Heaven and earth returned to peace, and the small worlds within the bodies of all those who cultivated the laws of the celestial realm and the primordial realm merged with this grassland.
The area of this grassland has also expanded, and the distance between some of the major cities has become greater.
Boom! Boom!
Just then, several auras soared into the sky, incredibly astonishing.
"That's... breaking through to Martial God!"
Lu Ming's eyes flickered as he looked in the direction from which the aura erupted.
Heavenly Thunder Emperor, Rebellious Emperor...
There were five people in total, and their auras grew stronger and stronger until they reached their peak.
This is a sign of breaking through to the Martial God Realm. Lu Ming did not expect that the Thunder Emperor and others would break through at this time.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. The Heavenly Thunder Emperor, the Chaotic Emperor, and others had already reached the level of demigods and achieved the unity of all things. They had accumulated a lot of time, and with their accumulation, they could have already broken through to the Martial God realm.
However, due to limitations in the celestial realm, it was difficult to achieve a breakthrough in the past.
Whew...
The bodies of the five Heavenly Thunder Emperors, the Chaotic Emperors, and others were like five vortexes, constantly absorbing the energy of heaven and earth.
Between heaven and earth, a surging and powerful divine energy continuously converged towards them.
Several days later, their auras surged dramatically, and a layer of light enveloped their bodies, like flames—the blazing divine fire.
They've broken through to the first level of the Void God Realm!
"No heavenly tribulation!"
Lu Ming's eyes flickered, somewhat surprised.
He had already noticed this situation, because during this period, too many people and divine beasts in the Heavenly Realm and the Primordial Realm had broken through their realms, but none of them had experienced a Heavenly Tribulation.
In the Celestial Realm and the Primordial Realm, breaking through to the ranks of Martial Emperor, Martial Saint, and Martial God is always accompanied by tribulations, but here, there is nothing.
In the celestial realm, when breaking through to demigod status...
There was also a terrifying heavenly tribulation. Lu Ming originally thought that there would be a heavenly tribulation when he broke through to the Martial God realm, but unexpectedly, there was none.
"Perhaps, this is the difference between the Celestial Realm and the Primordial Universe!"
Lu Ming pondered.
In the Celestial Realm and the Realm of Evil Gods, the Heavenly Dao is supreme, and all heavenly tribulations are evolved from the Heavenly Dao.
However, the Heavenly Dao is merely the Heavenly Dao of the Celestial Realm and has nothing to do with the Primordial Universe.
Perhaps, in the primordial universe, there was no such thing as a heavenly tribulation.
Lu Ming smiled. This was good. His parents' cultivation had been improving, and it was only a matter of time before they broke into the Martial Emperor realm. Without the Heavenly Tribulation, Lu Ming felt more at ease.
Congratulations!
Emperor Tianlei, Emperor Niluan, and others successfully broke through to the Martial God Realm, and many people flew over to congratulate them.
Emperor Tianlei and the others also had smiles on their faces, unable to hide their excitement.
They had been stuck in one realm for too long, finding it difficult to break through before. Now that they had broken through, they felt as if the sky was the limit, and their minds broadened.
Lu Ming also went forward to offer his congratulations, and after a lively gathering, Lu Ming returned to his residence.
Lu Ming now lives in a newly established large city. He, Xie Nianqing, Lu Shenhuang, Lu Chi, his disciples, and his parents all live in this large city.
Lu Ming entered a room and sat cross-legged.
A crystal appeared in his hand.
This crystal is about the size of a fist and is crystal clear.
This type of crystal is called divine crystal, and it is composed of pure divine energy.
The divine stone that Lu Ming obtained in Huangquan Mountain was also formed from divine energy. However, that kind of divine stone could be considered a second-rate divine crystal, and the divine energy contained within it was incomparable to that of a divine crystal.
It's likely that tens of thousands of divine stones are equivalent to just one divine crystal.
After all, Huangquan Mountain was sealed in the Heavenly Realm, and after a long period of time, its divine energy was no longer pure. The divine stones it condensed were naturally no match for the divine crystals.
Divine Crystals are the hard currency of the divine realm, and are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade.
What Lu Ming held was a low-grade divine crystal, one of which was equivalent to tens of thousands of divine stones. As for mid-grade and higher divine crystals, they were naturally even rarer and more precious.
Back then, Lu Ming killed seven or eight Void God Realm experts who invaded the Heavenly Realm. On Dark Star, he also killed several experts from the Yuanluo Palace and obtained some low-grade divine crystals from their storage rings. In total, there were about five thousand of them.
More than 5,000 low-grade divine crystals, if exchanged for divine stones, would amount to more than 100 million divine stones.
As for exchanging it for top-grade raw stones, that would be an astronomical figure.
Raw stones are merely born in the celestial realm and the primordial realm; compared to divine crystals, they are worlds apart and naturally cannot be compared at all.
Lu Ming tidied up the items in his hands and continued cultivating.
Time flies, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past year, more people have made breakthroughs, and the overall strength of those who came from the Celestial Realm and the Primordial Realm has been continuously improving.
Moreover, quite a few demigods have successfully broken through and entered the Martial God Realm. Almost all the veteran demigods have entered the Martial God Realm.
Even Dandan, Titan Beetle, and Nine-Lives Demon Silkworm are almost here!
"Lu Ming, I'm about to break through!"
On this day, Xie Nianqing said to Lu Ming.
"You're about to break through? Good, I'll protect you!"
Lu Ming was overjoyed.
"Um!"
Xie Nianqing nodded, and the two left the city and came to an open space.
"Hmm? Xie Nianjun!"
Ahead, a figure sat cross-legged in mid-air, radiating a dazzling holy light.
What a coincidence to run into Xie Nianjun here.
"You're about to break through too?"
Xie Nianjun looked at Xie Nianqing with some surprise.
“Not bad!” Xie Nianqing nodded.
"I didn't expect that your cultivation speed, which absorbed your past life's memories in this life, would be so fast. It makes me a little jealous, hehehe!"
Xie Nianjun smiled.
"If I don't train faster, you'll surpass me!"
Xie Nianqing smiled faintly, then went to the other side, sat cross-legged in the void, and his whole body was filled with dark light.
Xie Nianjun didn't say much, closed her eyes, and adjusted her state.
Boom! Boom!
Three days later, almost simultaneously, the two of them unleashed astonishing auras.
A black beam of light and a white beam of light shot into the sky, piercing the clouds.
At this moment, countless eyes turned to this direction.
"What an astonishing aura! Someone has broken through to the Martial God Realm!"
In a city, the Ancestral Dragon's eyes flickered, and then it soared into the sky, appearing not far from Lu Ming shortly afterward.
Immediately afterwards, the Heavenly Thunder Emperor and others also appeared one by one, watching from afar.
At this moment, the aura emanating from Xie Nianqing and Xie Nianjun grew higher and stronger, seemingly without end.
Rumble!
The heavens and earth roared, and their bodies were like two black holes, with endless divine energy from heaven and earth converging towards them and surging into their bodies.
Their aura rose again, and a terrifying pressure emanated from them.
"This aura... how can it be so astonishing?"
"How terrifying! It's more than ten times more terrifying than when we broke through. How could this be?"
The Ancestral Dragon, the Rebellious Emperor, the Heavenly Thunder Emperor, and others were all in a state of shock and exclaimed in surprise.
Editor's note: The damaged English source for this chapter has been replaced with WTR-LAB's public Web machine translation from Chinese, with minor editorial corrections. Names and wording may differ from nearby chapters.