In the tenth year after the great disaster, the world was suddenly struck by a blood rain, which lasted for three days and three nights.
After the blood rain, the world began to regain vitality, but many places became forbidden zones due to the accumulation of corpses, and some unknown mutations occurred. These mutated areas were very strange, resembling creatures that exuded a deathly aura, like ghosts or monsters.
At this time, a shocking event occurred that amazed Fang Yuan. More than ten snow-white qilin suddenly awakened their spiritual intelligence.
On a towering mountain, the leading snow-white qilin, about the size of a horse, descended to the mountaintop. Following it, other snow-white qilin flew down from the sky.
In the next moment, the leading qilin transformed into a young man. He wore armor made from snow-white scales, his long snow-white hair flowing down his shoulders, making him appear very handsome.
The other snow-white qilin followed suit, their forms flickering with light and transforming into human shapes—some male, some female. The youngest appeared to be only three or four years old. The males were handsome, while the females were beautiful and elegant.
"Leader…" A group of people behind him called out excitedly.
The one referred to as the leader was the young man at the front. He gazed at the vast mountains and rivers, his eyes seemingly reflecting the passage of time.
After a long pause, the young leader sighed and said, "I didn't expect that the Qilin tribe would still be unable to escape the extinction disaster, but I am curious… What is this place? This cannot be our home planet. Our planet is sealed by a forbidden array, and our tribe was cast down to the mortal realm. Our spiritual intelligence was extinguished, leaving only animal instincts. But who would have thought that we could still awaken our spiritual intelligence one day?"
He paused, then sighed again, "Why did the forbidden law suddenly stop? This is definitely not our home planet. There are no stars in the sky, and it feels like a fake world. It's as if we're in a painted landscape."
"Leader, what do you mean?" one of the group asked.
"Leader, we can fly now..."
"We're no longer afraid of those annoying poisonous insects..."
The young people behind him were all excitedly chattering, clearly thrilled.
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Fang Yuan listened to the young leader's words with an odd expression, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
"I can't believe I didn't notice this issue before... I forgot to create stars," he muttered.
Looking up, it was indeed true that even though it was night, only the bright moon hung in the sky, with no stars visible.
"Since that's the case, I should create some stars to embellish this monotonous world, so it doesn't get criticized."
As his words fell, the world's will trembled. The world's energy immediately surged, and countless stars began to form at the edges of the steel ball world.
The stars appeared randomly, scattered across the entire sky, circling around the world close to the outer membrane.
"Natural laws, the great natural way!" Fang Yuan spoke, and the rules descended. The stars automatically arranged themselves, following a special pattern of movement.
Some of the stars began to shine brightly, shedding starlight.
"Buzz..."
The moment the stars were fully created, the world's will seemed to strengthen, almost as if celebrating the world's further perfection.
Fang Yuan suddenly realized: "I see, stars are also a part of the world. Whether as decoration or for other purposes, stars are an essential part of the world."
As the world god, Fang Yuan could clearly see that many stars, from the moment they were formed, began to shine and shed light, intertwining with the radiance of the sun and moon, spreading energy across the entire world.
The light of the stars combined and merged into the world's energy, and the world's spiritual energy seemed to grow more perfect.
At the same time, some special regions of the steel ball world began to undergo strange changes. The starlight moved, nourishing the continent or being absorbed by plants.
Some animals began to inhale and exhale the starlight, growing stronger as a result.
"Stars are indeed a part of the world," Fang Yuan murmured.
Then he turned his attention to the young leader, and the world's will, without being noticed by the young leader, subtly read his memories.
Fang Yuan immediately learned of the young leader's origins. The young leader was actually a wise life from a planet in the starry sky, a being that once thrived there.
However, a powerful, unimaginable existence had arrived a thousand years ago, using an array to seal the entire planet. The sole function of the array was to "seal," causing the spiritual energy within the sealed area to stagnate. Any life within the array's range would lose their supernatural powers, and their spiritual intelligence would gradually fade, eventually reducing them to mere beasts.
Fang Yuan's eyes flickered. The effect of this array seemed similar to Earth's "end of the law era."
It was said that in Earth's ancient times, there were immortals, but then spiritual energy suddenly disappeared, and immortals vanished. Earth entered the end of the law era, where no one could cultivate.
"Could it be that Earth also has such an array?" Fang Yuan wondered. "But why wasn't I affected?"
"Right, on that life planet, I did feel some mysterious force trying to weaken or even seal my powers, but the steel ball broke that seal."
"Could it be that Earth also has such an array, but my steel ball world's level is too high for the array to seal, and that's why I exist here?"
The more Fang Yuan thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. But this was all just speculation, and nothing could be confirmed.
Nevertheless, he secretly remained vigilant. If this were true, Earth might not be so safe. In the endless vastness of the starry sky, there could be other forms of life, even extremely powerful life forms.
Back to the story, the young leader had once been a very powerful being, at least capable of flying out of the planet. He had lived in the starry sky and was a powerful existence similar to a god, but after the planet was sealed, his powers gradually diminished over the years until he was cast into the mortal realm, losing his spiritual intelligence.
However, the Qilin tribe had extraordinary natural talents. Even the most ordinary qilin had a thousand-year lifespan, and the young leader had lived for tens of thousands of years.
Fang Yuan continued watching.
The young leader of the Qilin tribe led his people to occupy a vast mountain range and began to reproduce and thrive.
The young leader had also been puzzled. Since the day he complained about the lack of stars in the sky, stars suddenly appeared, which felt somewhat strange.
However, his strength was too low, and he couldn't fly to the world's edge to see what was going on.
As time passed, the human race, gods, and elves suffered heavy casualties, with very few of their people surviving. The elven mother tree had been destroyed in the great disaster.
Thus, the three races abandoned their grudges and began a great fusion. Through intermarriage, they gave birth to hybrid children, and their descendants were all called humans.
However, some descendants who knew their ancestry would refer to themselves as having elven or divine blood flowing through them.
Years after the great disaster, the human race and the Qilin tribe began to interact. By this time, there were very few cultivators left in the human race who could still cultivate, apart from the hidden fake gods.
Even many cultivators discovered that their paths in magic, fighting spirit, and sword cultivation seemed to have been cut off. They could not reach the final step and could not become law gods or fighting gods.
It seemed as if some unknown force was blocking their advancement to that realm, as though it involved a taboo.
Meanwhile, the Qilin tribe could still cultivate, and in just a few decades, several gods were born, with even some successfully ascending to the divine realm.
As a result, some clever people began to imitate the Qilin tribe's cultivation methods.
The Qilin tribe's cultivation was a natural gift—they were born with the ability to cultivate. It was as if they could directly attract the world's energy to temper their bodies, and then condense energy crystals within themselves, turning them into their core.
Those who sought the way began to worship and flatter the Qilin tribe, and eventually, they uncovered these secrets. Boldly, they created cultivation methods, gradually developing an entire cultivation civilization.