Chapter 2129: Such a Divine Realm

The God Realm.

It seemed to have existed since time immemorial, its age immeasurable. Countless ancient deities, as far back as memory served them, had stood perpetually at the pinnacle of all realms, never fading.

The setting sun was blood-red, and the fierce wind cut like a knife.

A lone figure trudged through the deserted valley.

Suddenly, he stopped and hid behind a rock. No sooner had he concealed himself than a grey shadow hopped into view nearby.

It was a grey wild rabbit.

The figure clicked his somewhat dry lips, then casually picked up a wooden stick from the ground. With a swift flick, a sword glint immediately shot from the top of the stick, transforming into sword qi that resembled a fishing net.

It extended less than a meter before dissipating into the air.

Realizing the sword qi wouldn't reach its target, the figure made a swift decision. He loosened his grip, and the stick flew straight towards the rabbit like a shot arrow.

Already on guard, the wild rabbit pushed off with its hind legs, leaping five or six meters away. The wooden stick plunged into the ground and swayed continuously.

It turned its head and glanced at the figure who had ambushed it, as if mocking him. With a few more leaps, the rabbit vanished from the spot.

"What a pity..." The figure shook his head helplessly and gave a bitter smile.

It was Zhang Xuan, who had just arrived in the God Realm.

He was the Teacher of Ten Thousand Generations from the Master Teacher Continent, Sect Master of the Four Sects of the Firmament, and the foremost expert under heaven. Yet, after arriving here, he couldn't even catch a rabbit and was even disdained by it. If word got out, people would surely die laughing.

But that was the reality, and there was no other way.

"Looks like it's wild herbs again today..." Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly, knowing that such hunting opportunities were rare. Having failed this time, finding another was almost impossible.

He had been in the God Realm for over half a month.

He had arrived here after passing through a period of spatial turbulence.

Unlike his entry into the Firmament, he hadn't fallen unconscious. Yet, on second thought, it might have been better if he had.

His "Thousand-Knot" sword net was indeed powerful, but the spatial power of the God Realm was too terrifying. Upon entering, he immediately sustained severe injuries, nearly being torn to shreds.

If not for the protective pendant Luo Ruoxi had given him, he would likely have died already.

After entering the God Realm and a brief period of dizziness, he found himself on this barren mountain.

Here, fierce winds raged all day, deluges capable of killing False Deities rained down intermittently, and ferocious divine beasts roamed. Most importantly, there was almost no spiritual energy!

He recuperated for a full half month, only then managing to suppress his injuries. As for a full recovery, he had no idea when that would be.

Previously, the Yuan Power Pills and numerous treasures he had brought from the Firmament were essentially ineffective here. Even the little yellow chick's bathwater seemed to have lost much of its efficacy.

Severely injured and unable to hunt, he could only eat wild herbs. Fortunately, although these plants tasted bad, they still contained enough spiritual energy to sustain him daily.

Of course, this was relative to his current situation. These seemingly worthless wild herbs growing everywhere, if they could be sent to the Firmament, would absolutely be highly sought-after spiritual elixirs by countless experts—to the point where even Supreme Yuan Power Pills would be considered wasteful in comparison!

The two worlds were so vastly different they could not be compared.

Precisely because of this, the foremost expert of the Firmament was not much different from an ordinary person upon arriving here.

It was highly likely that even an ant from here, if it entered the Firmament, could easily wipe out a sect, and even powerful experts like Han Jianqiu might not be able to contend with it.

This... this was the God Realm!

The flow of time was a hundred times slower than in the Firmament, and space was a hundred times more stable!

"Not only can I not fly, but even walking becomes exhausting... and I feel hungry!"

Thinking about his experiences over the past half month, Zhang Xuan felt an indescribable exhaustion.

He had originally thought that by breaking through to the Deity realm, he would still be a formidable figure, capable of sweeping across all directions, even upon arriving here. He never dreamed that in the blink of an eye, he would revert to the life of an ordinary person.

Walking made him tired, not eating made him hungry, running fast left him breathless, and staying awake for too long made him sleepy...

Before, when he had just transmigrated and became that useless teacher, he didn't seem to have been so miserable.

Only now did he understand... the Deity realm was considered the lowest cultivation level in this world. To put it simply... he might not even be able to defeat a single rabbit!

Just like the wild pheasant he encountered yesterday, he struggled for half a day. Not only did it scratch his palm, but it ultimately escaped.

This rabbit was the same.

Fortunately, it just escaped and didn't charge at him; otherwise, he might have had to lie down for another half a day.

Grumble, grumble!

While lost in thought, he realized that too much thinking consumed a lot of energy, making his stomach even hungrier.

"I'll keep looking. What if some foolish rabbit runs into a tree by itself? Then I might have a delicious meal..." He licked his lips, forcing himself to ignore the exhaustion, and continued forward. After rounding a mountain hollow, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"There's actually a fruit tree!"

In a rock crevice not far away, a fruit tree grew slanted, bearing seven or eight greenish fruits.

They were only the size of a baby's fist and unripe, but for someone who had been eating wild herbs, they were definitely a treasure.

He hastily picked one and took a sniff. The fragrant aroma filled his nostrils, and his entire body's pores seemed to open.

He picked them all and took one out. Zhang Xuan was about to bite into it but ultimately shook his head.

"Never mind," he thought. "Their cultivation is low; they won't be able to handle it!"

He swallowed hard, wrapped the fruits in his clothes, and turned to head back.

He had already broken through to the Deity realm, yet he got hungry so quickly and his body could barely hold on. Zhao Ya and the others he had brought with him were only False Deities; they would be even less able to bear it.

Eating wild herbs these past few days had made everyone as thin as bean sprouts. Since he had finally found some fruits rich in spiritual energy, it was natural to save them for his companions.

"Turbulent air currents, scarce spiritual energy... I might have entered a fake God Realm..."

He walked back, shaking his head.

When he was in the Firmament, he had fantasized about the God Realm, believing it would be filled with divine spiritual energy that could be freely absorbed, allowing everyone to break through. Then, master and disciples would unite, sweeping across the land, invincible...

Now it seemed... he had thought too much.

Looking at the current situation, he probably wouldn't even have time to sweep across the land before he starved to death.

On the seventh day after entering the God Realm, his injured body had recovered somewhat. Only then did he communicate with the little yellow chick and release everyone.

As for the folding space, after everyone came out, it shattered directly under the God Realm's spatial pressure, and all the items inside turned into dust.

Not eating for seven consecutive days was nothing in the Firmament, but in the God Realm, everyone was already starving to the point of collapse.

Only after finding and eating some wild herbs did they recover.

As for the little yellow chick, Zhang Xuan didn't know if it hadn't fully recovered from its previous injury or if it couldn't adapt to the God Realm. It continued to sleep in his dantian, showing no signs of waking up, at least for now.

He had also thought of letting the chick go out as bait to lure divine beasts, so he could find a way to hunt them for food. But now it seemed he couldn't count on it anymore.

Not long after, he returned to the temporary cave dwelling.

"Teacher..." Zhao Ya and the others approached him. "We aren't injured. We can go out to hunt or find food..."

They had been hiding in the storage ring's folding space, and when they encountered the storm, they were even inside the little yellow chick's belly, so they were not injured.

Although the God Realm's spatial suppression was immense, making them feel as weak as children, they believed they could still manage to find wild herbs or ambush a weak divine beast.

"No!" Zhang Xuan stated. "Any random beast outside is a Deity. You could be killed with the slightest carelessness! Stay here for now and try to break through to my cultivation level before anything else!"

"But..." Zhao Ya's face was filled with worry.

They were his students, and it felt unreasonable and impolite to let their teacher risk his life daily to find food.

"There are no 'buts' with me!" Zhang Xuan frowned. "What, you're not listening to your teacher's words anymore?"

"This student wouldn't dare..." Zhao Ya hastily lowered her head.

"Alright, look at what delicious things I've brought you..." With a slight smile, Zhang Xuan took out the fruits he was carrying in his clothes. Immediately, the entire cave was filled with the aroma of fruit.

"These are... fruits?" Their eyes lit up, and Yuan Tao and Sun Qiang started to drool.

For over ten consecutive days, they had been eating only wild herbs, and their stomachs were already churning with acid. Seeing such delicacies now, they could barely hold back.

"Eat!" Zhang Xuan smiled. "However, there aren't many, so let's share them. I'll go out again later to see if I can find more! Sun Qiang, you handle the distribution!"

"Okay!" Sun Qiang stepped forward.

Excluding Zhang Xuan, there were fourteen people present in total (eleven direct disciples, Xingmeng Sword Saint, and Sun Qiang).

"Eight fruits," Sun Qiang said after counting. "Young Master, you eat one... and we'll split the rest evenly!"

"I already ate outside; you all can have them!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand. "Leave one for the little yellow chick. Although it's still sleeping, it will definitely want to eat when it wakes up. If we don't leave any, it'll probably have a lot of complaints."

Without further argument, Sun Qiang distributed the fruits, giving half to each person.

Although unripe, the spiritual energy contained within them was far greater than that in wild herbs. Yuan Tao, Sun Qiang, and the others immediately felt a day's fatigue vanish after eating them, and they no longer felt as weak as before.

"Teacher... please eat my half..." Wang Ying came forward, seeing Zhang Xuan standing at the cave entrance.

"You eat it. The most important thing is to improve your strength as quickly as possible!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand. Just as he was about to continue speaking, his eyebrows suddenly furrowed. "Stay here quietly. Don't come out no matter what happens unless I call for you!"

After speaking, his body flickered, and he shot straight out, disappearing into the valley shortly after.

Seeing him leave, Wang Ying re-arranged the vines outside the cave to conceal their presence. Only then did she turn around and look at the others, her eyes slightly reddened.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Ya came forward, seeing her troubled expression.

"Nothing," Wang Ying replied. "Teacher just told us to be careful and absolutely not to go out. He's probably gone out to find food again!"

Lowering her head, she looked at the half-fruit in her palm. Wang Ying was afraid others would notice, but tears couldn't stop falling.

Others hadn't noticed, but she was extremely observant and saw clearly that their teacher hadn't eaten a single bite of these fruits.

In the special circumstances of the God Realm, hunting outside for a day was already exhausting. Yet, he had left the delicious food for them, while he himself endured hunger. Thinking of this, as his students, they felt an indescribable emotion in their hearts.

What an honor it was to have him as their teacher!

As if in an instant, the harsh God Realm no longer felt so bitter; instead, it felt a little sweet.