In fact, many useful technologies have been learned and localized by the Tianyuan Kingdom.
Fang Ming had a feeling that the towns and cities he would see in the Tianyuan Kingdom later would likely have a style that combined ancient and modern.
That is, in a small portion, it would exhibit technological characteristics, while in the vast majority of aspects, it would exhibit ancient characteristics.
Fang Ming pondered what Fú Meng had said about illusory cultivators in illusory TV dramas, movies, and storybooks, who cultivated step by step to the pinnacle of illusion, and then transcended to this divine realm.
He also had some guesses about the style of the divine realm's cities to come.
"Yan Che, have you heard of illusory worlds?"
After a series of normal inquiries, Fang Ming steered the conversation to this topic, seemingly very naturally.
Asking this question carried the risk of revealing his identity.
If someone in the divine realm had heard of illusory worlds, and then considered Fang Ming's killing techniques to have reached true perfection, being unimprovable.
It would then be natural to infer in reverse that Fang Ming came from an illusory world.
Coming from an illusory world, one could possess extremely rich and perfect combat experience, almost bordering on the Dao, and killing experience.
Coming from an illusory world, one could have countless combat experiences yet possess very weak personal strength, belonging to a mortal.
Everything would have a logical explanation.
Although Fang Ming had already revealed his cultivation of Qi Yuan fifth stage, making him appear to others as someone concealing his true strength, playing the role of a weakling to toy with others out of boredom.
He didn't seem like an ascendant from an illusory world.
After all, ascendants who had just transcended from an illusory world had no cultivation.
However, Fang Ming still had to steer the conversation to this topic naturally, avoiding Yan Che making any associations.
Things that could be avoided should be avoided.
"Illusory worlds?"
Yan Che was taken aback upon hearing this.
It was evident he was thinking.
Then, as if recalling something, he said directly, "I remember we did have a class about this in the academy."
"That class was about the relationship between illusion and reality."
Yan Che spoke faster and faster, from struggling to recall to speaking freely. It was clear he had recalled that class and succeeded.
"According to the theories from that class, our divine realm is not a lower plane, but the highest world."
"The divine realm has the existence of gods, who are said to have condensed supreme authority and immense power."
"Gods represent the pinnacle of true power, the embodiment of certain essences of the divine realm's rules... The lowest-level gods can destroy billions of stars, and can annihilate kingdoms and empires with a breath, but this is said to be limited by the essence of the divine realm, only allowing them to exert such power."
"It is said that below the divine realm, there are countless illusory worlds. In these worlds, the power of gods would be terrifyingly indescribable. Even countless infinite multiverses would be as laughable as a speck of dust before the lowest-level gods."
Yan Che continued, "It is said that below the divine realm, there are countless immortal realms, sacred realms, primordial realms, chaotic realms... many, many worlds, but they are too low-level. So low-level that people in our divine realm, even by writing a storybook in a notebook, could generate corresponding worlds in those illusory worlds."
"Theoretically, this is because the true power we carry in our writing has infinite power in illusion. Therefore, a single word contains true power, which contains illusory power capable of generating countless universes. In illusory worlds, it is enough to create countless so-called supreme immortals and gods, Buddhas and demons."
"Immortal gods, primordial beings, Buddhas, supreme immortals, supreme technological civilizations that control origins, primordial giants..."
"These beings in illusory worlds, even if they possess eternal life, even if they are immortal, even if they can undergo countless tribulations without perishing..."
"But they always live in illusory worlds. Unless they cultivate to the end, the end of an illusory world, there is a possibility of transcending the illusory world and ascending to the divine realm, becoming a mortal, and starting anew."
"These ascendants are said to be quite popular in other continents of the divine realm, because if they have talent, they can ascend further on the path of transcendence than ordinary transcendent beings in our divine realm, and even their probability of becoming a god will be much higher than that of ordinary transcendent beings."
"However, it is said that some ascendants have extremely poor talent, almost the same as commoners in the divine realm, with virtually no aptitude for cultivation. Cultivating such individuals requires no less effort than improving the native geniuses of the divine realm. Therefore, ascendants without talent do not fare very well."
Yan Che recounted everything he knew.
Fang Ming stroked his chin and asked, "Has the Luowu Continent ever had ascendants?"
Yan Che shook his head, "There are not many ascendants who have transcended from illusory worlds. Although the Luowu Continent is said to have had an ascendant billions of years ago, that is just a legend, and its truth is unknown."
There were actually not many ascendants.
Perhaps there were some distributed across the various continents of the divine realm, but distributed to a remote continent like the Luowu Continent, it was almost equivalent to none.
It was unclear if any had ever existed, it was merely a legend.
The divine realm was so vast, and the number of illusory worlds formed by storybooks and TV dramas must be extremely large. Yet, the Luowu Continent had not produced a single ascendant in billions of years. From this, one could see how low the probability of ascending from an illusory world was.
One in a billion, or even one in a quadrillion, was not enough to describe how low it was.
It was not easy to transcend from an illusory world, even if the final outcome was to become a mortal.
After Yan Che finished speaking, he seemed to sigh, "True power crushes all illusory power. Therefore, even if one cultivates to the end in an illusory world and transcends, they can only become a mortal in the divine realm. Any lowest-level transcendent being can surpass them in strength."
"Qi Yuan realm cultivators, seemingly only at the first stage of Qi Yuan, can look down upon all beings in illusory worlds, but they only have a lifespan of a hundred years. After a hundred years, they immediately perish."
"Although they have some social status, it is not very high."
"And in illusory worlds, although they are illusory, the beings within can live forever, exist eternally, and control infinite universes, dominating countless immortals and gods..."
"They are practically more divine than gods."
"The power displayed by the strongest beings in illusory worlds, such as Primordial Supremes and Chaotic Rulers, is no less than the power displayed by Divine Emperors or even Divine Venerables in the divine realm."