Chapter 553: Pretending to be God’s will

Regardless of how the local natives felt, on the other side, Li Shiwei found a hidden spot, dug a burrow, and hid her flying boat inside.

She dug quite deep, using an Earth Movement Spell to excavate a thousand zhang deep. She secretly hid in a burrow, surrounding it with Talismans to set up a Formation that blocked detection. Unless the local natives' cultivation was significantly higher than hers, it would be very difficult for them to detect her.

This was due to the difference in spellcasting levels; after all, Li Shiwei was using the spells of the Nine Lands Under Heaven, which, to the native world, was probably equivalent to extraterrestrial technology.

She also set up some other protective Formations to ensure the safety of her flying boat, and then began to clean.

When she rushed in, she had vomited, and now the inside of the flying boat was very… touching.

Regardless, she still had to clean it.

Using a Water Control Spell to thoroughly clean the flying boat inside and out, the now clean Stone finally spoke: "We're in now, but we've also startled the natives. Master, what's your next step?"

"What to do? Of course, first, I need to understand the situation of the local natives. To find commonalities, I should first understand them. It's a pity… only now do I realize the benefits of the Chamber of Commerce."

Li Shiwei sighed.

In the past, when she was a middle-level manager at the Chamber of Commerce, with just a word, countless worlds would eagerly send their civilizations and histories for her to review.

Now, she had to collect them herself.

Not only did she have to collect them herself, but she also had to remain anonymous and be extremely cautious. If her identity were exposed, she might be besieged by the powerful cultivators of this world.

It wouldn't be fun if she died here.

Li Shiwei still had some sense; although she came from the Nine Lands Under Heaven, she was only an Eighth Grade. This was a Seventh Grade world, and the powerful cultivators here could definitely kill her. Her life was more important.

But…

Perhaps this was the normal state. Having a bunch of people send their civilization's history by just beckoning was, after all, only for a few.

Thinking this, Li Shiwei put on an Invisibility Talisman.

"Stone, help me conceal my aura. Let's go and observe the natives of this world."

She said this, still cheerfully embarking on her mission as usual.

For Li Shiwei, this was a novel experience, a new game.

If Zhang You were here, she might shake her head and sigh, saying, "You haven't changed at all…" something like that.

Indeed, she hadn't changed at all.

Li Shiwei still treated all of this as a game, after all… what did it matter?

A Seventh Grade world, somewhat interesting, but only somewhat. When she was a security captain at the Chamber of Commerce, countless Seventh Grade worlds had to bow to her.

She stealthily traveled for a few days, passing through desolate wilderness, and arrived at an ordinary city on one of the layers of this world.

Whether it was genetic or not, Li Shiwei also instinctively learned her biological father's usual trick: concealing her aura and form, and quietly moving among the crowd.

Li Qi had never taught her this, but Li Shiwei instinctively made this choice.

One could only say they were truly father and daughter.

Stone was also a cultivator, and it was a Anomolus Spirit formed from jade, skilled at holding its breath. With its cooperation, it could also help Li Shiwei conceal some of her aura.

The observation lasted for nearly a month. She discovered that this world… was quite interesting.

As an Eighth Grade Peak cultivator, Li Shiwei had astonishing mental faculties. Through simple observation, in just one month, she had already mastered the local language.

It wasn't difficult. First, learn nouns. This only required listening and observing in the market to confirm what specific goods their words and pronunciations referred to. Once she mastered some nouns, she could roughly understand what they were saying.

After mastering nouns, she moved on to verbs and prepositions, paying attention to the words accompanying the nouns. Since she learned in the market, the first batch of words Li Shiwei mastered were words like 'buy,' 'sell,' and 'take.'

With this foundation, she could 'attend classes.'

She found a wealthy family in the area.

This world didn't have centralized schools or similar places for learning; it was basically all private tutoring, and only the wealthy could afford teachers. But it didn't matter; she could sneak in.

Li Shiwei stood behind other people's children, listening to their early childhood education. Combined with her existing vocabulary, she quickly integrated grammar and other unique abstract words, such as 'laugh' and 'cry,' and correlated the language with written characters, mastering the ability to write and read.

All of this took her less than seven days.

After that, she went to this wealthy person's library and continued to deepen her language skills through books.

At the same time, she didn't delay other matters. While reading, she also simultaneously learned about this world.

The life forms here are broadly divided into two types. One is the 'Human Race' here, which are humanoid beings born under a convergent pattern, very similar to the Human Race of the Nine Lands Under Heaven, only differing in skin color, hair color, eye color, and some subtle details.

They have developed unique spellcasting methods, also of two types.

One type requires a special rectangular Formation, combined with a unique incantation, similar to primitive Dao Orthodoxy spells. It can command the six types of Qi: water, fire, wind, thunder, light, and darkness, and then combine them to produce various effects with considerable lethality.

The other type is similar to a combination of primitive Shaman Dao and Divine Dao. They worship natural spirits, creating a natural god, and then this natural god acts as a terminal, bestowing Divine Power upon these spellcasters, thereby achieving mutual benefit.

There is also a special Martial Dao method, which is also a native method of this world. Unlike the Nine Lands Under Heaven, where one cultivates internal organs to enter the Innate realm, they cultivate Qi and blood, tendons, bones, and muscles, directly relying on Qi and blood to condense Martial Dao Divine Intent.

However, their Divine Intent is very peculiar. It is not a projection of their own inner will and Dao Heart, but rather a projection of their cultivation method. The goal of everyone's cultivation is to align themselves more closely with the true meaning of their cultivation method. Their Martial Dao Divine Intent is also monotonous, all being the Divine Intent of the cultivation method's originator.

It's truly marvelous. Instead of pursuing their own Divine Intent, they use hypnotic methods to force their thoughts to align with the cultivation method's originator.

Moreover… Li Shiwei felt that their Martial Dao Divine Intent was quite foolish. While called Divine Intent, it actually lacked its own Dao Heart; it was all imitation, and couldn't even truly be called Martial Dao Divine Intent.

This approach allows for faster advancement, but the upper limit is not high, making it difficult to forge one's own path. Therefore, the status of Martial Dao cultivators in this world is also very low; they usually exist as guards for the other two types of cultivators.

The second type of life is a relatively backward Dao of Heaven’s Evolution. These are local beasts that have undergone the Awakening of sentience, not mindless creatures catalyzed by Dao principles like savage beasts, but genuine civilized races. Their primary method of cultivation is to gain different abilities by strengthening their bodies, similar to the True Dragons' advancement, but much, much weaker.

These two types of civilized races form the main theme of this unique world, with almost all history revolving around the wars between these two races.

Then, there are the seven layers of this world.

They call these seven layers 'Kingdoms,' with each Kingdom on a different leaf. They believe their world is a giant wheel with seven leaves.

The leaves constantly change position as the giant wheel rotates.

This is actually very close to the truth, because these seven layers are indeed constantly rotating; it should be the result calculated by the intelligent people of this world.

Seven Kingdoms, two races, and four different cultivation strategies collectively form this world.

Moreover, this world almost perfectly met Li Shiwei's needs.

Between the seven Kingdoms, there was an almost perfect 'commonality,' which Li Shiwei just didn't know yet.

She wanted to find this commonality, then deduce a higher-level commonality from it, and ultimately, completely establish her Seventh Grade Dao foundation, thereby attaining longevity.

———

And almost at the same time…

On Li Qi's side.

Yan Ke stood beside Li Qi, a faint smile on his face.

To be honest, Li Qi wasn't bad-looking, but next to Yan Ke, he somehow felt like a country bumpkin.

This was because Yan Ke was simply too dashing; the word 'handsome' was practically written on his face.

However, looking at their expressions, it was clear they were having a pleasant conversation.

"Hmm, I've already cut this piece out for you. You don't have to worry now, do you?" Yan Ke held a brilliant, translucent pellet in his hand and handed it to Li Qi.

This pellet was very similar to the unique Cosmic Light world Yan Ke once obtained. That was made for him by his Master, serving as teaching material for him to experience the changes in Cosmic Light and civilization.

Now that Yan Ke was a Seventh Grade, he naturally no longer needed such a world. At this point, he could 'pluck' a world by distorting space-time, just like his Master, twisting an extraterrestrial world into a pellet.

Of course, he couldn't do it with unique Cosmic Light or high-grade worlds, but an ordinary Seventh Grade world was no longer a problem for him.

This was the power of a direct descendant of the Invoker, one of the Nine Lands Under Heaven of the World. He could easily toy with worlds.

And now, the pellet in his hand was a Seventh Grade world. If one looked closely, the light points within the pellet could still be felt, and the world was vaguely divided into seven layers.

"Thank you," Li Qi said, taking the marble and sighing, "Alas, she's been wandering outside all these years and still hasn't made much progress. I'm worried."

"A parent's heart, you spent a lot of effort finding this suitable world for her, didn't you?" Yan Ke asked.

"It's nothing. It's just a Seventh Grade world. It took some effort to move it, but her mother did that. I didn't do much. But your space-distortion technique is truly amazing; it can actually shrink things like this."

Li Qi held the pellet, examining it closely.

Within this translucent pellet, a world and two civilizations were hidden.

It was so easily held in Li Qi's hand.

Of course, it was actually very heavy. Li Qi was truly lifting a world; only the space was reduced, not the mass. To pick up this thing, you needed to genuinely pick up a world.

Therefore, Li Qi sighed at the power of the Great Powers.

When Yan Ke was a Ninth Grade, the unique Cosmic Light world in his hand had its mass shrunk as well, so even an ordinary Mortal could easily pick it up. This method was truly miraculous. Yan Ke hadn't learned this trick yet, so he could only shrink space.

Fortunately, it was no longer strenuous for Li Qi to lift a world now.

On the other side, Yan Ke shook his head: "Still not skilled enough. Look, my niece was even made to vomit by my space distortion. She almost discovered something abnormal."

"That's already very impressive. She's an Eighth Grade Peak, and you're only one grade higher than her," Li Qi said with a smile.

"Only one grade higher? You say that as if you're used to challenging higher ranks, huh? One Grade is one Heaven! Ten thousand of her couldn't beat my pinky finger."

Yan Ke shook his head, smiling wryly.

He smiled wryly because he clearly felt that Li Qi was now a Sixth Grade.

One Grade, one Heaven! The gap in between was immeasurable, especially for direct Disciples of their great Dao Orthodoxy. Li Qi's cultivation was already top-tier among the younger generation of Shaman God Mountain.

"That's for you. People from outside the domain are different. Alas, this Little rabbit."

Li Qi shook his head and sighed.

"Alright, enough of that. Now that you've brought this world back, are you going to interfere manually? Or are you going to act as 'Heaven's Will' for once?" Yan Ke asked.

"Aren't we already acting as 'Heaven's Will' now?" Li Qi retorted.

"So, what have you gained? This approach surely wasn't just a whim, was it?" Yan Ke asked.

Li Qi didn't hide anything, but stated directly: "It's mainly for two reasons. One is… this Little rabbit is indeed not very ambitious and needs more tempering, but she's too strong. The tempering suitable for her is too dangerous. I'm someone who easily feels distressed and fears she might die outside, so it's better to pretend to be 'Heaven's Will' and protect her life. This way, even if her future is slightly less brilliant, she won't die."

"The second reason, well, is still for my own sake. You see, people like us are easily watched and arranged by Heaven's Will, which leads to many current situations."

As Li Qi spoke, he gripped the world in his hand, his voice deepening: "Then I'll also act as Heaven's Will and personally experience what Heaven's Will wants to do, how they think, and how they act."

"If I can also do it, then it means… Heaven's Will is nothing special, right?"

Yan Ke took a deep breath when he heard the last sentence.

Truly… audacious.

Just saying 'nothing special' already exceeded Yan Ke's courage.

So, Yan Ke shook his head: "I understand. You really… never mind, there's nothing much to comment on. Keep it up. When the war starts, I'll help you."