Chapter 509: System 4.0?

"Little Love."

Gu Yuan called out in his mind.

【Ding! Your dear and charming private vacation assistant Little Love, ready to serve you at any time!】

A coquettish maiden's voice rang instantly in Gu Yuan's mind.

【Congratulations, Host, on flawlessly completing the Blood Moon Netherworld exclusive mission! You purified the polluted Heavenly Dao with thunderous force, and reshaped this realm's order with supreme might; your great deeds will be forever etched in the annals of all heavens! Little Love has already applied for an unprecedented Ultra‑SSS rating for you, the reward is being generated, please wait a moment~!】

Little Love's voice was full of flattery and self‑praise.

"Fine, the final mission is done; give me the reward," Gu Yuan said in a flat tone.

【Here it comes! Here it comes!】

Little Love seemed excited, unveiling a huge, golden‑gleaming gift box before Gu Yuan.

【To commend the Host's outstanding performance in this "Blood Moon Netherworld Journey," the system has decided to grant you the ultimate hidden‑edition reward!】

【Please look!】

The gift box opened slowly.

Inside there were no divine techniques, no supreme celestial artifacts, and no world‑shattering divine powers.

Only a continuously rotating progress bar, brimming with a sense of technology and futurism.

Beneath the progress bar, a line of small text.

【Heavenly Vacation System Version 4.0— "Be the boss, raise cute pets, and paint big promises for the workers" Luxury Upgrade Pack is installing…】

【Current progress: 1%…】

Gu Yuan stared at the progress bar and fell silent.

The air seemed to solidify.

After a long while.

Gu Yuan spoke, his voice revealing no hint of joy or anger:

"So, after expending such effort, self‑abolishing my cultivation, hard‑resisting the heavenly tribulation, and even chatting half a day with the Immortal Emperor's obsession… the final reward is just a software upgrade?"

【Um… Dear Master, this is not an ordinary upgrade!】

Little Love seemed to notice something off in Gu Yuan's tone and hurried to explain.

【Version 4.0 is the system's biggest overhaul ever! It adds employee management templates, world‑alteration editor, cross‑realm power cultivation, and many other epoch‑making features!】

【You will no longer need to do everything yourself; just utter a few words and your subordinate workers… ah no, cute employees, will wage war across the heavens and expand territories for you!】

"If I recall correctly, I think I've already developed these features myself."

Gu Yuan's tone remained flat.

Under his command now—Gu Family, the Pantheon, Tu, Gu Gong… which one isn't a top‑tier worker?

【…】

Little Love's voice stuttered.

【And… there's also a cute‑pet cultivation system! You can capture rare beasts from all heavens and realms, raise them in your divine kingdom, and keep you company!】

"Xiao Qing and Nine‑Leaf Swordgrass, which is less interesting than the pet encyclopedia in your system?"

【…】

【Um… um…】

Little Love seemed on the verge of crying in haste,

【There's also a brand‑new virtual costume‑change feature! It can dress Little Love in all sorts of skins! Maid outfit, school swimsuit, black‑stocking office lady… Master, whichever you like, Little Love will wear it…】

"You, a system with no physical form, talk to me about costume changes?"

【…】

Little Love fell completely silent.

The progress bar silently jumped to 2%.

Gu Yuan sighed.

He thought that sooner or later, he would be driven to death by this unreliable system.

"If you had said the reward was a system upgrade earlier, I wouldn't have done it," Gu Yuan couldn't help but retort.

【Zzzzz…】

The system began to play dead.

Gu Yuan shook his head, too lazy to argue further.

He withdrew his spirit from the inner world.

Though the reward was a bit of a ripoff, the gains from this breakthrough were still tangible.

123 celestial veins, perfect Dao fruit, cultivation of a true celestial realm.

He could feel that his current strength was more than a hundred times greater than before the breakthrough.

If he faced Jue Dian Immortal King, he even had confidence that without invoking the Immortal Emperor's severed finger, he could fight the opponent head‑on with his own power.

"Then, the next target…"

Gu Yuan's gaze seemed to pierce the endless void, landing on a distant corner of the Ancient Celestial Realm.

There lay the coordinates of the Great World of Ten Thousand Medicines.

It's time to deal with that "Special Grade" medicinal garden.

He stepped out of the secret chamber, his divine thought flickered, and he summoned the over‑excited Ten Thousand Medicines Divine Lord, who was still inside the Hall of Longevity, to appear before him.

……

Outside the Hall of Longevity.

The Ten Thousand Medicines Divine Lord was directing a group of Gu Family formation masters, carefully handling the mountain‑piled Immortal King artifacts.

These supreme divine treasures, capable of causing bloody storms in the outside world, are now being sorted by them in preparation for reforging, to extract the immortal divine gold within, in order to upgrade the Guardian Great Array of Divine Island.

Just then, Gu Yuan's calm voice rang out directly in his sea of consciousness.

Myriad Medicine Divine Lord's body shuddered; he dared not be the slightest bit negligent, immediately setting aside his tasks, giving a few instructions to those nearby, then transforming into a streak of light and flying toward Gu Yuan's secluded cultivation chamber.

"Young Master."

Myriad Medicine Divine Lord performed a deep bow, lowering his posture to the utmost.

"No need for so many formalities, senior." Gu Yuan raised his hand in a gesture, indicating he should sit.

He didn't beat around the bush, but got straight to the point.

"I intend to completely integrate the Myriad Medicine Grand World into my inner world."

Boom!

These words struck like a thunderclap, exploding in Myriad Medicine Divine Lord's mind.

His whole body froze in place, all color draining from his face; the eyes that usually bore a hint of weariness and wisdom were instantly filled with an emotion of extreme complexity.

After all, that was his homeland.

It was the divine land he had ruled over for millions of years.

To say he felt no reluctance would be a lie.

But he also understood all too clearly.

Everything he now possesses was given by whom?

Loyalty, at times, outweighs even one's homeland.

"Old man… I understand."

Myriad Medicine Divine Lord drew a deep breath, the hint of complex emotion in his eyes replaced by a more fervent fire.

"Young Master, do you intend to also refine that world?"

"No, I intend to make it a part of this world—rest assured, they will not die."

"Old man, thank you, Young Master!"

"For the Myriad Medicine Grand World to become part of the Young Master's Divine Kingdom is its honor!"

"Old man, I am also willing to devote my final light and heat to the Young Master!"

This is not merely a show of loyalty.

He is striving for a most dignified outcome for his homeland.

Gu Yuan looked at him and gave a slight nod.

"Very good."

He appreciated Myriad Medicine Divine Lord's grasp of the bigger picture.

"However, before refining it, I have another more important task for you to undertake."

Gu Yuan waved his hand.

That artifact, cast entirely of chaotic bronze and engraved with the three thousand gods and demons totems on its cauldron—a supreme immortal artifact known as the 【Heavenly Way Furnace】—appeared out of thin air in the center of the secret chamber.

Immediately thereafter.

Clatter—

Fifty fruits of varying colors and sizes, each entwined with the complete laws of an immortal king, like candy beans, were poured out by Gu Yuan and hovered above the furnace.

Myriad Medicine Divine Lord's breath instantly grew ragged.

Even though he had long known Gu Yuan's plan, seeing the actual object still left him utterly shocked.

"These… please, Divine Lord senior, refine them all into pills."

Myriad Medicine Divine Lord seemed to see it: under his medicinal pills, the Gu Family would give birth to hundreds or even thousands of true immortals, sweeping across the heavens and establishing the glorious scene of an Eternal Divine Dynasty.

And he, Myriad Medicine Divine Lord, would be the architect of all this, forever recorded in the annals of history!