Chapter 428: The Fourth Realm – The Divine Realm Unlocked

Time passed by moment by moment. Long Tian sat motionless in front of the pearl bed. After a long night, he lowered his head slightly. He hadn’t received any news from Ye Feng throughout the night, and now Pearl was barely clinging to life, likely unable to last even another hour.
Long Tian clenched his fists tightly, his lips moving as he murmured, “I’m still not strong enough…”
Meanwhile, in the Refinement Realm, Ye Feng finally opened his eyes, a sharp glint shining in them. He looked down at his hands. “I didn’t expect to reach the mid-stage Heavenly God level in just one attempt, but it did cost me more time.”
After checking the time records in the Refinement Realm, he found that 411 days had passed—equivalent to nearly five hours in the outside world.
Ye Feng frowned slightly. He hadn’t expected it to take so long. At first, absorbing Divine God-level divine essences was very easy; he could absorb one in just the time it took to drink a cup of tea, as his soul strength was already at the peak of the Divine God level. But later, absorbing Heavenly God-level divine essences became much slower—taking nearly ten days per essence. It took over 200 days to absorb all of them, raising his soul strength to the peak of the Heavenly God level. In fact, the higher the soul strength, the easier it is to improve one’s cultivation. If the soul strength is only at the early Heavenly God level, the progress will be several times slower—this is what’s meant by “sharpening the axe doesn’t delay chopping wood.” That’s why Ye Feng decided to absorb all the Heavenly God-level divine essences at once to directly raise his soul strength to the peak of that level.
Once his soul strength reached the required level, Ye Feng took out mid-grade divine crystals to absorb and enhance the strength of his vital energy. However, due to the five different crystal cores in his body, the energy needed for improvement was already more than five times that of an ordinary person. The energy required to transform these cores was even more staggering, forcing him to use high-grade divine crystals instead. It took him five high-grade and twenty mid-grade divine crystals to barely reach the early stage of the Heavenly God level.
The energy contained in high-grade divine crystals was extremely powerful; it took almost a month to absorb each one. This is why it took over 400 days in total to complete this cultivation process.
“The fourth realm of the Void Realm – The Divine Realm is unlocked!”
“The fourth realm of the Refinement Realm is unlocked!”
Two message boxes appeared before Ye Feng’s eyes.
“Rewards for unlocking the fourth realm!”
“One use of the Ultimate Repair Privilege!”
“One use of the Cross-Grade Purchase Privilege!”

“Use the Ultimate Copy Privilege once!”
“Obtain the Basic Item Creation Privilege (permanent), with usage restrictions: at most once per day!”
“Huh, two new privileges have appeared, but I don’t have time to check them now. It’s urgent to buy the elixir first.” Although Ye Feng was curious about what these new privileges could do, he really didn’t have the time to investigate at the moment. Pearl’s life was in grave danger; even a second delay might cost her her life.
“Convert 7 trillion third-tier domain points into fourth-tier domain points!” Ye Feng gave the command.
“Conversion successful. Since the host is a beginner in the Virtual Domain, no 10% consumption is required.”
“7 trillion third-tier domain points have been deducted, and 7 billion fourth-tier domain points have been added.”
“Buy one Nine-Revolution Divine Elixir!” Seeing the additional fourth-tier domain points, Ye Feng didn’t hesitate to make the purchase.
“Nine-Revolution Divine Elixir, unit price: 50 million fourth-tier domain points. Confirm purchase?”
“Yes!”
“Purchase successful. Domain points have been deducted!”
In just an instant, a pill appeared in Ye Feng’s hand, emitting a faint fragrance.
Ye Feng casually placed the pill into a jade bottle and strode out of the Training Domain. After leaving it, he appeared in Pearl’s room with just one step.
As soon as Ye Feng appeared, Long Tian turned his head, looking at him expectantly. “Did you get the elixir?”
“Mm.” Ye Feng nodded, then glanced at Pearl, who was still breathing, and let out a long sigh. “I made it in time!”
With just one step forward, he was already by Pearl’s bed. He took out the bottle containing the Nine-Revolution Divine Elixir from his ring. Roughly forcing open Pearl’s mouth with one hand, he unscrewed the bottle cap with the other and poured the golden pill into her mouth.
As soon as the pill entered her mouth, it turned into a golden liquid and instantly flowed down into her throat.
Ye Feng and Long Tian stepped back and waited patiently.
A few moments later, a golden light rose from Pearl’s dantian and slowly spread outward, enveloping her entire body in just a short while.
Ye Feng and Long Tian exchanged a glance. They could clearly feel that Pearl’s originally weak aura was gradually recovering.
As time passed, the golden light grew stronger, and Pearl’s aura rose from that of an ordinary human to that of a demi-god. But it seemed to not stop there—early demi-god… mid-stage demi-god… late-stage demi-god… peak demi-god…

This change left both Ye Feng and Long Tian in shock. After remaining at the peak of the semi-god level for a moment, that energy intensity actually broke through again, rising to the god level.
“This Nine-Revolution Divine Pill truly is a top-tier medicinal pill; its effects are terrifying,” Ye Feng couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Hey, do you still have any of these?” Long Tian asked, looking at Ye Feng with anticipation.
Ye Feng glanced at Long Tian sideways. “I do have some, but it won’t be free for you! If you want it, bring something valuable in exchange. I know you’ve become quite wealthy now—after all, a secret realm inheritance contains many treasures!”
“You brat, you prioritize women over friends! Why should pearls get it for free while I have to pay? I knew you first!” Long Tian was furious.
“Men and women are different!” Ye Feng waved his fingers. “After a man gets married, he belongs to his wife, and so does his money. When pearls and the others get married, I can make their husbands repay everything, including interest. As for you guys, everything will belong to your wives then—where would I go to collect debts from you? So, payment must come before the goods!”
“Tch, when I get married, everything will definitely listen to me!” Long Tian declared confidently.
“The Nine-Revolution Divine Pill is truly amazing… It has nine layers of effects. As long as there’s a trace of life, it can restore all injuries, even better than before. It’s like having nine extra lives!” Ye Feng introduced its effects with a sly smile.
“You little scoundrel, are you trying to annoy me on purpose?”
…
After Pearl’s energy reached the god level, it gradually stabilized, though she only reached the middle stage of the god level, causing the golden light to fade away.
After nearly a cup of tea’s time, the golden light completely disappeared.
Just as Ye Feng and Long Tian thought everything was over, another change occurred—a golden light shot out from Pearl’s dantian and directly reached her forehead.
Then, a golden sphere slowly rose from her dantian. Once it left her dantian, it entered her forehead.
“It’s finally over!” Ye Feng let out a long sigh. The earlier changes had made him nervous, but it seemed these changes were beneficial for Pearl.
“Yes, I’ll go get something delicious to eat. I’ll also call Long Yue and the others over. We don’t have to stay here anymore!” Long Tian said, turning and walking away quickly, afraid that Ye Feng would make him stay.
Ye Feng glanced at Pearl, who was still unconscious on the bed. Her breathing had fully stabilized, indicating that waking up was only a matter of time.

“The fourth realm of the Void Domain has been opened, and all items in the Divine Realm can now be bought and sold. Moreover, the fourth realm of refinement has also been opened, and it doesn’t take too much time to reach the Emperor God level. Once I find Xiao Yu and Xiao Bei and visit Wan Yao Ling, I can then prepare to ascend to the Divine Realm.”

Thinking of this, Ye Feng sent his mental energy into the Void Domain to find out what those two new privileges were.

“The Ultimate Copying Privilege: It allows copying of any item within the limits of the Void Domain’s capabilities, provided it has been touched by the user of the privilege.”

“That’s a pretty good privilege. I guess it can copy almost any item except for Void Treasures!” Ye Feng thought this privilege was excellent. “If I see someone with something good, I can borrow it, make a copy, and then return it.”

“The Basic Item Creation Privilege (Level 1): It enables the creation of items, which are recorded by the Void Domain and can later be purchased in bulk. This privilege is only at the basic level—it cannot create living beings or items beyond the user’s capabilities. It can only be used once a day!”

“Create items? This privilege seems a bit useless…” Ye Feng complained unhappily. “At least for now, I haven’t found anything I want that isn’t already in the Void Domain. If I can’t get it, it’s only because my domain value isn’t high enough. But as for creating items, I really can’t think of anything that doesn’t already exist in the Void Domain.”

While Ye Feng was pondering these issues, his gaze suddenly fell on his fourth-level domain value.

“Huh? There are still 7 billion points of fourth-level domain value?” Ye Feng observed his fourth-level domain value with a strange expression. “And there are even decimals…”

“Weren’t I alreadyconsume 50 million points of domain value when I bought the Nine-Revolution Divine Pill? Why hasn’t my domain value decreased? In fact, it’s even increased a bit?” Ye Feng found this situation suspicious.

“That’s because you’ve killed nearly twenty powerful beings above the God level before. Their crime values are quite high—on average, each one has over 2 million, adding up to almost 50 million in total,” a somewhat unfamiliar voice came to Ye Feng’s ears.

“Are you… the guardian of the fourth realm?” Ye Feng sent his mental energy, carrying questions, into his sea of consciousness.

“That’s right. My name is Plain. I am the guardian of the fourth realm…”