Chapter 1181: We’re Always The Realest and Liberated
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Huang Tianfu and the other two finally looked through the heretics’ proposal more than half an hour later. They also came up with a preliminary conclusion.
Sun Zhuo noticed that Lin Huang did not participate in the discussion throughout the process. Instead, he delegated the task to the three Grand Dukes in relief.
He looked at Huang Tianfu and the other three and then at the three people he brought. He was getting more and more depressed upon recalling the bastards at the heretics’ headquarters.
‘We’re both bosses. Why are we being treated so differently?’
After the three Grand Dukes were done with the discussion, Huang Tianfu went through the main points of the heretics’ proposal with Lin Huang and informed him about the conclusion that they came to through voice transmission.
Lin Huang nodded after listening and said to Sun Zhuo, “Presiding Judge, we’ve already come to a preliminary conclusion. Tianfu, please go on.” Then, he passed the stage to Huang Tianfu who nodded and projected the heretics’ proposal from his Emperor’s Heart Ring.
“The proposal that the heretics have provided is very thorough. It covers almost all aspects of the possible collaboration between Dynasty and the heretics that might occur in the future. They even gave very solid suggestions in some aspects which inspires us.
“In reality, this proposal is fantastic in the long run. However, we feel that this multi-faceted collaboration might be a little too rushed.”
At the moment, Sun Zhuo could not help but speak up, “Maybe we weren’t clear about this. This proposal itself is an idealized version of the final collaboration for both sides. Therefore, we included all possible collaborations as much as we could. The reason why we didn’t include the details was mainly that we aren’t sure what kind of collaboration Dynasty is looking at.”
“I was going to ask about the details because we didn’t see it in the proposal,” Huang Tianfu responded, “But we can discuss them now.
“I think financial collaboration can be the first step. Dynasty can give our collaborators access to our internal trading system at all times. We’re ready for that. We can give the access tomorrow morning if we reach an agreement today.
“In reality, we synced our trading system a day after we signed the agreement with the Union Government five days ago. The trading rate throughout the past few days experienced a 50% boost and it’s still growing every day.”
The four heretics looked interested as they listened keenly.
Sun Zhuo could not help but ask, “If we sync our system with yours, can we get access to the Union Government trading system too?”
“We’ve thought about this in the beginning and discussed with the Union Government. They give our collaborators access but it’s limited. Approximately 12% of products are banned sales. Even though the trading access is only 88%, it’s much higher than the 61% the Union Government gives to the public. Moreover, since the collaborators will be given online access to the trading system, there’ll be a 17% premium to the sales. It’s considered as commission for Dynasty.”
“A 17% premium! That’s a little high. Auctions usually only charge a 5% handling fee.” Zhou Tong gasped.
“17% isn’t actually high because you’re given insider prices. Even with the 17% premium, the price that you pay is similar to the price you find in the market. No matter whether they are auctions or black markets, there’ll definitely be a higher premium compared to the price you find in the market. In reality, it’s not us who set the 17% premium. We were asking for 10% from the Union Government in the beginning, but they’re afraid of affecting the market price which might cause the butterfly effect and influence the entire market.
“Of course, the ratio isn’t fixed whereby it will be adjusted following the market price. Moreover, we’ll reduce the commission accordingly for organizations that we’re closer with in the future, given the condition that the items won’t be resold. There will be a more detailed condition by then.” Huang Tianfu provided a comprehensive explanation.
“How about the items from Dynasty? Can we enjoy insider prices too? What’s the ratio of banned sales like?”
“It depends on the price the heretics are giving us. At the moment, we give the Union Government an insider price just like what the Dynasty members pay. There’re no banned sales. We’re not the Union Government. We have no military businesses. All of the resources are obtained from hunting and exploring ruins and sites. Therefore, there’s nothing that we can’t sell. The only difference between the Union Government and Dynasty members is that the latter has the priority to buy an item that they are keen to purchase at the same time.”
“I get it. Priority purchase. Right. We understand that.” Sun Zhuo nodded lightly when he heard the clarification. “I’ll discuss the price and banned sales with the headquarters later.”
“May I ask what’s the banned sales ratio like working with the Union Government?” Zhou Tong asked all of a sudden. “Of course, you don’t have to tell me if it’s too much to ask.”
Huang Tianfu looked at Lin Huang to get his approval. Lin Huang nodded at him since it was not actually a secret.
“The banned sales we’re given is 3%.”
“Wow, this ratio is similar to the Hunter Association, isn’t it?!” Xia Yu exclaimed.
“Not exactly. The Hunter Association has an even lower figure. No organization can compete with how close they are to the Union Government.” Huang Tianfu did not reveal more.
“Let’s end the discussion of trading access here. We’ll discuss the detailed conditions when the heretics have set the price. We’ll give access within 24 hours as soon as the agreement is done.”
“Sure, let’s end it here. We’ll talk about the detailed conditions tomorrow morning when we’re done on our side.” Sun Zhou never thought that they would set the first project so soon. In reality, the agreement was basically in place now that they were in discussion. He did not expect Dynasty to be so open before coming here. Not only were they sincere in the collaboration, but they were not perfunctory at all.
“Let’s talk about the next project then. About the data access…” Huang Tianfu moved onto the second project directly.
Sun Zhuo stayed three days in Emperor City with the other three heretics. They spent most of the time in Dynasty’s meeting room.
In reality, the meeting was mainly run by Huang Tianfu and the other two Grand Dukes. They went into detail about the few projects that could be accomplished in the first round of collaboration. They also raised many questions, even giving Sun Zhuo and the rest some solutions for their reference.
The people from the heretics witnessed the three Grand Dukes’ professionalism, especially Huang Tianfu who was totally an all-rounder butler.
Sun Zhuo even had the thought of poaching Huang Tianfu back to the heretics quite a few times.
However, he decided to be wise and give up on the idea. Poaching Huang Tianfu would mean an end to the collaboration with Dynasty. On the other hand, he realized apart from his combat strength, he could not compare with Lin Huang in many aspects. At least, his charm was ahead of Lin Huang’s.
Throughout the meeting, although Lin Huang only gave his opinion a few times, he would always strike with core questions every time he spoke. The three Grand Dukes would almost accept whatever he said and they genuinely respected him.
Even Zhou Tong and the other two clearly became quieter after spending three days in the meeting room.
On the last day of the meeting, Zhou Tong became more enthusiastic. He was more engaged in the collaboration than Sun Zhuo was.
As the three-day meeting ended, the first collaboration among Dynasty and the heretics was finally sealed. With the enthusiasm from both sides, the discussion was smooth, and they came up with many projects together.
After they had a celebratory dinner at Dynasty, Sun Zhuo dragged the three of them for steamboat in the middle of the night.
Sitting at the steamboat table, Sun Zhuo finally could not hold it any longer and asked, “Why exactly were you guys so quiet throughout the three days?”
The three of them had their lips sealed.
Cao Yao was the first to speak after a while, “Boss, do you think that we’re useless? We can’t do anything and we’re always causing trouble.”
“Err… Not really.” Sun Zhuo was stunned and waved his hand later on. “Why do you ask such a question?”
“Did you see how amazing the three Grand Dukes are? They’re so competent. They can solve anything. They’ve taken care of everything even before the Emperor speaks,” Cao Ya said, “If there are people like that in the heretics, we would definitely be so much better off than this.”
“We can’t be envious of some things.” Sun Zhuo shook his head while grinning. “Each organization has their own style. The heretics are the heretics because of you guys. If all of you are as serious as Huang Tianfu and the rest, I might pull out of the organization after staying for a month.”
“Really?” Cao Ya widened her eyes.
“Of course! That’s who you are. You don’t have to pretend when you’re in the heretics. Nobody will judge you. Didn’t you join the heretics because of this back then? This is also the founding motto of the heretics. No matter how the outside world is, no matter how the past is, and no matter how the future will be, as long as you’re in the heretics, we’re always the realest and most liberated.”
Zhou Tong and the other two had their eyes lit up when they heard that proclamation.
“How about you, little girl? Why have you been so quiet?” Sun Zhuo looked at Xia Yu.
“I think Lin Huang has changed so much. He was only a little guy on bronze-level three years ago. Within three years, he’s totally transformed like he’s a different person. Not only is there a change in his combat strength, but he’s also different from who he was before. Moreover, he looks more like a boss than you do, Boss,” Xia Yu spoke her mind, “I wonder if it’s because I’m not working hard enough. Is that why he’s so much farther ahead than me?”
“Don’t belittle yourself, Xiao Yu. You’ve improved a lot throughout the three years. You got to immortal-level when you were 20, and your cultivation speed is considered fast. Fewer than 30 people in this entire world can do that. You’re just comparing yourself to the wrong person. Comparing yourself with Lin Huang is simply creating trouble for yourself.
“The things that Lin Huang has gone through these three years might be more than what a person has ever done in his or her whole life. His terrifying talent and potential isn’t the only factor of his growth. He’s definitely killed many to achieve what he has today. The path that he’s taken is so tough that most people can’t imagine it. He’s the only one who would know how many battles and kills he has experienced, how many times he was involved in life-and-death battles, and how many times he escaped death.”
What Zhou Tong said did not only make Xia Yu and Cao Ya fall into deep thoughts, but even Sun Zhou was looking at him in puzzlement.
“Hey, Old Zhou, what’s wrong with you?” Sun Zhou could not help but prod. “Let’s not talk about you involving yourself in the collaboration today. You’re even promoting Lin Huang now. Are you planning to join Dynasty?”
“B*tch, please, I joined the heretics before you did! You’ve got to be dreaming if you want to get me to pull out of the heretics,” Zhou Tong condemned mercilessly.
“Then, why…?”
“I’m just speaking what I think about Lin Huang. In reality, I’ve been observing him these few days. However, the more I observe him, the more I can’t see through him, but now I understand why Huang Tianfu and the rest respect him like that, and I also roughly figured out how Dynasty developed so quickly.
“The terrifying thing isn’t his combat strength and ability, or his talent and potential. It’s that he has a different way of looking at issues compared to ordinary people. His perspective doesn’t seemed to be restricted by this world.”
“Now that I think about it, you’re right. The few questions that he asked in the meeting were a little strange, but they were pointing at the crux of the matters. And the solutions that he proposed were never heard of.” Sun Zhuo thought about it carefully and nodded.
“The reason I was enthusiastic about our collaboration with Dynasty is Lin Huang’s performance. I think he might be the pioneer of a new era. Dynasty will go a long way with his leadership. Then, I thought about the heretics’ current situation, so I have an interesting idea. Since we can’t be a pioneer, why don’t we butter up a pioneer and excel with him?”
Xia Yu and Cao Ya roared in laughter at what Zhou Tong said.
However, Sun Zhuo fell into a long silence while frowning. He only lifted his head to look at Zhou Tong after a while. “What if the path Dynasty goes on turns out to be a dead-end?”
Zhou Tong was stunned to hear that. He understood what Sun Zhuo meant. Nobody had done this before, so nobody knew if such a model Dynasty was adopting could last long. It seemed great now, but nobody could foresee what would happen in the future. Meanwhile, the heretics would be at a great loss as soon as something happened the closer they were with Dynasty.
“It’s been over 200 years since the heretics have had any changes. I’ve no idea when we’ll have a transformation if we miss this chance. Of course, you make the last call. I’m just giving my perspective and opinion. We’ll support you no matter what your decision is in the end.”
Sun Zhuo fell into silence for a moment after hearing that. He chuckled out loud all of a sudden. “I’ve no idea why I was concerned. We’ve already signed the agreement, but the fear of making the wrong decision came out of nowhere. However, now that I think about it, there’s nothing to regret since the decision has been made. Let’s just take the bet. Let’s see where this sugar daddy Dynasty will bring us!”
Chapter 1182: Bloody’s Discovery
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Lin Huang rushed back to the Emperor’s Palace as soon as the three-day meeting with the heretics was over.
There was no reason for his hurry other than Bloody coming up with the cultivation methods at noon and telling him that she found out about something through voice transmission.
Lin Huang had been holding the piece of information until he signed the agreement with the heretics. He then returned to the Emperor’s Palace immediately.
The lights were shining brightly in the Emperor’s Palace. In her red dress, Bloody sat with her legs crossed under Lin Huang’s throne. She only got up calmly when she saw Lin Huang entering the Emperor’s Palace.
“Bloody, what exactly did you find out?”
“There’s no rush. Let me tell you slowly,” Bloody said while smiling, “I was studying the Buddhist methods that you gave me throughout these few days. I came up with three sets of simple cultivation methods from up to a hundred Buddhist methods. When I was coming up with the third set of methods this morning, I realized that it’s very similar to a set of ancient methods that I came up with earlier.
“I then compared both methods and simplified the cultivation steps. I found out that there are only three steps in these two cultivation systems to get one to virtual god-level — foundation building, accumulation of energy, and formation of the core.
“These are the differences. The first one, there’s a different way of building the foundation. Secondly, there are many types of ways for the accumulation of energy whereby each method is different. Some methods to accumulate energy only have two steps while some have five. It causes the categorization of ranks to be completely different. Last would be the formation of the core. In reality, it is natural is to consolidate a solid energy substance just like the Godhead in your body. However, different cultivation systems form different energy substances.”
Lin Huang recalled what the stone tablet had said before about the human cultivators in an era cultivating the foundation as the first step. However, they did not continue the topic further and they stopped at the foundation. At that time, he did not think of asking further.
“So, what’s the conclusion?” Lin Huang asked immediately.
“The conclusion is that the cultivation system of the gravel world that we’re currently in is messed up. The accumulation of energy is placed before the foundation building, making the formation of the core difficult.”
In reality, Lin Huang had heard about Bloody’s conclusion from the stone tablet before. Bloody proceeded when he was going to explain that he knew about this, “However, there’s a benefit out of all this mess. Without building the foundation, it would mean that one has yet to step on the path of cultivation. Your body can cultivate the methods that start with building the foundation which doesn’t collide with the current system.
“To put it simply, those who are below imperial-level and haven’t consolidated their Life Palace can cultivate methods that build their foundation. They can then perform the accumulation of energy and consolidate Godheads. Naturally, whether one can elevate to Virtual God or not depends on the compatibility of the methods. Also, it depends on one’s potential and talent.”
“How about people above imperial-level? Is there any solution to this?” Lin Huang asked immediately.
“There is!” Bloody looked at Lin Huang grimly. “You can do that by destroying your Life Palace and building your foundation from scratch!”
Lin Huang was stunned to hear her answer. In reality, there should be people who had considered that in theory, but he figured not many would have the guts to actually try that.
Most of them would fear that not being able to cultivate once their Life Palace was destroyed. What if they had to be stuck on immortal-level forever?!
“Are you sure that’s viable?” Lin Huang asked while frowning a little.
“It totally can, theoretically.” Bloody nodded although she dared not promise that either.
“How about those demigods who failed to elevate to Virtual God? Can they fix it?” Lin Huang asked again.
“That’s much more difficult than imperial-levels. Theoretically, it would work if one destroys the broken Godhead in their body. However, the impact of exploding a Godhead is different from destroying a Life Palace. I’m afraid most people can’t handle such an explosion. Even if it was a broken Godhead, it’s a high-density energy crystal. A major explosion will definitely take place as soon as it’s destroyed. It’s much easier to destroy a Life Palace because a Life Palace won’t explode. It’ll only collapse and disintegrate.
“But it doesn’t mean that it’s impossible for a demigod to fix that issue. As long as the accumulation is sufficient, theoretically, the demigods can consolidate a complete Godhead with the help of the exploding broken Godhead in their body.”
“It would be great if they didn’t die from the explosion. How is consolidating a new Godhead possible?” Lin Huang thought Bloody’s theory was too optimistic.
“In reality, I’ve done a simulation. It’s possible if a high-level virtual god-level powerhouse steps in,” Bloody explained, “It’s just that nobody has even tried this before and I haven’t found a way to do it safely. The success rate at the moment is less than 3%.”
“There’s no need to dwell on this since the success rate is so low.” Lin Huang shook his head while smiling grimly. “If a high-level virtual god-level powerhouse were to help, what’s the probability of stabilizing the explosion from the broken Godhead?”
“If we rule out the nature of a person’s body, the success rate is pretty high overall at approximately 83%. The higher the person’s soul and body are, the higher the success rate, especially when one has a powerful soul. The reason being when the broken Godhead explodes in one’s body, the first thing that will be impacted will be one’s soul. Naturally, the 83% success rate I mentioned is the probability after using a soul-type god relic. Without the soul-type god relic, except for people with compelling souls, the survival rate of an ordinary person would basically be 0.”
“So, what happens to people who survive the Godhead explosion?” Lin Huang asked again.
“Their combat strength will drop to immortal-level rank-9 directly because Godheads are formed by Life Palaces. As soon as the Godhead is destroyed, the Life Palace will go too,” Bloody said like everything made sense. “After some time of rest and when the inner world has stabilized, one can build their foundation again.”
Although Bloody made it sound very simple, Lin Huang knew that it was much more troublesome to carry out something like this. He asked again after a moment of silence, “Have you done a simulation of all that?”
“I began the simulation in the afternoon. I’ve done it approximately more than 5,000 times now. In reality, I’m still doing the simulation in my head at this very moment. I’ve only divided a part of my consciousness to speak with you now. I’m planning to do the simulation a million times and see if there’s any way to stabilize the Godhead explosion.”
“How long will it take for you to simulate it for a million times?”
“Judging from my current progress, it’ll take around 57 days.”
“I’ll go into closed-door cultivation for almost two months anyway. Let’s do it together.” Lin Huang estimated the speed of him refining Godheads. It would take him almost two months for him to refine all of the Godheads. He would be on imperial-level rank-3 when he got out of the closed-door cultivation by then.
Chapter 1183: Circles
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After sending the people from the heretics off, Lin Huang informed Huang Tianfu before going into closed-door cultivation.
This time, he was no longer cultivating Seamless but breaking through his combat strength by refining Godheads.
Together with the two Virtual God rank-9 Godheads that he tossed into his body as well as the 136 complete Godheads and 1,528 broken Godheads, they were enough to boost him by two ranks.
His leveling up to imperial-level was completely different from the rest. He did not have to look for Life Base monsters and killed them to obtain its Life Base. All he had to do was to refine enough Godheads to transform his Life Palace automatically.
In reality, compared to obtaining his Life Base, this was much easier. The only problem was that it was time-consuming.
Fortunately, there was a boost in his Divine Fire since he elevated to imperial-level. The speed of refining Godheads was a few times faster than when he was on immortal-level.
Initially, he would only refine 1% of Virtual God rank-9 Godheads throughout a full day of maximum effort. Now, he could refine over 3% per day which would take him a month to complete refining all of them.
Lin Huang merely peeked at Bloody who was focused on the simulation in the Emperor Palace and glanced away. He also found a space to sit with his legs crossed. Quieting his mind, he began to activate the Divine Fire in his body to refine the Godheads.
The 1,500 or so broken Godheads that he put in his body earlier were refined by the Divine Fire automatically within an hour. Throughout the three days, even though he did not refine them on his own, more than 40 Virtual God rank-1 and rank-2 Godheads were refined by the Divine Fire. Even half of the Virtual God rank-3 Godheads were refined.
As Lin Huang activated the Divine Fire himself, the refining speed skyrocketed six to seven times faster.
Lin Huang looked into his body and could even see 21 Virtual God rank-3 Godheads melting rapidly at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.
In less than half an hour, half of the Virtual God rank-3 Godheads were melted by Divine Fire fully and turned into clumps of golden gravel.
Some ten hours later, all of the Virtual God rank-4 Godheads were refined.
Over 20 hours had passed, and all of the Virtual God rank-5 Godheads were refined.
Later on, Lin Huang spent two days refining the 13 Virtual God rank-6 Godheads.
He then spent approximately half a month to refine all of the other Godheads apart from the two Virtual God rank-9 Godheads. He soon arrived on the brink of breaking through to imperial-level rank-2.
However, he was not sure if it was a lack of Divine Fire intensity, but the speed of refining the two Virtual God rank-9 Godheads was one fold slower when they were refined together. Fifteen days had passed, but only a quarter of them was refined.
Lin Huang did not rush nonetheless. No matter what, looking at the progress, they would be completely refined completely one and a half months later.
Time passed by. Lin Huang’s aura was growing almost every day in the Emperor Palace.
Meanwhile, the collaboration between Dynasty, the Union Government and the heretics were getting on track since half a month had passed.
Since the trading system opened, the members of three organizations soon familiarized themselves with the new trading model.
The transformation of the trading system added more choices. It also caused the members of the three organizations to be more enthusiastic to hunt for resources to purchase the items they desired.
Apart from the trading system, Dynasty’s intel department also began working with the Union Government and the heretics. They expanded Dynasty’s intel channel by heaps as well as boosted the efficiency of obtaining information.
The heretics gained many benefits from the collaboration.
On the underground organization’s side, Misery also carried something out throughout the half a month.
Using Dynasty’s pulling out of the underground world as an excuse, Misery began engaging in all aspects of the underground world and came up with a series of new regulations. They seemed like they were going to take charge of the entire underground world.
Everyone in the underground world was discussing it.
Many thought that Misery must have been triggered by Dynasty. However, the top organizations could tell that Misery was using it as an excuse and was taking the opportunity to integrate the entire underground world.
Although Misery had many fans, they had many haters too.
The promotion of Misery’s new regulation throughout the half a month was considered a failure, and they even received many objections.
As Lin Huang was refining the last two Godheads with all of his might, it was getting closer to New Year’s Eve.
Usually, all the organizations would slow their activities down when it was close to New Year’s Eve because most people would spend time with their families.
However, since Dynasty had just collaborated with the heretics and the Union Government this year, both neutral organization members were extraordinarily active.
On the union organization’s side, the Union Government had begun their exploration in Dynasty’s trial zones.
Before Lin Huang went into closed-door cultivation, he had given Huang Tianfu the authorization, so his closed-door cultivation did not affect the Union Government going into the trial zones.
Apart from that, the underground boss, Misery, had preliminary success in promoting the new regulations.
They even killed two organization members who were playing tricks secretly to warn the people for the sake of promoting the new regulations.
The few top underground organizations including the Purple Crow and Saint dared not object any longer.
The consecutive activities in the union organizations, the neutral organizations, and the underground organizations made the last month before New Year’s Eve even more crowded than before.
Naturally, not all the organizations were merely watching.
As the top spy organization in the entire world, the Mystic Butterfly was the first to notice something going on with the heretics.
They went prying around after realizing that the people from the heretics became more hardworking. They were familiar with the heretics, so they knew about their casual and lazy way of handling things. Finally, they found out about the truth.
They were surprised to find out that the heretics were collaborating with Dynasty and working with the Union Government indirectly. They had even obtained internal trading access to the Union Government.
The Mystic Butterfly did not blow things up after learning that. Instead, they visited Dynasty secretly.
Although they did not get to meet Lin Huang during the visit, the discussion was smooth with Dynasty’s three Grand Dukes. They only spent two days coming up with the agreement. They became Dynasty’s third collaboration partners after the agreement was signed.
The Mystic Butterfly obtained the trading access they desired while Dynasty obtained access to the Mystic Butterfly’s data.
After the Mystic Butterfly joined Dynasty, the Union Government also got the Hunter Association within less than three days. However, the Union Government reserved the leading position for the Hunter Association coming in instead of Dynasty.
Dynasty and the Union Government were the core of the collaboration circle. It grew stronger after involving a few organizations within less than two months.
Even Huang Tianfu and the rest did not expect that the collaboration method Lin Huang came up with could attract so many people to join them within such a short period of time.
They had no idea that it was called a circle on Earth. However, the circles on Earth were mostly created by business moguls and not the entire organization joined them but individuals.
Chapter 1184: Lin Huang Comes Out of Closed-door Cultivation
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The winter in Emperor City was not considered cold. It would drop below zero degrees Celsius occasionally and sometimes it would snow.
However, it was mid-February at the moment. It was close to the New Year, and half of the winter had passed. The temperature was slowly turning warmer.
As it was close to the New Year, the entire Emperor City seemed rather prosperous.
“It’ll be New Year’s Eve the day after tomorrow. When will Brother come out of his closed-door cultivation?”
Lin Xin had been feeling down the past few days because in two days, it would be New Year’s Eve, but Lin Huang was still in closed-door cultivation.
“Master Tianfu said that the Emperor will be in closed-door cultivation for two months, so he should be out within these two days,” comforted Xiao Mo who was sitting next to her. He had officially joined Dynasty. Naturally, he was addressing Lin Huang and Huang Tianfu differently now. However, the task Huang Tianfu had assigned him was very simple. It was the same as before, which was to protect Lin Xin at all times.
“I hope that he can get out from his closed-door cultivation before the year ends so that I can say goodbye to him,” Chan Dou who was aside could not help but speak up.
“Boss Chan, are you really going back to the Chan Clan?” Lin Xin asked immediately.
“It’s New Year’s Eve after all. I must be with my family no matter what. Moreover, I can’t be hiding the truth that I’m alive from them forever,” Chan Dou replied while smiling.
“But your memory…” Xiao Mo was a little concerned.
“Although my memory has yet to recover, my combat strength had elevated by three ranks within half a year in Dynasty. I’m on imperial-level white gold-rank now, and I can fight a demigod by force if I ever encounter one. As long as those old monsters hiding in the organizations don’t show up, I should be able to protect myself.
“Even though I don’t remember how my parents look like, this is a problem that I must face at the end of the day as long as my memory doesn’t fully recover. There’s no need to keep dragging it out. I’d rather face it now and solve it as soon as I can. Also, I thought going back to the Chan Clan might be helpful to recover my memory as I’d be in an environment that I was once familiar with,” Chan Bai explained what he was thinking about honestly.
“So, will you come back to Dynasty, Boss Chan?” Lin Xin asked again.
“I will visit all of you when I have the time,” Chan Dou said with a gentle smile. In reality, he had no idea when he would come back after he left this time.
As the few of them were chatting, the doors to the Emperor’s Palace opened all of a sudden. Two silhouettes walked out with Lin Huang being one of them leading the way.
He wore a black trench coat while Bloody in her red trench coat was not far away behind on his left.
Lin Huang walked straight to Dynasty’s office as soon as he got out of the Emperor’s Palace. With his Divine Telekinesis, he sensed that Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan were around.
Everyone gaped at Lin Huang as soon as he stepped into the office building.
“Master Emperor!”
Lin Huang nodded lightly at them. “Proceed with your own stuff. Ignore me,” he said and walked straight into the elevator with Bloody.
As soon as the elevator doors closed, everyone in the lobby began discussing excitedly among themselves.
“Who is that girl? She’s so pretty!”
“Could she be the Master Emperor’s girlfriend?”
“That might be possible. Didn’t you see they were wearing couple trench coats? The colors were just different. One is black while the other is red.”
…
Although the elevator was going up rapidly, Lin Huang, who was currently on imperial-level rank-3 and Bloody who was on Virtual God rank-2, heard the gossip loud and clear.
Lin Huang could not help but peek at what Bloody was wearing next to him. Her style indeed looked similar to his. Perhaps, she had copied it when she saw him. It was no wonder people misunderstood.
Nevertheless, he did not say anything about that.
His combat strength had broken through to imperial-level rank-3 during the closed-door cultivation this time.
Initially, he thought the combat strength of his summoning beasts would not elevate since he was on imperial-level. However, just when he elevated to imperial-level rank-2, something happened to Bloody. Her combat strength broke through imperial-level and arrived on Virtual God rank-1.
Lin Huang then checked through all of the other cards to find that all of the quadruple mutated mythical-level cards had elevated to virtual god-level. Meanwhile, Bai who was on pseudo-mythical-level had elevated too.
As he advanced to imperial-level rank-3, there was a transformation in the combat strength of his Monster Cards again. They reached Virtual God rank-2.
Overall, there was an immense boost in Lin Huang’s overall ability.
Lin Huang only felt that it was a pity that the ten thousand pseudo-mythical-level bugs, the pseudo-mythical-level Soul-assimilating Beast, and the two White-haired Swordfiends that he had yet to elevate did not go on to virtual god-level automatically.
In the monster world, pseudo-mythical-level was the lowest grade to elevate to Virtual God. However, not all pseudo-mythical-level monsters could get to virtual god-level successfully.
However, it was clear that the ten thousand pseudo-mythical-level cards that failed to be elevated did not lack potential. It was a bigger possibility was that it was the system default, assuming that all pseudo-mythical-level monsters would not elevate automatically.
As Lin Huang had his head occupied about the Bug Tribe army, the elevator arrived at the highest floor of the building.
Naturally, Huang Tianfu, who always had his Territory skill activated, sensed Lin Huang’s arrival immediately.
“Master Emperor, you’re out!”
Lin Huang nodded at Huang Tianfu. “Has Tufu gotten back to Division 3? Or is he still in Emperor City?”
“He has returned to Division 3. Is there anything that you need from him, Master Emperor?”
“There’s something that I need to tell you guys. I’ll tell him in private later since he’s not here. Get Wunan here,” Lin Huang ordered.
Huang Tianfu did not ask what exactly was happening. He told Huang Wunan to come through voice transmission immediately.
Knowing that Lin Huang was looking for him, Huang Wunan put what he was doing down and arrived in Huang Tianfu’s office in a flash.
Lin Huang signaled to Bloody who turned around and closed the office door and performed a Witchcraft Rune to build a shield that covered the entire office.
Huang Tianfu only asked when the shield was completed, “Master Emperor, what do you need to tell us that’s so serious?”
“I’ve found a way to elevate demigod-levels to virtual god-level.” Lin Huang suddenly noticed something was off as soon as he said that. He corrected himself immediately. “To be exact, it was a method that Bloody simulated.”
“Really?!” Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan exclaimed in unison.
“I’ve done more than a million simulations and found the right way for the elevation. The success rate is 97.1%. As long as one’s soul and body have no major flaws, the success rate is almost 100%!” Bloody announced her simulation result calmly.
Chapter 1185: Chan Dou Bids Farewell
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Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan agreed to be the first batch of experiments upon hearing Lin Huang talking about elevating to virtual god-level.
The 97% success rate aside, even if the success rate was only 67%, the duo might have agreed to that too. One must know that elevating to virtual god-level one day was what all the demigods in the world were hoping for. Naturally, that included Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan.
If someone else were to tell them that they had a way to elevate demigod to Virtual God, Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan might scoff at the person, thinking that it was a lie. However, since it was Lin Huang who said that, the impossible became possible. The duo did not hesitate at all and chose to believe him.
After Lin Huang left, Huang Tianfu contacted Huang Tufu immediately. However, he did not tell him what was it about on the Emperor’s Heart Ring. He just told Huang Tufu to get back to Emperor City.
As Lin Huang walked out of the office, the first thing he did was to get to the compound that Lin Xin was staying in.
It was two days before New Year’s Eve. That girl must have been complaining about him every day.
He heard Lin Xin, Xiao Mo, and Chan Dou’s chatter as soon as he walked into the courtyard.
Scanning the area with his Divine Telekinises, he found out the trio’s combat strength crystal clear.
Lin Xin had elevated to immortal-level and was already on immortal-level rank-6 now. Clearly, she had been suppressing her speed of elevating.
Xiao Mo had already achieved imperial-level yellow gold-rank since he was healed. Clearly, he had not slacked off.
Among the three of them, Chan Dou was the one who had the highest combat strength. He was already on imperial-level white gold-rank now and was only one step away from imperial-level purple gold-rank. Compared to a holy fire-level, an imperial-level powerhouse could advance three ranks within half a year. It was even a few times faster than Xiao Mo whose body had been transformed by the Crow God before.
Lin Huang could not help but exclaim secretly, ‘He deserves to be one of the Five Princes, the highest powerhouse among the supreme geniuses!” He knew very well that if he had no conduit such as Xiao Hei, he could never compare to Chan Dou no matter whether it was talent or potential.
Talking about the real talent and potential, the Five Princes, including Chan Dou and Huang Wuji, suppressed the era in this gravel world.
Lin Huang appeared before the trio in a flash after some observation. “What are you guys talking about? It sounds fun.”
The three of them were stunned to see him appear out of nowhere.
“Brother, you’ve finally gotten out! I would have to see you next year if you didn’t get out in time,” Lin Xin teased him while smiling.
“You silly girl, do you think I don’t know when New Year’s Eve is?” Lin Huang shook his head while saying with a smile, “Of course, I went into closed-door cultivation after careful calculation.”
“Master Emperor.” Xiao Mo cupped his hands. He was now a Dynasty member. Naturally, he could not be as casual as he had been before when speaking to Lin Huang.
“We’re family. There’s no need to be so serious. I got you to join Dynasty so that it’s easier for you to obtain cultivation resources. I didn’t mean for you to learn all these.”
“I must obey the basic rules.” Xiao Mo remained respectful.
Seeing that Chan Dou did not speak, Lin Xin could not help it and informed Lin Huang, “Brother, Boss Chan is leaving.”
Lin Huang spun around to look at Chan Dou with a delighted expression. “Boss Chan, so you’ve made up your mind!”
“I have,” Chan Dou responded while nodding, “I’ve been waiting for you to get out of your closed-door cultivation so that I can say goodbye. Thanks for taking care of me for half a year!”
“Don’t worry about it, Boss Chan. You took care of me back when we were at the Genius Union, so I should be the one thanking you.”
“Although I don’t remember anything about the Genius Union, it feels good to know that I used to be your boss,” Chan Dou said while smiling.
After all, Lin Huang was the mighty Emperor of Dynasty now. Moreover, he was collaborating with a few of the top organizations including the Union Government. Dynasty was one of the biggest influential organizations in the whole gravel world now, hence it made sense for Chan Dou to feel proud about being such a person’s boss in the past.
Lin Huang could not help but chuckle out loud after hearing what Chan Dou said.
“You were glorious when you were the chief of the Heaven Alliance. You were on par with me. You’ll remember it when your memory recovers.”
“I also hope to recover my memory soon, but I can’t force such a thing to happen. I’ll just go with the flow.” Chan Dou smiled lightly. “Perhaps, I might recall something when I return home in the environment that I was familiar with.”
“It’ll be New Year’s Eve in a few days. I shall leave today, so I’ll be able to familiarize myself since I’m going back a few days ahead. I can prevent myself from forgetting my family members and their names during the New Year.”
“The Chan Clan…” Lin Huang hesitated and said it anyway, “The Chan Clan was in chaos during the six months since you went missing in May last year. Although your father is still the master of the clan, he has been challenged. The Chan Clan has been divided into three sects, and all of them are fighting to be the master of the clan. They are also fostering a supreme genius each. You must be careful in everything you do when you return. Don’t be betrayed by your own family.”
Chan Dou narrowed his eyes after hearing that. He only nodded at Lin Huang after a moment of silence. “Thanks for reminding me.”
“But it’s good for you to go back now. It’s New Year’s Eve. Everyone will be busy. Nobody has the time and strength to be fighting. Moreover, since you’re alive, it’ll be the best piece of news of the year for your father.” Lin Huang patted Chan Dou’s arm.
“You can consider joining Dynasty if you’re eager to join an organization after you’re done handling your matters at home. I’ve reserved a good position for you. Whether I’m in this gravel world or not, Dynasty’s doors will forever be opened for you.”
“I’ll think about that,” Chan Dou nodded in all seriousness. He was not perfunctory at all when he said that. He was really putting Dynasty the first in his list.
As Chan Dou took out a dimensional portal from his Emperor’s Heart Ring, Lin Huang and the other two watched him disappeared after stepping in. (Lin Huang found Chan Dou’s Emperor’s Heart Ring among the loot he gotten after fighting God Bless. He then returned it to him.)
“Brother! Why didn’t you get him to stay?” Lin Xin asked while watching Chan Dou leave. “The Chan Clan is in chaos now, but he has yet to recover his memories.”
“He has to face what’s happening at home sooner or later. His memory didn’t recover the slightest bit throughout the past half a year. He can’t keep dragging it out if he doesn’t recover in ten or 20 years. Moreover, for the Chan Clan, the earlier they solve the internal conflict, the better. It’ll be too late to remedy it if this goes on.”
“What if the people in the Chan Clan attack him for the position of master?” Xiao Mo asked all of a sudden. He was trained by the Purple Crow, so he had seen and heard about many of such filthy doings.
Lin Huang could not help but snicker after hearing what Xiao Mo said. “Don’t underestimate Chan Dou. He can fight a demigod with his current ability. As long as he doesn’t encounter any virtual god-level powerhouses the organizations are hiding, he’s basically conquered the entire gravel world. It would be seeking death if someone stupid in the Chan Clan decides to attack him.
“You guys have only seen his gentle and quiet side throughout the half a year. That’s why you’re afraid that he might be bullied. Do you really think a man who was the boss of the Heaven Alliance could be bullied by just anyone?!”
Chapter 1186: I’ll Tear All of The Floors, Walls, and Ceiling Down!
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When Chan Dou left, Lin Huang began his preparation to leave the gravel world.
His combat strength had elevated to imperial-level rank-3. He would need more and more Godheads in the future to continue elevating his combat strength.
It might be hard for him to break through within a short period of time if he continued staying in the gravel world.
Therefore, he had finally came up with an official itinerary to the great world.
However, since it would be New Year’s Eve a few days later, Lin Huang allowed himself to rest for a few days. He was planning to finish everything he had yet to handle in the gravel world after the new year and with that, he would be able to depart to the great world without any worry.
New Year’s Eve came rather late this year — on 21st February. In reality, it was almost early spring in Emperor City. The temperature had turned a little warm, being only 13 or 14 degree celsius at its warmest point during the day. Most people just stopped wearing jackets.
Meanwhile, the weather in Emperor City was rather nice. The weather was a cloudless sunny sky as far as thousands of miles.
The first thing Lin Huang did after sending Chan Dou off was to step into the dimensional portal to head over to Peaceful Ocean.
To avoid being chased, Mr. Fu’s ship had been wandering around Peaceful Ocean. He hardly stayed in one place for a long time. However, now that his combat strength had recovered and even elevated to Virtual God rank-9, he no longer had to hide himself. With that, there was no need for him to wander around.
Lin Huang appeared on Mr. Fu’s ship directly as soon as he stepped out of the dimensional portal.
“My dear disciple, there’s been an elevation in your combat strength again since we last met a few months back!” Mr. Fu’s voice was heard without warning the moment Lin Huang appeared. As his voice echoed, Mr. Fu’s body slowly revealed itself within ten meters of Lin Huang.
“It’s just an elevation within imperial-level. Compared to you, master whose rank has elevated to Virtual God rank-9, mine is nothing.” Lin Huang smiled as he walked toward Mr. Fu.
It was then that Mr. Fu took out two chairs and a tea table from storage. “Take a seat.”
He took a seat after speaking to Lin Huang and began making tea as Lin Huang sat on the other chair, saying nothing as he watched Mr. Fu patiently prepare the tea.
Once Mr. Fu was done sealing the pot with the prepared tea, he brought it over along with tea cups. “I heard Dynasty has been doing great these past few months.”
Lin Huang took the tea cups and nodded as he smiled. “It’s alright. I merely set things in motion. Tianfu and the rest have been handling everything ever since.”
“The model that you came up with was pretty interesting. There must be many organizations that are willing to join as long as you promote it. The problem is it’s pretty risky. After all, Dynasty isn’t the Union Government that oppresses everyone without abandon. As time goes by, as more and more organizations join, there would be more disputes of interest. When that happens, people would begin challenging Dynasty’s leader.”
“That scenario has crossed my mind from the very beginning. That’s why I’ve come up with two plans.” Lin Huang nodded lightly. “I’ll drag Misery in after the new year. By then, Misery would be leading the entire underground organization that would be supporting Dynasty. That’s my first plan.”
“Misery?!” Mr. Fu looked at Lin Huang with his eyes widened.
“Misery is now under me. Just like Dynasty, I’ve added them into the Royal’s affiliate organization list. There’s no need to worry about them betraying me,” Lin Huang smiled as he explained.
Mr. Fu was stunned for a moment before asking, “So you were the mastermind behind Misery’s earlier release of new regulations integrating the enture underground organization?”
“Yes.” Lin Huang nodded. “I made that decision after discussing with Bloody and Grimace.”
“After all, I neither have enough time and effort to turn all the underground organizations neutral like I did to Dynasty, nor can I stop everyone in the whole world from being evil. Therefore, the decision Bloody, Grimace and I came up with was that we might as well support one powerful organization among the underground organizations, and get them to lead the development of the underground organizations. The regulations enforced at the moment can’t completely stop them from crimes, but it can restrict some of their evil doings. However, it will improve slowly and subtly transform the entire underground organization.”
Mr. Fu nodded after listening to that, “What you have planned is great but it’s going to be tough. I admit that despite most people having a good nature, they could possibly commit a crime on impulse or when they’re forced into a corner. However, there are people who are born evil. It’s in their bones, and there are no regulations or restrictions that will change them.”
“I know that. We’ll kill those who are born evil if we ever encounter any. I won’t waste my effort trying to turn someone good,” Lin Huang said as he smiled.
Mr. Fu nodded after seeing Lin Huang come to such a realization and moved on from that topic.
“You said you came up with two plans. Misery was the first one… so what’s the second one?”
Hearing that, Lin Huang simply shot Mr. Fu a smile while remaining silent.
Mr. Fu was initially puzzled but later reacted by pointing at himself. “Are you talking about me?”
“Master, your ability has recovered and it’s improving. I hope that you can make a comeback and guard Dynasty for me when I’m away from this gravel world!” Lin Huang nodded along with his request.
“Are you going to the great world?” Mr. Fu frowned slightly when he heard that.
“Yes. My cultivation system is different from regular ones. It’s very hard for me to elevate here in the gravel world. Moreover, the disaster is coming really soon, and I don’t think it’s wise to be a sitting duck. I’m thinking of going to the great world to look for the crux so we can eradicate this problem of our world being attacked.”
“But your current combat strength…” Mr. Fu was still concerned of Lin Huang’s combat strength.
“Master, my ability is more than enough to protect myself,” Lin Huang’s body began rapidly disintegrating into pieces the moment he finished speaking. The entire god-level ship and the Peaceful Ocean below the ship disintegrated along with him as well.
Mr. Fu was stunned as he saw the events unfolding before his eyes, not believing even for a moment that he could be caught in an illusion without even realizing it.
“What…”
“Master, that was just a little demonstration I performed for you. Sorry if I’ve offended you,” Lin Huang put the tea cup down while smiling. He was still sitting still as if the events that happened earlier did not happen.
Mr. Fu had just noticed a monster that looked like a tiger with long trunk that appeared next to Lin Huang without him even noticing. Shock flashed through his eyes as he could clearly sense the Virtual God rank-8 combat strength of the monster.
Noticing Mr. Fu’s stare, Lin Huang introduced it with a smile, “This is Nightmare Tapir, he was the one who created the dreamland earlier.”
“Such a bizarre illusion ability!” Mr. Fu could not help but exclaim.
“I currently have three imperial monsters that have similar ability to him,” Lin Huang added.
“No wonder you managed to oppress Misery. I should’ve thought of this.” Although Mr. Fu said that, he had no idea exactly how powerful the most compelling Misery member was. All that he knew was that Misery had more Virtual Gods than any of the other top organizations.
“So when do you plan to leave?” Mr. Fu asked again after snapping back from his shock.
“I’ll leave after New Year when I’m done sorting out the follow-up and some other stuff on my plate,” In reality, Lin Huang was planning to leave after he broke through to imperial-level. However, he countered many things throughout these few months which he had to postpone his plan until now.
“And when do you plan to come back?”
“I’ll try my best to come back within a year. Although the Union Government foresees that the disaster will take three years to hit, their estimation might not be accurate. Moreover, more than half a year had passed since the three-year speculation. We don’t have much time left.” In reality, Lin Huang knew that the one-year period that he gave himself was rather tight.
“Sure, I’ll guard Dynasty for you for a year. But I’m telling you beforehand, this old thing can’t bear much torture. I’ll leave when one year is up. You better come back alive within a year or I’ll trade everything within Dynasty’s treasury into food if you’re late for even a day. I’ll remove all of the doors if you’re two days late. I’ll tear all of the floors, walls and ceilings if you’re late for three days!”
Lin Huang was unsure whether to laugh or cry hearing that…
Chapter 1187: Mr. Fu Makes A Comeback
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“Master, apart from guarding Dynasty, there’s another reason why I’m asking you to make a comeback this time.”
Lin Huang only spoke about this other thing after breaching the subject of guarding Dynasty with Mr. Fu. “Bloody found a way to elevate from the demigod-level to the virtual god-level.”
“Elevating from a demigod to a Virtual God?!” Mr. Fu got excited when he heard this. Nobody has ever solved that problem since the old days. “Is there really a way?”
“Yes. Bloody had done up to a million simulations after coming up with the theory. The success rate even exceeded 97%.” Lin Huang nodded.
“What exactly is it? Can you tell me?” Mr. Fu was a little curious.
“Put simply, it’s done by causing the broken Godheads within one’s body to explode and consolidate a new Godhead with the intense energy from the explosion,” Lin Huang explained it as simply as he could. In reality, he had no idea how it would work because Bloody was the only one who knew.
“Can a person still live when their Godhead explodes? You said the success rate exceeds 97%, but I think it’s more like the death rate exceeds 97%,” Mr. Fu glared at Lin Huang doubtfully. He thought the solution made no sense. “Stop fooling around, tell me the solution!”
“I’m being serious! I’m not fooling around with you. I’m not exactly sure what the exact steps are but Bloody will explain to you by then.” Lin Huang looked helpless. “But this process would require a high-level Virtual God that’s at least at Virtual God rank-7 to take control.”
Mr. Fu remained doubtful and was in disbelief. However, after giving it some thought, he asked Lin Huang anyway, “So you’re asking me to help the demigods in Dynasty to elevate to the virtual god-level?”
“In reality, I was only thinking of getting Huang Tianfu and the other two to elevate to the virtual god-level. I’ll get them to use a disguise god relic to conceal their combat strength so the news won’t go out and attract trouble from other organizations.”
“However, Bloody suggested elevating all the Demigods in Dynasty and spread the news of it later as long as the exact method of achieving this feat was not revealed. After all, even if Huang Tianfu and the other two managed to hide this, they would only be able to hide it for a while. It would be far worse if someone was to find out about it by then. Moreover, we can take in the request of other demigods request after announcing this news and charge them for the service. We believe there are many demigods would be willing to pay to elevate to the virtual god-level.”
“You little rascal, always thinking of tricks like these.” Mr. Fu laughed as he criticized Lin Huang. “But I love this idea of yours! All the senior demigods are filthy rich, and we’ve finally found the opportunity to take their money…”
Mr. Fu thought he was a little disgusting for saying that and changed his expression to one far more serious.
“Since the disaster is coming, having more Virtual Gods is a good thing to the entire gravel world. I’ll be more than happy to help them elevate to the virtual god-level!”
“Hehe…” Lin Huang was speechless. Mr. Fu was showing more and more of his true colors before Lin Huang.
After their discussion, Mr. Fu decided to pack up his ship to return to Emperor City with Lin Huang.
Huang Tufu had just returned too as soon as they stepped into the dimensional portal.
“Master Emperor!” Huang Tufu went to Lin Huang immediately.
“Have you just returned, Tufu?” Lin Huang did not expect such a coincidence.
“Yeah, I’ve just taken a few steps out of the dimensional portal and saw you stepping out with this young brother,” Huang Tufu smirked while saying.
“Young brother…” Mr. Fu was a little speechless. It had been a thousand years since someone called him that.
Lin Huang who was standing next to Mr. Fu almost laughed out loud but he explained immediately, “He’s my master, Mr. Fu. Don’t call him nonsensical things like that.”
“Mr. Fu?! Huang Tufu was stunned to hear. He could not help but mumble to himself after a moment of observation, “Isn’t Mr. Fu a short, old man according to the rumors?”
“A… Short… old man…” Mr. Fu squinted as he heard what Huang Tufu mumbled later on.
Realizing that he had said something wrong, Huang Tufu owned up to his mistake and apologized, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend an old man like you…”
“Old man…” Mr. Fu’s expression when he was looking at Huang Tufu was getting increasingly impatient.
Lin Huang grabbed Mr. Fu’s shoulder immediately. “Tufu, isn’t Tianfu looking for you? Why don’t you go look for him, now.”
He signaled Huang Tufu to ask him to leave immediately.
Realizing that he said something wrong again, Huang Tufu left right after he cupping his hands before them in respect.
“I’ll remember you, muscular brat!” Mr. Fu mumbled softly while looking at Huang Tufu leave.
“Don’t be angry. Tufu always speaks before he thinks. He didn’t mean it,” Lin Huang comforted.
“I’ll bring you to Tianfu and Wunan now.” Lin Huang said and brought Mr. Fu into Dynasty’s office building.
Everyone had their eyes on both of them as soon as they entered the lobby, starting their gossip once again the moment they entered the elevator.
As they got to the highest floor via the elevator, Lin Huang brought Mr. Fu to Huang Tianfu’s office.
Huang Wunan and Huang Tufu were there too.
Seeing that Mr. Fu was staring at him, Huang Tufu looked down and away immediately.
Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan stood and spoke. “Master Emperor, Mr. Fu.”
Clearly, both of them learned about Mr. Fu’s identity from Huang Tufu.
“It’s the pleasure of those of us in Dynasty’s to have you, Mr. Fu here…”
Huang Tianfu took out a tea set from his storage space after a short chat of courtesy.
Even Lin Huang was surprised. He had no idea how Huang Tianfu found out that Mr. Fu loved tea art.
Mr. Fu only spoke once he saw Huang Tianfu bringing out the tea leaves, “This is pretty good.”
“These are the tea leaves from an ancient tree. I’ve got no idea of its background but it was Master Emperor who brought them back earlier,” Huang Tianfu explained.
“I brought them back?” Lin Huang was stunned to hear this. Then, he recalled a moment later that Zhi Ji from Misery was the one who gave it to him two months ago.
Although they had no idea of the origin and type of the tea leaves, Mr. Fu started the conversation and began speaking about the art of tea with Huang Tianfu. Huang Wunan who was standing aside would chime in occasionally as well.
Huang Tufu was the only awkward one who sat exactly where he was, having no idea what he could say to add to the conversation.
The topic finally changed when Huang Tianfu distributed the tea. “Lin Huang told me that he has a way to elevate demigods to Virtual God, do you guys believe him?”
“What?” Huang Tufu looked lost. He told Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan about bumping into Mr. Fu as soon as he flew here. He did not have the time to ask why Huang Tianfu brought him back to the headquarters in such a rush.
“We didn’t have the time to tell him yet,” Huang Tianfu explained, feeling a little embarrassed.
Huang Wunan who was next to him gave Huang Tufu a simple explanation through a voice transmission immediately.
Huang Tufu’s emotion stirred after he heard it. He looked at Lin Huang. “Master Emperor, can it really be done?”
“This is one of the main reasons why I brought my master here. To get him to help you guys elevate to the virtual god-level.” Lin Huang nodded.
“That’s awesome! I’ve dreamed of breaking through to the virtual god-level every single day!” Huang Tufu was so happy that he was almost jumping with joy.
‘He believes it so easily…’ In reality, Mr. Fu who was standing at one side heard the voice transmission Huang Wunan sent to Huang Tufu. He merely passed the news to him and Huang Tufu believed it just like that without a single doubt.
He asked Huang Tianfu and the rest if they believed what Lin Huang said to test how much trust they had on Lin Huang. However, it seemed like Huang Tufu’s belief in Lin Huang was without hesitation.
He could not help but peep at Lin Huang. Initially, he thought he would help to teach the three of them a lesson if they lacked confidence in Lin Huang’s management. However, it seemed like Lin Huang was not just a respectable Emperor, but had even won over the heart of Dynasty. It was so much better than what Mr. Fu expected.
Chapter 1188: Mr. Fu’s Thoughts
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After meeting the three Grand Dukes, Lin Huang brought Mr. Fu to the residential area and got him to pick his own compound.
The luxurious residential area in Dynasty’s headquarters had different courtyard styles for each compound. Lin Xin got to choose her own courtyard as well.
Mr. Fu scanned through all the courtyards with Divine Telekinesis.
Lin Huang smiled seeing that as he was clearly looking for Lin Xin.
A moment later, Mr. Fu stopped walking when he arrived at the compound to the right of the one Lin Xin chose. “This courtyard seems pretty good, I’ll pick this one.”
Naturally, Lin Huang knew why Mr. Fu picked that compound but said nothing about it.
“Xin Er happens to be staying next to me. I can visit her whenever I have time,” Mr. Fu said while smiling.
“Then let’s drop by Xin Er’s place. I’ll get someone to clean your house,” Lin Huang replied and sent a message to Huang Tianfu. He then brought Mr. Fu to Lin Xin’s courtyard.
Mr. Fu nodded while smiling. “That’s great, it’s been a while since I last saw Xin Er.”
Lin Xin was practising with her sword in the courtyard as the duo walked in.
This girl could elevate her combat strength by merely eating Life Crystals. However, she knew what her weakness was. Her combat strength elevated too fast so the cultivation of her combat skills along with actual battle experience was lacking. To remedy this, she would spend some time practising with the sword every day.
She was now only on immortal-level rank-6 but she had mastered no less than 20 sword skills. She was only on level-1 Sword Dao which was Nuance at the moment.
Although she had surpassed many of the same age, she was very much lacking if compared to top geniuses like Lin Huang.
Seeing Lin Xin so focused in practising with her sword, Lin Huang and Mr. Fu stopped walking at the same moment. They did not interrupt her as they waited for her to finish practising this set of her sword skills.
Approximately four to five minutes later, Lin Xin was done with her first round of practise. It was the Soul Butterfly, something Lin Huang taught her.
It was only then that she noticed Lin Huang and Mr. Fu’s presence. She put away her sword and sprinted toward them.
“Brother!” She also noticed that the person standing next to Lin Huang looked a little familiar as she arrived before her brother. “You’re… Grandpa Fu?”
Mr. Fu once spent New Year’s Eve at Lin Huang’s house looking like this, and Lin Xin still remembered how he looked like.
“You still remember Grandpa Fu, little girl.” Mr. Fu was happy that Lin Xin recognized him.
“But why did Grandpa Fu disguise this way again?” What Lin Xin said subsequently upset Mr. Fu.
“Xin Er, this is how master really looks like. He was injured earlier which caused his body to age. Now that he recovered, his looks returned as well,” Lin Huang explained immediately.
“It’s normal to look young when he’s recovered but how come he’s even taller now?” Lin Xin asked honestly.
“Well…” Lin Huang had no idea how he was going to answer that question.
Mr. Fu who was standing aside decided to explain himself, “The injury that I suffered earlier contained a curse that caused my flesh to shrink. Bones are in my flesh so they were cursed as well. Therefore, my height and body had been shrinking each year throughout the 800 years. It’s just that the changes can’t be seen by the naked eye.”
Lin Huang recalled the time when he saw Mr. Fu for the first time three years ago when he heard what Mr. Fu said. Indeed, Mr. Fu was slightly taller three years ago compared to when he last saw him before his recovery. However, the change was insignificant and was almost invisible to the naked eye. He even thought it was an illusion.
Mr. Fu seemed to no longer want to dwell on this issue so he shifted the subject to Lin Huang after explaining.
“Little girl, your combat strength elevation is pretty fast. You’re catching up with your brother.”
“What’s the use of elevating so fast? My brother could fight 10,000 of me when he was on immortal-level rank-6,” It was Lin Xin’s turn to feel depressed. She knew her weaknesses very well and was rather upset to hear such a compliment.
“You’re exaggerating,” Lin Huang patted Lin Xin’s head while smiling, “Sword skill are merely something quite minor for you. As soon as you train well in your main firearm, your ability will reach the supreme genius-level as well.”
“Really?” Lin Xin asked with eyes wide open as she heard him say that that.
“Of course I’m serious. Your talent in firearms is no less impressive than the few supreme geniuses that I’ve met in the past.” Lin Huang nodded while smiling. He was not lying to Lin Xin about this. Lin Xin’s talent in firearms was truly no less inferior than that of a supreme genius. However, she would have to work harder on her cultivation.
One must know that most supreme geniuses spend almost all their time in cultivation apart from sleeping and eating. It would be normal even if they were to cultivate for more than 15 hours a day. It was not that Lin Xin was slacking. She spent more than eight hours in cultivation almost every day and at times, she would even spend more than ten hours. Compared to ordinary people, she was working extremely hard.
The reason why Lin Huang held his tongue from telling Lin Xin about her difference compared to other supreme geniuses was because he did not want her to turn into a lunatic when it came to cultivation.
After chatting for a while, Lin Huang left with Mr. Fu since the compound that he chose was now clean. Meanwhile, Lin Xin continued to practice with her sword.
Mr. Fu had been quiet ever since he stepped into the compound.
“Master, we can get you another one if you don’t like this. Let’s take a look at the compound to Lin Xin’s left.”
Mr. Fu smiled and shook his head as he heard that. “I’m just thinking if I should tell you this.”
“Master, there’s no secret between us. Just tell me what you have in mind.”
“It’s about the little girl Lin Xin,” Mr. Fu turned his head to look at Lin Huang.
Lin Huang smiled while nodding. “What about her?”
“Have you ever thought of getting her to cultivate the Saber or Spear Dao instead?” Mr. Fu raised an odd question.
“I’ve never thought of that. She was the one who picked the Sword Dao back then. I thought I’d let her do whatever she wanted so I didn’t pay much attention to that,” Lin Huang was unsure why Mr. Fu asked such a question.
“I think her talent in the Sword Dao seems to be… quite mediocre. So I’m thinking whether it would be better for her to change it to the Saber Dao or something else. After all, she would have to try all sorts of weapons to find one that suits her most.” Mr. Fu was secretly observing Lin Huang’s reaction.
Lin Huang was still a little puzzled from hearing the question earlier. However, he realized what Mr. Fu meant now that he heard this and could not help from smirking. “Master, I don’t know much about other weapons apart from the Sword Dao. I’m afraid I can’t teach her if Xin Er really wants to learn some other weapons.”
He managed to read between the lines and gleaned that Mr. Fu wanted to teach Lin Xin the Saber Dao. Perhaps he saw some potential in Lin Xin, causing him to make such a rash decision out of nowhere.
After all, he had been cultivating the Sword Dao. He did not accept Mr. Fu’s Saber Dao inheritance.
“Don’t you have me if you can’t teach her? I’m good in every weapon so I can let her try and see which suits her most. She can’t be burying her talent if she’s really good in one of those weapons,” Mr. Fu replied immediately.
“I’ll leave her in your hands then, master,” Lin Huang agreed while smiling.
Chapter 1189: A Grand Reunion of Dynasty’s Finest
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Mr. Fu only got down to business after they were done with their discussion about Lin Xin.
“Get Bloody to give me the steps to elevate a demigod to a Virtual God then.”
Lin Huang nodded and summoned Bloody who was wearing a red dress when she appeared.
Mr. Fu was clearly stunned when he saw Bloody who had such a beautiful body. He only asked a while later, unsure about what he was seeing, “She’s Bloody?”
Ever since Bloody elevated to the mythical-level, her form was not the only change she went through. Even her aura was now completely different.
“Did she elevate from a quadruple mutation?” Mr. Fu could not get his eyes off Bloody. “This is my first time seeing a quadruple mutated monster that’s alive…”
Lin Huang nodded and smiled as he saw Mr. Fu’s curiosity. “Yes, she has elevated from a quadruple mutation.”
“Apart from your form, is there anything that’s different compared to before?” Mr. Fu asked Bloody.
“Major changes, it’s like a thorough transformation.” Bloody replied honestly while smiling. “There are plenty of boosts in all aspects, I’ve also obtained much more abilities.”
“What about the boost in your abilities?” Mr. Fu asked again.
“This probably varies from individual to individual. I’ve had a significant boost in my abilities because after all, my previous form was unsuitable for battle. On top of that, I’ve mastered plenty of human battle skills and secret skills. I wasn’t able to do any of these things in my previous form. With my current form, I can pretty much perform all the human secret battle skills,” Bloody explained in full detail.
“How about the skills like Supreme Intelligence that had before this? Is there a boost as well?”
“Yes, my computing skills has had a significant boost as well.” Bloody nodded. “Moreover, I can feel that my Supreme Intelligence is at its peak now. If I elevated one more time or if this skill experiences a boost, it could possibly grow toward an even more powerful direction.”
Mr. Fu only recalled the serious things after discussing a quadruple mutation with Bloody for some time.
“Oh yeah, that kid Lin Huang told me that you’ve found a way to elevate demigods to Virtual Gods. He also told me that the solution is to use the broken Godhead in a demigod’s and cause an explosion. Is that true?” Mr. Fu was still doubtful of the solution until this moment.
“Put simply, that’s about it.” Bloody nodded and admitted.
“But one would have to follow my steps throughout the entire process or the success rate would be almost zero.” Bloody continued as she walked in front of Mr Fu.
“I’ll share the complete steps of the simulation I have concluded with you.” Mr. Fu nodded and closed his eyes. Bloody then pointed her finger between Mr. Fu’s brows. The tip of her finger was two to three millimeters before Mr. Fu’s skin.
If one was to observe with Divine Telekinesis, one would see the colorless and formless particles that were so small they were almost invisible. They accumulated into threads that looked like lightning and pierced through between Mr. Fu’s brows.
A moment later, Bloody retreated her finger after all of the particles had been transported.
Mr. Fu kept his eyes closed, delving into his body as he sought out the new information Bloody shared with him.
Mr. Fu was silent for more than ten minutes.
He looked deadly serious when he opened his eyes.
“How did you get the data of this simulation?”
“I obtained the preliminary data from Huang Tianfu and the rest. Such elevation can only be done by perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses who have converted 100% of their Life Power to Divine Power. Although Huang Tianfu and the other two have rather higher data compared to ordinary perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses, they range within the normal standard,” Bloody explained, “I gotten the average rate after quantifying all kinds of data from the trio’s bodies.”
Mr. Fu nodded and asked again, “There’s one step that I don’t understand throughout the whole simulation. I can understand that the re-accumulation of Godhead after the broken Godhead exploded would need massive amounts of energy. However, why is high temperature and pressure required?”
“The function of high temperature and pressure is actually polymerization. Without the high temperature and pressure, it would be tough for the polymerization to happen if energy is the only thing that’s provided. I’ve also got this inspiration from knowledge of other worlds.”
Bloody peeped at Lin Huang who was next to her as she spoke to this point. In reality, she gotten the inspiration from the hydrogen bomb’s nuclear fusion that Lin Huang told her before.
“Alright then. I heard from Lin Huang that you’ve done over a million simulations and the success rate was 97%?” Mr. Fu asked again.
“It’s 97.1% to be exact,” Bloody corrected him.
“Perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses can elevate to Virtual Gods through this but how about those Virtual Gods who have been refining someone else’s Godhead? Theoretically, they should be able to consolidate their own Godhead through the same method as well, right?”
“Yes, but the success rate will be much lower. The reason is that it’s even tougher for a complete Godhead to explode but the impact would be stronger. Furthermore, those Virtual Gods who achieved the virtual god-level depending on refining Godheads are flawed in flesh and soul. The death rate would be even higher if they were to elevate this way.”
“According to my current simulation, if one was to refine a Virtual God rank-1 Godhead, the success rate would only be 88.7%. Refining a Virtual God rank-2 Godhead would have a success rate of approximately be 81.6%. If one was to refine a Virtual God rank-3 Godhead, the success rate would only be 72.3%. These are already the best case scenarios from my simulations, especially the difficulty would be much higher in reality and pull the success rates even lower.”
“It can work on Virtual Gods as well?!” Lin Huang was wondering if Virtual Gods who managed to achieve the virtual god-level through refining Godheads could use the same way as well. He held his tongue because he thought it was virtually impossible but now that he heard Bloody’s explanation, he realized that Virtual Gods could do the same thing as well. “Is there any way to increase the success rate?”
“There’s no way. At least there’s no way that I know of before my Supreme Intelligence transforms again.” Bloody smiled helplessly as she waved her hands.
“I must inform Baiyu and Haoyang to see what they think about this.”
“There’s no need to wait, you can do that now. Also, gather all those perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses who are eager to elevate in these few days,” Mr. Fu said to Lin Huang.
“It’ll be New Year’s Eve the day after tomorrow, do we have to rush it?” Lin Huang raised his eyebrows.
“It’s better to settle this before New Year’s Eve.” Mr. Fu nodded.
“Alright then, I’ll get Tianfu to make the arrangements.” Lin Huang nodded and called Huang Tianfu right away.
Huang Tianfu had no complaints when Lin Huang delegated the responsibility to him. He merely replied, “Alright, I’ll handle it.”
Mr. Fu on the other hand was discussing the details with Bloody.
When it was almost lunch, Lin Huang had to interrupt them since they were still deep in discussion.
After lunch, Lin Huang left Bloody behind with Mr. Fu to answer his questions while he brought Lin Xin and Xiao Mo out for shopping.
Under Huang Tianfu’s arrangements, a couple of perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses rushed back to Dynasty’s headquarters in Emperor City one after the other.
Including Huang Tianfu and the other two, there were a total of seven perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses in Dynasty. All of them were present.
The last time the seven of them gathered was when Lin Huang was enthroned as the Emperor.
It was not only the seven perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses, but Huang Baiyu and Huang Haoyang who Huang Tianfu informed of the matter were here as well.
Powerhouses wielding the top combat strength throughout Dynasty were now gathered in the same room.
Chapter 1190: The First One to Be Elevated
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It was past six in the evening. Two Virtual Gods and seven perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses from Dynasty gathered at the courtyard Mr. Fu had just moved into.
Lin Huang also went there according to Bloody’s voice transmission. After all, Dynasty needed Lin Huang to look after the situation in the absence of the upper echelons.
“Baiyu, Haoyang, have the both of you decided? There’s a certain probability that the transformation will fail. As soon as it fails, your cultivation base will be destroyed and you might not be able to cultivate any longer. That’s considered a milder situation. If it’s serious, you’ll explode and die directly. Even your soul will be killed too.”
“Tianfu told us about it in the past few days, so I’ve made up my mind.” Huang Haoyang nodded without any hesitation.
Huang Baiyu also nodded. “I’m willing to accept it no matter what the final result is.”
The duo had been stuck on their current level for hundreds of years. Throughout the centuries, they watched their juniors grow generation after generation while there was no way for their combat strength to be elevated at all. Naturally, they felt uncomfortable. Moreover, as the promotion of the ancient methods went on, achieving virtual god-level was no longer a challenge for those young people with terrifying talents. It was possible that the juniors would surpass them if they stagnated for some decades.
One of the reasons why Huang Baiyu and Huang Haoyang accepted the challenge was that they really hoped to be a normal cultivator who could boost their combat strength levels. Other than that, they figured it was just a matter of time for Huang Tianfu and the rest to surpass both of them as soon as they got to virtual god-level. To avoid being left out, the duo decided to take the risk.
Lin Huang stopped saying anything discouraging after confirming their determination.
“Since you guys have made up your minds, I’ll respect your decision.”
“Both of you will be the last. I’ll start with those with a higher success rate first to warm up.” Mr. Fu glanced at the seven perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses including Huang Tianfu and asked while smiling, “Who wants to be the first?”
The seven of them were stunned to hear that question. Although Lin Huang told them that the success rate was 97%, it was only in theory. Furthermore, nobody had ever experimented with it before, not even Mr. Fu. Nobody was willing to be the first lab rat.
Just when Huang Tianfu thought no one was willing to volunteer, he saw Huang Tufu advancing a step out.
“I’ll go first then!” Huang Tufu stepped out, appearing determined. The rest noticed that his muscles were stiff. He was clearly nervous.
“Alright, buff guy. You’ll be the first then.” Mr. Fu grinned at Huang Tufu.
“Mr. Fu…” Huang Tufu’s scalp was a little numb upon noticing that Mr. Fu was studying him like a lab rat.
“Spill whatever you have to say!”
“So… Since I’ll be the first one to do this, can you be more thorough later?” Huang Tufu probed while smiling.
“I’ll know how much hair you have on your body when I scan you with my Divine Telekinesis later. How much more thorough do you want me to be?” Mr. Fu asked with a raised brow.
“Never mind. Pretend I never said that.” Huang Tianfu shrugged helplessly.
“To prevent any interference, the entire elevation will take place in my God Territory. This is the first time we’re doing this. Apart from Bloody and this buff guy, the rest will have to wait outside. The same goes for the rest. I don’t want to be interrupted throughout the process. So, all of you will come in one by one. I’ll block all the unrelated people outside.”
“Don’t you need my help?” Lin Huang asked.
“No, having Bloody is good enough. I’ll get Bloody to contact you if I really need your help.” His assistance was declined directly.
“Oh yeah, how long does it roughly take to elevate a person?” Mr. Fu asked Bloody.
Because Bloody’s simulation was the fast-forwarded version, the entire process was compressed into a couple of seconds. Although that did not affect the content by scanning with his Divine Telekinesis, Mr. Fu could not pinpoint the exact duration.
“It usually takes around two hours. However, you’ll need one to two hours to replenish your Divine Power after each round of elevation,” Bloody explained, “It’ll take longer for people who are already on virtual god-level. The replenishment will take longer too.”
“So, that means it’ll take at least three to four hours each.” Mr. Fu raised his brow when he heard the clarification. He spoke to Huang Tianfu and the rest, “Then, let’s not wait here. All of you can do whatever you want to do. Those who have nothing to do can go shopping or get some sleep. I’ll get Lin Huang to inform you when it’s your turn.”
Huang Tianfu bowed immediately after hearing that. “Then, I’ll return to my office. There are some things that I have yet to finish.” He looked like a workaholic.
Huang Wunan glanced at him and spoke subsequently, “I’ll return to my office too.”
Among the nine of them, apart from Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan, the rest said nothing.
The duo left right after they said goodbye.
Mr. Fu said nothing either. All he did was wave his sleeve. Next, Huang Tufu and Bloody disappeared at the same time. Subsequently, Mr. Fu faded away slowly.
Lin Huang knew that Mr. Fu had taken both of them into his God Territory.
“You guys don’t have to stay here. I’ll inform you when it’s your turn,” Lin Huang emphasized again. However, he stopped bothering them upon seeing that Huang Baiyu and the remaining five did not plan to leave.
Just as Lin Huang left Mr. Fu’s courtyard, Huang Tufu’s transformation began in Mr. Fu’s God Territory. He sat with his legs crossed in the air with his eyes closed tightly.
Mr. Fu also sat across him with his legs crossed while his hand pressed against Huang Tufu’s chest.
Golden Divine Power penetrated Huang Tufu’s body rapidly. It soon found where the broken Godhead was, and a sea of Divine Power began filling it.
Meanwhile, Bloody stood aside while scanning Huang Tufu’s body with Divine Telekinesis to observe the transformation process.
After Mr. Fu inserted Divine Power for an hour, Huang Tufu’s broken Godhead was replenished and filled to the point that it could no longer take in anymore Divine Power.
“Higher temperature and more pressure right now!” Bloody urged to Mr. Fu through voice transmission.
Mr. Fu did not respond. Instead, he ignited his Divine Power, igniting the inside of Huang Tufu’s body on fire. In the sea of fire fuelled by Divine Power, it began to put pressure from all directions, pressing the broken Godhead.
Huang Tufu had a dramatic change of expression. He could feel the pressure and high temperature that was squeezing his broken Godhead throughout his entire body. He was in so much pain that he was groaning.
“This is pretty painful, but you must bear it. Keep activating your Godhead and don’t pass out. The elevation will fail as soon as the activation of broken Godhead stops,” Bloody said to Huang Tufu through voice transmission, “Scream if you really can’t take the pain. Don’t hold it back. It might be better if you let it all out.”
Huang Tufu nodded lightly while clenching his teeth. He dared not say a word, scared that he might give up as soon as he spoke.
Time passed by in the God Territory.
Mr. Fu maintained his Divine Power at a high temperature and high pressure. It was crushing Huang Tufu’s broken Godhead in all directions.
Under normal circumstances, it was hard for the outside world to intervene as soon as one deactivated their Godhead. That was the reason why it was so hard to destroy a Godhead. However, the Godhead could experience an exchange of energy when it was activated. Theoretically, it could be destroyed.
As the high pressure and high temperature went on for more than an hour, the broken Godhead in Huang Tufu’s body finally became unstable. Furthermore, the instability was getting more and more obvious. It might even explode anytime.
“Mr. Fu, you must maintain the high temperature and pressure at all times during this process. Even if his broken Godhead explodes, you can’t stop for even a second. That’s the key to combine the Godhead!” Bloody spoke to Mr. Fu through voice transmission again.
“Huang Tufu, don’t detonate your broken Godhead on purpose. When the instablization is at its peak and might explode anytime, you can detonate it with little effort by then,” Bloody spoke to Huang Tufu through voice transmission.
As Huang Tufu’s broken Godhead went unstable, he immersed his consciousness into his body while waiting patiently.
As time ticked by, the broken Godhead soon expanded to its peak under the high temperature and pressure. The entire Godhead turned red like a smoldering iron.
Bloody’s voice came into Huang Tufu’s ears all of a sudden. “Right now!”
He detonated it without hesitation.
Bang!
Intense golden sparks came after the explosion. The glaring golden glow soon filled his entire inner world. The explosion soon reached its peak under the intense temperature and pressure.
“Activate your Divine Power to consolidate the Godhead!”
As Bloody’s voice boomed, Huang Tufu began activating his Divine Power as much as he could.
A sea of Divine Power began to gather in a river in the middle of the explosion point. A whirlpool formed. Then, it merged into golden gravel at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye. The gravel was expanding continuously…
Chapter 1191: 100% Success Rate
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Huang Tufu’s elevation took almost two and a half hours to complete.
Mr. Fu was finally relieved to see the Godhead in Huang Tufu’s body being formed.
Although he was upset that Huang Tufu had called him short and old, he was merely giving him attitude so that Huang Tufu would watch his mouth in the future. Although he teased Huang Tufu about knowing how much hair he had on his body, Mr. Fu was giving it his all throughout the process of elevation as he did not want any mistakes to happen.
After all, it had something to do with Huang Tufu’s future and destiny. As soon as it failed, Huang Tufu’s cultivation base could be destroyed or worse, he could die from the explosion.
Huang Tufu was on cloud nine when his Godhead solidified successfully. He could clearly feel that his body and soul being transformed.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Mr. Fu had retreated ten meters away with his legs crossed to replenish his lost energy by refining Divine Stones. Huang Tufu thanked him immediately, “Thank you, Mr. Fu, for helping me to get to virtual god-level!”
Mr. Fu opened his eyes to peek at him. “Stay there quietly. Don’t disturb me replenishing my Divine Power.”
“Yes, yes, yes. I’ll shut up.” Huang Tufu covered his mouth and stayed where he was obediently. He quieted down his mind to observe the transformation in his body.
Although Mr. Fu and the other two did not get out of the God Territory, Lin Huang heard the news from Bloody as soon as the elevation ended. He found out that Huang Tufu’s elevation was completed successfully. He had elevated from demigod-level to Virtual God rank-1!
In the Emperor’s Palace, Lin Huang was finally relieved.
The 97.1% success rate that Bloody told him about before was just data in theory. They would only find out if the plan worked when it was carried out in reality. After all, the denotation of a broken Godhead was crazy enough when one heard about it. Now that Huang Tufu’s elevation was successful, it finally proved that Bloody’s simulation worked and that the solution that she came up with was viable.
Approximately over an hour later, Mr. Fu finally opened his eyes since the replenishment of his Divine Power was done.
Seeing that Huang Tufu’s body transformation had yet to be done, he did not chase him out of his God Territory. Instead, he leaped and appeared in the courtyard.
“The buff guy has completed his elevation and his body is still in the midst of transformation. Who’ll be the second one?” Mr. Fu glanced at the remaining four demigods since Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan were absent.
“Me!” A muscular hunk who was even more muscular than Huang Tufu was the first to raise his hand.
“Pick me!” A girl with short hair who was rather tiny jumped up almost at the same time.
Mr. Fu looked at both of them carefully. “The lady goes first then. You’ll be next, buff guy. The rest of you will discuss the sequence. Don’t waste any time. I’d like to have a good rest during New Year’s Eve.”
Mr. Fu waved his sleeve again as soon as he was done speaking, and the short-haired girl disappeared from where she was directly. Mr. Fu too disappeared subsequently.
The girl saw Huang Tufu who was sitting with his legs crossed as soon as she was dragged into the God Territory. She clearly sensed that his aura was indeed on virtual god-level. While she was anxious before, she was now excited.
“It really works!”
Naturally, Mr. Fu noticed her change of emotions but he ignored that. He glimpsed at Huang Tufu who was still in mid-transformation and then spoke to the girl, “I’ll send all of you out of my God Territory as soon as your Godhead is formed. You guys might interfere with the process and affect the others’ elevation success rate if all of you stay in my God Territory. You guys can complete the body and soul transformation in the courtyard later.”
The girl nodded. “Understood.”
“Alright, calm down. Sit with your legs crossed and close your eyes. Begin activating your Godhead when you’re ready. Leave the rest to me.” Mr. Fu began to delve into the entire process since he had practiced it on Huang Tufu earlier.
The girl soon went into the zone and began activating her Godhead. Mr. Fu then began the first step.
Time flew by and two hours passed. The short-haired girl’s forming of her Godhead was slightly faster than Huang Tufu. Naturally, she shrieked much louder than him throughout the process. Even Huang Tufu, whose body was undergoing the transformation, was woken by her screams.
Initially, he was confused about where the girl’s screams were coming out of nowhere. He thought somebody was bullying a girl and was going to criticize the bully on instinct. However, when he opened his eyes, he realized that it was Mr. Fu elevating the short-haired girl. He covered his mouth immediately in fear that he might say something offensive again.
Bloody turned to Huang Tufu with a grin. Seeing him look at her, she gestured him to keep quiet.
Huang Tufu nodded and sat where he was without daring to move. He knew that it was a critical moment when the short-haired girl was consolidating her Godhead. He dared not do anything to distract Mr. Fu.
The short-haired girl’s elevation was very successful as well. She triumphantly consolidated her Godhead within two hours.
Before she managed to extend her gratitude, Mr. Fu flicked his sleeve, sending her and Huang Tufu out of his God Territory.
Much to the excitement of the rest, they noticed that the duo’s combat strength had changed as soon as they were sent out.
The short-haired girl’s body was still changing while Huang Tufu had finished his transformation. The people then gathered around him to ask all sorts of questions.
After sending both of them out, Mr. Fu took an hour to rest and stepped out of his God Territory again.
“Buff guy, you’ll be the third one.” This time, Mr. Fu did not waste even a second. He waved his hand and took the muscular guy into his God Territory.
Since the muscular guy, another two demigods underwent successful elevation. Huang Tufu got Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan to be there immediately.
The duo waited for Mr. Fu’s Divine Power to recover in the courtyard. They then went into the God Territory one after another.
They took a slightly longer time, only completing the elevation almost three hours later.
After 28 hours, all seven perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouses in Dynasty had elevated to Virtual God rank-1.
The success rate was 100%!
Huang Baiyu and Huang Haoyang were thrilled to witness the success of the seven. Although the success rate for them would be slightly lower, they were encouraged by the continuous success for Huang Tianfu and the rest.
Even Mr. Fu himself was confident since he was getting more and more familiar with the process after performing it seven times consecutively.
After Huang Tianfu was elevated, Mr. Fu rested for more than three hours. He only stepped out of his God Territory when he had rested enough to perform at his peak.
He glanced at Huang Baiyu and Huang Haoyang, finally setting his eyes on the latter. “You’re on Virtual God rank-2, so your success rate is slightly higher than his. You’ll be the first.”
Huang Haoyang nodded. “As you wish.”
Mr. Fu flicked his sleeve, then Huang Haoyang disappeared. Mr. Fu’s body faded slowly almost at the same time…
Chapter 1192: Huang Haoyang’s Unique Godhead
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In reality, the conversion of Godheads required similar steps to consolidating broken Godheads.
To put it simply, it was just detonating the Godhead and piecing it back together to consolidate a new Godhead.
The difference was that the difficulty of detonating a complete Godhead was even higher. The energy that was released from the broken Godhead was even higher and much more difficult to control.
However, the two differences alone had spiked the difficulty for Mr. Fu who was the controller.
“Calm your emotions down. Don’t rush it. After all, there’s no difference if the conversion is done earlier or later. Sit down with your legs crossed and close your eyes when your body has stabilized. Control the Godhead in your body and activate it as usual. Leave the rest to me,” Mr. Fu said to Huang Haoyang, “Just follow what I say after that and don’t hesitate.”
“Got it.” Huang Haoyang nodded and began to adjust his breathing. His anxiety began melting after a few deep breaths and his heartbeat that had been racing was now normal.
After confirming that his body was alright, Huang Haoyang sat down with his legs crossed. He then nodded at Mr. Fu. “I’m ready.”
In reality, Mr. Fu had been scanning Huang Haoyang’s body with his Divine Telekinesis. He sat across Huang Haoyang calmly after confirming that he was relaxed and everything in his body was fine.
At that moment, Huang Haoyang closed his eyes and began activating the Godhead in his body.
Mr. Fu extended his palm and pressed it against Huang Haoyang’s chest. Golden Divine Power began penetrating Huang Haoyang’s body, going toward his Godhead.
This time, the penetration alone took over four hours. The Godhead in Huang Haoyang’s body was filled after that.
Mr. Fu released a long sigh after confirming that the Godhead was full. The first step he took with Huang Haoyang alone was longer than the entire elevation process for Huang Tianfu and the rest.
Since the first step was completed, Mr. Fu began applying high pressure and high temperature on Huang Haoyang’s Godhead.
At that point, Bloody advised, “Use four times higher pressure and temperature first and adjust it later.”
Mr. Fu said nothing. In reality, Bloody had told him about this step before, but she was emphasizing it again.
After applying four times more pressure and temperature compared to what he did with Huang Tianfu and the rest, Mr. Fu and Bloody observed the changes in Huang Haoyang’s Godhead.
A moment later, Bloody spoke again, “Four times isn’t enough. Make it five!”
Mr. Fu did as she said immediately.
Less than a minute had passed before Bloody frowned slightly. “Make it seven!”
“Are you sure? You only did a little more than four times in your simulation,” Mr. Fu could not help but ask through voice transmission.
“I missed out the Godhead’s attribution in the simulation because most attributes won’t affect the process. However, the Godhead that he’s refined seems to be a little more unique. If I’m not mistaken, this is a Godhead that was born with a fire attribute. It has a high resistance to high temperatures. We have to increase the temperature and pressure to detonate the Godhead. There’s no other way,” Bloody explained helplessly.
“But if that’s the case, even if the explosion happens, the impact of the explosion will surpass our expectations by heaps. The impact on his body and soul will be a few times more.” Mr. Fu was already considering giving up.
“Indeed, his survival rate will drop to 21.7% and the success rate will be less than 18%.” Bloody frowned deeply. “Unless there’s an outlet for the extra energy coming from the explosion.”
“Why don’t we stop it now? The failure rate will be high if this goes on,” Mr. Fu advised.
“I’ve an idea. I’ll get Master to absorb the extra energy.” Bloody thought of an idea all of a sudden.
“Lin Huang? We’re dealing with Divine Power here. Moreover, the Divine Power coming from such a high pressured explosion in Huang Haoyang’s body might be like being attacked by a Virtual God rank-4 powerhouse.” Mr. Fu could not understand why Bloody would suggest such a bad idea at such a time.
“Don’t worry about it. Master can even refine a Virtual God rank-9 Godhead. However, indeed, we need to ask Huang Haoyang’s opinion first and see if he wants to proceed.” Bloody then explained the current situation to Huang Haoyang through voice transmission.
“Less than an 18% success rate?” Even Huang Haoyang was stunned to hear that. He then asked subsequently, “What if Master Emperor absorbs the extra energy? Will the success rate increase a little?”
“It depends on his absorption rate and the duration of which your body and soul can take the impact, but it’s definitely higher than 18%.” Bloody did not provide an exact value. “But you can give up temporarily. I’ll spend some time building a model based on your body’s data. Then, I’ll perform the simulation again and see if I can find another way to get a higher success rate.”
Huang Haoyang fell into silence for a moment and made up his mind. “Go on then. After all, this is caused by the unique Godhead attribute in my body. You might not be able to find a way to raise the success rate with the simulation.”
“Indeed, I might not be able to find a way,” Bloody admitted while nodding. She only found a way after more than a million simulations earlier. It was even more difficult for her to improve it from the foundation. “Then, I’ll get Master here.”
It was five in the morning at the moment. The sky was still dark since it was winter in Emperor City.
Lin Huang, who was in a deep sleep, was awakened by Bloody. He sat up immediately and appeared in Mr. Fu’s courtyard in a flash after hearing Bloody’s explanation.
Huang Tianfu and the rest had left Mr. Fu’s courtyard much earlier while Huang Baiyu was the only one who stayed. He was stunned to see Lin Huang’s appearance in his pajamas at such a time.
However, Mr. Fu dragged Lin Huang into his God Territory in the next second.
Huang Baiyu’s pupils shrunk a little. “Did something happen to Haoyang?!”
Lin Huang rushed over in his pajamas and he was dragged into Mr. Fu’s God Territory as soon as he arrived. Huang Baiyu knew something must have happened to Huang Haoyang even if he had to think with his toes. He began to worry.
As Lin Huang was dragged into the God Territory, Bloody narrated exactly what happened to him quickly.
“Got it. Leave the absorbing of the extra energy to me,” Lin Huang agreed without hesitation.
Mr. Fu began adding pressure and temperature into the Godhead in Huang Haoyang’s body. He raised the intensity from five to seven times.
However, Bloody urged again approximately a minute later, “Eight times!”
This time, Mr. Fu had no doubts and raised the pressure and temperature by eight times.
Approximately three minutes later, Bloody spoke again, “Raise the pressure to 8.5 times and the temperature to 12 times!”
“Are you sure about that?” Mr. Fu asked.
“I’m sure!”
Mr. Fu did as he was ordered right after he received the confirmation.
Around three minutes later, she instructed, “Maintan the same amount of pressure and raise the temperature to 18 times!”
“Ahh!” Huang Haoyang’s veins were bulging from the pain while his gums were bleeding from all the clenching.
“You must remain awake no matter how painful it is. Otherwise, you’ll waste all the efforts,” Bloody said to Huang Haoyang through voice transmission.
Huang Haoyang’s eyes were all bloodshot with red veins. He panted hard while nodding at Bloody. He had no more strength to speak.
Time crawled by. Finally, Bloody did not order to increase the temperature any further, much to Mr. Fu’s relief.
The next three hours were complete torture for Huang Haoyang. The immense pain almost crushed his consciousness, but his strong will gave him the strength to hold on to it.
The bloody red Godhead in his body was reaching the brink of explosion.
“Master, press your palm to his back. You’ll have to absorb the Divine Power as soon as the Godhead explodes later. You can only stop when I ask you to,” Bloody said to Lin Huang.
Lin Huang nodded and walked to Huang Haoyang. He then sat behind him with his legs crossed and pressed both of his palms on his back.
Bloody then turned his head to Huang Haoyang. “It all depends on you now. Detonate the Godhead when it’s almost exploding. Don’t do it prematurely. When it explodes, summon a soul-type god relic to protect your soul immediately. You must bear the impact alive!”
Huang Haoyang panted while nodding hard.
A moment later, the bloody Godhead finally reached its brink of exploding. Barely holding on, Huang Haoyang detonated it, and it exploded.
Red sparks shot out, illuminating his inner world. The red Divine Power that ignited spread towards all directions.
Right at that moment, Lin Huang absorbed the spreading Divine Power.
With Lin Huang as the outlet, the sea of bloody Divine Power rushed into his body like a broken dam.
The ten Divine Fires in his body absorbed all of the scorching red Divine Power, sharing the same amount of power among themselves. Lin Huang noticed this and increased the strength of absorption immediately.
With him absorbing the Divine Power, the pressure in Huang Haoyang’s body was lifted.
However, the explosion impacted his body and soul. His soul was injured from the first round of impact. He was dying from the consecutive impacts while his soul was shaking.
Even though he had a soul-type god relic protecting his soul, his body and soul were weaker than an ordinary Virtual God rank-2 powerhouses. He could not bear the impact that was on par with a Virtual God rank-4’s attack.
Naturally, Lin Huang noticed the changes in Huang Haoyang’s body. Seeing that his soul was being crushed, an idea popped into his head. He released Divine Fire to fill Huang Haoyang’s body directly.
The ten Divine Fires were like ten fire dragons rushing into Huang Haoyang’s body. They began absorbing the bloody Divine Power as much as they could.
One of them even rushed up in front of Huang Haoyang’s soul and blocked the impact.
The Divine Fire dragons danced in Huang Haoyang’s body for less than a minute, and almost half of the Divine Power in his body was taken away.
Three minutes later, there was less than a tenth of Divine Power in his body.
Bloody told Lin Huang to stop upon noticing that, “You have to stop. If your Divine Fire proceeds to absorb the Divine Power, he can’t consolidate his Godhead.”
Lin Huang recalled his Divine Fire immediately.
Meanwhile, a bloody, gravel-sized Godhead was formed in the middle of the explosion point in Huang Haoyang’s body. The bloody Divine Power around it turned into a gigantic bloody whirlpool and penetrated the gravel…
Chapter 1193: Conversion Completed
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Thinking that death was a sure thing, Huang Haoyang did not expect Lin Huang to summon ten fire dragons. Lin Huang pulled him away from the brink of death and allowed him to reconsolidate his Godhead.
He had no idea that the fire dragons were made of Divine Fire. He thought it was some technique that Lin Huang had executed.
He was also unaware of was that if not for Lin Huang, he would have exploded and died much earlier if another Virtual God had helped him instead.
Seeing that Huang Haoyang’s aura had stabilized and that he began using the Divine Power from his transformation to recover his body and soul, Mr. Fu waved his hand and sent him out of the God Territory.
“Divine Fire… You sure have many secrets!” On the other hand, Mr. Fu saw that Lin Huang was using Divine Fire.
“I was lucky to obtain it unintentionally,” Lin Huang admitted while smiling bashfully.
“No wonder Bloody told me that you can even refine a Virtual god rank-9 Godhead.” Mr. Fu thought of something all of a sudden. “You told me that you were going to use Godhead as the foundation of imperial-level before. Did you really do that?”
Lin Huang had mentioned this when he had a phone call with Mr. Fu before elevating to imperial-level. However, since he only mentioned it casually, Mr. Fu did not take it seriously. Nonetheless, upon seeing there was Divine Fire in Lin Huang’s body now, Mr. Fu figured Lin Huang might have really done it.
“Yes.”
Seeing that Lin Huang admitted that with a nod, Mr. Fu proceeded to ask, “So, how did you elevate to imperial-level?”
“By refining more Godheads,” Lin Huang answered.
“So, what happens when you elevate to virtual god-level?” Mr. Fu was a little puzzled.
“I’m not too sure at the moment, but theoretically, I shouldn’t be able to elevate further when my Life Palace reaches the peak. I think I’ll have to convert my Godhead,” Lin Huang explained, “But I’m not sure how I’m supposed to do it exactly. I’ll figure it out then.”
“You’re being too reckless! You should consider the consequences before doing it.” Mr. Fu frowned, thinking that what Lin Huang had done was too risky.
“Don’t worry about me. There are countless types of cultivation methods in the great world. I’ll look around as much as I can. I’ll definitely find a way to elevate to virtual god-level by then.” Lin Huang was not in a rush at all, and he did not think that he had made a mistake.
“Take a rest, Mr. Fu. It’s New Year’s Eve tomorrow. I think it’ll take a long time to convert Huang Baiyu’s Godhead too.” Bloody helped to divert the subject at that second.
“What time is it now?” Mr. Fu lifted his head to ask Lin Huang.
“It’s already 8.30 a.m.,” Lin Huang said after checking the time.
Mr. Fu said nothing more. He took out a Divine Stone again and replenished his Divine Power after shutting his eyes.
As he was not sure if Huang Baiyu needed any help with the conversion, Lin Huang could only wait in the God Territory. He began chatting with Bloody through voice transmission because he was bored. He asked about Huang Tianfu and the rest’s elevation.
Meanwhile, Huang Baiyu was relieved to see Huang Haoyang appearing in Mr. Fu’s courtyard, looking fine while his combat strength remained on Virtual God rank-2.
Huang Haoyang only opened his eyes slowly four to five hours later.
“What happened earlier? I saw the Emperor going into the God Territory,” Huang Baiyu asked immediately.
“You can’t even imagine it. The Godhead that I refined is born with a fire attribute. I almost died from that, dude! Can you believe that the gigantic fire dragons the Master Emperor summoned are a 10,000 feet long each? They can suck the bloody Divine Power in my body into their dragon stomachs like an inverted tornado. It’s as easy as slurping noodles to them…”
Huang Haoyang suddenly had an urge to boast when he saw his old friend Huang Baiyu. Huang Baiyu was stunned to hear him describe the entire process exaggeratedly
This time, Mr. Fu took almost six hours to finally replenish his Divine Power. He spent another hour to settle down before standing up to pull the last person, Huang Baiyu, into his God Territory.
Huang Baiyu was a little anxious at first. However, he was relieved to see Lin Huang there. After all, Huang Haoyang had boasted that Lin Huang was a Godsent from heaven.
“Calm down. Sit with your legs crossed and quiet your mind with your eyes closed. Begin activating your Godhead after settling down.” Mr. Fu was at ease since he had the experience of handling Huang Haoyang earlier.
Huang Baiyu did as he was ordered and Mr. Fu went into the zone immediately.
Huang Baiyu’s Godhead took seven hours of channeling Mr. Fu’s Divine Power to be completely filled. By then, they reached the second step.
“Use six times of high temperature and high pressure first.” Bloody was guiding Mr. Fu by the side.
Mr. Fu controlled his Divine Power to increase the temperature and pressure right away.
Bloody spoke again a moment later, “Seven times.”
Mr. Fu made a slight adjustment immediately.
“7.5 times!”
Mr. Fu did as he was ordered.
“7.8 times!”
Mr. Fu did as he was ordered again. With his prior experience, he knew that there was no need for him to doubt Bloody’s estimation.
“Alright, maintain this.” Bloody finally nodded as she observed the minor changes in the Godhead in Huang Baiyu’s body with Divine Telekinesis. However, she frowned a little.
“Although his Godhead is Virtual God rank-3, in reality, it’s close to Virtual God rank-4. The impact of the explosion will definitely be more intense than we expected. We might need to get Master to absorb the Divine Power again,” Bloody said to Mr. Fu and Lin Huang through voice transmission.
The Divine Power at the high temperature and pressure had been penetrating the Godhead for seven hours until Huang Baiyu’s Godhead finally reached the brink of explosion.
After hearing Bloody’s instructions, Lin Huang sat behind Huang Baiyu with his legs crossed easily while pressing both palms on his back.
A moment later, the Godhead in Huang Baiyu’s body exploded. Endless white sparks flew out as insane Divine Power that exceeded their expectations spread out.
Lin Huang summoned all ten of his Divine Fires to suppress that. Ten fire dragons entered Huang Baiyu’s body rapidly, spreading out toward all directions and absorbing the immense Divine Power.
Soon, ten gigantic inverted tornadoes appeared in Huang Baiyu’s body one after another.
Each gigantic dragon was absorbing the sea of Divine Power like a whale guzzling water.
The riled up Divine Power that even Mr. Fu could do nothing about was suppressed within one to two minutes.
Huang Baiyu’s soul was protected behind a gigantic fire dragon since the beginning, so it suffered almost zero impact.
Bloody called off the absorption of the Divine Power after it went on for almost four minutes. “Alright, he can consolidate the Godhead as usual now.”
Lin Huang then recalled the Divine Fire back into his body.
Reluctantly, a couple of Divine Fire dragons peered hungrily in the direction where Huang Baiyu’s Godhead was forming before they left. They wanted more.
As the ten Divine Fire dragons retreated from Huang Baiyu’s body, his inner world finally recovered its peace. A massive white whirlpool formed in the middle where the Godhead was. White gravel was quickly appearing in the core of the whirlpool at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.
Chapter 1194: Sticky Rice Cake
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was almost six in the morning when Mr. Fu sent Huang Baiyu out of his God Territory.
Lin Huang, Bloody and Mr. Fu walked out of the God Territory right after that.
Mr. Fu let out a long sigh upon seeing the sun that had just risen from the horizon far away. “It’s the New Year. Ah, I can finally take a good rest.”
“Rest well, Master. I’ll visit you at lunch with Xin Er,” Lin Huang suggested.
“Alright then, I’ll take a nap. I’ve been really exhausted throughout these few days. It’s been over 800 years since I last drained my Divine Power like this,” Mr. Fu confessed with a slight smile.
Lin Huang glanced at Huang Baiyu. He carried him and walked towards Lin Xin’s compound next door with Bloody.
As they departed, Mr. Fu lifted his head and looked at the sun far away. He smirked. “It’s a new year!”
After watching them for a while, he then turned around and walked towards the loft behind him with his hands behind his back.
Initially, Lin Huang thought he would be able to rest during the last few days at the end of the year. Never had he thought he would be dragged into being a slave and miss guarding the year with Lin Xin.
She was still sleeping when they arrived at her compound. Lin Huang did not wake her. Instead, he put Huang Baiyu down in a small pavilion in the courtyard and sat on the stone stool.
Bloody walked to the stone stool across him and sat down.
“Judging from Huang Baiyu’s conversion earlier, I think Virtual God rank-3 is the limit of the solution. If it were Virtual God rank-4, I’m afraid it’d be difficult even for Mr. Fu to detonate the Godhead,” Lin Huang told Bloody.
“It’ll still work, but the controller might have to be a true god-level powerhouse when handling Virtual Gods above Virtual God rank-4.” Bloody thought about and explained, “But, indeed, there are many uncertainties for Godheads that are obtained from other sources. It’s very hard to figure what oddity some Godheads might have before the process begins. Even the refiners themselves are unsure of the Godheads that they’ve refined. Just like Huang Haoyang who underwent the conversion before Huang Baiyu, even he had no idea that he refined a Godhead with fire attribute.”
“I think if Mr. Fu really wants to make this into a business, it’s best not to take virtual god-level powerhouses in. He can only do it for demigods,” Bloody could not help but suggest, “After all, the success rate is already so low. If he encounters those with problematic Godheads like Huang Haoyang’s, death is almost guaranteed.”
“I was just thinking about that,” Lin Huang responded, “I really hope there are more virtual god-level powerhouses in this gravel world, and the more powerful they are, the better. However, the success rate is an issue. Also, the conversion is quite a burden to master. On the other hand, elevating demigods have a high success rate and it’s easier for him.”
“We can tell the people that we’ve only found a way to elevate demigods to Virtual Gods, but we haven’t found a way to convert a Virtual God’s Godhead.” Lin Huang came up with a plan.
Since Lin Xin was still sleeping after speaking to Bloody, Lin Huang thought of bringing Bloody out of Dynasty’s headquarters. They went to the fat lady’s dumpling stall for breakfast.
The fat lady and uncle were still the same, busy working in the stall.
The fat uncle saw Lin Huang’s familiar face, so he greeted him with a wide grin immediately. The fat lady’s temptation to pry burned strongly when she saw Bloody.
“Master Emperor, have you brought a girl to our dumpling stall today? This lady is so pretty! Master Emperor, I don’t mean to be offensive, but you should bring such a beautiful lady to a higher-end restaurant.”
“Aunty, your stall is pretty high-end. Look around you, which stall within 20 miles has a longer queue than yours every morning?” Lin Huang teased.
The uncle continued with a grin, “That’s right. What’s wrong with dumplings? Our dumplings are one-of-a-kind in Emperor City. How are we not a high-end restaurant?”
The lady narrowed her eyes until there were only two slits as she spoke, “A man is always lying with his lips! The sweeter the things he says, the more you can’t believe him!”
Bloody simpered when she heard that comment. She began to understand that humans were animals who said things they did not mean.
“You can try their dumplings,” Lin Huang recommended, “If you don’t like them, their sticky rice cake is pretty delicious too.”
Lin Huang said that because Bloody used to only eat desserts whenever she was snacking. Her favorite food was sweets, and her second favorite was sugary drinks in all flavors as well as dessert. She was never interested in savory food such as dumplings.
However, now that she had elevated to mythical-level, Lin Huang was not sure if her tastebuds had changed.
Soon, the fat uncle brought two servings of dumplings.
Bloody used her chopsticks to take a nibble out of one dumpling. She then put it down and shook her head.
“Seems like your tastebuds remain unchanged.” Lin Huang smiled and called to the fat uncle, “Uncle, a serving of sticky rice cake, please!”
“Sure, coming right up!”
The fat lady brought a small serving of four sticky rice cakes.
Bloody sniffed it in confusion. Judging by the smell, it smelled sweet, but there was the aroma of sticky rice. She was unsure if it was appealing or not.
She took a small bite of one with her chopsticks. The confusion on her face morphed into joy all of a sudden. She then picked up another sticky rice cake and shoved it into her mouth quickly.
“It’s yummy, isn’t it?” Lin Huang knew that she would like that.
Bloody nodded enthusiastically immediately.
When Lin Huang was done with half a serving of dumplings, Bloody had finished all four pieces of sticky rice cake. Lin Huang ordered another portion for her after noticing that.
The uncle noticed this and could not help reminding, “Our sticky rice cake is pretty filling. The most I can eat is two servings and I wouldn’t be able to have lunch later on. You guys can get a refund if you can’t finish. Don’t force it down.”
“Don’t worry about it, Uncle. I’ll pack it for lunch if we really can’t finish it,” Lin Huang assured kindly.
After the uncle left, Bloody finished another serving of sticky rice cake quickly.
Before Lin Huang could finish the second serving of dumplings, Bloody had inhaled the third serving of sticky rice cake.
Lin Huang raised his eyebrow when he realized that Bloody was looking at him in hunger. “Do you want more?”
Bloody nodded immediately.
“Then, I’ll order two more servings for take-away and get a serving of dumplings for Xin Er.”
Bloody’s take-away was ready when Lin Huang was finished eating.
The duo then stood up and returned to Dynasty’s headquarters. It was past seven in the morning when they were done with breakfast, and Lin Xin had just woken up when they arrived at the courtyard.
“Wash up now and have some breakfast.” Lin Huang brought the dumplings that he had packed to the first floor and put it on the dining table.
“Coming!” Lin Xin’s voice chimed from the second floor.
Bloody unpacked the sticky rice cake right away and began munching away at the table.
When Lin Xin got down, Bloody had finished the two servings of sticky rice cakes that she brought back.
“Brother, where did you go yesterday? I was guarding the year last night and I waited until 1 a.m. but I didn’t see you,” Lin Xin asked as soon as she saw Lin Huang when she arrived downstairs after putting on her slippers.
“Master dragged me to be his slave in the middle of the night. We were only done when it was almost six in the morning,” Lin Huang explained with a comforting smile. “Don’t worry. It’s the first day of the New Year today. I’ll guard the year with you tonight to remedy for last night.”
Lin Xin pouted when she heard his response, “What’s the point? Guarding the year means guarding the last day of the year and watching the New Year start. It doesn’t make sense to guard the year today.”
“Alright, I’ll do it tonight and bring you shopping tomorrow,” Lin Huang extended his condition.
“No, it has to be for three days!” Lin Xin bargained.
“Alright, three days it is,” Lin Huang agreed to that bitterly since he figured there should not be anything happening the next three days.
Chapter 1195: Three Days of Torture
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Winter break in the gravel world usually lasted for more than two months from the end of December to the beginning of March.
Even cultivator organizations such as the Union Government and the Hunter Association would have a ten-day holiday during the end of the year. Apart from a minority of members guarding the organizations, the operations of the entire company’s were basically stopped.
Naturally, it was the same for Dynasty whereby they had a standard ten-day holiday. During the first few days of New Year, apart from Huang Tianfu and the ten staff who had nowhere to go, Lin Huang’s family was the only one that remained in Dynasty’s headquarters. The massive headquarters was very quiet.
Since Lin Huang missed guarding the year with Lin Xin, he agreed to the unfair terms to go shopping with her.
In reality, he wanted to seize the opportunity to accompany Lin Xin, figuring that he would leave the gravel world soon after the New Year. After all, many things were still a question mark in the great world. He might not have enough strength to protect himself, so it would be unrealistic to bring Lin Xin along.
Lin Xin started to bug Lin Huang to bring her shopping after she finished the dumplings that he had packed.
“Can’t you just stay at home on the first day of the New Year?” Lin Huang looked helpless.
“But it’s so boring here. There’s nobody in the entire Dynasty, and there’s no New Year atmosphere here.” Lin Xin gave a legit reason. “Since Sister Bloody is here, I’ll get Brother Xiao Mo while you summon Little Witch and Sister Kylie, then we’ll go shopping together.”
“Summon Little Witch and Sister Kylie? What are you trying to do? Tear Emperor City apart?” Lin Huang asked while staring at her.
“We’re all girls. They can give us their opinions when Sister Bloody and I shop. I can’t be trusting you and Brother Xiao Mo, the two straight guys’ sense of beauty. Am I right?” Lin Xin said while pouting.
“I think my sense of beauty is fine.” Lin Huang had never thought there was anything wrong with his sense of beauty.
“Alright then.” Lin Xin did not dwell on that with Lin Huang. Instead, she took out ten lipsticks and asked him after opening the caps, “What’s the difference between the color of these lipsticks?”
Lin Huang glanced at the cylindrical tubes and subsequently frowned. “They’re all red. What’s the difference?”
“Sister Bloody?” Lin Huang turned around to look at Bloody.
Bloody glimpsed and said expressionlessly, “From left to right, it’s No. 405 Tomato Red, No. 200 Muddy Maroon, No. 501 Red Bean, No. 154 Plum, No. 407 Moody Red Bean, No. 409 Dark Plum, No. 12 Pinky, No. 333 Maple, No. 80 Ruby and No. 317 Tangerine.”
“You’re absolutely right!” Lin Xin turned her head and smirked at Lin Huang. “What kind of opinion will you be able to give if I’m getting lipstick later?”
Lin Huang was speechless for a moment. “Alright, you win.”
Lin Huang exclaimed secretly after summing Kylie and the Witch, ‘Fortunately, this girl has no idea I have another four Bug Tribe Queen Mothers who take form of girls.”
Kylie, who had elevated to quadruple mutation, wore a gold and purple armor dress. The material of the armor dress did not look like metal. Instead, it was more like a combination of metal and fabric that fluttered in the wind. Furthermore, the style looked luxurious. The patterns and designs on it were complex yet elegant. One could tell that it was tens of times or even up to a hundred times more expensive than an armor dress of the same rank.
She finally did not wear a mask on her face. She had a beautiful face but it was intimidating, especially her eyes. There were no eyeballs, just golden flashes of lightning that were sparkling.
On the other hand, the Witch no longer looked like a 15 or 16-year-old little girl. She had transformed into a young lady with long, shapely legs. She wore a black short skirt, showing off her pair of legs. In addition to that, her breasts and butt were perfectly proportioned. In short, she was sexy.
Meanwhile, her face looked like it belonged to a seductive mistress. Men might not be able to help but steal a glance at her a few times. A look was all it would take to make a man fall in love.
Lin Xin was stunned since it was her first time seeing the duo’s brand new look.
She only snapped back to her senses a while later. “It’s better if you guys change. You’re attracting too much attention. Sister Kylie, put on some sunglasses to cover your eyes.”
Lin Huang contacted Xiao Mo as Lin Xin got the two girls to change.
Xiao Mo was stunned when he saw the Witch and Kylie when he got there. He could not help but ask Lin Huang who the two girls were. To his disbelief, he found out that they were imperial monsters.
It was past eight in the morning when the two girls were done changing.
Lin Huang and the gang headed towards the shopping district as soon as they left home.
The two handsome men and the four beautiful ladies attracted attention as soon as they strolled on the streets.
If everyone in Emperor City did not know who Lin Huang was, many might have thought that the city was having a parade whereby the six of them were a new band.
Lin Huang and Lin Xin had gotten used to being watched, but Xiao Mo felt uneasy.
Among the three summoning beasts, Bloody and Little Witch did not care about the attention. However, Kylie disliked the attention.
The six of them grabbed even more attention when they reached the shopping district.
It was crowded in the shopping district, and there were people everywhere. All the stores were opened and the staff on shift were busy. Undoubtedly, their efficiency was much lower than usual since they were understaffed. It caused a long queue which wasted more time for the shoppers than usual. The entire shopping district was even more packed than the average day.
“There are so many people today!” Lin Xin complained to Lin Huang, “And you said people usually stay at home on the first day of the New Year.”
“Buy whatever you want now. We’re having lunch with Master when we’re done.” Lin Huang changed the subject directly.
“How do I know what I want if I don’t shop?” Lin Xin had a different logic.
Lin Huang wanted to argue her logic, but he gave up on the idea when he thought about it. He recalled something that he had heard before. ‘Don’t try to argue with a girl because they always think they’re right.’
The two men and three human-form pets followed Lin Xin shopping from one store to another.
Lin Huang noticed that Lin Xin had no purpose when she was shopping. She had no idea what she wanted to buy.
If Lin Huang were to shop, he would first choose the item that he was looking for and exclude the rest. He would only shop for one type of targeted item.
For instance, if he was looking for a t-shirt, he would only go into t-shirt stores. If there was no t-shirt store at first glance, he would skip the entire area.
However, Lin Xin had a different shopping logic.
‘Oh, they sell caps here. Let’s take a look. This store has nice bags. Let’s take a look too. This store has cool sunglasses. Let’s go in. Wow, they have such cute dolls! Let’s go. This wedding dress is so pretty. Let’s take a look. This fitness store is so neat. Let’s go in…’
She browsed over 20 stores in the morning alone and tested up to a hundred products. However, in the end, she bought nothing.
The other three female imperial monsters felt nothing. Perhaps because they were girls just like Lin Xin or perhaps monsters were curious about the human world, but they were happy shopping with her.
Even though Kylie did not show any emotions on her face, Lin Huang noticed that she would touch the products that she was interested in.
Xiao Mo had no expression on his face. Lin Xin would always drag him out for shopping when Lin Huang was not around, so he had gotten used to such torture.
However, to Lin Huang, shopping with Lin Xin was even more tiring than refining Virtual God rank-9 Godheads.
At least, he could see the refinement progress that increased daily whenever he refined Godheads. However, Lin Xin buying nothing from her window-shopping spree throughout the entire morning meant 0% progress to him.
After lunch with Mr. Fu, Lin Xin recovered her strength. She then brought Lin Huang and the rest to begin a new round of shopping.
Mr. Fu had asked Lin Huang what he was going to do in the afternoon at lunch. Upon hearing that he was going shopping with Lin Xin, he left with the excuse that an old man like him needed a nap after lunch.
Since it was the New Year, all the stores in the shopping district closed earlier than usual.
All of the stores closed when they shopped until almost 9 p.m. on the first day. Lin Xin returned to Dynasty’s headquarters unwillingly.
At night, Lin Huang brought Huang Tianfu and the rest of the staff who stayed back out for a reunion dinner. It was considered the replacement reunion dinner that he missed yesterday.
On the second and third days, Lin Huang and Xiao Mo brought Lin Xin shopping in the morning and would go home late. They would head out at 8 a.m. and returned after 10 p.m. every day.
Throughout the three days, Lin Xin brought them to the five biggest shopping districts and seven big shopping complexes in Emperor City.
They had stopped in at least 300 stores and looked at up to 1,000 products. In the end, Lin Xin bought a pair of shoes, a shoulder tote, and some ten presents for Bloody and the other two.
She was thinking of getting Lin Huang and Xiao Mo something, but both of them declined her offer directly.
Lin Huang was finally relieved when he returned to the Emperor Place on the night of the third day of the New Year.
“The three days of torture have finally come to an end!”
Chapter 1196: The Meeting After the New Year
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Huang finally eased into rest mode officially after the third day of the New Year.
However, he did not stay idle. He was learning new sword skills every day.
He would master a new pseudo-mythical-level sword skill almost every day. As he mastered more and more sword skills, he could faintly sense that his level-6 Sword Dao was approaching its peak.
Time flew by, and very soon a week had passed.
The tenth day of the New Year was the last day of holiday for many, including the people in Dynasty.
It was the 11th day of the New Year on the 3rd of March. All the organizations basically went back to their normal working operations.
Lin Huang called for a meeting with Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan early in the morning.
Since it was the first meeting of the year, Huang Tufu rushed back to the headquarters from Division 3.
The rest of the upper echelons were basically there.
At the meeting table, the six demigod Dukes gaped at Huang Tianfu and the rest in confusion. They clearly sensed that Huang Tianfu and the other six of them were now on virtual god-level. It was unexpected.
The six of them asked about it through voice transmission. The only response they got was, “Master Emperor will explain later.”
The meeting officially began at 9 a.m.
It was still hosted by Huang Tianfu who welcomed Lin Huang after starting the meeting.
“The purpose of this meeting is to gather everyone since the New Year has started. After all, it’s a new beginning with new plans. While I have many plans for myself this year, so does Dynasty.
“The first thing I would like to announce is that Mr. Fu is settling in Dynasty,” Lin Huang explained further upon seeing many of them appearing surprised.
“I know that you guys have many doubts. The legendary Mr. Fu is my master. He used to be on Virtual God rank-8 and he’s now on Virtual God rank-9. I invited him to come into Dynasty before the New Year, and he’s temporarily staying for a year.”
“Mr. Fu coming in won’t affect Dynasty’s daily operations. Dynasty will still be led by Huang Tianfu, Huang Wunan, and Huang Tufu. Mr. Fu is only responsible for Dynasty’s safety matters.”
Many of them were finally relieved to hear that. They were a little worried that Dynasty would have a change in authority structure when they first heard about Mr. Fu moving in. It seemed like Lin Huang had invited Mr. Fu there to provide Dynasty with a pillar of support.
“The second thing is what you guys have witnessed—Tianfu and the rest have elevated to virtual god-level.
“I’ve successfully found a way to elevate demigod-levels to virtual god-level. I’ve also gotten Mr. Fu to help Tianfu and the rest of the powerhouses on perfect-stage demigod-level to virtual god-level.
“Such an elevation process must follow the strict steps that I provide. Apart from that, only high-level Virtual Gods such as Mr. Fu can carry out the process. Furthermore, the basic condition is that the person to be elevated must be on perfect-stage demigod-level and the Life Power in his body will have to be fully converted to Divine Power. That’s the reason why the six demigod Dukes present today weren’t informed before the New Year.
“The third thing is that I have a portion of God’s Blood that can help demigods to accelerate their conversion of Life Power to Divine Power. I’ll get Tianfu’s help to delegate it out the next few days.
“As the God’s Blood might not be able to get all the demigods to perfect-stage demigod-level, it will be distributed according to the contribution points that all of you obtained last year. Those who have more contribution points will be given the God’s Blood first while those who have less will be awarded later. Does anybody have anything to say about the sequence?”
All six of the demigods shook their heads.
In reality, it was very fair to carry out the dissemination by one’s contribution points. Moreover, Lin Huang had taken over Dynasty last year, so it made sense to disseminate the God’s Blood based on a year of contribution points.
“So, I’ll hand over the God’s Blood to Tianfu. He’ll elevate you guys to perfect-stage demigod-level when he’s done giving out the God’s Blood and send me the list of those who are elevating to Virtual Gods. I’ll then get Mr. Fu to handle that.
“The fourth thing is also related to demigods elevating to Virtual God. I’ve discussed this with Mr. Fu. We’re planning to announce this news to the public. After all, we can’t hide this forever as soon as there are that many Virtual Gods in Dynasty. It’s better that we let people know now.
“We have plans to charge organizations other than Dynasty for the service. So, don’t think that you guys won’t have any competition and that you’ll be able to relax as soon as you guys have elevated to Virtual God.”
“The reason we came up with such a decision is mainly that disaster is hitting our gravel world soon. We need virtual god-level powerhouses to handle the crisis.
“Of course, the exact announcement will be made when this round of Dynasty demigods are done with the elevation. Therefore, I hope that all of you complete the elevation to virtual god-level as soon as you can when you get the God’s Blood. Those who have insufficient God’s Blood will have to obtain them before the news goes out. The price of the God’s Blood might shoot up after that.
“Apart from those of you are present today, I’ll get Tianfu to inform the rest of the demigods. However, I hope that you guys won’t spread this news out before Dynasty does officially. If I find anyone spreading the news intentionally, I’ll get Mr. Fu to sever the person’s cultivation base and dispel the person from Dynasty. That will be the end of the person’s relationship with Dynasty!”
Lin Huang glanced at everyone before speaking again, “The fifth thing is the circle that Dynasty has built with the Union Government.
“At the moment, the Union Government and Hunter Association are the leaders. The Mystic Butterfly is the fence-sitter while the heretics aren’t powerful enough. I’m getting Misery to join for the balance of the circle and to impede the Union Government and Hunter Association. From now on, Misery will be our secret ally, but publicly, Dynasty isn’t on the same side with them.
“As soon as Misery joins us, the development of the circle must slow down. We can’t grow too fast. Dynasty’s current priority is to deepen the collaboration with all major organizations so that the Union Government, the Hunter Association, and the Mystic Butterfly won’t leave us. The circle will only be preliminarily stabilized when we’ve achieved that.
“Before the disaster condemns this gravel world, the Union Government will definitely want to lead this circle. There’s no need for Dynasty to revolt their leadership. All we have to do is to win the same position as them. They can lead, but Dynasty must be included in the leadership. In other words, this is the main development direction for this circle for the next one to two years. We’ll discuss the details further next time.”
Lin Huang put a halt in the discussion of the circle and said no further for a few moments.
“The sixth thing is that I’ll leave the gravel world for a while after I’m done with everything on my plate.”
Everyone gawked at Lin Huang when he announced that.
“How long will you be gone?” Huang Tianfu asked immediately.
“A year at the moment. Of course, I hope that I can get back before the disaster befalls. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for me to return,” Lin Huang said, “I’ll give Tianfu a communication measure. If something really happens in the gravel world, contact me and I’ll get back as soon as I can.”
“But none of the people who left our world have ever returned,” Huang Tufu muttered while frowning.
“The main reason is that they can’t return to our world since they’ve elevated to true god-level,” Lin Huang explained, “I’m only on imperial-level, so it’s not difficult to return as long as I find the route. Even if I can’t find the route myself, I can get Royal to help me. After all, I’m a rank-A Royalty.”
The people were relieved when they heard Lin Huang. In reality, they were a little afraid that Dynasty would become ownerless again if Lin Huang died. Then, Royal would cut their resources off again.
“That’s more or less what I’ve got to say today. I’ll sort out the details in the next two days and send it to the three Grand Dukes. You guys can discuss it when they’ve studied the details and approved it.”
Chapter 1197: Memory Card
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After setting Dynasty’s direction, Lin Huang delegated the rest to Bloody.
She spent less than half a day coming up with a series of plans. All of them contained detailed steps.
Lin Huang scanned through the plans Bloody came up with roughly and sent them to the three Grand Dukes.
On the second morning, Lin Huang visited Misery again.
While setting Misery’s one-year development plan, he also discussed elevating demigods to Virtual Gods as well as getting them to join Dynasty’s circle.
As Zhi Ji was a Virtual God rank-9 powerhouse himself, Lin Huang did not want to bother Mr. Fu, so he got Bloody to teach Zhi Ji the way to elevate demigods to Virtual Gods right away. He told him over and over again that it could only be used on Misery’s internal members and had to be kept a secret. If anybody asked, they had to say that it was Mr. Fu of Dynasty who helped them achieve it.
When it came to converting a Virtual God’s Godhead, Lin Huang also told them that they must inform him beforehand if they wanted to do so because the failure rate would be high if Zhi Ji were to do it himself.
Naturally, Misery was more than happy to join the circle. After all, cultivation resources were what Misery lacked the most. Apart from ruins and sites, they would be given access to all cultivation resources through trade as well. Furthermore, basically all the top-grade cultivation resources were monopolized by the major organizations. Very few of them were open to trading with other organizations. However, it would be a different case with the circle between Dynasty and the Union Government. All of the barriers caused by the monopoly would be broken down.
Figuring that he was leaving soon, Lin Huang even gave a part of Royal’s authorization to Zhi Ji and Jie Wu, allowing Misery members the access to enter the trial zones.
Lin Huang mumbled to himself while holding his chin sitting on the throne in the Emperor’s Palace when he returned to Emperor City, “I’ve basically arranged everything I need to for Misery and Dynasty. I’m almost done with all I need to handle before leaving the gravel world. Now, the only thing that’s left for me to do is to visit the ruins where Qi Muxiong hid the Goldfinger.”
Bloody, who was sitting aside and coming up with the one-year detailed plan for Misery, lifted her head and said to Lin Huang, “If I were you, I’d read through all the books in the libraries and archives in the major organizations. Also, I’ll visit all the ruins and sites above grade-5 that are open to take as many resources as I can. I won’t miss anything.”
“These two ideas sound great!” Lin Huang’s eyes lit up when he heard.
However, he soon frowned. “But I’m afraid it’ll require a long time to read all the books in the libraries and archives even with the Epiphany Card.”
At the moment, Xiao Hei, who had been quiet for a long time, spoke all of a sudden, “There’s a card called the Memory Card that can store a sea of information. When the saving is done, it’ll be integrated into your brain memory automatically.”
“There’s such an amazing item?” Lin Huang bought one and looked at it after hearing about the existence of the Memory Card.
“Memory Card
“Type of Card: Function Card
“Rarity: Grade-2
“Function: The card will save the content that the host wants to save as soon as it’s activated.
“Remark 1: A Memory Card can only be used once no matter how much it contains.
“Remark 2: The user will only need to specify the content and the card will handle the rest as soon as it has been activated.
“Remark 3: When the Memory Card is done storing the memory, it will become a part of the user’s memory automatically. The part of memory doesn’t occupy the user’s brain memory.
“Remark 4: The duration of memory saving depends on the volume. The more memory there is, the longer it takes to save. On the contrary, it will take a shorter time if there’s a smaller volume.”
“This card is great, but I wonder what’s the saving speed like.” Lin Huang put the card away and devised a plan.
He applied to visit the Central Library and the Central Archive from the Union Government immediately.
When he discussed collaboration with the Union Government while representing Dynasty earlier, he had obtained the highest reading access for a month. However, he still had to apply before he visited each time.
Such a procedure was not only applicable to Lin Huang but to everyone, including the chief of the Union Government, Jiang Shan. Even he would have to submit the application beforehand to access the highest reading authorization.
It could only be accessed by one person at a time. Therefore, the Central Library came up with an application system with the Union Government. Everyone would have to book their slot beforehand and the library would assign them access for the time slot booked. With this system, there would not be any conflict. Although very few people were given the access, the system indeed helped to avoid awkwardness when one entered but failed to be granted access.
The Central Library responded after three minutes Lin Huang submitted his applications.
“Dear Mr. Lin Huang, you applied to access the Central Library’s highest reading authorization from 9 a.m. on the 5th of March to 9 a.m. on the 6th of March. The total duration will be 24 hours. The application has been approved. Please be at the Central Library at the booked slot.
“Dear Mr. Lin Huang, you applied to access the Central Archive’s highest reading authorization from 9 a.m. on the 6th of March to 9 a.m. on the 7th of March. The total duration will be 24 hours. The application has been approved. Please be at the Central Library at the booked slot.”
Lin Huang was elated to see both of his applications being approved.
On the next day, which was the 5th of March, he rushed to the First City after breakfast early in the morning.
He had a cup of coffee outside the Central Library. Only when it was 9 a.m., he stood up and headed to the library for the slot he booked.
The library was almost occupied early in the morning.
Lin Huang glanced through the first floor to find that most of the seats were taken. He walked passed the hall and headed straight to the elevator.
After scanning his ID on his Emperor’s Heart Ring, the elevator took him to the highest floor of the Central Library, the ninth floor.
Lin Huang was a little puzzled when he arrived on this floor. He looked around.
Apart from a sealed container and a chair, there was nothing else.
Transparent liquid filled the transparent sealed container. There was a tissue the size of a basketball that looked like a human brain soaked in the liquid. Neither did it have tentacles, nor other extra appendages. It looked like an enlarged human brain floating quietly.
Meanwhile, the chair was placed approximately a meter before the sealed container.
The chair was ordinary. It was made of wood, and the pattern on the surface looked shiny from the collision. Clearly, someone else favored this seat.
Lin Huang looked around and sat on the chair while concluding that there was nothing else on this floor.
Just when he sat on the chair, the ‘brain’ in the container experienced a tremor all of a sudden. Constant bubbling frothed in the container.
A deep voice came into Lin Huang’s ears at the same time. “What kind of information are you looking for?”
Stunned, Lin Huang realized that it should be the ‘brain’ in the container that had spoken. However, he soon snapped back to his senses.
“I don’t have specific information that I’m looking for. I want to look at everything you have.”
The ‘brain’ in the sealed container did not expect Lin Huang to say that. It went silent for a moment while a couple of bubbles rose in the transparent liquid.
Subsequently, the deep voice came again. “Interesting… You only have 24 hours.”
“I know.” Lin Huang smiled while nodding.
Almost at the same time, the container and the brain before Lin Huang disappeared. The walls around the entire floor turned into projected images. The same happened to the ceiling and the floor beneath his feet. There were up to ten thousands of images of all sizes.
Lin Huang glanced through the images and smirked. He crushed a Memory Card quietly.
As soon as the Memory Card was activated, the thousands of images began moving as if they had lost control.
Chapter 1198: Hunter Association’s Appointment
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The Memory Card only took less than three hours to download everything in the Central Library.
In reality, Lin Huang had been cultivating Seamless with his eyes closed during the few hours. He only opened his eyes when the Memory Card had downloaded all of the information and become memories in his head.
It was not even 12 p.m. when he checked the time. It would not make sense for him to stay, so he stood up and left.
He ate something around the library and contacted the chief of the Union Government, Jiang Shan.
Jiang Shan was surprised to see that it was Lin Huang who called. He picked up anyway.
Lin Huang asked while smiling as soon as the video call was connected, “Master Chief, could you help me change the slot that I booked for the archive visit tomorrow to today instead?”
“Didn’t you apply to visit the library today?” Jiang Shan asked with his brow raised. He knew that Lin Huang submitted the applications yesterday.
“I’ve found the stuff I was looking for at the library.” Lin Huang came up with an excuse. “So, I thought I’d drop by the archive today instead of tomorrow.”
“I’ll speak to the people at the archive. I’ll change the time slot for you if nobody is using it in the afternoon. However, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow if somebody is using it in the afternoon.” To Jiang Shan, such a favor was nothing as long as it did not interfere with the archive regulations. After all, amending the time slot at the last minute was permitted. “They’ll inform you whether they can amend the time slot for you later.”
“Thanks, Master Chief!” Just when Lin Huang was going to hang up, Jiang Shan stopped him.
“Emperor Lin, I happened to have something to discuss with you.”
Lin Huang was stunned to hear that. The first thought that came into his mind was, ‘Did someone expose that we’ve elevated demigods to Virtual Gods?”
However, his face remained calm. “Do tell, Master Chief.”
“The Hunter Association spoke to me twice. They’re looking into working with you guys. What they mainly want is access to the trial zones.”
“Sure, we can discuss the time later,” Lin Huang agreed to that right away.
In reality, he wanted to see if there was anything useful in the Hunter Association’s library and archives.
After hanging up the call with Jiang Shan, the archive sent him a message in less than two minutes. The amendment of the time slot had been approved.
The time was amended from 1 p.m. on the 5th to 1 p.m. on the 6th.
To Lin Huang, the hours given were not important. As long as the information was downloaded by the Memory Card, he would no longer need to return to the library and archive in the future.
Lin Huang made it to the archive at 1 p.m.
In reality, it was a huge building that was similar to the library. He arrived on the ninth floor after scanning his Emperor’s Heart Ring.
The setting was similar to the library. There was also a tissue that looked like a human brain floating in a transparent sealed container.
The difference was the color of the brain. The one in the library was light red while this one was sky blue.
Given his experience in the morning, Lin Huang got the blue brain to get him all the information that was available in the archive directly.
After crushing another Memory Card, it began to download the information automatically.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang closed his eyes and began cultivating Seamless in a relaxed manner. The second the Memory Card stopped downloading the information around two hours later, it became a part of Lin Huang’s memory. He stood up and left right after he opened his eyes.
As he arrived at the entrance of the archive, Lin Huang summoned a dimensional portal and returned to Emperor City.
The first thing he did as soon as he arrived at the Emperor’s Palace was to share everything in the two Memory Cards with Bloody.
With Bloody’s computing skills, she spent over two hours digesting everything in the two Memory Cards.
“The information load is pretty huge,” Bloody could not help but exclaim after she was done digesting all of the information.
“Is there anything useful?” Lin Huang asked immediately.
“Yes, quite a number of them. However, the real secrets should be sealed by the Union Government. For instance, there should be complete production drawings for weapons containing rule power. However, there’s no such thing in the memory that you shared with me. Also, the item lists that were excavated from the ancient ruins are missing. There should be many secrets in them.”
“It’s normal for them to be sealing such information. After all, I’m just an outsider. It’s impossible for the Union Government to reveal everything to me,” Lin Huang, on the other hand, was understanding. “If I were Jiang Shan, I would seal that information and hide them from everyone else.”
Bloody nodded and proceeded to speak, “There are quite a number of useful information too, especially in cultivation alone.”
“There are 14 god-level sword skills that you can use and 37 pseudo-mythical-level sword skills. Including sword skills, there are a total of 63 god-level and 218 pseudo-mythical-level martial skills. There are also three divine skills and up to a hundred secret skills…”
As Lin Huang was talking to Bloody about the information that he obtained, a message came all of a sudden.
Lin Huang saw that it was Jiang Shan who had sent the message. He said that the Hunter Association had decided the time when they would visit Dynasty the next day.
In less than five minutes after Jiang Shan sent the message, Huang Tianfu informed Lin Huang that he had received the Hunter Association’s appointment.
The Hunter Association even published the appointment on the Internet.
In reality, Lin Huang could understand why they did that. They were afraid that people might take photos of the Hunter Association’s upper echelons visiting Dynasty, so they announced it instead.
The content of the appointment was simple. They were going to discuss a collaboration with Dynasty.
However, everyone on the Internet was discussing it despite the appointment having very vague content.
After being quiet for a few months, Dynasty was trending on No. 2 on the Internet again.
The Hunter Association was trending as No. 1 this time.
Everyone in the cultivation world was talking about this, and the Hunter Forum was the most crowded one.
Most people in the cultivation world had registered themselves as a hunter before even though they had never officially joined the Hunter Association. They could post on the Hunter Forum as long as they had their hunter’s license.
The main topic on the Hunter Forum was what exactly Dynasty did the Hunter Association want to work with them on. What kind of collaboration were they looking into?
Meanwhile, in the black market forum, they were discussing what Dynasty had to be attracting the Union Government and the Hunter Association to work with them.
As the Internet was heated with discussion, the Hunter Association’s upper echelons appeared in Emperor City in a high profile early in the morning on the 6th of March.
They walked into Dynasty’s headquarters while many media representatives snapped pictures.
Lin Huang led the three Grand Dukes who had hidden their combat strength to welcome the people from the Hunter Association.
The discussion between both parties was considered smooth. They came up with the preliminary direction of the collaboration and project in the morning alone.
They then spent two days going through the details and signed the agreement eventually.
Bloody was observing and providing suggestions in the Emperor’s Palace throughout the entire process.
Chapter 1199: This Inheritance of Yours is Fake
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Once again, the Hunter Association’s collaboration with Dynasty stirred intense talk among many cultivators on the Heart Network.
Many organizations finally noticed Dynasty’s odd behavior.
Dynasty collaborated with the Union Government, the heretics, the Mystic Butterfly, and now the Hunter Association. They almost covered half of the top organizations in the entire world.
The thought of such a line-up alone was terrifying.
The Union Government, the Hunter Association, and the Mystic Butterfly were the giants among the top organizations.
Although Dynasty was considered weak as a whole, it was also a giant among them. Moreover, Lin Huang had been developing it rapidly since the one year that he was appointed. Dynasty was considered a legit giant now.
The weakest one would be the heretics. Even though they were an organization with no discipline, they were still a top organization with two Virtual Gods and close to 20 demigods. No matter what, they would be the top five in the line-up with their overall abilities.
Such a majestic line-up could almost wipe out all the organizations in the entire gravel world if they were given access to each other’s weapons.
Noticing Dynasty’s odd behavior, many organizations had internal meetings to discuss whether they should join the parade.
Some even submitted their applications to the Union Government and Dynasty directly.
As the outside world was in a stir, Lin Huang visited the Hunter Association, the Mystic Butterfly, the heretics, and Misery with his personal identity.
He entered the four organizations’ libraries and archives. He spent less than three days downloading all of the information with four Memory Cards.
On the third afternoon, Lin Huang’s Emperor’s Heart Ring vibrated all of a sudden when he returned to Emperor City and was downloading Dynasty’s information.
He took a glance to see that it was Huang Tianfu calling. Usually, Huang Tianfu would not look for him if it was not something urgent.
Lin Huang picked up the video call request right away.
“What’s up?”
“Shadow Killer has just contacted me. They want in.” Huang Tianfu went straight to the point. “What’s your opinion on that?”
Lin Huang thought about it for a moment and nodded. “It’s actually fine. If Misery joins us, we’ll have four out of five giants. Shadow Killer would’ve definitely wanted in as soon as they found out. I didn’t expect them to be so quick to act.”
“However, as soon as Shadow Killer joins us, there’ll be two uncertainties — the Mystic Butterfly which was already an uncertainty, and now Shadow Killer.” Huang Tianfu raised his concern.
“That’s nothing to be worried about. It’s impossible for Shadow Killer and the Mystic Butterfly to watch the Union Government take charge. They won’t be supporting the Union Government. Instead, they’re most likely to gang up. Also, they might collaborate with us. After all, we’re a neutral organization. No matter whether it’s the former or the latter, there are more advantages than disadvantages for us.”
“Make an appointment then. Let’s see what exactly Shadow Killer wants. Also, settle Misery’s agreement as soon as you can to avoid any changes when Shadow Killer comes in,” Lin Huang reminded.
“Misery has submitted their review. It’s currently stuck on the Union Government and the Hunter Association’s side. They didn’t decline us directly, but neither did they agree to it,” Huang Tianfu updated about the situation.
“We shouldn’t interfere in this. Let Misery talk to them themselves.” Lin Huang said that because Dynasty could not be too close to Misery on the surface.
“Oh yeah, how’s the sorting out of the God’s Blood going?” Lin Huang asked again.
“I’ve sorted it out according to the ranking of contribution points. However, it’s almost enough whereby the last person lacks a few drops to complete the elevation. I’ve gotten him to look for it himself. Those who have received the God’s Blood these two days have been elevating to perfect-stage demigod-level.”
“That’s great.”
Lin Huang proceeded to cultivate Seamless after hanging up. The Memory Card downloading function was completely automatic. As long as Lin Huang did not pause the download, it would not be affected no matter what Lin Huang was doing. Naturally, it was not interrupted by the video call either.
When it was past five in the afternoon, he had finally downloaded everything available in Dynasty’s library and archive.
He had dinner at Dynasty’s canteen. After that, he returned to the Emperor’s Palace and shared all of the downloaded memories with Bloody.
Lin Huang closed his eyes when Bloody was sorting out the information. He began reading Qi Muxiong’s inherited memory.
When he elevated to imperial-level earlier, Qi Muxiong’s inherited memory had been unsealed. However, he was too busy back then, so he only took a glance at it and put it aside.
Nevertheless, it was the unsealing of Qi Muxiong’s memory that reminded Lin Huang that the Goldfinger Qi Muxiong possessed as a traveler just like him was sealed in a ruins.
“The location of the ruins…” Lin Huang browsed through the inherited memory rapidly to look for where the Goldfinger was sealed. Soon, he finally found where the ruins were. He was a little dumbstruck when he saw it. “It’s in the virtual zone?!”
“So, Qi Muxiong went to the virtual zone and made it back alive?” With that doubt in mind, Lin Huang began sifting through Qi Muxiong’s memories.
The virtual zone was the fourth layer of the Abyss Brink. It was also the most dangerous forbidden area in the entire world. Legend had it that none of the people who entered the virtual zone made it back to the gravel world alive.
However, many ancient documents that were left behind recorded that the virtual zone was a gateway leading to another world.
In reality, Lin Huang was planning to leave the gravel world via the virtual zone.
One of the reasons why he believed that the virtual zone was a gateway was due to such records in many ancient books. Another reason was that there was a similar record in Wu Mo’s inherited memories.
Another reason was that he obtained a description of such a gateway in those members’ memories from the great world when he was in the Royal Trials.
All of the mini-worlds and gravel worlds with incomplete rules were the broken pieces in the central continent of the great world at a certain time or space. They were connected to the great world’s central continent when they were created. Such connections made at least an invisible spatial gateway between the central continent and those gravel worlds as well as the mini-worlds. As long as the gravel worlds and mini worlds did not die, the spatial gateway connecting the central continents would be open forever.
Lin Huang also obtained the gateway’s characteristics from those memories. To put it simply, there was no turning back. The reason was that such a dimensional gateway only worked one-way. In reality, it was a natural protection setting to prevent the powerhouses from the great world from stealing and enslaving the mini worlds and gravel worlds.
However, Lin Huang found nothing about the virtual zone after spending a couple of hours looking through Qi Muxiong’s memories.
Filled with skepticism, Lin Huang shared that part of the memory with Bloody. He wanted her help to see what exactly the problem was.
Bloody spent half an hour scanning through the inheritance. She gave an answer that Lin Huang never expected. “This inherited memory is incomplete. To be exact, apart from this inheritance being real, much of the content in the memory was made by a powerful spiritual technique. A complete story was made up of facts and lies.”
Chapter 1200: Killing All of The Virtual God-level Monsters in Your Ruins!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“It’s made up?!” Lin Huang was shocked. Excluding the part of the memories which was only unsealed when he elevated to imperial-level, he had looked through the memories at least ten times when he was cultivating Seamless earlier. He had never noticed anything wrong.
“Don’t you think apart from cultivation and battles, this memory of his seems to be acted out from a script? The people that he met during his daily life are like non-player characters in games. Even what they say is almost the same every time they meet, don’t you think?”
“Daily life?” Lin Huang looked at it immediately.
He usually skipped those parts whenever he looked through the memories. Apart from scanning through it roughly the first time, he basically skipped it every time after that. As expected, he soon noticed that something was off after Bloody reminded him about it.
“Indeed, these people sounded weird and they behaved strangely too. I didn’t notice anything from that single conversation, but everyone seems to be customized from the same set of a model after watching more of them.
“Moreover, in his daily life, many of those people who have zero interaction with him and those buildings, as well as the trees around him, were blurred out. Usually, we retrieve the most original memories when we read someone’s memory. As long as we don’t zoom in, everything he saw should be clear and detailed. Even if he forgot something, his original memory should be clear as a movie film.
“Also, he made many details up intentionally. He even used some real footage and combined them with the made-up stories. He thought people couldn’t tell since it’s a combination of real and fake stuff. However, the real portion of the memory had tens of times of information in almost every frame compared to the made-up memories. It causes the made-up memories to be extra crude compared to those details that are usually ignored with the naked eye.” Bloody pointed out each issue one after another.
“I’ve cast parasites on up to a hundred millions of brains and read countless minds. Those amended memories and messed up memories due to some pathological causes in the brain… I can tell them apart easily. Although Qi Muxiong’s inherited memory was made by a powerful technique, the effect is too crude. It gives me a feeling that it was made up simply without even trying to hide it.”
“So, what’s the reason for him to do that? If the inheritance is real, why make up the memory?” Lin Huang could not understand it.
“Nobody knows.” Bloody shook her head. “Maybe there were too many embarrassing incidents in his original memory and he’s afraid of being humiliated by his descendants. Maybe that’s why he made up a fake memory to hide it. Or perhaps there are secrets in his memory that he doesn’t want people to know.”
She came up with two possible speculations. Lin Huang shook his head to shake off the thought since he could not figure out the answer.
“Forget it. Let’s not think about it. Since Qi Muxiong’s ruins is in the virtual zone, we’ll explore when we go by then. We might retrieve the answer when we get there. Even if we don’t, the effort won’t be wasted if we get his Goldfinger.”
Since Qi Muxiong’s ruin was in the virtual zone, Lin Huang would not have to make two trips. The only thing left to do would be to look for loot in other ruins and sites.
In the entire gravel world, there were a total of 13 grade-6 ruins and sites with virtual god-level treasures and there were only four ruins and sites with true god-level treasures.
Lin Huang checked through Zhuge Feifan’s memory. These 17 ruins and sites were not opened recently. However, there were three grade-6 ruins that were opened all the time. They belonged to the Union Government, the Hunter Association, and Shadow Killer relatively.
“I can only explore Shadow Killer’s ruins when they join the circle. I’ll explore the two grade-6 ruins under the Union Government and the Hunter Association’s jurisdiction these few days.”
Lin Huang submitted his application to the Union Government and the Hunter Association as he thought about this point. He just realized that it was almost midnight when he was done submitting the application.
The next morning, Lin Huang woke up early. He washed up and began to practice his sword skills.
He had boosted his telekinetic threads to more than 60,000 threads from cultivating Seamless the past few days. Now, he had arrived at the peak of his current combat strength.
Since he would not have more telekinetic threads from cultivating Seamless any further, he switched to practicing his sword skills. He happened to have downloaded information from so many organizations these past few days and obtained many sword skills.
Jiang Shan from the Union Government responded when it was almost 9.30 a.m. His application was approved. Some ten minutes later, the Hunter Association also approved his application.
Seeing that it was still early, Lin Huang summoned his dimensional portal without hesitation and headed straight to the First City.
The person who was responsible for welcoming him was still the person he was familiar with, Guan Zhong.
“Master Emperor, it’s been a while.” Guan Zhong smiled lightly.
“Chief? Why are you here?” To be honest, Lin Huang was a little surprised. Although he held a high position whereby it made sense for the Union Government to send Guan Zhong to welcome him, the thing was that it was not an official visit. It would be alright for them to get anyone to send him to the entrance of the ruins. There was no need for them to send the chief of the Agency EA to serve him.
“I was given the responsibility when I was speaking to the chief this morning.” Guan Zhong spread his arms wide.
“You sound like you’re reluctant,” Lin Huang teased with a grin.
“Definitely not. I agreed to do it with all the willingness in my heart,” Guan Zhong said while smiling, “I was excited when I heard that I’m serving you, Master Emperor.”
‘What an exaggeration…’ Lin Huang was speechless.
“In reality, I’ve got nothing much to do in the past two days, so I thought I’d volunteer myself to give a good impression,” Guan Zhong explained further.
“Alright then, let’s not beat around the bush. Let’s get to business.” Lin Huang did not bother to dwell on that topic with Guan Zhong.
Guan Zhong nodded and summoned a dimensional portal directly. He opened the door and gestured for Lin Huang to go in first. Then, he went in after him.
A moment later, Lin Huang realized he was clearly no longer in the First City when he stepped out of the dimensional portal.
There were mountains after mountains all around him as he gaped around him. Moreover, there was snow beneath his feet. It was obviously not spring in the First City.
“Where is this?” Lin Huang could not help but ask as he looked around.
“A forbidden area that’s unpopular,” Guan Zhong answered. However, he added, figuring that his response was a little too perfunctory, “As this place is a little secluded, not many people know about it. Therefore, there’s no official name for this place. If you must give it a name, the people living in the foothold close to this mountain call it the Crouching Dragon.”
“Crouching Dragon…” The name reminded Lin Huang of Sir Tang in a TV drama.
“Is there anything that you’re looking for, going into a grade-6 ruin alone, Master Emperor?” Guan Zhong asked while pretending to be casual.
“I’m not looking for anything. I just thought I would take a stroll in ruins that I’ve never been to before leaving the gravel world,” Lin Huang said while smiling. In reality, he did not finish what he was saying. ‘And I thought of killing all of the virtual god-level monsters in your ruins!’