"Hum—"
Qian Renxue slowly opened her eyes. The Soul Power that had once surged through her like a river was being replaced, inch by inch, by something older and purer.
It flowed from the Divine Core deep within her brow, spreading through her meridians to every part of her body. Like a gentle tide, it washed away the last trace of mortal impurity inside her.
She tried drawing on a wisp of it. The power was docile yet vast, moving with her will and answering her every thought. It was far purer than Soul Power. Divine Power—this was the Divine Power of the Angel God.
What surprised her even more was that the power kept rising after it replaced her Soul Power. Like a river of stars set ablaze, it climbed higher and burned brighter.
Her Divine Soul felt like a phoenix borne aloft by a mighty wind. At first it merely lifted off the ground. Moments later, it passed through the clouds. A moment after that, she could see the stars.
First-Level God. She had once thought that was the end of the road. Yet her Divine Power swept past it with ease, reaching the middle stage, then the late stage, before breaking through to the peak as though cracking thin ice.
Her aura had grown so powerful that even she was secretly shaken.
Before she could take in that joy, the million-year Angel God ring beneath her feet gave a faint tremor. A majestic pressure sharing the Destruction God King's origin awoke deep within it and lifted her higher still.
Boom—
The Half-Step God King Realm.
That Divine Power was many times stronger than a First-Level God's. It was like a divine sword freshly sharpened, keen-edged yet regal. The entire Divine Temple seemed to thunder with her breathing,