Reminiscent Of The Past

~~Inside Lei Jin's Inner Domain~~

Lei Jin had been monitoring the new 10th rank Universe World, Array Core. "Hmm, it didn't even take a thousand years to stabilize itself. Not bad. I'll send the excess world force through an additional connection to the other World Array I am in the process of forming. I'll also have to build numerous cities for the people to migrate too." He thought to himself.

Lei Jin then used his strength to create a connection to the other Array he had begun creating. Once the connection had been formed a massive change occurred in the secondary world array. At first Lei Jin had made the world array follow a lesser rule, out of concern for it being unstable. This connection changed that. Overriding the previous layout, opting for the rule of 10s. 

"Hmm, it seems I'll be able to handle starting new arrays as the rule of tens right from the start from now on. But, that means I'm going to need way more worlds to get the same effect as before. Right now it seems like the low rank worlds are the best to use. It only takes 100 years for them to go up a rank and even with how fast I'm producing worlds now… It will still take forever and a half to finish these." Lei Jin thought.

"Actually, it won't take as long as before. I have grand-disciples that are now also creating these Universe Worlds. I had started with less than half of the required Universe Worlds previously. But with just four disciples that had been learning the process as time went on, they slowly gained efficiency. And now there are many more that are doing just that. Moreover, my four disciples are significantly better than before as well. While I have to allow them to refine worlds for their own Inner Domains occasionally. It is not a bad thing." Lei Jin thought again after watching the situation as he himself refined dozens of Universe Worlds at a time. 

The second World Array was coming together. It had only been 1500 years of actual development in this regard. This was due to the amount of time Lei Jin had spent making sure his 2nd generation disciples, Grand-Disciples, were set on the right path properly. This was of course a measure of the years that passed outside of his Inner Domain. If one were to calculate the time taken for inside his own Inner Domain… The numbers are vastly different. By hundreds of years. 

This was for multiple reasons. First, he had used his increase in power to stimulate the growth of the entire Army, through various means. All of those means required him to expend a great deal of effort. Second, Lei Jin's disciples' cultivation path had to be tracked rigorously. Causing a great deal of time to be spent in this particular way. 

It wasn't for the lack of aptitude. Rather it was quite the opposite. The disciples, 1st and 2nd generation, were cultivating a new path. One that would eventually lead them to the Limitless Heaven Realm. As a result, it was paramount for them to be careful and strict in their cultivation. 

The 1st generation disciples had been 8 prior but, due to a lack of forethought, 4 of these disciples had decided to leave their masters Inner Domain and help with the war effort as a member of the Army instead. Thus leaving the other four to remain by their master's side. Eventually they reached the Limitless Heaven Realm themselves. 

The 2nd Generation was significantly larger in number. However, unlike the 1st generation, they had 4 examples of success as well as their Martial Grandfather. All of which were clearly ones that understood the path that the new generation should take. With that in place this time, it was easy for them to make a decision. So not a single one of the 2nd generation disciples had even entertained the thought of leaving. It helped that some of them were the children of those 1st generation disciples. 

"It really is coming along nicely! Within a few hundred years the second World Array will be able to reach a complete set. What a sight that will be." Lei Jin thought after a few months of refining worlds for himself.

Occasionally, Lei Jin, would take a break from refining the universe worlds and instead opt to refine a few Artifact Worlds. Placing the Highest rank resources in them to start generating more resources. "If those 9th ranks really want to improve their strength a great amount in a short time, they will need the 9th rank resources. And with so many of them… It really will be a problem if it starts to get out of hand. I have the ability to get infinite Resources to them. What kind of joke would it be if the Army started fighting internally for the resources they require." Lei Jin sighed. 

"Don't worry master, I'm sure everything will be fine. After all, you gave all of the High Ranks, migrants to live in their Small Universe. So naturally they wouldn't need nearly as many of those resources." The most senior Disciple said, in an effort to comfort her master. 

"Heh, I know this. But I also know that the greed of man is predictable. Fortunately I won't have to worry about the Divine Spirits. But with these new Artifact Worlds I can alleviate the problem and at worst I can push the problem down the road. Giving me more time to fix the problem to begin with. So I'll go hand them over now. Remember to give the little ones breaks." Lei Jin said, vanishing from inside his Inner Domain. 

"Master has gone all out for these people. While I respect the people for the battle they will soon fight. It's annoying that they take advantage of Honored Master like this." The male disciple muttered clenching his hand into a fist for a moment before relaxing. "But, it is the way Master wishes it to be. Otherwise it would not be able to remain this way." He added, with a single deep breath that eventually calmed him down. 

"Master is a good person, so he will naturally do everything in his power to help others." The second Disciple said.