My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 414 Anchoring
Soliciting opinions instead of directly issuing rewards is certainly a good thing.

However, Xia Lin was unsure for a moment about the exact amount of the reward for the first stage of the Myriad Races Sequence.

—I want to become a Six Pillars directly, is that possible?
—I want one of the three: the Demon Palace, the Heavenly Palace, or the Divine Kingdom. Is that possible?

—I want to obtain unlimited divinely bestowed transcendent power and quickly reach level twelve. Is that possible?

That probably won't work... It's too much of a pipe dream.

After all, the Ashes area is just a beginner's village.

Based on the current situation regarding the Primordial Overlord, Xia Lin has also discovered that the Ash District, this newbie village, is somewhat similar to a large-scale reality show.

When the main universe was at peace, this show attracted everyone's attention. Everyone was watching to see what promising talents had emerged in the Ember Zone. The Sequence War also garnered significant attention and high viewership.

However, when a major event actually occurred in the main universe, the entire Ember Zone was immediately forgotten by the world—which shows that the Ember Zone was not as important as imagined.

The rewards for the first-level race sequence naturally do not reach the highest level in the main universe.

Perhaps seeing through Xia Lin's thoughts, the King of Kings said in a deep voice, "Don't think about those unrealistic things. Think about what you need most right now, and what you want to do next."

Xia Lin replied, "I want answers to some questions, along with some substantial rewards."

The King of Kings nodded slightly: "A wise choice."

Xia Lin spoke up: "First of all, can the power of the Six Pillars bring me more rewards when I advance to level twelve?"

Xia Lin had guessed this before, but guesses are just guesses.

After subduing the three kings of the Black Domain, even they didn't know the answer to this question—simply because they didn't use the extra power of the Six Pillars when they advanced, because they didn't have it.

Barclay does have a six-pillar-level item... but he doesn't have the ability to reverse-engineer the power of the six pillars. This six-pillar-level item wasn't made by him; rather, like Nikolai's rapier, it was a finished product stolen from someone else.

In short, Xia Lin needs a definite answer from the King of Kings right now.

Old Wang nodded and said, "That's possible. More Six Pillars Power, more Six Pillars-level skills and items will provide you with additional benefits when you advance to level twelve, greatly expanding your future potential."

Xia Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

This means that his line of thinking is correct.

"How long do you think this battle between the Creator of Heaven and the Demon Emperor of Soul Control will last?"

"More than a hundred years ago."

This number is roughly the same as the original ruler's estimate.

How to solve the problem of skill uniqueness?

"There are many ways, but if it involves the skill of the Heavenly Dao Equation, the most feasible one is probably the solution that the Primordial Ruler told you about."

Old Wang seemed to know the contents of Xia Lin's conversation and deal with the Primordial Ruler.

This is not surprising... It's not surprising what kind of abilities the Six Pillars possess.

Unfortunately, it seems He had no other way to allow Xia Lin to master the Heavenly Dao Equation ahead of time.

"Both the divinely bestowed power of transcendence and the power of the Six Pillars can expand my future potential when I advance to level twelve, right?"

"Yes."

"What's the difference between the two?"

"The power of transcendence bestowed by heaven is ownerless, pure, and without any future troubles, while the power of the six pillars is owned and has future troubles."

Xia Lin was taken aback and looked at the King of Kings.

Then the King of Kings continued, "But you can rest assured about what you already have. The power of the six pillars that we distribute is all purified and safe to use."

This is equivalent to having a licensed six-pillar power system, with no hidden dangers.

"But if you use some special means and abnormal channels to obtain a large amount of the power of the Six Pillars, we will naturally tell the little thief how the word 'rules' should be written."

The power of the six pillars is the power of the six pillars.

Power, however, is something that belongs to someone.

For example, Xia Lin's energy can still be controlled even after it leaves her body—it's like an extension of her limbs.

The Six Pillars will only do better and stronger.

Thinking of this, Xia Lin sighed and said, "So, to achieve level twelve under the Six Pillars, the Six Pillars will invest their power, but this is both a blessing and a curse and a limitation."

The King of Kings nodded directly: "We will not repeat the mistake of the former rulers, who were killed by the hidden dragons they cultivated."

"So if I want to find a boss..."

“I can, and I am your best choice.” The King of Kings spoke decisively, a smile finally appearing on his serious face: “You can be my person… not the kind of ambiguous, insignificant relationship we had before, but an explicit relationship where you sign a contract and are incorporated into my system.”

“You can become my godfather and my adopted son. I will do my best to nurture you. When you reach level twelve, I guarantee that your potential will reach the average level of my eight sons. That is, roughly the level of Yanlin.”

This level is quite good...

Wang Yanlin, the fifth son of the Wang family, is a strongman even among level twelve.

With a father at the Six Pillars level and a bug-level profession like Lord of Ten Thousand Armies, his true strength is not much weaker than the Demon Emperor's thirteen soul pets.

And this is only the average level among the eight sons of the Wang family.

These words are probably the reason why Lao Wang wants to meet with Xia Lin in private.

—A formal attempt to win them over!
But this did not touch Xia Lin's heart.

He wouldn't sell himself to achieve Level 12—not even as a top-tier Level 12 individual.

"If I become your adopted son, can I still become one of the Six Pillars?"

There is still a chance.

“Originally, the Primordial Dark Side was the best target, and the Ancient Ruler wasn’t bad either… But now that the Primordial Ruler has been born, things have changed. No one can see what the future holds, but I can guarantee that I will be your strongest ally when you compete for the Six Pillars, no matter which of the other five pillars you’ve set your sights on…”

At this point, the King of Kings changed his tone: "But the prerequisite is that you can stand out from my eight biological sons, thirty-five adopted sons, and eighty-eight generals and take the lead, only then will you be qualified to vie for the position of one of the Six Pillars."

"Of course, all of this is subject to my control. I don't like my subordinates fighting to the death, and I absolutely hate internal strife! My hatred for it is no less than my loathing for the two emperors, the Immortal and the Demon."

Xia Lin paused for a moment before asking a somewhat abrupt question.

"I trust your character and believe you will uphold the principles of fairness and impartiality. But in this kind of competition, can you really be 100% certain of fairness?"

Old Wang didn't speak, but just stared at Xia Lin. After a long while, he laughed and said, "You kid, you always say things that hit people where it hurts."

The King of Kings can be considered a moral exemplar among the six pillars.

It's not just about character, but also about family.

He had only one wife in his life, and she bore him eight sons.

It is said that the king and queen treated each other with the utmost respect.

Xia Lin didn't know whether the King of Kings had any selfish motives, but if the Queen didn't favor her eight sons, how could she possibly turn against them?

When the time comes, will it be fair if someone whispers in your ear?

If I, the eighth son of the Wang family, were to talk about fairness with someone of a different surname, wouldn't my birth in this life have been in vain?
Xia Lin smiled and said, "When you gave me the Soul Light and the Book of the Spirit Realm, you said you would allow me to compete fairly with your subordinates for the qualification of the Six Pillars."

Old Wang nodded: "I did say that."

"But now that I'm your adopted son, I still have to compete fairly with your strongest men for this qualification."

Old Wang nodded again: "That's indeed the case."

"So if you want me as your adopted son, you'll have to raise your price."

Old Wang laughed too: "The difference isn't in the competition... but in the follow-up support I provide after you win the competition."

"You think that just because you've won first place, you can easily secure the Six Pillars position? The so-called competition is just a prelude; the biggest hurdle lies in the Six Pillars themselves. In the past, the first target was the Primordial Dark Side, but who is it now? I don't know anymore."

"Given the current situation, my support is even more crucial! There are no more brainless six pillar positions for you to compete for. From now on, everyone who wants to ascend to the throne will face six pillars with normal intelligence and strength! And only six pillars can contend with six pillars! Believe me, if you want to aim for the six pillars, I am still your only choice."

Xia Lin slowly said, "I need an unlimited supply of the power of the Six Pillars."

Old Wang shook his head: "I can't do it. The resources I can allocate to anyone are limited, including my own children."

Xia Lin sighed, bowed respectfully but said nothing else, but his attitude was clear.

Even the King of Kings showed no anger at failing to win over his allies.

He simply spoke softly: "It's good to have lofty ambitions, but you've probably chosen the most difficult path."

Xia Lin: "I was prepared."

Old Wang: "I hope so."

"So, can you customize my reward for me?" Xia Lin asked with a grin. Old Wang laughed and said, "Even if we can't be godfather and godson, it won't stop us from forming a good relationship, will it?"

That's why I say Old Wang is a good person...

As long as you don't point a gun at Him, He is indeed very easy to talk to and acts in a methodical and logical way.

The current situation can probably be described by the phrase, "Even if a deal falls through, goodwill remains."

"I need the power of the Six Pillars, not the finished product, but the method to collect the power of the Six Pillars. It has to be in large quantities, and I also need a way to cleanse the will of the Six Pillars from the power of the Six Pillars."

The King of Kings is the only one among the six pillars who can truly rely on a powerful patron.

But since the conditions weren't agreed upon, this path was blocked, so Xia Lin had to use his own methods to gather the power of the Six Pillars!
Moreover, the quantity must be large!

He currently possesses 53 strands of Six Pillars Power and 4 strands of Heavenly Transcendence Power (after subduing the Three Kings of the Black Domain, Xia Lin acquired their level 12 core skills, completed the splitting in the Dark Realm, and attempted to exploit a bug to farm more Heavenly Transcendence Power through pseudo-random replacement, but to no avail. The same Six Pillars-level skill or level 12 core skill can only be split once by Xia Lin).

This number is way too far off!
After all, Xia Lin wasn't aiming to be like the Five Kings of the Black Domain; he should at least be comparable to the Eight Princes of the Wang Family.

Xia Lin estimated that the six pillars of power that these level twelve individuals gained upon their advancement amounted to at least tens of thousands.

There is also the issue of the six pillars consciousness in the violation of the six pillars power.

This is similar to the cosmic bug that the Primordial Overlord gave to Xia Lin; it contained his own hidden agenda.

If you use this stuff, you won't even know how you died.

In fact, this cosmic bug also reveals something—the Primordial Ruler had the intention of winning over Xia Lin.

But how should I put it, this guy is too dishonest and untrustworthy in his dealings.

He played dirty tricks on Xia Lin...

Xia Lin isn't going to pursue the matter now because he lacks the ability to do so. But he has made a note of it.

The King of Kings nodded knowingly.

He knew that Charlene needed this.

“Originally, a ranking of first in the myriad races sequence wouldn’t be enough to earn you this level of reward. But you’re lucky. First, I’m the one distributing the rewards this time, so I have full decision-making power. Second… well, it was an unexpected stroke of luck…”

As He spoke, He stretched out His hand: "Give me the Book of the Spirit World."

Xia Lin took out the Book of Spirit Realm and handed it to the King of Kings.

As the King of Kings flashed a light in his hand, the Book of Spirits began to tremble slightly.

As it turns out, rules such as uniqueness and exclusivity to a particular person have no effect on the Six Pillars.

The light grew even brighter as the King of Kings spoke while modifying the Book of Spirits.

"It is a grave taboo to attempt to seize the power of the Six Pillars without authorization. After all, the ruler is too clownish, and no one wants to follow in His footsteps."

"And within each of the six pillars of power, there is a personal mark of the six pillars. In this way, we can prevent outsiders from stealing the power of the six pillars at the source."

"But there was... or rather, there was once a Pillar who was an exception."

After saying this, Xia Lin and the King of Kings spoke at the same time: "The Primordial Dark Side."

Who told you to be so brainless?

You're brainless, so you deserve to get scammed!
"The reason I say that things turned out unexpectedly well is because when I forged the Book of Spirits, I had already infused it with the function of purifying the personal markings in the power of the primordial dark side."

"Right now, I want to meet your needs, and all I need to do is add this one extra feature to the Spirit Book."

Just as the King of Kings finished speaking, the rework of the Spirit Book was successfully completed!
The Book of Spirits flew back to Xia Lin's hand automatically. Xia Lin looked closely and saw the new attributes.

[Function Three: Primal Refinement: The Spirit World Book can absorb the power of the primordial dark side, remove the personal marks of the primordial dark side within it, and slowly refine it into pure power of the Six Pillars!]

[Note: When you use the Primal Tempering, you can no longer use this Primal Dark Side power to advance the progress of the Old Dark Side.]

Xia Lin frowned: "Is this function efficient enough?"

The word "slow" is quite striking.

Old Wang snorted: "Believe me, the efficiency is definitely not low. But it probably doesn't meet your expectations... I think you may have underestimated the strength of the Six Pillars' power. The effect you expected is something that probably no one can achieve except for the Six Pillars themselves."

Xia Lin sighed inwardly, but still nodded.

"If you put it that way, then I have no problem with it."

Achieving great results with limited resources, or overcoming superiors from below, is an incredibly difficult problem in itself.

Since Xia Lin has chosen a more difficult path, she will naturally face other problems and difficulties.

"Moreover, this function can only be used on the primordial dark side, and cannot be used on other people, including the primordial ruler."

Depending on the different pillars, the "impurities" contained in the power of the six pillars will naturally be different as well.

Furthermore, if you remove impurities from the power of the Six Pillars, do you think the Six Pillars will react?
It definitely will!

Therefore, if Xia Lin wanted to steal the power of the Six Pillars, he could only target the softest one—the Primal Dark Side.

"But right now, the primordial dark side is merging into the primordial ruler, becoming part of this new dual-pillar six-pillar system."

“You’re not just rushing... this function will be useless once the Primal Dark Side is completely destroyed. You’re still competing with the Primal Overlord for food.”

"How much benefit you can gain depends entirely on your own actions."

……

Class divisions in any region are pyramid-shaped.

The higher you go, the fewer people there are, and the more difficult it becomes to climb.

Now that Xia Lin has reached this stage, since he wants to achieve the Six Pillars, the obstacles he encounters are comparable to climbing to the heavens.

It's impossible for this reward to satisfy Xia Lin...

Because the returns are unpredictable, the risks along the way are relatively high.

But upon further reflection, Xia Lin realized that this was only reasonable—after all, it was extremely rare to obtain a method for exploiting six pillars of wealth in the beginner village.

Do I still have any reward credits left?

When Xia Lin asked this, Old Wang shook his head: "It's already exceeded the limit."

"OK then."

Xia Lin bowed again to express her gratitude to Lao Wang.

It's not just this expression of gratitude, but also the previous help and support—Xia Lin has never been an ungrateful person.

Old Wang suddenly added, "Oh, right, there's also a standard reward."

As he said this, the King of Kings raised his hand and waved it, and a notification sound rang in Xia Lin's ear.

[Congratulations! You have obtained the first-level access to all races!]

The first-order rank of a single planet has privileges, and the first-order rank of all races will naturally have privileges as well!

Moreover, it's a privilege with an extremely high limit.

Xia Lin glanced at the privilege description and understood, but didn't really care.

He was already considering leaving the Ember Zone, so the privileges within it were naturally irrelevant.

Old Wang waved his hand again, and Xia Lin felt the surrounding light and shadow change. The next second, he appeared on Shining Blue Star, in the Canberra settlement.

It's a pity we didn't return to the City of Oaths; Xia Lin wanted to find out more about the current situation from Victor...

But considering that the war between the two emperors of immortality and demonhood will resume, the Dream Master probably won't stay in the City of Oath to watch the show anymore, and there's no way to find him anyway, so it's not a pity.

He immediately took out his phone and dialed Wang Lie's number.

"What's up, bro? Everything went smoothly? What ranking did you get? It should be at least in the top ten of the human race, right?"

Xia Lin chuckled: "Just a mere number one in the myriad races sequence..."

A "splashing" sound came from the other end of the phone, but Xia Lin didn't care and continued talking.

"Please contact Bai Yao, the leader of the Duhaitang, for me. I want to meet with him as soon as possible."

"Also, inform Nina, Fang Xiang, and the others that I am about to open the Battlefield Between the Two Realms. Be prepared."

Upon hearing the words "Battlefield Between Two Realms," Wang Lie's expression immediately became serious.

"When? What do you need us to do?"

He didn't know why Xia Lin was in such a hurry to open the battlefield between the two worlds, nor did he know Xia Lin's chances of winning... but he just wanted to support him.

If you want to curry favor with someone and become their underling, you have to be prepared to be one!

"You don't need to do anything, just wait to collect the benefits and pick up the corpses."

"As for the timing... now!"

The moment Xia Lin uttered those words, he had already connected with the Ash Zone System in his mind!
"Apply for promotion mission and open the battlefield between the two worlds!"

The notification sound for the Ash Zone immediately rang out.

[Dear One of the Myriad Races, you have requested to initiate the Level 10 Advancement Quest: Battlefield Between Realms!]

[Application approved!]

[Battlefield Between Two Realms: After activating this quest, your main world, Shining Blue Star, will connect with another world covered by the Ash Zone system, where someone has also activated the Level 10 advancement quest! One of the two worlds will survive, and the winner will advance!]

[Target filtering in progress...]

"stop!"

Xia Lin stopped the Ash Zone system with a single sentence, and guess what happened?

It really did stop...

What stands out is the power of a privilege dog!
"Forcibly designate the target: Luozhidao! Make Luozhidao's main star the other side of the battlefield between the two worlds!"

When Xia Lin said this, the corners of his mouth turned up, full of malice.

He spared Luo Zhidao's life for this very reason!
The main star of Luozhidao is located in the Luotian Starfield, within the jurisdiction of Luotianzong—this is no secret.

As for what the Luo Tian Sect and even the Luo Tian Star Region are currently experiencing, those who know, know.

Xia Lin needs two things: the Heavenly Palace and the power of the Primordial Dark Side.

Only this place meets Xia Lin's needs.

This was actually a plan that Xia Lin had made beforehand!

Since he needs to develop amidst chaos, the more chaotic the place, the more opportunities he will have.

Moreover, who knows how far Flash Blue Star is from Luo Tian Sect? It might be a distance that Xia Lin couldn't reach even if he ran his legs off.

The main universe is a new map for Xia Lin... and in a new map, exploring the map is the first step.

But Xia Lin needed to save time; she didn't have time to waste on opening the map.
Therefore, the battlefield between the two worlds that directly connects the two planetary ash zones becomes the only solution, and also the best solution!

Of course, there are some potential risks involved.

First, there are many level twelve experts over there—after all, it is the stronghold of the Immortal Emperor, and behind Luo Zhidao is the level twelve Lingbao Immortal Venerable.

But given the current situation, it's still uncertain whether Lingbao is dead or not... Xia Lin isn't afraid of him at all!
Second, the Luo Zhi Dao may not necessarily open the battlefield between the two worlds.

But this is also easy to solve.

—Previously in the Dark Domain, after leaving the Dark Realm, Xia Lin had already used some means to force Luo Zhidao out of the Sequence Ranking Battle. Currently, Luo Zhidao does not have a Sequence Title, and therefore does not have Sequence Authority.

Then Xia Lin used the authority of the first rank of the myriad races to force Luo Zhidao to open the battlefield between the two worlds and complete the connection. The authority of the first rank of the myriad races can do this. Only the first rank of the myriad races, which stands at the top of the Ash Zone, can do this. Even the first rank of a single race cannot do this!
Just a few seconds later, the Ember Zone notification sounded again.

Permissions verification successful.

The Battlefield Between Two Realms Opens!

The next second, a storm brewed!

(End of this chapter)