"Buzz!"
Sensing Ye Lin's sincerity, the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda immediately emitted an even softer glow from its body.
If one had to explain what this meant, it would certainly be, “New weapon, please guide me for the rest of my life.”
Retracting his gaze, Ye Lin did not hesitate at all and immediately activated the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda with his mind.
"Buzz!"
Accompanied by a flash of plain, dark-gray light, Ye Lin vanished from where he stood.
When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in a boundless, desolate world.
“Is this the internal world space of the ‘Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda’?”
Looking at the desolate world before him, Ye Lin muttered to himself.
The small pagoda was divided into three layers. The first layer was the Netherworld Heaven, which was the desolate world he was currently in. The main function of this layer was to bury the bones of living beings, condense vital energy and blood, and feedback energy to the holder.
The second layer was the Myriad Treasures Heaven. This layer was a boundless, empty stone chamber. Its purpose was naturally to suppress and store all ownerless objects. Ye Lin planned to place his storage bag and everything else in this layer.
As for the third layer, it was the Sovereign Heaven, which was an exceptionally grand palace. In front of the palace was a martial arts arena and a dojo for meditation and cultivation.
As for its functions, they included a thousand-fold time acceleration, automatic protection of the master, isolation of heavenly secrets and karma, and hiding the holder's aura.
The above three layers corresponded exactly to all the abilities of the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda. Except for the thousand-fold time acceleration, all other abilities could still be used in the world outside the pagoda.
Simply put, Ye Lin could now alter his own aura at will, no longer having to worry about being targeted by scheming individuals due to cultivating too quickly.
Of course, since he could reverse time upon death, he wasn't afraid of being targeted, but too many flies would still be annoying.
A trump card like time reversal was meant to save his life. Being able to cultivate in peace and quiet was naturally for the best.
“Not bad, not bad. With a thousand-fold time acceleration, I can finally leisurely check my various rewards and class change mission.”
Appearing in the cultivation dojo of the Sovereign Heaven, Ye Lin sat cross-legged on the ground at ease and leisurely checked his personal game panel.
【Player: Ye Lin
Dao Name: Tai Cang
Traits: Diligence Compensates for Clumsiness, A Daily Immortal Destiny, Time Walker, Random Replication, The Strictest Father of Other Races
Cultivation: First Layer of the Qi Condensation Stage (307x Combat Power, Taboo Sovereign among peers of the same rank)
Talent: Mid-grade Seven-Element Mixed Spiritual Root
Cultivation Method: Origin Unity Art (Taboo-grade)
Techniques: Nine Shadows Ultimate Slay
Current Identity: Huang-grade Cultivation Academy Freshman
Current Class: 【Lord of Heaven's Punishment】 (Pending Class Change)
Luck: 100 points (Minor Luck Accompanying)
Weapons: Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda (quasi-Dao-grade, equipped), mid-grade spirit sword
Items: 4 wisps of Origin Ancestral Qi, eight low-grade Fireball Talismans, two mid-grade Fireball Talismans, 33 low-grade spirit stones, 31 bottles and one low-grade Qi Gathering Pill, one low-grade storage bag, one low-grade Technique Strengthening Card, two hundred taels of silver...】
After carefully reading through the data on the panel, Ye Lin casually used the Technique Strengthening Card.
"Buzz!"
In the next instant, the originally low-grade 《Nine Shadows Ultimate Slay》 instantly became mid-grade. The power of a mid-grade technique was comparable to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Having done this, Ye Lin finally clicked open the class change mission for the 【Lord of Heaven's Punishment】.
【Heaven's movements are constant. They do not exist for Yao, nor do they perish for Jie. Respond to them with order, and there will be good fortune; respond to them with chaos, and there will be disaster.】
【The Way of Heaven is to reduce what is excessive and supplement what is deficient. The way of man is not so; it reduces what is deficient to offer to what is excessive. Who can have abundance to offer to the world? Only those of the Dao.】
【Mission Note: The Great Dao is for the public, and rules are eternal. However, once many cultivators become powerful, they seize the authority of the Heavenly Dao.
They disrupt the rules of the world's operation according to their own preferences, arbitrarily changing and controlling the fates of all living beings, cutting off the path of growth for others, and plundering the luck of all living beings to supply themselves. Over time, the Great Dao will not manifest, and the myriad worlds will perish.】
【Therefore, the world needs a law enforcer to hold the rules once more, patrol the heavens, punish all injustice and chaos, and let the myriad worlds know the majesty of the Great Dao once again.】
【Mission Target: Kill one hundred heinous living beings.】
After reading the mission content, Ye Lin fell into deep thought.
If one were to call this mission difficult, it was actually just so-so; he only needed to kill one hundred living beings.
But to call it simple, it seemed a bit tricky, because there was no unified standard for this evaluation of sin. Just how great of a crime had to be committed to qualify as "heinous" under the mission's requirements?
Or perhaps, if he defined the crimes for other living beings himself, and he declared them heinous, would they truly be considered heinous?
“Defining crimes myself might not work, but dark creatures are corroding this world, eating humans and causing destruction everywhere. Killing them should meet the requirements.”
With a plan in mind, Ye Lin closed his personal game panel and turned to check the many achievement rewards he had recently obtained.
They were: being the first in the game to obtain a Taboo-grade cultivation method, the first to obtain a technique, the first to break through the Extreme Realm, and the first to break through to the Qi Condensation Stage.
A total of four achievements: two heaven-defying achievements and two ordinary achievements.
The two ordinary achievements rewarded him with a mid-grade Comprehension Pill and a mid-grade Dharma robe.
The two heaven-defying achievements rewarded him with a visualization chart and a legacy card named Heaven-Cleaving Sword Intent.
“Claim rewards,” Ye Lin muttered to himself.
“Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!”
As several glows lit up, four items suddenly appeared in his hands.
The moment he obtained the mid-grade Dharma robe, Ye Lin did not hesitate at all. He immediately stripped off his coarse hemp clothes and changed into the mid-grade long robe, which could withstand attacks from Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The long robe was pitch-black like an abyss, with gold borders embroidered only along the collar, cuffs, and hem. Yet, even with such a minimalist style, Ye Lin looked somewhat more majestic after putting it on.
“Nice style. It suits me well,” Ye Lin muttered with satisfaction, then turned his gaze to the other three items.
The mid-grade Comprehension Pill. Swallowing it could triple one's comprehension for half a shichen.
The Heaven-Cleaving Sword Intent Legacy Card. Left behind by a shocking sword cultivator, fulfilling its conditions would allow one to inherit this heaven-defying sword intent, which was ranked in the top three across the Myriad Heavens.
As for the visualization chart, it was a painting of a soaring fairy whose face could not be clearly seen. The description stated that visualizing it in moderation daily could rapidly increase one's divine sense. However, too much of a good thing was as bad as too little, otherwise some unspeakable scenes would occur.
After reading the information of the remaining three items, Ye Lin immediately activated the 【Random Replication】 trait. Unsurprisingly, he obtained 31 mid-grade Comprehension Pills.
Consuming a full twenty Comprehension Pills, he gripped his spirit sword and executed the 《Nine Shadows Ultimate Slay》 over and over on the martial arts arena.
Ultimately, under the hundred-fold returns of the 【Diligence Compensates for Clumsiness】 trait, he finally cultivated this mid-grade sword technique to Great Perfection.
On the Heavenly Desolation Continent, the proficiency levels of cultivation methods, divine abilities, and techniques from low to high were divided into: Novice, Accomplished, Proficient, Master, and Great Perfection.
Under the same cultivation level, every time the proficiency level increased by one rank, its power and effect would double.
For instance, if Ye Lin's 307x base combat power was represented as one, then now with the Great Perfection of the 《Nine Shadows Ultimate Slay》, he could deal five times the total damage with a single strike.
“Even with the boost of twenty Comprehension Pills and the hundred-fold returns, it was barely enough for me to comprehend a mid-grade sword technique to Great Perfection. This comprehension talent is still too low.”
“But fortunately, the trait 【The Strictest Father of Other Races】 allows me to absorb their lifespans after killing them, using it to deduce cultivation methods, techniques, and divine abilities for me.”
Shaking his head, Ye Lin directly used the Heaven-Cleaving Sword Intent Legacy Card. The condition was to swing his sword ten thousand times a day until he fully comprehended it.
“It's just swinging a sword ten thousand times.” Ye Lin floated the Soaring Fairy Visualization Chart in front of him. Then, with an expressionless face, he swung his sword while visualizing the peerless fairy in the painting.
A woman might affect the speed of his sword-drawing, but this fairy would not. Because by viewing this fairy, his divine sense would rapidly grow, and the fairy would only make his sword swings faster.
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