Within Lin Zhen's God Realm, earth-shaking changes were taking place.
The Black Hole was like a massive hole, swallowing all the rampant energy around it.
Without that energy raging about, the continent within the God Realm began to condense anew.
This would be the God Realm's final transformation.
Centered on the World Stone, which had recently completed its transformation, a beam of life-filled light swept across the land. Mountains rose, and oceans gathered.
The vast continental expanse stretched outward without end—millions of kilometers, tens of millions of kilometers, hundreds of millions of kilometers.
Lin Zhen's true body sat cross-legged beneath the Star Fruit Tree, sensing the changes in the World Stone.
The World Stone had stopped evolving. In the end, Lin Zhen had failed to reach the God Stone Peak and remained at the God Stone Late Stage.
The energy needed to advance from the God Stone Late Stage to the God Stone Peak was unimaginably vast. Even Lin Zhen had not expected to consume so much energy.
Perhaps ordinary Martial Artists consumed very little, but Lin Zhen's foundation was simply too high and too solid. In his future cultivation, his requirements would increase geometrically.
The last bit of energy only raised Lin Zhen's star power slightly. By sheer coincidence, it landed exactly at ten billion.
Ten billion star power was the minimum standard for becoming a Lower God.
This was different from advancement in the other stages of Martial Artists. Almost no one advanced at the bare minimum in those stages; they always exceeded it to some degree. But among Lower Gods, there were many who met only this standard.
Those at the God Stone Peak who lacked the ability to break through on their own would seek God Crystals and advance to become Gods at the minimum threshold!