Chapter 153

"I hope it's a world I'm familiar with..."

Ye Ming walked into the Reincarnation Hall, looked at the familiar light gate before him, and without further hesitation, stepped into it.

"Hum!"

A flash of light appeared before his eyes, accompanied by the familiar sensation of weightlessness and dizziness, causing him to squint involuntarily.

Just then, the long-silent system notification sound rang out in his mind again.

【Ding, Host has entered the Reincarnation Secret Realm for the second time: Battle Through the Heavens!】

【Mission Two initiated, role-playing character being drawn...】

【Ding, role-playing character drawn: Martial Ancestor, Lin Dong!】

Hearing this system notification, Ye Ming's expression instantly turned strange.

Battle Through the Heavens?

A world of Dou Qi, without flashy magic; all that exists is Dou Qi evolved to its peak.

Martial Ancestor, Lin Dong? Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger!!

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and the slight restlessness that had arisen in his heart settled down after this name appeared.

In an instant, countless plans began to circulate in his mind.

Just then, the space before him changed again, and he found himself already in a small courtyard.

The courtyard was not very large, with two houses built of white brick walls at the back. Moss appeared on the stone walls surrounding the courtyard, making it look somewhat dilapidated.

Scanning the area, Ye Ming found no signs of danger and felt slightly relieved.

Suddenly, he sensed that something was wrong with his body. He discovered that he had turned into a child of thirteen or fourteen years old.

However, sensing himself, Ye Ming found that his Immortal Aperture and various abilities were not restricted.

Just then, information about the Reincarnation Secret Realm appeared in his mind.

"Gama Empire, Wutan City, parents both deceased, a commoner disciple at the fourth stage of Dou Qi."

With his previous experience, Ye Ming naturally knew that this was the identity information provided by the Reincarnation Secret Realm.

Just then, the Reincarnation Watch on his left wrist began to vibrate.

Ye Ming clicked to view it.

"Ye Ming - Second Reincarnation Secret Realm: Battle Through the Heavens.

Due to the use of the precious special item 'Large Confrontation Scroll', this secret realm mission has been changed to a faction confrontation.

Human Race VS Alien Races.

Mission Description: The Reincarnation Watch will display a real-time map of the opposing faction's target locations. For every enemy faction member killed, you can randomly obtain a bonus exclusive to this secret realm, which can be stacked without limit.

When the number of people in one faction is less than ten, this secret realm will end, and you will be forcibly exited from this world.

Bonus List: Point-to-Point Teleportation, Strength Bonus, Mana Bonus, Stamina Bonus, Cross Resurrection Medal, Intelligence Bonus,...

Note 2: The time flow ratio between this Reincarnation Secret Realm and the real world is 100:1, meaning one hundred days in the secret realm equals one day in the real world."

After reading this information, Ye Ming was slightly surprised.

This mission was clearly all about killing people to stack buffs!

If someone with powerful abilities killed dozens or hundreds of people from the opposing faction and obtained so many bonus buffs, they would likely be an invincible existence in this secret realm.

Once some invincible buffs were obtained, even a Saint-level powerhouse would fall here.

Moreover, the Reincarnation Watch only displayed the map of the enemy faction's target locations, and the Reincarnation Secret Realm had changed everyone's identity and physique, which to a certain extent limited the ability of teammates to group up, adding more suspense to this confrontation.

Furthermore, Ye Ming knew clearly that in terms of overall strength, the humans who entered this secret realm were generally at the high-tier King level, with fewer than a hundred people having stepped into the Emperor level.

But the alien races were the young generation carefully selected from ten thousand races, with an overall strength at the peak King level, or even the Emperor level!

On the surface, the strength of the human race was definitely lower than that of the ten thousand races.

This was also a major factor in the ten thousand races forcing the human race to carry out this confrontation.

However, the Dou Qi Continent was vast, and two thousand people were scattered across the continent by the Reincarnation Secret Realm, so it would not be easy for them to meet.

Ye Ming opened the map displayed on the Reincarnation Watch, which showed nearly a thousand sparse red dots.

This map was just a simple display without mountains, terrain, or faction names; it only showed the distance between him and those red dots.

The closest red dot to him was at least ten thousand miles away.

It was not something that could be reached in a short time.

The Dou Qi Continent was many times larger than the Douluo Continent next door. With two thousand people scattered all over the world, they definitely wouldn't be meeting anytime soon.

Moreover, Ye Ming knew that there were quite a few local powerhouses on the Dou Qi Continent! Although he didn't know what level his strength would reach here, he was definitely not an invincible existence.

If the humans and those alien races recklessly used space items to fly around, they would definitely suffer greatly if they provoked certain old monsters.

"Judging by this mission, killing alien races to obtain bonus buffs is the top priority."

"Local factions are also a great help and cannot be underestimated. The resources on this continent cannot be missed either."

"On this Dou Qi Continent, the most prominent thing is cultivating with the help of Strange Fire. And that old friend of mine and the Burning Mantra he cultivates are the most BUG-like things."

Ye Ming rubbed his chin and whispered secretly, "Reaching Dou Di in twenty-something years, Xiao Yan's talent definitely cannot be underestimated."

He suddenly looked up at the sky and whispered, "In that case, the Great Thousand World seems to be a hidden map for this secret realm too!"

"If I kill alien races, obtain invincible buff bonuses, and then deliberately keep ten alien lives to stall the time of this secret realm, I could rush to the Great Thousand World and loot resources..."

"How truly interesting!"

He didn't have to worry about this secret realm ending so quickly; at the very least, according to the current mission, even if the human race was weak, it would be impossible for those alien races to kill them quickly.

After pondering in the courtyard, Ye Ming suddenly opened his Force Immortal Aperture and released all his clones.

He had spent a large amount of resources to refine five clones in the limited time he had.

Four of these incarnations were people refined from various heavenly materials, and the last clone was a dragon-man clone refined from the dragon bones of an Ancient Desolate Beast, the Purple Gold Divine Dragon, which could freely switch between dragon and human forms.

Ye Gucheng, Lin Dong, Chen Ping'an, Xu Qi'an, Long Aotian.

From the identity information Ye Ming obtained, he knew that Xiao Yan had just experienced the third stage of Dou Qi, which meant the plot had just begun.

He could take this opportunity to scheme.

When he refined the clones, he had divided his own combat system among them.

Ye Gucheng obtained the soul power system, as well as the Evil God position and the super artifact, the Judgment Balance.

Chen Ping'an, with the Guyue Yin Desolate Body, obtained the Moon Dao Immortal Aperture and the Bright Moon Immortal Gu, Precious Moon Light King Immortal Gu, and Wind Moon Wheel Immortal Gu.

Xu Qi'an possessed Mythical Grade talent and controlled time.

Long Aotian, for whom the most precious heavenly materials were consumed, had a physique strong enough to rival the peak Emperor level, and even traversing the void was a breeze.

Only Lin Dong remained a blank slate, with only a powerful physique refined from heavenly materials.

Looking at the five clones before him, Ye Ming said directly, "Ye Gucheng, you go to the Soul Hall to develop, try your best to climb up, and while looting resources, mark the locations of the surrounding alien races."

Ye Gucheng gave a wicked smile and nodded in agreement.

"Chen Ping'an, you go and train in the alchemy system and join the Pill Tower."

Chen Ping'an, looking elegant, nodded.

Ye Ming looked at Long Aotian and said, "Long Aotian, you go to Canaan Academy and find Zi Yan. Take these medicinal herbs, find a way to get on good terms with her, and scheme for the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan."

He looked at Xu Qi'an, thought for a moment, and said directly, "Xu Qi'an, you have free rein. Your primary goal is to find the locations of alien races, loot resources, and organize factions."

Xu Qi'an nodded in agreement.

Ye Ming looked at his last clone and said, "Lin Dong, this role-playing mission is handed to you. How much you gain depends on how far you can go."

Lin Dong nodded, "Don't worry."

Looking at the clones before him, Ye Ming took out many life-saving scrolls, artifacts, special cultivation methods, items, and resources to distribute to them.

Each of these clones had cost him quite a few resources to refine; if they died, it would be a huge loss.

He reminded them again, "Remember, everything is based on the premise of self-preservation. After discovering alien races, if you are no match, transmit the surrounding images and soul to me immediately, and I will use Fixed Immortal Travel to teleport there directly and kill them together!"

Everyone nodded one after another.

Ye Ming had the Xu Qi'an clone use the power of time to reverse time for the Lin Dong clone, turning him into the same appearance as his main body, a child of thirteen or fourteen.

Afterward, Ye Gucheng, Chen Ping'an, Xu Qi'an, and Long Aotian left Wutan City one after another, heading toward their respective targets.

In the courtyard, Ye Ming looked at the Lin Dong clone before him and couldn't help but sigh.

Although these clones were all refined and controlled by him, each had its own personality.

Even their names were bizarre.

"You're lucky; it just so happens that the role-playing character this time is the Martial Ancestor Lin Dong, which suits your taste perfectly." Ye Ming looked at the Lin Dong clone and said with a faint smile.

With a thought, he summoned Shen Cui, who had transformed into human form, out of the Force Immortal Aperture.

"I have shared the system mission permissions with you. The rest is up to you."

After Ye Ming finished speaking, he shared the soul link of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land with the Lin Dong clone and then dived directly into the Fox Immortal Blessed Land.

Entering the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, he continued to practice killer moves, refine clones, and prepare for the tribulation, while also planning to start refining Immortal Gu.

Lin Dong closed his eyes slightly to sense, then opened them and looked at the silver-haired girl before him.

"Shen Cui, go and find out about the Xiao Clan, and be careful not to reveal your identity."

Shen Cui nodded slightly, and her figure flickered and disappeared from Lin Dong's sight.

Wutan City, Xiao Clan.

"Dou Qi, third stage!"

Looking at the five large, shining, and somewhat eye-piercing characters on the Testing Magic Stone Stele, the youth remained expressionless, a touch of self-mockery on his lips.

His tightly clenched fist, due to the force, caused his slightly sharp nails to dig deep into his palm, bringing a wave of heart-wrenching pain...

"Xiao Yan, Dou Qi, third stage! Level: Low-level!"

Beside the Testing Magic Stone Stele, a middle-aged man glanced at the information displayed on the stele and announced it with a completely indifferent face...

"Third stage? Hehe, just as I expected, this 'genius' has been standing still for another year!" "Sigh, this trash has really lost all the family's face."

"If it weren't for the Clan Head being his father, such trash would have been driven out of the family long ago to fend for himself; he wouldn't have the chance to stay in the family and eat and drink for free."

"Sigh, how did that genius youth who was once famous in Wutan City fall into such a miserable state?"

"Who knows, maybe he did something wicked and angered the gods..."

The disdainful mockery and regretful sighs from the surroundings fell into the ears of the youth who stood there like a wooden stake, feeling like sharp thorns piercing his heart, making his breathing slightly rapid.

The youth slowly raised his head, revealing a somewhat delicate and immature face. His pitch-black eyes swept blankly over the peers who were mocking him, and the self-mockery at the corner of his mouth seemed to become even more bitter.

"Are these people all so mean and snobbish?"

"Perhaps it's because three years ago they once showed their most humble smiles before me, so now they want to take it back..."

With a bitter smile, Xiao Yan turned around and walked out of the courtyard in a dejected manner, appearing completely out of place with the whole world.

Just then, a girl in a purple dress, like a fresh lotus, walked toward Xiao Yan with light steps.

"Brother Xiao Yan."

The girl stopped, bowed respectfully to Xiao Yan, and a clear, elegant smile appeared on her beautiful face, making the surrounding girls jealous.

"Do I still have the qualifications to let you call me that?"

Looking at this pearl that had grown into the brightest in the family, Xiao Yan said bitterly.

She was one of the very few people who still respected him after he fell into misery.

"Brother Xiao Yan, you once told Xun'er that only by letting go can one pick up; to be able to hold and let go at will is to be a free person!"

Xiao Xun'er smiled and said softly, her slightly immature voice warming the heart.

"Hehe, a free person? I can only say it; look at me now, do I look like a free person?"

"Besides... this world never belonged to me in the first place." Xiao Yan smiled self-deprecatingly and said listlessly.

Facing Xiao Yan's decadence, Xiao Xun'er's slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said seriously:

"Brother Xiao Yan, although I don't know what exactly happened to you, Xun'er believes that you will stand up again and take back the glory and dignity that belong to you..."

At this point, Xiao Xun'er paused slightly, and the girl's fair face showed a faint blush for the first time: "The Brother Xiao Yan of those years was indeed very attractive..."

"Hehe..." Facing the girl's undisguised and frank words, the youth laughed awkwardly but said nothing more.

A youth who isn't romantic is not a youth, but he really didn't have the qualifications or the mood for it now.

He turned around dejectedly and walked slowly toward the outside of the square...

The sky above rippled, and in an instant, it returned to calm.

On the edge of Wutan City, in the small courtyard.

Shen Cui's figure appeared silently. She looked at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old youth before her, her red lips parted slightly, and she whispered, "Master, the Xiao Clan is holding a disciple cultivation test today, and then..."

Lin Dong listened to Shen Cui's words, his eyes flickering constantly.

"It seems this plot has just begun."

He looked at the silver-haired woman who was half a forehead taller than him and reminded her, "Shen Cui, you don't need to call me Master from now on. Call me Young Master!"

"Understood, Young Master!" Shen Cui nodded slightly, her purple eyes full of clarity.

Lin Dong opened the storage space ring given by his main body, took out several herbs, handed them to Shen Cui, and said:

"Go and do something for me, don't be too flashy."

After hearing Lin Dong's words, Shen Cui nodded gently, and her figure disappeared into the space again.

Watching this, a look of admiration appeared in Lin Dong's eyes.

Not to mention the differences between the Douluo and Battle Through the Heavens systems, just this move of the Silver Dragon King controlling the seven elements of water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space was already above many powerhouses.

However, there was no envy in his heart.

As long as he followed the plan, he would soon rise.

"I will eventually become the strongest among the clones! 'Telling me to go clean up desolate beast materials, and having to go clean up feces without even wearing pants.'"

"When I can beat you, you'll go clean up desolate beast feces for me too!"

He wasn't afraid of the main body knowing; the main body was currently busy refining Gu.

Moreover, in fact, no matter how much he achieved, a clone is ultimately a clone.

It is a clone under the absolute control of the main body.

At this time, in the palace of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land.

Ye Ming's hands danced like an elf, and various materials were added to the light ball before him like flowing water.

"Achoo!"

Suddenly, he sneezed, and the light ball before him instantly became somewhat out of control.

Ye Ming's soul power turned into a large hand, forcibly stabilizing the light ball that was about to lose control.

His gaze fixed, he raised his hand and waved, adding a large amount of time sand and human Qi into it.

"Hum!!"

As the light ball flickered, a brand-new Gu slowly appeared.

"Phew~"

Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief, "That was close, that sneeze almost destroyed my Gu."

This was the Rank Five Man As Before Gu he had spent quite a few materials to refine.

If it were destroyed, he would have to start all over again.

The Rank Five Man As Before Gu can bring the recently deceased below Rank Five back to life! However, this Gu has great limitations and can only be used on others.

But if it were refined into an Immortal Gu, it could be used on himself!

By then, his life-saving ability would once again receive an epic-level enhancement!

"However, I don't have the recipe to refine this Man As Before into an Immortal Gu, so I need to take this opportunity to deduce it well and study it carefully."

Ye Ming whispered, then turned his attention back to the Gu before him, reversing it, combining it, and repeating the process, trying to find a glimmer of opportunity to refine it into an Immortal Gu.

A new world, filled with murderous intent, with opportunities gradually emerging.

Night slowly fell, and this night, many people did not sleep.

The next morning, Xiao Yan, sitting cross-legged on the bed, placed his hands in a strange seal, his chest rising and falling slightly, forming a perfect cycle with each breath.

And in the cycle of breath, faint white air currents entered his body through his nose and mouth, nourishing his bones and body.

While the youth was meditating, the ancient black ring on his finger glowed strangely again, then fell silent...

"Phew~"

Slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air, the youth opened his eyes suddenly, a faint white light flashing in his pitch-black eyes; that was the Dou Qi that had just been absorbed but not yet fully refined.

"The Dou Qi I worked so hard to cultivate is disappearing again... I, I damn it!"

Sensing his body, the youth's face suddenly became angry, and he cursed in a sharp voice.

Three years ago, the Dou Qi in his body began to disappear for no reason. Even so, he still practiced day and night.

But now it was the same result again, and even he couldn't help but curse.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have given up long ago.

He clenched his fists tightly, and after a long while, the youth shook his head with a bitter smile and climbed off the bed, exhausted.

He stretched his somewhat numb ankles and thighs; with only three stages of Dou Qi, he had no ability to ignore various fatigues.

After moving his body a little in the room, an old voice came from outside: "Third Young Master, the Clan Head asks you to go to the hall."

"Oh." Answering casually, he changed his clothes, walked out of the room, and smiled at an old man in green robes outside the door: "Let's go, Steward Mo."

Following the old steward through the backyard, he finally stopped at the solemn guest hall, knocked on the door respectfully, and then pushed it open and entered.

The hall was very spacious, and there were quite a few people inside. Sitting at the very top were his father, Clan Head Xiao Zhan, and three elders with indifferent faces.

Below the four on the left sat some elders with authority and not-weak strength in the family.

Xiao Xun'er was at the head of this row.

On the other side sat an old man, a young man, and a young woman, all three wearing moon-white robes, clearly the attire of a sect.

Xiao Yan's gaze swept over the chests of the three, and a touch of shock appeared in his heart.

On the old man's chest was a curved silver crescent moon, and beside the crescent moon were seven golden stars.

Seven-Star Da Dou Shi! The two young people, the man had five gold stars on his chest, and the woman had three.

Five-Star Dou Zhe and Three-Star Dou Zhe! A hint of ominous feeling rose vaguely in Xiao Yan's heart.

He bowed to his father and the elders, then walked straight to Xiao Xun'er and sat down.

At this time, Xiao Xun'er leaned close to Xiao Yan and whispered in his ear.

Hearing Xiao Xun'er's words, an angry sneer rose in Xiao Yan's heart.

"Hehe, using the Yunlan Sect to intimidate my father?"

"Nalan Yanran, you really have good methods..."

At this time, in the courtyard.

Shen Cui handed all the dozen or so boxes in her hand to Lin Dong and said softly: "Young Master, that auction house only has this much stock for now."

Lin Dong nodded and put all the boxes in his hand into the black space ring worn on his left hand.

He smiled and said to Shen Cui:

"Follow me, let's go help my old friend!"

"I reckon if we go now, we'll be just in time."

After speaking, Lin Dong opened the courtyard door and walked straight toward the Xiao Clan.

Half a step behind him, Shen Cui guarded him like a loyal guard.

When refining the clones, it was said that although the clones are controlled by the main body, they would have their own personalities to do things. (End of chapter)