Out of politeness, Xiao Yelin did not inquire about your current cultivation level.

[Because judging from the way you exerted your strength just now, you were only at the first level of the Heavenly Realm... not even a very powerful first level.]

Thinking back to how he had just revealed his third-level cultivation, Xiao Yelin shook his head inwardly. He was too lacking in humility; from now on, he should just tell anyone who had just started cultivating that they were only at the first level.

After some casual conversation, Xiao Yelin asked you about your next move: whether you intended to directly attack the lair of the interdimensional evil race.

Regarding this, he hesitated for a long time before saying, "Fellow Daoist Yun, if you are not confident, it would be best to take me with you, and please refrain from making any further moves."

"Otherwise, if you anger that Evil Emperor, fellow Daoist... cough cough, what I mean is, that Evil Emperor is far too powerful. Even with your strength, fellow Daoist, you might still suffer a setback."

"So just in case, let me go with you first to test the Evil Emperor. If we are no match for him, we can use the power of two emperors to force him to withdraw from the Qi Domain."

[Xiao Yelin felt somewhat ashamed at this point: You gave up a chance to rebuild your cultivation just to fight the evil race, but he was afraid you were too weak to deal with the Evil Emperor, and he didn't want to give up his own life, so he advised you not to fight the evil race to the death... I'm so sorry!]

He has done very well, but everything is relative. Compared to you, his morality and conscience seem as insignificant as dust.

"He has also become a moral exemplar."

You dismissed Xiao Yelin's concerns, but before heading to the Abyss Rift, you first made a trip to the Great Lotus Dynasty.

[This generation's Great Lotus King single-handedly fought against two evil kings, holding his own for over two hours. Blood splattered everywhere, his body covered in wounds, he was on the verge of being beaten to death.]

Although you know from your precognitive abilities that he can actually hold on for another two hours...

[After rescuing this king, and feeling his and the people's gratitude, you felt a jolt, and broke through to the Great Perfection of the Fifth Realm.]

Disaster, despair, redemption—humanitarian spirit surged like never before. You took a deep breath and looked at the Great Lotus King beside you, who was panting heavily.

[Profiting from disaster...no, it's time to demand our due compensation!]

[You solemnly declared: "This is far from the end. These invaders are a cross-domain evil race. Among them are not only over a hundred Fifth Realm Kings, but also a Sixth Realm Evil Emperor!"]

"Even if I am invincible in the fifth realm, I still feel a terrifying gap when facing the Evil Emperor of the sixth realm, so I need your power!"

"This is a critical moment for the survival of the Qi region!"

[The Great Lotus King: "Your Majesty... Your subject understands!"]

[The Great Lotus King was just saved by you, and without any doubt or hesitation, he immediately swore allegiance!]

"I've been wanting to say this for a while now, doesn't the title 'Great Lotus King' really seem strange?"

[65, 66, 67...]

[Your progress in the Five Realms has reached 104!]

The difference between each minor realm of the five realms is eightfold. Starting with 1 point for entering the realm, reaching perfection requires 512 points!

[Next, you travel far and wide, and the Great Lotus King and Xiao Yelin help spread the word, one to ten, ten to a hundred.]

[Xiao Yelin believes you have already recovered to the sixth realm of cultivation. This statement is merely to make up for the regret of not reaching the full cultivation level and to ease your heartache.]

The others truly saw you as their only hope.

"After ten thousand years, the Qi Domain will finally be unified once again!"

"Only he, only that man, is the key to saving us!"

"No, what happened? What happened?"

"People of the entire Qi Domain, gather your fortune together!"

[130 points, 150 points, 170 points...]

[Apart from your Great Yun, six consecutive dynasties have submitted to you and honored you as emperor!]

[And it gradually spread to the vassal states and other regions.]

"First came the Great Qi, then Heaven; and the Cloud Emperor existed even before the Great Qi!"

"Thank you, Emperor Yun, for saving my wife, children, and elderly parents during this disaster."

"Drive off the evil race! No, annihilate the evil race!"

"So what exactly happened?"

[220 points, 230 points, 240 points...]

"It's a bit tough," you shook your head.

"As expected, hastily piling up six realms is quite laborious."

That requires a certain amount of time to accumulate and be refined.

"...No, there's a gap in it." Your gaze sharpened.

[The Great River Dynasty, the furthest from the inter-domain evil race, was spared attack because of your Great Cloud, which blocked all its evil kings.]

Therefore, the Great River King did not realize what had happened, and he did not spread the news of the arrival of the evil race to his people.

When he heard that the other six kings honored him as emperor, his first reaction was—these guys…are they just putting on an act for me?

The saying "You don't know pain until you're hit" perfectly describes him.

[Dajiang Chao, who has never faced the Evil King head-on, has no idea how urgent the current situation is!]

"Well, it's not that urgent."

It wasn't until half a day later that you began to feel the aura emanating from their area, and it was far less intense than in other places.

[Finally, your progress in the Fifth Realm is stuck at 303/512. Although it seems like you've completed most of the journey, in the actual cultivation process, the resources required to double your strength are about 10 times the total resources of all previous steps combined!]

"That's enough."

[You are stationed at the rift in the abyss, and you sense that your luck has briefly reached its limit. Further progress will require time measured in "days" or "months."]

"That's about enough—" You sit back, and as if by divine favor, the true fortune of humanity transforms into a throne to support you.

[Set off!]

[Target: The Cross-Domain Evil Race!]

"The Human Emperor of Qi, we are willing to retreat and never again offend the human race on Earth." As soon as you enter, you see a crimson-faced, ghost-like monkey.

[It is the "Extinction Clan" among the cross-domain evil races, and the one before you is the True King of the Extinction Clan.]

It adopted a very humble posture: "Your Majesty, our race was previously offended and was unaware of your existence on the surface. Now, our race wishes to live in the abyss of this realm and never climb upwards!"

"Although my race has caused destruction to the living beings on earth, the greater loss undoubtedly belongs to my race. The deaths of more than fifty evil kings are enough to erase the blood debts of the past."

"There's no need to go to extremes—" The True King of the Extinction Clan sliced ​​open his chest with his sharp fingers, retrieving a drop of alluring, dark purple evil blood. Any fourth-realm cultivator could glean information from that drop: the blood's owner was an emperor, and still alive!