Ye Chen said, "You need not worry too much. We have no intention of offending, but we also do not wish to be seen as invaders and be roughly driven out. We will leave now."
Hearing this, the World Will breathed a sigh of relief. If these three were truly to take action, it would have no means of resistance whatsoever.
"However, right now within the Emperor Battle Domain, there exist many powerful experts, quite a few of whom are not inferior to us. If discovered, it would still be very dangerous," Yu Qing said.
The World Will's expression turned solemn once more. Having gradually developed its own sentience from a state of ignorance, it knew of the dangers of the outside world—the countless continent fragments—and had even come to understand certain matters about the outside. It knew that in the distant past, when its will was still ignorant, it had once encountered a cataclysmic war that could shatter heaven and earth.
Its survival had been a stroke of luck.
But now, after endless eons, must it face the perils of old once again?
Be at risk of being invaded, conquered, and shattered at any moment?
Even refined and turned into another's possession!
"I beseech the three Fellow Daoists to lend a hand!"
The World Will spoke with certainty, carrying the emotional fluctuations of a true living being.
Having passed through endless eons, it had developed sentience and gained reverence for life and death. It had no wish to be erased.
"Considering it is not easy for it to have endured within the Emperor Battle Domain for so long, let's help it, lest it encounter disaster in the future."
Ye Chen took action. He directly tore open the World Barrier and appeared outside.
At this moment, in order to see everything outside, the World Will had hidden the World Barrier. The many living beings within the Essence Inner World could all see the outside world and witnessed Ye Chen's appearance. In the next instant, they were all utterly astonished.
Visible to the naked eye, Ye Chen employed heaven-defying methods. Streams of light surged from his body, shooting toward this vast region and vanishing into the numerous continent fragments.
As Ye Chen moved his hands, it was as if invisible threads connected those enormous continent fragments, slowly pulling them toward the Essence Inner World.
"What is he trying to do? Is he going to destroy us?"
"Heavens! Who is that person? He's gone mad! He's bringing continent fragments larger than stars to bring about the end of the world!"
Even the World Will changed color dramatically, wanting to rush forward to stop all this. If these continent fragments landed within the Essence Inner World, although they might not directly shatter and collapse it, they would cause unimaginable consequences.
However, Yu Qing and Abenue stopped it, saying, "No need to worry. If he wanted to destroy the Essence Inner World, he wouldn't need to go to such trouble."
The World Will hesitated but ultimately stopped. Nonetheless, it gradually gathered the World Power of its origin, ready to act without hesitation and resolve any potential threat should danger arise.
Boom! Rumble!
One continent fragment after another was moved over. Each could span a hundred thousand li, one-tenth the size of the entire Essence Inner World—truly astonishing.
In the end, he moved a total of eighteen continent fragments.
"Up!"
Ye Chen spoke. Nine of the continent fragments rumbled as they rose, appearing above the Essence Inner World, separated by a distance of about a million li.
"Down!"
With another light shout, the other nine continent fragments slowly descended, appearing a million li below.
The eighteen continent fragments, nine above and nine below, were each a million li away from the Essence Inner World. Moreover, many smaller continent fragments orbited around them, faintly forming a massive Formation Array.
"Nine Extremes above, Nine Extremes below, corresponding to the harmony of Nine Yin and Nine Yang, transforming into the Nine Yin Nine Yang Grand Formation. It can isolate the outside world and also absorb the energy of the heavens," Ye Chen said.
Without a doubt, this was a staggering grand Formation Array, and no ordinary one at that. It conformed to the heavenly principles of Nine Yin and Nine Yang. Once formed, even a Divine King would require considerable effort to break through such a formation.
Within the Essence Inner World, countless living beings dwelling there witnessed all of this, their hearts filled with awe.
Such methods could be called heaven-defying, supreme and peerless, making them believe that only a Heavenly God high above could accomplish such feats.
"A god!"
"This must be a god!"
"The Heavenly God manifests a divine miracle, protecting our world from invasion by foreign enemies!"
Immediately, countless living beings within the Essence Inner World began to bow in worship, submitting sincerely from the depths of their hearts—even the Heavenly Kings did the same.
This was nothing short of a divine miracle, an unsurpassable divine miracle.
It could be foreseen that from now on, the Essence Inner World would no longer suffer invasion and destruction from the outside, truly becoming stable and secure. This was the scene they had long dreamed of, truly worthy of the world's worship and reverence.
"Hmm?"
Ye Chen, who had been about to turn and leave, suddenly let out a sound of surprise. So did Yu Qing, Abenue, and the World Will beside him.
For they all clearly saw that from within the Essence Inner World, countless wisps and strands of dawn light, very special and ethereal, carrying the will of All Living Beings, had surged forth.
"Faith Power!"
Ye Chen was slightly taken aback, then smiled. He hadn't expected this act to actually win the faith of the countless living beings within this Essence Inner World.
Seeing this scene, the World Will also felt complex emotions. It had once been the Essence Inner World of a Divine King and had inherited some memories, so it naturally knew the wondrous uses of Faith Power. Over the years, it had also spread its influence throughout the world, wanting to collect this Faith Power for its own use, and had achieved some success.
But such an abundance of Faith Power was unprecedented. It was evident that the people held even greater reverence for the divine miracle performed by this outsider, Ye Chen, and honored him as a Heavenly God.
Unaware of the World Will's thoughts, ever since leaving the Sealed Realm Universe, Ye Chen had almost severed his connection to Faith Power and could no longer specialize in it, leaving it all within the Ancient Lan Great World.
However, he was somewhat familiar with Faith Power. He had even allowed the disciple he accepted within the Nine Yan Imperial Clan to walk this path.
It was said that some had walked the path of Faith Power, using it to achieve Extreme Sublimation and prove their way to become an Emperor.
But Ye Chen just smiled. The amount of Faith Power from this Essence Inner World was not insignificant, but neither was it vast. Its usefulness to him wasn't very great, and he didn't place much importance on it.
Abenue said, "Yue, perhaps you could try Faith Power. I feel that if there is enough Faith Power, it will be of great use to you in the future."
Hearing this, Ye Chen pondered slightly and felt this was also true. Faith Power was the power of All Living Beings, not suitable to become one's own power. But from certain perspectives, its uses were indeed infinite and should not be ignored.
Suddenly, the World Will seemed to look toward Ye Chen and said, "I hope to become your Essence Inner World and grant you the right to use half of its World Power. What do you say?"