Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree-Chapter 57: 100,000-Year Lifespan, New Divine Kingdom Quest!

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: 100,000-Year Lifespan, New Divine Kingdom Quest!

Gu Fang departed from the Kunlun Mountain Range and simultaneously conveyed Gu Qingyang’s response to the Federation leadership.

Once it was confirmed that the blood rain would descend again, with no assurance on the exact timing, the Federation immediately released this news to the public.

In an instant.

The Human Federation intensified its actions in hunting fierce beasts.

With the Human Federation’s increasing speed in hunting fierce beasts, by the second year, Gu Qingyang had already gathered enough Evolution Value to break through to the fifth tier.

However.

Gu Qingyang chose not to break through but to continue accumulating Evolution Value.

This decision was made because he realized that as soon as he broke through to the fifth tier, the Evolution Value gained from low-tier fierce beasts would drastically decrease.

In the past, breaking through was a necessity to ensure his strength was sufficient to protect himself from any threats globally, whether human or beast.

But now, having reached the pinnacle of the fourth tier, Gu Qingyang was confident that he was unrivaled on a global scale.

Under these circumstances.

He naturally did not rush to break through to the fifth tier but instead used this exploitative method to continuously accumulate Evolution Value.

Yet—

When his Evolution Value reached 15 million, Gu Qingyang found that he could no longer suppress his state.

Thus.

Breaking through was as natural as a flowing stream.

...

Rumble!!

The entire Kunlun Mountain Range trembled slightly; the breakthrough to the fifth tier was like a watershed, with an extremely mighty surge that even Gu Qingyang could hardly control.

Fortunately, with the creation of his Divine Kingdom and the significant increase in Divine Soul Power, he barely managed to suppress this mighty surge.

He watched as his body, initially 9,000 meters tall, grew at a terrifying speed, and in less than a breath, it broke through to 10,000 meters.

11,000 meters!

12,000 meters!

13,000 meters!

...

When the trunk of the Divine Tree expanded to 20,000 meters, the growth finally halted.

At the same time.

The Divine Kingdom domain was also expanding.

The Divine Kingdom domain, initially 2,500 kilometers, had now astonishingly expanded to 5,000 kilometers.

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Name: Gu Qingyang

Essence: Divine Tree

Lifespan: 26/100,000

Tier: Fifth-tier inferior (5,000,000/20,000,000)

Divine Kingdom: Fourth-tier (650,000,000/10,000,000,000)

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

...

"My lifespan has surpassed the hundred thousand-year mark!"

Seeing the lifespan entry on the data panel, Gu Qingyang couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

A hundred thousand years!

Such a lifespan is enough to witness the change of seas and lands and the passage of world events.

Even the span of time since human civilization developed globally is not as long as a hundred thousand years.

Clearly.

A lifespan of a hundred thousand years symbolizes extraordinary significance.

Besides, the change in Innate Divine Techniques is also noteworthy.

As always, with Gu Qingyang’s breakthrough to the fifth tier, all his Innate Divine Techniques have evolved to the fifth-tier level.

Among them.

The Divine Tree Spirit Root, which used to passively provide 20 points of Evolution Value daily, now provides 50 points daily.

The Divine Fruit allows those below the fifth tier to break through a minor stage.

However, gathering such a Divine Fruit will also consume more Evolution Value; a fourth-tier Divine Fruit requires only 100,000 Evolution Value, whereas a fifth-tier Divine Fruit requires 2,000,000 Evolution Value.

The Divine Kingdom Domain’s suppression changed from subduing those below the fifth tier by three minor stages to subduing those below the sixth tier by two minor stages.

Although the Divine Whisper and Summon Wind and Rain techniques lack detailed descriptions, Gu Qingyang speculates that they must also have been significantly strengthened.

The only technique that remained unchanged would probably be the Eye of True Sight.

Like in the fourth tier, the Eye of True Sight can only peer into beings within three major stages of itself.

However.

Surface-level perception suggests that the Eye of True Sight appears unchanged.

Considering Gu Qingyang’s own progression from the fourth tier to the fifth tier, the Eye of True Sight has also substantially strengthened invisibly.

After all—

When Gu Qingyang was at the fourth tier, his limit was peering into beings of the seventh tier and below; now, having stepped into the fifth-tier inferior, he can peer into beings of the eighth-tier inferior and below.

Lastly,

the advent of a brand-new innate divine technique.

Memory Reading!

[Memory Reading: You can forcibly read creatures’ memories; the weaker the creature, the more complete the memories obtained, and vice versa]

The brief introduction stirred Gu Qingyang’s mind once he understood this technique’s function.

Undeniably.

The Memory Reading skill is exceptionally powerful.

However, according to the innate divine technique description, only living creatures can have their memories read; chances are, the memories of deceased creatures cannot be accessed.

With this in mind.

Gu Qingyang immediately issued a task in the Divine Kingdom chat group.

"The power of great cultivators lies in the ability to dictate the life and death of fierce beasts; mere killing does not absolutely demonstrate strength!"

"Task Requirement: Capture a living fourth-tier fierce beast and present a complete fourth-tier fierce beast corpse at the Kunlun Mountain Range!"

"Task Reward: Two hundred thousand contribution points!"

"Note: Only the first task completer will receive the reward!"

With the new task announcement, the entire Divine Kingdom chat group buzzed with excitement.

Even though this task rewards only two hundred thousand contribution points, compared to the eight million points offered for finding the Otherworld’s entrance, which seems a distant dream.

It’s essential to realize that the Entrance to the Otherworld task was nothing but intangible; no one has truly found the Otherworld entrance or completed the task over the years.

In comparison, a fourth-tier fierce beast is a genuinely tangible objective.

Therefore.

Upon the release of the new Divine Kingdom task, many forces were highly eager.

Yet, fourth-tier fierce beasts are extremely powerful, making it challenging enough to kill one, let alone capture one alive, which doubles the difficulty.

Just this single requirement discouraged many forces lacking a fourth-tier monk from even attempting.

But those forces equipped with fourth-tier monks promptly mobilized, eager to be the first to capture a fourth-tier fierce beast and complete the task.

The reason is evident.

Offering a fourth-tier inferior fierce beast’s corpse yields only ten thousand contribution points.

Two fourth-tier inferior fierce beasts’ corpses, merely worth twenty thousand contribution points.

Now, submitting a living fourth-tier fierce beast and the corpse of a dead one, yields two hundred thousand contribution points.

The disparity here is a full tenfold.

One must understand.

The task only requires a fourth-tier fierce beast, without specifying the required tier level, as long as it has entered the fourth tier.

This virtually free opportunity could not be overlooked by capable forces.

Furthermore, considering that only two tasks were issued in the Divine Kingdom chat group over so many years, everyone aspired to be the first task completer.

Other aspects aside, the mere reputation aspect is enticing enough.