The Dao of Reincarnation (367-368) (Patreon)

Chapter 367: The Main God Space (Part 23)

Su Chen returned to the Main God Space.

After killing Zhao Wudi and reclaiming one immortal bone, the bone fused into his body and triggered unknown changes. His cultivation naturally advanced from the peak of the Third Tribulation to the Fourth Tribulation.

This was merely the most ordinary effect of the immortal bone.

Immortal bones were connected to the word "immortal." Each one possessed inconceivable power, touching upon the secrets of attaining immortality. They were innately close to the Dao and could grasp the power of rules, providing a certain probability boost for any path toward immortality. This was why Su Chen had said that Zhao Wudi could not even bring out one ten-thousandth of a single immortal bone's power.

The path to immortality was extremely difficult. Even with another life and higher aptitude, Su Chen would not dare claim he could definitely walk another path to immortality.

However, he did not possess only one immortal bone in this life. He had one hundred and eight in total. He had reclaimed only one so far. There were still one hundred and seven left. Su Chen had no intention of abandoning them. This was not only about retrieving what rightfully belonged to him, but also concerned his probability of attaining immortality—a strand of destiny in the void that could drive anyone mad!

"I won't be able to return to the immortal land where Heavenly Eastern Dao Province is located for a short time."

After killing Zhao Wudi, Su Chen sensed a crisis approaching in the void. For him, such a feeling was never an illusion. He decisively retreated into the Main God Space. Even a true immortal would not dare intrude recklessly.

Conveniently, he had already exhausted all his points. After resolving the matters in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province, Su Chen decisively accepted the next mission to earn more points.

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Boundless Strange Domain.

Countless small worlds connected here to form a vast realm, yet it lacked a true immortal overseeing it. The various immortal lands called it a strange domain.

Su Chen opened his eyes. He had been teleported onto a dead star.

Several other scattered figures had been sent to the same dead star. They had all accepted the same mission and been transported to the Boundless Strange Domain. There was no pre-formed team. The Main God Space had thoughtfully assembled a five-person squad for them.

Each person possessed powerful strength, far surpassing ordinary Rulers. After all, without strong power, no one would dare operate alone.

Su Chen was reviewing the mission, and the other four were doing the same. The Main God Space's missions were their fastest way to gather information.

[Exterminate Evil Demons]

[The Boundless Strange Domain is about to face an invasion of evil demons. All Main God Space teams are to focus on exterminating evil demons to obtain point rewards.]

[Killing one Lower Emperor realm evil demon rewards 10 million points. Killing one Middle Emperor realm evil demon rewards 10 billion points. Killing one Upper Emperor realm evil demon rewards 100 billion points.]

Without a doubt, the Boundless Strange Domain would turn into a hellish battlefield. The task of Su Chen and the other Main God Space envoys was to help the domain resist the evil demons... It sounded simple, but the Main God Space had deployed massive resources this time. A single Lower Emperor realm evil demon was worth 10 million points. One could imagine that this mission was far from simple.

Wealth moved people's hearts, and great rewards came with great risks. Those who had reached this stage in the Main God Space were all elites among elites. They cared more about the benefits than the dangers they faced. The points they could earn from this mission were enough for them to disregard life and death.

"Everyone here is a talent from the Main God Space. This mission is clearly a group task. Why don't the five of us temporarily form a team? We can look out for one another, and our efficiency in hunting evil demons will be much higher."

A creature with four limbs whose body and face had fused into a single massive glowing orb spoke to the other four. A group mission naturally meant they would achieve higher efficiency and safety by forming a team.

The others did not reject the proposal to form a temporary team. They had all experienced countless Main God Space missions and survived on the edge of life and death many times. They knew when it was better to operate alone and when it was wiser to work together.

In the current situation, teaming up was clearly safer than going solo and offered better chances of hunting powerful evil demons.

The other three agreed without hesitation.

When it came to the white-robed youth who looked the most human among the five, he simply ignored the four of them and left the dead star.

This scene left the other four deep in thought. They naturally did not believe the white-robed youth was seeking death. No fools could reach this stage. Either he was so confident in his strength that he disdained joining them, or he had hidden trump cards and feared they might discover them, inviting a deadly crisis.

Nevertheless, they remembered the white-robed youth.

If he was a big shot, they would naturally give way... If not... the survival rules of the Main God Space had always been cruel.

...

Su Chen did not choose to join a team. After leaving the dead star, he began exploring the Boundless Strange Domain.

The Boundless Strange Domain seemed to be facing a tremendous crisis. Many worlds had already vanished.

Su Chen knew those were undoubtedly the work of the so-called evil demons.

Those evil demons sought to plunder the energy and inheritances of the Boundless Strange Domain and occupy it completely. Such events were common across the myriad heavens.

They were essentially hired hands summoned by the will of the Boundless Strange Domain through the Main God Space to help it survive the catastrophe.

In less than a few years, Su Chen had gathered all the information about what was happening in this world.

One day, realm channels had suddenly opened in the Boundless Strange Domain. Eighteen gates had appeared, from which endless evil demons poured forth. They intended to slaughter all living beings in the Boundless Strange Domain and occupy it entirely. The living beings of the domain resisted, but the gap in strength was too vast. They could only hold on desperately.

The conflict was now largely divided into eighteen regions, each fighting against one of the eighteen gates manifested by the evil demons. The area where Su Chen had appeared was one of them—the Illusory Sea Realm. The living beings of the Illusory Sea Realm had fought a great battle against the evil demons. The conflict had nearly sunk the realm, with almost no living beings surviving out of billions. Fortunately, the Illusory Sea Realm had successfully survived the life-and-death crisis.

However... this was only one victory. It would not be long before the evil demons returned in full force!

Chapter 368: The Main God Space (Part 24)

Outside the Illusory Sea Realm.

The gate opposite the Illusory Sea Realm resembled a deep black hole, ready to swallow the realm whole.

Since their previous failed invasion of the Illusory Sea Realm, the "evil demons" had suffered heavy losses. Countless powerhouses had died in battle.

On the other side of the gate, countless suspended realms stretched endlessly into the distance. Dense altars floated in the air or rested on the ground.

"This young master has finally revived."

From one of the altars, a young man wearing only thin clothes slowly appeared. His appearance was ordinary, yet he was laughing loudly.

This was not Jia Ding's first revival, nor would it be his last.

He did not know where the mysterious altars came from, but Jia Ding called them respawn points.

There were countless such respawn points. As long as they had enough revival coins, they could resurrect indefinitely!

All of this had begun when Jia Ding received a mysterious delivery. Inside the package was the latest model of a gaming helmet. The helmet contained a game called Seeking Immortality. Its magnificent and grand presentation had immediately captured Jia Ding's attention and deeply fascinated him.

Everything in this world felt so real. Fists could shatter mountains and rivers, hands could pluck stars from the sky. This was the power of martial arts. The only pity was that the game had no recharge interface... Jia Ding had disdained all previous pay-to-win trash games, but at this moment, he had never hoped more desperately for a game to have a recharge option.

Jia Ding had to start as a weak player. Fortunately, the game allowed players to grow stronger by killing enemies—leveling up by fighting monsters. As a veteran professional gamer, Jia Ding was naturally skilled at this. Through a series of clever maneuvers, he successfully stepped onto the path of cultivation, tempered his body, and became one of the elites.

Later, he discovered that he was not the only player in this game.

This game... was not a simple game. The power gained within it could actually manifest in the real world! This game was real!

Jia Ding looked at the dense array of altars. The joy of revival gradually faded. He remembered how brutal the previous great battle had been. Their group of players had been almost completely wiped out.

In that battle, he had lost many items in the Illusory Sea Realm. Items could not be brought back after death. This was Jia Ding's second negative review of the game, besides the lack of a recharge option. In addition, he felt physically weak. Although he had revived, his cultivation had dropped from Fifth Tribulation Ruler to Fourth Tribulation Ruler.

Losing cultivation upon revival was the third negative review.

Fortunately, even though they had fallen into the Illusory Sea Realm's ambush last time, they had also heavily wounded the realm. They could revive, but the living beings of the Illusory Sea Realm could not. As long as they killed enough, they would eventually cultivate back to their former level—and perhaps even advance further!

Streaks of brilliant light shot forth. The players who had died in the Illusory Sea Realm battle all revived at this moment. In the distance, a massive golden figure loomed, overlooking everything.

The opportunity to invade the Illusory Sea Realm once more had arrived!

...

Su Chen arrived deep within the Illusory Sea Realm. He had vaguely gathered some information from the various orthodoxies.

"Evil demons that can revive indefinitely?"

Su Chen frowned.

As expected, earning points from the Main God Space was not easy.

From the forces in the Illusory Sea Realm that had fought the evil demons, Su Chen learned that the demons they had killed would revive and return. This was the main reason the Illusory Sea Realm had been forced to retreat again and again. Facing a group of demons that could not be permanently killed, no matter how strong the Illusory Sea Realm was, it had no chance of victory. Moreover, those evil demons were in no way weaker than the realm itself!

"Could this be the power of a true immortal?"

Su Chen was not sure how many eras of silence and rebirth had passed since his fall.

How many unknown events had occurred during that time?

But Su Chen knew that the force behind those evil demons was definitely not simple... It might be connected to a true immortal. While linking this world to a true immortal seemed somewhat fantastical, Su Chen understood the eccentric nature of those true immortals well. It was entirely possible that one day, on an unremarkable plane, an old beggar by the roadside was actually a true immortal.

If Su Chen had to face a hidden hand left by a true immortal directly, he would naturally be unwilling. But at this moment, he stood behind the Main God Space. In that case, there was no problem. He even boldly considered how to fleece a true immortal for benefits.

What? Any objections? Take it up with the Main God Space.

The Main God Space and the Transmigrator Alliance were undoubtedly the two most unreasonable forces across the myriad heavens.

In the Illusory Sea Realm, a long, drawn-out bell tolled. Even the smallest domains could hear the bell and the stirring, mournful sound of war horns.

Su Chen raised his head.

The evil demons were invading!

In the next instant, his figure vanished.

There were quite a few Main God Space teams that had come to the Illusory Sea Realm. At this moment, they all rushed toward the battlefield, eager to confront those terrifying evil demons!

Illusory Sea Realm.

Since the previous great battle, the Illusory Sea Realm had suffered devastating losses. Several top Dao Lords had fallen.

Dao Lords were beings who had transcended more than ten tribulations. In the entire Illusory Sea Realm, they could be counted on one hand. Three had fallen in the last battle, leaving only two. Facing the evil demons' return in full force, the hearts of the two remaining Dao Lords sank.

No matter how many times they killed those evil demons, the demons would always return... If not for the fact that the demons' cultivation would drop somewhat after each death, the Illusory Sea Realm might have already become history.

Even so, the evil demons could make up for their lost cultivation by continuously slaughtering the living beings of the Illusory Sea Realm. After a million years of stalemate, the realm's destruction seemed an unchangeable fate.

The two Dao Lords sat cross-legged above a massive natural chasm. Below them, countless points of light flickered densely without end. They poured out from the gates in another space, full of vigor and fighting spirit. In contrast, the living beings of the Illusory Sea Realm wore faces of despair, having lost all will to resist.

"Gentlemen, the destruction of the Illusory Sea Realm is already decided. Why persist in your delusions?"

Three figures emerged from another gate, their auras surging. Although slightly inferior to the two Dao Lords of the Illusory Sea Realm.

Last time it had been three against five. This time it was three against two. The scales of victory were gradually tipping.

The great battle did not erupt immediately.

The endless living beings below clashed together.

"Are these your final trump cards?"

The three powerful evil demons also noticed the unfamiliar figures appearing on the battlefield below. These were not auras from this world.

They regarded these people as helpers summoned by the Illusory Sea Realm.

The two Dao Lords of the Illusory Sea Realm had naturally also noticed these unfamiliar figures helping them resist the evil demons.

But there was no joy in their hearts. They were merely delaying the inevitable for a little while. Even beings as strong as them could not completely eliminate the evil demons.

The Main God Space members soon discovered one thing.

"Why is there no points reward for killing evil demons?"