Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree-Chapter 44: Evergreen Ancient Tree Breaks Through!

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Evergreen Ancient Tree Breaks Through!

Divine Fruit!

Gu Fang looked at the lush, nearly fist-sized fruit before him, and a strong desire surged in his heart.

It seemed as if just swallowing this fruit would grant him immense benefits.

In an instant.

Gu Fang could no longer suppress the impulse within him and took a large bite of the Divine Fruit. As soon as the fist-sized fruit touched his saliva, it instantly melted, turning into a gentle stream that flowed into his abdomen.

"Boom!"

An extremely powerful spiritual power erupted, and the Vajra Body Tempering Technique automatically started to operate out of control, refining all his organs, which had not been completely tempered, in one breath.

In just a few breaths, Gu Fang advanced directly from the later stage of refining organs to reach perfection in organ refining.

His rank also advanced from third-tier high-grade to third-tier supreme-grade.

"Breakthrough successful!"

Gu Fang was slightly stunned; he didn’t expect this breakthrough to be so fast, even more smooth than taking a Realm-Breaking Pill.

There was no danger at all, not even a ripple.

The much stronger power within him clearly told Gu Fang that he had broken through the barrier of third-tier high-grade and successfully advanced to third-tier perfection.

This level of strength.

Was top-notch within the entire Federation.

Shortly after the breakthrough, Gu Qingyang noticed that the threads of faith linked to Gu Fang had suddenly thickened significantly.

...

Name: Gu Fang

Essence: Human

Rank: Third-tier Perfection

Faith: Saint Apprentice

...

"Success!"

Upon seeing the words "Saint Apprentice," Gu Qingyang couldn’t help but smile knowingly.

The reason he had summoned Gu Fang was to use the Divine Fruit to promote him from a Fanatic Believer to a Saint Apprentice.

Now.

Everything unfolded just as Gu Qingyang had anticipated.

After consuming the Divine Fruit and breaking through, Gu Fang immediately became a Saint Apprentice.

To be honest.

The number of Saint Apprentices under Gu Qingyang was so few they could be counted on two hands.

Out of over twenty million believers, even among a million, it was hard to find one who could become a Saint Apprentice, illustrating how high the requirements for a Saint Apprentice were.

Not to mention.

A third-tier perfection Saint Apprentice, breaking through to the fourth tier in the future, was no issue at all.

"A third-tier believer can provide a hundred points of faith each time, while a fourth-tier believer can offer a thousand points of faith. If it’s a fourth-tier Saint Apprentice, they could provide over thirty thousand points of faith in a year.

In other words, one Saint Apprentice is almost equal to several hundred thousand ordinary believers!"

Because Gu Qingyang understood the power of a Saint Apprentice, he didn’t hesitate to spend his Evolution Value to form a Divine Fruit to help Gu Fang break through.

On the other side.

Successfully breaking through with the Divine Fruit, Gu Fang’s faith in Gu Qingyang reached its peak, with no hint of disrespect.

"Thank you, Divine Tree, for bestowing the divine fruit, allowing me to break through. If the Divine Tree has any commands, Gu Fang would tread through knife mountains and dive into seas of fire without hesitation!"

"Enhancing your strength is also for the sake of humanity. With your current third-tier perfection state, combined with the Vajra Body Tempering Technique, you are enough to rival fourth-tier Fierce Beasts.

Go, lead humanity to eliminate all Fierce Beasts, then find the entrance to the Otherworld!"

Gu Qingyang said calmly.

Upon hearing this.

Gu Fang immediately bowed deeply and respectfully withdrew.

Watching Gu Fang’s departing figure, Gu Qingyang understood that with Gu Fang leading, humanity’s recovery of lost ground was only a matter of time.

Although the power of a fourth-tier Fierce Beast equates to that of a fourth-tier evolver, when compared to a fourth-tier cultivator, they fall short.

In the end.

Fierce Beasts don’t know how to perfectly utilize their power, just like evolvers without systematic cultivation methods, they rely on intuition to control their power, and how can they be compared to cultivators with systematic cultivation methods?

Although a third-tier perfection cultivator is a tier lower than a fourth-tier Fierce Beast, the corresponding cultivation techniques they practice provide them with a high degree of control over their own power.

If it really came down to a fight, the former would not be weaker than the latter.

Then.

Gu Qingyang turned his attention to his data panel.

...

Name: Gu Qingyang

Essence: Divine Tree

Lifespan: 16/50000

Rank: Fourth-tier low-grade (1658555/2000000)

Divine Kingdom: Third-tier (15600530/1000000000)

Innate Divine Techniques: Divine Tree Spirit Root (Fourth-tier), Divine Fruit (Fourth-tier), Divine Whisper (Fourth-tier), Eye of True Sight (Fourth-tier), Divine Kingdom Domain (Fourth-tier), Summon Wind and Rain (Fourth-tier)

...

"I need about forty thousand more Evolution Value to break through to fourth-tier medium-grade. As for the fourth-tier Divine Kingdom, I need ten billion faith; I’m currently far from that, so I can only wait for the next settlement to discuss it!"

Gathering over forty thousand Evolution Value isn’t too difficult.

After all, with humans now fully counterattacking the Fierce Beasts, Gu Qingyang can gain plenty of Evolution Value daily. If it weren’t that as his rank climbed, lower-tier Fierce Beasts provided less Evolution Value, he wouldn’t just be eyeing fourth-tier medium-grade—in all likelihood, he’d have already broken through a fifth-tier medium-grade.

Still, these speculations don’t change the facts.

Nonetheless.

Even so.

Gu Qingyang is confident he can break through to fourth-tier medium-grade in a few months.

Once he reaches fourth-tier medium-grade, Gu Qingyang’s strength will become even greater, providing more assurance against the impending potential invasion from the Otherworld.

Just then.

A powerful aura surged from within the Kunlun Mountain Range.

Gu Qingyang looked in the direction the aura came from and saw Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi converging on an Ancient Tree, causing its trunk to rise rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"The Evergreen Ancient Tree is about to break through!"

Gu Qingyang’s heart loosened, then quickly filled with joy.

First, Gu Fang advanced to Saint Apprentice, now the Evergreen Ancient Tree steps into the third tier—truly a double blessing.

Swiftly.

Gu Qingyang mobilized the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to gather around the Evergreen Ancient Tree, enabling it to break through more smoothly.

As expected.

After the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered, the breakthrough of the Evergreen Ancient Tree sped up significantly, and in less than half a day, the aura belonging to the third tier was transmitted.

"Thank you, Father God, for your assistance, allowing me to break through to the third tier!"

The respectful voice of the Evergreen Ancient Tree came through.

Gu Qingyang said, "No need to say much, you just broke through to the third tier and your foundation is unstable; you need to consolidate your foundation quickly, or else risk a regression in rank."

"Understood!"

Upon hearing this, the Evergreen Ancient Tree dared not say more, hastily proceeding to refine the Spiritual Qi as recorded in the cultivation technique to consolidate its newly broken-through foundation.

As the Evergreen Ancient Tree entered cultivation, Gu Qingyang turned his attention to the other Ancient Trees.

After the establishment of the third-tier Divine Kingdom, Gu Qingyang was able to derive third-tier cultivation techniques and had imparted supreme-grade techniques and a matching secret technique to the Ancient Trees.

Now that the Evergreen Ancient Tree had broken through with these techniques, Gu Qingyang believed it wouldn’t be long before the remaining Ancient Trees broke through as well.

Once all the Ancient Trees broke through, he could count several third-tier level Saint Apprentices, simultaneously strengthening the foundation of the Kunlun Divine Realm.