Chapter 487: The Divine Realm Without Ascension

As soon as Ye Feng stepped out of the VIP room, a staff member approached him. “There’s a visitor in VIP Room No. 2.”

“No. 2? Aren’t it Zi Jin and the others?” Ye Feng was puzzled but still followed the staff member.

“Zi Jin, do you guys need to see me?” Ye Feng pushed open the door and saw all three of them there.

“That’s right. There are two matters: one is about the Transformation Pills, and the other is regarding the use of that Perfect Gene Liquid.” As the most lively among the three, Zi Jin spoke on behalf of the others.

Transformation Pills varied in quality, but the method of crafting them seemed to have been lost in the Divine Realm. Top-tier Transformation Pills were said to enable one to transform after ingestion, completely masking their magical beast aura to make it indistinguishable from that of a human.

Ye Feng had previously seen the prices of Transformation Pills in the Virtual Realm. The most elite ones cost nearly ten times more than ordinary top-grade pills—100 million domain points, which equaled only 100,000 Divine Crystals. Moreover, since Ye Feng had a permanent discount privilege, buying between 100 and 1,000 pills granted a 10% discount, while buying between 1,000 and 10,000 pills came with an 80% discount.

“How many do you want? I have over 1,200 here, enough to give each of you 400. They’re top-tier Transformation Pills that allow transformation and complete concealment of the magical beast aura. Even if the user’s soul cultivation is three realms higher, it won’t be detectable at all. But the price is a bit high.”

“How many Divine Crystals?” Zi Jin asked quickly.

“The normal price is 1 million Divine Crystals per pill. For you, I’ll give it at 500,000. So, 1,200 pills would cost 600 million crystal cores.” Ye Feng had simply multiplied the price by five. After all, although such pills had been absent for a long time, their last auction price was still only 1 million per pill. Of course, those were purchased by humans for their pets, so there wasn’t as strong a demand from magical beasts, keeping prices from soaring.

The three beasts naturally knew that the price Ye Feng offered far exceeded their expectations. In their view, Ye Feng might have paid 1 million per pill itself, and it would already be generous of him to sell them at that price without raising it further—let alone offering a 50% discount.

Ye Feng didn’t raise the price out of consideration for City Sent. If he upset the three beasts over such trivial gains, future cooperation would likely end on bad terms. Only by showing them his sincerity would they reciprocate in kind.

The three beasts said nothing and readily handed over 600 million crystal cores to complete the deal.
“There’s one more thing I need your help with,” Zi Jin said, her face turning slightly red, seemingly embarrassed. “It’s about that Perfect Gene Solvent. We’ve been waiting for you to be free.”
“We originally planned to use it as soon as we got it, but after seeing Qing Wen almost reverted to its original form, we weren’t entirely at ease, so we wanted you to help protect it. But you’ve been in seclusion, and then busy with the auction, so we’ve kept delaying it until now.” You Ming couldn’t stand Zi Jin’s hesitancy any longer and blurted it out.
“Then let’s handle it at a quiet place tonight,” Ye Feng agreed readily. “I actually have some questions for you as well, regarding the Four Great Forbidden Lands.”
The three of them changed expressions upon hearing this.
“What do you want to know?” Mo Luo frowned slightly.
“It’s like this: I’ve taken on a escort mission to Wanmo Peak. That place is one of the Four Great Forbidden Lands, so I want to learn more about them.” Seeing their uneasy expressions, Ye Feng had no choice but to explain the situation.
“There are many forbidden lands in the Divine Realm similar to the Dark Valley, but in reality, the areas we occupy are just minor forbidden lands. Any magical beast that has reached the third level of understanding the laws can claim its territory as a minor forbidden land. The leader of such a land is called a commander. Each commander has at least reached the third level of law comprehension, with some even reaching the fourth level. Those who have reached the fifth or sixth level are called great commanders. Their territories are usually located near your human cities. As for the Four Great Forbidden Lands, all the magical beasts in their core areas have mastered the laws. Only the leaders of these lands can be called true kings of magical beasts, as their law comprehension has reached the eighth level. Moreover, their bloodlines are extremely powerful. Their subordinates also have at least ten with law comprehension above the sixth level, who are also called great commanders. Commanders like us can trigger a level-five beast tide, while great commanders can trigger a level-six one. As for the Four Great Forbidden Lands, any king of magical beasts can trigger an level-eight beast tide—one powerful enough to destroy all cities in the Divine Realm.” Zi Jin spoke with admiration.
Ye Feng frowned deeply. He hadn’t expected that kings of magical beasts were those who had reached the eighth level of law comprehension. Although he was at the ninth level, the gap in cultivation was enormous, and whether he could win remained uncertain.

The reason Zi Jin said these things was actually because he completely ignored the fact that he might threaten the existence of the Four Great Forbidden Lands. In their view, his mastery of the laws should be quite close to the eighth level. Zi Jin and the others indeed thought this way; they believed that Ye Feng practiced the Lightning Destruction Law, which explained his astonishing combat power. They were even convinced that Ye Feng’s mastery of the laws had reached at most the second level, but due to it being the Destruction Law, he could exhibit the destructive power of the fourth level. Of course, since they had only reached the third level themselves, they were unclear about the true extent of the fourth level’s destructive power. But they believed that any great commander from the Four Great Forbidden Lands could easily kill Ye Feng.

“There are actually people in the Divine Realm who have mastered the laws up to the eighth level. Why don’t they ascend?” Ye Feng asked curiously.

“You really don’t know this?” You Ming retorted.

“What do you mean?”

“The current Divine Realm doesn’t allow ascension, unless one’s mastery of the laws reaches the perfect ninth level, allowing them to break through the void and enter the Sacred Realm,” Zi Jin interjected. “It’s because hundreds of millions of years ago, human warriors fought within the Sacred Domain, causing it to collapse and severing the connection between the Divine Realm and the Sacred Realm. The powerful beings of the Sacred Realm were enraged and thus broke the seals of the Four Great Forbidden Lands and the Endless Abyss, allowing us demons to rule this land and punish humans. That’s how things turned out today.”

“This doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the history of the Divine Realm,” Ye Feng said, shaking his head in confusion.

“Then surely later generations destroyed the relevant records, trying to erase their past mistakes,” You Ming said incisively. Such things had happened countless times in the histories of humans in different places—erasing their faults from historical texts and leaving only their achievements.

“So that’s how the Divine Realm ended up like this…” Ye Feng finally understood that the current situation in the Divine Realm was the result of a grave mistake in the past. “What is that Sacred Domain?”

“It is the place where all the powerful beings in the Divine Realm await ascension. Located right in the heart of the Endless Abyssal Sea, it is a giant island covering about one-tenth of the size of the Divine Realm. All those who have reached the peak of Emperor God cultivation and understood the first layer of the laws can undergo the tribulation. After completing the tribulation, they go to the Sacred Realm to have their bodies transformed. Only after their bodies are fully transformed into sacred bodies will the Sacred Realm emit the guiding light, and only those illuminated by this light can ascend to the Sacred Realm. If they do not go to the Sacred Realm, their bodies will not be transformed into sacred bodies, and they will not be able to ascend. Therefore, once the Sacred Realm is destroyed, if one wants to ascend, they must reach the ninth level of perfect mastery in the laws and break through space.” Zi Jin gazed into the distance, as if the Sacred Realm that allowed people to ascend to the Sacred Realm was right there.

“Wait, the Endless Abyssal Sea? Is that the sea that surrounds the entire Divine Realm continent?” Ye Feng was shocked. “Could it be that the entire Divine Realm is spherical???”

“That’s right. That sea is called the Endless Abyssal Sea. Within it, there are countless powerful beings. Before humans caused trouble, those powerful creatures in the Abyssal Sea were in a dormant state. But after that incident, they were awakened by the powerful beings of the Sacred Realm. Now, even if the Sacred Realm is restored to its original state, no one can reach it alive. I doubt even thebeast kings of the four great forbidden lands can do it,” Zi Jin sighed.

“Don’t worry. Once your bloodline is complete, your inherited memories will become even stronger. By then, it won’t be difficult to surpass even thebeast kings of the four great forbidden lands,” Ye Feng reassured him.