Chapter 139

"Conquest quest settlement evaluation in progress... Evaluation complete."

"For this conquest, because the Command Master with the code name 【Disaster Star】 completed main and side quests such as Truth, Land Reclamation, Sacrifice Curse, and Survival, his contribution is ranked first, and he is awarded an additional 1,000 merit points."

"In addition, because the Command Master with the code name 【Intelligence Star】 used cheating methods that caused many unknown changes during the conquest of the Vortex Nation Mystic Realm, resulting in a difficulty level far exceeding the current tier, as a penalty, the Intelligence Star Command Master's next conquest quest will have its difficulty increased by one level on this basis."

"The remaining surviving Command Masters will not be affected by the difficulty of this conquest."

"Return!"

Amidst these settlement movements, all the Demon Star Command Masters breathed a sigh of relief and were immediately sent back to the Demon Star Space.

Naturally, this included Li Yu.

The other Command Masters were rejoicing that although they hadn't gained much, they had at least survived.

Li Yu, upon hearing the notification, immediately pondered: "Where did the First Undead Woman send Brother Brother Shang Yang? Is he still alive?"

The answer to this question appeared very soon.

As soon as he entered the Demon Star Space, a strange feeling of coldness came from the center of his brow, accompanied by a faint, cold fragrance.

Li Li Xuanji, he received a message left for him by the "First Undead Woman."

A large amount of complex information surfaced directly in Li Yu's mind.

In the blink of an eye, he understood, and a look of complex joy appeared on his face:

"Vortex God Imprint!"

"A divine blessing that can only be given after the First Undead Woman ascends to become the 【Daughter of the Vortex God】."

"With this imprint, I don't need to use deceptive means in the future. I only need to call upon the Vortex God characteristics shared by the First Undead Woman within my body to make prayers to the 【Vortex God】. The First Undead Woman will personally act as a medium to convey my prayers."

"It can isolate pollution in the middle, increase prayer authority, ensure a response, and increase the success rate of being blessed."

"This is a reward!"

"The First Undead Woman believes that I gave her immense help, allowing her to preserve her mother's flesh and the Mystic Realm, and she already views me as a close benefactor."

"For this, she even specially told me her human name, called: Sister Yi Ge... This was her name when she was a human woman, and also the name of that Vortex Nation princess at the end of the Warring States period."

This imprint and this large amount of information were not blocked by the Demon Star Command.

It was probably recognized that these were also one of Li Yu's gains in the Mystic Realm and could be brought out.

Besides these benefits, Sister Yi Ge also specially informed him of Brother Brother Shang Yang's whereabouts.

"She knew Brother Brother Shang Yang was difficult to deal with, and seeing that he was about to escape, she worried that he would take action against me after returning, so she cast a divine art called Void Vortex to banish him to... the Spirit Realm!"

"Once inside, it will be extremely difficult to return to the real world unless a True God is willing to provide help."

"Spirit Realm?"

An unfamiliar term echoed in Li Yu's mind.

Li Li Xuanji, he looked at his merit point balance, his face full of smiles.

32,700 points!

What is called a huge expansion?

What is called a massive profit.

It can be said that this Mystic Realm conquest had such huge changes, and all the main quests, side quests, and progress were completely messed up by Brother Brother Shang Yang.

It should have been a relic-type Mystic Realm for step-by-step exploration, but it was forcibly turned into a head-on push by this Intelligence Star Command Master.

In the end, everything was lost, and nothing was gained.

Whether it was the Demon Star Command side or the Reincarnator side, both suffered massive losses.

The latter gained nothing and had to pay a huge price to forcibly escape.

The former lost more than half of their people, and only thanks to Li Yu's good fortune did some survivors return.

As for Brother Brother Shang Yang himself, he was even more miserable.

The only one who made a huge profit was Li Yu.

"I used to be extremely envious of those genius group members in the 【Star Cluster】 who could speak freely and chat at will."

"Now I can barely do it too, although I still can't compare to some high-sequence group members."

"Of course, I won't be that wasteful."

"Demon Star!"

"How many merit points are needed to query information about the 【Spirit Realm】?"

"This is a type of common knowledge for high-sequence cultivators. If you want to know, you must pay 500 merit points."

"Deduct, query."

His wealth expanded suddenly, but Li Yu's mindset did not.

The reason he was generous in paying to check the information was that he was eager to know Brother Brother Shang Yang's movements.

In the next breath, a large amount of transcendent information surfaced, and the thirteenth Truth Bubble charged and flickered.

"The Spirit Realm is a collective term for a vast and boundless world located between the real world and the outer domains."

"Inside, there are countless Mystic Realms, as well as many mysterious and unknowable creatures, or unsolvable terrifying phenomena... and even True Gods."

"It can be said that besides the various divine kingdoms and divine domains, the place with the best chance to face a True God directly is the 【Spirit Realm】."

"And because the Spirit Realm is extremely vast, boundless, and infinite, many gods or powerhouses will forcibly banish some trash or enemies into it."

"Without sufficient means, it is very difficult to survive in the Spirit Realm."

"At the same time, the Spirit Realm can also be considered a special channel connecting all Mystic Realms, outer domains, and the real world. Those with secret methods can use the Spirit Realm to achieve travel between worlds... but this behavior is extremely dangerous; once a mistake is made, it is very likely to lead to eternal damnation."

When Li Yu finished reading this, he immediately understood that it would be extremely difficult for Brother Brother Shang Yang to return to the real world again unless the Ancient Saint took action.

In addition, he had another guess:

The operation of the Demon Star Command was not rigid.

It might even take the opportunity to retaliate within the rules?

For example, Brother Brother Shang Yang was banished to the Spirit Realm by Sister Yi Ge. The Demon Star Command might not be unable to speed up and send Brother Brother Shang Yang back first; it was possible that it was deliberately retaliating against Brother Brother Shang Yang. After all, it was this Intelligence Star Command Master who messed up a perfectly good conquest quest.

And the starting point was that Brother Brother Shang Yang wanted to use the power of the Demon Star to plunder all the benefits in the Mystic Realm without sharing a single bit.

This kind of "biting the hand that feeds you" and "crossing the river and tearing down the bridge" behavior was very reasonable to be retaliated against.

Of course, these were all Li Yu's guesses and might not be true.

"In this quest, although I was the only one who made a huge profit, there was also a lot of luck involved."

"Next time, I might not be so lucky."

"Many of the Demon Star Command Masters are lunatics, so it wouldn't be strange to run into Brother Brother Shang Yang again."

"Strength is the foundation, and I should also look for an opportunity to ascend to Sequence Six."

Thinking of this, Li Yu couldn't help but get excited.

He had extreme curiosity, and stimulated by Brother Brother Shang Yang, he was eager to know information about the next sequence of the Spirit Venerable path.

Especially since he had a lot of merit points now, he didn't hesitate and asked again:

"Demon Star!" "How many merit points are needed to exchange for the secret medicine formula and ascension ceremony for Sequence Six of the Spirit Venerable path?"

"The two combined require a total of 12,000 merit points."

When the price came out, Li Yu felt no ripples in his heart.

Compared to the formula and ceremony for Sequence Seven 【Alchemist】, Sequence Six was a full 10,000 points more expensive.

But between cultivators, the difference of one sequence meant a world of difference in strength, so it was very reasonable for it to be this expensive.

After thinking for only a few breaths, he chose to exchange.

After all, the ancient strange god "Spirit Venerable" was suspected to have fallen long ago, and all cultivators on this path could not obtain the formula and ceremony for the next sequence through prayer or god-worship.

As of now, Li Yu only had this one path before him and no other choice.

It was fortunate that the Demon Star Command existed!

Otherwise, his cultivation of the Spirit Venerable path would be like walking a dead-end road, foolish and without any hope of survival.

Now, although his progress speed couldn't keep up with lunatics like "Brother Brother Shang Yang," it was not at all weaker than the genius cultivators of other sects.

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Coupled with his Truth Soul Body and his many "unconventional" operations, he had already built up quite a reputation.

"Exchange successful!"

"12,000 merit points have been deducted."

Along with the prompt came two extremely complex transcendent secrets that exploded in Li Yu's mind:

"Sequence Six of the Spirit Venerable path is named: 【Daoist Physician】."

"Daoist Physician Secret Medicine!"

"You must collect at least three types of 'divine pollutants' with extremely high concentrations. The more you collect and the higher the concentration, the better the effect of the secret medicine. After collecting them, swallow all the pollutants together, and use the two arts of Consumption and Internal Refining. After feeling the divine pollution, decompose and refine them one by one, returning to simplicity, and obtaining the Dao in one; the secret medicine can then be formed."

"During the process of refining the secret medicine, you must not be eroded by any divine pollution, and you must not leave behind even a trace of hidden injury; otherwise, when taking the Daoist Physician secret medicine in the future, you may suffer a backlash due to concentration differences, leading to death and the destruction of your Dao."

"Special Note: There is an inescapable prerequisite for the successful refining of the secret medicine: the two arts of Alchemical Fire and Consumption must be upgraded to the Sequence Six level first, and a flawless 【Alchemical Fire Furnace】 must be formed within the body; otherwise, there is a high probability of sudden death during the refining process."

"Ascension Ceremony!"

"After refining the secret medicine, the cultivator must become famous within a certain range for their 'Medical Dao' and heal no fewer cases than the number of divine pollutants in the secret medicine. The greater the influence caused, the greater the fame, and the more people healed, the better the ascension effect."

"As the third tier of the Spirit Venerable path!"

"A Daoist Physician can not only inherit all the abilities of the Alchemist sequence, but the strange arts originally mastered will also receive a huge boost once again."

"In addition, a Daoist Physician also possesses 【Super Five Senses】 that far exceed those of the same sequence on other ascension paths, and can imitate and analyze targets through various means, thereby stealing some of the opponent's abilities."

"The 'High Inspiration' possessed by the cultivator themselves will skyrocket again, and they will also possess extraordinary affinity and charm. This charm can be directed at all things in the world, even including divine creatures; as long as they cannot pass the judgment, it will be very difficult for them to harbor malice toward the cultivator."

"Most importantly!"

"The cultivator will gain the new strange art 【Daoist Physician】. Under the blessing of this strange art, the cultivator can exempt themselves from almost most divine pollution with insufficient concentration, and after complete analysis, prescribe targeted prescriptions... and conversely, configure poisons that can trigger the opponent's divine pollution backlash."

"Special Note: Every Daoist Physician needs to set a rescue rule for themselves; otherwise, they will all lose control and die suddenly in the near future, without exception."

"So powerful."

"And also unusually troublesome."

Once again, looking at the secret medicine formula and ascension details in his mind, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh.

He had now figured out the reason for the strength and the severance of the Spirit Venerable path.

At the Alchemist Apprentice sequence, it wasn't very clear.

But having seen the Alchemist and Daoist Physician sequences one after another, the trend was very obvious.

"Cultivators of the Ancient Saint path use all living beings in the world as research objects, single-mindedly working on new technologies and grand plans."

"And the Spirit Venerable path seems to be completely aimed at the gods."

"What devouring and refining, what imitation and stealing, and later there are targeted prescriptions... won't it develop to the point where in the later high sequences, they take the gods as experimental subjects?"

Thinking this far, Li Yu felt a slightly ominous omen.

However, he was already on the pirate ship and had nowhere to escape.

Of course, he didn't intend to escape either.

Although the trouble of this Sequence Six "Daoist Physician" meant he couldn't ascend in the short term, the abilities were also unimaginable.

Every single one of them made his heart flutter.

Especially the two abilities of "exempting from most divine pollution" and "targeted prescriptions."

Li Yu could already imagine how much of an advantage he would have when facing cultivators from both righteous and evil sides once he ascended to Daoist Physician.

Being able to save people and poison people, how to advance or retreat was entirely up to him.

"Pity!"

"These few prerequisites mean I am temporarily unable to configure the secret medicine and ascend."

"It's easier to say that the Art of Consumption needs to be improved; if I go on a binge-eating spree for a period of time, there will definitely be progress."

"But how to upgrade the Art of Alchemical Fire, and how to condense the so-called Alchemical Fire Furnace?"

"And what is that rescue rule?"

"Something like saving one person for every one killed?"

Just as Li Yu was looking at the formula and the details of the ceremony, struggling to think,

Abruptly, a terrifying change occurred.

In his sea of consciousness, the 【Genius Star Cluster】 of the Demon Star Command popped up directly.

Inside the group, one genius group member after another was constantly calling him.

When he looked over, he immediately felt an unprecedented sense of life-or-death crisis surging toward him.

Lines of strange scarlet characters flickered like death warrants:

"Disaster Star, I heard you tricked that guy Brother Brother Shang Yang again and even tricked him into the Spirit Realm?"

"It has been confirmed. Not only did those few surviving Command Masters spread the news widely after returning, but the Sacred Nest side also successfully received Brother Brother Shang Yang's lower half, read enough information from it, and it's estimated that they have already started issuing an absolute kill order against Disaster Star."

"Hahaha... You are worthy of being you. Among countless Demon Star Command Masters, the one who best fits the command name is you."

"I also inquired about the process. That guy Brother Brother Shang Yang was too shameless and too cruel. It was clearly an exploration-type Mystic Realm quest, and although the mortality rate was high, it was maintained at the Sequence Six level. But as soon as he went in, he pulled off a 【Mechanical Ascension】, and in the end, he even sacrificed himself to summon the Ancient Saint's blessing, forcibly raising the difficulty to the Sequence Five level."

"But in the end, he was still tricked by Disaster Star. Not only did he gain nothing, but he even got himself involved."

"Brother Brother Shang Yang's fate is not just as simple as being trapped in the Spirit Realm. He is now definitely marked by the 【Demon Star Command】. The Demon Star Command allows Command Masters to do some unconventional operations, but this level of messing around will be retaliated against."

"Disaster Star! You'd better return to reality quickly and find an organization that can resist the Sacred Nest for protection. Brother Brother Shang Yang's status is very special; he will definitely be rescued by the Sacred Nest, and the Sacred Nest will definitely try its best to hunt you down."

(End of chapter)