Class: Divine Lifeforms

"First, congratulations to all of you for awakening your Divine Kingdoms yesterday and becoming Divine Lifeforms. I especially want to commend three students: Yang Fan received a C-Rank Rating, Li Shuhao received a C-Rank Rating, and Wang Zhenyu received a D-Rank Rating. Although awakening a Divine Kingdom involves a degree of randomness, luck is also a form of strength. Congratulations to you three," Li Qingying said, lightly clapping her hands.

All the students in Senior Year Class 7 came from ordinary families. With two C-Rank Ratings and one D-Rank Rating from this awakening, Li Qingying was already very satisfied.

The other students looked at Yang Fan and the other two with equally envious expressions.

It was not because of the ratings themselves, but because of the Ministry of Education resources those ratings represented.

Although the resources awarded by the Ministry of Education could not be used for other expenses in daily life, at least they would not need to ask their families for investment money, indirectly easing their families' burdens.

"Since the arrival of the Divine Age, human lifespans have greatly increased. You are still young; do not become trapped by temporary gains and losses and forget your original aspirations," Li Qingying said, changing the subject.

"We understand, Teacher."

"Alright, let's begin today's lesson. What do you think a Divine Lifeform is?" Li Qingying pointed to the four large characters on the blackboard.

"Aren't we Divine Lifeforms?"

"Gods who possess Divine Kingdoms?"

"Ordinary people become Divine Lifeforms after awakening."

The students below chimed in one after another, all answering eagerly.

Li Qingying chuckled softly and turned her gaze to Yang Fan. "Student Yang, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Yang Fan froze. He had always listened attentively in class, but he had never considered answering questions. Why had the teacher called on him today?

"Ahem, my thoughts are about the same as everyone else's." Yang Fan scratched his head and gave an honest grin.

Seeing this, disappointment flashed through Li Qingying's eyes.

Is he just an ordinary student? Li Qingying sighed inwardly.

Li Qingying then shifted her gaze to Li Shuhao and continued, "What does Student Li think?"

"The core of a Divine Lifeform lies not in divinity, but in lifeform. After awakening, we possess Divine Kingdoms, and a Divine Kingdom is like a sheepfold, while our believers are lambs raised within it. By the same logic, one can reach a conclusion: before becoming gods, we are merely links in the food chain. From a certain perspective, we are also lambs, or links in the food chain," Li Shuhao stated his view in an even tone.

As he finished speaking, quite a few people turned to look at him. Some were curious, some surprised, some thoughtful, and some speechless.

Yang Fan looked at him, a different glint flashing through his eyes. This guy is interesting. It's just a pity that he clearly knows he's a lamb, yet still wants to act like a lamb with thoughts. Not steady enough.

Li Qingying's eyes lit up. "Who did you hear that from?"

"In my free time, I like logging into the school library to read."

"Very good. Your insight is excellent. Though it may be unpleasant to hear, the core idea is correct.

So-called Divine Lifeforms have still not transcended the category of humans. Apart from lifespan, your physical bodies remain fragile. Go ten days without food and you will starve to death; go three days without water and you will die of thirst; even a minor traffic accident could take your life.

Divine Lifeforms are merely slightly more advanced lifeforms. They are still fragile.

I know you have just awakened your Divine Kingdoms and are full of high spirits, but I regret to tell you this statistic: ninety percent of our class will be unable to break through to Demigod." Li Qingying's expression was extremely serious.

The classroom fell silent. Many students looked terrible, because their parents were not Demigods either, merely Divine Lifeforms engaged in logistics work. Most parents also expected their children to break through to Demigod and change their families' fates.

"Teacher, how can we break through to Demigod?" one student asked, raising a hand.

"Work hard to develop your Divine Kingdoms and make your believers strong enough. Of course, if you want a quantifiable benchmark, even if you do nothing every day, you should be able to obtain 1,000 Faith Points solely from your believers' faith."

"1,000 Faith Points from faith alone!" Many students' mouths fell open, their eyes filled with disbelief.

That was 30,000 in a month. Many people's parents did not even earn 5,000 a month combined, let alone through the most basic acquisition of Faith Value rather than selling Divine Kingdom resources.

"Don't be so surprised. Once you truly become a Demigod, you may not even care about such a small income."

Yang Fan lowered his head and pondered in secret. I still need to work hard to raise my believers' life levels. With the current strength of the believers in my Divine Kingdom, even if their numbers grew to a million, the Faith Value they could provide each day would probably only be in the single digits.

This was also why gods could not become stronger by simply mass-producing troops. If the population grew without limit, the Divine Kingdom would ultimately be unable to sustain them.

Quality mattered more than quantity.

"Students, I am not trying to discourage you. I want you to recognize reality. To become Demigods, you need to make your believers strong enough. Yesterday, I reviewed everyone's Divine Kingdom awakening reports. Seventy percent of you have no talents, while most of those with talents possess life-oriented talents.

Think about it: if your believers spend most of their time doing routine work such as mining, farming, and hunting, how can they become stronger?"

Hearing this, everyone looked troubled. Some students even became anxious.

"I know your difficulties. Your families are not well-off, and after becoming Divine Lifeforms, your first thought is to ease your families' burdens. But as your teacher, I want to say this: if you want to break through to Demigod, then from now on, you must think of every possible way to improve your believers' strength.

Buy Resource Cards, Breeding Cards, all kinds of cultivation techniques and spirit plants, and invest everything into developing your Divine Kingdoms. If conditions permit, have your families support you.

To break through to Demigod, the core lies not in talent, but in resources."

At this point, Li Qingying could not help but sigh inwardly.

What Senior Year Class 7 lacked most was resources. If they were the top students of Class 1, their teacher would probably be using an entirely different teaching approach.

"Teacher, after advancing to Demigod, do we leave the category of humans?" Li Shuhao asked curiously.

"Of course. Your believers' strength will feed back into the bodies of their corresponding gods. You have only just awakened, so it may not be obvious yet. Once some time passes and your Divine Kingdoms undergo their golden period of development, you will gradually sense changes in your physiques. Even leaping across roofs and running up walls will be nothing difficult.

As for breaking through to Demigod, I can tell you clearly: even if you are struck by a supercar traveling at 2,000 kilometers per hour, your life would not be in danger."

"What about gods?"

"As long as the Divine Kingdom remains, the god will not die," Li Qingying said with certainty.

Li Qingying said this to encourage everyone. In truth, there was something else she had not said: once someone truly became a god, if they had a life-and-death grudge, they would not fight in the real world at all. They would directly send troops into each other's Divine Kingdoms.

Li Qingying's class passed quickly. The students actively discussed the lesson, and before they knew it, class was over.