The sheer power of over ten thousand people absorbing energy simultaneously in formation was unprecedented, causing a sensation even throughout the entire God Realm.
Where did these gods come from? This is the biggest question in the minds of all the gods.
With a flash of divine light, Yu Zhu, the leader of one of the thirteen powerful forces in the divine realm, had arrived before them.
This supreme god, renowned throughout the divine realm for countless years, appeared extremely cautious. He stopped a distance away and sent a friendly divine thought to them.
The other deities sensed all of this and admired Yu Zhu's courage and boldness. But only a handful of people, including Yu Zhu and Xiao Wenbing, knew that they had already established a not-yet-strong friendship through the pearl.
A gap appeared in the massive formation of ten thousand people, and the Feathered Spirit flew in without hesitation, eventually settling in Xiao Wenbing's divine realm.
"With such extraordinary abilities on his first visit to the Divine Realm, Lord Xiao is truly admirable. Yu Zhu is in awe."
"Not at all, we have been able to achieve what we have today thanks to the protection of Lord Yuzhu."
While Xiao Wenbing's statement is somewhat exaggerated, it does contain a degree of truth.
More than 10,000 deities stayed in one place for decades without being detected by the divine realm. Xiao Wenbing absolutely did not believe that this was not due to the help of the powerful Yu Zhu Divine Lord's faction.
Yu Zhu Shenjun was a handsome and refined man. He smiled and said, "Although there are many factions in the God Realm, you are number one in terms of strength."
"Not at all. We are just newcomers to the God Realm. We are nothing in front of a great figure like you."
The smile on Yu Zhu Shenjun's face remained unchanged, but his voice carried a hint of wistfulness: "Perhaps your strength is insufficient now, but given a thousand years, your subordinates will be able to begin to unleash their true power. Alas, since the first generation of gods disappeared, I have never seen so many supreme gods gathered together."
Xiao Wenbing's expression shifted, and he asked, "How many supreme gods were there in the past?"
"Yes, a long time ago, there were no fewer than 100,000 supreme gods in the God Realm, but now there are less than 5,000."
Where did they all go?
“I don’t know.” Yu Zhu Divine Lord sighed and said, “They disappeared along with the first generation of gods, and no one knows where they went.”
Xiao Wenbing fell silent with him. He naturally knew the whereabouts of the first god, but he had no interest in making it known to the world.
"Having arrived in the God Realm, what are your plans for the future, Lord Xiao?"
"This is just going with the flow."
Yu Zhu's expression darkened slightly, and she said, "So, Lord Xiao is also idle."
Xiao Wenbing was greatly surprised. Seeing the disappointment on Yu Zhu's face, he couldn't help but ask, "Then, in the opinion of the Divine Lord, what should I do?"
Yu Zhu shook her head with a wry smile and said, "I don't know. Millions of years ago, I no longer knew what to do."
After talking for a while, Xiao Wenbing finally understood why this Feathered Divine Lord had become so dejected.
Once a great immortal becomes a god, possessing a divine body and a divine realm, they become an immortal being.
Unless they provoke monsters like the Turtle God, who are not to be trifled with, they will not disappear from this world.
Over a long and boundless period of time, they did nothing but cultivate. After countless years, even the gods could no longer remember how much time had passed since they became gods, nor did they know why they existed.
Within the realm of gods, thirteen enormous forces emerged, a product of this distorted mentality.
The thirteen forces appeared to be in a standoff. However, apart from minor skirmishes between some high-ranking gods, no large-scale wars ever broke out.
For these deities, nothing in this world could pique their interest anymore. So when Lord Yuzhu saw Xiao Wenbing create more than ten thousand supreme gods at once, his curiosity was reignited, and he paid them a great deal of attention.
However, upon hearing Xiao Wenbing's aimless words, his heart turned cold once again.
After watching Yu Zhu Shenjun leave, Zhang and Feng arrived in Xiao Wenbing's divine realm. The three of them looked at each other, equally filled with uncertainty about the future.
The ultimate goal of cultivators is to become gods. But when they actually become gods, they find that they have lost their purpose to continue striving. For these gods who have endless lifespans, this is truly an ironic thing.
"Alas, if we had known this earlier, we would have cultivated in the mortal realm for a few more years," Xiao Wenbing sighed. "The feeling of becoming a god doesn't seem so good after all."
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Time stands still in the realm of the gods. In the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed.
During these ten years, the gods who entered the realm of gods have absorbed a large amount of earth god power, essentially forming their own divine domains.
With Xiao Wenbing's help, the expansion and improvement of the divine realm, including new gods such as Quini, the Great Serpent Supreme, and the Idle Cloud Old Taoist, which were closely related to him, progressed by leaps and bounds, making them no less impressive than ordinary high gods.
As for the veteran gods Lingzha and Baby God, after obtaining enough primordial crystals and scattered fragments, their cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching a level no less than that of ordinary supreme gods.
Of course, the biggest beneficiaries were Xiao Wenbing and his two companions. With their unique talents and divine power, their might, while not comparable to that of first-generation gods like the Turtle God, was still enough to rival that of the most outstanding supreme gods like the Feathered Jade God.
Moreover, Xiao Wenbing still possesses the Ten Thousand Swords Technique, his last trump card.
With a flash of light, a divine thought suddenly entered Xiao Wenbing's mind.
He was familiar with this divine thought, but he never imagined why this deity had come to him.
After a moment's hesitation, a crack appeared in the divine realm, and a ball of flame seemed to descend from the sky, landing before him. A flash of light revealed the divine body of the Fire Virtue God.
Xiao Wenbing knew, of course, that the Fire Virtue God in front of him was just an avatar, just like when the Feathered Jade God graced his realm last time, he used an avatar to enter the other's divine domain.
In this world, apart from the Turtle God, an unconventional first-generation deity, there is probably no other deity who would dare to directly enter the divine realm of another deity in their divine body.
"Lord Xiao, how have you been?"
Xiao Wenbing was taken aback, then laughed and said, "Fire God, it seems we haven't met before."
Fire God Lord shook his head slightly and said, "Xiao God Lord is joking. Last time you came to the God Realm with Turtle God Lord, how can you say you haven't seen me before?"
Xiao Wenbing's smile faded, and he was quite surprised. He hadn't expected that this Fire Virtue God Lord was actually quite capable, managing to detect his divine power even under the old tortoise's disguise.
"I'm afraid the Fire God Lord didn't come here just to visit his old friend."
"Indeed, I came here today only to ask about one thing."
"Speaking."
"I would like to ask, will those gods from the Flame Realm come to cause us trouble again?"
Xiao Wenbing's eyes lit up. He held this Fire Virtue God in even higher regard, realizing that he had even foreseen the events in the Flame Realm.
After a moment of contemplation, Xiao Wenbing said, "Now that we have become gods, we must naturally sever all ties with the past."
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue avenging Queenie and the others, but he knew that since Huo De had come looking for him, he must have been prepared. If he refused to back down, the two sides would likely have to fight to the death immediately.
Although their side possesses over ten thousand supreme gods, they have only been in the divine realm for a short time. If they were to directly confront the thirteen powerful forces, they would certainly not be the ones to emerge victorious.
For the safety of the majority, we have no choice but to take a step back for now.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Huo De showed no sign of joy. Instead, he sighed softly, "Doesn't Lord Xiao want to know why we are desperately collecting the Five Elements Spirits?"
Xiao Wenbing was startled and asked in surprise, "Don't you collect the spirits of the five elements to condense a divine artifact?"
A strange smile appeared on Huo De's face, which, combined with the ever-burning flames, made him appear even more eerie: "To be honest, Lord Xiao, since the first generation of gods disappeared billions of years ago, we have begun to collect the spirits of the five elements. So far, apart from the spirit of fire, we have collected a million of the other four spirits."
Xiao Wenbing gasped in shock, exclaiming, "A million Five Elements Spirits?"
The spirits of the Five Elements are supreme treasures of heaven and earth, and obtaining even one is an extremely difficult task. However, according to the Fire Virtue God, they already possess millions of the four spirits of water, earth, wood, and metal. What an enormous number that is! Even with Xiao Wenbing's current cultivation level, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
Lord Huode sighed and said, "In fact, if it weren't for the scarcity of fire spirits, we would have already collected all one million sets."
Swallowing hard, Xiao Wenbing finally understood that these gods had spent so much effort and time collecting so many Five Elements Spirits, and it certainly wasn't for the purpose of refining weapons.
"Senior, what is your purpose in collecting a million spirits of the five elements?"
"It's very simple, we just want to return everything to chaos," the Fire God said calmly.
"Returning to chaos?"
“Exactly, this realm of gods is too boring. Let’s just let it return to chaos.”
Xiao Wenbing had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was. Suddenly, the voice of the Mirror God echoed in his mind: "Wenbing, this guy has gone mad."
"What?"
"He wants to return the realm of gods to chaos."
"So what?"
"It's nothing much, but once the God Realm returns to chaos, it means the God Realm will perish. And the God Realm is the core of all the Immortal Realms. If the God Realm perishes, the Immortal Realm will naturally not fare well either. With the collapse of the Immortal Realm, the lower realms will be even worse off. As the saying goes, when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. All your fellow disciples and friends will be going to meet the King of Hell without exception."
Xiao Wenbing's face flushed red and then turned pale. He croaked, "They're insane! Aren't they afraid of dying?"
"Alas, revolutionaries are not afraid of death; those who are afraid of death are not revolutionaries. They've all gone mad, so how could they be afraid of death?"
Xiao Wenbing slowly raised his head, and a fierce killing intent flashed in his eyes as he looked at Huo De Shen Jun.
The Fire God smiled slightly and said, "It seems that Lord Xiao has already understood what I mean."
"That's right, I'm just wondering why no one stopped you. Didn't even Yu Zhu and the others stop you?"
“Lord Yuzhu, why are they trying to stop us? To be honest, the ability to collect so many Five Elements Spirits is not the achievement of our family alone, but the result of the combined efforts of all forces.”
"All the forces?" Xiao Wenbing exclaimed in shock, "Why would they help you? Aren't they afraid of dying?"
"Death?" The flames on the Fire God's face flickered slightly. He asked in surprise, "Who is dying, Lord Xiao?"
"Now that the realm of gods has been destroyed, do you think you can still survive?"
Upon hearing this, Huo De suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Lord Xiao is joking. We have all become gods, and each of our divine realms is a space. How could we possibly die? Even if the divine realm is destroyed, and the immortal realm and the lower realm are destroyed, we will not perish."
Xiao Wenbing was taken aback. Only then did he realize that he had been tricked by the Mirror God. However, he couldn't care less about complaining at the moment. He said, "Since you didn't do this to commit suicide, then why did you destroy the God Realm?"
Huo De sighed slightly and said, "Because we are too lonely, and we are tired of everything in front of us, so we want to destroy everything and create a new world."
Xiao Wenbing's heart stirred, and he stared at him in silence for a long time. He finally understood one thing: why those first-generation gods had left this place to create some new world.
I guess those people were tired of staying here. So they wanted a change of pace, to create a new world.
"The Divine Realm was built by the combined efforts of many primordial gods. Not to mention us, even the Turtle God-King could not destroy it," the Fire God-King said to himself. "However, at the beginning of its construction, the Divine Realm used 100,000 sets of the Five Elements Spirits as a divine power cycle. Once this cycle system is destroyed, the Divine Realm will naturally disappear."
Xiao Wenbing stared intently at him, then suddenly asked, "Why are you telling me all this?"
The Fire God smiled and said, "Because I want your help."
What can I do to help you?
"I heard that Lord Xiao has a crystallized source of origin in his hands."
"That's right."
"The Spirit of Fire is the most difficult spirit to create in the world. Our thirteen powerful forces and countless small and medium-sized forces in the God Realm have collected over countless billions of years, and have only managed to obtain a little over ninety-eight thousand of them." The Fire Virtue God said solemnly, "An ancient secret method has been passed down. If we use the seed of the Spirit of Fire and supplement it with the Origin Crystal, then we can cultivate a new Spirit of Fire."
"You want to use my primordial crystal to create the Spirit of Fire?"
“That’s right. As long as Lord Xiao can provide the Origin Crystal, we will definitely do whatever you ask.”
"Any conditions are acceptable?"
"Yes, it is."