My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 444 Promotion Begins

The divinely bestowed transcendent power and the power of the Six Pillars that Xia Lin sent into Scarlett's body were all of Xia Lin's reserves.

Xia Lin didn't feel regretful at all, even though her hard-earned savings were all spent in one go.

On the contrary, I felt it was exquisitely perfect, just right!

First of all, the power of these six pillars is far from enough for Xia Lin—his ambition is enormous, so the amount of power of the six pillars he needs to advance to level twelve is ridiculously high.

Xia Lin had inquired about this matter before.

When the First Prince Wang Yanshan advanced to the twelfth level, he consumed 3.5 strands of the power of the six pillars, a rather outrageous number.

The Second Prince's promotion requires even more: approximately 5 strands.

Using more of the power of the six pillars during promotion means stronger immediate combat power and greater potential after promotion. Xia Lin's current power of the six pillars is only enough to push him to the level of "not bad" and "pretty good", but not to push him to the level of "strongest" and "most potential".

—If Xia Lin wants to advance, he can do so after reaching level eleven… After all, he still has a pure cosmic bug in his possession. The reason he doesn’t use it is precisely for more accumulation and a broader future, isn’t it?

But right now, the situation is rather delicate... and our own combat strength is insufficient.

Scarlett's return completes the last missing piece for Charlin.

When the power of transcendence and the power of the six pillars merged into Scarlett's body, Scarlett's body began to tremble.

In the darkness, Xia Lin sensed a mysterious aura emanating from Scarlett's body, rapidly enveloping the entire area and spreading to other layers of the Heavenly Palace and the outer realms beyond it.

—This is a sign that the Dao is about to be achieved!

According to the agreement between Xia Lin and Zhou Xinglin, Xia Lin would temporarily lend out the Heavenly Palace, and Chaoxing would elevate Scarlett to the twelfth level of Immortal Venerable Realm.

There must be some kind of grotto-world or treasure on the other side of Chaoxing where the flow of time is extremely slow... Anyway, although Xia Lin and Scarlett have not been separated for long, it is hard to say how many years Scarlett has undergone arduous training - of course, this is not the point.

The key point is that Xia Lin and Scarlett are ultimately outsiders to the Superstars.

They have the ability to train Scarlett to level twelve, but the resources they would expend on her would certainly not be too many.

A cosmic bug, a few dozen strands of the power of the Six Pillars, allowed Scarlett, after her advancement, to reach the mid-level of level twelve, roughly equivalent to the level of the five outside, which was enough to satisfy Xia Lin.

But the conventional Scarlett is no match for Charlin's current predicament.

"I want to compete for the position of the Six Pillars, I want to gain more power from the Six Pillars, I want to lay a foundation of twelve levels that will shake the world, and I want to dine at the table in the main universe."

"Right now, I haven't accumulated enough experience, and my opportunity for promotion hasn't arrived yet, but your day of promotion has come first."

Muttering to himself, Xia Lin reached out and gently stroked Scarlett's pretty face, whispering, "The bet has been placed, don't let it go to waste..."

Use all your reserves to fund Scarlett's promotion!

Thinking about the scenery she and Scarlett had experienced along the way, Xia Lin's anxious heart suddenly calmed down.

Because he realized something like this.

He's guaranteed to win this round, no matter what.

How can one possibly lose out by investing in their followers and women?
The thought had barely formed in her mind when Scarlett suddenly reached out and grabbed Xia Lin's wrist.

The grab was swift and bizarre, leaving Xia Lin completely bewildered and stunned on the spot.

However, the next second, a dizzying sensation surged over him, and Xia Lin felt his consciousness sink, instantly falling into a hazy, indistinct, mysterious space radiating a pale golden light.

Suddenly, a pair of soft hands reached out from behind and embraced Xia Lin.

The familiar fragrance filled Xia Lin's nostrils, and for a moment Xia Lin emptied her mind, enjoying this rare tranquility.

Scarlett's voice rang out from behind.

"This is the promotion space, which can also be called the system integration space at level twelve."

As she said this, Scarlett let go of Xia Lin's hand, came to Xia Lin's side, took Xia Lin's right hand again, smiled brightly, and then said sincerely.

"And I want to entrust my future path to you."

With their hands clasped together, following the master-servant relationship and Scarlett's personal will, Xia Lin had a profound realization.

—He gained the authority to help Scarlett integrate the twelve-level system!
Pale golden sunlight suddenly streamed down from above the ascension space, falling on Scarlett.

This is a divinely bestowed transcendent power that is neither too strong nor too weak, and it also contains a few strands of divinely bestowed transcendent power that Xia Lin had previously injected into Scarlett's body.

Xia Lin breathed a soft sigh of relief.

After thinking for a moment, he smiled at Scarlett and said, "I don't want to say things like 'You should decide your own path'..."

"Because of this wave, you made the right decision by bringing me in."

……

The first thing to happen is a surge in attributes.

This corresponds to one of the twelve-level blessings: unlimited growth.

Scarlett's attributes have actually reached the limit of the Ember Zone - with the support of the Eternal Inscription Replacement System, the combination of Life and Death Battle (Inferior) and Spirit World Book has already allowed Xia Lin to maximize Scarlett's attributes, without even needing any operation from Super Star.

At this moment, as Scarlett released her physical body and soul to receive the pale golden light descending from the sky, her attribute limits were quickly broken. The light (divinely bestowed power of transcendence) merged into Scarlett's body, causing her attributes to begin to transform!

"Ten times is the minimum."

Upon promotion, the first wave of trials will increase the basic attributes of the promoted individual tenfold!
Considering that almost all of the eleventh-level individuals who are eligible for promotion have reached their attribute limits, it can be regarded as a fixed value.

"And once you build on that foundation, that's where the difference comes in."

As he said this, the color of the sunlight descending from the sky suddenly changed.

It changed from a pale gold color to a combination of gold and silver.

Scarlett reached out and traced lines in gold and silver, then turned to Xia Lin and smiled.

“Gold is the power of transcendence bestowed by heaven. I count… there are seven strands.”

"Silver, that's the power of the six pillars, and there's a lot more to it..."

Xia Lin responded with a smile: "It's 3286 strands... I remember it perfectly clearly."

Scarlett released her grip, letting the gold and silver lines float in the air like ribbons, and whispered again.

"Here, the effects of the divinely bestowed transcendence power and the power of the six pillars are actually the same. In a sense, they are similar in nature and power level, and are indeed quite similar."

Therefore, there is no need to specifically pursue a single divinely bestowed transcendent power—the power of the six pillars is a substitute for the divinely bestowed transcendent power.

"During the infinite growth phase, a wisp of the power of the six pillars can provide an additional boost to attributes and racial stats."

"The increase is the limit for professionals."

Converted to numerical values, this is equivalent to 100y racial stats and 100wy four-dimensional attributes.

Simple, fast, and efficient.

The more power you have in the Six Pillars, the stronger you become!
"Is it a kind of crude resource-to-combat-power converter? The improvement seems quite considerable... equivalent to doubling the power before promotion and one-tenth of it after promotion."

If you have a lot of power from the six pillars, spending it on this aspect is actually not a bad idea.

"But it doesn't mean much to you or me."

With Xia Lin's Life-or-Death Battle Decree (Inferior) in hand, the power of the Six Pillars is far more valuable than racial stats and attributes.

Scarlett nodded obediently, slowly dispersing the shimmering gold and silver light in the air: "Then forget it, ten times will do."

Actually... it's not really that good.

After all, theory is theory, and reality is reality. The reality is that there are five level twelve beings waiting for Xia Lin and Scarlett outside, and their original ten times base stats are no match for any of those five—how long have they been at level twelve? Even a pig's stats should have reached a certain level by now…

But after careful consideration, Xia Lin nodded and said, "Proceed to the next step."

Temporary attributes are still attributes, and if attributes are insufficient, they can be compensated for through skills... In short, even if there are five level twelve beings blocking the door in reality, Xia Lin does not want to waste the hard-won power of the six pillars and damage Scarlett's potential.

Moreover, even if all three thousand strands of the power of the six pillars were used to enhance attributes, the effect wouldn't actually be that strong.

As Scarlett dispersed the gold and silver lines in the air, the lines quickly blurred and merged into a mess.

Scattered golden and silver light slowly seeped into Scarlett's body, causing her to slowly close her eyes and let out a comfortable sigh.

"Divinely granted transcendence."

The golden and silver energy flowed through Scarlett's body, making her radiant and dazzling, and also symbolizing a fundamental change.

Being a level 12 professional means that you've stepped out of the professional system and onto a new path that's higher, broader, and full of infinite possibilities.

From then on, they transcended the Three Realms and were no longer bound by the Five Elements. They were not restricted by attributes, nor were they bound by the professional system. The current divinely granted transcendence is the power of the universe's consciousness descending to help professionals cross the heavenly barrier.

This is of great significance! In fact, this is the essential difference between level twelve and below.

"But unfortunately, in this particular area, there's nothing that can create a significant difference..."

The additional divinely granted transcendence and the power of the Six Pillars are of no significance to this stage.

Because the essence of all twelve levels is the same, and the changes are also the same, there is no way to differentiate them here.

Xia Lin nodded knowingly.

To be fair, this experience will benefit Xia Lin's future promotion, at least it has broadened Xia Lin's horizons.

"And next..."

Xia Lin asked tentatively, and Scarlett responded with a smile.

"This is the final stage of system integration."

Xia Lin chuckled: "Then it's time for me to unleash my power."

……

In the darkness, it seemed as if a distant, melodious voice rang out, penetrating straight into the soul.

This means that system integration has begun.

If unlimited growth is about building a foundation of attributes, then the system integration stage is about building a foundation of abilities!

The strength of a level 12 core skill surpasses that of a regular skill. To some extent, the level 12 core skill you obtain at this stage determines your future combat style and path to transcendence, which cannot be easily changed.

The power of divine transcendence and the power of the six pillars play a significant role in this stage. They can enhance the strength of the level 12 core skills, add additional attribute effects to the level 12 core skills, and even grant additional level 12 core skills.

And it can make up for the shortcomings and deficiencies of the original skill set!

In Xia Lin's view, the system integration process is a personalized customization, with the will of the universe personally acting as the designer, and the additional divinely bestowed transcendent power and the power of the six pillars are your bargaining chips when negotiating with the chief designer.

The more chips you have, the stronger and better the customization effect will be.

But all of this is built on the foundation—that is, the original profession and the original skill set.

"My existing skill set is too weak..."

Scarlett's biggest weakness actually lies here.

Her basic skills are too weak.

Here's something scary: Scarlett herself doesn't have any special abilities.

It's not that we don't have six-pillar level skills, it's that we don't have any skills at all!
Her original skills were all erased by Xia Lin... and Scarlett has always relied on Xia Lin to acquire skills—the Maze of Treasures system is a typical example. But this is a combat system centered around Xia Lin's pseudo-random substitution.

Scarlett's skills all depend on and are controlled by Charlin.

Therefore, if Scarlett hadn't brought Charlin into the promotion space, what awaited Scarlett would likely have been a disaster—her naturally weak skill foundation would have greatly reduced her immediate combat effectiveness and potential.

They probably really can't compare to those five outside... It's not impossible for them to even sit at the same table as the Five Kings of the Black Domain.

But with Charlin's arrival, Scarlett finally found peace.

Light flashed from Xia Lin's body, and skill orbs emerged from her body, landing in front of Scarlett.

—In the promotion space, the way skills are expressed also seems to be different, with a mysterious quality of being able to act at will.

Just like right now, Xia Lin is using pseudo-random permutation, yet it produces this effect—but that doesn't matter.

"No rush to use these skill orbs," Xia Lin said slowly.

"First, there's your own professional talent. Take this opportunity to upgrade them all to the sixth pillar level!"

In the twelve levels, there is actually no essential difference in the judgment between the Six Pillars level and the Foundation level.

What Xia Lin and Scarlett actually need is this effect: when the skill level is increased, the skill effect will be improved, and there may even be new effects added!
In level twelve, judgment is no longer important; the effect is the most important factor.

Under normal circumstances, the power of the six pillars cannot increase the level of talent.

However, this rule was broken when it came to promotion to level twelve!

As soon as Scarlett had a thought, a silver light suddenly appeared.

The 88 strands of the Six Pillars of Power in the air instantly entered Scarlett's body, boosting the level of her three talents!

Eighty-eight strands of power from the six pillars enhance three talents...

The consumption varies depending on the talent, but Xia Lin couldn't discern a clear pattern.

In short, the poor shy away from it, while the rich laugh heartily.

Aside from the custom-made Six Pillars, this is the only channel to obtain Six Pillars-level talent. It's take it or leave it, and we don't cater to the poor!

This is so real...

Currently, Scarlett Johansson's personal information panel looks like this:

Scarlett Johansson

[Occupation: Immortal Cultivator]

[Level: Level 12]

[Racial stats: 100y]

[Four-dimensional attribute: 1000wy]

【Profession Talent 1: Immortal Path. Immortal Venerable (Six Pillar Level Talent): You have achieved the Immortal Venerable status and mastered the power of the Dao!
Your racial stats increased by 218 billion! Your four main attributes increased by 864 trillion!
You can spend a certain amount of time to enter the state of Dao Integration without any loss, without fear of merging with the Heavenly Dao, and without the danger of Dao Transformation!

After achieving Dao Integration, the Dao Integration Realm will be unlocked. The nature of the Dao Integration Realm depends on the type of your core skill.

The more proficient you become in mastering this state, the more efficient you will be in entering and exiting the state of harmony with the Dao!
Your skill slots have been forcibly expanded by 5!

The Dao itself is a professional talent, which is reflected in the attribute panel as the Immortal Dao. Immortal Venerable.

This professional talent is naturally at the level of racial heritage.

After upgrading to the Six Pillars level with the power of the Six Pillars, the effect of this talent is greatly enhanced, and a new attribute is gained: Skill Slot Expansion.

Xia Lin was slightly taken aback by the effects of this talent.

This attribute boost is quite exaggerated... It has to be said that the profession of cultivator truly has its merits.

【Profession Talent 2: Supreme Time Spiritual Root (Six Pillar Level Talent): You possess the Supreme Time Spiritual Root, making it easier for you to understand the mysteries of time!
Your time-based magic and magical artifacts have been greatly enhanced!
All your skills naturally possess the power of time.

"There are no new attributes... it's just an enhancement based on the existing ones."

Scarlett briefly described the change in this talent from the foundation level to the six pillar level, and Xia Lin nodded in understanding after listening.

"Not bad."

The 88 strands of power from the six pillars seem like a considerable expense, but this is just Xia Linqiong's way of thinking... This is a poor man's mindset.

The opportunity to upgrade one's talent is extremely rare, and it's worth it no matter how much it costs or how little the change is!
"In fact, talent may be the foundation. Even the power of the Six Pillars cannot improve talent. I believe that talent is the foundation and lifeline of us professionals."

This is Xia Lin's guess, but it makes sense.

【Professional Talent 3: Immortal Cultivation Arts Holy Body (Six Pillar Level Talent): You are naturally intelligent and quick-witted, and you can learn all the arts of immortal cultivation in no time!】
Your cultivation skills have been greatly improved, significantly accelerating your learning speed in these arts.

"A new prompt has appeared. I can choose the relevant terms... alchemy, weapon crafting, and formations from the various arts of cultivation..."

"Refine the weapon." Xia Lin made the decision without thinking.

Therefore, new attributes were added.

[Among the myriad arts of cultivation, you are especially skilled in weapon crafting! Any material can be transformed into something miraculous in your hands! Any treasure can unleash power beyond its limits in your hands!]

Xia Lin and Scarlett exchanged a glance and smiled at each other.

This single extra attribute alone is enough to break even!
"After all, your first level twelve system will inevitably be the Myriad Treasures Maze system of Lingbao!"

This is a necessary choice, one that requires no hesitation, and one that will not go wrong.

Because of the Heavenly Palace!

The Myriad Treasures Maze system isn't actually that powerful among level twelve treasures—if it were truly powerful, then spiritual treasures wouldn't be limited to level twelve.

The advantage of this system is that it does not rely on attributes, but on the strength of the magic weapon.

So, what magical treasure can compare to the Heavenly Palace, one of the three great treasures of the main universe?

No...

Even if the Heavenly Palace in Xia Lin's hands is incomplete and soulless, its sheer size is enough to significantly boost Scarlett's combat power!

Combined with the Wanbao Maze system, a single Heavenly Palace can directly alter Scarlett's ecological niche in level twelve!

This is not an exaggeration at all, and it is perfectly reasonable.

[Standard Skills Slots: 0/17]

Seeing Scarlett's completely empty skill bar on her attribute panel, Xia Lin flicked his finger, and several skill orbs immediately popped out from Xia Lin's fingertip and merged into Scarlett's body!

In the depths of their hearts, a glimmer of inspiration appeared.

If converted to a notification sound, it would probably be:

[Due to the current special circumstances, once you lose a skill, that skill will be permanently removed from your skill: Shadow's Recipe Book.]

"Are you sure it's forever? What if I use a pseudo-random permutation to switch it back?"

【…】

The skills you get back will most likely be different from the original skills...

different?

That's what makes it different!
Because Xia Lin is not level twelve, the skills he possesses, even the level twelve core skills directly derived from spiritual treasures, are degraded versions. Some skills have even been dismantled by Xia Lin into Heavenly Transcendence Power.

These skills need to be filtered by Scarlett before they can be reverted to level twelve skills, so of course they're different.

It can only be said that the logic of this is different from the logic of the Heavenly Dao Equation Decomposition Skill.

The Heavenly Equation truly devoured everything, but this one is a bit lacking; it has bugs that can be exploited.

Xia Lin, on the other hand, loves exploiting bugs.

"By the way, I also need to permanently solidify these skills into Scarlett, making them her own."

Achieving this goal would be troublesome outside, but not at all here.

In this place, if you have money and dare to spend it, you're the boss!

But the expenses are really high.

Xia Lin fully recorded Lingbao's skills—this was something he had already done when he asked the Primordial Sovereign to kill Lingbao.

To put it another way: Xia Lin has a ready-made level 12 core system that Scarlett can use directly, without even needing system integration; it's the kind that can be used right away.

Therefore, there are absolutely no expenses in this regard.

The only expense is the permanent transfer of ownership of the skills.

The advancement space can assist in completing this step, but it consumed more than 100 strands of the power of the six pillars of Xia Lin.

But this is a necessary price to pay.

One skill after another appeared on Scarlett's attribute panel, and from this moment on, they belonged entirely to Scarlett.

Myriad Treasures Starry Sky Technique, Great Luo Weaving Heaven Technique, Quick Treasure Refining Technique, Void Creation Technique, Spiritual Power Tide.

Among them, the Myriad Treasures Starry Sky Technique is a level 12 core skill, while the other four skills are components of the Myriad Treasures Maze system.

However, this was not enough and could not satisfy Xia Lin.

This is also not the correct way to use system integration during the twelve-level promotion!

With another flick of her fingers, Xia Lin transferred five more skills to Scarlett.

Spiritual Treasure Construction, Human-Treasure Integration, Heterogeneous Proliferation, Immortal, Great Luo Myriad Treasures Heaven-Changing Technique, Immortal Treasure Vault!

This is the Lingbao Immortal Venerable's Lingbao Construction System and Lingbao Heavenly Dao System!

Ten skills, three systems.

Scarlett was like Lingbao resurrected, completing the complete possession of Lingbao Immortal Venerable.

In total, it took more than 300 pillars of power, which is only one-tenth of the total.

The next second, Xia Lin spoke slowly.

"Now, I need my first system integration."

"I want to use the Heavenly Palace as the foundation and these three skill systems as auxiliary tools to create a level twelve skill system that allows Scarlett to control the Heavenly Palace as much as possible, unleash its maximum power, resist the rule of skill uniqueness, and retain the characteristics and combat power of these three systems."

Long sentences are difficult to understand...

This also exposed Xia Lin's greedy nature.

In theory, the skills Xia Lin gave Scarlett no longer need system integration—because these are taken from Lingbao, a level twelve character, and are the finished product after Lingbao's integration.

Xia Lin, however, wanted to further process the finished product and incorporate the Heavenly Palace to create a more advanced system for Scarlett!
Even more outrageous is that during the twelfth-level advancement, the blessing bestowed by the will of the universe actually fulfilled Xia Lin's request.

After all… compared to claims like “I am invincible in the universe” or “I can kill everything,” Xia Lin is truly pragmatic…

(End of this chapter)