The Dao of Reincarnation (351-352) (Patreon)

Chapter 351: The Main God Space (Part 7)

Su Chen stepped into the depths of the palace. A thick stench of blood assaulted his senses. Not a single living person remained in the inner palace.

"You really came!"

As the voice rang out, a new message appeared on the Main God Space panel before Su Chen.

[Nightmare-level beginner instance hidden mission activated: Explore the secrets of the Great Yin Dynasty and obtain the demonic corpse.]

[Completion reward: 3000 points]

[Reminder: Once the mission is accepted, the return channel will close and will only reopen after the mission is completed.]

The twelve divine artifacts were worth only 1200 points in total. For a newcomer, 3000 points represented an enormous fortune.

The blood-clothed youth was certain Su Chen would not let the opportunity pass. And Su Chen indeed did not.

However, he was not doing it for the 3000 points.

The moment the blood-clothed youth finished speaking, blood clouds covered the sky above the entire capital. Beams of bloody light descended from above.

Since arriving in the capital, the blood-clothed youth had used his cultivation knowledge to become the Grand Preceptor of the Great Yin Dynasty.

He had discovered a shocking secret: the corpse of a Profound Connection realm expert lay within the dynasty. A Profound Connection expert could shatter mountains and seas with a wave of the hand. Relying on the knowledge in his mind, the blood-clothed youth overcame numerous difficulties, obtained the expert's inheritance, and laid multiple traps. He had been waiting patiently for Su Chen to walk into his snare.

The blood-colored pillars converged in the sky above the Great Yin Dynasty into a massive blood-red avian. Its wings could easily cover half the capital. Such power far surpassed the Spirit Vein realm and reached the Spirit Sea realm. In a world where cultivation basically ended at Spirit Gathering, the appearance of Spirit Sea-level strength was essentially invincible. This was the source of the blood-clothed youth's confidence.

"I see," Su Chen said, suddenly understanding.

He had been wondering why the mission difficulty had jumped straight from difficult to nightmare level. Now he knew the reason. The Main God Space had encountered an unexpected variable—someone like him who had been accidentally transported here.

The youth knew many cultivation secrets and had managed to obtain a Profound Connection realm inheritance with a mortal body. In a small continent, he would qualify as a minor genius.

"I knew you wouldn't ignore the hidden mission. You truly did not disappoint me. Once you die, the twelve divine artifacts will eventually be mine."

The blood-clothed youth's figure appeared in Su Chen's line of sight. He dragged a blood-stained long blade, the corners of his mouth curved in a sinister arc. His bloodthirsty eyes regarded Su Chen like prey, eager to see him struggle and despair.

To his disappointment, he saw nothing of the sort. For a moment, he even wondered if the youth before him was expressionless by nature.

"You are wrong about two things," Su Chen said.

The blood-clothed youth looked at the perfectly calm white-clothed youth in confusion.

"First, I am not interested in the hidden mission. Second, the one who will die is you."

Su Chen raised two fingers and looked at the blood-clothed youth who had dared to scheme against him.

The blood-clothed youth's plan was meticulous. To ensure complete success, he had even mobilized the power left behind by the dead demonic Profound Connection expert, intending to kill Su Chen thoroughly.

Unfortunately, he had chosen the wrong opponent.

Su Chen casually took out a long halberd—the Sky Vault Inverse Scale Halberd, one of the twelve divine artifacts. Its blade resembled dragon horns, and black scales flickered with lightning.

It felt quite comfortable in his hand.

"Are the twelve divine artifacts your trump card? The Sky Vault Inverse Scale Halberd is indeed a high-grade magical artifact, but…"

Su Chen swung the halberd down lightly with a casual tap. There were no flashy skill effects. It was merely a simple pat. The terrifying array that could trap a Spirit Sea realm expert collapsed instantly. Before the blood-clothed youth could react with shock or raise his long blade to defend, the light tap of the halberd descended like Mount Tai pressing down. In an instant, the blood-clothed youth was smashed into a pulp of flesh and blood.

Su Chen casually put away the Sky Vault Inverse Scale Halberd. Killing the blood-clothed youth was no different to him than swatting a mosquito. If a true Spirit Sea realm expert had attacked, Su Chen might have needed to put in some effort. But relying on an array? The formation the blood-clothed youth was so proud of was utterly worthless in Su Chen's eyes.

After casually completing the hidden mission, Su Chen left this world.

The moment Su Chen departed,

In a certain desolate wilderness, a little girl around seven or eight years old walked out from a protective array.

This world would soon welcome a new legend.

....

In a certain world, a young man slowly opened his eyes.

"Fuck!"

Disbelief still filled his gaze. He had laid so many traps and preparations, yet he had been casually smashed to death with a single halberd strike? What a ridiculous joke!

"Damn it, I ran into a big shot. How could a nightmare-level beginner mission in the Main God Space have such a terrifying existence!"

Even now, the young man had not recovered from the shock.

His name was Yang Jiesheng. He possessed a special innate ability called the Ten Thousand Calamities Indestructible Soul. In other words, he would never truly die or reincarnate. After death, he could seize the body of anyone he remembered, using their form to return. The only downside was that he could only possess those far weaker than himself.

Yang Jiesheng sensed his current body and frowned. His cultivation aptitude was terrible, and he was still a mortal… Glancing at the pillar beside him, he decisively smashed his head against it and switched to the next lucky host.

...

Inside the room, Sun Wang had originally assumed this mission would end in failure. After all, newcomers who could clear a nightmare-level instance were rarer than flying pigs. Of course, he meant ordinary pigs.

Just as he waited for news of total annihilation and prepared to return to the Main God Space, a dazzling light screen suddenly appeared in the room. A portal followed, opening to reveal a young man walking out calmly, as if he had merely gone on a casual trip to another world.

Sun Wang was stunned. He could hardly believe his eyes.

"You… you cleared the nightmare-level beginner instance?"

Sun Wang even wondered if he was hallucinating. But when he saw the additional ten points in his balance, he knew it was real. Hallucinations could not increase his points.

"Mission completed. Take me to the Main God Space."

Sun Wang nodded involuntarily, admiration shining in his eyes. He knew that given time, the young man before him would grow into an unreachable powerhouse.

No… perhaps he did not even need time. Having cleared a nightmare-level instance, the youth had likely already far surpassed him.

Truly terrifying!

Chapter 352: The Main God Space (Part 8)

The Main God Space was vast and offered countless functions.

To Sun Wang's surprise, the mysterious youth seemed intimately familiar with the place.

Sun Wang suddenly recalled a certain legend.

It was said that in the myriad heavens, some great figures would send their descendants into the Main God Space for training. Naturally, those descendants would already know the space inside and out—far more than an ordinary person like him who had entered by chance.

"He must be the son of some major figure!" Sun Wang thought with certainty.

Only the offspring of such powerful beings could clear a nightmare-level beginner instance so easily!

...

Heavenly Eastern Dao Province.

Su Chen had returned from the Main God Space to the real world. His aura had already crossed several major realms and reached the Profound Connection realm.

One of the greatest benefits of the Main God Space was that with enough points, anything was possible.

Su Chen had earned four thousand two hundred points from the nightmare-level beginner instance. Four thousand two hundred points alone would not have been enough to raise his cultivation to the Profound Connection realm inside the Main God Space.

However, when Su Chen opened his points interface, the original four thousand two hundred points had become forty-two thousand—directly multiplied by ten.

Su Chen spent all the points and elevated his cultivation to the Profound Connection realm.

"A trace of the Main God Space's origin power has been injected into my body…"

With Su Chen's experience, he did not believe this was a bug in the Main God Space. He seemed to have entered an extraordinary game board. Ninety thousand qualification points had been exchanged for a strand of the Main God Space's origin power.

However, these matters were not something he could ponder at his current level.

Having broken through to the Profound Connection realm, Su Chen could now traverse the air. He flew out of the blood-colored coffin. Once he left the mountain range, he looked back. The red coffin and eight great mountains had vanished completely.

It was as if none of it had ever existed—the traces had been erased from the world by some powerful expert.

Su Chen returned to a city. His qualifications were extremely poor. The Zhao family had exiled him to a small city in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province to manage their local businesses.

Having left the Zhao family's core, Su Chen only had one old servant with him. It was thanks to this old servant that Zhao Chen of this life had survived until now.

"Uncle Chen?"

In the courtyard, a kind and amiable old man was trimming flowers and plants. When he saw Su Chen enter, a smile appeared on his face.

"Young Master, you've returned."

Uncle Chen had followed Su Chen's grandfather through countless battles. Because of one unexpected disaster, Su Chen's entire lineage—including his grandparents, father, and mother—had met with tragedy. Only Uncle Chen and Su Chen remained. In that catastrophe, Su Chen had lost his cultivation aptitude, and Uncle Chen's lifespan had been severely damaged.

Su Chen looked at Uncle Chen. With his current eyesight, the old man's physical condition could not be hidden.

Uncle Chen was actually a Great Saint realm expert.

Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe—damage to his Dao marks. Even divine medicines could hardly heal them, unless one obtained the legendary undying divine medicine. But such a treasure was difficult for even a Great Emperor to acquire, let alone provide to a Great Saint. It was nothing more than a fantasy.

Uncle Chen touched his face. "Young Master, wait a moment. This old servant will prepare dinner for you right away."

In Uncle Chen's mind, Su Chen had not been gone long—perhaps just an ordinary afternoon. The hidden schemer behind the scenes had calculated everything flawlessly, so Su Chen naturally would not expose it.

He was the sole survivor of one of the Zhao family's main bloodlines, accompanied by a crippled old Great Saint.

...

The next day, a major incident occurred in An City.

All the experts in An City had vanished overnight. Among them was even a Profound Connection realm king. Without exception, they had all disappeared. Although it was called a disappearance, everyone knew they had likely met with disaster. The mastermind behind it was naturally Su Chen. Those missing experts had already become his nourishment.

Ever since Zhao Chen had been exiled to An City, those local forces had shifted from respect and fear to bullying him mercilessly once they discovered he could not cultivate. If not for their fear of Uncle Chen, they would have devoured Zhao Chen long ago. When supreme authority could no longer intimidate them, only greed remained in their hearts.

Zhao Chen was Su Chen, after all. Su Chen did not mind casually eliminating these troubles.

"Young Master, you can cultivate now?"

Uncle Chen was overjoyed. The strength Su Chen displayed was only at the Spirit Awakening realm—insignificant—but it signaled that Su Chen could cultivate once more. This filled the old servant, who had accompanied him for many years, with immense delight.

After calming down, Uncle Chen looked at Su Chen with a probing gaze. He had naturally noticed the changes in Su Chen these past days.

Faced with Uncle Chen's suspicion, Su Chen had a ready explanation.

He spoke of accidentally falling off a cliff, surviving a great disaster, entering a secret realm, obtaining a heaven-defying opportunity that reshaped his qualifications, and discovering the remains of a supreme expert. He had buried the bones and obtained an unparalleled inheritance.

Uncle Chen ultimately chose to believe Su Chen's words. Although it sounded fantastical, this world had never lacked such extraordinary events. Which powerful expert did not have secrets or unimaginable great opportunities?

"Uncle Chen, I want to know who was responsible for the destruction of our bloodline."

Uncle Chen glanced at Su Chen with a complicated expression. "Young Master… you don't need to know these things yet. If you can show strength that convinces this old servant, I will naturally tell you everything."

Su Chen did not press further. At least he now knew that the annihilation of his lineage, his parents' deaths, and the loss of his qualifications in this life were not coincidences but the work of enemies. Somewhere in the shadows, he still had foes.

With the accumulation of countless lives, Su Chen's Dao Heart was steady. He would not rush to seek revenge. When his strength was sufficient, he would not mind casually eliminating those troubles.

Gradually, in an ancient realm within Heavenly Eastern Dao Province, one genius after another on the Heaven's Pride Ranking disappeared. Even the holy sons of sacred lands went missing.

They were all dead. The incident enraged every major orthodoxy. In just one year, the younger generation of geniuses had nearly been wiped out.

Yet their anger eventually subsided. No matter what methods they used to investigate, they could not uncover the identity of the person behind the scenes. Even saints proficient in heavenly secrets found it futile.

...

At the same time, the mastermind behind it all—Su Chen—appeared once more in the Main God Space.

Sun Wang saw the familiar figure and felt a chill in his heart. He wished he could press his head to the ground in reverence.

Terrifying… His strength was probably not inferior to the captains of some veteran teams!

How much time had passed?

Truly worthy of being the descendant of a mysterious powerhouse from the myriad heavens. Terrifying indeed!

Su Chen had returned to the Main God Space. As a newcomer, he needed to enter an instance once a year. It was now time for Su Chen to undertake his next mission.

Just as Su Chen prepared to leave, a group of people approached him…