140: Tianxuan Divine City

Within the valley, Spiritual Qi was ethereal, and silence reigned.

On the stone bed, Su Qingyue's beautiful face slowly lost the last trace of paleness left by her forced Undergoing Tribulation.

The ice-blue Divine Light swirling around her gradually receded, and the crystal-clear "Ice Heart Divine Spark" between her brows pulsed like a breath, emitting a supreme Divine Might capable of freezing the entire world!

Demi-God Early Stage!

She had finally completely stabilized her Realm!

Beneath the stone wall on the other side, Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes.

He felt the surging, terrifying Divine Power within his body, as if it could crush the sun, moon, and stars.

He felt the prison suppressing divine spark within his Dantian Qi Sea, which had already solidified several times over, and now bore three mysterious Dao patterns filled with endless slaughter, Devour, and strange Aura.

A confident smile appeared on his handsome face.

Demi-God Middle Stage!

Although there was still an unreachable distance to the legendary God Emperor Realm.

But now, he already possessed the confidence to establish himself in this cruel Divine Realm!

"We... should go now." Lin Ye stood up and looked at the beautiful figure who had also opened her eyes, which were filled with surprise and shock.

Su Qingyue nodded.

She knew that while this quiet valley could provide them temporary shelter, to truly establish themselves in this new world and pursue higher Realms, they had to venture out!

To that prosperous place filled with endless unknowns and... challenges!

"Aura Simulation, activate!"

With a thought from Lin Ye, a profound energy fluctuation instantly enveloped both him and Su Qingyue.

The next moment, their somewhat tender and "Lower Realm"-like appearances and temperaments underwent a tremendous change amidst a silent distortion!

Lin Ye transformed into an ordinary young man who looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with an unremarkable face and eyes that held a hint of bewilderment and wariness typical of a newcomer.

He deliberately suppressed his Demi-God Middle Stage Aura, which was enough to make the world change color, to the dangerous edge of Demi-God Early Stage, as if his divine spark was extremely unstable and could fall out of the Realm at any moment!

As for Su Qingyue, although her peerless beauty could not be completely hidden, she also reined in her cold temperament that could move even gods and buddhas, transforming into a somewhat delicate ice beauty whose eyes were also filled with unease and apprehension.

Her Aura was perfectly disguised at the Dharma Body Realm Peak!

This was the most accurate portrayal of most "Wild Gods" who had just Ascended from the Lower Realm into the Divine Realm!

It was also their best... protective coloration in this perilous Divine Realm!

After all this was done, Lin Ye took one last look at the quiet valley that had provided them a precious respite, then, without the slightest hesitation, he took Su Qingyue's hand, and his figure flickered!

"Screech—"

Two imperceptible purple electric arcs, like sharp blades tearing through a canvas, silently cut through the invisible barrier constructed by the Nine Heavens Star Array and instantly disappeared at the end of the valley...

The Desolate God Domain was vast and boundless.

Even at Lin Ye's Minor Achievement Realm speed with Lightning Light Shadow Evasion, it took him nearly ten days to finally see, from a distance, the magnificent giant city that stood on the edge of the Desolate God Domain, sprawling like an ancient beast on the earth!

Tianxuan City!

It was a miracle... beyond description!

The massive city walls, a thousand zhang high, were not made of any mundane rock or metal!

Instead, they were entirely cast from an unknown, pale golden, mysterious crystal that seemed to contain the power of endless stars!

The city walls were also inscribed with dense, ancient divine patterns filled with supreme majesty and profound Aura!

These divine patterns seemed to possess life, slowly flowing and breathing! They resonated profoundly with the ferocious spatial rifts in the sky, actually isolating the terrifying Chaos Qi winds, which were strong enough to tear Demi-God experts, outside the city walls!

And at the top of the thousand-zhang-high city walls, there were even war fortresses, like floating pavilions, emitting terrifying energy fluctuations!

Beams of destructive energy light, like sleeping doomsday divine punishments, slowly converged at the core of these fortresses, emitting a terrifying power that could make any God Emperor-level expert wary!

The city gate was even a hundred zhang high!

It was forged from a single piece of unknown black divine metal!

Above the lintel, the two characters "Tianxuan" were written in a flowing Dragon and Phoenix style, filled with supreme majesty and dominance!

Just looking at them, Lin Ye felt as if his Divine Soul was about to be completely... crushed by the terrifying will contained within those two characters!

...In stark contrast to the desolate and silent scene outside the city, inside Tianxuan City, it was a prosperity... beyond description!

The wide streets, spacious enough for a hundred-zhang flying boat to travel side by side, were paved with an unknown white jade that emitted a faint glow!

On both sides of the street were magnificent buildings, a hundred zhang high, with various styles and exotic flavors!

In the sky, there were even "Heavenly Roads" condensed from pure Divine Light!

Countless figures, riding strange mounts or luxurious flying boats, shuttled back and forth like a continuous stream on those Heavenly Roads!

Everyone emitted a terrifying Aura, strong or weak, but all far surpassing the mundane!

And in the very center of the city, stood a ten-thousand-zhang-tall divine tower, as if it would pierce the entire sky!

The top of the divine tower subtly emitted a supreme Divine Might that could make all Laws submit and the heavens tremble!

God Emperor!!!

Lin Ye's heart suddenly constricted!

He had no doubt that within that divine tower, there must reside a... genuine God Emperor-level expert!

Is this... the Divine Realm?

Lin Ye's heart was filled with endless shock.

For the first time, he so clearly felt the enormous, chasm-like... gap between himself and this world!

"Stop!"

Just then, a cold shout, full of arrogance and impatience, suddenly rang out in front of the two of them!

Two city guards, dressed in silver standard battle armor with a silver lightning mark branded on their foreheads, were holding long halberds and, with unfriendly expressions, blocked their way!

The cultivation of those two guards had actually reached the Dharma Body Realm Peak!

One of them even scrutinized Lin Ye and Su Qingyue from head to toe with a gaze full of scrutiny and disdain, finally settling on their "unstable divine spark" Aura, which, though disguised, could not be completely hidden!

A hint of undisguised... disgust flashed in his eyes!

"Another two 'Wild Gods' who just crawled up from the Lower Realm?" He frowned and said impatiently, in a tone as if shooing away flies, "The entrance fee is... one hundred Low Grade Divine Stones per person! None? Then scram back to your dirty Lower Realm! Don't pollute the air of our Tianxuan City here!"

One hundred... Low Grade Divine Stones?!

Lin Ye's heart sank!

He had previously killed Blood Butcher, seizing nearly a hundred thousand Medium Grade Divine Stones, but that was the entire fortune of a Demi-God Middle Stage Peak expert who had specialized in "robbery" for hundreds of years!

And this mere city gate guard dared to demand... one hundred Low Grade Divine Stones?!

(Divine Realm currency system: Exquisite Grade, High Grade, Medium Grade, Low Grade, exchange ratio 1:100)

This was clearly... extortion!

However, Lin Ye did not react.

He took out two hundred faintly glowing Low Grade Divine Stones from his Storage Ring and handed them over.

Seeing this, the guard's disdain grew even stronger.

He casually took the Divine Stones, not even bothering to count them, and then, as if shooing away a beggar, impatiently waved his hand: "Go in! Remember! Private fighting is forbidden in the city! Flying is forbidden! If you dare to violate..."

A cold killing intent flashed in his eyes!

"Kill without mercy!"

Lin Ye said nothing more, took Su Qingyue's hand, and calmly walked into this giant city, which was filled with endless prosperity but also revealed coldness and cruelty at every turn...

Upon entering the city, the two did not rush to find lodging.

Instead, like two genuinely green "bumpkins," they cautiously walked along the wide, bewildering streets, pricking up their ears, greedily absorbing all information about this city and this Divine Realm.

Soon, from the hurried "natives" around them, and from the "light screen notices" hanging on both sides of the streets, which were full of profound Aura, they generally understood the outline of this world.

The Cangxuan Divine Realm was vast and boundless; there were over ten thousand known main cities alone!

And "Tianxuan City," where they were, was the undisputed overlord within a hundred million li radius!

The City Lord, "Heavenly Profound Divine Emperor," was an unquestionable God Emperor-level supreme existence who had already proven his Dao for tens of thousands of years!

And within the city, besides the supreme City Lord's Mansion, there were hundreds of large and small powerful God Race families!

For example, the Thunder Cloud Clan, which controlled nearly half of the lightning-attribute mines and businesses in the city!

These families almost monopolized all resource output and upward channels within the city!

As for "Wild Gods" like them, who had Ascended from the Lower Realm, even though they possessed the Demi-God Realm, due to lacking Foundation, resources, and not being recognized by the Laws of the Divine Realm, their status was even... lower than those native Dharma Body Realm "natives"!

They had only two paths to survive in this city.

Either attach themselves to a powerful family, becoming their dependents, guards, or even... mine slaves!

Or... Lin Ye's gaze slowly shifted to the towering divine tower in the center of the city, which seemed to connect to the Nine Heavens Divine Palace!

The god ascension tower!

It was said that this tower was a mysterious object left over from an ancient divine war, and within it, contained a trace of extremely faint "World Origin" power!

Any living being, whether you were a "native" or an "Ascender," as long as you pressed your hand on the stone tablet of the tower, you could activate the Origin power within it and, according to your own talent, potential, and compatibility with the Laws of this Divine Realm, light up the corresponding floors!

Below ten floors, it was "Mortal Talent," destined to live a mediocre life.

Ten to thirty floors, it was "Good Talent," still with a glimmer of hope to climb higher.

Thirty to sixty floors, it was "Prodigy," enough to be recruited by major families and entrusted with important tasks.

Sixty to ninety floors, it was "Prodigy," the core target of contention for major forces!

And if one could light up above ninety floors... that would be the legendary... "Divine Talent"! Possessing the supreme potential to challenge the supreme God Emperor Realm!

Anyone who could prove their talent in the god ascension tower would not only immediately receive an official identity token from Tianxuan City but also, depending on the number of floors, receive initial resources and... Immortal Caves personally bestowed by the City Lord's Mansion!

This was the only... way out for "Wild Gods" like them, who had no Foundation, in this cruel divine city!

"It seems..." Lin Ye slowly exhaled a turbid breath.

He turned his head and looked at the cold eyes beside him, which also gleamed with firm light, "We have no choice."

The two looked at each other, and in each other's eyes, they saw a trace of... unspoken determination!

Without the slightest hesitation, they strode directly towards the towering divine tower that symbolized "hope" and "destiny"!