A soft thud came from the old tortoise's belly, and the large rock, which had remained motionless for more than ten years, finally began to move.
Volume 22, Chapter 63: Exploding the Turtle (Part 2)
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The Turtle God's enormous neck twitched, and its huge mouth opened and closed once more. Then, under Xiao Wenbing's tense gaze, everything returned to calm.
Xiao Wenbing asked, dumbfounded, "Brother Turtle Shell, what's going on?"
"Ah." The tortoise shell lowered its head in embarrassment and said softly, "Lord Xiao, my cultivation is too poor. Although I used my full strength, this attack power is not enough to awaken my master."
Staring blankly at the high and mighty old tortoise, Xiao Wenbing finally understood one thing: the true strength of this tortoise god and the lonely god-king was indeed beyond his estimation.
No wonder those gods immediately retreated upon contact with the ancient gods. The difference in their strength was truly astounding.
"Is there really no other way?"
"It's difficult to estimate."
"Last time, it seemed that Senior Turtle God was awakened by being struck by heavenly lightning. Could it be that the old man is particularly afraid of heavenly lightning?" Xiao Wenbing thought for a moment and asked. If the old turtle was afraid of heavenly lightning, then he could try to simulate Feng Baiyi's heavenly lightning power.
"Of course not." The tortoise shell immediately shattered his illusions: "The power of the heavenly lightning last time was truly unbelievable, so..."
Xiao Wenbing nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, a massive calamity involving ten thousand people, that's a rare spectacle that happens only once every thousand years, so it's normal for it to be powerful."
"No," the tortoise shell denied immediately. "It has nothing to do with the heavenly tribulation. There was the aura of the Thunder God in that heavenly lightning, which is why it has such power."
"Thor?"
"yes."
Xiao Wenbing's expression shifted. The Lonely God had once said that the Thunder God had left behind an avatar. Could it be that he was the one who presided over the Heavenly Tribulation back then?
The tortoise shell, of course, had no idea what he was thinking. After pondering for a while, it shifted its gaze to Xiao Wenbing's hand and suddenly sighed, "What a pity, what a pity."
"What's a pity?"
"It's a pity that Lord Xiao has too few divine power crystals. If he had a thousand or eight hundred divine power crystals, and with you and me working together, we might be able to wake up our master."
Xiao Wenbing laughed and silently took out a full thousand divine power crystals from the Heavenly Void Ring.
The tortoise shell stared wide-eyed in surprise. After a long while, it exhaled and said, "So Lord Xiao was prepared all along."
Xiao Wenbing smiled bitterly to himself. It wasn't that he had prepared in advance, but rather that he was instructed by another ancient deity.
The tortoise shell deftly bundled the divine power crystals together, then stuffed them into the tortoise god's gaping maw. It then darted down like lightning, saying, "Lord Xiao, please gather your greatest divine power and unleash it with me later."
Xiao Wenbing touched his slightly numb scalp and asked cautiously, "Brother Turtle Shell, do you think that if we do this, the old Turtle God will get hurt?"
“Absolutely not.” The tortoise shell replied without hesitation, “Master’s divine power is boundless, this little bit of attack power will definitely not be a problem, but I am worried about something else.”
Xiao Wenbing's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What are you worried about?"
“I’m worried that doing this still won’t wake the owner up.”
"No way, that's the explosion of thousands of divine power crystals!" Xiao Wenbing gasped. Could it be that even the Lonely God-King could miscalculate?
“If it were trillions of years ago, perhaps it would still be possible, but now my master has slept several times, and his divine power has greatly increased. Even the thunder god's lightning cannot cause him any real harm, let alone this little bit of divine power crystal.”
Xiao Wenbing remained silent. Once he thought about how the once mighty divine thunder had only left a faint red mark on the tortoise god's tongue, he understood that the tortoise shell's words were absolutely not an exaggeration.
The Lonely God did recognize the old tortoise, but he forgot one thing: after so many years, the old tortoise had also improved. Now, the thousands of divine power crystals were no longer a concern for this ancient god.
"Sigh." Xiao Wenbing sighed and said, "Brother Turtle Shell, your master never cultivates, but how come his strength keeps improving by leaps and bounds?"
The tortoise shell said strangely, "That's not right. My master is cultivating every moment and has never stopped."
"But every time I see it, it's sleeping."
“Exactly, for my master, sleeping is a form of cultivation.”
Xiao Wenbing opened his mouth slightly, but couldn't say a word.
Sleeping is a form of cultivation...
While every deity has its own unique cultivation method, this one is a bit too exaggerated.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Wenbing asked softly, "Brother Turtle Shell, I heard that your master's divine domain is integrated with his divine body, right?"
"Exactly."
"That old thing is really amazing, so how did it do it?"
"It's simple, just go to sleep."
"What?"
"If we were to expand the divine realm endlessly using the usual methods, it would take an enormous amount of time," the tortoise shell said solemnly. "My master is incredibly lazy. He told me back then that it's more comfortable to sleep than to expend energy expanding any divine realm."
They simply placed the divine realm into their body, and unexpectedly, when they woke up, the divine realm had automatically merged with their body.
Xiao Wenbing subconsciously shook his head. It was really strange. Was he listening to Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Arabian Nights, or Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales?
"Brother Turtle Shell, are you saying that as long as you sleep, you can perfectly combine the divine realm with the divine body?"
"Yes, that's what my owner does."
After much deliberation, Xiao Wenbing finally decided to give up his plan to continue asking questions. This method of cultivation was indeed powerful, but it was definitely not suitable for him.
Powerful energy gradually gathered in their hands. The two gods' all-out effort was extraordinary. After a short while, an unprecedentedly powerful light sword had condensed in front of them.
This light sword was naturally formed under the control of the tortoise shell. As for Xiao Wenbing, he only provided all his divine power. He didn't have the courage to attack the old tortoise on his own initiative.
"Lord Xiao, once the master wakes up, I will handle everything."
The tortoise shell winked at him twice, and Xiao Wenbing immediately understood, nodding emphatically and whispering, "Thank you."
A gentle breeze slowly rose around the two of them, and the huge lightsaber began to spin in the wind. As the wind increased, the speed of the lightsaber's spin also increased until it transformed into a huge wheel of light, radiating dazzling brilliance in the air.
"go."
With a roar from the tortoise shell, the light wheel shot into the tortoise god's giant mouth, illuminating the pitch-black passage with every detail.
The immense energy crashed heavily onto the thousand divine crystals bound together. A thunderous roar resounded, as if a bolt of lightning had suddenly exploded right next to one's ear, and the astonishingly large amount of energy finally exploded completely.
This explosion was completely different from the last one. Huge energy kept exploding in the turtle god's mouth, seemingly endlessly crashing back and forth.
The old tortoise's big mouth suddenly closed tightly, followed by a series of muffled thuds, like firecrackers going off in bed.
The old skin on his lips trembled slightly, and a wisp of thick smoke escaped from the Turtle God's nostrils and between his teeth, gradually dissipating into the void.
Xiao Wenbing also kept his mouth shut. The thought of such an explosion happening in his mouth made him want to turn around and run away.
The old turtle's eyelids twitched with difficulty, as if it were about to wake up.
Xiao Wenbing took an even more careful step back and stood behind the tortoise shell.
To his amusement and exasperation, the turtle god's eyelids twitched once, but then seemed to fall silent again.
With a flash, the tortoise shell flew to the old tortoise's side, forcefully prying open the still slightly trembling eyelids, while loudly calling out, "Master, wake up!"
After the tortoise shell's tireless efforts, it finally managed to pry open that eyelid a little bit.
A dull, lifeless eye appeared before them, and the old tortoise's half-asleep voice came: "Old friend, what do you want?"
"I need your help in a fight," the tortoise shell said bluntly.
"No, I'm not going. Sleeping is more important."
"No, I already promised them."
"But I'm sleepy."
"You can sleep after the fight is over," Turtle Shell coaxed gently. "Don't worry, it'll be quick."
After seemingly considering it for a long time, the Turtle God reluctantly said, "Alright, where is the person?"
The tortoise shell looked at Xiao Wenbing, who swallowed and said softly, "It should be in the realm of gods."
With its long neck turned around, as if it had just noticed Xiao Wenbing's presence, the Turtle God's huge voice rang out in the air: "It's you. It seems like we just parted ways. How come we meet again?"
Xiao Wenbing said respectfully, "Senior, it has been a long time since we parted ways."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, you see, the last time we met, I was still undergoing my tribulation, but now I have become a god."
"Oh, so you really have become a god." A hint of life finally appeared in the old tortoise's eyes: "I can't believe that millions of years have passed in the blink of an eye, and even you have become a god."
"..." After thinking for a moment, Xiao Wenbing stopped explaining.
"Master, go to the realm of gods. There are more than a dozen gods on the other side, and their divine power is in your mouth."
The old tortoise smacked its lips and said, "Okay, I understand."
It suddenly opened its enormous mouth and spat out a thick beam of white light.
The white light struck the void and exploded as if it had hit something, after which a dark passage appeared in front of them.
Sensing the abundant divine power within the passage, Xiao Wenbing knew that this was the divine passage that his beloved god longed for.
"They're gone."
Before he could finish his exclamation, the old tortoise moved, and a surge of energy enveloped him, sending him flying into the passage.
Volume 23, Chapter 1: The Realm of Gods
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Within the vast sea of clouds lies boundless space and endless possibilities.
This is the sacred place for all cultivators, the place where the immortal gods dwell.