Chapter 276 Retreat, Gu Yuena Returns
Since Lin Qinghan's spiritual realm had improved too much this time, he had to enter seclusion to adapt.
Originally, Lin Qinghan planned to take about a year.
But fortunately, he had already understood the function of the second floor of the Dimension Tower, which saved him nine-tenths of the time. After just over a month, Lin Qinghan ended his retreat.
During this time, Juzi had wanted to find Lin Qinghan more than once. After Lin Qinghan took office—especially after developing the soul tool assembly line machine—he had allowed the troops, previously on wartime alert, to stand down and redirected resources toward advancing the assembly line machines.
This gave the three former Douluo Continent nations a false impression—that after conquering the Sun and Moon Empire, Lin Qinghan had no further intention to wage war. As a result, they began to send envoys.
In particular, the Star Luo Empire had even sent Xu Jiujiu directly.
Fortunately, Juzi knew of Lin Qinghan's past involvement with the Star Luo Empire and recognized Xu Jiujiu as one of their own. She thus allowed Xu Jiujiu to reside within the harem.
Still, Lin Qinghan remained in seclusion. It wasn't until he had spent half a year inside the Dimension Tower that he had fully adapted to the skyrocketing spiritual realm.
Now, with the nature of his Divine Mind Martial Soul and limitless spiritual energy, Lin Qinghan's combat power had officially entered the God King Realm. Combined with his immortality, he even began to doubt whether the entire God Realm could kill him—even if all the gods joined forces.
After exiting seclusion and stepping out of the Dimension Tower, the first thing he saw was a pair of purple eyes.
It turned out Gu Yuena had returned seven days prior. But seeing Lin Qinghan was in seclusion, she hadn't disturbed him. Now sensing his presence, she instantly used the power of space to teleport to him.
> "Your spiritual realm... has reached the God King Realm?!"
Gu Yuena asked in disbelief after observing Lin Qinghan for a while.
She was truly shocked. It had been less than a year since she last saw him. How had Lin Qinghan's spiritual realm nearly caught up to her own?
After all, she had inherited 90% of the Dragon God's wisdom, and thus 90% of his spiritual power. Even so, she had only just reached the late God King Realm in spirit. Yet Lin Qinghan—less than 17 years old and having cultivated for less than 11 years—had reached that level?
> "That's right. I had a little adventure and inherited a strange god's position. I didn't expect the rewards from the God Test to mostly enhance spiritual energy."
Lin Qinghan waved a hand casually, then congratulated Gu Yuena.
> "You've made great progress yourself. You're at mid-stage God King cultivation now, and with your bloodline talent, probably comparable to the late stage, right? I probably couldn't beat you now."
Gu Yuena didn't hide her cultivation in front of Lin Qinghan. After all, with his previous level of spiritual power, even if she allowed him to scan her, he wouldn't have been able to discern her realm.
Besides, their relationship—though physically still at the hand-holding and hugging stage—had long since passed into the territory of an old married couple emotionally. There was no need for secrets.
> "It's different."
Gu Yuena shook her head. Only she knew the cost of her current level.
Almost all of the dragon souls in the Dragon World had been sacrificed for her. She had even absorbed the Dragon God's Heart, allowing her to ascend to the late God King Realm.
But this was only because she hadn't finished refining the massive energy within her. Once refined, she should stably reach the late God King Realm.
However, in terms of spiritual realm, it was incredibly difficult to improve after becoming a god.
Although divine power levels are often seen as stronger, for true gods, spiritual realm matters even more.
If gods wished to advance, they could only rely on absorbing faith energy or realizing the power of rules.
Faith energy raised strength, but that path had a ceiling—the cap imposed by one's god position. Once reached, progress became nearly impossible.
But if one didn't hold a god position yet still attained godhood, their strength could continue to grow through comprehending rules.
And to do that, in addition to talent and comprehension, spiritual realm was absolutely essential.
Not everyone had Lin Qinghan's freakish comprehension—able to understand two rule powers up to the God King level within mere decades in an illusion world, and with only a newly entered Divine Yuan Realm at that.
Generally speaking, a god's combat strength is no more than two minor stages beyond their spiritual realm.
What's more, if a god dies, and their divine consciousness is strong enough, the chance of resurrection becomes high—and growth afterward is extremely fast.
Electrolux was one such example. His spiritual strength was so extreme that he survived with just a fragment of consciousness, and it's said that he's now almost fully recovered.
> "You've given me even more surprises than I ever expected."
Gu Yuena stepped closer to Lin Qinghan. The distance between them was now less than a fist. She still faced him squarely.
Lin Qinghan looked at her flawless face, but he was surprisingly calm. In his memory, Gu Yuena's face was the one he had seen most. It wasn't that he was bored of it—it was simply that he was used to it. He'd spent decades in illusionary married life with her.
There wasn't an angle of Gu Yuena's appearance that he hadn't already seen.
> "Why? Seeing I've reached the God King level, are you feeling the urge to rebel against the God Realm again?"
Lin Qinghan was puzzled by Gu Yuena's unusually forward behavior. But then he remembered—she must've just returned from the Dragon Realm. And judging from her current cultivation, the Dragon Realm had likely become a 'Dragon Tomb'.
That must have left deep scars. So, even if her behavior seemed odd, Lin Qinghan didn't mind.
> "I may not be very clever, as you sometimes say, but I'm not stupid."
Gu Yuena replied, pulling Lin Qinghan by the hand and walking toward his bedroom.
> "I heard you're planning to have a child with the human princess, Xu Tianzhen. I don't care how many human girls you have, but your first child must be born with me."
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