However, in Fang Yuan's perception, it felt as if the Steel Pearl World was dissatisfied with him being too weak as the owner, unable to bear the continued development of the Steel Pearl World. Thus, it actively sent power back to promote his evolution.
To be precise, as the Steel Pearl World expanded and its world rules became more complete, Fang Yuan, as its owner, had to become stronger, or else he would not be able to carry such a vast world. This is not a spatial pocket; it's a true world, one he created himself. If the world becomes too strong and he remains too weak, it would cause his body to collapse.
However, his rate of evolution was too slow, and even the will of the world couldn't stand it. Thus, it actively helped him, completing the transformation of his one-billionth cell.
At this point, Fang Yuan's body had cells that were one-billionth of the power of a World God. Don't underestimate this one-billionth; what does it mean to be a World God? At least mortals cannot comprehend it.
Now, even without using the power of the world, not even a nuclear bomb would be able to destroy his body. This is the result of one-billionth of his cells transforming to the level of a World God, instantly boosting his physique to an astonishing level.
...
Fang Yuan closed his eyes, gradually retracting the surging power to avoid destroying Earth. This is his home planet, and he couldn't be careless.
Gradually, he fully retracted his power. As he became accustomed to the surge of energy, he also began to control the world's power with more precision.
To others, he still seemed the same, but only he knew how strong he had become.
However, in the outside world, he could not create things as freely as he did in the Steel Pearl World because it seemed that the outside world also had grander rules that rejected his world's rules.
Therefore, he could only use the world's power in combat but couldn't manipulate the world's rules to interfere with the grand laws of the outside world.
Even so, this was a huge surprise.
"It seems that continuing to perfect the world is really necessary!" Fang Yuan thought to himself.
Suddenly—
"Crack..."
It sounded like something had shattered.
At the same time—
In an ancient building in the Americas, a withered old man, skin barely clinging to his bones, suddenly opened his eyes: "The shackles are gone? The Pope's power is recovering... My God, I've finally waited for this moment, finally waited for it..."
The old man, his eyes filled with excitement, released an aura that was both terrifying and slowly radiating outward.
In the deep mountains of China, an old man leaning on a cane suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing with energy: "The heavenly shackles are gone? Is this a dream? Oh my God, I can still wait for this day..."
In Europe, a pale-faced nobleman, elegantly drinking wine, suddenly crushed his wine glass: "The shackles of the heavens are gone?! Great, my bloodline will rise again. I'll recover my power as much as I can before others notice!"
...
"Wait, Earth really has a forbidden law formation?"
Fang Yuan's mind covered the entire Earth, and he detected mysterious symbols fully integrated with the planet, which greatly surprised him.
The power he had accidentally released caused a brief pause in the Earth's rotation, and the force was so strong that it cracked a mysterious symbol, weakening its effect.
Fang Yuan carefully sensed the changes and found that, as the mysterious symbol cracked, many mountains on Earth began to gradually awaken their spiritual energy. Some mountain ranges even seemed to revive, with dragons' roars, inaudible to mortals, echoing through the air.
Excited roars came from deep valleys, and subtle, nearly undetectable vibrations shook the endless ocean's abyss.
Some creatures on Earth seemed to be mutating—turtles over a century old displayed mysterious markings and radiance on their shells, while elderly people, who had appeared dead for hundreds of years, suddenly seemed to come alive.
"You shouldn't have let this happen; it'll turn Earth into chaos. It's better for things to stay peaceful like this!"
Fang Yuan muttered to himself, then with a flick of his mind, he used the world's power to cover the globe, forcibly took control of Earth, altered the flow of spiritual energy in the deep veins of mountains, and consumed the world's source to repair and even strengthen the mysterious symbols integrated with Earth, fixing the forbidden law formation.
Half an hour later—
"Buzz!"
The entire Earth seemed to tremble, and the commotion was so large that many seismometers and geologists noticed, though they were unable to pinpoint the cause. It would remain an unsolved mystery.
...
In the Americas, the withered old man had just laughed three times, vowing to let God's glory shine on the entire world when suddenly... everything went silent. The power he had begun to revive vanished instantly, even the special abilities he could barely force out with his blood disappeared.
"How could this happen? No... the Pope doesn't believe this..."
The old man was confused.
In Europe, the pale-faced nobleman had just stood up, ready to alert his clan, when the bloodline power that had just begun to revive vanished again, leaving him with no trace of the power that had previously been there. His previously pale face returned to its normal, healthy state.
"What...?" The middle-aged nobleman was stunned, and his body began to rapidly age.
"No... why is this happening? Didn't the heavenly shackles open?" He couldn't accept this reality.
In China, the elderly man with the cane, about to close his eyes and familiarize himself with his newfound power, suddenly froze: "Is this a hallucination? Really, just a hallucination? But why did I feel my vital energy awakening just now? Why has it suddenly gone quiet again?"
"Roar..."
Deep in the ocean's abyss, some ocean giants let out a roar. But after the roar, the intelligence they had just awakened was sealed again, turning back into the most ordinary ocean beasts.
Many mountains on Earth seemed to tremble faintly, as if fighting against the heavens, resisting, trying to awaken.
However, under the suppression of the mysterious power, all forces vanished. The land that was about to revive sank into silence again, without a ripple.
...
"This is fine, I don't want to see Earth descend into chaos. It's good just like this, isn't it?"
Fang Yuan muttered to himself, smiling.
His mind covered the globe, witnessing the rage of the old immortals, some of whom had lived for over 200 or 300 years but appeared to have been in a death-like slumber for a hundred years.
At this moment, Fang Yuan realized that Earth truly had supernatural forces that existed naturally. He wasn't the only one, but he was the only one not bound by the mysterious shackles. His Steel Pearl World had reached such a high level that the shackles were no longer effective.
Watching the rage-filled roars of the old immortals and sensing the resistance of Earth's spiritual veins, Fang Yuan remained indifferent, his face expressionless.
"Seems like the entire Earth is becoming sentient, even the mountains and rivers have life signs. If these shackles break and the spiritual veins awaken, many people will die."
While observing, Fang Yuan continued to mutter to himself, but he also couldn't help but feel curious. It was quite novel that even mountains and rivers could have life characteristics.
"Perhaps I can study this, and also create some unique life forms. After all, life reproduction in the divine realm is too slow. In thousands of years, only a few million lives have emerged, and humanity numbers just over ten thousand. Don't the gods need women or men?"