Abundance Divine Kingdom

After a day of classes, the five of them gathered for combat training again that evening.

The training proved just as effective as before.

Their teamwork improved once more.

Even at the end of the session, all five were still in excellent shape.

Once training was over, they each returned to their dorms.

Days of classes followed by nights of combat training passed in a blur, and almost before they knew it, a month had gone by.

The month had passed quickly.

For everyone else, it was merely the first month of school.

But Li Qingyue's soul power had been stuck at level twenty-eight.

After a month of cultivation, bolstered by the faith of his believers, his Soul Power Level had finally reached thirty.

At dusk, Xie Xie stood in the doorway.

Li Qingyue gave him a small smile. "Go on ahead, Xie Xie. I'm about to break through to the Third Ring."

"I asked Teacher Wu for the night off, so I won't be going tonight."

"I want to cultivate here in the dorm."

Li Qingyue spoke plainly to Xie Xie.

Xie Xie simply nodded.

He had sensed Li Qingyue's rising soul power long ago.

Still, the thought that Li Qingyue was about to break through to level thirty seemed almost unbelievable.

He glanced outside.

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi had yet to return, and he hesitated.

"Qingyue, do you want me to stand guard for you?"

"If I leave, will those two disturb you when they get back? Could that affect your breakthrough?"

There was a trace of worry in Xie Xie's eyes as he spoke.

Li Qingyue only shook his head calmly.

Nothing unexpected would happen when he broke through to level thirty.

After all, he was only advancing his soul power, not overcoming some special restriction.

Reaching level thirty was the natural course of things for him.

"It's fine. Go do what you need to do. Don't worry about me."

"I'm just advancing my soul power. I'll probably be done by the time you get back tonight."

Li Qingyue smiled at Xie Xie.

Seeing the boy's gentle smile, Xie Xie hesitated, then nodded.

Xie Xie turned, left, and shut the door.

Li Qingyue sat there quietly.

In truth, he did not need any extra cultivation. He only needed to confirm something about the Power of Faith.

His Soul Power Level had already reached the peak of level twenty-nine.

He was just one small step from level thirty.

He sat cross-legged on his bed.

Gentle soul power flowed continuously through his body.

Its pulse was swift and light.

As his soul power pushed through the barrier, he broke through to level thirty as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

But that was not the most important thing.

The main reason he had not gone to find anyone after his breakthrough was that he could feel his Power of Faith had grown remarkably dense.

Li Qingyue did not know where Leng Xiaoyue had gone these past few months.

But his Power of Faith had indeed been increasing by the day.

All of it came from far away.

Yet Li Qingyue could feel how pure it was.

Leng Xiaoyue had probably gone to small counties or towns nearby, perhaps even more distant villages, to gather the faith of the people there.

Medical care was generally worse in smaller places.

The risk of death was higher there, too.

In this era, military might was formidable, but transportation was nowhere near as developed.

Or rather, ordinary people were not treated nearly so well.

As a result, the death rate among ordinary people was far higher than in the world of Li Qingyue's previous life.

This world paid little attention to its people's welfare.

Those in power cared only whether the strong lived or died.

For many commoners without wealth or influence, a serious illness meant there was nowhere they could turn for treatment.

All they could do was stand outside a hospital and pray.

They prayed to recover—or to die sooner, so their families would not have to spend any more money.

To them, Li Qingyue's appearance was like the arrival of a true god.

He had saved people who had fallen into despair.

He had let them glimpse dawn in the depths of their hopeless plight.

More importantly, the Medicine King's compassion came at no cost.

The supposed costs of Eternal Life, including mental erosion, were merely problems people attributed to it after their minds had worn down.

For one thing, those costs did not exist. Even if they had, people at death's door would have had no mind to care.

In reality, Eternal Life brought no terrifying disaster or consequence.

That was why, to ordinary people, the Medicine King was nothing short of a life-saving god.

His help made a real difference.

And those people naturally became believers in Abundance.

Li Qingyue did not even ask them to become believers.

After praying and feeling their bodies restored to health, they knew they could pray to this god if their families fell ill in the future. They became believers in Abundance of their own accord.

For that reason, Li Qingyue's number of believers grew almost daily.

The Power of Faith they brought him grew stronger, too.

The boy sat cross-legged, sensing the changes in his own power.

His expression grew kind and gentle.

A ball of green light appeared in his palm.

Then his third green Soul Ring emerged.

Emerald branches began to sprout across the bed around him.

They had not grown from the bed itself, yet they soon covered it completely.

Petals filled the air, and emerald branches spread throughout the room as a complete, extraordinary domain unfolded around Li Qingyue.

His gentle eyes turned forward, and light radiated from his body.

A ring of light gathered within him.

The light began to affect the surrounding space.

As Li Qingyue watched, he sensed that a domain—or perhaps a space—had appeared inside his body.

Its total area was roughly twenty square meters.

Everything within it belonged entirely to him, including a small spring.

White water flowed from the spring.

But it was no ordinary water. It was Power of Faith in its pure form.

This was a space created solely by the Power of Faith and Yaoshi's inheritance.

Li Qingyue did not yet understand its exact purpose.

But he could sense that it was different.

Li Qingyue looked quietly at his hands. The next instant, he vanished into thin air.

When he appeared again, he was inside that emerald space.

He gazed at the little stream, his expression unusually calm.

"A powerful ability. A space that belongs entirely to me, one that no one else can enter."

"The barrier around it isn't very strong yet. But as I grow stronger, it should be able to shut out most people's attempts to detect or attack it."

As Li Qingyue spoke, he reached out and felt the Power of Faith flowing around him. His eyes flickered.

The space had no name.

But it had been formed from the Power of Faith and Yaoshi's inheritance.

After some thought, Li Qingyue decided to name it the Abundance Divine Kingdom.