Chapter 2869: Advancement Within the Divine Palace

Chapter 2869: Chapter 2869: Advancement Within the Divine Palace

"You saw it, didn’t you."

As the voice of the Spirit Sea Divine Emperor sounded, the scene that had appeared before Fang Bai’s eyes also vanished.

"I saw it..." 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

Fang Bai let out a long breath, still replaying in his mind the terrifying sight of the beasts devouring stars.

The Spirit Sea Divine Emperor said, "The ferocious beasts you just saw, we call them ’Star-Devouring Beasts’. Those Star-Devouring Beasts should have come from another plane. They are extremely powerful, and can continuously devour stars to bolster their own strength, making them very difficult to deal with."

He sighed, then continued, "It’s easy to imagine how great the loss to the Divine Realm would be if we let the Star-Devouring Beasts rampage unchecked."

Fang Bai said, "So you and the other Divine Emperors are currently joining forces to deal with the Star-Devouring Beasts?"

The Spirit Sea Divine Emperor nodded. "Exactly. As top-tier experts of the Divine Realm, if we don’t step forward, who will? And the Star-Devouring Beasts are terrifyingly strong—ordinary Divine Emperor Realm Experts are no match for them. Only Divine Emperors have the power to slay them, or force them back into the Black Holes."

Fang Bai took a deep breath and said, "Are there many Star-Devouring Beasts?"

The Spirit Sea Divine Emperor said, "At first, there weren’t many, but their numbers show a clear trend of growth. I’m worried that before long, the Star-Devouring Beasts will launch a massive invasion of our plane, and then the Divine Realm may face a great catastrophe. More and more Divine Emperors and Divine Emperor Realm Experts have already taken up arms to defend the Divine Realm. I am just one of them."

Fang Bai said, "Where exactly are the Star-Devouring Beasts appearing?"

The Spirit Sea Divine Emperor said, "Near the Chaos Gate."

"Chaos Gate?"

Fang Bai was taken aback and asked, "What kind of place is that?"

The Spirit Sea Divine Emperor said, "It is said to be the only passage leading to the Chaos Realm. I suspect the appearance of the Star-Devouring Beasts is related to the Chaos Gate."

Fang Bai did not know where the Chaos Realm lay, nor what kind of world it was, but he did not ask further.

The Spirit Sea Divine Emperor seemed able to see through his thoughts and said, "The Chaos Gate is located at the center of the Purple Crystal Sea. You must at least become a High Rank Divine Emperor before you can enter it; otherwise, if you fall there, it would be a great loss to our Divine Realm. Little brat, cultivate well. We’ll be waiting for you in the Purple Crystal Sea."

This was the first time Fang Bai learned that the Divine Realm was facing such a grave threat. His heart grew heavy despite himself; he nodded to the Spirit Sea Divine Emperor Chan Master Kongdu, indicating he understood.

"All right, while there’s still some time, you can cultivate for a while here in this Divine Palace. Maybe before the Divine Palace disappears, you can break through one more minor realm! Mm, by then you’ll be High Rank Divine King Realm, able to stand shoulder to shoulder with true Divine Emperor Realm Experts! I’ll congratulate you in advance!"

As his last sentence fell, his figure faded from Fang Bai’s sight, leaving Fang Bai alone in the vast Divine Palace.

"Purple Crystal Sea... Divine Emperor Realm... Star-Devouring Beasts..."

Fang Bai muttered to himself for a while, then took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and entered a Cultivation State.

Cultivating inside this Divine Palace, there was no need for Divine Crystals or Divine Elixirs, because the Divine Power saturating the palace was unimaginably abundant.

He silently recited in his Sea of Consciousness the Divine Emperor Art he had just received from the Spirit Sea Divine Emperor, driving the Chaos Divine Power in his body to circulate at high speed. Another Divine Power Black Hole appeared in his Qi Sea, wildly drawing in the dense Divine Power within the Divine Palace.

Under normal circumstances, a Divine King Realm Expert simply could not skip an entire major realm to cultivate the Divine Emperor Art.

But Fang Bai, this peerless prodigy unseen since ancient times, merely by silently reciting it once, had already gleaned some true essence of cultivation and Great Dao Principles from those golden, radiant characters.

Although what he comprehended was still quite superficial, for a mid-stage Divine King Realm Expert it was already extremely rare and precious.

One must know that even a Divine Emperor Realm Expert like the Green Cloud System Lord, when faced with Imperial Grade Divine Method Secret Techniques, might feel as if reading the heavens themselves, unable to comprehend them.

Fang Bai had never imagined that this breakthrough would come so quickly and smoothly.

In just a mere thousand breaths, his Qi Sea had accumulated Divine Power as vast as an ocean, surging and roaring, boiling and churning, impossible to suppress.

Fang Bai continuously compressed that raging, boiling Divine Power, finally refining it into strands of Chaos Divine Power and injecting them into his seven Primordial Spirits.

The seven Primordial Spirits, upon receiving the infusion of Divine Power, suddenly snapped their eyes open. Seven pairs of eyes turned into fourteen beams of divine light, dazzling brilliance illuminating the entire Qi Sea.

At the same time, with a booming crash, the intense aura produced at the moment of breaking through surged out from Fang Bai’s body, turning into a shockwave of immense destructive force that spread outward.

Fortunately, this shockwave, whose destructive power rivaled that of a Divine Emperor Realm Expert, was confined within the Divine Palace, neither leaking out nor affecting those experts cultivating on the steps outside.

After Fang Bai’s breakthrough, a pillar of light in the Divine Palace suddenly shone down upon him. Fang Bai’s figure trembled slightly, and he disappeared from where he stood, reappearing the next moment on the very step outside the Divine Palace where he had originally been.

Fang Bai did not open his eyes, remaining in a Cultivation State; he did not even realize he had been transferred from inside the Divine Palace to outside, focused solely on consolidating his newly advanced realm.

On the third day of the Spirit Sea’s opening, the Divine Palace vanished, the gods all awakened, withdrawing one after another from their Cultivation State.

All the experts who had climbed the steps had, to varying degrees, received teachings from Upper Gods upon the steps of the Divine Palace, and each had gained their own insights, their faces alight with joy.

Fang Bai, like the others, also exited his Cultivation State after the Divine Palace disappeared.

A powerful pressure descended upon the heads of all the gods, as if driving them away.

"Go! If you leave too late, once the Barrier closes, you might lose your lives."

The many experts did not dare linger; one after another, they turned into streaks of divine rainbow light and flew toward the outside of the Spirit Sea.

The Green Cloud System Lord, the Green Feather Divine King, the Great Might Divine King, Fang Bai, and Rongrong also flew out along with the other gods.

Leaving the Spirit Sea, the gods hovered in midair and looked back, only to see the Spirit Sea once again shrouded by a Barrier.

Among the gods, a noisy hubbub rose as they began asking one another how many steps they had climbed and what opportunities they had obtained.

"Kid, you’ve got some skill, actually climbing higher than me. Where did you end up in the end?"

The Great Might Divine King’s greatest concern was Fang Bai. He had personally seen Fang Bai ascend to a higher step than himself, but he did not know on which step Fang Bai had finally stopped.

As soon as the Great Might Divine King said this, Rongrong was both shocked and delighted, the Great Feather Divine King wore an expression of disbelief, and even the Green Cloud System Lord looked somewhat astonished; all of them turned their gazes on Fang Bai.

"Little friend, you..."

The Green Cloud System Lord, after all, was a Divine Emperor Realm Expert. His gaze swept over Fang Bai, and his eyes suddenly widened as he said, "You actually broke through?"

Earlier, all the gods had hurriedly flown out of the Spirit Sea without having time to look each other over. Only now did the Green Cloud System Lord realize that the aura on Fang Bai’s body was much stronger than before.

This was clearly a state only possible after a realm had risen.