Yes, he had expected too much.
Electrolux smiled helplessly. "The Reincarnation Realm is ultimately too weak, unlike Douluo Star and the Abyss, which have deep foundations."
As he spoke, he waved his right hand beside him, and a portal opened.
This was—
Su Ming looked at the portal, feeling it was very familiar.
Soon, his pupils suddenly contracted.
"The Gate of the Dead?"
It was very similar to the Gate of the Dead, with some slight changes in form, but the essence should be the same.
The Gate of the Dead was originally the portal connecting to the Necromancer Demiplane. Now, what was the purpose of this portal...
Electrolux nodded, affirming Su Ming's guess.
"Correct. I have evolved the Gate of the Dead into the Reincarnation Gate and refined it into a divine artifact – a total of twelve gates, which can be used to form a Reincarnation Grand Cycle Array."
Su Ming clicked his tongue in wonder.
"Elder, you said you weren't seizing this opportunity."
Electrolux shook his head helplessly. "The foundation is insufficient. Although these twelve gates are all divine artifacts, they are at best the lowest level of divine artifacts."
Su Ming waved his hand.
"That's not a problem. If the gates are of insufficient quality, we can supplement the materials. I happen to excel at forging. I will forge a set of materials for you, Elder."
Electrolux nodded with a smile.
That was also his intention.
With metal forged by Su Ming – not to mention Super Refinement metal, Half-Step Super Refinement metal would suffice. Incorporating one piece of Half-Step Super Refinement metal would upgrade a gate by one level, from a divine artifact used by a Third-Class God to one used by a Second-Class God.
If all were forged from Half-Step Super Refinement metal, they could even impact divine artifacts matching a First-Class God. Then, the twelve gates forming the Reincarnation Grand Cycle Array could unleash power close to that of a Super Divine Artifact.
Rong Nianbing's seven divine artifacts could achieve the effect of a Super Divine Artifact. Electrolux's twelve gates naturally had hope as well.
Only, the premise was that the quality of each gate could not be low.
If the entire gate was forged from Half-Step Super Refinement metal without affecting the effect, it would probably require ten pieces.
Su Ming also couldn't prepare one hundred and twenty pieces of Half-Step Super Refinement metal for the time being.
The truth was, the Universe's Will's attitude towards him was not friendly.
Before developing a technology to replace the Universe's Will for Half-Step Super Refinement, he couldn't conduct this kind of forging at scale.
However, he could still attempt twelve pieces.
As for Super Refinement metal, each forging was a provocation to the Universe's Will.
Su Ming didn't want to court death like that for now.
Who knew if too many provocations might trigger some unfavorable chain reaction.
"The Reincarnation Gate shouldn't be just for forming an array, right?"
While forging for Electrolux, Su Ming also studied these Reincarnation Gates.
Electrolux stroked his beard, smiled, and nodded. "The Reincarnation Gate is a transformation of the Gate of the Dead. Its effect is to summon the Reincarnation Realm. Now, the Reincarnation Realm is no longer a demiplane, not residing in a spatial interlayer. It can't descend directly, but it can cast a projection."
"Using the Reincarnation Gate as the core, I can project the laws of the Reincarnation Realm into the surrounding universe."
"With twelve Reincarnation Gates, that's twelve Reincarnation domains. Plus the true Reincarnation Realm itself, that's enough for me to further expand the reincarnation authority."
Each Reincarnation Gate could, at most, spread the reincarnation authority over an area the size of a solar system. But when the twelve gates were connected, the region enclosed by them would slowly be assimilated.
Even after the complete Great Reincarnation domain took shape, it could expand further.
This was the method Electrolux could think of to quickly enhance his reincarnation authority.
After hearing the function of the Reincarnation Gate, Su Ming marveled, "This is a perfect match for your God Core method, Elder."
The God Core method involved integrating the condensed authority into the world, expanding the authority, and controlling more authority within the world. The stronger the God Core became.
These Reincarnation Gates apparently perfectly matched the path of authority expansion.
Electrolux said, "For now, I can only focus on expanding the authority within the God Core. I'll have to temporarily let go of my control over the God Core itself."
His digestion of the God Core was already extremely fast, yet it couldn't keep up with Su Ming's demands.
The truth was, Su Ming's progress was simply too fast.
He glanced towards the Lake of Life, thinking of the nurturing Super Divine Artifact embryo. He thought to himself: Once this Super Divine Artifact is fully nurtured, Su Ming's pioneering authority would be considered to have formally reached the God King level.
And the many resources Su Ming was now investing were precisely for its rapid nurturing.
"The authority of fate is also progressing rapidly. In just one year, it's already approaching the God King level. This kid's attainment in fate is truly too high."
Or rather, it wasn't about accumulation, but that he was truly suited for fate?
This thought crossed Electrolux's mind, but he then dismissed it.
How could that be?
In the past, Electrolux had even had the illusion that Su Ming might be suited for the Rakshasa faith, the forging faith, the Spirit Power faith, the Spirit Core faith.
In short, every time Su Ming gained a new type of faith on his path to growth, Electrolux had such an illusion.
He was already desensitized.
He could no longer believe such a claim.
Pioneering and fate were both approaching the God King level. Su Ming rarely practiced forging anymore, according to Electrolux. Besides these, there was also the Elemental God authority – one of the new authorities Su Ming had shown him along with the fate authority.
All of these had the potential to reach the God King level.
That made four.
Plus the two authorities from the Dragon God – that would be six. Still three short.
A look of concern showed in Electrolux's eyes.
Su Ming kept saying he was confident he could gather enough authorities. But so far, Electrolux simply couldn't see the hope.
"Are you sure you don't need my help?"
Su Ming raised his hand to stop him.
"Elder, I've already gathered enough."
As he spoke, he still gave the other a hint, letting him feel the faith of Asura, destruction, and life.
Electrolux had previously encountered the power of these three God Kings, so he was familiar with the aura of their faith.
His eyes widened as he looked at Su Ming.
"When did you...?"
Su Ming pointed to the sky, signaling Electrolux not to continue discuss this matter.
Electrolux also felt that these stolen authorities were not something to be proud of, and so didn't press further.
Adding these three, the authorities were indeed sufficient.
What Electrolux didn't know was that Su Ming was also preparing the time authority.
Nine God King-level authorities – Su Ming couldn't just prepare seven, as the Dragon God had suggested.
The twelve instances of Half-Step Super Refinement were completed in just five days.
When Su Ming finished forging, a vision appeared in the sky. The projection of the God of Destruction condensed.
"Su Ming."
The God of Destruction looked at Su Ming, dissatisfiedly saying, "Stop forging like this. Neither you nor the God Realm can stand any more of the Universe's Will converging."
Su Ming naturally agreed readily.
After the God of Destruction left, he came again to the Reincarnation Realm.
Inside the Reincarnation Realm, the battlefield was still like a meat grinder, continuously consuming lives from Douluo and the Abyss.
Su Ming found his target: Huo Yuhao.
He grabbed him from the air.
Seeing this, Electrolux used his God Core to control the entire Reincarnation Realm, shielding all perception from the God Realm.
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