"However, there was actually another clone that became the spirit of the system. After I digested its memories, I instantly understood the operating rules of the system!"
Xiao Ning frowned slightly, then relaxed.
From the memories of that system clone, I learned that the system was a product of the manifestation of the rules of the world, and not something created by humans.
They were perhaps created by chance when the earth, water, wind, and fire collided and interacted at the birth of the world. Later, they were obtained by humankind and became what people call a system.
In reality, their original form is not like this, but rather a product of thought, changing according to the user's understanding.
In ancient societies, people had limited understanding, so they were like Aladdin's lamp, the wishing fountain, the wishing dragon, and so on.
In modern society, people's imaginations have reached new heights, and such a simple treasure can no longer satisfy their fantasies.
As a result, they have kept pace with the times and become various systems that are easy for people to carry with them.
The above is the origin of the system.
There's no such thing as a free lunch!
The system operates according to the law of conservation of energy. To gain something, you must give something in return. What they need are often higher forms of energy such as luck and the origin of the world.
Xiao Ning's sign-in system works in the same way.
He guessed that the so-called sign-in rewards were just an illusion; in reality, what it absorbed was the world's essence brought about by the host's changes to the world.
Then, it takes a portion of the absorbed essence and materializes it as the host's sign-in reward.
It's possible that the system takes up 90% of the resources, while the host only gets 10%.
So, here's the question.
"System, you've taken over the world's original essence. What exactly do you want to do?"
Inside the Niwan Palace, Xiao Ning's Yang Spirit stared intently at the large ball of light before him and asked in a deep voice.
After receiving the memories of the card-drawing system clone, he immediately discovered the true form of the system hidden in his mind's Niwan Palace: a large sphere of light emitting yellow glow.
The sphere of light shone brightly, like the sun in the sky.
It illuminated the originally dim Niwan Palace, making it appear magnificent and resplendent.
Upon hearing Xiao Ning's question, the light on the sphere flickered like ripples in water, as if it were pondering.
Xiao Ning didn't urge him; he wasn't in a hurry and had plenty of patience to wait.
After a while, the ball of light finally changed.
As if he had made a decision, he split off a beam of light and shot it straight toward Xiao Ning, leaving no time for anyone to dodge. Xiao Ning did not dodge, but accepted it calmly.
It can be said that if the system wanted to harm him, Xiao Ning wouldn't be where he is today, and he simply couldn't resist it.
Then, the light entered Xiao Ning's Yang Spirit, and a vast flow of information surged into his mind.
"That explains it! No wonder!"
After processing this information, Xiao Ning suddenly realized what was going on and finally understood.
It turns out that this so-called check-in system originated from a vast and unique world.
As mentioned earlier, the world is facing a calamity.
In a properly functioning world, the world's origin increases by a single trace after a cycle of absorbing chaotic energy, transforming it into the primordial energy of heaven and earth, providing it for all living beings to absorb, and then returning to the world after the death of these beings.
However, it is human nature for all living things to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Some people will inevitably embark on the path of cultivation. As a result, the vital energy of heaven and earth will decrease, which is not conducive to the operation of the world.
Thus, heavenly tribulations came into being. Those who could overcome them became immortals and attained enlightenment; those who could not were reduced to ashes, their primordial energy returning to the world.
However, even heavenly tribulations are not omnipotent; some people always manage to escape them and hide away.
Subsequently, the world experienced a great calamity, a calamity of immeasurable magnitude.
When the great calamity arrives, the world is turned upside down. Heaven and earth unleash a catastrophe to cleanse all living beings and gather the primordial energy of heaven and earth back to the world.
Generally speaking, below the Lesser Thousand Worlds, there are only Great Calamities of Heaven and Earth. Every 129,060 years, a Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth will descend.
In the Middle Thousand Worlds, there is a minor calamity in every epoch, and every 50,000 epochs, which is also a major calamity, the Doomsday Calamity will descend.
The same principle applies to the vast world, but there is also the saying that it exists for countless eons.
The One Yuan Society is 129,600 years old.
One kalpa is 50,000 eons, totaling 6.48 billion years.
One immeasurable kalpa is 480 million kalpas, totaling 31.1 billion billion years.
Countless years ago, a vast world was experiencing an immeasurable calamity.
Countless powerful beings foresaw the coming of the Great Calamity. Unwilling to die, they gathered the power of all the powerful beings and collected all the treasures in this great world to forge a precious mirror.
If these powerful beings are classified according to the common realm classification in all the heavens and myriad realms, they are all fourth-order Great Luo realm beings, and there are even a few fifth-order Primordial Chaos realm beings.
They spent 998,100 years refining a treasure mirror of extraordinary quality, which they named the Tribulation-Breaking Mirror.
It means to transcend the world and be reborn after overcoming calamities.
They hoped to use this precious mirror to escape this vast world and travel to another realm.
In the myriad realms, cultivation techniques, weapons, elixirs, and spiritual medicines can be divided into five ranks: Mortal, Yellow, Profound, Earth, and Heaven. Each rank is further divided into four grades: Lower, Middle, Upper, and Ultimate.