After Lin Feng had taken care of his team members, he entered the Sky-Reaching Pagoda.
While he was battling bosses on the servers of two countries, the progress in the Sky-Reaching Pagoda for the day had been halted. He entered now to settle the progress.
"You have consecutively cleared 99 floors, earning an additional 989732 points of Immortal Power, 2305251 points of Immortal Power (5x Refinement), 11286000 points of Immortal Power (8x Refinement), 19950000 (10x Refinement), and 20197750 Immortal Crystals."
"You have accumulated a total of 99 floors cleared, gaining 10000 points of Legendary Reputation."
"You have received a drop reward: the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram (incomplete)."
"You have completed the normal floors of the Sky-Reaching Pagoda and can make this magic treasure available to other players."
"You can set the cost for players to enter, as well as the additional rewards you receive when players clear corresponding floors."
"Entry Cost: 1,000,000 Chaos Immortal Power per hour."
Lin Feng skimmed over the regular rewards as usual. He already knew about the normal 99 floors being unlockable. There was nothing surprising about it. Since opening it consumed Chaos Immortal Power, he wasn't in a hurry. There were still five full hours left in the current day, and he could wait until the last hour to open it, allowing his team members to get some progress.
However, this one drop made his heart race.
[Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram] (incomplete)
Tier: Postnatal Spirit Treasure / ?
Quality: Top Grade
Type: Weapon
Slot: Off-hand
Equipment Requirement: 5,000,000 Chaos Immortal Power
When the main hand weapon is one of the Immortal Slaying Four Swords, the base attributes of each weapon increase by 10%/100%.
When all four Immortal Slaying Four Swords are gathered as main hand weapons, the base attributes of each weapon increase by 20%/200%.
[Summoning Treasury] When you equip this treasure, your main hand weapon can equip one of the Immortal Slaying Four Swords not exceeding this tier, and they can be accumulated, up to four distinct main hand weapons.
[Immortal-Demon Annihilation] When you equip all four Immortal Slaying Four Swords, and both main and off-hand are of the same tier, you can activate the set attributes.
1. Main hand weapons will carry accumulated true damage and their power will increase by 1000%.
2. The [Immortal Slaying] characteristic attached to the main hand weapon will evolve into [Immortal Slaying Sword Formation], its power increasing by 1000% and its consumption by 500%.
Description: As this treasure is in an incomplete state, its base attributes only unlock one-tenth of its efficacy. You must seek out the holder of this treasure, the Heavenly Lord of the Primordial Beginning, and complete related tasks to fully unlock it.
Lin Feng first consumed 32,760,000 points of 10x Chaos Immortal Power to refine it to the sixteenth level. Then, he successfully unlocked the option to upgrade its tier and completed it. The two base attributes also increased from 100% and 200% to 200% and 300% respectively. However, he didn't equip it in a hurry. Some progress in the Sky-Reaching Pagoda had yet to be settled.
"You have consecutively cleared 7 floors of Divine Transformation difficulty, earning an additional 27930000 (10x Refinement), 2860550 points of Chaos Immortal Power, and 279720000 Immortal Crystals."
"You have accumulated a total of 99 floors and 7 Divine Transformation difficulty floors cleared, gaining 7900 points of Legendary Reputation."
The Legendary Reputation for Divine Transformation difficulty floors had increased from 100 for 10 floors to 1000 per floor. The reward for consecutive clears was an additional 10% for each floor. This additional 70% bonus also slightly increased Lin Feng's strength. His Chaos Immortal Power broke through 16,000,000, and his Immortal Crystals accumulated to 640 trillion.
He immediately tried to level up his cultivation technique a few more times.
"You have consumed 15,506,100,000,000 cultivation points and 60,309,480 Immortal Crystals to upgrade the [Chaos Ultimate True Explanation] to the sixty-ninth level."
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"You have consumed 46,301,100,000,000 cultivation points and 1,000,000,000,000 Immortal Crystals to upgrade the [Chaos Ultimate True Explanation] to the seventy-fifth level."
"Your Immortal Crystals are insufficient, unable to upgrade further!"
This time, it was only after reaching the seventy-fifth level that the insufficiency of Immortal Crystals was indicated. Lin Feng was pleasantly surprised to find that from the seventy-first level onwards, the consumption of Immortal Crystals was fixed at 1 trillion. Otherwise, if it had continued to increase at the previous rate, he would have needed to slaughter several saints to afford the upgrades. Fortunately, he was not far from reaching the eightieth level and re-comprehending a characteristic.
Since there was no further room for improvement, he began to examine the next stage of the Sky-Reaching Pagoda. He had already understood the strength of the boss on this floor through his Clairvoyance. In the past, it would have been no problem; he could have simply crushed it with his Immortal Power and domain. However, after the system update, a Quasi-Saint, seven major tiers above him, exerted a 700% tier suppression. Their 5,000,000 Chaos Immortal Power was equivalent to Lin Feng's 35,000,000. Even with the bonus rewards from the Sky-Reaching Pagoda, Lin Feng's current Immortal Power was only a little over 16,000,000. If they were to clash, he would be comprehensively suppressed. Even if his domain was stronger than the opponent's, and he could previously suppress other bosses with high multiples of refined Immortal Power, now, facing an enemy with Chaos Immortal Power, his lower multiples of Immortal Power were useless. He couldn't win.
He sighed and began to re-examine the various rewards in his inventory. Most of the treasure chests had been opened, but a large portion of the Law Fragments and some Domain Fragments remained unprocessed. He began to silently strengthen and amplify them, then open them.
"You used [Law Fragment] (12x amplification) and obtained 78 Law Points."
"You used [Medium Law Fragment] (16x amplification) and obtained 1165 Law Points."
...
The small and medium fragments didn't offer much of a boost, so Lin Feng didn't bother looking closely.
"You used [Large Law Fragment] (16x amplification) and obtained 3580 Law Points."
"You used [Large Law Fragment] (16x amplification) and obtained 1460 Law Points, and the exclusive characteristic of your [Time Flow] Law was enhanced."
...
One of the large fragments brought Lin Feng an unexpected surprise. His exclusive Law characteristic had improved again? He quickly checked it.
Exclusive Characteristic [Flash of Inspiration] (Reinforced): In the flow of time, you gain the ability of a flash of inspiration. Your comprehension of laws deepens, and this characteristic has been strengthened. When using laws, there is a chance to gain a critical hit multiplier of 5-50 times the original, lasting for 5-30 minutes. The original 2-20 times critical hit multiplier has almost doubled, and the duration has also significantly increased.
Lin Feng used all his Law Fragments at once. Unfortunately, there were no more options to enhance the laws themselves or their characteristics. Fortunately, with the boost from countless fragments, his Law Points had reached 50,000, with a usable amount of 40,000. Lin Feng decisively chose to use [Time Flow]. Let time guide me to become stronger. A mysterious aura enveloped him, and his Chaos Immortal Power began to increase rapidly!
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On the Huaxia server, in the Immortal Realm, above the thirty-third heaven.
"This alien not only broke through the siege of the four individuals at the ruins of Biyou Palace and passed the trial to obtain the incomplete Immortal Slaying Four Swords."
"He even defeated Kong Xuan, whom my disciple invited!"
"This alien's power far exceeds expectations. My disciple has failed in his duty, please punish me, master!" Yu Ding knelt on the ground with a look of shame. Opposite him, a man, shrouded in divine light and holding a pearl, gradually became clearer in the mist. He held his left hand in a grasping gesture and his right hand in a cupping gesture, as if gathering boundless majesty. Yet, when one looked closely, he was hazy and indistinct, as if he did not truly exist.
After listening to Yu Ding's words, his voice echoed faintly, "It is nothing. He is merely an alien. Even the power behind him cannot shake the Heavenly Court's plan. The rules of the Heavenly Dao have already made corrections for his anomaly. He enjoys doing quests, doesn't he? Junior Brother Shangqing is just itching for something to do."
Yu Ding looked up in surprise. "Master, are you saying?"