Ten years later…
After a thousand Tier 9 magic crystal veins were planted in the Moonlight Empire, the mana density continued to rise until it reached full saturation.
The abundance of mana was accompanied by a large number of people breaking through.
In just a decade, the power of the empire rose to a multiple degree.
Tier 6 individuals were already quite common, and they could be found in every city.
Even an owner of a street stall may be a tier 4 powerhouse.
High-end power, like the Tier 8 individuals, was not only present in the imperial soldiers and Moonlight Academy students.
Talented civilians and powerful families also began to produce their protector.
Without a tier 8 individual in your family or organization, it would not even be qualified to dominate an industry.
Fortunately, the overwhelming power Maximus had shown decades ago still lingered in their minds.
Additionally, the mild brainwashing of the empire stayed rooted in their mind, especially people born from the establishment of the Moonlight Empire.
The people born in the empire could also automatically reach tier 1 when they reach adulthood without any training, and talented individuals began to be born en masse.
In the past, having Rank 5 or Rank 6 potential was quite rare, with not even a handful of individuals achieving it.
Now, over a hundred people were born with Rank 7 potential, and there were even a few with Rank 8 potential.
As for Tier 9, it was considered a miracle in the world.
Even in the Arcane continent, few people were born with such talent.
Overall, the empire was becoming more prosperous, with dragons and phoenixes being born one after another.
The Shadow Hunter Guild also finished moving to the Curse Continent.
At first, many were reluctant to move to such a barren land, considering they were already in the most prosperous part of the world.
The mana, resources, and opportunities found in the Origin Domain were unmatched.
Moving to the Curse Continent seemed like a senseless move that would only hinder the guild’s growth.
Unfortunately, Maximus was adamant, and with various temptations, the Shadow Hunter Guild had no choice but to relocate.
They were enticed by increased contribution points, permissions, and access to high-end materials.
They had long known that their guild leader had connections to other dimensions, which was also the specialty of their guild.
Now, they could exchange these unique knowledge and resources through contribution points.
How could they resist such a generous offer?
Upon moving to the Curse Continent, they were surprised by the mana density of the empire.
Though not comparable to the mana-rich environment of the Origin Domain, where mana was almost like liquid, it was enough for their training.
They were mere at Tier 6-7 realm; such mana density was enough.
As for those Tier 8 guild members, they were already in the Abyss.
It was easier to gain contributions there, which was appropriate for their condition.
If they stayed in the Etherium realm with their strength, their chances of reaching Tier 9 would be almost null.
Thinking of their future, they couldn’t help but start to look for tasks.
The Moonlight Empire was full of work; they couldn’t be idle for a second.
…
“Not bad,” he mused.
First was the Amalgamation of Will.
From over ten quintillion, it now reached 30 quintillion.
The increase in powerhouses and the presence of his guild nearly tripled the Amalgamation of Will he received daily.
This realization made Maximus want to expand the guild again.
Unfortunately, the guild couldn’t expand anymore.
With over a hundred trillion members, the guild was quite bloated with its current structure.
This was even larger than some guilds and organizations with an Apex Sovereign at their core.
Although Maximus could fight apex sovereigns back to back, it could be said that he could even tear them apart.
However, who would believe that?
Most would only think that he was relying on some treasure he received from his mysterious backer.
Without an Apex Sovereign suppressing the guild, if it grew more, it would become too chaotic.
Although Maximus could solve it with force, it was too troublesome.
Furthermore, he also sensed that some guild members were not producing as much Amalgamation of Will as the others.
This meant that their belief in him was not that strong.
Just because he was a guild leader that they even looked up to him.
But deep within themselves, they thought he was just lucky to have found a dimensional merchant as a backer.
To eliminate this danger, Maximus needed to stabilize the guild first.
Using force was not conducive to increasing belief; it could only backfire, creating fear among the members.
Maximus could only wait and slowly whittle them down with all kinds of resources.
After tens or hundreds of years of living in the Moonlight Empire, their belief would surely increase.
Even then, 30 quintillion merits a day was a lot.
This was equivalent to over 80 million epochs if converted to life points.
In these decades, Maximus was not idle.
Besides studying, he also began cultivating a World Tree.
Every day, he would feed it with over 10 million epochs worth of life points.
In ten years, the World Tree reached over 50 billion years, which is 50 million kilometers of space.
For common law to be condensed in the World Tree, he only needed a kilometer of space.
This meant that 50 million kilometers equaled 50 million common laws.
Unfortunately, there are only over a hundred thousand laws.
Furthermore, a kilometer of land per law is only applicable for the Power of Law.
The Essence of Law and the Origin of Law were in another league.
A single common Essence of Law needs a million kilometers of space.
The million-fold difference immediately shattered his fantasy.
Over the decade, he managed to condense over a hundred thousand power of law and 50 common essence of laws outside of what was present in the Etherium realm.
As for Rare and Supreme essence of laws, it was not cost- effective.
To condense a rare essence law, he needed at least 100 million kilometers of space.
As for the Supreme essence of law, without a hundred billion kilometers of space, Maximus could only dream about it.
Finally, for the Origin of Law, the ultimate form of law that a Tier 10 being can barely master, Maximus was not even close to condensing it.
Besides the lack of space, he didn’t have enough money.
With over 80 million epochs of life points every day, if he put all of that into the World Tree, it would be almost 300 billion years in ten years.
Unfortunately, just to nurture the World Tree to over 50 billion years, Maximus nearly went bankrupt.
After all, the system life points could only accelerate time.
The resources needed to condense the law and to nurture the World Tree still needed to be bought.
Over sextillion dimensional coins, only managing to condense 50 common essence of law?
This was like reality slapping him in the face, telling him he was poor.
Fortunately, he almost completed the collection of the power of law, just some rare supreme law missing.
This should be enough for him to digest for a while, strength and creating an ultimate foundation.
However to do this he still needed money.
From ultimate treasures, resources, everything needed money.
Maximus felt that even if he sold the whole Etherium realm, it wouldn’t be enough to push him to tier 9.
Maximus’s only choice now was to venture outside and start his grand plan.
First is upgrading the Etherforge reactor.
Unlimited energy is equal to unlimited money.
Thus he needed the Etherforge as a leverage to hasten the process of collecting money.
Second was to hasten the inscription of items to print resources.
Although the Codexia world was doing a good job, it was not enough.
The Moonlight Empire only had hundreds of quadrillion populations.
Moreover, most of them were weak and lacked experience.
The only thing they could inscribe was low-level resources.
To accelerate his plan, Maximus needed to export the Codexia world to the world’s origin and have the whole world play his game.
At that time, even if he couldn’t upgrade the Etherforge reactor to satisfaction, he could still print high-end resources.
Using his unlimited energy, all dimensions would be in his pocket.
“However, Codexia world is still lacking…”
The current Codexia world is too lackluster compared to all the great games in the Etherium realm.
At its current state, it would not even reach the top hundred thousand.
Besides modifying and enriching its content, Maximus needed to think of ways to make it popular.
Suddenly, he thought of why the people of the Moonlight Empire were addicted to the game.
It’s not about its quality content or the joy that the game brought.
“Money!”
It’s all about the wealth they could earn in the game.
Directly connected to the bank, all the richness they earn in the game is real.
This made the game transcend its original intention.
It’s no longer about fun and experience but about livelihood.
A game that could make anyone rich.
No matter how trashy the game is, it would be flocked by the masses.
Thinking of a solution, his eyes lit up.