Chapter 895: The Divine Kingdoms

For now, Su Che wasn’t in a hurry to head to the Heavenly Realm right away. Instead, he should use the Divine Realm to gain a preliminary understanding of the Holy Radiance Universe. He was also quite interested in the “divine kingdoms” mentioned by Osen earlier.

He already knew that there were no planets within the Divine Realm. The huge objects floating in the sky were the divine kingdoms created by deities. But at least only higher-ranking deities had the ability to create such kingdoms; lower and middle-ranking deities could only live under the protection of higher-ranking deities or the supreme deity.

Next, Osen invited Su Che to visit his divine kingdom. During the flight, Osen said, “I am a newly promoted higher-ranking deity. It took me tens of thousands of years to build my own divine kingdom. In the Divine Realm, my kingdom is the smallest. I must rely on the protection of some supreme deity to avoid attacks from other kingdoms.”

“Oh?”

Su Che asked curiously, “Do wars of aggression also occur between divine kingdoms?”

“Of course,” Osen nodded. “Just like in mortal countries, it’s normal for stronger nations to conquer weaker ones and grow stronger. To gain the protection of a supreme deity, I must pay a certain price as well.”

Su Che understood—it meant paying protection fees. This was quite common. In their own Immortal Universe, lower-ranked immortals wanted to live safely in the Immortal Realm by joining a certain Immortal Emperor and serving him as a subordinate for several years. The price might differ, but the nature was the same.

Osen’s divine kingdom wasn’t far away, and they arrived soon. What amused Su Che a bit was that, from the outside, his kingdom resembled a mooncake with a large bite taken out of it, looking rather comical.

Indeed, its size was the smallest—only about the size of a dozen Qi Yuan Stars—making it one of the least noticeable in this part of the sky.

Before entering the divine kingdom, Osen pointed to the other kingdoms around them and said, “All these kingdoms visible now belong to higher-ranking deities like me. The largest one in the center is the divine kingdom of Supreme Deity Mo Lin.”

Following his gesture, Su Che realized that, as expected, thousands of smaller kingdoms surrounded a gigantic one, just like stars surrounding the moon.

Su Che simply nodded slightly, not finding it particularly surprising. After all, he had seen quite a lot. In fact, in his own Immortal Prison Universe, he could easily create a more spectacular scene than this.

The entrance to Orson’s divine kingdom was precisely located at the gap of the “moon cake.” Once inside, one could naturally see an extremely vast world.
“Is it possible?”
Su Che gestured at his eyes, meaning whether it was possible to spread his divine consciousness to fully observe his divine kingdom.
This was akin to visiting a friend’s home—while it wasn’t forbidden to take a look, one still needed the host’s permission.
“Of course! Go ahead,” Orson said with a laugh.
Whoosh!
Su Che’s powerful divine consciousness instantly spread out, enveloping the entire interior of the divine kingdom.
Much like the small worlds created by immortals, there were day and night and climate changes within the divine kingdom as well. The ecological environment was highly developed, hardly differing from ordinary life planets.
Through his divine consciousness, Su Che quickly calculated that there were nearly 10 billion ordinary humans in the divine kingdom, whose skin tones and appearances resembled Orson’s quite closely. There were also about 2 billion highly intelligent beings of other races, clearly indicating a world dominated by humans.
Su Che saw lizards with huge fleshy wings. Among all races, they seemed to be the strongest in terms of individual power, though their numbers were small. Out of curiosity, he asked, “What kind of creatures are these?”
“The Dragon race,” Orson replied in detail. “In the mortal world, the Dragon race is considered the strongest race. But in the divine realm, their strength isn’t much different from ours, human deities.”
“So the Dragons in the Holy Radiance Universe are like this…” Lao He shook his head in the Immortal Prison and said, “They really look quite ugly!”
“It’s just a matter of different aesthetics,” Su Che thought to himself with a smile. “If they saw the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon in our universe, they might even mistake it for a giant snake with claws.”
While joking, Su Che noticed that all the statues worshipped in the human temples all resembled Orson. It was clear that the humans in the divine kingdom could only worship the one true god, “Orson.” However, the deities worshipped by other races were varied.
Su Che immediately guessed that Orson needed a large number of followers to provide him with a continuous supply of faith energy—similar to how Lao He constantly absorbed the willpower of beings in the Immortal Prison Universe.
In fact, in our Immortal Universe, a few immortals also established their own religions in their own small worlds to gather similar faith energy.
So he asked, “Is faith energy very important for your cultivation and growth?”
“Of course!”

Osen replied immediately, “After becoming gods, the faith of all beings is the source of power for all deities. It is for this reason that the larger the divine kingdom and the more believers there are, the faster our strength can increase. Well, isn’t that the case for you?”
“I’m not.”
Su Che shook his head. “Our path of cultivation focuses on self-cultivation and self-discovery, and we do not advocate relying on anyone else. Of course, I’m not denying the power of faith; it’s just a different method. There’s no right or wrong, no superiority or inferiority.”
When the topic of cultivation came up, Osen was naturally very interested and replied right away, “Self-cultivation and self-discovery are merely a helpless path for mortals before becoming gods. Is it still necessary to go through such hardships after becoming gods? Moreover, in our view, self-discovery always has limits. At a certain point, external help is needed to continue growing.”
Su Che nodded. “Yes, to some extent, that’s true. But…”
And so, these two great gods, Su Che and Osen, began to exchange insights on cultivation at the highest level of their divine kingdoms, above billions of beings.
Of course, as for Su Che himself, he didn’t need to acquire any knowledge from Osen; he just wanted to gain a better understanding of the Sacred Radiance Universe.
After dozens of days of discussion, Osen benefited greatly and was greatly inspired, because some of the things Su Che shared were not just cultivation insights from the Immortal Universe. Batwing and Vajra, his two top servants, were supreme warriors who had traveled through chaos for countless years. If all the vast knowledge in their minds were printed into books, it was uncertain whether Osen’s divine kingdom could even hold them all…
By now, Osen was deeply grateful to have met such a distinguished guest from chaos as Su Che. Think about it—such a vast divine realm, yet he happened to meet him and even invited him home. That was pure good fortune, something unimaginable and unstoppable.
One day, suddenly a deep blue divine light pierced into Osen’s divine kingdom, flying straight toward where he and Su Che were.
“It seems to be some kind of communication method,” Su Che guessed.
Sure enough, when Osen raised his hand, the divine light flew over and entered his palm. Then, Osen frowned, seemingly because something unpleasant had happened.
“Lord God Mo Lin has sent a message, ordering all subordinate higher gods to immediately go to his divine kingdom to announce something important.”
Osen said in a low voice, “Whenever something like this happens, it’s never good news.”

“Since it’s a summons from the Supreme God, let’s go,” Su Che said with a smile. “How about I disguise myself as an upper god and claim to be your friend, going with you?”
“Sure, of course!”
Osen was overjoyed and agreed without hesitation. He knew full well that Su Che, as a Chaos Traveler, was an extremely powerful being far surpassing all the god-kings. With such a friend by his side, what could possibly trouble him in the divine realm?
Osen had long realized that meeting Su Che would bring about a tremendous change in his fate—it would surely be the most important opportunity of his life…
Su Che imitated Osen’s life energy and power characteristics, transforming himself into an upper god. He also adjusted his appearance and skin tone to better match those of the Holy Radiant humans.
This wasn’t difficult at all. Even Osen, who knew he was an outsider, couldn’t spot any flaws—it seemed as though the man before him was a fellow disciple from the same lineage.
The divine kingdom of Supreme God Mo Lin wasn’t far away; it could be seen with the naked eye in the starry sky. At Osen’s speed, it would take less than fifteen minutes to reach there.
A supreme god-level divine kingdom had an astonishingly large size—at least five thousand times that of Osen’s own kingdom. Osen had said that Mo Lin’s kingdom had eight hundred billion of the most devout believers who provided him with faith energy, something that made those upper gods extremely envious.
A divine kingdom was essentially a living space for believers. The larger the kingdom, the more believers it could accommodate. Thus, believers were the most precious resources and possessions in the eyes of deities.
The conflicts between deities were, in essence, battles over faith. They invaded other deities’ kingdoms, seized their believers, and used powerful divine spells to brainwash those ordinary people into becoming their loyal followers.
At first glance, it might seem that the ordinary people living in these divine kingdoms were pitiful and tragic, constantly being brainwashed by some deity to force them to change their beliefs.
In reality, it wasn’t that serious. Every deity cared deeply about their believers and created an ideal living environment for them within their kingdoms. There, they could live comfortably without much effort, ensuring they had enough energy to devote to devout prayers.

Moreover, gods cannot be at war every day; it’s possible that they won’t face invasion from other gods for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years. During such a long time, the ordinary people in their divine realms have reproduced countless generations, so it’s absolutely impossible for one generation to suffer two instances of belief indoctrination in succession. With ordinary people living only a short life of a hundred years, it’s not easy for them to be so unlucky. Therefore, the believers in the divine realms enjoy a far superior living condition compared to ordinary humans in the mortal world. This is also the promise made by the gods when seeking followers in the mortal world: “Believe in me, and the most loyal followers will enter my divine realm and live a life filled with endless happiness…”