Chapter 4: Breaking the Record

The entire press conference had completely exploded into chaos.

Everyone was letting out sounds of shock and horror.

The Director had long since tossed the reporters to the back of his mind.

He went straight back to his office.

He turned on his computer.

He logged into his Tiandao Network account.

He located the Hundred Lives Reincarnation account.

"Hiss! In just this short while, it's already at seven million?"

The Director was utterly stunned.

This was no longer a matter of whether the number was high or not.

This was simply too terrifying!

If he didn't have absolute trust in the Tiandao Network,

he would have suspected this was fake!

"And he's only eight years old!"

"At eight years old, he can already use a Superbody to capture memories from a past life?"

"If he succeeds in capturing them, does that mean everyone can advance their capture timeline?!"

The significance of this matter was enormous!

The Director paced back and forth inside his office.

His mind raced with countless thoughts.

He immediately ordered his assistant, "Assemble the team of experts."

"With seven million activity points, he is certain to capture extremely profound memories from a past life!"

"It will absolutely fill a crucial gap in history!"

"Furthermore! See if you can contact him as soon as possible!"

"If contact is made, try to persuade him not to capture his past life yet!"

The assistant immediately ran out.

The Director took a deep breath.

His concern naturally stemmed from the fact that capturing a past life at eight years old...

...carried immense danger!

If he rashly attempted to capture his past life!

Should he fail, the Federation would lose a genius with ten million activity points!

Such a loss was something the Heavenly Dao Administration could not afford!

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Inside the room, Ye Xuan was utterly astonished.

"Ten million activity points? So high."

Could it be because of his transmigration?

Did the superposition of two souls result in higher activity?

But that wasn't it; the Federation's explanation stated that activity levels were related to the number of past lives and the influence of one's past identities.

He stopped dwelling on these matters.

Being high was a good thing!

"It just seems excessively high; hasn't it directly broken the Federation's global record?"

On the overall leaderboard Ye Xuan had just seen...

...the first-place holder had over three million activity points.

The activity count was still rising; until it stopped, he couldn't start his livestream.

Fortunately, the rate of increase was beginning to slow down.

He estimated it wouldn't be much longer.

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Heavenly Dao Forum, Activity Zone.

It was currently in complete chaos!

Various chat groups were flying everywhere!

Everyone was discussing something utterly inconceivable!

The number one spot on the overall activity leaderboard, held for at least two hundred years...

...had been knocked down!

An unheard-of name now occupied first place!

Ten million activity points!

Everyone was going crazy!

First on the overall activity leaderboard!

First on the monthly leaderboard!

First on the weekly leaderboard!

First on the daily leaderboard!

First on the real-time leaderboard!

Even the grandeur Jiang Liuer once enjoyed was completely overshadowed.

Throughout the entire forum, related posts multiplied at a visible speed.

Everyone was discussing it frantically.

"I'm fucking shocked!"

"Ten million activity points! Unheard of!"

"Was your past life the creator of the universe?"

"In one day, he directly broke records spanning hundreds of years!"

"Kneeling and licking!"

"Eight years old! Damn! When Laozi was eight, I was still sucking milk!"

"?? Are you sure about that, upstairs?"

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Eastern Alliance, Platinum Han Palace Hotel.

Jiang Liuer leaned half-reclined on the bed, with someone lying in his arms.

"Ten million activity points?"

A trace of shock flashed across Jiang Liuer's face, followed by a sneer: "So what if the activity level is high?"

"Eight years old? Wanting to capture memories of a past life? Keep dreaming."

He had never heard of anyone successfully capturing a past life at eight years old!

Even if you had one hundred million activity points.

Once the capture of a past life begins, instant death is certain!

The Heavenly Dao's backlash is no joke!

"With my two million activity points, the past life I capture and the abilities I awaken—how could you possibly comprehend them?"

A green glint flickered in Jiang Liu'er's pupils, then vanished in an instant.

He had awakened abilities from his past lives while capturing them!

He had captured three distinct past-life selves! Dozens of fragments from past lives!

He had awakened more than three abilities!

This was the most valuable aspect of capturing past-life memories for an individual!

That was why he felt nothing toward the so-called ten million activity points.

"Without results, you remain trash."

Shaking his head, he tossed aside his phone and turned to launch a new offensive.

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On the major activity point leaderboards.

The final value for the account 'Hundred Lifes Reincarnation Heavenly Dao' froze at 12.19 million!

The moment the activity points stopped increasing.

Everyone watching seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

If it rose any further, they would truly go mad!

Immediately after, everyone began anticipating one thing.

Eight years old!

Ten million activity points!

Could he successfully capture a past life?

If he succeeded.

What kind of past life would it be?!

Likewise, many people did not believe he would initiate the capture.

After all, the danger was too great.

Even if he suffered harm.

The losses would far outweigh the gains!

His guardians would never allow him to capture a past life.

Everyone's hearts felt as though cats were clawing at them.

An unbearable itch in the heart!

Suddenly, someone shouted in the chat group.

"Live stream! This person is actually live streaming the process of capturing a past life!"

Like a stone casting ripples across a thousand layers of waves!

"Really going to capture?"

"Does he not value his life!"

"Damn, where are the parents? Which family is so cruel as to let an eight-year-old child perform such a dangerous act?"

"Stop joking! Go ahead, I want to see what your past life actually is!"

Live streaming on the very first attempt to capture a past life?

As expected, a madman who captures past lives at eight years old!

The risk is truly enormous!

The Federal government has issued warnings countless times!

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"Preposterous!"

The Bureau Chief slammed the table fiercely.

His face looked rather ugly.

An eight-year-old child, where are the parents?

It is simply preposterous!

"Have you contacted him!"

The assistant shook his head and said, "Messages were sent, but there is no response."

The Bureau Chief grew even more agitated.

Under the Heavenly Dao Network, unless one holds the highest authority, if the author does not make themselves public,

no one else has any way to find the author's true identity.

This is also why nearly a billion people in the Federation choose to connect to the Heavenly Dao Network.

No one knows who you are!

Unless you publicly reveal your name and account yourself.

"Sigh! Ten million activity points, what a pity."

The assistant spoke again: "Bureau Chief, the experts are all online."

"Good, just share the live stream directly."

After giving the order, the Bureau Chief turned on his computer and entered the newly established video link.

Due to distance issues and the urgency of the matter,

they adopted an online video conference method with various research experts.

This was a method they had long been familiar with over the past century.

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The activity value before Ye Xuan's eyes shrank into the bottom right corner.

Then the live stream page opened.

A live stream of capturing a past life will only broadcast the past life itself.

It will not broadcast the surroundings where the author is currently located.

"Whoa, why are there so many people?"

Ye Xuan was somewhat stunned.

The number of online viewers in the live room.

Within merely two seconds,

it skyrocketed to 200,000 people!

And it was still increasing rapidly!

It continued until it approached 300,000,

before finally leveling off.

"More people is good; perhaps the tips will be higher."

"More tips mean I get more."

"There's also a greater chance of a critical hit!"

Right now, Ye Xuan's mind was filled with only one word.

Money!

Starting a live stream to capture a past life equals 10,000 in hand.

Tips plus critical hits equal commission in hand.

On the screen, the light gradually brightened.

A roar like that of a giant beast rang out.

A huge monster, resembling a mechanical whale, wandered through the air.

Strange-looking creatures, one after another,

stepping on flying devices,

flew out from both sides of the mechanical whale.

Ye Xuan's pupils dilated wildly.

He was utterly stunned.

"Leviathan?!"

"Marvel?!"

Was my past life in the Marvel world?!