Death... and me

Fortunately, Roan found Gargantuan Mikrel Worm Blood once they arrived in Glastocen. In fact, he could change it to some other material since Luan's Starlight Body Cultivation Technique wasn't the same as the system's one. Nevertheless, Roan knew this one would work just fine, so he used it.

Luan, unlike Rean and Roan, didn't have Light Element to help out with the pain, so he experienced the full torture of refining his body with the blood. The boy really felt like dying right there and then during the process.

Thankfully, everything went fine, and Luan achieved his First Grade Star Body. With his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, Luan definitely had the power to fight those an entire realm above himself.

Since the twins had decided to help Luan mature, they decided to stay in Glastocen for a few weeks.

Eventually, the time for the upgrade of the Dimensional Realm was up.

[Dimensional Realm Upgrade to Level 4 completed.]

Naturally, the twins immediately entered it to take a look at what had changed. In any case, it was very easy to notice.

"This thing is huge!"

Immediately, the twins saw just how much bigger the Dimensional Realm had become. Before, it didn't span any more than 30 or so kilometers. However, since they were connected to it, they could tell how big it had become. "How big is this? 300 kilometers?"

Roan nodded in response. "More or less. This is a seriously huge place now."

Celis couldn't help but ask, "Is there something we can do to such a huge place? Even I wouldn't have much use for all this space after spreading my roots."

Sister Orb said in response. [The size isn't all. The Dimensional Realm works like a world, so the World Essence it generates also increased ten times. Rean and Roan will be able to use it more often than not.]

"That's great!" So far, the world had only accumulated enough World Essence for Rean to craft and upgrade the twins' weapons. In fact, it took a long time for that to happen. But now, he would have a lot to spare. Perhaps he could use it for other things in the future.

Roan was also satisfied to hear that. "So far, my pills have only used Divine Energy. I wanted to test how World Essence would affect them. Next time, I'll make good use of it."

Rean then asked Sister Orb after that, "Sister Orb, is there anything else that came along with this new upgrade?"

[Not quite. You have to understand that increasing the size of the Dimensional Realm by ten times is already a very good perk. You even got more World Essence as a side effect. There is another thing, though. But it isn't anything new.]

Rean couldn't help but ask in response, "The realm being big is good and all. However, what can we even use it for? Don't forget that we need to pay 10000 Destiny Points to let anyone else in here. Even that devil's soul was no exception."

Roan agreed with Rean. "Indeed. To develop an area of this size, we'll need a working force, and that's something we can't pay for with Destiny Points."

Sister Orb understood their dilemma, chuckling as she told them. [Hehe! I thought you would say that. The system obviously accounted for this possibility, so you can now bring others to live in your Dimensional Realm again. Didn't I say there was something extra but nothing new? Before, you could bring others inside, and now, you can do that again.]

"Really?!" Rean was happy to hear that.

However, Roan narrowed his eyes, asking, "It won't be the same as before, right?"

Sure enough, Roan understood that there was no free lunch in this Realm of Gods. [Exactly. Back then, you could literally bring anyone you wanted here. Now, you have restrictions.]

"What kind of restrictions?"

Sister Orb continued. [First, there's the restriction on cultivation. Based on your cultivations, you can only bring people, demon beasts, and spirits who are at least one entire cultivation realm below you.]

Rean was taken aback. "We're in the Transition Realm, which means we can't have anyone above the Initial Stage of the Elemental Transformation Realm?"

[You can, but you'll need to pay for the Free Pass, which you know costs 10000 Destiny Points.]

Rean and Roan obviously wouldn't do that unless it was extremely necessary. "That's not the only problem. Those we end up bringing into this realm will be stuck in their cultivation unless our own cultivation increases, right?"

[That's correct. Unless, of course, you release them from the Dimensional Realm. Well, have you forgotten about your own cultivation speed? I doubt the majority of Elemental Transformation Realm beings can cultivate stages faster than you four together.]

"That's true." Ever since they got Celis and the Energy Absorption Upgrades, the twins' cultivation had been much faster than anyone they knew at the same level.

[Anyways, that's the first restriction. The second restriction is about the system's security. If you want anyone to live here for free, you will have to get them to sign a Soul Binding Contract. Well, Rean can make contracts himself, so I guess that isn't an issue.]

Indeed, Rean didn't see a problem with that. "Agreed. First of all, I wouldn't let anyone come inside without it anyway."

However, they also found a problem. Could they convince anyone to live in their Dimensional Realm? That meant these beings would have to be stuck with the twins forever unless Rean and Roan released them.

"That wouldn't be a problem, would it?" Celis said. "Look at the concentration of Divine Energy in this Dimensional Realm. It's at least 40 to 50% denser than outside. I guess there's no lack of candidates who would be willing to live here if they could cultivate."

Only now did the twins notice this change. "Oh! That's true. How come the concentration increased?"

[Mostly because of Celis' saplings.] Sister Orb explained. [They have been integrated into the Dimensional Realm and can now bring Divine Energy from the outside. However, their numbers are already the max amount you can use for this purpose, so forget about increasing their numbers here as it won't change anything.]

Celis didn't mind. "That's fine. I can create as many saplings as I want, so these ones taken by the Dimensional Realm won't change anything for me."