Walker Of The Worlds

Hearing a new term had once again sparked Lin Mu's curiosity as he wondered what it meant. Lin Mu waited patiently for senior Xukong to explain it to him.

"In a simplified manner, an invader is basically a being that enters a world that it's not allowed to. It does so to gain control of that world or to obtain its resources.

You see, most worlds have an innate barrier present in them. There are created and operated by that world's will." Xukong spoke.

"World's will? Senior, you mean each world is alive?" Lin Mu questioned while tilting his head.

"Not exactly. While it may or may not have had life on its surface, every world can have a certain level of sentience. Not all worlds have it, though. Some worlds are simply too young to have developed it, while others lose it due to dying or being destroyed."

"Every world slowly gains its consciousness and also starts to generate spirit qi. You could even say that spirit qi is formed when a world gains sentience or a world becomes sentient when spirit qi comes into existence. It can be either of those reasons." Xukong answered.

Lin Mu felt intrigued upon hearing this new information. It had actually solved an important question that he had, but had never asked. The question was about the existence of spirit qi and how it came into being. Xukong's words had answered a part of that question.

While Lin Mu now knew that spirit qi was created by a world, he didn't know how other energies or types of qi came into being. For example, he didn't know how spatial qi came into being or how it was created.

While he wanted to ask further about this, he knew that now was not the time for it as there were other things at hand.

"So about this 'Invader' if it's restricted by the barrier, how does it still enter the world?" Lin Mu questioned.

"An invader can use various methods to enter a world. The most common method is to find a flaw in the world's barrier and enter through there. Another is to find a gate from which it can enter, this can be in the form of a teleportation formation or a spatial portal.

From the way that the black smoke disappeared, I can tell that it came through the second manner. The creature, whatever it may be, is a powerful being and knows how to manipulate space. The Invader here is actually not its real body but perhaps an avatar." Xukong answered.

Senior Xukong's mention of the avatar instantly reminded Lin Mu of his real body and how he had created a smaller avatar to accompany Lin Mu.

that you are an invader too?" Lin Mu questioned with

can say that, but

traveler is the permission of the world. Once a world reaches a high enough level and is well developed, its residents can leave it and travel to other worlds. Similarly, other beings can also travel to that world."

Mu, while having understood the meaning of the words, still felt

decided when a world is

qi, or its residents can become high leveled cultivators. A world can be said to have developed when its residents can freely leave it without danger and also return back."

bit better, but had more questions appearing in

a world senior? Like, do they need to become an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator?" Lin

Ascension Realm cultivator can leave a world, it won't immediately elevate a world's status. Just a single cultivator won't be enough to increase its level. Instead, an entire group of cultivators over many generations need to reach that stage in order to elevate. And more than just that, there needs to be a

world. A world can only be expected to increase in

words and could feel the knots of doubt in his mind unraveling. The only thing that was left now was

we do now senior?" Lin Mu asked,

when you saw it; that's the world's will commanding you. But still, the final decision is up to you.

if you do choose to do so, your effort won't go in vain," Xukong added after taking a

would gain

will gain is the recognition of the world itself. It will silently help you in things you wouldn't even know you needed help in. It can even improve your luck and allow you to gain untold fortunes." Xukong

With the path you are walking on, you need all the help you can get and I don't think mine

reply to him right away. His attention was instead pulled back to the people standing around him. While it seemed like Lin Mu had been talking with senior Xukong for a long time, in reality only a couple of minutes had passed

While it was indeed completely Dependent on Xukong's ability, Lin Mu had

in thought and was thus busy. After they saw that Lin Mu had snapped out of it and was looking

Mu? What do we do

turned his sight to him and

Teng's words are right, you should send the emergency messages. In addition, I

do