Stellar Transformation-Chapter 492: Episode 15: Creation of Heaven and Earth - 1: First Arrival in the Divine World
The Divine Realm was a vast expanse of land. Since its inception, almost one hundred and twenty trillion years had passed, and throughout this time, numerous powerful forces rose and fell. However, as time went by, most of them eventually scattered and dispersed.
Rising and falling seemed like the natural order of the universe. Yet, there were eight forces that broke this cycle, existing eternally since the birth of the Divine Realm nearly one hundred and twenty trillion years ago.
These eight forces were of ancient heritage, their might undiminished throughout the ages.
The leaders of these eight forces were known as the Holy Emperors!
The Eight Great Saint Emperors were the most exalted beings in the Divine Realm. In terms of strength, all eight were experts of the God King Level, second only to the legendary Heavenly Venerable. In terms of power, none could compare with the Eight Great Saint Emperors. In terms of weapons, each of the eight possessed one of the transcendent treasures that had emerged at the birth of the Divine Realm.
These eight transcendent treasures were all top-notch Hongmeng Spiritual Treasures. Perhaps only the ’Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasures’, which were said to be possessed by the Heavenly Venerable from legends, could surpass them.
Strength, power, weapons—all advantages were in their favor.
There was no need to elaborate on the supreme status of the Eight Great Saint Emperors. Each ruled over their own territory, with the East Pole Saint Emperor controlling the eastern region of the Divine Realm.
The Ascension Pool was where individuals from the lower realms would appear when they ascended to the Divine Realm. The number of Ascension Pools in the entire Divine Realm was fixed at around eight hundred, and these pools had existed since the inception of the Divine Realm. They were indestructible and everlasting.
The story unfolds at one such Ascension Pool within the eastern region of the Divine Realm.
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By the side of an Ascension Pool in the eastern region of the Divine Realm, there were ten warriors clad in Battle Armor. It was this squad’s turn to be on duty, meaning they had to stay by the Ascension Pool for a full thousand years before being relieved by another squad.
At that moment, the ten warriors were idly chatting among themselves.
"It’s been years since we’ve seen an ascender, and we must wait here in vain. These days are truly boring. Hey, captain, I heard you’re getting promoted, becoming a middle squad leader?" a slender young man said to the middle-aged man beside him.
"I’ve heard too. The last time our large squad went out to hunt a powerful demon beast, they encountered the terrifying ’ant tide’. The entire thousand-man squad was wiped out. What a tragedy," another muscular man remarked. "Now the city lord is looking to fill the ranks and recruit new members into the army, and the captain here is being promoted to middle squad leader."
"Let’s not talk about the ant tide. Alas... unless one reaches the Heavenly God Realm, facing the overwhelming ant tide leads to certain death," the captain shook his head and said.
"Captain, with your promotion to middle squad leader, your salary must have increased, right? Your thousand-year salary must have doubled," inquired the most beautiful woman in the squad.
In the Divine Realm’s army, recruitment was based solely on strength, regardless of gender. Of the ten-member squad, four were women.
"Doubled, heh, yes," the squad leader replied with a smile.
But just then, the mist surrounding the nearby Ascension Pool began to churn, the white fog roiling and rising. The idle chatter of the ten-member squad ceased immediately.
"An ascender is coming," the brown-haired female warrior said with some excitement.
The rumbling of the white fog grew more intense, as if a Flood Dragon were rolling and writhing within the Ascension Pool. The area of mist swirling at the Ascension Pool spanned nearly a hundred meters, affecting the entire pool.
"There’s more than one, more than two ascending... many," the experienced Divine Realm squad leader’s eyes lit up.
At that moment, all ten soldiers became excited. It was extremely rare to receive so many Ascenders at once. Typically, only one person would ascend every few years, and the probability of multiple simultaneous ascensions was even lower. It was estimated that such an event might not happen even once in ten million years.
For this small team, receiving so many Ascenders who had ascended at the same time was certainly a once-in-a-lifetime, glorious achievement.
As the white mist churned, several figures appeared abruptly above the clouds.
"Sizzle~~~~"
A stream of clearly visible dark gold Energy surged out from the midst of the ascension. Each strand of gold Energy entered perfectly into one person’s body, with a total of five dark gold Energy pillars.
"Five Ascenders, truly a rare occasion," the Divine Realm squad leader remarked with a sigh.
The most beautiful woman among them nodded, "The Ascension Pool under the jurisdiction of Wei Chi City corresponds to just about a hundred cosmic spaces, doesn’t it? To have five Ascenders from a hundred spaces ascend at the same time, they really are quite fated."
"It seems there’s only one woman, and the other four are men."
The Divine World warriors began discussing among themselves, and while they were talking—
"Ah~~~" Cries of pain echoed from the Ascension Pool, but the soldiers didn’t seem to care at all about these painful sounds and continued their discussions.
"Divine Power Infiltration, everyone who ascends to the Divine Realm must go through this ordeal. I remember tasting that flavor too, back in the day... truly," the squad leader reminisced with a smack of his lips, then glanced at the most beautiful woman, "Liu Fei, you grew up in the Divine Realm, right? You all directly experience Divine Power Infiltration after passing through the Divine Tribulation, don’t you?"
The woman named Liu Fei nodded, "Right after passing the Divine Tribulation, Divine Power shot out from the clouds of tribulation and infiltrated my body directly. I really wouldn’t want to try that experience again."
"The Divine Power Infiltration should last about half an hour," the squad leader looked at the sky, "It’s still early, probably another two hours before nightfall."
Time passed.
Half an hour later, four Divine Powers ceased at the same time, and the four figures were immediately engulfed by the white mist of the Ascension Pool and sent to the edge. The ten soldiers quickly went to lead these four individuals.
"Eh, why have only four people finished? Why is the other one still continuing?" the Divine Realm squad leader said, puzzled.
The other nine soldiers were also perplexed.
This was a set rule; the amount of Divine Power that someone who had just ascended to the Divine Realm could accommodate was limited. The capacity for Divine Power was determined by two aspects: one’s body and one’s Soul Realm.
The higher the Soul Realm, the more Divine Power could be absorbed without triggering a rampage of Divine Power.
The body is a vessel for Divine Power, and the stronger the body, the more Divine Power it can withstand.
"Is, is this the Divine World?" a pained voice suddenly rang out. The Divine Realm squad leader ’Huang Xu’ looked over, "Yes, this is the Divine World. Don’t ask too much; focus on stabilizing your body first. Eh?"
Among the four Ascenders who had reached the shore, one man and one woman were kneeling painfully on the ground, their faces twisted in agony as the Divine Power within them continued to fluctuate.
The other two Ascenders, however, stood there calmly, seemingly without any pain. Their gaze, however, was fixed on the lone figure still above the Ascension Pool.
These two individuals were indeed Hou Fei and Hei Yu.
"Monkey, that feeling just now was pretty tough to endure, Big Brother should be alright, right?" Hei Yu whispered to Hou Fei, having just arrived in the Divine World, they discovered that it was very different from what they had anticipated.
In the Divine World, with their Soul Realm, Soul Power couldn’t escape from their bodies at all.
"This Divine World is a bit strange, I feel like I can’t even fly," Hou Fei nodded and said, "But with Big Brother’s strength, there definitely won’t be a problem."
"You two," the Divine World squad leader ’Huang Xu’ said with a faint smile while looking at Hou Fei and Hei Yu, "Stop whispering there. I’m asking you two, in the Lower Realm, were you into Body Refining?"
"Body Refining?" Hou Fei and Hei Yu were slightly taken aback.
"Sort of," Hou Fei said with a playful smile.
Being a ’Fire-Eyed Water Ape,’ his body was naturally strong. Although he hadn’t specialized in Body Refining, his physique had now reached the Eighth Level of the ’Nine-Transformation Dark Gold Body.’ As for Hei Yu... his body’s toughness was on par with Qin Yu’s.
"Body Refining is good. It makes the first challenge in the Divine World, ’Divine Power Infiltration,’ much easier," Huang Xu said cheerfully.
Hou Fei and Hei Yu, looking at Huang Xu before them, both had a feeling: this person was too strong for them to contend against. They believed that if this person wanted to kill the two of them, he could do so with ease.
"This person gives me a feeling similar to that of Big Brother," Hou Fei and Hei Yu both came to such a realization in their hearts.
"Since the two of you have ascended into the Divine World, naturally you must act according to our Divine World’s rules. However, don’t be anxious; these two Ascenders, one male and one female, still need to stabilize their bodies. Your bodies are already strong enough, so there’s no need to spend extra effort," Huang Xu said with a light smile.
The beautiful female warrior Liu Fei frowned as she looked toward the Ascension Pool, at the person still undergoing Divine Power Infiltration, "You two, do you know that person?" the beautiful female warrior asked Hou Fei and Hei Yu in return.
Hou Fei nodded: "That’s our Big Brother."
"Big Brother, so the three of you are brothers?" Liu Fei revealed a sweet smile, "That’s really rare, for three brothers to ascend at the same time. It seems you’re quite fated."
"Is Big Brother okay?" Hei Yu asked aloud.
A seemingly frail soldier said with a smile, "No worries... I’ve never heard of anyone dying on the Ascension Pool."
Hou Fei and Hei Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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"Divine Power Infiltration?"
Qin Yu clearly heard a group of people talking not far away, but this ’Divine Power Infiltration’ had no effect on him whatsoever. The pain others experienced was due to the struggle between the original Energy in their bodies and Divine Power.
Once Divine Power penetrated the body, it would eliminate all the Energy within, and then reside in that body, gathering at the Dantian.
And Qin Yu?
He simply hid the Nine Transmutations Force and Power of Gold within the Star Space. With no Energy to block it, Divine Power easily entered into Qin Yu’s body, so of course, he felt no pain.
Others took half an hour, while Qin Yu had already been undergoing Divine Power Infiltration for three full hours, yet he continued doing so...
"Hm?"
At a certain moment, Qin Yu suddenly felt the Divine Power flowing within his body, bringing a great sense of pressure. Qin Yu even had the feeling that if he continued to absorb Divine Power, his body would fall apart.
"Whoosh!" The Divine Power that was continuously pouring into Qin Yu automatically ceased.
Qin Yu’s body, propelled by the Ascension Pool, involuntarily reached the edge of the pool.
"This Divine World is indeed unique." As soon as he landed on the edge, Qin Yu felt a binding force from the Divine World, the incredibly dense and stable space exerting considerable suppression on him.
"Big Brother." Hou Fei and Hei Yu both walked over to Qin Yu.
"Can’t perform Instantaneous Movement anymore," Qin Yu mused aloud.
"Haha, Instantaneous Movement?" The squad leader Huang Xu laughed aloud, "For Ascenders, Instantaneous Movement might be common in the Lower Realm, but in the Divine World... even the exalted Upper Heavenly Gods dare not think of Instantaneous Movement."
Qin Yu, surprised by Huang Xu’s words, looked over at him.
By now, ten soldiers, including squad leader Huang Xu, all turned their gaze toward Qin Yu.
"You’re the strongest among the five Ascenders, and surprisingly so... If I’m not mistaken. Your body is very formidable, and your Soul Realm is also very high, reaching the level of an Intermediate Divine Being, right?" Huang Xu said with a smile while looking at Qin Yu.
Inwardly, Huang Xu thought, "So much Divine Power, if absorbed through Divine Spirit Stones, would cost a fortune. This kid is really lucky, getting all that Divine Power for free."
Qin Yu was puzzled.
Intermediate Divine Being? The last time he was with Jiang Yan, her Soul Realm was at the peak of the Upper Level Divine Being, while his was at the peak of the Intermediate Divine Being. But barely reaching the threshold of a Lower Heavenly God with the aid of ’Meteor Tear.’
"Quite impressive, reaching such a level in Soul Realm while still in the Lower Realm is commendable," Huang Xu said with a smile, "If one were to cultivate in the Divine World, without any other concerns, focusing solely on cultivation... it would at the very least take tens of millions of years to reach the level of Intermediate Divine Being. You reached the Divine Realm level as soon as you entered the Divine World, impressive."
Becoming an Intermediate Divine Being upon arrival in the Divine World was extremely rare throughout its history.
Huang Xu suddenly glanced at the male and female Ascenders who had stood up to stabilize their bodies and nodded, "Alright, now that you’ve all accepted the Divine Power Infiltration and stabilized your bodies. As the person responsible for you newcomers to the Divine World, I will tell you some basic information about the Divine World on our way to the ’Divine Spirit Stone Mine.’ Okay, let’s set off now!"
Qin Yu, Hou Fei, Hei Yu, and the other two Ascenders, a man and a woman, all looked at Huang Xu.
"According to the customs of the Divine World, every newcomer Ascender has the obligation to go to the Divine Spirit Stone Mine and mine for our Holy Emperor unpaid for a thousand years. During these thousand years, you are not allowed to resist, escape, and so on. Those who violate this will be pursued and killed by the entire Divine World."
The squad leader Huang Xu said seriously, "As for the basic information about the Divine World, I will tell you while we are on our way to the ’Divine Spirit Stone Mine.’ Now, let’s depart!"
(The first Chapter for today, the Divine World arc begins~~~~)
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