Chapter 4079: Return and Harvest

Six types of gains were obtained. This was definitely the time Su Xiao had the greatest harvest since gaining world ownership. The gold content of the 【Reincarnation Badge】 needs no elaboration; the limit of its value depends on the highest-value items that appear after refreshing the Honor Shop.

Su Xiao even felt that this was the correct way to use the Honor Shop. Not only could he ignore prices to purchase one item per badge, but he could also ignore current stock quantities. Of course, items with unique characteristics were not included; once those were exchanged, the relevant information in the Honor Shop would disappear completely, rather than showing a stock of 0 like rare resources.

Two more 【Supreme Passive Scroll Chests (★★★)】 were obtained. Su Xiao had already mastered "Supreme Passive: Intelligence" and still lacked the "Supreme Passive" corresponding to the four real attributes of Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Charisma.

He had previously obtained two 【Supreme Passive Scroll Chests (★★★)】, and obtaining two more now was not the limit of this reward, but rather the limit of the quantity he could acquire.

The eight instances of 【Free Skill Upgrade Chamber Usage Rights】 were particularly outrageous on their own, let alone being one of several rewards. However, considering the achievement reached this time, this gain was not surprising.

The key was the 【Mission Completion Certificate ×3】. This item was very rare, and Su Xiao had a bold idea regarding the use of this authority.

The 【Honor Promotion Supply Chest】 needed to be planned carefully. In short, the higher the current level of Su Xiao's "Heavenly Blade Slashing Shadow" ability, the more "Primordial Core" and "Initial Source Essence" he would obtain from opening this item—a very peculiar and powerful gain.

As for the 【Absolutely Flawless Soul Stone】.

"Absolutely Flawless Soul Stone (Astral Wonder): Upon use, your current primary attributes will permanently increase by 22%, core abilities will increase by Lv. 15, and you will awaken a new exclusive body attribute, 'Endowment'."

Seeing the new body attribute, Su Xiao was indeed quite surprised. Back when he was at a lower tier, he thought there were only attributes like Strength, Agility, and Stamina. Later, he discovered Soul Strength, Willpower, and subsequently Abyss Resistance. But an exclusive body attribute was truly unexpected.

After consulting the relevant notarization, Su Xiao understood what was going on. This "exclusive body attribute" is somewhat between an ability and a body attribute. However, due to its uniqueness, only a few people in each era master it.

He opened his friend list, found the Tuanzhang, and sent the 【Exclusive Body Attribute "Endowment"】.

As for whether the 【Absolutely Flawless Soul Stone】 would attract the Tuanzhang's covetousness, there was no possibility of that. This had nothing to do with the Tuanzhang's character. For a previous generation's Heaven-Chosen to seize something from the current generation's Heaven-Chosen—the 【Origin Stone · World】 is not just a simple buff; the extreme backlash from fate is terrifying, not to mention the permanent repulsion from the Astral Realm.

The only person Su Xiao didn't worry about coveting his possessions was the Tuanzhang. And as a Heaven-Chosen of the previous generation, the Tuanzhang didn't worry about the current Heaven-Chosen secretly plotting against him or being greedy for his various supreme treasures. Both sides were in similar situations, and because of this, whenever the Tuanzhang obtained something good, he would show it to Su Xiao to broaden his horizons.

Actually, being able to share the attributes of one's treasures with a friend is quite an interesting thing. It's not just the pleasure of "I have what you don't," but rather the wicked joy of "I'm just showing it to you, and I have no intention of sharing it with you."

Tuanzhang: "【Exclusive Body Attribute 'Synchronization (This exclusive attribute has been raised to the limit)'】, what did you just send?"

Seeing this, Su Xiao frowned and pondered for a few seconds.

Bai Ye: "【Origin Stone · World】."

Tuanzhang: "Because this target has been temporarily blocked by you for 15 minutes, the content of this target's message is currently invisible."

……

Sure enough, communicating with the strong often yields all kinds of insights. The Tuanzhang's 【Exclusive Body Attribute "Synchronization"】 actually involves choosing five body attributes to resonate with each other; as the battle continues, the five body attributes become increasingly stronger.

However, this intensity is an effect that only appears after it has been fully upgraded. The initial awakening of an "exclusive body attribute" would certainly not be this outrageous.

【Prompt: This world will enter the transcendence stage. The Hunter must guard this world for at least 48 hours. During this period, do not leave "Star Shine City · Inseton".】

【In view of the Hunter's subsequent important duties, you will be temporarily granted the "Life Defense" permission.】

【While this permission is in effect, when your HP drops to 1%, you will immediately enter the "Invincible State" of the Reincarnation Paradise's highest notarization level. This effect lasts for 10 seconds.】

……

Su Xiao felt slightly puzzled as to why it wasn't a 48-hour "Invincible State" of the Reincarnation Paradise's highest notarization level; that would seem more secure. It seems there are initial regulations that limit the "Invincible State" granted by the Paradise faction to its subordinates (Contractors/Hunters/Employees). The current permission is within the scope allowed by practicality and initial regulations.

Su Xiao looked around and found that the area where the "World Center Coordinates" had been set had not seen its previous buildings restored. This should be the influence brought by the force field of the center coordinates. Now that the "World Core" had faded away, the absolute center of this world was left vacant just like that.

He took out an item. This item was:

"World Tree Seed (World-Class · Wonder): Depending on the planting environment, different World Trees will grow. For every 'Friendly Sequence' World Tree planted, you will increase your 'Void Tree Reputation' by a certain amount."

The World Trees of the Astral Realm have four specifications: 1. Sky-Piercing, 2. Shelter Realm, 3. Eternal, 4. Transcendence. The current highest specification of World Tree in the Astral Realm is the third level, the Eternal tier.

More importantly, there was the quest he had previously triggered using this 【World Tree Seed】.

【World Quest · World Tree.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 99+++

Quest Briefing: Plant a "Transcendence-Class · World Tree" within this world.

Quest Deadline: This world progression.

Quest Reward: Void Tree Reputation increased to 0 points.

Quest Penalty: None.

……

Just as Su Xiao took out the 【World Tree Seed】, Caesar, looking like a little old man, appeared by "smelling the scent." He rubbed his hands and asked with a somewhat treacherous expression:

"My dear friend, it is time to begin."

As soon as Caesar finished speaking, Su Xiao received a prompt:

【You have received a unilateral trade request.】

【You have obtained 3000 pieces of "Space-Time Stone Fragments".】

【You have triggered Nicholas Caesar's passive skill "Handling Fee".】

【You are required to pay a handling fee of 0 ounces of Space-Time Power for this transaction.】

【You have triggered Nicholas Caesar's passive skill "Deferred Collection". Because you did not pay the handling fee to Nicholas Caesar within 0.0002 seconds, you have been subjected to "Deferred Collection" and must pay an additional 29.25% handling fee.】

【You have triggered Nicholas Caesar's passive skill "Compound Interest"……】

……

Caesar's skill was interrupted. He coughed in a rare moment of embarrassment and said, "I'm used to it. My dear friend, don't worry about these details."

The 3000 【Space-Time Stone Fragments】 that Caesar traded over were the reward Su Xiao had previously paid him to temporarily reunite the "Causal Lock Ring." Compared to Caesar's various shameless trading skills, this act of returning the reward made Su Xiao feel even more incredible. There was never a case where benefits that reached Caesar's hands could be returned.

Not to mention 30,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, even for a single Soul Coin, don't even think about it. Su Xiao looked at Caesar. From Caesar's very hard-to-suppress mouth corners, he thought of a possibility: perhaps Caesar had obtained astonishingly huge gains in this final series of events, and this guy's bottomless greed had been briefly satisfied.

In addition, the 【World Quest · World Tree】 was something Su Xiao had previously shared with Caesar. With the two matters combined, Caesar had actually, for the first time in history, felt that the 3000 【Space-Time Stone Fragments】 he had collected earlier were a bit hot to handle. Only after intense and difficult internal struggle did he have this rare moment.

Su Xiao held the 【World Tree Seed】 in his hand and looked at Caesar. Caesar also looked at Su Xiao. As their eyes met, they both seemed to be asking:

'Do you know how to plant a tree?'

"My dear friend, how you planted the Black Maple Tree back then is how you can plant this one now. You have more experience than I do."

"……"

Su Xiao tossed the walnut-sized 【World Tree Seed】 in his hand. This scene was watched intently by the Xiao hidden in the surrounding area, the leader of the gods, Harota, and the Mechanical Pope, Ange Maner, who had successfully escaped the death trap of the Secret Island. This was the planting of a World Tree; perhaps they would only see this once in their lifetime.

Further away, there were several indigenous supreme powerhouses of this world, as well as over 70% of the world's absolute powerhouses. They all held their breath and watched intently.

Under everyone's gaze, Su Xiao came to the very center of the world, used his left foot to grind a small pit in the ground, threw the 【World Tree Seed】 in, and finally stepped on it to fill the soil, letting the walnut-sized seed go about ten centimeters into the ground. Planting complete.

The crowd of supreme powerhouses watching were stunned, and the absolute powerhouses had even more spectacular expressions. This was completely different from how they imagined planting a 【World Tree Seed】.

In fact, what they didn't know was that Su Xiao's method of planting the Black Maple Tree back then was even more outrageous. It was a piece of mother tree bark; he just got a flower pot, put some soil in it, stuck it in, and that was it. Oh, right, he also had to water it.

"Amu."

Su Xiao asked Amu to fetch water. Soon, a large bucket of Eternal Spring Water was poured down. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was a bit thirsty and took the opportunity to poke his head in and take a few bites of water.

Why were Su Xiao and Caesar planting the 【World Tree Seed】 so casually? This was certainly not messing around. Even if you threw this thing into magma, it wouldn't stop it from sprouting. The key was the act of planting. With this act and causality, given the environment of this world in transcendence, the World Tree was bound to grow wildly.

After the World Tree sprouted branches, it began to grow wildly. Its root system spread rapidly underground. In just a few dozen seconds, the World Tree grew to several meters high.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao looked up at the World Tree. The World Tree was already over a hundred meters high. He estimated that it wouldn't be long before the World Tree's canopy would cover the inner city area of the Royal City.

With nothing to do, Su Xiao jumped onto the roof of a nearby two-story building. He was currently guarding this world to complete its transcendence, and also avoiding any attacks on the World Tree. As for the fully grown World Tree, if anyone thinks their life is too long, they can try attacking it. Being violently repelled by a world in transcendence is terrifying.

Su Xiao closed his eyes to meditate. Just as he entered meditation, he felt how wonderful it was to meditate in a world in transcendence, especially with a rapidly growing World Tree nearby.

……

The Void, the place where the sun fell, the Scarlet Sea of Fire.

A large ship diffusing cold air sailed on the scarlet sea of fire. As one of the most dangerous areas in the Void, there should have been no living beings here.

This was a ghost ship hired to come here, and the employer was standing on the deck.

This was a lady with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a spider abdomen and armored legs. She had milk-white hair reaching her waist and a pair of blood-red vertical pupils. Her temperament was lazy yet revealed cruelty. Her height of nearly five meters did not destroy her overall aesthetic. Her completely pitch-black eyes and the black patterns on her armored legs represented her current identity: an Abyss descendant, or more precisely, one of the seats on the Council of Elders of the Azguk family.

The ghost ship stopped. The Spider Lady walked gracefully to the bow and looked at the strong figure sitting at the source of the scarlet sea of fire, constantly being burned by the scarlet liquid fire and then rapidly recovering.

This sitting posture—after standing up, the height was at least eight meters. Bare-chested, the strong body was covered with various scars, and that beast-like aura represented its identity: a member of the Abyss descendant Rune family, the Red Beast of the Fourth Position, Di Luo.

"The exile of your family is dead."

The Spider Lady spoke. Even for her, the scorching heat of the scarlet sea of blood felt uncomfortable. Only this Red Beast would treat this land of death as a place for cultivation.

"It died long ago."

"It was the omen of the Ancient Urn."

Hearing the Spider Lady's words, the Red Beast Di Luo finally opened its pitch-black eyes. It looked at the Spider Lady, grinned to reveal rows of white, flat teeth, and smiled cruelly.

"So, what does Hatu's death have to do with us? It was banished by us long ago. For a loser, death is the destination."

The Red Beast Di Luo stood up from the scarlet liquid fire. Because its body recovery speed was too fast, a white mist rose with a hiss.

"You should know the fate of the Dukain family."

"A bunch of losers, destruction is their destination."

"I mean, the Dukain's Origin Clan Emblem was destroyed by that Law-Breaker."

"Impossible."

The Red Beast Di Luo's expression was calm. It waved its hand, broke through the space crack with brute force, and grabbed a highly poisonous translucent creature from the crack.

This strange creature with translucent tentacles all over its body bit the Red Beast Di Luo's arm and neck with several jaws full of sharp teeth. Di Luo didn't care at all, lifted the dozen-meter-long strange creature over its head, and twisted it hard like wringing a towel.

Accompanied by the squeaking screams of the strange creature, the translucent liquid fell into Di Luo's mouth and was swallowed to quench its thirst. Finally, it tore the half-dead strange creature into two, bit off a large mouthful, and chewed it with a crunch—the meat was as crispy and bouncy as a jellyfish.

"You can choose not to believe it, but whose hands will that 'Origin Clan Emblem' taken away by the exile Hatu fall into? If it is destroyed, your Rune family's 'Origin Clan Emblem' will no longer be complete."

The Spider Lady left these words and turned to walk towards the ghost ship.

The Red Beast Di Luo chewed the crispy strange creature with a crunch and laughed coldly:

"So, why should I go and trouble that Law-Breaker? Him obtaining that piece of the Rune family's 'Origin Clan Emblem' is his ability, his strength, and he is strong enough. That is what he deserves. What does it have to do with me?"

The Red Beast Di Luo stuffed the last piece of the strange creature into its mouth. Just as it was about to return to the scarlet liquid fire for ascetic cultivation, it seemed to sense something. From the arrogance just now, it became solemn. With its whole body skin dark red, it pressed a large hand against its chest, knelt on one knee, and began to listen carefully to something.

"Obeying your will."

The Red Beast Di Luo lowered its head slightly to show respect, then stood up.

Boom!

As if a star-destroying shell had been dropped into the center of the scarlet sea of fire, the center of the scarlet sea of fire revealed the black rock part at the bottom due to the terrifying impact.

On the ghost ship sailing away, the Red Beast Di Luo was already standing on top of the mast. It squatted down and looked at the ghosts on the ship:

"You guys look quite delicious."

The Red Beast Di Luo smiled, and saliva flowed from the corners of its mouth. Yes, this beast with a huge appetite and physical strength ranking in the top ten of the Astral Realm had been released from its cage.

……

Myriad Races World, World Center.

Time passed quietly in meditation. When Su Xiao finished meditating, it was already 50 hours later. During this period, no one came to seek death. After all, this world was about to transcend, and the follow-up was an opportunity for rapid strengthening. No one was willing to take risks at this time, not to mention challenging a Law-Breaker who had just beheaded an Ancestral God.

【Your "Heart Meditation" ability has increased to Lv. 1.】

【Heart Meditation: Lv. 111 (Passive)】

Skill Effect: Current "Heart Tolerance" for technique-type abilities is 8700 points.

Current "Heart Evil Thoughts" for the three technique abilities + Heavenly Blade Slash Shadow is 5890 points.

……

The improvement of the meditation ability was not surprising. What came next was the main event.

【You have submitted the World Quest · World Tree.】

【The situation of the World Tree in this world is: Preliminary Transcendence.】

【The quest requirements for "World Quest · World Tree" have been met.】

【Your Void Tree Reputation will be increased to 0 points.】

【Improving……】

【Improvement failed.】

【Current Void Tree Reputation is: -？？？？.】

【This judgment tier +7, improving……】

【Void Tree Reputation has been increased to -？？？.】

【Void Tree Reputation has been increased to -？？.】

【Void Tree Reputation has been increased to -？.】

【Void Tree Reputation has been increased to -9999999 points.】

【Void Tree Reputation has been increased to 0 points.】

【Warning: After multiple improvements, your Void Tree Reputation has stabilized at 0 points. You must carefully deal with and avoid behaviors that may lead to a decrease in Void Tree Reputation!】

……

Very good. After how long, Su Xiao's Void Tree Reputation finally returned to a numerical display mode.

"My dear friend, are you interested in this thing?"

Caesar displayed two badges.

"2 ounces."

"My dear friend, you can't just look at how much it specifically increases. This is a qualitative leap."

"5 ounces, at most."

"Deal."

After Caesar accepted the 5 ounces of Space-Time Power, he handed over the brass badge in his hand.

【You have obtained Void Tree Contribution Badge (Brass Grade). Upon use, you can immediately increase Void Tree Reputation by 1 point.】

【You have used Void Tree Contribution Badge (Brass Grade).】

【Your current Void Tree Reputation is: 1 point.】

【It is detected that your Void Tree Reputation has returned to the normal range. The 105 permission prohibitions you were currently subject to, as well as related rulings/pending rulings, have all been lifted. The Hunter needs to make persistent efforts to increase the existing Void Tree Reputation.】

……

Su Xiao looked at Caesar, and Caesar also looked at Su Xiao. With a glance, they confirmed that they had successfully turned the page on the old accounts. In the next world, they would definitely do something big. As for accumulating Void Tree Reputation, he was already used to those permission prohibitions and rulings. This "clearing of old accounts" was mainly because the Void Tree Reputation had been -？？？？ for too long.

Su Xiao knew one thing very clearly: he could be -？？？？, but absolutely not for a long time, continuing for many worlds. He had to make the Void Tree Reputation fluctuate back and forth like an ECG. This was truly playing "operating huge profits" and "avoiding risks" to the fullest.

Those who blindly operate, thinking they understand notarization and judgment well and will definitely not be subject to final rulings, are the ones who die the most miserably.

【Prompt: This world has completed transcendence. It is detected that the Hunter's main quest has been fully completed. You can return to the Reincarnation Paradise immediately under any circumstances to end this world progression.】

【Remaining stay time: 78 hours and 25 minutes.】

……

Seeing this stay time, Su Xiao knew that this was also a reward mechanism. However, he discovered one thing: the previously obtained "Life Defense" permission—that is, when HP drops to 1%, immediately enter the "Invincible State" of the Reincarnation Paradise's highest notarization level—still existed, and it would expire after ending this world progression.

If this permission expired after leaving this world, Su Xiao would only try to profit in this world. But if it expired after ending this world progression, that was another matter. Plus, all his injuries were now recovered.

Summoning the Lord Train, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Benny all got on. After setting the target location, the train entered full-speed mode.

Six hours later.

Wind and snow howled on the ice field. Su Xiao arrived at the Far East Cold Realm. He stepped off the train, his perception circle closed, and after carefully sensing the area within a dozen meters, he pressed one hand on the hilt of his blade.

"Extreme Blade · World."

Clang!

Intersecting slash marks appeared in the surroundings. Su Xiao rested for a moment and slashed out "Extreme Blade · World" again.

In this world that had preliminarily transcended, the world intensity became somewhat outrageous. Here, far from the center of the world where the transcendence changes hadn't spread much yet, Su Xiao slashed "Extreme Blade · World" five times in a row before black marks appeared in the surrounding air.

"Extreme Blade · World!"

Boom!

A vertical Abyss crack appeared. As soon as this crack appeared, it had a tendency to heal. Before the Abyss crack healed, Su Xiao rushed into it.

Yes, he wanted to take advantage of the "Invincible Permission" to enter the Abyss for real, under the certainty that he wouldn't die, to see what his limit was when facing the Abyss.

Time passed minute by minute. One hour, two hours, ten hours, one day, two days, three days.

【Transmission complete. You have returned to the Reincarnation Paradise.】

The sensation of transmission dissipated. In the exclusive room, Su Xiao, covered in bloodstains with his long blade stained black by pitch-black blood, had faint black smoke-like Abyss darkness rising from his right arm. With his "Abyss Right Arm," he was not afraid of being eroded by Abyss power. As long as he drove it to his right arm, it would be repelled by the right arm.

Relying on his Qinggangying ability, Su Xiao survived for three days amidst the endless siege of Abyss creatures. The area he entered was a desolate and dark black ruin. He actually only killed his way out for less than a hundred meters before it was difficult to continue forward. The swarming Abyss creatures were truly like the water in the sea; they were endless.

Plus, this was only possible because he had the 【Abyss Shadow】 title to persist for so long.

【Abyss Shadow】

Title Effect 3: Abyss Walking (Core · Passive). After entering the Abyss, you will not be eroded by the environment, and you will not emit the aura of an "Outsider."

……

Unfortunately, in the end, Su Xiao was still detected. Just a distant strike, the "Invincible Permission" was triggered. He chose to activate the return permission, and the Reincarnation Paradise's transmission permission was indeed unrivaled. Instantly, it transmitted him back to his exclusive room.

The biggest gain from this Abyss trip for Su Xiao was that the siege he suffered over these three days was as long as three years. Before the "Supreme Peak," the practical combat insights required for his technique-type abilities were directly piled up, even severely overflowing.

Also, Su Xiao confirmed one thing: the Abyss was not something he was qualified to step into right now. Being able to kill his way out for a hundred meters this time was partly due to luck. To truly enter the Abyss upright, one had to reach the Tuanzhang's level. For now, finding a way to break through to the "Supreme Peak" was the priority.

But before that, Su Xiao had to complete the trade with Saintess to bring Zhan Long Shan to a score of over 15,000 points and try to obtain a permission higher than the Eternal grade. Otherwise, the several treasure chests obtained this time could not be opened.

Su Xiao activated the recovery permission. Fluorescent green light particles with strong life aura appeared in the surroundings. He floated up as if he had lost gravity. At the same time, the world calculation for this time began.

【World reward settlement begins.】

Transcendence · Native World: Myriad Races World.

World Difficulty: Changing due to being in the early stage of transcendence.

World Source: 400%.

Number of quests completed: 7 (Main quests × 5, Side quest × 1, World quest × 1).

Comprehensive Evaluation: SSSS grade!

Starting to collect World Source……

World Source collection complete. Starting to calculate rewards.

Rewards obtained: Strength Source Quality × 4, Random Rare Origin Stone × 52, Skill Upgrade Chamber free usage permission (once).

Because the comprehensive evaluation reached SSSS grade, you will receive the following unique rewards.

1. Significantly increase Reincarnation Paradise Reputation (increased to 450,000 points based on current reputation).

2. Stay time in Reincarnation Paradise increased to 10 natural days (for the last three natural days, you can choose to enter the quest world in advance).

3. Permission "Fate Summoning".

4. Follower Permission "Despair Trial".

Prompt: True Power · Plunder has been activated. You will obtain 1–3 Golden Skill Points.

Prompt: You obtained 3 Golden Skill Points (determined by comprehensive evaluation).

Comprehensive evaluation is Reincarnation grade (SSSS grade). Hunter's current imprint level is Lv. 103, Imprint Level +8 (Quest world tier × Quest completion situation + Comprehensive evaluation - Quest completion time……).

Prompt: Your imprint level is higher than Lv. 100 (this is the highest level that can be reached by a Supreme-level through world settlement).

Prompt: Your extra permission + Lv. 8.

Settlement complete. Rewards have been stored in the Hunter's Imprint.

……