My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 343 Summer's Invitation, Settlement, and the Human Race Sequence Four!
The arrival of summer is inevitable.

With their parting imminent, Xia Tian had many things to discuss with Xia Lin.

The first is the matter of the Eight Guardians' independence of the world.

"You don't need to worry about this. I'll have plenty of ways to handle it after you leave."

Xia Lin laughed and said, "Looking for someone to help?"

Summer shrugged: "Of course."

With Xia Tianyi's current strength, there aren't many big things he can do.

Making the inner world independent and detached from its boundaries is neither particularly difficult nor particularly simple.

But there's still no need to trouble Xia Lin.

Xia Tian laughed and said, "Having been given a second chance at life, I'll have to make use of my old connections."

Di Yun was an eleventh-level expert in his previous life, so he certainly had no shortage of friends.

Now that Di Yun's corpse and remaining resources have been "ruined" by Xia Lin, Xia Tian will have to use some of his "face-saving" abilities if he wants to return to Super Grade as quickly as possible.

Seeing that Xia Tian seemed confident, Xia Lin swallowed the words, "You can come to me if you need anything."

Why?

Can’t find it…

The whereabouts of the Ash Walkers are unpredictable, and Xia Lin would never reveal the location of the Blue Star to anyone: not even Xia Tian.

Therefore, this farewell may well be a final goodbye...

Just as he was thinking this, Xia Tian spoke up again and brought up the second matter.

"I would like to invite you to join the Righteous Alliance."

Xia Lin raised an eyebrow, but as Xia Tian spoke, Xia Lin understood.

"The Righteous Alliance is an enemy of the Evil God. Although the members come from different backgrounds, they all have a blood feud with the Evil God."

"And you, Xia Lin, are a born hunter of evil gods, even an enemy of evil gods!"

"If you want to continue fighting against the evil god, I think the Righteous Alliance would be a good stepping stone for you."

He extended an invitation to Xia Lin on behalf of the Righteous Alliance, speaking in a consultative tone.

Xia Lin thought for a moment and immediately nodded.

"I agreed."

Because this is entirely beneficial and without any drawbacks.

As a loosely organized group, the Righteous Alliance has weak constraints, does not interfere with the daily lives of its members, and does not forcibly assign any tasks.

As an organization dedicated to hunting down evil gods, the Righteous Alliance's goals were quite aligned with Xia Lin's—the effects of the Kingdom of Deception were evident to all, so Xia Lin naturally developed some additional ideas about other evil gods.

What capabilities will the Breeding Kingdom provide?
What abilities does the Abyss Kingdom provide?
With helpers, intelligence, and connections within the Righteous Alliance, Xia Lin certainly had a lot of assistance.

Seeing Xia Lin nod, Xia Tian smiled and handed over a jade pendant.

"This is my contact information. I will contact you after I have dealt with the issues in the Eight Guardian World... Alternatively, you can search for a branch or member of the Righteous Alliance in the Real Ash Zone. Once you find them, take out the jade pendant, and they will recognize it."

After Xia Lin took the jade pendant and examined it briefly, confirming that the communication jade did not have a tracking or location function, he put it into his personal space.

Then Xia Tian stood up and bowed deeply to Xia Lin.

"Thank you very much this time."

Xia Lin promptly returned the greeting: "I would prefer to call it: a pleasant collaboration."

……

The remaining trivial matters have been taken care of.

For example: collect enough metallic substances from Di Yun's corpse.

And the "believers" who will develop in this scorched area will receive the hidden military cave as the foundation of their future power.

In the remaining time, Xia Lin and Xia Tian went to have a sumptuous dinner with Xia Huangwei and Li Pingjuan.

After enjoying hours of family time, in the open space, accompanied by the summer sun, the light of return descended from above.

After bowing goodbye once more, Xia Lin felt his consciousness drifting away, as if his soul had returned to the heavens.

Just as the light of return faded, Xia Tian finally stepped forward and came to Xia Lin's side.

Then they saw "Xia Lin" slowly open her eyes.

Eyes facing each other.

Xia Lin's gaze was slightly blank, yet she vaguely remembered some things.

This prompted Xia Tian to gently put her arm around Xia Lin's shoulder.

"Welcome home, little brother."

……

The Ashwalker is like a scumbag...

As the light of return fell, Xia Lin put the remaining matters of the Eight Guardian Ashes District out of his mind.

He opened his eyes and was greeted by a vast, star-like settlement space.

The notification sound from the Ash Zone boomed.

Settlement begins.

[Main Quest/Completion Mission: The Mystery of the Eight Guardians, Completed!]

[Due to the merging of main quests and completion quests, your completion rewards have been significantly increased!]

[Because you exceeded the requirements for main story/level completion missions, your completion rewards will be significantly increased!]

[Since this is your third time navigating the Ember Zone, you may choose to convert all your completion rewards into Ranked Battle Points!]

Xia Lin's eyes lit up!
"Transform! Convert them all!"

Xia Lin just wants money; he doesn't want anything else.

Xia Lin didn't care about skill combination opportunities or permission cards!

Because ranked battle points equal divine source essence, and divine source essence is exactly what he needs right now!

[All rewards have been merged into Ranked Match Points! Reward conversion complete!]

Congratulations on reaching 50 Ranked Match Points!

Xia Lin: "Phew..."

comfortable...

What does 50 ranked battle points mean?
The concept of 1 divinely bestowed source materials!

In the last episode of The Legend of the Immortals, Xia Lin only earned 21 ranking battle points.

Of course, we must also consider that the 50 ranking points in this Ember Zone may be the result of combining the three reward items. Therefore, in terms of reward amount, Xia Lin's reward this time is roughly the same as that in The Legend of the Outer Gods.

—I estimate they're all in the highest tier.

Without waiting, Xia Lin immediately began shopping in the checkout area.

Xia Lin exchanged all 500,000 ranking battle points for a full 10,000 Heavenly Source Essence.

Xia Lin nodded in satisfaction as he stored the mountain of divinely bestowed essence into his personal space, and continued to wait.

Because the settlement is not yet complete!
Soon, a new notification sound rang out.

[Identity Substitute Card (High), Rewards Settlement Begins!]

Yes, the task is the task, and the identity substitute card (high) is the identity substitute card (high).

The two are not equal, and the settlement is carried out separately.

This is equivalent to giving Xia Lin a second chance to settle accounts, as this identity substitution card (high level) provides her with that opportunity.

The light and shadow flickered, transforming into the temporary attributes that Xia Lin cultivated in the Eight Guardian Ashes Zone.

Name: Xia Lin

【Level: 10】

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Martial Arts Cultivation: First-Rank Heavenly Origin Realm]

[Base stat total: 18463!]

[Base Attributes: 300 million!]

There's no need to elaborate on the skills; they are all foundational skills among all martial arts.

These fundamental skills can also be converted into benefits for Xia Lin right now.

The illusory attribute panel slowly distorted.

The Ash Zone system is evaluating Xia Lin's findings.

On the contrary, Xia Lin stared at the fake attribute panel and recalled his martial arts experience in this Ash Zone. Soon, he gained a deeper understanding of martial arts.

"This level of skill is not as good as Xiao Feng's, and is even far inferior, but he can probably hold his own against Bao Bowen."

Of course, he could only manage a few exchanges with the human race's Sequence 13, Bao Bowen; winning was out of the question.

"So this level of strength is probably enough to put us at the very bottom of the top thirty in the human race."

Xia Lin thought this calculation was reasonable.

"After all, I have almost unlimited resources and level twelve martial arts experience from Black Star, and I cultivate a heretical art like the Hundred Losses Demon Art. I have done my best to reach this level within ten years."

"Moreover, it's not hard to see from cultivation that as racial stats increase, attribute growth slows down, and the path from first-grade to super-grade martial arts becomes even more difficult... Martial arts isn't as easy to cultivate as one might imagine."

Despite taking fifteen years, Xia Lin managed to rise from nothing to the top thirty in the human race.

But to break through from the top 30 in the sequence to the top 10, even another 15 years might not be enough.

The higher you go, the harder it is to climb, and the easier it is to encounter bottlenecks.

This is a common problem in the paths of immortality, martial arts, and witchcraft.

However, this incredible brush combo has no bottleneck...

"So hurry, hurry, hurry, I need to go home and start cheating!"

Just as Xia Lin was jokingly muttering to himself, the Ash Zone system finally completed its revenue settlement.

You can choose one of the following three rewards.

[One: Racial stat bonus: 300 points!]

[Part Two: Basic Attribute Rewards: 6 Million Points!]

[Part Three: Ranked Match Points: 100!]

Xia Lin breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in satisfaction.

"You have lived up to my expectations, you have lived up to my expectations!"

The rewards offered by the Identity Substitute Card (High) are absolutely outrageous!
The first and second options directly doubled Xia Lin's original racial stats/attributes!
However, after a brief consideration, Xia Lin still chose the three options without hesitation.

Attributes and racial stats can be farmed excessively using overpowered combos; with the exponential growth model, doubling them in no time at all.

100 million ranking points = 2 Heavenly Source Essence.

The Heavenly Gift also contains the resurrection item and cooldown reset item that Xia Lin wanted, which are essential components for the overpowered farming combo.

Once you've made your selection, it's time to make your purchase.

More divinely bestowed essence appeared around Xia Lin, and he then stored it in his personal space.

Thus, the settlement is complete.

The outcome is clear and simple: 3 units of divinely bestowed quality.

With a flash of light, Xia Lin left the settlement space.

……

Fifteen years in the Ashes Zone, but only one hour in reality.

After a brief moment of disorientation, Xia Lin regained her composure.

First, go find Nelson and check on the progress of the Beyond the Boundary Project.

The Beyond Boundaries Project is also a current focus of Xia Lin's attention.

Nelson also turned back from the Ashes and immediately returned to the Miniature Abyss to meet with Xia Lin.

"Five months, just five more months and it will be fine."

There are still 9 months until the preliminary stage of the race sequence war.

The Beyond World Project will be completed before the preliminaries begin, allowing the Black Source Overlord form to become a semi-permanent form—Xia Lin is quite looking forward to this.

Of course, the level of anticipation isn't that high right now.

After all, the creation of the incredible brush combo has given Xia Lin new options.

After saying goodbye to Nelson, he went to find Wang Lie. He inquired with Wang Lie about the current situation on Shining Blue Star and the whereabouts of Gu Hua.

Wang Lie said, "Brother, with me here, you can rest assured about Shining Blue Star."

Wang Lie did not participate in the race sequence war because he knew he was not strong enough.

On the one hand, he continued to go down to the Ashes to accumulate strength, and on the other hand, he and Nina took on the responsibility of maintaining order on the Blue Star.

This should actually be Xia Lin's job... As the strongest individual in the first sequence of Shining Blue Star, and with the Two Realms Battlefield being the final test to leave the newbie village, it's no joke that with great power comes great responsibility.

Xia Lin, on the other hand, simply became a hands-off manager...

Of course, Wang Lienina had no complaints.

As for the matter concerning Gu Hua, there is still no result.

Several months ago, Gu Hua disappeared into the Wasteland of the Dead and his whereabouts remain unknown. There is still no news of him.

After having dinner with Wang Lie, Xia Lin took his leave but did not return to his base: the Miniature Abyss.

Instead, I went to the Wasteland of the Dead.

Things are different now. With Xia Lin's current strength, his perception can cover the entire Wasteland of the Dead with a single burst.

However, several hours later, Xia Lin returned to the Miniature Abyss with a solemn expression.

He searched the entire Wasteland of the Dead, but still couldn't find any trace of Gu Hua...

He vanished from the planet Shining Blue.

……

That night, in the miniature abyss.

Xia Lin composed himself and, in a quiet place, resumed his fraudulent operation.

This time, the purpose is very simple.

The source of nature was bestowed by the heavens.

3 units of divinely bestowed source material are more than enough to fill a single fraudulent operation, but it doesn't matter. With the current production efficiency of the Fraudulent Nation, it's sufficient to supply the Fraudulent Operation's consumption.

Ten minutes flew by.

Xia Lin, having ended her lucky streak, wore a satisfied smile.

Every scam, every time, lived up to Xia Lin's expectations, and this time was no exception.

"Consumes approximately 5000 pieces of Heavenly Source Essence."

"I won't talk about the messy stuff; there's too much of it, and there's no need to go into detail."

"The key is what I need."

"Resurrection items, 25."

25 resurrection items were obtained from 5000 God-given Source Essence.

This is the embodiment of good fortune!

"Reset CD-type items: 37".

In addition to Xia Lin's existing CD reset items, he now has 52 high-level CD reset items in his possession.

For now, it seems sufficient.

"Less than two thousand evolution points."

Evolution points are hard currency; the more the better.

Skill upgrade rewards: 4.

Including the original three, Xia Lin has accumulated seven skill upgrade reward items—this kind of permission can upgrade mutated skills to the racial foundation level, which is perfect for the use of the Uncertain Shadow.

"Soul Light, two portions."

Including the two original soul lights, Xia Lin now possesses four soul lights.

Having multiple Soul Lights offers no positive benefits under the current circumstances; in fact, it can have negative consequences!

—When too much soul light gathers together, it is easier to attract the attention of evil gods.

But what Xia Lin wanted was the gaze of the evil god!

The battle against fraud undoubtedly boosted Xia Lin's confidence.

With the Book of Spirits in hand, Xia Lin was not afraid of the eleventh-level evil gods at all; on the contrary, he wanted to actively hunt them down.

Whether they are the hunter and the prey when they come to Xia Lin is truly unknown.

"And besides that, there are five more access cards..."

Thinking of this, Xia Lin looked down at the access card in her hand.

One of them is an identity replacement card (high-level)!

What was lost, Xia Lin found again!
The significance of this thing is self-evident. It has many limitations, but the rewards for success are truly amazing.

It's always good to have one on hand, just in case.

In addition, the two permission cards are time-delay cards!
Without a doubt, this is still specially prepared for the overpowered brush combo.

Besides resources, time is also needed to achieve incredible brush combos.

The extended time card can give Xia Lin enough time to grow – two cards, in Xia Lin's opinion, are even a little too few.

The remaining two permission cards are also old friends.

Single-player mission card.

Xia Lin stated that he had no desire to fight or brawl, nor did he want any conflict or entanglement with anyone, not even those from the Creator of Heaven.

The current situation is this: I, Xia Lin, am going to keep a low profile and not provoke anyone. I also don't want you to come looking for me.

Therefore, this single-player mission card is a must-have.

Xia Lin has even made this decision: for the next mission, he will choose the F-level Ember Zone, which will be one of the single-player mission cards and one of the delay cards.

Don't give me any main quests or level completion quests... I don't need them, and I don't want to do any quests.

I just want to honestly grind his stats for ten or eight years, and become the Sword God of Shili Slope before we talk about other things.

The plan was perfect, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned!
At this moment, Xia Lin was struck by bad luck.

Unfortunate things naturally followed.

[Please note that someone has used a forced tracking card on you; you are being tracked.]

[In the next assessment in the Ash Zone, you will encounter the Hunters. Please be careful.]

Xia Lin was completely speechless.

No, why are you guys always tracking me?
Can't a person just rest for a bit?!

There was undoubtedly an element of bad luck involved in this matter.

Xia Lin had just finished using her deception and was tallying up her spoils when the pursuers arrived...

If the hunter had been even a few minutes later, Xia Lin would have already used Deception to kill himself, then resurrected, and then activated the ability to jump out of the Three Realms.

When he is outside the Three Realms, he will not be targeted by the Hunting Card.

Once the loop begins, timing becomes very difficult to pinpoint.

Unfortunately, bad luck doesn't care about Xia Lin...

Shaking his head, Xia Lin sighed and activated the Twin Fusion, then activated Deception. Fate.

A flash of light of rebirth appeared, leaping out of the Three Realms and following closely behind.

Xia Lin disappeared.

The brush cycle has officially started.

However, within the white cage formed by transcending the Three Realms, Xia Lin inevitably pondered this question.

"This time, which brilliant strategist dares to challenge me?"

……

Main Universe, Luo Tian Star Region.

Luo Tianzong.

The phrase "renowned and illustrious" is insufficient to describe the prestige of Luo Tianzong.

This sect is the strongest force under the Heavenly Dao Creator, without exception!

Two level-twelfth Immortal Venerables were stationed there.

The sect has countless guest elders, and even two other top-tier figures who are not cultivators at level twelve have resided here for a long time.

Some people have even said that the true form of the Creator of Heaven is located in the deep forbidden area within the Luo Tian Sect, and this is even supported by logic.

Every hundred years, the Creator of Heaven will appear at the Luo Tian Sect to preach the Dharma!
At this very moment, within the Luo Tian Sect, which occupies the entire vast star field.

Footsteps sounded outside the Lingbao Hall.

A bald man dressed in coarse linen, barefoot, with a somewhat wooden face, appeared in front of the Lingbao Hall.

He slowly raised his hand in a gesture of respect, and then began to speak in a calm, unwavering tone.

"Reporting to Master, Junior Brother Lin Xiantian has been confirmed dead. He should have died in the Ashes Zone of the Outer Gods and Immortals Chronicles."

"The one who emerged from the Ashes was not the Innate Junior Brother, but rather the final boss of the Ashes in the Outer Gods and Immortals Chronicles, Black Star."

"Half a month ago, Black Star stole the Five Elements Sect's top-secret scrolls and defected to the Super Star camp. The disciples were incompetent and failed to take his life."

"Then, after reviewing the events that followed the end of the 'Extraordinary Gods and Immortals' Chronicles: Ashes Zone, I discovered that things were not so simple..."

He slowly began to speak, recounting the story of Black Star replacing Lin Xiantian.

The rules and regulations are all logical and well-founded, and are not far from the truth.

Only after this person finished speaking did the voice of his master ring out in the Lingbao Hall.

"Cough cough cough... So where is Xu Haonan right now?"

The bald man added, "Junior Brother Haonan did not return from the Ashes Zone of the Outer Gods and Immortals; he probably died there."

"But when I used the method of summoning souls to recall a wisp of Brother Haonan's remnant soul, I discovered that there was another person's method involved."

"who?"

"Xia Lin".

After a long silence, the people in the Lingbao Hall finally asked, "Who is this Xia Lin?"

It's no wonder this person had such doubts.

Because the one inside the Lingbao Hall was none other than Lingbao Tianzun, one of the two great twelve-level immortal venerables of the Luotian Sect!
Xia Lin's name was not even worth the attention of such a powerful figure.

"Cough cough cough... Never mind, who Xia Lin is is not important. What is important is that, judging from your fortune, I find that there is a hint of red in the darkness, indicating that opportunities and disasters coexist."

The bald man bowed slightly: "This is precisely the purpose of my visit to my master today."

“A quarter of an hour ago, I activated the forced hunting card to hunt down Xia Lin, who killed Junior Brother Hao Nan and Junior Brother Xiantian.”

"The horoscope indicates that this child will be my disciple's greatest enemy in the future, and the sooner the better to nip this enemy in the bud."

As he spoke, the bald man knelt down in front of the Lingbao Hall, kowtowed three times, and then rose to speak slowly again.

"This journey is fraught with peril, and we know neither life nor death, nor what fate holds. Your disciple has come to bid farewell to Master."

This affection is so deep that they've even thought about what will happen after they die...

Lingbao Immortal Venerable was also completely speechless.

His apprentice is good in every way, except for one thing.

He overthinks things and is too conservative in his temperament.

After saying this, the bald man decisively turned and left.

Inside the Lingbao Hall, the Immortal Venerable calculated with his fingers, but could not predict the outcome of his disciple's battle with Xia Lin.

"With the interference of soul light, even the six pillars are difficult to calculate. What am I then?"

The Immortal Venerable gave a self-deprecating laugh, then shook his head.

Not important anymore.

Suddenly, three beams of light shot out from the Lingbao Hall and landed precisely in the bald man's hands.

"If used properly, it can turn misfortune into good fortune."

The bald man turned around and bowed again.

"Thank you, Master, for bestowing this treasure. I, Luo Zhidao, will forever remember your great kindness."

Luo Zhidao, Human Race Sequence Four.

He is also the second strongest Ember Walker among the Creators of the Heavenly Dao in the current Ember Zone.

(End of this chapter)