Chapter 4: The Realm of Divine King

Qu Yi took care of Bai Man and continued to cultivate on North Huangdao.
Since refining the essence of deities, the number of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire spirit entities and Metal, Wood, Earth, Water spirit entities in Qu Yi’s body had reached 500 million, reaching the limit his body could bear.
After returning from the Void Battlefield to the Divine Realm, Qu Yi wanted to start cultivating immediately, but he had some matters to attend to. Thus, he waited until Bai Man ascended before he could focus on cultivating alone on North Huangdao.
Now, the two types of spirit entities in Qu Yi’s body only needed to merge once more to allow him to break through to the realm of Divine King.
In his internal world, the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire spirit entities on the Fire Planet and the Metal, Wood, Earth, Water spirit entities on the Earth Planet were now under Qu Yi’s divine consciousness. Both types of spirit entities were enveloped by the chaotic energy of the Central Chaos Planet and merged there together.
In his internal world, there was only one trend: all spirit entities were transforming into Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth spirit entities, that is, the Five Elements spirit entities.
On the Central Chaos Planet, these Five Elements spirit entities acted like living beings—some human, some beast, some plant, some tree—seemingly all the myriad creatures in the universe taking shape within Qu Yi’s internal world.
However, these creatures still lacked consciousness at this stage.
While Qu Yi was cultivating, cultivators who had ascended from the Six Realms sent their faith powers like lightning bolts into his internal world. Immediately, the newly formed Five Elements spirit entities, or these creatures, gained consciousness and replicated the wisdom of those cultivators who believed in them.
True living beings now thrived on Qu Yi’s Central Chaos Planet.
In just a thousand years, the number of cultivators who ascended from the Six Realms reached 10 billion. The faith powers of these 10 billion people all flowed into Qu Yi’s internal space, resulting in 10 billion creatures existing on the Central Chaos Planet within his body.
At some point, Qu Yi suddenly opened his eyes, rose abruptly, and let out a loud roar toward the sky.
Above, an endless sea of radiant clouds appeared in an instant, filled with various creature totems and magnificent scenes, shining over the eight major divine realms of the Divine Realm.
A new Divine King had been born!
It had been so long since anyone in the Divine Realm had reached the realm of Divine King, yet today, someone finally succeeded—apparently somewhere in the Inner Sea.
When cultivators across the Divine Realm noticed this scene, they all realized that a new Divine King had emerged.
Countless cultivators spread the news with envy, and various rumors circulated, with speculation about which cultivator had achieved this realm.

In the imperial city of Genyuan City within the Shangen Divine Realm, the eight-region divine kings were gathered in a grand hall at that moment. They also saw the scene above the divine realm and immediately realized that a new divine king had appeared, somewhere in the Inner Sea.
“Could it be Qu Yi?”
The twenty-five divine kings of the eight regions stopped discussing and vanished from the hall, reappearing above the Inner Sea in an instant. By then, Qu Yi had already disappeared.
Each of the divine kings spread their divine senses across the entire Inner Sea but still failed to detect any cultivator with the aura of a divine king. However, they were certain it was Qu Yi—only he had the potential to rapidly reach the rank of divine king. Thus, the divine kings all looked worried, unsure of what to say.
During the Divine Marshal stage, they couldn’t even kill Qu Yi; now that he had reached the rank of divine king, killing him became even more difficult.
“Let’s go back. From now on, we eight-region divine kings must set aside past grievances, trust each other completely, and unite to attack Qu Yi. Only then can we possibly kill him,” said Qiu Yan, the divine king of the Shangen Divine Realm, calmly.
The divine kings nodded and vanished together.
At the moment he reached the rank of divine king, Qu Yi also left Beihai Island in a flash and arrived directly at Nanyin Island, creating a spatial barrier to block the divine senses of the other kings from probing.
Zong Jing and Qian Mao came out of their cultivation sites and landed in the stone pavilion, staring at Qu Yi excitedly.
“Qu Yi, you’re already a divine king?” Zong Jing exclaimed in surprise.
Qian Mao rubbed his hands together, his eyes gleaming—he clearly found it hard to believe that Qu Yi had reached this rank in such a short time.
Qu Yi smiled faintly and nodded.
He hadn’t expected to reach the rank of divine king so quickly. It seemed that the help of chaotic energy and faith power had enabled him to advance rapidly.
“Yes, I’ve reached the rank of divine king. All the spiritual entities in my body have transformed into living beings,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Zong Jing and Qian Mao laughed excitedly, staring at Qu Yi happily. Now that he had reached the rank of divine king, the Ascendant faction had another powerful divine king, adding a strong guarantee to its development.
“Qu Yi, how many sentient living beings do you have in your body now?” Zong Jing asked concerningly, his expression showing that the number of these beings was of great significance.

The Five Elements Spirits are merely forms of living beings; if they do not develop consciousness, these spirits offer no advantage to a Divine King in terms of strength.
Qu Yi smiled faintly, then sensed something and said, “There are already ten billion.”
What!
Zong Jing and Qian Mao stood there like wooden statues, utterly at a loss for words. Their expressions made it clear that Qu Yi had just reached the rank of Divine King and already possessed ten billion sentient beings in his body—a feat that completely defied all common sense about cultivation.
“Qu Yi, are you not lying to us?”
“Qu Yi, don’t joke around.”
Zong Jing and Qian Mao calmed down and stared intently at Qu Yi, speaking at the same time.
Qu Yi nodded gently and said with a smile, “I’m not lying.”
Zong Jing and Qian Mao shook their heads violently, struggling to accept this fact, and once again stared at Qu Yi as if he were a monster.
“Qu Yi, do you realize that when we Divine Kings first reach this rank, we have at most a hundred sentient beings in our bodies? Yet you, just after reaching this rank, already have one billion! That’s absolutely terrifying!” Zong Jing shouted loudly, his voice filled with envy and jealousy.
Qian Mao nodded repeatedly.
Qu Yi was astonished; this was news he had heard for the first time. It turned out that endowing beings with consciousness was so difficult.
Suddenly, a cold glint appeared in Qu Yi’s eyes as he realized something.
“I understand now. I know why the Instrument God was defeated by the Divine Kings of the Ze Dui Divine Realm and the Tian Qian Divine Realm.” Qu Yi murmured coldly, as if he had understood everything.
Faith power—this was all because of faith power.
Qu Yi now understood why, after reaching the rank of Divine King, all the Five Elements Spirits in his body instantly developed consciousness, giving him one billion sentient beings. The reason was that Qu Yi possessed the faith power of one billion cultivators.
Moreover, Qu Yi now realized that as more Five Elements Spirits were created in his body, the wisdom of those cultivators in the six realms who still believed in him would also flow into his body, enabling those Spirits to develop consciousness and become sentient beings.
As a cultivation miracle in the divine realm, the Dao Tong Shen Di Yu Dong Qing achieved this by relying on the faith of cultivators from the lower realms. After arriving in the divine realm, he rapidly advanced in cultivation until he finally became a Divine Emperor.

Naturally, when the Instrument God created the Boundless Stars and Planets, which could be used to travel to the lower realms, Emperor Daotong learned of this and ordered the divine kings of the Zedui Divine Realm and the Tianqian Divine Realm to join forces to kill the Instrument God and completely destroy the Boundless Stars and Planets. However, the Instrument God did not die because he possessed the Dimensional Sphere. The reason Emperor Daotong wanted to kill the Instrument God was his fear that the latter would go to the lower realms, take control of a cultivation realm, and gain the faith power of its cultivators. In that case, the Instrument God would progress rapidly in cultivation and eventually surpass him. To prevent this from happening, Emperor Daotong naturally had to take action against the Instrument God.

“Qu Yi, do you know the reason?” Zong Jing and Qian Mao asked in surprise, clearly eager to understand why the Instrument God was being hunted down. Qu Yi shook his head slightly and smiled faintly, “My lords, this reason cannot be revealed. I will avenge the Instrument God’s hatred, but I must go to a place first.” He didn’t want to say much about faith power either. Zong Jing and Qian Mao understood and naturally didn’t press further.

“Qu Yi, next, you need to comprehend the spatial rules. Among divine kings, strength primarily depends on spatial power. To grasp this spatial power, one needs the help of various beings within their body. With a hundred billion beings at your disposal, you’ll have a significant advantage in understanding the spatial rules. I believe your strength will soon catch up to mine,” Zong Jing said with emotion. Among all the divine kings in the divine realm, Zong Jing could rank among the top three. His words indicated that he also had around a hundred billion beings within him. Hearing this, Qu Yi wore a strange smile on his lips.

“I won’t only quickly comprehend the spatial rules but also finish mastering them all in no time,” Qu Yi thought confidently. During group battles, he had already traversed the entire Qingyun Path and obtained all the inheritances related to spatial rules. During the evolution of the Dimensional Sphere universe, as its master, he had direct demonstrations of all spatial rules, which he had long memorized. Now that he had reached the rank of a divine king, he could begin to quickly master these rules.

Qu Yi then went to Bai Man’s residence, spent some time with her, and immediately left the divine realm and the Five Elements universe to head to the Dimensional Sphere universe. He wanted to devote himself fully to comprehending the spatial rules and finish mastering them in the shortest possible time.