All the newly acquired genetic powers fully merged, further strengthening Ian's Control Power.
He was now one step closer to becoming truly omnipotent.
Ian closed his eyes and felt it. The Super Seminary's super gene seemed to share a common origin; at this moment, he could clearly sense the entirety of the dark plane, even exerting partial control over it.
He felt as if he could toggle the super-warrior gene on and off.
At the same time, his body grew stronger and more refined. His senses sharpened, and he could faintly detect ripples of space-time.
The power of Armor-Piercing and Slashing fused into him as well, boosting his offensive strength.
The Holy Angel Power and Sunlight merged into his divine body, greatly enhancing his affinity. He now resembled a walking, sacred sun—warm and approachable, yet never blinding.
[ Ding… Super Seminary Interdimensional Energy Harvest Complete ]
[ Pending Mod Extraction *1 ]
"Extract!" Ian chose without hesitation.
[ Ding… Extraction confirmed. Extracting… Extraction complete. Congratulations, you have obtained… ]
Just as the result was about to appear, the Transmutation Tablet suddenly intervened, secretly slipping a mod into the tech-module pool.
"Hm? What did I pull? Why is it lagging?" Ian frowned. This wasn't like before; the result was unusually slow.
After a brief wait, the result finally appeared.
Behind the scenes, the Transmutation Tablet had been watching the spinning wheel for a long time—and finally forced the mod in.
[ Congratulations, you have obtained the Primordial Cultivation Mod. Cultivation Shop Block acquired. ]
[ Bonus: 'Cultivation Shop' Block *1 ]
[ Minecraft Primordial Cultivation Mod Overview: Contains realm advancement, sub-professions, spiritual energy system, tribulation lightning system… ]
[ Main World has no spawn conditions. You may consume EMC to generate a Cultivation Super-Continent. Maximum cost: 9.9P. Proceed? ]
(1P = 10^15)
"The upper limit looks decent." Ian nodded, satisfied. With a tap of his finger, he maxed out the EMC cost.
[ Please select generation location ]
Ian flew far east from his personal island before settling on a location.
[ Location confirmed. Consuming EMC. Generating… ]
A gigantic phantom appeared before him—so large that normal eyes couldn't grasp its full form. Ian opened his Heavenly Eye and scanned the entire landmass, discovering that the newly generated continent was far larger than the entire solar system.
This should be plenty.
[ Generation Countdown: 99 Days 23 Hours 59 Minutes ]
Even though the Cultivation Continent was still forming, Ian already had the Cultivation Shop Block. He had briefly checked it earlier—essentially a fusion of several vanilla shop blocks, extremely convenient.
At this moment, Ian noticed that Dragon Island on the other side had finished construction. Although he wasn't very satisfied with its size, compared to the casually built main island, it was still grand and imposing.
Suddenly, Ian sensed a familiar aura approaching.
Looking toward Dragon Island, he saw Zambo flying toward him at high speed, using the Ring of Swiftwolf's Rending Gale.
Ian also noticed a newly built road beneath Zambo—wide, with several rails embedded in the center, smooth concrete pavement on both sides, and even a landscaped green belt.
"Wooooo~~" A sleek, modern locomotive followed behind Zambo, chugging toward the main island.
As the train approached, Ian noticed several vanilla Minecraft minecarts being pulled behind it—truly the definition of a big engine pulling tiny carts.
The locomotive had been carried from another world by Zambo's underlings. Several villagers and pillagers sat in the minecarts, and upon spotting Ian, a blacksmith and a vindicator waved vigorously.
Ian recognized them—it was the blacksmith and vindicator who previously went home to gather their clans.
"Boss!" Zambo landed a short distance away, hurried over, and bowed.
"What's with these villagers and pillagers?" Ian asked.
"Boss, I was just about to report."
It turned out that the blacksmith and pillagers had returned home to gather their people, planning to bring the first batch to Ian. But Dragon Island began generating at that exact moment, trapping them inside.
Only a few days ago—when Dragon Island finally finished forming—did Zambo manage to rescue them.
But because Ian wasn't around, Zambo didn't dare make decisions on his own. He simply built temporary housing on Dragon Island to shelter them.
"Lord Ian! I've suffered! I have grievances!" The blacksmith rushed over with his wife and children, grabbed Ian's leg, and began crying theatrically—while signaling his family behind him.
But once Ian stuffed a pouch of emeralds into his arms, all grievances instantly evaporated.
After pocketing the emeralds, he began introductions. "My lord, this is my wife—she's a weaponsmith. This is my younger brother—an armorsmith like me. These are my kids; they haven't chosen professions yet."
Those children, in fact, were newly born during the time he was stuck on Dragon Island. It didn't make much logical sense… but it was very Minecraft.
"My lord, I planned to settle my wife and family first, then bring more people… I didn't expect to get stuck halfway."
As he spoke, he remembered all the time lost due to being trapped—time that could've earned emeralds. His face crumpled again at the loss of potential profit.
Ian studied him for a moment, then sighed. He pulled out a huge sack of emeralds and stuffed it into the blacksmith's hands. "The previous pouch was compensation for the emotional trauma. These are what I promised you. Not a single one missing."
The blacksmith's eyes turned emerald-shaped as he clutched the bag.
Ian asked Zambo to assign them several large rooms in the employee dormitory.
After that, Ian no longer concerned himself with them—he still had more important matters. He placed the Cultivation Shop Block on the ground.
Then, from the Transmutation Tablet, he pulled out a zombie, killed it in one strike, and collected the free-floating spiritual energy and a small amount of merit.
He sold them to the Transmutation Tablet, then activated a long-unused completion function. A Grade-1 Spirit Stone appeared in his hand.
Following the principle of 'might as well keep going,' Ian performed a rapid nesting-doll synthesis until he had a Grade-9 Spirit Stone.
He needed spirit stones because the Cultivation Shop required them for purchases.
He first synthesized the Primordial Cultivation Manual, then produced Heavenly Crafting: Artifact Forging, Intro to Alchemy, Heaven-Earth Formation Arts, and Technique Commentary.
After all, the Primordial Cultivation Mod had almost no description. Back when he played it, he only mindlessly leveled up and boosted stats—surviving tribulations by relying on absurd numbers from other mods.
As a result, he never truly understood the mod. Now he could only craft its guides and study them.
Just as the books landed in his hands, he heard several soft grunts. Ian turned—and found the blacksmith's four children.
They quickly ran to him. Four faint lights flashed, followed by a series of "hmm-hmm" sounds.
The four little villagers instantaneously completed job advancement! Their clothes changed too.
A talisman master, an artifact smith, an alchemist, and a formation master now stood before Ian.
Ian was stunned. They could job-change like this?
But it worked out—he wouldn't have to study talismans, artifact forging, alchemy, or formations himself anymore.