Chapter 163: Pot Heaven Upgrade, Spacetime Rift (Combined)

【Pot Heaven: Yunlai Immortal Realm】

【Current Pot Heaven level: Level 2 (210/200)】

【Upgrade condition: Fishing level 5, met】

Su Ping looked at the information appearing before him, his heart stirred, and he activated Zhou Xuan, strengthening the Barrier in the area where Shanawati was located.

Afterwards, he flew into the sky without hesitation and chose to upgrade the level.

Suddenly!

Seven-colored auspicious light emerged within the Yunlai Immortal Realm.

Caw!

Qingfeng and the cranes cried out in unison, emitting pleasant immortal music.

Accompanied by a buzzing sound.

The two mountain peaks that were originally just background elements slowly flew over from afar, transforming from void into reality!

Su Ping noticed that of these two new mountain peaks, one still had remnants of pavilions and towers, while the other had a peach blossom forest.

In the forest, light-emitting butterflies were dancing.

At the same time, these two mountain peaks were also a size larger than before.

Su Ping felt a surge of joy in his heart, and with a thought.

He began to rearrange them.

Immediately, only the Zhaoyue Tingfeng Pavilion, the Travel Shop, the Stone Lion, and the Stone Elephant remained on the main peak.

The Floating Vanity Dream Temple and the Burial Ground were placed together, while the Great Library and the Demon Sealing Tower went to another mountain peak.

For the last mountain peak, Su Ping took out the main building he had drawn long ago: Dawn Castle!

【Dawn Castle, main building, quality: Rare, exclusive to Pot Heaven, placement can slightly increase the output of Spirit Qi in the Dongtian】

After placing this main building.

A white stone castle with a footprint similar to the Floating Vanity Dream Temple, nearly a hundred meters high and looking very Western European in style, appeared on the mountain peak.

This castle had twenty-four usable rooms, an internal training ground, and a small prayer room.

Both the training ground and the prayer room had the effect of slightly increasing efficiency.

In addition, it came with six Dawn Knights, twelve maids, and one butler.

However, they were more like land-bound spirits of this castle and could only move within the confines of Dawn Castle.

And since Dawn Castle was exclusive to Pot Heaven, they could not be sent outside.

This made Su Ping feel somewhat regretful.

Yet he also knew that this was, after all, only a Rare-grade main building, and it was already very good to have this much.

Furthermore, with this building, the Spirit Qi concentration of the Pot Heaven reached

【Current Pot Heaven level: Level 3 (20/500)】

"Finally reached level 3."

"Let me see, the Travel Shop can also be upgraded to level 2 to buy more goods."

"More importantly, after Pot Heaven reaches level 3, I can unlock new ways to obtain Experience Books and Fishing Coins by upgrading the Travel Shop!"

"Since that's the case, there's no time to lose."

"Let's finish the Travel Shop upgrade quest first."

Su Ping did as he thought and checked it:

【Travel Shop optional upgrade quest has appeared!】

【A: Strong Enemy Challenge, a strong enemy of Second Tier difficulty appears; complete the quest after defeating it】

【B: Spend money to avert disaster, pay 1000 Fishing Coins to complete the quest】

"Second Tier difficulty?"

Su Ping looked at Fire Knight Alwin and the fox-masked Shrine Maiden, who were already Second Tier.

He had long known that Second Tier difficulty was basically equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Stage in the Cultivation World.

A strong enemy at the Foundation Establishment Stage?

Feeling that it shouldn't be a problem, Su Ping confirmed that he could surrender at any time during the challenge process, that the failure result was just the quest not being completed, and that he could choose to continue completing it at any time.

Su Ping chose Option A.

Suddenly, his vision blurred.

The next instant.

Su Ping found himself appearing on a boundless crystal plain.

The sky and surroundings were vast and empty.

However, the Spirit Qi concentration was basically the same as inside the Pot Heaven, so there was no need to worry about recovery during the fight.

Immediately, a strange expression flashed across Su Ping's face.

He discovered that his Storage Spirit Tool and Storage Bag were still on him.

It seemed that this challenge did not prohibit the use of external items.

So... Su Ping raised the Memory Scepter.

The Memory Illusions of Fire Knight Alwin and Exorcist Mage Yunkong then emerged.

Afterwards, the Spirit Bead, Array Tool, and various high-grade Dharma Artifacts were also activated and set into position.

Beidou Tanlang Fist... alright, just as he was preparing to build up power.

Su Ping saw the figure of the strong enemy appear.

It was a bipedal ground dragon, entirely emerald green, seven or eight meters tall, and over fifteen meters long including its tail!

Its overall appearance was a bit like an undernourished version of a tyrannosaurus.

However, its speed was much faster than the tyrannosaurus of the ancient period on Water Blue Star.

Furthermore, it was proficient in Wind Technique, whipping up a gale on the battlefield in the blink of an eye!

Just then, as Su Ping unfolded his Array Tool Huijuan.

This bipedal terrestrial dragon, which had just approached within a hundred meters, was swept into the Array.

It had arrived in Su Ping's home turf!

The surroundings turned into a snowy landscape hung with wind and snow.

Even more, bone-chilling water currents surged out from a somewhat illusory ocean, pouring into the wind and snow.

This caused the bipedal terrestrial dragon, having just entered the Array, to only have time to hiss a few times.

In Su Ping's eyes, it transformed into a lifelike ice sculpture.

"My array map is so powerful!"

"No, it should be that the Cold Ice Heavy Water I provided is sufficient and powerful enough!"

"This formidable enemy feels like it should have the oppressive force of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and counting its size and racial talents, it should count as a Foundation Establishment cultivator of both magic and body!"

"But even so, once it enters my array, its life and death are no longer its own!"

Thinking of this, Su Ping paused his plan to besiege the opponent and instead activated the Array.

Suddenly, a tornado mixed with cold wind and heavy water emerged from the sea, and the stars in the sky shone brilliantly, with three phantom images of greedy wolves emerging and pouncing toward the bipedal terrestrial dragon ice sculpture.

He simply used the Array's combined attack technique.

The second after the greedy wolf phantoms and the tornado hit the bipedal terrestrial dragon's ice sculpture.

Su Ping heard the notification that he had completed the task of challenging a formidable enemy, and the Travel Shop had finished upgrading!

Easy, simple... yet within reason.

After all, the formidable enemy was only judged according to Su Ping's current realm.

However, with the Array Tool and so many trump cards, Su Ping's true combat capability had long since surpassed his own realm!

It would have been unexpected if it weren't this easy!

The Travel Shop upgrade was successful.

The little civet cat that had been lying in the shop suddenly stood up, meowed, and then vanished with a swoosh.

Afterward, a chubby white rabbit wearing a top hat appeared in the shop, bowed to Su Ping after tipping its hat, and indicated that all new products had been updated, welcoming the Cave Heaven Master to make his selections.

Su Ping nodded slightly to thank it and opened the Travel Shop.

Besides a bunch of flashy but useless Cave Heaven decorations, the purchasable quantity of Experience Books had doubled.

As long as there were enough Fishing Coins, cultivating both the Fire Knight and Exorcist Mage Yunkong simultaneously didn't seem like a problem anymore.

Additionally, Su Ping discovered that a Partner Equipment Card Pack had been added to the shop.

It was also ten coins per draw.

However, unlike the card draws in Huzhong Dong, this limited Partner Equipment Card Pack was restricted to 10 draws per week.

"Partner weapon and equipment card pack, this is another trap for Fishing Coins!"

"But the boost to a partner's strength from having a specialized weapon versus not having one is indeed quite significant."

Su Ping resisted the temptation and looked at the most important item after this upgrade.

Abyss Rift Challenge Scroll!

Select a place where Earth Vein energy gathers, then use this challenge scroll.

The Abyss Rift will open briefly, releasing a formidable enemy from the Abyss.

After defeating it, one can obtain Fishing Coins and Experience Book rewards.

The quantity of rewards is closely related to the difficulty selected for the challenge scroll and the difficulty of the Abyss formidable enemy that appears.

And the difficulty is related to the Earth Vein energy where the Abyss Rift is opened.

Only in places where Earth Vein energy is particularly dense can a high-difficulty Abyss Rift be opened.

At the current level of Huzhong Dong, this Abyss Rift Challenge Scroll is one per month, which can be accumulated.

Su Ping directly chose to redeem it.

Suddenly, a pale green crystal the size of a little finger appeared before Su Ping.

Grasping this crystal.

Su Ping could feel the message transmitted by the Abyss Rift Challenge Scroll:

No Earth Vein found nearby; please leave Huzhong Dong before continuing to use.

Su Ping's heart stirred.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the Cultivation World.

However, after returning to the Cultivation World and grasping that crystal.

The information sensed left Su Ping greatly astonished!

From the gray large-scale map similar to the Cultivation World map that the crystal provided, Su Ping saw thousands of places where dark red Earth Veins gathered.

Only... these Earth Vein gathering places, without exception, all displayed labels of "polluted" and "unusable"!

"The Earth Veins of the entire Cultivation World... have all been polluted?"

"This world is even worse than I thought!"

Su Ping closed his eyes and silently memorized every detail of the gray map provided by the crystal.

Only then did he release the crystal, sighed softly, and consoled himself that he still had Water Blue Star to take refuge in.

The worst-case result would just be to completely abandon everything in the Cultivation World and live out the rest of his life hiding on Water Blue Star.

And he would likely live for a long time in his remaining years; who knows, he might encounter some opportunity to extend his life later!

After thinking it through, the mental shock brought on by the scene he had witnessed earlier slowly dissipated.

Su Ping also reorganized his mood and used the Return to City Talisman to return to Water Blue Star.

In the familiar environment of Water Blue Star, Su Ping gripped the crystal representing the Abyss Rift Challenge Scroll to sense it.

This time, the gray map representing the entire Water Blue Star also emerged in Su Ping's mind.

The number of locations where the power of the earth veins gathered had decreased to fifty this time.

However, this was normal; the Cultivation World was inherently much larger than Water Blue Star and was also filled with Spirit Qi.

It stood to reason that there would be more places where earth veins gathered.

Fortunately, although there were fewer earth vein gathering sites on Water Blue Star, they were all shown as available.

Furthermore, judging by the depth of the color, one-fifth were dark red, representing danger.

This indicated that there were still high-quality earth vein gathering sites.

He did not need to worry that he would be unable to open high-difficulty Abyss Rifts after his level continued to rise in the future.

Su Ping memorized the map.

He stood up and left, heading toward one of the earth vein gathering sites.

…………

Bangzi Country, a small fishing village near the seaside.

The local fishermen had long since been reduced to just a group of old men and women.

The young people, including children, had all gone to the big cities, reaching the point where they wouldn't even return for holidays.

At the end of the fishing village stood a Sea God Temple.

The face of the statue enshrined in the Temple was already blurred, just like the inscriptions outside.

This left the few middle-aged men and women who had driven to find this place standing in the Temple, unable to tell which great god was being worshipped.

"Ah, shibal! Why is there such a stench in this place?"

"Oppa, didn't you say this was a very famous Sea God Temple? Why does it feel like we've been scammed?"

"Forget it, let's just start taking photos and measuring..."

"Alright, hurry up and get to work; if the job is done well, not a cent of your bonus will be missing!"

The man in the suit leading the team frowned and began to issue tasks.

Afterward, he scanned his surroundings and basically confirmed in his heart that this place did have some history; those guys who owed him money hadn't lied.

In the current Bangzi Country, places like this that had some history and involved mysterious elements were full of business opportunities!

He couldn't compete with those big shots in developing famous mountains and rivers.

But at least he could come to these small places to pick up some scraps!

The man in the suit opened his phone to look at the surrounding terrain, a preliminary business plan already forming in his mind.

He was quite satisfied with this place; it was close to the road, had water and electricity, and retained quite a few ancient buildings that looked to have a long history.

This saved him a lot of money on making things look old.

Then, he would build some simple hostels near the Temple, find some event companies to package the historical heritage and ancient myths, and pull a few piles of stones together, tie them with ropes, and call them "God Stones" to add a bit of mystery.

Then he would hire an experienced witch and a few part-time Shrine Maidens.

This tourist route for worshipping the Sea God could then be launched!

Right! The most critical thing was to find those influential related sects to endorse it!

With their endorsement, saying this place once had a divine revelation, those believers would surely flock here, right?

As the man in the suit thought of the pleasant prospect, the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably.

As for whether this would be disrespectful to the gods?

The man in the suit looked at the ugly statue and felt nothing but disdain.

He believed in the Holy Lord; these wild gods were just things made up by ignorant villagers to comfort themselves.

Disrespectful or not, so be it. Besides, even if this thing really had a spirit, shouldn't it thank him for bringing so much traffic to know about it?

Just as he was thinking this.

The man in the suit suddenly heard a light, pattering rain start outside.

"I hate rain!"

He whispered as he walked out of the Temple.

He had just pulled out a cigarette and was preparing to light it.

Suddenly, his body stiffened, and the cigarette fell from the corner of his mouth!

He widened his eyes to find that, at some point, the nearby fishing village and the road were filled with Armored Vehicles and transport vehicles.

And high in the sky, there were even armed helicopters and large Drones flying past...

"……"

The man in the suit remained silent for several seconds before he silently took out his phone.

He immediately saw a message notification pop up on his phone!

"Evacuation notice? Ashiba, what on earth is going on!"

The man in the suit, having read the content of the text message, rubbed his head and was about to make a call to confirm, only to find that his phone had long since lost signal!

And, very quickly.

The Bangzi Country army, which was persuading the elderly to evacuate, also discovered these stragglers.

Facing the fully armed army that had come to help them evacuate.

Although the man in the suit and his subordinates were trembling with fear, they still chose to cooperate.

It was just that, sitting in the evacuation vehicle, the man in the suit was surprised to find while passing through the fishing village that these old people were still quite capable of fighting.

Many elderly people firmly refused to evacuate, disagreeing no matter how those people publicized the danger, and even raised various weapons to launch attacks.

In normal circumstances, this farce would last for a period of time until one side increased their efforts at compromise.

This time, however, it was different.

The man in the suit saw an officer curse loudly several times.

Immediately, in groups of four, those soldiers directly lifted these elderly people from their homes, courtyards, and even fishing boats, and even used tools to tie their hands and feet before dragging them into the vehicles.

Seeing such a scene, the man in the suit's eyelids twitched, and he immediately realized that this might not be an exercise, nor was it an ordinary natural disaster warning.

He couldn't help but hope that the evacuation speed of the motorcade could be faster.

Only.

Accompanied by a purple thunderbolt falling from the sky, a deafening loud noise erupted.

In that direction of the sea.

A crimson rift suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea.

At the same time, the rift was slowly opening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From the perspective of the man in the suit, he could feel that the rift was only a line at first, but it soon became about as thick as a thumb.

An aura of fear and unease also shrouded him along with it.

It made him shout out, hoping the cars would go faster, even faster!

Boom, boom, boom!

On the nearby hilltops, more war machines were piled up.

Various artillery and even rocket launcher systems were deployed on these mountains, aiming at the abnormal rift on the sea surface.

High in the sky, the Drones of Bangzi Country and Flower Flag Country were the first to approach the red rift.

Through high-definition cameras.

The commanders sitting hundreds of miles away and the high-ranking officials of Bangzi Country were able to clearly see the expansion of the rift.

And amidst a burst of exclamations, they caught sight of dozens of compound eyes suddenly emerging from the rift!

The owner of the compound eyes failed to break through the rift and enter this world.

But its ugly and bizarre image, which exceeded the limits of human imagination.

Still gave the vast majority of people in the command post a great mental shock.

Causing quite a few with weak psychological endurance to fall into a brief system crash.

The large room was filled with the foul smell of excrement and urine.

The highest-ranking general of Bangzi Country coughed a few times and looked at the special guest in the room:

The Sect Leader of the Morning Star Church, Li Yongxiu, who had brought important news and prompted them to mobilize in advance just in case!

Through this period of probing and sincere contact.

They had also more or less confirmed that this Sect Leader indeed had at least one transcendent existence standing behind him.

It was just that this Sect Leader did not seem to have received the reward to become a transcendent himself.

But even so, no one dared to underestimate such a spokesperson for a transcendent.

Especially after something happened in Sakura Country, even the most thick-skinned big shots had to consider the correlation.

Therefore, when this Sect Leader Li Yongxiu requested a secret meeting with the President of Bangzi Country on the grounds of having received a divine oracle.

It was approved almost without any obstacles, and he met the big shot he wanted to see.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu actually didn't know much either.

He just suddenly heard the voice transmission of the Ghost God during his daily prayers.

It told him to notify the officials of Bangzi Country to go to a certain place to set up defenses and take measures just in case.

He himself did not expect that the matter mentioned in the calm tone of the Ghost God would be such a massive Space-Time Rift!

And inside the Space-Time Rift... it seemed there was a monster from another world spying on them!

This... was practically definitive proof of the existence of another world, right!

And what was worse, was that other world preparing to invade their world?

Had he just inexplicably gotten involved in the confrontation between two worlds?