"What's going on?" Liang Ji looked at the two shattered eighth-rank 'divine crystals' in his hands, astonished. "Could those two eighth-rank Water and Fire Gods have been fakes, then?"
Just then, Mentor Chi Yu flew over. He saw the two shattered eighth-rank 'divine crystals' in Liang Ji's hands as well and shook his head. "They were inferior, certainly, but not outright fakes."
Hearing this, Liang Ji immediately realized that the other man understood what had happened. He asked at once, "Mentor, what do you mean?"
Mentor Chi Yu smiled and waved a hand. "Your cultivation and strength have already surpassed mine. You don't need to call me Mentor anymore. We can address each other as fellow cultivators."
Liang Ji shook his head. "A teacher for a day is a teacher for life! How could I sever the bond between teacher and student just because of cultivation and strength?"
Mentor Chi Yu was clearly delighted by Liang Ji's words. He smiled and waved a hand. "Very well. Since you insist, I'll accept the title. Having a student like you is a point of pride for me."
Then he changed the subject and explained, "You should know that the cultivation of the Divine Realm's deities differs from ours, the Star Lords, in many ways."
"For the deities of the Divine Realm, cultivation and growth hinge on just two things: one is their comprehension and mastery of the power of laws and the power of the source; the other is the amount of faith they receive!"
"A deity's divine crystal is tempered and condensed from the power of laws and the power of the source they have comprehended and mastered, after they refine the power of faith into divine power."
"In the past, the number of Life Stars, Life Star Systems, and Life