Chapter 3988: Abyssal Task

【Above Master】

Origin: Void Tree

Quality:???

Type: Consumable/Key.

Effect: With this item, you can teleport to the "Master Hall," a unique area facility of the World Tree, and activate the Master Promotion Ceremony within the "Master Hall" by paying 20,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.

Prompt: The Master Promotion Ceremony has a total of three levels.

1. Basic Level: Pay 20,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate the "Promotion Ceremony," which can transform one "Master-level Technique," allowing its limit strength to increase by 25%–30%.

2. Ascension Level: Pay 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate the "Promotion Ceremony," which can synthesize two existing "Master-level Technique abilities" that have reached Lv. 90, thereby obtaining a stronger "Master-level Technique ability." This promotion can allow the limit strength of the technique ability to increase by 40%–60%.

3. Ultimate Level: Pay 120,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate the "Promotion Ceremony," which can perform a fusion transformation on three existing "Master-level Technique abilities" that have reached Lv. 95, obtaining a "Technique-type" ability that exceeds "Master-level" and belongs exclusively to you. The initial strength of this Technique-type ability is 160%–300% of the combined combat power of the original three Master skills.

Brief: Pursue the Ultimate Realm to your heart's content.

Su Xiao had previously traded with the Priest and obtained 【Above Master - Left】. He originally thought about where to find the right one to obtain the complete 【Above Master】. This was actually not urgent; he planned to have all three abilities reach Lv. 95 before considering this point.

If his ambition was greater, he could also raise all three Master abilities to the full level, and then use 【Above Master】, which would be a higher ceiling. This was also Su Xiao's ideal choice.

However, if he wanted to raise "Blood Gun Master" to Lv. 95, he needed "Blood Origin Matter." There was only one way to obtain this item: personally slay the "Fierce Beast - Fei." Good news: there was still one "Fierce Beast - Fei" alive in the Void. Bad news: that "Fierce Beast - Fei" was a Supreme-level fierce beast, and he couldn't beat it now.

【Above Master - Left】 could be sold. Su Xiao contacted the Ruthless Brother. Although this guy was also a Technique-type and was so poor that his eyes glowed green like a hungry wolf, he was not poor when it came to improving himself.

The Ruthless Brother had also just come out of a task world and quickly replied to Su Xiao.

Ruthless Brother: "What's up? Don't talk about borrowing money."

Bai Ye: "【Above Master - Left】."

Ruthless Brother: "Holy crap! Finally encountered this thing."

Ruthless Brother: "Wait, you're also a Technique-type, how could you sell this thing."

Bai Ye: "【Above Master (Complete)】."

Ruthless Brother: "My mother, why do Law-Breakers have the luck to obtain this, while I can't find it."

Bai Ye: "..."

Ruthless Brother: "Name your price."

Bai Ye: "3 million."

Su Xiao's offer this time was very fair. 【Above Master - Left】 was only half, and there were no clues as to where to find the other half. And even if he found other 【Above Master】 fragments, if it were another 【Above Master - Left】, he would truly vomit a mouthful of old blood.

Ruthless Brother: "Installment payment, how about it?"

Bai Ye: "No."

Ruthless Brother: "Then... no way. You contact someone else. Holy crap! I really want to buy it."

Bai Ye: "Peak Origin Stone exchange, that's also fine."

Ruthless Brother: "You, this is a bit ruthless. I'm really reluctant to use this piece now, 【Origin Stone - Sun】."

【Origin Stone - Sun】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Type: Special equipment

Durability: 10500/10500

Equipment Effect 1: Sun Protection (Passive), physical defense increased by 300%. This effect expires after taking one attack. After bathing in sunlight for 24 hours, you will receive this bonus again.

Equipment Effect 2: Sun Inspiration (Passive), bathe in sunlight and meditate, meditation efficiency increased by 700%.

Brief: Collapse, devour, condense, bloom.

The 【Peak Origin Stone】 Su Xiao mentioned was an Origin Stone with durability over 10,000 points.

Origin Stones could be roughly divided into three tiers: 1. Ordinary Origin Stones, which Su Xiao bought and submitted to the Reincarnation Paradise in large quantities this time, and which were also given as basic gains every time he settled a world after reaching the Supreme level.

2. Rare Origin Stones, which had unique effects, such as 【Origin Stone - Slow Motion】, 【Origin Stone - Chaos Fire】, etc. The durability of this type of Origin Stone was generally higher than 3000 points and lower than 10,000 points. That's right, the law of Origin Stones was that 99.99% of Origin Stones were stronger the higher their durability ceiling.

3. Peak Origin Stones, which were Origin Stones with 10,000–14,000 durability points. As for 【Origin Stone - World】, it was in a class of its own, with 15,000 durability points, the highest known durability Origin Stone, no exceptions.

Su Xiao was prepared to test whether submitting Peak Origin Stones had higher cost-effectiveness.

Bai Ye: "This Origin Stone, plus 1.8 million Soul Coins."

Based on the price of 【Origin Stone - Sun】, it was about 1 million to 1.2 million. Su Xiao's offer was not low, and he was certain that the Ruthless Brother's ambition was no less than his own. Having been stuck at the Supreme level for so long, wasn't it to accumulate the specifications for promoting to Supreme?

【Origin Stone - Sun】 was obviously not in this accumulation, and combined with the other party's current strength, he was already at the Supreme limit.

Ruthless Brother: "Deal, where to trade."

Bai Ye: "Great Gathering Place, Benny."

Ruthless Brother: "Having a partner who can help manage finances is really good, meow."

The Ruthless Brother usually seemed sharp-tongued and uninhibited, but in fact, his emotional intelligence was not low. He could see that Su Xiao didn't treat Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Benny as pets or cannon fodder, but as partners climbing to the peak together, each with their own duties.

Ten minutes later, 【Origin Stone - Sun】 and 352 ordinary Origin Stones appeared in the team storage space. Su Xiao submitted the ordinary Origin Stones first, and 16 "Supreme Potential Points" were obtained.

【Origin Stone - Star Realm Stars】 and 【Origin Stone - Sun】 were both Peak Origin Stones. The former had 950 more durability points than the latter. Su Xiao tried submitting 【Origin Stone - Sun】.

【Submission successful.】

【You have obtained 28 Supreme Potential Points.】

There was no doubt that Peak Origin Stones had the highest cost-effectiveness. However, no one would sell the Peak Origin Stones in their hands. Buying them from major chambers of commerce was also impossible, because major chambers of commerce couldn't receive them either. This thing, whoever obtained it, would likely follow that person until death.

【You have submitted Origin Stone - Star Realm Stars.】

【You have obtained 46 Supreme Potential Points.】

This ratio was even more exaggerated. Seeing this result, Su Xiao couldn't help but check the 【Origin Stone - World】 in his storage space. If he submitted this thing, how many "Supreme Potential Points" would that be? But this thought flashed by in an instant. The opportunity to obtain "Supreme Potential Points" was only this time, that's true, but 【Origin Stone - World】 was also unique.

With "Supreme Potential Points" reaching 1237, Su Xiao picked up the 【Shelter Treasure Chest】.

【You have opened the Shelter Treasure Chest.】

【You have obtained Holy Angel Protection (Eternal-grade).】

【Holy Angel Protection】

Origin: Apocalypse Paradise

Quality: Eternal-grade.

Category: Badge (This badge does not need to be worn; it takes effect when stored in the storage space, and is passively triggered)

Durability: 100/100 points.

Equipment Requirement: None.

Equipment Effect: Divine Protection (Core - Passive), when HP is below 1%, this item will be immediately activated, summoning a Holy Angel, allowing you to enter a 5-second "Divine Invincible State" where you can act, restoring 20% of maximum HP per second, rapidly restoring physical, mental, and soul-level damage, restoring 60%–80% of your stamina, and dispelling all negative states you are currently suffering, and blessing you with the "Angel Blessing" effect.

Angel Blessing: Restores 1% HP per second subsequently, lasting 3000 seconds.

Prompt: Each activation of "Divine Protection" will permanently consume 50 points of durability of this equipment. This equipment's durability cannot be restored by any means. This characteristic possesses "Absolute Priority" and is a notarized characteristic.

Rating: 6000+ points (Eternal-grade equipment rating 3000–6000 points).

Brief: This is the killing blade for the brave, the shelter shield for the cowardly.

Price: 13,000 Soul Coins.

It could only be said that it was worthy of being a life-saving equipment produced by Apocalypse Paradise. This thing was not hard to sell, but having tasted the sweetness of 【Origin Stone - Star Realm Stars】, Su Xiao didn't really want to sell this thing for Soul Coins. It would be best if he could exchange it for a Peak Origin Stone with durability over 12,000 points.

No one would sell Peak Origin Stones, but this was a life-saving equipment that could save his life twice. No, this was not just saving his life; used well, it was life-saving + counter-killing.

Su Xiao put 【Holy Angel Protection】 into the team storage space. After telling Benny his initial idea, Benny understood and replied to Su Xiao, saying she knew a guy who had a Peak Origin Stone with 12,500 durability points, and she would try to see if she could exchange for it.

Su Xiao was just about to open the next treasure chest when Benny sent back a message. The other side had flatly refused at first; that Peak Origin Stone was simply the guy's heart and liver treasure. Upon seeing the attributes of 【Holy Angel Protection】, the guy hesitated and requested to meet Su Xiao in person.

Su Xiao just pondered for a moment and decided not to meet. If they met, this transaction would likely fall through.

He wouldn't treat anyone as a fool, and he wouldn't be so arrogant as to think he could deceive everyone with acting, letting the other party guess that he was the one in urgent need of resources. Choosing not to meet, although it might lead to the transaction falling through, this kind of strength also undoubtedly put pressure on the other party, making them subconsciously not want to lose this opportunity.

Peak Origin Stones were very powerful, that's true, but what about life? Life was only one. Having worked hard to climb to this tier, dying meant everything was gone. 【Holy Angel Protection】 could add 2 lives.

After a remote game of chess, Su Xiao won narrowly. That guy obviously felt that life was more important.

【You have obtained Origin Stone - Deep Nirvana.】

After Su Xiao took out this black-blue Peak Origin Stone from the team storage space, he submitted it directly to the Reincarnation Paradise. The reason was that after looking at it for a while, he couldn't bear to submit it. This was a Peak Origin Stone with 12,500 durability points.

【You have submitted Origin Stone - Deep Nirvana.】

【You have obtained 108 Supreme Potential Points.】

Su Xiao promoting to Supreme had increased the Reincarnation Paradise's stock of Peak Origin Stones by several. He took out eight 【Apocalypse Supply Boxes】, hoping there would be Origin Stones inside.

【You have opened the Apocalypse Supply Box.】

【You have obtained 5000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have obtained Soul Crystal Soul × 320.】

【You have obtained Prophet Spirit Eye.】

【You have obtained Elemental Origin Matter.】

Seeing these two items, Su Xiao knew that one or two more Peak Origin Stones were in hand. First, talk about 【Elemental Origin Matter】. It was already known that at the Supreme level, there were two ways to raise physical attribute potential to 800 points.

1. Raise all potential upper limit tiers.

2. Absorb one portion of Elemental Origin Matter.

The former was too difficult. Only outrageous guys like Su Xiao, Hao Chou, Ruthless Brother, Priest, and Platinum Apostle could stack "All Potential Upper Limit Tiers" to +45. Most people whose physical attribute potential reached 800 points did so by absorbing one portion of "Elemental Origin Matter." Although the power obtained this way was not as stable as the former, it was still power.

Even so, one portion of "Elemental Origin Matter" was worth several million or even tens of millions of Soul Coins. Unfortunately, this thing was priceless. It was estimated that exchanging it for a Peak Origin Stone with durability of about 11,000–12,000 points would be acceptable to someone.

Peak Origin Stones were very rare, but the Great Gathering Place was notarized by the Void Tree and was a trading area recognized by all high-tier Contractors of the several Paradise factions. With a large number of strong people, the probability of exchanging for Peak Origin Stones was higher.

Transferring "Elemental Origin Matter" to Benny's side, Su Xiao picked up the 【Prophet Spirit Eye】 floating on the side. He had heard of this thing for a long time. As for why his luck was so good this time, please don't misunderstand. The Apocalypse Supply Box didn't have a dime to do with luck. He didn't even open this thing in an extreme luck state. The materials inside didn't exist randomly. This was one of the final gains of the Paradise Conquest and certainly wouldn't be bad.

【Prophet Spirit Eye】

Origin: Apocalypse Paradise

Quality: Eternal-grade.

Category: Living Spirit Eye.

Durability: 100/100 points.

Equipment Requirement: Real Intelligence 800 points, favored by fate, Fate-type basic passive Lv. 90 or higher.

Equipment Effect: Eye of Fate (Core - Passive), Insight Fate Judgment +105.

Equipment Penalty 1: Predestined Lameness (Passive), after implanting this equipment, Stamina Attribute permanently reduced by 30%, and "Causality-level" leg disability.

Equipment Penalty 2: Predestined Blindness (Passive), after implanting this equipment, will lose vision causality, will be able to see "Fate," this equipment cannot be removed, even if forcibly removed, will maintain "Causality-level Blindness."

Equipment Debuff 3: Fated Death (Passive). You will die under the dominance of fate at an unknown time in the future. If you return from the dead through any method, either "Fated Cripple" or "Fated Blindness" will be nullified, and you will recover the physical functions corresponding to that causal curse.

Prompt: This judgment is random. 49.9% remove "Predestined Lameness," 49.9% remove "Predestined Blindness," 0.2% remove your own "Existence Causality."

Rating: 6000++++++ points (Eternal-grade equipment rating 3000–6000 points).

Brief: This is the price of peeking at fate. Are you really ready?

Price: 12,800 Soul Coins.

【Prophet Spirit Eye】 looked very pit-like. The problem was that a top-tier Fate-type at the Supreme level had an "Insight Fate Judgment" of 100–110, which was already the very strong kind. And 【Prophet Spirit Eye】 directly increased "Insight Fate Judgment +105." The price of doubling strength was just like this.

As for why Su Xiao rarely encountered Fate-types, Law-Breaker causality + Original Sin causality—Fate-types could sense his existence from far away, and then turn around, run, and after running far enough, use a teleportation scroll to run even further.

Transferring 【Prophet Spirit Eye】 to Benny, Su Xiao estimated that "Elemental Origin Matter" was still easier to sell. But not long after 【Prophet Spirit Eye】 was transferred, a Peak Origin Stone appeared in the team storage space.

【You have obtained Origin Stone - Silent Stars.】

This was exchanged for 【Prophet Spirit Eye】. The reason was that Benny often sold high-tier items in the Great Gathering Place, and they were the best among high-tier items. Naturally, many merchants contacted her, telling her about commissions for rare items. Benny was behind the Reincarnation Paradise's Hunter - Bai Ye, so they were very reassured about the strength aspect.

【Prophet Spirit Eye】 was one of the artifacts of the Fate-type and Causality-type. Benny contacted more than a dozen Fate-type and Causality-type powerhouses. After stating the requirements, five of them gave up because they really couldn't get a Peak Origin Stone, three started looking for connections, and two possessed Peak Origin Stones—one with 12,600 durability and one with 13,100 points.

Both were particularly reluctant, but the old man with 13,100 durability points gritted his teeth and took out 【Origin Stone - Silent Stars】. After the others gave up one after another, the deal was concluded.

【You have submitted Origin Stone - Silent Stars.】

【You have obtained 158 Supreme Potential Points.】

Sure enough, once a Peak Origin Stone passed 12,000 durability points, every 100-point increase could be considered a small tier.

It was just a pity that the previously obtained 【Apocalypse Glory Badge (When worn, Apocalypse Paradise - Skill Upgrade Warehouse usage fee reduced by 20%)】 could not be traded, otherwise it could definitely be exchanged for a good Peak Origin Stone.

Su Xiao checked the 823 Soul Crystal Souls in the storage space. In the past, he would definitely use them to improve Blood Gun Master. As for Blade Master and Melee Master, they had both reached Lv. 95, and improving them required Soul Crystal Souls + Primal Cores + a large amount of Soul Coins.

Blood Gun Master was not urgent for the time being. After promoting to Supreme later, there would be more opportunities to obtain Soul Crystal Souls. He was considering whether these 823 Soul Crystal Souls could be exchanged for a Peak Origin Stone.

Just as Su Xiao was pondering this problem, another Peak Origin Stone appeared in the team storage space, exchanged for "Elemental Origin Matter."

【You have submitted Origin Stone - Endless Black Hole.】

【You have obtained 116 Supreme Potential Points.】

In this way, Su Xiao's "Supreme Potential Points" reached 1619. He picked up the 【Abyssal Treasure Chest (★★★★★)】, which was the last treasure chest of this harvest.

【You have opened the Abyssal Treasure Chest (★★★★★).】

Black light that seemed to devour all light burst out from the treasure chest. Seeing this scene, Su Xiao was secretly shocked. Looking at this posture, it was likely that another Daddy-level Original Sin item would be opened.

【You have obtained Source of Evil Thought Spread (Ultra-high-risk item/Evil thought aggregate).】

A very troublesome feeling came from the black light in front of him. This was like a light cluster composed of pitch-black nematodes, with white light spots appearing occasionally inside, but they were immediately annihilated. An aggregate of cold, evil thoughts pulsed inside like a heart. This thing was at a level that required the "Book of Original Sin" to seal.

【You have submitted Source of Evil Thought Spread.】

【You have obtained 268 Supreme Potential Points.】

This thing was very troublesome, that's true, so submit it to the Reincarnation Paradise. Anyway, this submission was not submitting something to extract energy from something, but the Reincarnation Paradise evaluating the value of the item and giving Su Xiao "Supreme Potential Points" based on the value. As for what was used to condense the "Supreme Potential Points," that was unknown. Perhaps it was Space-Time Power?

Su Xiao was suddenly a bit curious: could he submit Space-Time Power directly? What was the cost-effectiveness?

He currently had 45,645.9 ounces of Space-Time Power, but there were still a few things that hadn't been sold. He first sold the attribute strengthening warehouse in the Lord Train to the Reincarnation Paradise.

【You have obtained 5000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have sold Space-Time Power Conversion Device T255.】

【You have sold Kinetic Chain Aggregation Device.】

【You have obtained 24,533.6 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have sold "Potential Transcendence Device" core components × 6 types.】

【You have obtained 79,862.5 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

The Space-Time Power held by Su Xiao reached 155,042 ounces. He tried submitting it, and it was really feasible. He chose to submit it all.

【You have submitted 155,042 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have obtained 1280 Supreme Potential Points.】

With 3167 "Supreme Potential Points" in hand, Su Xiao felt that things could be done. He pondered for a while. Only Caesar could get some Space-Time Power. He contacted Caesar.

Bai Ye: "In?"

Caesar: "Of course, my dear friend."

Bai Ye: "Borrow 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, repay after the next world progress ends, interest 20%."

The reason Su Xiao offered such high interest was because he had the risk of dying in the next world progress and not being able to return. High risk, high return, very fair.

Caesar: "Are you promoting to Supreme, my dear friend."

Bai Ye: "Yes."

Caesar: "I have 80,000 ounces here, which can be repaid in three world progresses. However, the interest, hehehe, 25%!"

This was Caesar: both friendship and greed. In fact, this was Su Xiao. If it were someone else, let alone 80,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, they wouldn't be able to gouge out 0.1 ounces from Caesar.

Bai Ye: "【Loan Contract - Reincarnation Paradise Notarization】."

Su Xiao used 【Origin Stone - World】 as collateral for this loan. If he died in the next world, 【Origin Stone - World】 would be mortgaged to the Reincarnation Paradise, and after judgment, 100,000 ounces of Space-Time Power would be transferred to Caesar. As for why he didn't let Caesar obtain 【Origin Stone - World】 directly, this was 【Origin Stone - World】, not something that could transfer ownership through mortgage.

Opening the mail sent by Caesar, 80,000 ounces of Space-Time Power were obtained and submitted directly.

【You have submitted 80,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have obtained 660 Supreme Potential Points.】

With these 3827 "Supreme Potential Points" in hand, Su Xiao's ambition was no longer limited to the 5800 "Supreme Potential Points" corresponding to the Supreme Peak. To fight the Supreme Being in the future, the potential level of Supreme Peak was not enough.

Walking into an empty room, Su Xiao took out the 【Travel Pass】 and used it.

【Travel Pass】

Origin: Void Tree.

Type: One-time special item.

Effect: After using this item, a space channel lasting 24–36 hours will be opened. The Traveling Merchant will arrive as soon as possible and wait for you here for 72 hours until the time limit is reached or a transaction is completed with you before leaving.

Warning: Attacking/harming the neutral unit - Traveling Merchant by any means is prohibited.

Brief: An honest and punctual merchant of the Void.

The Traveling Merchant was one of the three "Highest-tier Merchants" and the most honest merchant in the Void.

Waiting for more than ten minutes, a teleportation from the Reincarnation Paradise appeared in front. A dry, thin figure shrouded in gray mist and somewhat hunched appeared. He carried a super large wooden box, exaggerated to the size of a wall. However, the Traveling Merchant and the large wooden box were in a spiritual state, so there was no worry about hitting anything.

The Traveling Merchant sat in front of the wall, and the large wooden box behind him quietly merged into the wall, turning the wall behind into a cabinet. The Traveling Merchant sat down casually, and arms stretched out from under the large robe. He had dozens of arms, each thin and long, with joints bending both forward and backward, like twisted branches.

"Hello, guest, what do you need?"

The Traveling Merchant spoke with a gentle smile.

"Space-Time Power."

Su Xiao also sat down and handed over a bottle of elemental fine wine. The Traveling Merchant opposite wanted to politely decline, but after sniffing, he finally accepted it with a bit of embarrassment and enjoyed a few small sips.

"Sorry, guest, I don't do Space-Time Power business."

The Traveling Merchant's voice remained polite and gentle.

"Peak Origin Stone."

"This is indeed available. I also have..." The Traveling Merchant pondered for a while, snapped his fingers with one hand, and said: "Three."

The Traveling Merchant sat in place without moving. Four of his long arms stretched out. One hand opened a drawer at the top, and the other three hands each picked up a "Peak Origin Stone."

"Guest, what can you pay?"

"Soul Crystal Soul."

"Very good chips. Let me calculate. This one, sell it to you for 815 Soul Crystal Souls. This one, sell it to you for 925 Soul Crystal Souls. As for this one, 1100... Oh no, I've hoarded this one for over 6000 years. It's time to give a discount. Just 1000 Soul Crystal Souls."

"..."

Su Xiao had 823 Soul Crystal Souls, no hesitation. He used two 【Reincarnation Badges】 to exchange for two 【Soul Supply Boxes (★★★★★)】 in the Honor Store.

【You have opened Soul Supply Box (★★★★★) × 2.】

【You have obtained Soul Crystal Soul × 200.】

The deal was concluded without any complications. Su Xiao submitted the newly obtained Peak Origin Stone to the Reincarnation Paradise.

【You have submitted Origin Stone - Void Star Map.】

【You have obtained 218 Supreme Potential Points.】

It was worthy of being a Peak Origin Stone with 13,900 durability. If it reached 14,000 durability points, it would be another tier.

The first transaction ended happily. When leaving, the Traveling Merchant handed over an invitation letter. For the next transaction, Su Xiao just needed to activate this invitation letter. Apparently, 【Travel Pass】 was not only a one-time item but also a permission-type item. Used properly, it could achieve multiple transactions with the Traveling Merchant.

The accumulation of so long was almost spent in a short time, but there was a big wave left. Su Xiao opened the task list and chose to complete 【Abyssal Task - Death Endowment】.

【You have chosen to submit Abyssal Task - Death Endowment.】

【Current task completion: 119.765%.】

【Due to the extremely high task completion, you can choose two types of rewards from the following task rewards.】

1. Abyssal Secret Treasure (3 items).

2. Elemental Secret Treasure (5 items).

3. Space-Time Stone Fragments (Ultra-huge amount).

4. Random Secret Treasure (Obtain 3–30 Abyssal Secret Treasures or Elemental Secret Treasures).

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