Origin Player.

Chapter 692 The Nine Provinces World Begins

Ten days later.

Ji You transformed into a streak of light and departed, returning to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Jiang He walked out of the central tower, looking unusually haggard.

The mob sighed silently, and the old darkness remained silent.

"The price is too high." Old Hei complained. As a legendary peak and a powerful life form, even though Jiang He was quite outstanding in terms of physical strength, he was still no match for him.

"It's alright." Jiang He took out an Emperor Card. Last time it was an invitation to the Ice Sea World, and this time it was an invitation to the Forbidden Zone. His arrogance made Ji You at least know to pay.

The card is activated.

Jiang He sat on the ground, enveloped by wisps of black mist.

When he opened his eyes again, his consciousness found himself in an ancient hall surrounded by twenty-two large chairs. The surroundings were dim, as if he were immersed in the earth's core. He could smell the pungent odor of sulfur, but he could also vaguely see stars scattered among the black mist.

There were only two people in the entire hall at that moment.

Salt-kun sat opposite him and smiled gently, "Long time no see."

Jiang He nodded. Although Yan Jun's face was covered by black mist, just like his own, the other's voice was not unfamiliar to him.

“The forbidden zone holds a gathering roughly every full moon night in this world. You missed the last gathering, and I’m the only one available right now.” Salt-kun patiently explained, “As you can see, while the great powers are certainly powerful in their time, those outside the battlefield camps and major forces actually lead very busy lives.”

"Just like the person who should have been sitting next to you, because he's a powerful demon, everyone hates him every day. His situation is similar to a bronze being falling into the Golden Age world; many powerful beings are hunting him down."

Jiang He wasn't very interested in these things; as an Origin player, he didn't have many concerns.

"How much for an immortal-grade item?"

Upon hearing this, Salt Lord chuckled, "It is said that gluttony and greed are twins, and I have witnessed it firsthand. For me, an immortal-level item is nothing special, but its value is not calculated in this way."

Yan Jun suddenly said with a serious expression, "A mortal woman, or perhaps another mortal man, might be willing to do anything to win back their beloved, but in our eyes, they might not even be willing to restrain the aftershocks, and are worthless."

"Value does not depend on me, but on you."

"Even a king like you cannot afford to purchase an immortal item for the time being. The principle of equivalent exchange is the accumulated experience of countless predecessors and has its own logic."

Jiang He calmly said, "That means we can buy and sell here."

Being unable to afford it or facing risks does not mean that buying and selling is impossible.

Yan Jun was slightly taken aback at first, then said with some helplessness, "That's right, that's why I'm here now."

"I need the purest salt; only you can make it."

The salt system is by no means mainstream in the boundless void.

Therefore, Salt Lord's demand for special resources is both high and large. Gluttony has the power to control the most basic extraordinary factors, and pure salt can fundamentally enhance the essence of Salt Lord's energy.

Jiang He waved, indicating that he would check the payment first.

Salt-kun pondered the importance of energy to himself for a moment, then took out a hexagonal stone that emitted a bright and deep pink light.

"One of the star core fragments left behind after the destruction of a world called Celestial Maiden Star is a sub-mythical level item, barely belonging to the charm category. I remember that the Hidden Weapon Badge from the Eternal Dark World fell into your hands. You can use it to upgrade that item, and it will be a direct upgrade."

The hexagonal stone pushed across the long table.

Jiang He's mind stirred, and the Hidden Weapon Badge appeared in her palm.

“It’s quite convenient.”

Yan Jun smiled and said, "There are supreme giants in the forbidden zone. It's just a pity that once you reach the peak of the tenth rank, the gap between the strong and the normal peak is not that big. You can win against three at once."

Jiang He smashed the fragment of the Heavenly Maiden Star into the Hidden Weapon Chapter. The scroll immediately burst out with dazzling light, revealing the true nature of the Hidden Weapon Chapter. This thing was a core fragment of the Eternal Dark World Continent, and the two belonged to the same category.

[Name: Hidden Immortal Chapter]
[Category: Auxiliary]
[Quality: Near Mythical Level]
[Effect ①: Contains a static space equivalent to an entire county. When a "Celestial Maiden" is imprisoned, the space can be expanded by absorbing the celestial maiden. The celestial maiden's original charm must reach nine points or higher. Each expansion means the celestial maiden's complete death. When a certain number are reached, the quality of the Hidden Immortal Chapter is improved (0/10)]
[Effect ②: The Hidden Immortal Chapter possesses spatial solidity of the same level. When immobilizing a target, a charm assessment is performed on both parties. If the holder's charm is higher than the target's, it can currently forcibly immobilize a single legendary-level creature (item slots -2). Celestial Maidens cannot be consumed during the immobilization period.]
[Note: To rebuild the glory of Athena!]
Salt looked it over and said, "It contains the spatial attributes of a world. If all goes well in the future, it will probably be able to present the scale of the world in the painting. It is indeed a good thing that catches my eye."

He carried it with him when he was still in the Eternal Dark World, subconsciously intending to take it away later. Unfortunately, the projection died at the hands of Mo Ke.

Jiang He did not deny that the Hidden Immortal Scroll, in a sense, is a life-saving tool at this stage, and its value is self-evident.

Immediately afterwards, Salt Lord presented a large bag of Salt Energy Stones, tens of thousands of tiny stones, all of which were of legendary quality.

call!
Jiang He released the Gluttony Black Light, refining it into the most basic salt dust. After returning it, both parties simultaneously applied for sand field access and underwent security certification.

This is a privilege reserved for players in the battlefield faction.

"2%." Jiang He thought to himself. He still had 75% of his authority, which came from high-level mission evaluations, world battles, and executor hunting missions. "I heard that you awakened the Gluttony Authority."

Salt Lord sighed slightly. In the past few days, the news of the war of overlords has shocked the void. The junior brother of the Feathered Monarch, who possessed the secondary origin power of "copying" and "prohibition", the sin of jealousy, has completely perished. As a powerful figure, he didn't even know how jealousy could lose, after all, Mo Ke had only just advanced to the Heroic Era.

Both kinds of authority are seeds of power that countless giants dream of, and now Mo Ke has achieved both the status of a double sinner and a candidate for jealousy.
Jiang He gently tapped the armrest and said, "I can tell you how jealousy can disable the time ring."

Yan Jun laughed and said, "This means that you have most likely already solved the flaw."

"But others don't know that I leaked it myself."

"That's true, do they sell photo albums?"

Jiang He considered it for a moment and then declined, saying, "Never mind, I haven't been in a good mood these past few days."

Salt-kun spent four medium-sized crystals to buy the information. If it weren't for the sin of jealousy proving itself with its life, Mo Ke, without the time loop, would still be helpless, and the value of the information could have increased dozens of times.

[Note: Spear Master LV74→LV78 - When using spear-type weapons, deals 760% additional damage and 760% additional soul damage; 10% of total damage is converted into true damage.]
At the same time, Salt Lord crossed the final threshold, enhancing the energy of salt to the Divine level, which is above the seventh-order Dominion level.

Bronze Age: Common, Rare.

The Silver Age: Excellent and Perfect.

The Golden Age: Perfection, Enduring.

The Age of Heroes: Epic, Immortal.

The legendary era: legends, the Holy Spirit.

The Age of Myths: Myths, Immortality.

The era of rule: rule, divinity.

As the fourteenth level on the path to transcendence, Salt-kun saved a lot of energy this time in his advancement.

Salt grains danced in the hall, but could not harm the other attendees. After a moment's hesitation, Salt Lord asked, "Golden being, having lost half your soul and slumbered for over three years, can your abilities be restored?"

“A mere fragment of a soul will suffice,” Jiang He said.

Gold-standard support, of course, includes the ability to treat patients.

Yan Jun nodded, and the next moment, a coffin appeared on the table. Inside lay a boy, whose aura was very similar to Yan Jun's, but whose body was covered with lumps and rotting flesh, making him almost unrecognizable as human.

“This is my eldest son.”

"Is the environment in the End Realm really that harsh?" Jiang He was surprised, as he discovered a power filled with the aura of the End Realm on his wound.

Salt said, "The End is a vast wasteland composed of hundreds of worlds, and it is constantly devouring and growing, giving rise to countless mutated creatures. I left the doomsday city I was guarding before, probably because someone secretly interfered and arranged this accident."

Jiang He snapped his fingers.

The power of time restored the eldest son of the Salt King.

Salt-kun handed over an access card, which, in terms of value, far exceeded the fragment of the Celestial Maiden Star from before.

[Note: You have obtained an Intermediate Promotion Permission Card*. Notarization consumes 5% of your permission points. When using the promotion card, you can obtain a second promotion permission in the same real world.]
Salt-kun packed up the coffin and said somewhat impatiently, "Farewell, and don't forget the next gathering, though not everyone will be there."

Jiang He watched the Salt Lord disappear, and then he also severed his conscious communication with the Earth's Core Palace.

……

Yuwang City.

Jiang He examined the promotion card in his hand. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to advance to the levels of Hero Elite and Hero Peak in the next world, as long as he completed two joint promotion missions.

In a short while, Jiang He gathered his team members and used the invitation letter from the Nine Provinces World and the intermediate identity upgrade card.

Familiar transition scenes flashed before my eyes.

[In the year 6800 of the Heavenly Court Calendar, the ancient Heavenly Court collapsed. In his twilight years, the Heavenly Court's ruler fought against a powerful enemy from beyond the realm and ultimately perished. Both sides perished together, causing the vast land to split into nine pieces, and the Nine Provinces Calendar officially began.]
[The ancient Heavenly Court vanished, and the human and demon races rose to power on the earth. The first great war between humans and demons came to an end. The Four Fiends fell into slumber, and the Daoist Master, Buddha, and Confucius remained indifferent to worldly affairs. Hundreds of kingdoms and thousands of sects emerged on the stage of history.]
[In the year 1600 of the Nine Provinces Calendar, as the ruins of the ancient Heavenly Court reappeared beyond the celestial canopy, spiritual energy became active again, and one after another, prodigies emerged. The demon race ended its internal strife and began to stir.]
A new round of epic battles between prodigies is about to erupt.
[Note: The Nine Provinces are: Central Province (the Great Yin Dynasty and hundreds of vassal states), Southern Zhao Province, Northern Barbarian Province (where demons and monsters coexist), Western Huang Province (where Buddhism is prevalent), Eastern Dao Province (where Taoism is prevalent), and Western Demon Province (where demons are prevalent)]
[World Realm Division:]
Bronze Age: Realms One through Three.

Silver Age: Realms Four to Six.

The Golden Age: Realms Seven through Nine.

(Fake Elixir/Golden Elixir/Great Golden Elixir)
Heroic Age: Realms 10 to 12.

(Nascent Soul/Jade Purity Realm/Immortal Realm)
Legendary Era: Realms Thirteen to Fifteen.

(Ascension/Dao Integration/Dao Master)
[Hint: Peerless geniuses: those who advance to the Pseudo-Core stage at age twenty, or to the Jade Purity stage at age forty, are considered top-tier geniuses.]
[The Ten from Central Plains: All are powerful beings at the Fourteenth Realm, elites of the legendary era, their legendary bodies fused with authority. The Ten Candidates: The strongest to ascend.]
[Ascension Realm: Includes eighteen ascension methods such as Corpse Dissolution Ascension, Thunder Tribulation Ascension, Crane Riding Ascension, Dragon Riding Ascension, House-Reaching Ascension, and Sunrise Ascension, divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower. Only upper-grade ascension results in legendary beings; the rest are ranked as sub-legendary, with no hope of reaching grade fourteen.]
[The ancestral temples of the three religions: Jixia Academy, Lianhua Temple, and Dedao Mountain are the ancestral temples of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism respectively]
[Sect System: The eleventh realm Jade Unearth is the sect leader, the twelfth realm Immortal is the grand sect leader, and the thirteenth realm Ascension is the master of the Holy Land lineage. Because the Jixia Academy values ​​the order of hierarchy, there is absolutely no transgression.]
[The number one sect under heaven: the Great Dao Sect, located within the Great Yin Dynasty, whose leader is the number one person in the Central Plains]
[Seventy-two Blessed Lands: Resource Production Points]
[The Great Yin Dynasty: a suzerain state with over a hundred vassal states, encompassing countless sects within its 360 prefectures and counties. It suppressed all other schools of thought and was ruled by three great immortal clans: the Changsun, Jiang, and Yin clans. The leaders of these three clans were all powerful beings at the 14th realm, ranking among the top ten in the Central Plains, similar to the Great Dao Sect, and their lineage continued unbroken. The dynasty also had a Demon Suppression Division responsible for capturing and killing demons, the Demonic Sect, and other schools of thought.]
[Mountain and Water Deities: After a living being dies, their soul does not dissipate and they do not reincarnate. The emperor of a dynasty bestows titles upon mountain and water deities to stabilize the mountains and waters. This requires consuming the nation's fortune and incense offerings. Deities who can mobilize the national fortune of mountains and waters have a great advantage among those of the same realm.]
[Magic Items: Silver Age: Spiritual Artifacts, Golden Age: Magical Artifacts, Heroic Age: Magical Treasures, Legendary Age: Celestial Weapons]
[Currency System: Divine Coins: A polymer of spiritual energy, used to upgrade magical artifacts, replenish environmental spiritual energy, and maintain formations and talismans, etc.]
[Main Quest Name: Natural Enemy]
[Mission Introduction: Due to the revival of the ancient Heavenly Court and the return of past fortune, the world of Kyushu is frequently giving birth to chosen ones of destiny.]
[Mission Objective: Extract Fortune]
[Executor's Exclusive Tip: The Fate Absorption module is loaded. By attacking the Chosen Ones and altering their fate trajectories, the power of fate can be leaked out. The effect is expressed as a Natural Enemy Value, which can be exchanged for mission rewards at any time. The higher the value, the richer the reward (Battlefield players are immune to the influence of world fate).]
[Natural Enemy Value: 0%]
[联合晋升任务：①猎杀一尊十四境（参与度不低于60％）②猎杀十尊飞升境（0/10）③覆灭圣地道统级传承（0/3）]
[Quest Rewards: Hunter promoted to Hero Elite / Nine-Tailed Fox Si Ning promoted to Hero Peak / Animal Companions Wu He and Jiang Dang Lu promoted to Hero Elite / Animal Companion Zhuang Ya promoted to Sub-Legendary (Due to jealousy of the candidate, the Hunter does not need to go through the Sub-Legendary stage)]
[Note: Due to the use of the Intermediate Status Upgrade Card, the Executor's initial status has been improved, and the safety of encountering animal companions has been enhanced.]
[Initial Identity: Daoist Child of the Jiang Clan]
[Animal Companion's Identity: Lord of the Misty Blessed Land in the Northwest Demon State (This blessed land is extremely well-hidden)]
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World, begin!
(End of this chapter)