan as soon as they returned to the now-frozen Glory City. "We can start moving to the next stage."
"Jumping to the alternative future, Xu Deming's original timeline."
"But how are you going to do that?" Hanlong Nuji crossed her arms. "The amount of calculations you needed to do would be beyond even what I'm capable of."
"Yeah, I gave up because no amount of equations could calculate the proper time and space coordinates to my original timeline," Xu Deming added, his voice sounding hoarse.
Han Yuan didn't reply, and instead contacted the [Task Master System] bound to his very soul.
'System, I want to get another request.'
'Gu Yuejin's Request.'
[Confirmed]
A monotonous voice echoed in the depths of Han Yuan's soul, lingering in the corner like an old program that had just been activated after a very long time.
[The Task Master has taken another request!]
[The requester is: The Golden Dragon King, Gu Yuejin, from the Legend of the Dragon King Era - Douluo Dalu (AU)]
[The detail of the request: I wanted to create a better world for my race...]
[Ding! Do you really wish to accept the request?]
'Yes, I am,' Han Yuan answered calmly. 'And you can access my mind to see what kind of plan I wanted to do to solve it.'
[Analyzing the Task Master's methods to complete the request...]
[Detected key figures and assistants: Xu Deming (Anomaly), Hanlong Nuji (Blue Dragon)]
[...Calculating]
[The Task Master System found the plan... feasible]
[Access granted]
[Task Master (Gamma), you may enter the Alternate Legend of the Dragon King Era with two assistants: Xu Deming as the space-time anchor, and Hanlong Nuji as the fail-safe assistant]
[At the same time, the System will look for the most suitable body to fit your current situation... There is a fifty percent chance of you possessing a body that wasn't your base race]
[Do you still want to proceed?]
Han Yuan sucked in a deep breath and gazed at the confused Xu Deming and Hanlong Nuji. "Hey, Blue Dragon Lady, I know you actually don't have many attachments to this world... but do you still have words to say to it?"
"No, I've settled everything with that big guy... So, he will do fine without me," Hanlong Nuji responded casually. "In fact, he might be happy that he can stay and relax in the Ice God's Palace."
"What about you, Brother Xu... Because I am going to do the time-jump on cue." Han Yuan moved his gaze to Xu Deming.
"You... You are already prepared for it?" Xu Deming was speechless. He didn't expect Han Yuan's method to be this fast.
He gave a weary look and scanned the frozen Glory City before heaving a sigh of relief. "If there is one word to say to this timeline..."
"Then, I guess... it would be goodbye."
"Goodbye, world."
Han Yuan nodded, "Very well."
"Now, let's do this."
'System, proceed!'
Swoosh!
A rift suddenly manifested above Han Yuan, Xu Deming, and Hanlong Nuji, swallowing them into the void. Suddenly, it was as if they hadn't existed in this timeline in the first place.