Wanting to control the deep consciousness sea of sentient beings in the real world is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Although after defeating the Tiamat God, Gu Mo's level increased by several levels, currently at Life Level LV16, Professional Level LV7—

So, currently, the real value of the spiritual attribute has reached 28 points, a huge improvement compared to just unlocking the advancement of being an immortal. However, when facing the spiritual wavelength of seven billion humans, naturally it is still inadequate, and must be carefully planned.

Speaking of which, whether it's magicians or alchemists—

The key to truly exerting one's knowledge and power lies in the aspect of time and arrangement.

Just like in the Holy Grail War, under normal circumstances, the Caster class is generally weaker. But if it's possible to engage in long-term warfare, and allow Caster to leverage its class advantage... the situation might still be one-sided, without much suspense, but the winners and losers might be reversed.

Anyway, that's how it is. A direct example is the humanity incineration in the last instance; it's not just started at will.

Seemingly terrifying as the Demon God King Gai Tia is, it could rewind the past, destroy the future, and eras and humanity crumble before it, thousands of years of history turning to ashes in the blink of an eye, using it as a springboard for a great endeavor to become gods and rewrite Genesis.

However, singularities do not appear with a wave of the hand, and humanity is not incinerated in a wave either. Behind the unseen is Gai Tia preparing for this for three thousand years.

It created numerous Holy Grails...

Designed magicians to act as descendants, mingling among human history...

At the right moment, transforming those magicians into demon gods, and choosing the appropriate era to send the Holy Grail, thus creating the cause for humanity's foundation collapse...

—Ultimately able to create seven ignition points, thereby shattering humanity in one fell swoop. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Gu Mo now naturally needs to refer to the same ideas, however, since the goal is not as grand, and there's no special inhibition force to obstruct him, he does not need to achieve Gai Tia's terrifying extent.

Gai Tia, in order to reach true wisdom, wanted to utilize all of human history to reach the origin, specifically weaving the technique of humanity incineration.

Thus, he now wants to control the dreams of the real world's sentient beings, using the spiritual wavelength of seven billion people for himself, weaving a unique technique to reach this goal... He also regards this task as a test of his abilities, intending to take it seriously.

Gu Mo is happy to accept this challenge...

And is determined to succeed in it.

......

On the far side of the Moon, in a direction unobservable from Earth.

The terrain is uneven, dense moon craters can be seen everywhere, most crater surroundings are ringed by mountains higher than the moon surface. The terrain mostly consists of a sunken deep pit in the center, surrounded by towering rocky mountains, with heights generally around seven to eight kilometers.

In one of these not too big but not small moon craters, on a relatively flat basin at the bottom, a magical scene is currently playing out—

A grand city and industrial cluster is slowly manifesting, as if an invisible brush in the void is sketching, drawing the blueprint in the creator's heart, quickly outlining edges and contours, making this illusory and unreal Moon Ring City become clearer bit by bit.

As if descending from fantasy to reality.

Although currently only having a general outline, one can still vaguely see the characteristics of this Moon Ring City—

The neatly planned integrated vertical building clusters seem to most effectively utilize space, offering comfortable compact lodging. A complex arrangement of industrial facilities creates intricate zoning, equipped with the most advanced assembly production lines, a row of large power plants and solar panel networks forming an energy array...

Accompanied by the large-scale Moon Ring City gradually becoming clearer, the details are also becoming more real, causing Gu Mo, who is working to manifest this poetic fantasy into reality, to rapidly deplete his spiritual power, along with the immense True Qi within him.

Spiritual power is rapidly consumed during the high-intensity imagination process, after all, the most important aspect of Fantasy Manifestation is imagination, shaping the technician's inner imagery to erode the real world's barrier, artificially creating an otherworld. Projection is realized through one's own fantasy, and if imagination is not strong enough, or if it contains flaws, manifestation is not possible.

To manifest the fantasy, to create the otherworld, to draw the blueprint...

The grander the scale of the target itself, the more intricate the structure, naturally the more heart power is required to be consumed because during the Fantasy Manifestation process, every detail must accurately provide information, for it to quickly take shape like 3D printing.

If the parts are unclear or vague, it's impossible for them to be automatically completed.

Gu Mo now needed to manifest a fantasy of an orbit city. He had to understand the categories, purposes, and structures of all buildings, and the composition, structure, properties, and performance of all materials used to construct them... The vast scale of it all was indeed quite challenging to fully memorize.

Even for an extraordinary intelligence with as many as 18 points, it was no easy feat.

During the process of manifesting the fantasy, he recalled every detail to the clearest and minutest point, while ensuring his thoughts were intense enough to map the fantasy in his consciousness onto reality, causing a fierce consumption of his spiritual power as if it were burning intensely.

It wasn't long before Gu Mo stopped.

He looked somewhat pale, whether it was the Divine Will or Primordial Qi, both had dropped to a low point. However, after halting the outward energy transmission, his body of "true ether" that surpassed the material plane started to operate spontaneously, rapidly absorbing high-energy particles from the outside and converting them into the most compatible energy form for his being.

In the real world, there was no concept of Spiritual Qi in the general sense, yet he had already transcended the mortal realm and was not limited to utilizing planetary life force, atmospheric life force, and so on.

The free energy in space could be absorbed and converted as well. Though the conversion rate might be lower, it was still completely sufficient. He stood there, feeling the energy around him converge towards his body, his True Qi becoming replenished again.

"Master! How are you feeling? Are you alright?"

Miss Fox Spirit had just returned and, seeing the situation, quickly stepped forward to support his arm, concerned and a bit reproachful.

"Didn't you say to divide the task and complete it part by part? There's no need to push yourself this hard, right..."

She glanced at the grand lunar city cluster ahead, which looked like a dreamlike mirage with towering skyscrapers, spire-like structures, rows of factories, and a complex array of zones... Such a futuristic city stood erect on the lunar surface in such a short time.

Although it was quite an astonishing creation, she had no thoughts of praise, only feeling it was somewhat reckless.

"It's fine, I know my limits. There won't be any danger..." Gu Mo lightly blinked his eyes and glanced at Miss Tamamo no Mae who was supporting his arm. He wasn't so weak as to be unable to stand, but after thinking for a moment, he didn't withdraw from the soft hands of the fox-eared girl.

He turned his head to look forward, gazing at the monumental Moon Ring City silhouette erected on the lunar surface, a spark of excitement flashing in his eyes:

"And indeed I have separated it into different sections. For instance, areas like the space mining port haven't even started yet. The current parts are actually just a shell; the details inside need to be gradually completed..."

Though it seemed like he manifested almost the entire main part of the Moon Ring City at once, covering residential, industrial, and power generation zones, in reality, most places were just a shell. Whether those sci-fi-looking building clusters or those sci-fi-looking facility factories.

The detailed parts need further filling, otherwise...

Those things are just empty shells unable to operate. Like those industrial furnaces, solar panels, etc., they are actually completely hollow inside, lacking core components, so how could they possibly function... unless it's a lie, turning them into black boxes.

"That's somewhat better, I thought you were being extravagant..."

Miss Tamamo no Mae pursed her lips. She carefully probed the aura of the city ahead and found that although it was grand in scale, it indeed only had a thin outer layer, with the core inside unfilled, empty.

"It's not a regular residential station, so there's no need to wrap all facilities in a metal shell, but we can protect the city with a Great Barrier, which might take some effort, but isn't too difficult..."

Gu Mo quickly contemplated how to tailor his masterful techniques to add to the Moon Ring City, making it better.

Originally, he just wanted to set up a new backup base beyond Penglai Island on Earth, high on Guanghan, where he could rest peacefully. If necessary, it could also be the best option for housing his family, which is the main motivation for pushing the construction of the orbital station.

After all, while Penglai Island is good and offers the strongest defense means, the time flow speed is also an issue that needs to be addressed...

But now things were different, because of the enlightenment from Miss Fox Spirit, he felt that this city shouldn't be the final outcome on the Moon, but merely a beginning.

"By the way, Tamamo, is there any result for the investigation I asked you to do?"

Gu Mo turned back to look at the Witch Fox.

"I found a few hidden places nearby, conveniently located at key nodes of the Earth Vein, which should be ideal places to build a Teleportation Gate. Shall I take you there to have a look, Master?" Miss Tamamo no Mae nodded. This sort of thing was no hassle to her, and she easily found several excellent spots.

"Let's go and have a look then, first let's open up the Earth-Moon Route..."

Gu Mo nodded and said, feeling a bit bewildered inside.

Without realizing, he had already started doing things like this. The solar system in the real world is being shrouded in shadow... but fortunately, he is the mastermind behind the scenes.