Chapter 236: The Decision of the Heavenly Sacrifice Reward

"Yi! Why are you staring at me with that weird look!"

The little fox twitched its ears and, a bit unnaturally, avoided Mu Yi's gaze.

"Just think about it, your luck is really great!"

Mu Yi's eyes flickered with a faint golden light, but yielded nothing; after all, within the platform opened by the Composite Net, his Thousand-mile Eye still cannot pierce the Composite Net.

"This was given to me by a big shot!" Mu Yi said, pulling out a Nine-tailed Fox plush doll.

The little fox stared blankly at the Nine-tailed Fox plush, feeling an inexplicable surge of bloodline, its gaze on the doll tinged with a hint of daze.

"Wake up!" Mu Yi put away the Nine-tailed Fox plush, then tapped the little fox on the head, rousing it from its daze.

"What is that…"

Regaining its senses, the little fox felt a bit bewildered; it was its first time feeling this, like its favorite food placed before it, making it drool.

"This thing is still useful; after the Dungeon ends, I'll give it to you as a reward!" Mu Yi glared at the little fox.

Lately, why do I keep meeting such lucky folks? If I'm not mistaken, this Nine-tailed Fox plush might let the little fox's bloodline ascend.

"Who's this?" Mu Yi turned his head toward the knight behind the little fox; the fanatic look on the knight's face gave him a chill.

"Si Li Lan-Mai De Er-Yi! The follower that popped out of the treasure chest before!" the little fox introduced briefly.

"Hello!" Mu Yi recalled the options in the original reward list; he realized this must be the anomaly that appeared after the timeline was altered.

"Great Crimson Fury!!! It is my honor to be in your presence!" the towering knight knelt on one knee, praying with fervent and sincere tone.

Mu Yi's eye twitched; to be honest, he isn't good at dealing with zealots like that.

"Get up, we'll need your power in the upcoming battle!"

Mu Yi carefully chose his words, since with zealots the way of communication can't be the same as with ordinary people.

"Devote my life to the Great Crimson Fury!"

Mu Yi looked at the zeal in the knight's eyes and turned his head awkwardly.

A lie told ten thousand times becomes truth.

The changes they made unconsciously were widely spread by schemers, eventually forming a god‑making outcome that seemed rather absurd.

"Mu Yi!"

Just as they were talking, La Ge Na pulled back the curtain and entered, exuding lingering murderous aura.

The astonishing aura made Si Li Lan instinctively shield the little fox behind him.

"Did you just come down from the battlefield?"

Mu Yi was also amazed by La Ge Na's aura; this sky‑piercing murderous energy could have killed tens of thousands.

If not for the Composite Net's restriction, this aura alone might be enough to give people nightmares.

"Sorry, the battle just ended, didn't have time to recover!"

Seeing the nervous knight and the timid little fox, La Ge Na apologized.

"Let me introduce, this is La Ge Na, Dragon Slayer!"

"This is Ai Liliya and her follower Si Li Lan-Mai De Er-Yi! She is a support priest!"

Mu Yi gave a brief introduction to both sides.

"Nice to meet you!"

La Ge Na nodded; a good support is in high demand on the Composite Net, and even a lone wolf like him feels comfortable when paired with one.

"Me too!"

The little fox timidly stuck its head out in response, but upon seeing La Ge Na's imposing gaze, it immediately tucked its head back behind Si Li Lan.

The tall knight always gave her a sense of safety.

"Sorry, I scared her!" La Ge Na scratched his head.

"We have another teammate, a mage, who will join directly later!"

Princess Liliana Brenda also accepted Mu Yi's invitation, but since she is a hunting Legend, she asked for a day to prepare her spells.

For a Legend, ordinary spells are meaningless; she needs to ready something powerful.

"Before that, there's one more thing I need to confirm with you." Mu Yi extended his hand and summoned Ao Mo.

La Ge Na's gaze sharpened instantly, then he squinted again in an instant.

"Dragon? No… hybrid? No… not right…" La Ge Na looked at Ao Mo with confusion.

Mu Yi wasn't surprised; although Ao Mo is the son of the East Sea Dragon King of a realm, that doesn't mean he is a pure dragon—his mother is a mermaid.

According to the Leap Dragon Gate theory, once Ao Mo reaches the Legend stage, he can leap the Dragon Gate, his bloodline will ascend, becoming a true dragon,

Of course, because Ao Mo's mother's bloodline isn't high‑grade, the dragon blood will devour that portion.

If the being is strong enough, the legend says the dragon bears nine offspring; the nine don't become dragons, each excels in its own way.

Bixi, Suanni, Taotie, Pulao, Qiu Niu, Jiaotu, Chiwen, Bian, Yazi—these divine beasts' bloodlines have formed their own schools,

because both bloodlines are sufficiently powerful, their fused offspring become distinct.

"I understand your point; I can accept his existence!"

After a long while, La Ge Na withdrew his scrutinizing gaze.

"You seem more upbeat lately—something good happen?"

Mu Yi was a bit surprised; the old La Ge Na wasn't this easy to talk to.

"It's just a hybrid; I can still accept it!"

La Ge Na gave no direct answer, but Mu Yi thought he had found a companion of some sort.

Only gentleness can neutralize the hostility.

"Congratulations!" Mu Yi congratulated La Ge Na.

Ao Mo stared curiously at La Ge Na; he had no real feeling about dragon‑slaying, and Mu Yi had also slain dragons, yet he still followed.

Moreover, in Jiuzhou there are many great gods who have slain dragons; even if you round up all the dragon race, you might not be able to defeat those great gods.

Afterwards, Mu Yi gave La Ge Na and the little fox a detailed introduction to the situation in the White Lotus World.

"Not being a dragon-type legendary creature, I'm afraid I can't help you much!"

After La Ge Na pondered for a moment, he said, his biological level is still 9 so far; he has some special attack against dragon-type creatures, but against legendary creatures that are not dragon-type, he fears he can't break their defense.

"Although it is not dragon-type, it probably possesses something like dragon veins on its body, so there will be room for you to act!" Mu Yi recalled the dragon-energy zombies he had seen in Dongdao Prefecture earlier, then slowly spoke.

From the situation in the White Lotus World, the madam of the No-Gap Pawnshop back then was surely sealed in the Qing Court palace; such palaces are absolutely inseparable from dragon veins and dragon energy.

Judging from the fact that the pawnshop madam can already come and go from the seal, she may have already swallowed part of the dragon veins for her own use.

"I understand!" La Ge Na nodded.

He is still very concerned about challenging legends; the reason he cannot become Transcendent now is mainly because the dragon race has set its sights on him—once he becomes Transcendent, he will immediately be sniped and located, and he will surely face a legendary dragon.

This also counts as him accumulating experience; he cannot just sit and wait for death—sooner or later he will have to face the pursuit of a legendary dragon.

"Any other questions?" Mu Yi looked at the little fox.

The little fox shook her head; she is quite self-aware—she is just an accessory, as long as she tightly holds onto the thighs of the two big shots, she'll be fine.

"Then each of you go back to prepare; we'll set out in a day!" Mu Yi nodded and bid farewell to the two.

He was going to make the final preparations—the Nine Cauldrons Heaven Sacrifice.

This time he likewise accumulated plenty of offerings, not knowing what kind of feedback he would get.

Mu Yi stood atop Kunlun Mountain, gazing at the sea of clouds, took out the Nine Cauldrons and began to guide the heaven sacrifice ritual.

In the next moment, a light seemed to appear within the sea of clouds.

Like the rising sun, it illuminated the sea of clouds until it was completely clear.

Mu Yi's expression was solemn.

Sacrifice, regardless of size; sacrificing to heaven is even more sacred.

Vaguely, Mu Yi felt a kind of grand will emerging.

The consciousness of Jiuzhou descended.

The heaven sacrifice ritual officially began.

Mu Yi took his offerings from his backpack and lifted them with both hands into the Nine Cauldrons.

Sculpture of the sea monster Theseus, black-gold spear, crown of the Lord of Winter, bow of Winter, Medusa's eye……

Although there were no divine artifacts, the items Mu Yi offered almost all reached the corresponding level, beginning to burst forth with legendary glory—the legendary equipment.

Although these pieces of equipment are not divine artifacts, they are likewise priceless treasures.

The offering ritual had entered its final stage.

In an instant, heavenly light burst forth!

Within the heavy clouds, purple lightning exploded.

The many treasures placed within the sacrificial cauldron seemed to come alive, countless radiance emerging from them.

But see, an intangible light emerged from the Nine Cauldrons.

The spirits within the legendary equipment projected phantoms one after another, angrily roaring at the heavens; those possessing spirit were unwilling to just vanish.

Yet heavenly might was like a prison!

Pure white flames ignited within the Nine Cauldrons; all the offerings melted in the fire, becoming the purest substance.

Mu Yi noticed that this time the Nine Cauldrons seemed more substantial, the patterns on them more distinctly divine, with a small area bearing the imprint of equipment like a nine-headed serpent, as if recording the types of offerings.

Afterward, a new prompt appeared on Mu Yi's retina:

"Zongwang Prompt: You have completed a heaven sacrifice ritual, gaining 150000 points of Universal Experience and 150 points of Heavenly Dao merit."

"Zongwang Prompt: You have received the heaven sacrifice feedback from the consciousness of heaven and earth of Jiuzhou; you feel countless mysteries arising in your mind, ancient power temporarily lingering within your body."

A familiar choice appeared before Mu Yi's eyes:

"Important Zongwang Prompt: Within one hour or less, you must choose two of the following options as your heaven sacrifice ritual rewards; otherwise the ritual's power will vanish and you will randomly receive related rewards:"

1. Limited ancient trial—War God—Chi You; reward determined by trial evaluation.

2. Limited ancient trial—Five Emperors—Zhuanxu; reward determined by trial evaluation.

3. Limited permanent enhancement effect: Water Spirit Body (Divine).

Water Spirit Body (Divine): gain hydrophilia trait; when opposing water-related concepts, you have the status buffs of not drowning, walking on water, underwater breathing, etc.; you can gain water region status buff, you can gain water region authority; this concept buff cannot be dispelled.

When under water region status buff, you gain +1 to all attributes, water resistance greatly increased, immune to non-special-concept water-element spell damage, resistance to special-concept water-element damage increased.

4. Limited permanent enhancement effect: Longevity (Divine).

Longevity (Divine): the character's life limit is positively correlated with current bloodline status; life limit increased to 500 years (Heavenly Court calendar unit), physique calculation formula updated, gaining a new Transcendent trait.

PS: One day in heaven, one year on earth.

5. Limited permanent enhancement effect: Innate Humanity (Divine).

Innate Humanity (Divine): your life, stamina, and energy recovery speeds gain a constant additional boost, i. e., your life, stamina, and energy recovery speeds will forever remain above the Transcendent recovery rate.

PS: Any non-divine ability that reduces life recovery efficiency or suppresses energy recovery is ineffective against this ability; against divine abilities, a resistance check is made, and if the check fails, you suffer the corresponding reduction spell effect.

Want them all!

Mu Yi covered his face; after each heaven sacrifice ritual, the most painful thing is having to discard a few of these super rewards.

Although they don't originally belong to him, when they appear before him and he discards them one by one, Mu Yi feels a heart-wrenching anguish.

It's truly suffocating.

Choose two out of five; every option is excellent, Mu Yi simply cannot decide.

The first thing Mu Yi gave up was Innate Humanity (Divine); this effect somewhat duplicates the Innate Spirit, and although the effects can stack, given Mu Yi's recent combat experience, strong recovery is not omnipotent.

Xiangliu and their recovery effects are who knows how many times stronger, yet they were still slain one by one; moreover, Mu Yi lacks no recovery, so he discarded this first.

Next came Zhuanxu's trial; he already had an opportunity for Gongong's trial, and these two are fierce rivals—choosing this is tantamount to giving up the other; although Zhuanxu is the victor, according to the principle of first come, first served, Mu Yi still gave up this opportunity.

The remaining three left Mu Yi agonizing for a while; after all, Chi You, strictly speaking, is the forefather of the Military Strategists, and if he hadn't been slain in a group attack, the Military Strategists might have risen even higher.

After all, the Military Strategists now lack an absolute authority's unifying force, unable to restrain those defiant, unruly elite soldiers and fierce generals.

In the end, Mu Yi still gave up on immortality; he is still young, and moreover, flat peach trees grow on Kunlun Mountain, so he will never lack opportunities to prolong his life in the future.

"Zongwang Prompt: Please confirm whether you select the limited Ancient Trial–Military Lord–Chi You and the limited permanent enhancement effect Water Spirit Body as the reward for this Heaven Sacrifice Ritual?"

"Please note, this operation is irreversible!"

"Confirmed!"

After making the decision, Mu Yi no longer agonized; each option was hard to choose, any choice made sense, but a swift decision is best.

Worrying about gains and losses only leads to inferior outcomes.

(End of Chapter)