Chapter 390: Ye Feng’s Target Item

“Blade, you must have quite a few points now, right?” A mid-stage True God powerhouse approached Ye Feng. Ye Feng vaguely remembered him from the battle half a year ago, but he didn’t know his name.
“I don’t have many points. I’m just here to see what can be exchanged.” Ye Feng smiled and shook his head; he had no intention of revealing too much about himself to this stranger.
“You’re keeping it secret!” The man seemed to have expected this response, showing no significant change in expression. He pressed on, “At least you can tell me what you got in exchange, right?”
“It’s just a trivial trinket with no real use.” Ye Feng felt numerous powerful mental forces probing his direction. “You know, it’s only my fourth day here—how many magical beasts can I have killed?”
“Is that so?” The mid-stage True God glanced around before sneering, “But I heard that the crystals you obtained are worth over ten thousand points already.”
“Do you believe that?” Ye Feng remained expressionless, though puzzled. “Who leaked the information? I always chose deserted places for hunting—how could anyone know?”
“I didn’t believe it at first either, but then I heard that you entered the territory of Heavenly God-level magical beasts. I had no choice but to believe it.” The man smiled broadly. “With your peak Semi-God cultivation, killing a peak Divine-level magical beast earns you points. If you kill even one early-stage Heavenly God magical beast, you should get hundred thousand points, right?”
“I think you’re mistaken!” Hearing this, Ye Feng realized someone had seen him in the Heavenly God magical beast territory. He immediately thought of a countermeasure. “Half a year ago, I was indeed at peak Semi-God! But now, my cultivation is at peak Divine level!”
As soon as he said this, an incredibly powerful aura emanated from him—comparable to that of a mid-stage Heavenly God. The pressure forced the mid-stage True God to retreat several steps, staring at Ye Feng in terror.
“I only get a few points by killing peak True God magical beasts. What’s wrong with entering their territory?” The aura around Ye Feng instantly turned murderous.

“You… you…” The mid-stage True God warrior was so terrified that he started trembling. The blade could already kill peak Semi-Gods, and it had even fought Mo Jing, the strongest being in the Demon Realm. Although he lost, it was enough to prove its power. Now that his cultivation had reached a new level, even Mo Jing might not be able to deal with him—killing him would be far too easy. He had originally thought he had several peak True God warriors backing him, but now he felt utterly desperate.

He struggled to look behind him. Those peak True God warriors who had promised to intervene if Ye Feng attacked were now completely silent.

“Who sent you?” Ye Feng stepped forward slowly, the invisible pressure growing heavier. He realized his body was completely overwhelmed by fear, unable to move even his fingers.

“I’ll ask you again,” Ye Feng said coldly as he finally stood in front of him. “Who sent you?”

“It’s… it’s…” Before he could finish speaking, a mouthful of blood sprayed out, and he collapsed to the ground, staring resentfully in the direction behind him as his life force faded.

“Hmph!” Ye Feng sent his mental energy in that direction—there was no one there. They had been so ruthless as to kill and silence him, which he hadn’t expected.

Ye Feng glanced at the cold corpse in front of him, took his storage ring and equipment, then reached out to seize his divine essence. He narrowed his eyes at the yellow divine essence in his hand. “Did you really think killing him would stop me from finding out who’s behind this?”

The Semi-Gods present all lowered their heads, filled with fear. With their limited vision, few of them could see what had just happened. They thought Ye Feng had killed the man and taken his treasures and divine essence. Their admiration turned into fear, worrying that Blade would turn on them next.

Of course, Ye Feng didn’t think that far. He flew straight into the depths of the forest. He felt his points weren’t high enough. What he wanted most now was the 21st-ranked Imperial God divine essence, but he didn’t know how many points it would cost. He could only work hard to earn them.

The power levels in the Divine Realm were as follows: God Rank, True God Rank, Heavenly God Rank, Primordial God Rank, Imperial God Rank, and Imperial Divine Rank. Above that was the Supreme Ancestral God, a cultivation level where one foot was already in the Sacred Realm.

The Divine Realm differed from the Heavenly Realm because its warriors all possessed their own world—domain.

In fact, many powerful beings in the divine realm can comprehend the concept of a domain, but most are only at an initial stage, essentially in a developmental phase. True domains usually awaken at the level of True God, enter a growth phase upon reaching the level of Heavenly God, and continue to develop until reaching the supreme ancestral god realm, forming a complete miniature world. Thus, at the god level in the divine realm, one cannot truly be considered a god; they merely possess a divine essence. Hence, this level is often referred to as the sub-god level, meaning they are merely inferior beings in the divine realm.

Ye Feng desired a divine essence at the Emperor God level for its memories and powerful soul energy. It should be noted that the domain worlds of beings at the Emperor God level are basically complete, only lacking perfection. With such memories, Ye Feng could better facilitate the growth of his own domain.

Since absorbing several divine essences using black energy last time, those fragmented memories gradually merged over time to form complete information. Ye Feng obtained many useful things from this information, but he also deleted those that were useless to him. He also realized that after the black energy invaded the divine essences, it consumed the souls within them. As a result, aside from changes in his mental sea, his soul also became much stronger. Since those memories were deeply embedded within his soul, they remained with him. This led him to think of using the absorption of divine essences to enhance his cultivation.

It should be understood that the improvement of the soul is extremely slow, as there are very few things that can nurture the soul. Even soul-related pills account for less than one percent of all pills, highlighting their rarity. The growth of the soul is also related to one’s cultivation level—generally, the stronger one’s cultivation, the stronger their soul. However, those with great strength may not necessarily have a strong soul, unless they have encountered some special opportunity that allows their soul to grow. For example, Ye Feng originally had a cultivation level at the peak of a half-god, and although his cultivation level had not improved, his strength was already comparable to the peak of a True God, yet the strength of his soul remained at the peak of a half-god. Later, by absorbing four divine essences through black energy—one at the god level and three at the True God level—the soul energy emitted by the black energy was absorbed by his soul. Now, the strength of his soul is roughly at the peak of a True God, even surpassing those at the peak of the god level.

Through the memories obtained from the divine essence earlier, Ye Feng also learned that the level of the soul directly affects a person’s progress in cultivation. If the soul’s level is higher than one’s cultivation level, there are basically no bottlenecks during the cultivation process, and progress will be rapid. However, if the soul’s level is similar to the cultivation level, a bottleneck arises, and only by raising the soul’s level can cultivation progress. Of course, there is also a special case where the soul’s level is lower than the cultivation level—this usually happens when a person experiences some extraordinary event that forces an increase in cultivation level. To further improve, they must wait until their soul’s level surpasses their cultivation level. Moreover, such an increase can easily place a burden on the soul, as the growth of the soul is a very slow process. If cultivation level rises too quickly, it will force the soul to grow faster, which is not beneficial.

Through the memories in the divine essence, Ye Feng also learned that there is a special method of improvement in the divine realm: forcibly transplanting a divine essence. By transplanting a more powerful divine essence, one can acquire a stronger soul. By integrating one’s own soul into a stronger one, the soul’s level can be raised, breaking through bottlenecks and accelerating cultivation progress. This cultivation method is not advisable, as a soul improved in this way finds it difficult to grow further. In other words, it can only reach the cultivation level of the original divine essence owner. Furthermore, this method is extremely dangerous, as the soul within the divine essence is stronger than one’s own, making it likely that one will eventually be consumed by it. Nevertheless, many in the divine realm have devised various ways to suppress the soul within the divine essence, such as taking special soul-related pills or using soul-related instruments…

Ye Feng realized that, essentially, his method of using black energy to devour divine essences was somewhat similar to theirs. The difference was that black energy could completely devour the soul within a divine essence and convert it into pure soul energy, a process that neither harmed his own soul nor caused any side effects. Divine essence transplantation involved forcibly elevating the soul’s realm, whereas Ye Feng’s method nurtured the soul with soul energy, without coercion. When the soul needed energy, it would actively absorb the soul energy stored in its mental sea; when not needed, that energy would not be forced into the soul. It was like a cultivator in an area rich in spiritual energy—he could choose to absorb it or not, at his own discretion. Divine essence transplantation was different, as the souls merged together, making the transformation compulsory. Before complete fusion, soul transformation occurred almost constantly, with no choice for the soul—purely passive transformation—and the information received during this process also contained many other impurities. Once one possessed a divine essence at the Emperor God level, their soul could smoothly reach the Emperor God realm under the nourishment of abundant soul energy, making it much easier to advance in cultivation.