Chapter 1217

Gods of the second and third tiers are much the same.

Even ordinary fourth-tier gods still behave this way, because divine power is the very foundation of a god.

The reason for converting some faith power into divine stones is merely for trade.

A being like Venerable Tianlan, who has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, still lacks sufficient divine power to break through to a Main God, yet her divine power is undoubtedly immense; the faith power she uses to craft divine stones likely accounts for only a few percent of her total income.

Even so, she possesses over one hundred million high-grade divine stones!

Actually, when you do the math, it's perfectly normal.

Back then, the Eternal Night Empire earned ten thousand high-grade divine stones per year; one hundred million high-grade divine stones equal the total income of ten thousand years.

The Tianlan Empire likely earned more than ten times what the Eternal Night Empire did, and Venerable Tianlan has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, also gaining income from the Laws—so her vast accumulation is only natural.

Still, her decision to lend this time was exceedingly generous.

Even as a loan, among the Law Lords of the Heavenly Realm, who would casually lend someone one hundred million high-grade divine stones?

And she lent them out so decisively!

Venerable Tianlan didn't even mention a repayment time!

"Don't refuse—it's just a loan to you."

Venerable Tianlan said, fearing Lin Yan would refuse.

Lin Yan paused for a moment, then accepted the orb of light.

He truly does lack divine stones right now.

"Alright, thank you for the Wind-Pattern Gold. It's not easy for me to gather so much Wind-Pattern Gold—all of it's been mostly stripped away by the Ancient Gods—but you're openly selling things you got from the Ancient Gods; they must be seething with hatred for you behind the scenes."

Venerable Tianlan said.

She wasn't worried about Lin Yan.

Even a Four-Star Ancient God was killed; under the circumstance where Five-Star Ancient Gods rarely emerge, the Ancient Gods now dare not trouble Lin Yan.

Haven't you noticed that lately, the Ancient Gods have been completely silent?

After chatting with Lin Yan for a few more moments, Venerable Tianlan took her leave.

"I won't disturb you further. If you still need divine stones, let me know—I'll help you find a way."

She said.

She actually wanted to stay longer, but she feared disturbing Lin Yan, since he clearly appeared to be brewing something.

After Venerable Tianlan left, this Shoumai Society ended completely.

In Lin Yan's divine realm, the goddesses had already tallied up the proceeds from this Shoumai Society.

Most weapons forged from the divine substance extracted from the Ancient God armor had been sold, leaving only a few obscure pieces unsold.

Custom-made weapons had also sold well.

Over ten million grams of divine substance now remained only dozens of thousands of grams.

Dozens of thousands of grams is still a massive amount, but the purchasing power of the Heavenly Realm gods who came here has largely been exhausted; selling more won't be easy.

So Lin Yan planned to use all these dozens of thousands of grams of divine substance to reinforce the boundaries of his divine realm.

As for the goddesses, Lin Yan had already selected suitable divine substances for them and forged complete sets of weapons and armor.

The goddesses are all small in stature; eleven goddesses from the main divine system plus ten from the sub-divine system together used only slightly over forty thousand grams of divine substance.

In terms of gains:

Over a thousand weapons forged from divine substance sold for a total of over three hundred million high-grade divine stones!

The exact number was three hundred seventy-six million five hundred twenty thousand.

More than half of the high-grade divine stones accumulated over countless years by thousands of gods had now concentrated in Lin Yan's hands.

Among them, third-tier gods were the primary buyers.

Third-tier gods earn roughly a hundred high-grade divine stones per year from faith power; even if they convert only ten percent of their faith power into divine stones, after accumulating for thousands or tens of thousands of years, these third-tier gods each hold over ten thousand or even tens of thousands of high-grade divine stones.

Large numbers of third-tier gods purchased Lin Yan's divine weapons priced at tens of thousands of high-grade divine stones each.

The divine stones they contributed already exceeded one hundred million.

Then came the third-tier peak Divine Lords and fourth-tier Venerables; though their purchase quantities were small, their high individual values meant their contribution of high-grade divine stones formed the bulk!

Adding the one hundred eight million high-grade divine stones given by Venerable Tianlan.

Lin Yan's total high-grade divine stones reached nearly five hundred million.

"Enough to upgrade to a 20th-tier Divine Rank!"

Lin Yan muttered to himself.

According to Lin Yan's earlier calculations, upgrading to a 20th-tier Divine Rank requires thirty drops of 20th-tier divine power.

Lin Yan previously had eight drops, so he still needed twenty-two.

One drop of 20th-tier divine power equals 6.25 million high-grade divine stones.

Twenty-two drops equal over one hundred thirty million high-grade divine stones.

Enough to upgrade to a 20th-tier Divine Rank!

Of course, thirty drops of 20th-tier divine power is merely the minimum requirement; if Lin Yan wished to feign an attempt to break through to Main God and trigger tremors in the Laws, he'd need significantly more 20th-tier divine power for safety.

Thus, Lin Yan planned to use all these high-grade divine stones.

After using them, his total 20th-tier divine power would reach eighty-eight drops.

This would still be insufficient to successfully break through to Main God—the minimum requirement for a Main God is over a thousand drops of 20th-tier divine power.

But to merely trigger tremors in the Laws and make others believe Lin Yan was attempting to break through to Main God? Absolutely sufficient!

Without any hesitation, Lin Yan immediately exchanged all the high-grade divine stones he had acquired for 20th-tier divine power.

After the exchange was complete, Lin Yan began upgrading his Divine Rank.

This process lasted half a day.

After a little more than half a day, Lin Yan's Divine Core finally upgraded successfully!

His Divine Core had finally reached the peak of the fourth tier.

That is, a Level 20 Divine Core!

Aside from the Primary Divine Core, a Level 20 Divine Core is the most perfect Divine Core!

"Next, upgrade the Divine Body!"

Lin Yan said.

This upgrade to a Level 20 Divine Core took almost no time at all.

Including the time spent at the Shoumai Society, it had taken only slightly more than ten days.

Upgrading the Divine Body was even simpler.

But it still required a few more resources.

Lin Yan sent the little sprites to inquire with Venerable Fairy, Venerable Liushuang, and Venerable Tianlan, while also leaving a Wang Zuo in the divine power space where the Law Lords traded items to acquire them.

If fortune favored him, these resources would not take long to obtain.

Once the Divine Body reached Level 20, Lin Yan could take the crucial next step.

Lin Yan recalled the aspects of the Goddess of Life, paused thoughtfully, and sent a divine decree to Meng Ying and the others on the Continent of Gods.

On the Continent of Gods, after Lin Yan's Civilization Fire title reached Level 10, the Flame Empire received tremendous bonuses.

In the current Flame Empire, crops routinely yield three harvests per year, even four.

This was unimaginable in other nations.

Even in the nations with the best climate, with magicians accelerating growth, the same crop rarely yielded more than two harvests per year, and three was exceedingly rare.

But the Flame Empire was an exception.

The bonus from Civilization Fire had a profound impact on agriculture.

Additionally, the physical constitution of the Flame Empire's people had generally improved.

This bonus affected every aspect: now, children in the Flame Empire were significantly smarter than children in other empires.

After this period of development, the entire Flame Empire had become remarkably prosperous.

In the sky, flying ships could be seen constantly coming and going.

These flying ships bore a uniform Flame symbol, indicating they were all officially produced by the Flame Empire.

The flying ships carried vast quantities of goods and gold coins, circulating throughout the Flame Empire's territory.

Thus, the Flame Empire flourished not only in agriculture, but even more so in commerce!

On this day, Meng Ying and Sister Qing Ling were discussing affairs when suddenly Meng Ying's heart stirred.

The fox woman Sister Qing Ling had clearly heard it too.

The two women exchanged a glance.