However, this terrifying apocalyptic scene was merely the perception of ordinary people.
To Ding Yun, it felt as if the world was exulting, the earth trembling while an endless supply of earth energy permeated, signifying the revival of the ley lines.
As the sky split open, boundless chaotic energy transformed into spiritual energy, pouring in and expanding the world's barrier.
The heavens and earth were both growing and recovering.
Moments later, the sky bore both the sun and moon concurrently, casting down resplendent golden and silver light. The Dragon's Tooth Rice seeds, planted on the earth less than a month prior, rapidly grew and matured under the illumination of sunlight and moonlight.
All who practiced martial arts could feel the internal energy within their bodies become significantly more agile and active than before. Their cultivation speed also increased, with many even breaking through directly, as if the world had become more conducive to martial arts.
Ding Yun knew that this was the world undergoing a metamorphosis, transforming from a world of the end of dharma into a martial arts world.
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From this point onward, martial arts would become the mainstream of the world.
The world was not static; with changes in its internal environment and civilization, the world itself would undergo transformations. When the world was filled with spiritual energy and its inhabitants were practitioners, it would naturally be a world of cultivation, a world of immortal cultivation.
If the world were filled with various elements, magical beasts, and sorcerers, it would naturally be a magic world.
If spiritual energy were depleted, and practitioners almost entirely vanished, it would be a world of the end of dharma, gradually transitioning towards a mortal realm and a material world.
The core requirement for the world to transform lay in two aspects: first, a drastic, earth-shattering change in the internal environment or civilization; second, this significant change must be sustainable, not a fleeting phenomenon.
If the martial arts propagated by Ding Yun were ultimately practiced by only a few, or if cultivation had to be interrupted due to insufficient spiritual energy or food shortages, preventing inheritance, then the world would absolutely not change.
The key factors in the current world transformation were the universal promotion of martial arts and the widespread cultivation of Dragon's Tooth Rice. The superposition of these two factors provided a foundation for the inheritance of martial arts in this world, offering the possibility of sustained development.
Dragon's Tooth Rice absorbed copious amounts of sun and moon essence, further promoting the world's metamorphosis.
Ding Yun's recent fusion and realization of the title "Martial Ancestor" into "Martial Saint" was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, or rather, the final push that facilitated the world's transformation, directly establishing the path of martial arts. It was akin to laying down an entire cultivation system within the world, from the initial stages of martial arts practice to the Martial Saint realm.
Its impact was no less than preaching, opening a new path, or establishing a doctrine.
Only then could the world finally complete its transformation.
After half a day, the apocalyptic changes finally ceased. The sky became higher and bluer, the earth wider and vaster, all living things became more vigorous, and the cultivation of martial artists progressed.
At this very instant, Ding Yun felt the favor of heaven.
This divine favor instantly dissolved much of the estrangement between her and this world. Combined with her current influence, she immediately felt that she no longer needed to accumulate influence; she could directly inscribe her imprint into the world's origin.
With this realization, Ding Yun, almost without hesitation, began inscribing her imprint into the world's origin and succeeded with great ease.
"It seems I still have much to learn. Increasing influence isn't the only way to inscribe my imprint into the world's origin. I never expected that saving the world would allow for direct inscription, and changing the world to facilitate its metamorphosis would also work.
However, this is not an easy feat. Without Dragon's Tooth Rice, no matter how much I promoted martial arts universally or increased yields, the world wouldn't have transformed. My previous plan was indeed correct; the effect of the Refine Falsehood into Truth Talisman is truly formidable, and there's no need to leave this world prematurely.
I must maximize the potential of this world and the Refine Falsehood into Truth Talisman to prepare for the future."
Although successfully inscribing her imprint into the world's origin brought Ding Yun great joy, she had no intention of altering her original plan or leaving this world immediately upon success, as she had done in the past.
If she didn't produce more items like Dragon's Tooth Rice, she would surely regret it later. The cost of such golden fingers, if purchased normally, would be prohibitive. It was better to seize this testing opportunity to secure more benefits for herself to plan for the future.
With this thought, Ding Yun immediately visited the palace again and explained the cause of the recent changes in detail to Emperor Pingzhao.
Then, without delay, she headed to the printing workshop.
She reiterated the explanation she had given Emperor Pingzhao, urging them to work at full capacity to print the weekly newspaper and distribute it nationwide. This would serve to explain the reason for the changes, appease the populace, and prevent anyone from misleading the people.
Furthermore, at this time, although most of the common people were terrified by the celestial phenomena, the Dragon's Tooth Rice in their fields had ripened. Harvesting it was clearly more important than engaging in gossip and rumors. After harvesting, they would need to replant another crop.
By the time they finished planting the Dragon's Tooth Rice, the extensive weekly newspaper that Ding Yun had urgently ordered printed would have already been distributed nationwide and spread widely. This left no room for malicious individuals to exploit the situation, nipping danger in the bud and further enhancing her influence.
This was because Ding Yun had explicitly stated in her explanation that all these changes originated from her. She also mentioned that she had reached the Golden Core realm of martial arts and could be considered a Martial Saint.
As for why she did this:
While she no longer needed influence to help her inscribe her imprint into the world's origin, the Refine Falsehood into Truth Talisman still required a sufficient number of people to believe the contents of the talisman for it to refine falsehood into truth.
Who could make people trust them more?
Who could make people believe whatever they said?
Naturally, it would be influential individuals with strong prestige, and true gentlemen who never lied.
Ding Yun was striving to develop in this direction.
This would be beneficial for her future refinement of falsehood into truth.
Because of this need, Ding Yun maintained an extremely rigorous standard for the truthfulness of the weekly newspaper's content. Any act of falsification would be severely punished.
She was well aware that trust was difficult to build and easy to destroy.
Once the credibility of the weekly newspaper was damaged, her endeavor to refine falsehood into truth would become exceedingly difficult.
The rigor was to the extent that for a single report, four or five people would be dispatched to investigate its veracity. If any errors were found, the report would be immediately clarified in print, an apology issued, and the compiler dismissed.
No leniency or pleading would be tolerated.