Breaking Through the True God Realm

Two hours later, the Blood Mist Mountain Range in southern Azure State no longer bore its former appearance.

This had once been the mountain gate of the Blood Spirit Sect, a range perpetually shrouded in blood-colored mist, the air thick with the stench of blood and Sha Qi.

Disciples of the Blood Spirit Sect cultivated using their own essence blood as a catalyst, and countless cultivators' bones were piled within and beyond the mountain gate. Even the vegetation among the peaks carried a faint, dark red hue.

But now, the entire mountain range had been reduced to ruins.

The towering Blood Jade Palace had collapsed into rubble, its shattered halls scarred by charred traces of Sword Qi.

The blood pools that once nourished the evil spirit herbs had dried up completely, their edges smoothed over by Sword Qi that had erased the blood-colored runes.

The blood mist that clung to the mountains had been largely dispersed, revealing the bare black rock beneath. In addition to the smell of blood, a pungent odor of scorched earth now hung in the air.

The upper echelons of the Blood Spirit Sect, from the Primordial Core Realm cultivators down to the final Nascent Soul Old Ancestor, had all fallen beneath Bai Ye's Sword Qi.

The bloodthirsty cultivators who had clung to the Blood Spirit Sect were either slain by the Sword Qi or fled in panic, leaving behind nothing but a scene of utter devastation—a declaration that this evil force, which had wrought havoc for thousands of years, was completely annihilated!

Bai Ye's figure appeared in the Forbidden Zone at the rear of the Blood Spirit Sect.

Unlike other sects, this Forbidden Zone had no spirit veins nourishing it. Instead, it held only a grim blood-colored altar, its surface carved with twisted runes. Dark red bloodstains still lingered on the ground, evidence that a bloody ritual had taken place here not long ago.

Inside a stone chamber deep within the Forbidden Zone, several half-finished Blood Puppets were stacked. Their eyes flickered with a crimson glow, yet they remained motionless under Bai Ye's oppressive aura.

"System, check in."

Bai Ye spoke calmly.

Ding! Detected host checking in at the Blood Spirit Sect's Forbidden Zone. Triggering super reward!

Congratulations, host! You have obtained a Saint-grade Top-tier Secret Technique—the Blood Puppet True Scripture!

A stream of blood-colored light surged into Bai Ye's Sea of Consciousness—the complete contents of the Blood Puppet True Scripture.

This secret technique was exceedingly evil. It required the essence blood and Primordial Spirit of cultivators as a catalyst, refining living beings into Blood Puppets devoid of self-awareness, knowing only slaughter.

The combat power of a Blood Puppet could rival that of its creator, and it could even evolve by devouring essence blood!

It was, without a doubt, an utterly vile secret art.

Bai Ye glanced over the contents of the technique in his Sea of Consciousness and furrowed his brow slightly.

He had no interest in such harmful, self-serving evil methods. Casually pressing the imprint of the technique into a corner of his Sea of Consciousness, he turned and made his way toward the Blood Spirit Sect's treasure vault.

The vault was equally grim.

Blood-colored crystals were embedded in the walls, illuminating the chamber's hoard.

Piles of Blood-colored Spirit Stones rose like mountains—a special type of spirit stone imbued with Sha Qi, requiring refinement before use.

Countless Blood Spirit Pills, refined from cultivators' essence blood, were stored there.

Several Heaven Tier Spirit Weapons, stained with the smell of blood, and a Saint-grade spirit herb radiating dense Sha Qi—the Sacred Blood Soul Grass—completed the collection.

Bai Ye raised a hand and swept all the treasures into his storage ring.

Though these Sha Qi-laden items were of little use to him, who would turn down more resources?

Having finished, he activated the Movement Character Secret, his figure transforming into a faint golden streak of light as he quietly returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.

Without alerting anyone, Bai Ye went straight back to the Bamboo Courtyard on Night Cloud Peak.

He set up a Concealment Array and began to inventory the spoils he had plundered from the three major powers.

Top-grade Spirit Stones numbered in the tens of millions. Spirit herbs ranged from the Third Grade to the Ninth Grade in countless varieties. Spirit weapons were too numerous to count.

There were also many pills, talismans, Cultivation Method Manuals... The haul was far richer than he had anticipated.

Bai Ye set aside the resources he had no use for, intending to hand them over to the Azure Cloud Sect and the Bai Family as a way to repay the kindness of his sect and clan.

Just as he was sorting through the treasury of the Skywind Dynasty, his Primordial Spirit stirred slightly.

It was a Mysterious Black Tortoise Shell, pressed beneath a Spirit Vein Pearl.

It was palm-sized, its surface covered in fine cracks, its color dull—indistinguishable from ordinary scrap stone.

If not for the fact that Bai Ye's Primordial Spirit had reached the Tribulation Crossing Realm, refined and crystalline like glass, he would never have detected the faint trace of Divine Realm aura hidden deep within the shell.

"This is..."

A flicker of surprise passed through Bai Ye's eyes as he reached out and picked up the tortoise shell.

The shell was ice-cold to the touch, its texture unyieldingly hard. As his fingertips traced the cracks, he could sense an ancient, obscure aura.

He channeled his Primordial Spirit, carefully probing into the shell's interior.

Deep within the cracks, a wisp of extremely faint Divine Power fluctuation coiled. This fluctuation was more vast than any power he had ever encountered, carrying a majesty that looked down upon all living things.

To investigate further, Bai Ye drew upon a thread of Divine Realm Power from within his Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivation and slowly infused it into the shell.

The next moment.

Hum—!

The tortoise shell suddenly erupted in dazzling golden light!

The Divine Power fluctuation within the cracks burst forth, enveloping the entire Bamboo Courtyard in a golden barrier.

Bai Ye felt a roar in his Sea of Consciousness as a massive surge of information flooded his mind like a tidal wave, accompanied by a phantom image resembling a star chart.

The star map was marked with countless points of light, all converging on a mysterious valley in the western part of Azure State, beside which three ancient seal-script characters were carved: Dust Star Valley.

After a long moment, Bai Ye finally digested this information, his face unable to conceal his surprise. "A Divine King Level Inheritance?"

According to the records, this Mysterious Black Tortoise Shell was a token left behind by a Divine King before his fall in the ancient era.

Sealed within the tortoise shell were the coordinates of his inheritance secret realm.

The Divine Realm was divided into five major realms: True God, Heavenly God, Divine Venerable, Divine King, and Divine Emperor.

The Divine King Realm was a full two levels above the True God Realm; even in the Upper Realm, such a figure would surely be a top-tier powerhouse who commanded the winds and clouds.

For a lower realm like the Heavenly Profound Continent to actually conceal the inheritance of a Divine King?

"The information may not be true—perhaps it's exaggerated," Bai Ye calmed himself and thought inwardly. "Still, Dust Star Valley isn't far from the Wild Domain. Once I break through to the True God Realm in the future, I can go and investigate."

He carefully tucked the Mysterious Black Tortoise Shell into the deepest part of his storage ring, suppressing the turmoil in his heart.

For now, the most important thing was still to break through to the True God Realm!

Time flew like a white colt passing a crack in the wall, and in the blink of an eye, sixty years had passed.

During these sixty years, Bai Ye had been in seclusion on Night Cloud Peak, cultivating.

With the treasuries of the three major powers as his support and the cultivation environment of the God Transformation Tower, he steadily pushed toward the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Throughout this period, he never missed a single daily check-in, obtaining many pills and spiritual materials that aided his cultivation.

The Azure Cloud Sect also developed rapidly during these sixty years.

With Bai Ye's covert assistance.

Three new Nascent Soul Realm experts emerged!

The number of Profound Comprehension Realm elders and disciples had also doubled!

Among the younger generation of disciples, many with outstanding talent had also appeared.

In just sixty years, the true strength of the Azure Cloud Sect had once again risen to the ranks of the top powers in Azure State!

But the sect's high-level leadership chose not to reopen the Mountain Gate for now.

They prepared to wait for the day to come, when they would stun the world with a single move!

On this day, deep within the Azure Cloud Mountain Range.

A dazzling bolt of lightning shot into the sky, instantly tearing through the clouds!

Bai Ye stood in the air, clad in a gray-blue robe, his hair dancing in the wind, faint Chaos Qi and lightning flickering around him!

When his eyes opened and closed, it was as if stars were born and extinguished, thunder roared, and he resembled a Chaos Divine King overlooking all living beings!

He had just crossed the ninth Tribulation Lightning!

The ninth Tribulation Lightning was more terrifying than the first eight combined.

The purple divine lightning was laced with golden law force, nearly crushing his Dao Body to pieces!

But relying on the might of his Innate Chaos Dao Body, the profundity of the Chaos Sword Canon, and sixty years of accumulated strength, he ultimately succeeded in crossing this fearsome Tribulation Lightning!

His cultivation had officially stepped into the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm!

"Tribulation Crossing peak... just one final step from the True God Realm," Bai Ye felt the surging Divine Realm Power within his body, his heart filled with myriad emotions.

The Tribulation Crossing Realm was the last realm of the mortal level. After crossing nine Tribulation Lightnings, one only needed to ignite the Divine Fire and condense the Divine Origin to ascend to True God, with a lifespan soaring to a hundred thousand years, truly stepping into the ranks of the Divine Realm!

He focused his mind on his Sea of Consciousness, and the system's check-in prompt appeared right on time.

"Not yet checked in today. Check in?"

"Check in," Bai Ye silently intoned in his heart.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing your thirty-thousandth check-in, triggering the ultimate super reward!"

"Congratulations, host, for obtaining the True God Ninth-Rank Pill—the Profound Heaven Divine Fire Pill!"

A pill, entirely crimson-red, materialized out of thin air in Bai Ye's palm.

On the pill's surface, faint golden flames swirled, radiating a vast sacred aura and scorching heat.

The moment the pill appeared, the surrounding air ignited, and even space rippled with faint distortions.

Bai Ye probed it with his Spiritual Sense, and a flash of ecstasy instantly lit up his eyes.

The Profound Heaven Divine Fire Pill, a top-tier True God Ninth-Rank Pill, contained pure Divine Fire Power and Divine Realm laws!

If a cultivator at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm took it, they could directly ignite the Divine Fire, condense the Divine Origin Aperture, and break through to the True God Realm without any risk, with a one hundred percent success rate!

"Just what I needed!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Bai Ye sat down cross-legged and adjusted himself to his optimal state.

Next, he placed the Profound Heaven Divine Fire Pill into his mouth. The pill dissolved upon entry, and a scorching yet gentle divine fire power instantly surged through his body, flowing along his meridians toward his Dantian and Sea of Consciousness!

Boom—!

Almost the moment the pill was refined, boundless thunderclouds gathered in the sky!

The thunderclouds were a deep purple, interwoven with golden divine fire patterns, covering the entire Azure Cloud Mountain Range and even spreading across most of Azure State.

The energy within the thunderclouds was violently extreme, more than ten times fiercer than the Tribulation Crossing Realm's heavenly tribulation!

This was the True God Tribulation!

Countless cultivators and mortals who witnessed this scene were terrified to the core!

"What kind of tribulation lightning is this?! How can it be so terrifying!"

An Inner Disciple at the Nascent Soul Realm suddenly jolted awake from seclusion, utterly stunned by the True God Tribulation!

Bai Ye stood up, facing the terrifying divine tribulation above his head.

The medicinal power of the Profound Heaven Divine Fire Pill had now fully erupted.

A golden divine fire barrier rose from within his body, firmly enveloping him.

Rumble—!

The thunder of the True God Tribulation descended, crashing against the barrier, but was instantly devoured by the divine fire, transforming into energy that nourished his Dao Body.

Bai Ye closed his eyes, guiding the divine fire's power to assault the barriers of the True God Realm!

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Nine-Colored Nascent Soul began to transform. Chaos Qi and divine fire intertwined, and the Nascent Soul gradually expanded, taking shape as a True God Dharma Form a hundred zhang tall!

This Dharma Form was clad in the Chaos Battle Armor, wielding the Dragon Slaying Sacred Sword, its eyes like sun and moon, surrounded by thunder and divine fire, exuding a sacred pressure that looked down upon all living beings!

At the same time.

Within his Dantian, the Dao Body underwent a complete transformation under the tempering of divine fire and thunder. Flesh, bones, and meridians all merged with the laws of the divine realm, becoming an immortal Divine Body!

The surface of the Divine Body shimmered with a faint golden light, indestructible!

It could even autonomously absorb the essence of Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth to nourish itself!

An effect comparable to a saint-grade spiritual medicine!

At the final moment.

Above his Dantian, a tiny aperture slowly opened—this was the Divine Origin Aperture!

This was the core hallmark of a True God Realm cultivator.

Within the Divine Origin Aperture flowed pure divine origin. Through this aperture, the Spiritual Energy in his body could be endlessly converted into the higher-level Divine Power!

Divine Power was more than a hundred times purer than Spiritual Energy and contained the laws of the divine realm. Even a single strand could move the Power of Heaven and Earth, with limitless might!

Crack—!

As the final bolt of True God Tribulation lightning descended, it was casually split apart by the True God Dharma Form.

Bai Ye's eyes snapped open, divine light blazing within them. The True God Dharma Form shot into the sky, circled once through the clouds, and then slowly merged back into his body.

True God Realm, First Layer!

He had succeeded!

Bai Ye felt the immortal Divine Body within him, the vast Divine Power, and the True God Dharma Form in his Sea of Consciousness, a relieved smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

From an ordinary Inner Disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect to a True God Realm powerhouse now.

He had walked a hundred years of time, finally stepping into the true domain of the gods!