Is That A Wisp?

At some point, the guy at the counter noticed Krune at the other side of the room.

"Hey! Do you want anything? If not, don't block the entrance."

"Ah!"

The dejected Krune was taken aback for a moment before quickly heading into the inn.

"Sorry, sorry. I want a room. How much is it to rent a room for a month?"

Since Krune was very close, the guy could see Krune's cultivation with his Divine Sense.

"1st Stage of the Mortal Rejection Realm? Holy shit! How did you become so weak?"

Krune didn't know what to say anymore.

"Ahem... Does it matter? I just want a room to stay."

The attendant at the counter quickly came back to himself and replied.

"Ah! Sorry. We have discounts for those who stay for several days. What kind of room do you desire?"

"The cheapest one, please."

The guy nodded before answering.

"In that case, it would be 400 Rank One God Stones."

Krune took those 400 'Top Quality Godly Energy Stones' and passed them to the attendant with a painful expression. The guy noticed that and sighed in the end.

"Fine... I can't really expect someone like you to have that many God Stones. I'll do 300 God Stones for you during the first month. But only the first month, understood? Don't show such a dejected expression anymore. Being poor isn't exactly a defect. At least, no one will bother to rob you."

Krune wanted to say that he wasn't poor... or at least not in the Godly Path Realm. Unfortunately, he was a genuine poor guy in this place.

"Th-thank you..."

Well, the guy didn't say that on purpose. He really thought that Krune was passing through difficulties, so Krune couldn't really get angry because of him. 

Krune went to his room, which was obviously small because it was cheap.

"Wait! It doesn't need to be this small! I still have a few of my Dimensional Realm Spatial Boxes from the time I transported the Lokrathos Universe people and beasts to the Dalin Universe. I can simply use that while keeping it in this room for safety."

Krune quickly took out the Spatial Box and was about to enter it when... there was nothing to enter anymore.

"What?! Where's the Dimensional Realm?!"

Krune then took another Spatial Box, but the result was the same. There was no Dimensional Realm inside anymore.

"This..."

Krune then took the others one by one. Nonetheless, all Dimensional Realms inside had already collapsed. Not a single one remained. In the end, Krune could only shed tears for them.

"Sigh... Well, I can understand why at least. The level of the Dimensional Realms in these boxes is just way too low. The Space-Time in the God Realm basically crushed them down. I guess I should be happy that my Spatial Ring didn't turn out the same way. It probably is because it's very small and lacks many of the Dimensional Realms' features... I think."

Krune quickly shook his head and put those thoughts behind as he said to himself.

"Since I can't use it, then so be it."

He looked around and checked the formations in the room. Surprisingly, they weren't bad. There was one Anti-Divine Sense Formation and a Godly Energy Gathering one.

"That should suffice. First, I must enter the Godly Fusion Realm. The rest can wait."

Krune immediately took his Godly Energy Stones, even those below Rank One, and spread it out in the room. With the help of the formation, it increased the Godly Energy available in the room for his own use. Krune decided that there wasn't much of a reason to save them since they weren't worth anything here.

And just like that, Krune began his cultivation in the God Realm... only to break through into the 2nd Stage of the Mortal Rejection Realm two weeks later.

"This... How can it be so easy? I thought I would take at least six or seven years to break through, let alone two weeks."

But it was at this moment that Krune noticed a problem.

"Now that I think about it, the first guy I talked to said that a baby was already at the First Stage of the Mortal Rejection Realm when it just started to take form. During the gestation period, it will increase its cultivation all the way to the 9th Stage independently from the race. If we take humans as an example, they only use nine months to gestate a baby. That means the baby goes from the First Stage all the way to the Ninth Stage in just that amount of time."

A baby that hasn't even been born yet could cultivate tens if not hundreds of times faster than anyone in the Godly Path Realm. Wasn't that a little ridiculous?

"So that's how it is. It's the laws of the God Realm. Here, I should consider the Mortal Rejection Realm the same as the Qi Condensation Realm in the Mortal Realm. This is the very first cultivation realm in the God Realm. Naturally, it's very fast."

Krune couldn't help but feel excited. In the end, coming to the God Realm was indeed the right choice. Without wasting time, Krune resumed his cultivation.

Of course, Krune didn't just focus on cultivating. He also went out to gather more information about the God Realm. Of course, the God Realm also had electronics, which helped a lot in Krune's research. Only then did he understand a little bit more about his situation.

'So that's what it's all about. First of all, that thing in the sky isn't the sun, but a ridiculously enormous Spatial Convergence. Unfortunately, there wasn't much information online about it other than that it could be seen from the entire God Realm. It was this thing that acted as the sun that illuminated the God Realm. Well, if I consider everything I learned so far, I guess that's the so-called Exit of the Four Realms. I'll fact check it with Luvile and Soren when I encounter them again.'

'Another thing is that the concept of a Universe doesn't exist in the God Realm. Not only that, there are no such things as planets. There is only one single land that extends almost infinitely. Even if I put the land of all planets in the Dalin Universe together, it wouldn't make up for even 1% of the total land of the God Realm. I guess you could think about it as an enormous platform floating in outer space.'

'I also found out the Cultivation Realms after the Nascent God Soul. Surprisingly, there are only five after that.'

'We have the Semi-God Realm, the God Trial Realm, the Elementary God Realm, the Primal God Realm, and well... The God Realm. I believe this is the level Luvile and Cinnia were at back then. It makes sense that it shares the same name as this place.'

Krune then sighed as he thought.

'Oh, well. I'm still in the Mortal Rejection Realm, so it matters little to me at the moment.'

Krune also went to a blacksmith to check the level of the equipment there. Sure enough, the weakest ones were already at the Godly Fusion Stars Rank. Not to mention that those were the cheapest. As for Krune's Myriad Lightning Shields, they basically had very little use now.

'Well, I can't spend money with new equipment at the moment, so I might as well keep them with me.'

Another point Krune had to investigate was how to make more God Stones. At the moment, he still had many of them. However, according to his calculation, it should be enough to raise him to the Godly Fusion Realm at most. After all, he shared them with his friends in the past.

'Should I head back to alchemy? Well, there's also a Mercenary Guild in this place, which might be good for train combat. No, I better not get into anything dangerous for the moment. Everyone is born at the Ninth Stage of the Mortal Rejection Realm, so the ones who join the Mercenary Guild are already in the God Foundation Realm at the very least.'

The more Krune thought about it, the more he felt that alchemy would suit him more. Back when he started to make money, he began with alchemy. Since he had the experience, he should be able to use it once again.

'But... It's so boring to repeat the same thing over and over again... Though, I could try becoming a Spiritual Chef again. Unfortunately, it seems like only Spiritual Chefs at the God Foundation Stars level can get any customers whatsoever. The God Realm has way too much Godly Energy, so there's no need for God Stones or Spiritual Food before the God Foundation Realm anyway. I can't possibly wait until that time to start making money.'

At some point, Krune finally decided.

'I guess I'll try this new occupation, Spirit Awakener.'

This was a side occupation that didn't exist in Luvile or Little Arty's time. As mentioned way back in the past, some things can give birth to a spirit depending on the conditions. Little Arty was an excellent example of it.  However, this practice had been studied and perfected as the chaos cycles went by. Finally, someone found a way to awaken the spirit of things. Of course, it was easier said than done. One could see that by simply checking Little Arty. Back in his time, awakened spirits were extremely rare, even in the God Realm. Today, very few could become Spirit Awakeners, and they would often fail many times more than succeed in it. Still, Krune found it interesting, so he decided to give it a try.