Chapter 693

When needed, everyone usually exchanges items or buys them with Divine Stones.

Divine Stones are the hard currency of the Heavenly Realm, equivalent to gold coins on the Gods' Continent.

Divine Stones do not grow naturally.

They are crafted by the gods themselves, and the raw material is simple: faith power.

Moreover, it must be pure faith power—gods must actively remove the directional intent of this faith power so others can use it.

One low-grade Divine Stone contains faith power equivalent to that of one hundred thousand ordinary people over one year.

One mid-grade Divine Stone contains faith power equivalent to that of one million ordinary people over one year.

One high-grade Divine Stone contains faith power equivalent to that of ten million ordinary people over one year.

Of course, different gods produce Divine Stones of varying quality, leading to significant differences in their actual value.

Some newly formed gods without followers prefer to exchange treasures for Divine Stones, then convert them into their own divine power.

After ending her conversation with Mavis, Vivera contacted another elf goddess.

"Vivera, this is already the lowest price—if you have no Divine Stones, trade me divine material instead."

The elf goddess projected a shadow and said.

"Alright, I have some Blazing Flame Gold collected from the sun—can I trade one gram of it for your weightless fruit?"

Vivera said.

"Of course, Vivera, you already have a Level 9 divine body—why do you still need a weightless fruit?"

The elf goddess asked.

Vivera did not reveal her purpose, saying: "I want to brew something."

"Wow, are you holding a Level 10 divine core? Are you planning to shape a Level 10 divine body?"

The goddess on the other end said.

Vivera gave no answer, saying: "I'll send someone to deliver the Blazing Flame Gold to you today."

"Alright, Vivera!"

The two goddesses ended their conversation.

Vivera immediately contacted another elf goddess, who likewise projected a shadow.

In fact, within that elf goddess's divine realm, Vivera's shadow could also be seen.

"Ollica, do you have Star Sand?"

Vivera asked.

"I still have a few grams—if you want, I can give you half. By the way, Vivera, do you remember the Sacred Flame Forest on the Gods' Continent a few months ago? The elf tribe that worshipped me now worships a god called the Flame Lord, but your Green Elf tribe still maintains some faith in you, right?"

Ollica suddenly asked.

Vivera's expression didn't change, saying: "Yes, what of it, Ollica?"

Ollica said: "I heard a Holy Spirit is inquiring about the Flame Lord's whereabouts—several divine realms are involved, and one of them even has a servant of a Third-Tier god offering generous rewards: they're willing to pay a hundred high-grade Divine Stones for credible leads."

Vivera's face showed no great change; she sounded indifferent:

"I know nothing about the Flame Lord, Ollica—have you provided any leads?"

Ollica shook her head: "Though the Flame Lord cost me one elf tribe's faith, they chose to leave of their own will—I wouldn't seek revenge over something so trivial, and besides, the Flame Lord is too powerful—I'm not that foolish."

Vivera exhaled in relief: "Then give me all your Star Sand, Ollica—I'll trade you Divine Soil."

After contacting Ollica, Vivera returned to the valley, retrieved many items, and continued contacting elf goddesses.

Thus, half a day passed, and Vivera contacted seven or eight elf goddesses.

Her valley, once piled high with treasures, was now completely empty.

These were the accumulated treasures of many years.

Vivera glanced at the valley; though empty, she felt it was worth it.

Several days later, the little elves she had sent out returned one by one.

They brought back many valuable items, but all the Divine Stones and treasures they had taken were spent.

Now, Vivera was truly penniless.

Vivera didn't mind at all.

She gazed far off at Lin Yan, then summoned a large number of little elves.

"Ali, I'll open an entrance—hold it open for me. I need more sunlight."

Vivera arranged the little elves.

With the cooperation of countless little elves, Vivera worked day and night.

Meanwhile, Lin Yan continued observing Vivera's divine realm.

But Lin Yan noticed that Vivera hadn't spoken to him in many days.

She seemed busy.

"What is she doing?"

Occasionally, Lin Yan would wonder.

Time slipped away quietly.

Everything on the Gods' Continent remained unchanged.

The Flame Empire was engaged in bustling trade with the Eternal Night Empire, while also continuing its stabilization efforts in the Purple Gold Empire.

Undercurrents stirred within the Purple Gold Empire; powerful nobles began holding frequent gatherings.

Yet neither Meng Ying nor Sister Qing Ling showed any movement.

They were waiting—for these nobles to reveal themselves, then strike them all at once.

In the Endless Desert, after seven days of torrential rain, the entire desert was no longer lacking water.

Although Lin Yan had only created a single oasis, after receiving his inspiration, several airships came from the Holy Flame Forest.

On the airships, large numbers of elves scattered plant seeds, then cast a few spells.

It would only take some time for these seeds to sprout, grow, and then make the entire Endless Desert burst with life.

Medusa clan head Luxini, meanwhile, led several tens of thousands of Medusas, driving a million captives to carry out an important task.

That was the artificial intervention of river channels, so that the newly formed rivers could cover more than half of the Endless Desert.

The climate conditions of the Endless Desert had already been altered on a large scale, and once all the plants grew up, the western section of the Endless Desert would be completely brought under control.

In the blink of an eye, another two weeks had passed.

Now, Lin Yan had already been staying in Vivira's divine kingdom for over a month.

And Vivira had been buried in busywork these past two weeks, unlike before, when she would take the chance to chat with Lin Yan whenever he was free.

That day, Vivira finally finished her work.

"Finally done."

Vivira clapped her hands, her face full of joy.

With a light flick of her hand, six orbs of light appeared before her.

On these six orbs of light, there were six numbers.

These numbers were: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

Don't underestimate these six orbs of light.

These six orbs of light had drained Vivira's accumulations of several thousand years.

For their sake, Vivira had even used up the treasures she had originally prepared to upgrade her divine body by 10 levels.

Generally speaking, the upgrade of a divine rank was the most difficult, because it required one's own comprehension, as well as massive amounts of faith power, internal conditions, and external conditions — none could be lacking.

And the level of a divine rank determined a god's final level.

Of course, the divine body could be higher than the divine rank, but once the divine body truly exceeded the divine rank, the upgrade of the divine rank would slow down even further.

So under normal circumstances, gods would first upgrade their divine rank, then their divine body!

The upgrade of the divine body was also very difficult, but the difficulty lay more in the gathering of resources.

The items needed to upgrade the divine body were all extremely expensive.

A god would have to spend a long time to scrape together those things.

And as long as resources were not lacking, the upgrade of a god's divine body would become simple.

And these six orbs of light were precisely the treasures capable of upgrading the divine body that Vivira had produced after spending every last treasure she had, and every last divine stone she had, leaving herself utterly destitute!

The one numbered 5 could raise the divine body to level 5 after being consumed.

The one numbered 6 could raise the divine body to level 6 after being consumed.

All the way up to number 10!