Chapter 763

Now, these people from the Eternal Night Empire became the second group of tasters.

As expected, their taste buds were conquered!

"So delicious—if I could eat food like this every day, it would be perfect."

After clearing her plate, a noble girl—who normally ate very little in one meal—suddenly felt, "I could eat ten more plates."

"We're done for—what will we do when we go back? Everything we ate before now tastes bland."

Another noble girl whispered softly.

Above the banquet, Meng Ying watched them and smiled.

At the same time, a subtle thought stirred in her heart.

If more chefs were trained and large restaurants opened in the Flame Empire and the Eternal Night Empire, it would be a very profitable venture.

On a national level, Meng Ying didn't care much for the gold coins such restaurants might earn, but the food in these restaurants was all invented based on the Flame Lord's revelations.

Once these dishes became popular and were adored by hundreds of millions, just like a currency war, the Flame Lord's reputation would spread further and wider.

As people long-term consumed these meals invented under the Flame Lord's revelations, their faith in the Flame Lord would grow ever more devout.

This was the true significance Meng Ying saw.

Anything that benefited her god, she was happy to do.

Besides, it would bring in a constant stream of gold coins.

The purpose of gold coins was to make a nation more prosperous.

It wasn't that Meng Ying craved gold coins so much.

In fact, even if a mountain of gold were placed before her now, she wouldn't be moved—she'd only think about how that mountain of gold could benefit her god.

After the meal came the performances.

Meng Ying and Sister Qing Ling chatted with Empress Tina.

Empress Tina did not mention her purpose, as if this were merely a simple state visit.

However, she wished to stay in the Flame Empire for a while.

Meng Ying and Sister Qing Ling naturally agreed.

The Flame Empire's true core secrets were all within the Miracle City in Yan Province, which had already been protected by Meng Ying's barriers—there was no need to worry that Empress Tina might steal anything during her stay.

Besides, Empress Tina didn't seem to have any such intentions.

Only at 10 p. m. did Empress Tina return to the State Guest Pavilion to rest.

Empress Tina did not rest; instead, she reflected on her experiences in Yan Capital that day.

The Flame Lord's realm had given her many surprises.

This realm was certainly not as large as the Eternal Night Empire.

But in many ways, it did better than the Eternal Night Empire!

Empress Tina decided to stay longer here.

At least another half month.

In the Heavenly Realm, her sister, the Eternal Night Empress, was still preparing and would not launch within half a month.

For deities of the Heavenly Realm, breaking through from the peak of the Third Tier to the Fourth Tier was not easy.

Once one became Fourth Tier, one truly became a major power, capable of ruling an entire, or even several, divine domains.

But every deity at the peak of the Third Tier faced some degree of sabotage when breaking through.

And the Eternal Night Goddess's situation was even more dangerous, for she had long disguised herself as Fourth Tier, and with Empress Tina's help, she had gained a top-ten-ranked Eternal Night Empire.

Precisely because of the Eternal Night Empire's existence, the Eternal Night Goddess had reached the peak of the Third Tier so quickly.

Otherwise, she would have needed at least ten thousand years!

But now, once the Eternal Night Goddess began her breakthrough, her deception would be exposed.

Not only would she face massive sabotage, but the Eternal Night Empire would become a juicy target, watched by many divine systems.

And those divine systems, to successfully seize the Eternal Night Empire, would inevitably strike at the Eternal Night Goddess.

That was why Empress Tina had urged the Eternal Night Goddess to wait longer, and why she said the Eternal Night Goddess faced nine deaths and one life.

Thus, Empress Tina remained in the Flame Empire.

Accompanied by a few others, she traveled through several western provinces of the Flame Empire, and Meng Ying assigned dedicated personnel to accompany her.

Meng Ying had originally planned to accompany her herself, but Empress Tina felt Meng Ying had already spent enough time with her and was embarrassed, so she declined.

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Realm, Weiweila spent several days and finally fully integrated and deciphered the high-tier divine power granted by Lin Yan.

She fully understood the secrets of higher-tier divine power.

Then, Weiweila began her breakthrough.

The entire breakthrough process took her fifteen days.

In the first five days, her divine core finally generated, through her own power, a single drop of her own high-tier divine power!

Yes, it could also be called Level-11 high-tier divine power.

This meant Weiweila had crossed the threshold into the Third Tier, but had not yet fully become a Third-Tier deity.

In the middle five days, Weiweila continued refining her Level-11 high-tier divine power.

She refined all her original divine power into Level-11 high-tier divine power.

However, the amount of her own divine power refined into Level-11 high-tier divine power was far from sufficient.

So Weiweila absorbed the faith power from many high-tier divine stones and converted it into divine power.

She consumed over two hundred high-tier divine stones, absorbing all the faith power within them and formulating it into the high-tier divine power she needed.

This process lasted five days.

After five days, the amount of Level-11 high-tier divine power in Weiweila's divine core reached the required threshold.

From this, it's clear that Vivera's own accumulation is still far from the third tier.

The faith power contained in over two hundred high-grade divine stones is terrifying; if Vivera had to accumulate it herself, she would need at least several decades to gather enough.

The 11th-tier high-grade divine power would also take her many years to develop.

But now, with Lin Yan's help, she achieved complete success in less than a month!

The final five days were the process of upgrading her divine core.

After meeting the requirements of the first two steps, Vivera began upgrading her divine core.

After five days, Vivera finally raised her divine core to the 11th tier!

The 11th-tier divine core surpasses the 10th-tier divine core by a huge margin in every metric.

This is the standard 11th-tier divine core!

This means Vivera has become a third-tier deity!

Just over two months ago, she wasn't even at the peak of the second tier!

Next, all Vivera needed to do was forge her divine body.

Compared to the divine core, the divine body was relatively easier—it required nothing but resources.

"Perfect! I've finally reached the third tier—I must tell my Lord. Is the Divine Lord still in the Sun?"

Vivera thought.

In her heart, she was filled with gratitude toward Lin Yan.

But it wasn't just gratitude.

Gratitude was only a small part; the greater part was love.

"I wonder how the Divine Lord's Flame Divine Body is coming along?"

Vivera thought with concern.

Lin Yan, whom Vivera cared for, was now deep within the Sun of the Heavenly Realm, absorbing a special energy from within.

This was a necessary step in forging the Flame Divine Body.

But not every deity could succeed in forging it.

Deities who had not touched the Flame Dao would not choose to forge a Flame Divine Body.

Moreover, forging the Flame Divine Body required the deity to descend deeper into the Heavenly Realm's Sun.

That was the Solar Current Layer.

The temperature within the Solar Current Layer was terrifying.

But what was terrifying wasn't just the heat—it was also the ever-explosive currents, energy reactions, and even substances within that could harm deities.

To forge the Flame Divine Body, Lin Yan had descended all the way to the depths of the Solar Current Layer.

The Sun of the Heavenly Realm was immensely large.