Chapter 1012: On the Comprehension of the Laws of Time

Above the sea, Fang Yu was grilling an octopus, while in the sea, a woman was picking medicinal herbs.

When the woman's gaze fell upon Fang Yu, shock showed in her eyes, as if she hadn't expected a cultivator on the sea to dare grill a demon beast.

This was taboo — it would surely draw attacks from all the demon beasts.

"You two cultivators grilling demon beasts here will provoke a frenzied retaliation from the sea beasts below. You should leave this place at once, or you'll bring great disaster upon yourselves."

The woman stepped forward, a look of shock on her face.

"What I'm grilling is an octopus that tried to attack me. Why would the other demon beasts come after me? Of course, if they really do come after me, then I'll just have to grill a few more demon beasts."

Fang Yu said with a smile.

"Hello, my name is Qin Yu. Thank you for the warning, Miss, but the strength of the immortal above is not something these demon beasts can withstand. Please set your mind at ease."

On the other side, Qin Yu's gaze drifted toward the woman not far away, and he felt an unexpected sense of closeness.

He even felt that the Meteorite Tear within his body, upon seeing this woman, was emanating far more life aura — two or three times more than before — which was truly curious.

"I never expected to meet two of you on the sea. It seems to be a fortunate thing."

Just then, a figure approached from afar, arriving before Fang Yu, Qin Yu, and Xiao Hei in the blink of an eye, his gaze sweeping over Fang Yu, Qin Yu, and Xiao Hei.

He was a middle-aged man, his eyes calm yet unfathomably deep, as if they could see straight through a person's soul.

There was no aura about him at all — he didn't seem like a cultivator — yet Fang Yu could sense that this newcomer's strength was tremendous.

This was an existence from the God Realm, currently residing in the tiny Mortal Realm.

In the Stellar Transformation Realm, divided into three realms, the Mortal Realm is naturally the lowest layer, and also the most numerous. A single black hole might connect two Mortal Realms, and such Mortal Realms are the most plentiful, forming the foundation of the three realms.

Cultivators begin cultivating in the Mortal Realm, passing through the Postnatal, Innate, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Hollow Void, Empty Darkness, Tribulation Crossing, and Great Completion stages before reaching the Immortal-Demon-Devil Realm — the middle world of the three realms. The so-called Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Devil Realm are actually one single world, but because those who ascend differ in nature, they are divided into the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Devil Realm.

Cultivating continuously within this Immortal-Demon-Devil Realm, one passes through Heavenly Immortal, Jin Xian, and Mystic Immortal. After cultivating to the peak of Mystic Immortal, one can ascend to the God Realm and become a qualified miner.

That's right — a miner.

For the beings of the Immortal-Demon-Devil Realm, they cultivate all the way through the nine stages of Heavenly Immortal, the nine stages of Jin Xian, and the nine stages of Mystic Immortal, finally reaching a ninth-stage Mystic Immortal and enduring the Divine Tribulation. But upon arriving at the God Realm, they become reserve divine persons, and must toil in the great mines of the God Realm for tens of thousands of years. Only after gathering enough ore can they regain their freedom.

Cultivation in the God Realm is exceedingly long. From reserve divine person, one cultivates to the Divine Person realm, then to the Heavenly God realm, then above that is the Divine King realm, and the Heavenly Sovereign realm. The middle-aged man now before Fang Yu appears to be at the Divine King realm of this world.

That is why Fang Yu said this middle-aged man's strength was extremely powerful.

A Divine King of the God Realm, placed in the Eternal Life Realm, would certainly be higher than his current realm.

As for exactly how to compare the two, that is somewhat uncertain.

After all, the cultivation laws of this world only allow one to comprehend one or several laws after reaching the God Realm. Cultivation in the Mortal Realm and the Immortal-Demon-Devil Realm is essentially a gathering and upgrading of energy. But in the Eternal Life Realm, one comprehends the laws of divine abilities from the very start, and can even cultivate Great Dao divine abilities from the beginning. Even a cultivator at the 1st Stage of Divine Abilities can unleash Great Dao divine abilities such as the Three Thousand Great Daos — something that in the Stellar Transformation Realm can only be cultivated in the God Realm.

Drawing an exact correspondence between the two is no easy matter.