Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree-Chapter 40: Tier 3 Divine Kingdom, Unspeakable Sorrow

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Tier 3 Divine Kingdom, Unspeakable Sorrow

Cultivation breakthrough.

The Kunlun Mountain Range returned to tranquility once more.

The only difference was that after Gu Qingyang expanded the Divine Kingdom domain to a thousand kilometers, he conveniently slaughtered some fierce beasts within the domain.

What a pity.

After breaking through to the fourth tier, the evolution value from a first-tier fierce beast was only one point.

In other words,

If one devours a fierce beast three major tiers lower than oneself, it can provide at most one evolution point, serving as a guaranteed reward.

This means,

Gu Qingyang’s subsequent speed of collecting evolution values would significantly slow down.

After all, among all the believers now, the majority are still at the first tier, and those who can either enter the second tier or slay second-tier fierce beasts are extremely rare.

Regarding this,

Gu Qingyang wasn’t anxious.

A lifespan of fifty thousand years is extremely long, so even if the breakthrough is slow, it’s not a problem.

Moreover, once the Divine Kingdom breaks through to the fourth tier, Gu Qingyang can directly convert the power of faith into evolution value to help himself breakthrough.

...

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, months had gone by.

During these months, the Human Federation gradually recaptured lost grounds, moving from a situation of being completely crushed by fierce beasts, back to a state of equilibrium as before.

But completely driving all fierce beasts out of the Federation’s territory and letting humanity rise to the top of the food chain again is currently impossible.

Unless a fourth or fifth-tier evolver emerges, leading humans to a massive counterattack to utterly crush the fierce beasts.

But the emergence of fourth-tier evolvers is particularly challenging, as even after such a long time, not a single fourth-tier evolver has appeared among humans.

Although fierce beasts appeared fifteen years ago, no fourth-tier fierce beasts appeared until the second celestial blood descended, enabling some fierce beasts to break through to the fourth tier.

The leap from the third tier to the fourth tier is evident; without special opportunities, it requires a long time to breakthrough.

At the same time,

The transition from the third to the fourth tier is also a significant transformation.

However—

Gu Qingyang was not currently concerned with so much, all his attention was focused on his data panel, quietly calculating time in his heart, as if waiting for something to arrive.

One day!

Two days!

Three days!

...

On the fifth day, Gu Qingyang suddenly felt a surge of unprecedented, magnificent power coming from all directions.

In the face of this immense power, Gu Qingyang felt his divine tree trunk was subtly transforming, but this transformation was extremely slow, and he couldn’t say exactly what it was.

Afterwards,

Gu Qingyang looked at his data panel, a calm mind finally stirred.

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Name: Gu Qingyang 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Essence: Divine Tree

Lifespan: 16/50000

Tier: Fourth-tier inferior grade (436520/2000000)

Divine Kingdom: Second-tier (126510000/100000000)

Innate Divine Techniques: Divine Tree Spirit Root (Fourth-tier), Divine Fruit (Fourth-tier), Divine Whisper (Fourth-tier), Eye of True Sight (Fourth-tier), Divine Kingdom Domain (Fourth-tier), Summon Wind and Rain (Fourth-tier)

...

"126.51 million beliefs, indeed... establishing a Divine Kingdom chat group is the correct path to harvest beliefs!"

Gu Qingyang could hardly restrain his inner joy, even though he had foreseen it, he couldn’t help being excited when he saw the surging power of belief.

If not for establishing the Divine Kingdom chat group and passing on his evolved cultivation technique to others, this settlement of belief could have given him thirty million belief power at best.

Never like now, receiving over 120 million belief in one stroke.

With such a vast amount of belief,

Opening up a third-tier Divine Kingdom is entirely doable.

Therefore,

Gu Qingyang did not hesitate, immediately consuming 100 million belief power to directly promote the Divine Kingdom to the third tier.

...

"Boom!"

With the promotion of the Divine Kingdom, Gu Qingyang felt his Divine Soul shaking, and it only calmed down after a long period.

Looking at the third-tier Divine Kingdom again, it seemed no different from the second-tier from the outside, but Gu Qingyang could clearly feel the Divine Kingdom had become much sturdier.

Of course,

This was just one of the changes brought by the Divine Kingdom’s promotion.

The real major change is that after the Divine Kingdom reaches the third-tier, it can directly deduce third-tier secret techniques as well as corresponding treasures.

Compared to second-tier items, the cost for deducing third-tier items has increased tenfold.

Deducing a lower-grade third-tier requires at least 100,000 beliefs, and for the best third-tier, it takes at least 500,000 beliefs.

To deduce a Realm-Breaking Pill at the respective tier, the belief required is at least 1,000,000.

Fortunately,

After promoting the Divine Kingdom to the third-tier, Gu Qingyang still had over 20 million belief power left, enough to somewhat fill the third-tier store.

However, with the emergence of the third-tier store, the daily maintenance cost of the Divine Kingdom chat group increased significantly to 3,000 beliefs per day.

In no time, the over 20 million beliefs were exhausted, leaving around a million beliefs to maintain the daily consumption of the Divine Kingdom chat group.

Gu Qingyang didn’t completely spend all the belief power after all, he had to leave some belief as a reserve.

After dealing with the matters of the Divine Kingdom chat group, Gu Qingyang felt his Divine Soul clear, seeing things differently.

"This... is the Divine Soul’s power strengthened!"

Gu Qingyang was momentarily stunned.

The Divine Soul, though abstract, is essentially equivalent to one’s consciousness, and after establishing the Divine Kingdom, he felt the presence of his Divine Soul.

Or rather,

The image of Gu Qingyang appearing in the Divine Kingdom is actually the embodiment of his Divine Soul.

Now,

With the Divine Kingdom breaking through to the third-tier, Gu Qingyang could keenly sense his Divine Soul power evolving along with the Divine Kingdom’s advancement.

Not to mention anything else, merely the power of perception has enhanced considerably.

As Gu Qingyang expanded his perception, trying to explore the limits of his Divine Soul, he vaguely sensed an emotion of sadness.

Sorrow!

Lamentation!

It felt as if a creature was crying.

At that moment,

Gu Qingyang’s Divine Soul perception, as if piercing through some barrier, intensified the sense of sadness, inadvertently stirring the same sorrow in his heart.

This feeling was uncontrollable, shocking Gu Qingyang while making him more eager to explore the source of this sadness.

At this moment,

Within the emotion of sadness, Gu Qingyang also sensed a repulsive aura, simultaneously sparking an inexplicable anger, seemingly wanting to find and destroy this aura.

But just as Gu Qingyang intended to pursue the repulsive aura, a wave of fatigue emanated from his Divine Soul, forcing him to withdraw from the mystical perception.

Kunlun Mountain Range, everything remained unchanged.

Yet, the lingering sadness within Gu Qingyang’s heart constantly reminded him that everything he perceived was not an illusion.