42: Chapter 42 Fourth-Order Divine Realm, Monthly Exam

"Boom!"

Blinding lightning flashed across the firmament, and dark clouds blanketed the horizon.

The land had already become a watery expanse, and the divine wood of life, located at the very center of the Divine Domain, was having a rough time as well.

It wasn't that it wasn't trying hard to maintain the Divine Domain's ecosystem; it was simply to no avail.

For dozens of consecutive days, the weather System of the Divine Domain had been in chaos, as if another will were wrestling for control over the Divine Domain's ecology, and it was extremely aggressive.

"Oh, Divine Lord, it's not that this old tree isn't doing its duty; it's just that I really can't win against it!"

The divine wood of life thought helplessly. It was truly afraid that after Chen Mo saw this scene, he might get angry and chop it down for firewood.

But in fact, all of this was within the expectations of its great Divine Lord.

This scene, which looked like the end of the world, was merely a normal occurrence for the Divine Domain advancing to the Fourth Order.

At this moment, at the core of the Divine Domain, Chen Mo, who had been channeling Divine Power to the Divine Domain for dozens of days, looked slightly fatigued, but his eyes were still locked onto the sphere of light nearby that was constantly expanding and contracting.

The plane core.

"Still not enough?"

Feeling the faint yet yearning intent within the sphere of light, Chen Mo decisively raised his hand and poured another amount of Divine Power into it.

In total, he had already output nearly fifty thousand Divine Power to the Divine Domain.

"Boom!"

A loud noise came, and Chen Mo looked up to find that magma had already seeped out from the stone walls.

Before he could react, the surging waves of magma had already engulfed him along with the still-forming plane core.

But strangely, all the magma flowing toward Chen Mo autonomously avoided him the moment it made contact. It wasn't because he did anything, but rather...

"It's done!"

Chen Mo looked pleasantly surprised at the now completely solidified sphere of light in the magma, and the sphere of light flew in front of him in an instant, circling around him like a child.

Closeness, attachment, gratitude...

Various immature yet strong emotions kept coming from within the sphere of light.

Chen Mo smiled and reached out to touch the exceptionally active sphere of light. It did not dodge or evade, allowing him to reach into its interior.

The next instant, his consciousness flew out of his physical body and spread throughout the entire Divine Domain in an instant.

At this moment, he was the Divine Domain, and the Divine Domain was him.

At this time, with just a single thought, he could make the seas reverse and the mountains collapse.

"Whew!"

Chen Mo let out a long breath, and his consciousness returned to his body in an instant.

"Now this is more like the presence of a Divine Lord!"

Chen Mo sighed with emotion and prepared to withdraw his right hand from the sphere of light, but the sphere of light suddenly lit up, and a not-so-strong suction came from it, clearly wanting Chen Mo to continue 'petting' it.

"Why are you like a little puppy? I still have things to do; I'll play with you later."

Chen Mo comforted the plane core, and only then did it disperse the suction, reluctantly letting go of his right hand.

"Heh!"

Chen Mo laughed despite himself, but he also understood.

The plane core had just formed, and the current plane will only possessed the intelligence of a child.

And since he was its only reliance, depending on or even being attached to him was normal behavior.

"I'm leaving. Take good care of the house. Oh, right..." Chen Mo, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped. "Spawn more metal mineral veins in the Divine Domain, understand?"

The sphere of light moved up and down, indicating that it understood.

"Mm!"

Chen Mo nodded, then left with peace of mind.

When he appeared again, he had already arrived in the Void Realm outside the Divine Domain and quickly sketched out an inter-domain gate.

Without hesitation, Chen Mo stepped straight into it.

"Chen Mo, why did you kid arrive so late?"

Chen Mo's figure had just emerged from the gate when Bai Yuanyu, who had been looking for him for ages, immediately ran over.

"Had some things to take care of, got delayed a bit," Chen Mo replied with a smile, while also seeing that figure surrounded by the Students like stars around the moon.

Ye Kaige!

"Chen Mo!"

Du Ruo also walked over. At first, he hadn't paid much attention, but after walking up to Chen Mo, his expression immediately changed.

"Move aside!"

Du Ruo shoved Bai Yuanyu, who was blocking his path, aside and eagerly placed his right hand on Chen Mo's shoulder.

Du Ruo was already a Third Transition demigod; as long as the distance wasn't too great, he could still detect the abnormality in Chen Mo's cultivation. Only a weakling like Bai Yuanyu hadn't realized it until now.

"Second Transition, you've reached the Second Transition!"

After fully confirming it, Du Ruo's expression darkened.

Clearly, compared to Chen Xueli, who had the strength of the Eighth Transition, Du Ruo did not have the ability to confirm whether Chen Mo had used any forbidden techniques that overdrafted the Divine Domain's potential to obtain a large amount of Plane Power.

"I actually..."

Looking at Du Ruo's terrifying gaze, Chen Mo immediately wanted to explain.

But before he could finish, Duan Fei and the other two True God teachers had already appeared above everyone's heads.

"Quiet!"

Duan Fei's voice immediately resounded. Only then did Du Ruo helplessly let go of Chen Mo's shoulder, not forgetting to glare at Chen Mo at the same time.

He could understand the other party's eagerness to become stronger, but he did not approve of Chen Mo's methods.

Chen Mo did not continue to explain, but instead looked at Duan Fei, who was also looking at him.

"This kid, he's reached the Second Transition!"

Duan Fei was also very surprised, but compared to Du Ruo, who was anxious out of concern, his ability to accept the situation as an insider was clearly much stronger.

But Qin Feihu and Tian Caixuan beside him frowned almost at the same time, clearly having discovered Chen Mo's skyrocketing cultivation.

"This Monthly Exam will still follow the previous mode, divided into the Unrestricted Arena and the Restricted Arena. The rules are the same as the Myriad Domain Arena in the Virtual Universe. I will distribute your respective numbers shortly; those who receive the same number will be your opponents for the first round."

Chen Mo was already aware of the rules for the Monthly Exam.

Simply put, it was like a tournament, but not entirely random.

Duan Fei would assign numbers based on the Students' past performance to ensure that funny scenarios like Ye Kaige being matched against Bai Yuanyu would not happen.

"We will begin with the Restricted Arena assessment."

As he spoke, 63 number plates appeared in Duan Fei's hand.

With a light tap, the number plate symbolizing 1 flew toward Ye Kaige.

According to past practice, as long as the number of Students was odd, the first place from the previous Monthly Exam would automatically get a bye.

But everyone knew that the one getting the bye would definitely be Ye Kaige. Throughout so many Monthly Exams, all the Students' rankings had changed, except for his, which remained unshakable.

"When will I get this kind of treatment!"

Bai Yuanyu looked enviously at that figure who was showing off in front of others; his teeth were almost aching from jealousy.

Compared to Bai Yuanyu, Chen Mo was looking at this class number one with great interest.

To be honest, he really hadn't had any thoughts about taking first place in the Monthly Exam before; the gap between the First Transition and the Third Transition was still somewhat difficult to bridge.

But with the large amount of Plane Power fed back from the Divine Domain's advancement, he had suddenly jumped up four levels in one go.

Having successfully reached the Second Transition, he seemed to have gained the possibility of challenging this number one.