My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 451 Preparations for Promotion: Gains and Losses
It is inappropriate to say that the main universe does not have the six pillars.

Because of the six pillars, it transformed into this crystalline entity before us.

The main universe must have six pillars, because the six pillars are the support and the foundation.

Without the six pillars, the main universe is like a house lacking support, foundation, and beams, and is at risk of collapsing at any time.

The key to the "Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes" plan lies in transforming the six pillars, which possess individual consciousness, into entities that cannot interfere with the outside world—essentially changing the form of existence of the six pillars while continuing to support the framework of the new universe.

"Moreover, this plan can also solve the three major problems that the King of Kings mentioned earlier."

"First, the feud between immortals and demons."

The six pillars have temporarily separated from the main universe in their current form.

This means that even if one or even several pillars die within it, resulting in a temporary absence of the six pillars, it will not cause too much interference to the main universe.

This gave the King of Kings, the Demon Emperor of Soul Control, and the Super Star the opportunity to combine their strength and kill the Creator of the Heavenly Dao!
Previously, the King of Kings dared not join the siege against the Creator of the Heavenly Dao because if any of the six pillars were missing, the impact on the main universe would be subversive and catastrophic. In fact, if the situation was not right and the six pillars were in dire straits, there was even a risk of manually restarting the main universe.

However, within the dimensions of the crystalline entity, the fall of the six pillars will not affect the main universe, and their desperate struggle will not cause any impact.

This is a six-pillar-level artificial death arena!

You Immortal Emperor and Demon Emperor wanted to fight, didn't you? Come on, this time there's no need to worry about anything. Let's fight to the death, and neither of us will run away!
This round completely settles the score, a true return to dust.

"Two, the original dark side."

The primordial dark side was absorbed into the crystalline entity, and of course, it will no longer create new evil gods to interfere with or affect the main universe.

The two major calamities of the main universe were resolved in one fell swoop, cleanly and efficiently!

This is what the King of Kings desires, and what He has sought for billions of years without success!

Third, promotion channels.

The faceless creature looked at the crystalline entity in front of it and slowly opened its mouth.

"The King of Kings' plan has changed the thinking behind the Six Pillars' attempt to seize the throne."

"Of course, there are still six pillars, and there can only be six, including those who entered the crystalline entity. But now, to become a pillar, you no longer need to take over the original six pillar positions. For every pillar that dies in the crystalline entity, there is one more opportunity in reality."

As the faceless figure was speaking, the crystalline entity in front of it trembled slightly.

This made Faceless laugh: "Look, the first position of the Six Pillars is vacant."

Xia Lin exclaimed in astonishment, "So fast!?"

This is too fast.

Neither Zhang Hai nor Wumian were surprised.

"Because what is now empty is the six pillars of the former ruler."

This reminded Xia Lin of the colorful stream of light that had just been poured into the crystalline entity.

That represents the former ruler.

It is not the original ruler, but simply the ancient ruler!

This made Xia Lin open his mouth, but it took him a long time to finally manage to utter a single sentence.

"The ancient ruler is dead just like that?"

Faceless shook his head in response.

"No, he didn't die... he was just forcibly downgraded."

Faceless is far stronger than Xia Lin. If we don't count the Six Pillars, Faceless might be the strongest being in the current universe.

Therefore, Xia Lin only saw colorful streams of light coming from afar and heard faint sounds of impotent rage, but he could neither see nor hear them clearly.

But without a face, one can see clearly and hear clearly.

He sighed softly, "The birth of the Primordial Ruler can be seen as a crucial turning point, bringing many variables and even reversing the concept of the King of Kings..."

As mentioned before, the birth of the primordial ruler first disrupted the concept of time.

"Secondly, there is the issue of the form of the Primordial Ruler. Once the Primordial Ruler takes away the six pillars of the Primordial Dark Side, He will probably be uncontrollable. The subsequent main universe structure will also inevitably break away from the control of the King of Kings."

As a neutral party, the King of Kings has been maintaining the status quo, but in a way, He is also walking a tightrope.

The birth of the Primal Overlord was like a Force 8 gale, breaking the old balance and prompting the King of Kings to make a decision and take action.

"The six pillars of the original ruler originate from the ancient ruler, but the original dark side's newborn will and the soul of the ancient ruler are not completely integrated and can still be considered as two independent individuals."

"Therefore, theoretically, He has the potential to accommodate two sets of six-pillar positions."

"What we just saw, integrated into the crystalline entity, is not actually the Primal Ruler, nor even the entirety of the Old Rulers. Rather, it is a false body created by the power of the Primal Dark Side, combined with a portion of the Old Rulers' soul and flesh, and the six pillars..."

After finishing speaking, Faceless looked at Xia Lin: "The Primordial Ruler is dominated by the Primordial Dark Side Will, and you have come into contact with this newly born Primordial Dark Side Will. He is a very intelligent fellow. So intelligent that he even vaguely saw through the King of Kings's preparatory plan and took countermeasures against it."

Xia Lin thought of the previous pursuit by Hungry, and what Hungry said after being captured.

It does indeed subtly suggest that the Primordial Ruler knew about the King of Kings' plan.

Thus, Xia Lin gained a clearer understanding of the state of the primordial ruler at this moment.

"They cut off their arm to survive."

Faceless nodded: "That's right... The boss's absolute balance can shake the six pillar positions. The Primordial Ruler realized that He was powerless to stop this situation, and when things were hopeless, He decisively cut off his arm to save himself."

"Right now, the original ruler's condition must have deteriorated significantly. The power of the former ruler has probably fallen by more than half, and it no longer possesses its former status and most of its divine might."

"But they are still alive, they still exist."

After speaking, the faceless figure pointed to the crystalline entity in front of it.

"And just now, inside, the Creator of Heaven seized that fake Ancient Ruler and quickly completed the absorption and devouring of Him."

The six pillars of the former ruler were actually bestowed by the Creator of Heaven.

Therefore, when the original ruler chose to cut off its tail to survive, the creator of the Heavenly Dao could easily take back the authority it had given away.

With the internal three-against-one situation already established, the Creator of Heaven had no choice but to make this choice in order to enhance his own combat power and complete the return to the origin and unification!

This directly results in one of the six pillars being vacant!

And this position will now be given to the most capable person.

Xia Lin stroked her chin and spoke slowly.

"Cutting off an arm to save one's life is indeed a smart choice."

"Even having lost most of its power and the six pillar positions, the fusion of the Old Ruler and the Primordial Dark Consciousness—the Primordial Ruler—is still not to be underestimated, and no one can even subdue it..."

As the saying goes, even a dead tiger retains its might, let alone this big tiger that's still alive!

Moreover, he still possesses the theoretical possibility of returning to the position of the Six Pillars!

"So, the King of Kings and his group must have a backup plan, right?"

You're pulling everyone away so that you can be the original ruler and dominate everything?
Isn't this ridiculous?

Just after Xia Lin finished speaking, he suddenly saw out of the corner of his eye that the faceless man's face was distorted, and soon he transformed into the appearance of the King of Kings!
This made Xia Lin suddenly realize something.

Zhang Hai laughed from the side, "What do you think we're here for?"

"We're here to stabilize the situation and even suppress the original ruler after the Six Pillars leave!" Wang Laowu also stepped forward.

Then, the two streaks of light reappeared silently.

It was Lü and Zhao.

Seeing the Faceless One transform into the King of Kings, Lü and Zhao thought for a moment and then gave a perfunctory salute—they were clearly also in the know, but they themselves wanted to try to seize the six pillar positions of the original dark side, which was why they had not shown themselves just now.

—And so, at this moment, everything is ready.

The faceless figure waved its hand to dispel the disguise, and a magnificent voice boomed out.

"You've tried everything? There's no other way?"

"Then let's not waste time, let's all go back..."

When "Old Wang" spoke, everyone bowed their heads.

Thus, the primordial dark side inexplicably transformed into a crystalline entity, and the answer to this matter became clear: the King of Kings intervened and sealed the primordial dark side.

Don't worry about how it was sealed; the methods of the Six Pillars are beyond your comprehension.

In short, no one present knew the truth of the matter.

Aside from Xia Lin and the others, the only ones who realized that things had changed were the Primordial Ruler, who was far away, or rather, the Old Ruler and the Primordial Dark Consciousness.

Moreover, they most likely don't know the full story.

Zhang Hai suddenly winked at Xia Lin.

"Guess how those two guys will react after this happens?"

Xia Lin thought for a moment and quickly came up with an answer.

After the departure of the Six Pillars, the Primordial Ruler did indeed hold the greatest theoretical advantage.

However, having lost his six pillar positions and a significant amount of strength, he is not necessarily much stronger than Faceless and the others at this moment.

Besides pretending to be the King of Kings to scare people, we also have to consider this: the original dark side consciousness and the soul of the ancient ruler share a body, but in reality they are two independent individuals.

Previously, due to external pressures and a survival crisis, the two maintained a cooperative relationship.

Now that the situation has changed, it's hard to say what kind of sparks will fly between these two.

Zhang Hai didn't expect to get any answers from Xia Lin.

How things will develop is something even the Six Pillars of Destiny couldn't foresee, let alone the current group of people.

The "King of Kings" waved his hand again, and the path to leave this place was opened—his imitation of the King of Kings was almost perfect! Not only were his expressions and gestures flawless, but even his power seemed to have been copied with the King of Kings' active cooperation!
But Xia Lin didn't know exactly what percentage it was.

However, none of the sons and subordinates of the King of Kings present noticed anything unusual about the power bestowed upon them by their lord.

Everyone evacuated in an orderly fashion, but Xia Lin simply watched them leave, remaining alone on the spot.

Several hours later, when the place was deserted, Xia Lin took one last look at the crystalline entity that was still slowly expanding not far away, and took out the wisp of pure universe bug he had stored in his personal space.

"It's time to advance to level twelve."

……

It's time to advance to level twelve.

There couldn't be a better opportunity.

With resources accumulated, Xia Lin had amassed enough power—hundreds of millions of the Six Pillars' strength—enough to squander.

The temporary absence of the six pillars has made level twelve the current upper limit of the universe!
Even though Xia Lin had reached level twelve, he still had six powerful fathers above him who were suppressing him.

Now, things have gotten even worse; my uncle is gone...

While it does have a "when the cat's away, the mice will play" feel to it, a temporary overlord is still an overlord.

Not to mention that with the six pillars in a void position, who can say that a monkey cannot mutate into a tiger?
However, since things had come to this point, Xia Lin was not in a hurry to start the promotion immediately, but instead carefully examined his own condition once again.

Having just assisted the King of Kings in completing the "Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes" plan, Xia Lin himself naturally had a certain impact.

"First, there's the issue of dual professions. The dual professions have been successfully integrated, resulting in a new profession yet to be named..."

On the personal information panel, this profession is currently displayed in the form of [???]. Below it are six talents: Unstable Mutation, Indeterminate Constant, Twin Shadows, Permanent Foundation, Witness, and Eternal Immortality, arranged in order, but they are somewhat vague and illusory, as if they are subject to change at any time.

Of course, things can change at any time.

When Xia Lin created the cosmic bug, he received the empowerment of the Faceless One. Afterwards, by achieving absolute balance in his dual-class system, he naturally deepened his understanding of dual-class systems.

The reason why the changes haven't happened yet is simply because Xia Lin hasn't settled down to comprehend and organize them... Besides, he had already decided to reach level twelve as soon as possible, so he might as well complete the reorganization of his profession, talent, and skills in the advancement space!

That's just right.

Originally, Xia Lin was supposed to use the cosmic bug created by the conflict between the two professions to advance to level twelve. However, under the manipulation of the King of Kings, this cosmic bug has now become a crystalline entity, causing Xia Lin to create the cosmic bug but be unable to use it to achieve level twelve.

However, the cosmic bug left behind perfectly made up for this shortcoming.

"Secondly, there's the issue of skills."

In the "Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes" plan, the King of Kings retrieved Scarlett's Heavenly Dao Equation, and Xia Lin also used Absolute Balance.

Currently, the absolute balance has not disappeared; it has simply entered a cooldown state and is still preserved.

Scarlett's Heavenly Dao Equation has disappeared, but Xia Lin had already replaced it once after Scarlett completed the twelfth level advancement, and there is still a backup in the recipe book.

"So the skills weren't lost..."

After muttering these words, Xia Lin looked at the Book of Spirit Realm one last time, a trace of regret flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, the Spirit World Book has returned to its original book form.

The giant book, which was once half a person's height and gleaming, is now dull and covered in dust, like an ancient book that seems as if it could be blown to dust with a single breath...

Without even looking at its attributes, Xia Lin knew that the Spirit World Book had just borne too much burden and was now almost destroyed.

Carefully pick up the Spirit World Book and look at its attribute information.

This is indeed the case.

[Spirit Realm Book: (Six Pillar Level) (Uniqueness) (Xia Lin Exclusive) (Completely Destroyed): This item has suffered damage to its core due to some unknown event. If it can absorb power of the same origin again, there might be a slight possibility that it can regain its former power.]

The Spirit World Book is completely unusable...

As for whether to repair it or seek out the same source of power as the Spirit World Book... Xia Lin couldn't give an answer to these questions at the moment.

Because the same source of power as the Spirit Book resides with the Primordial Ruler.

Even without the Six Pillars of Destiny, Xia Lin is still not someone who can easily take advantage of.

After carefully storing the Spirit World Book in his personal space, Xia Lin had an answer to the gains and losses of this experience.

"It's like exchanging the Book of the Spirit Realm for an understanding of absolute balance, an understanding of dual professions, an advantage in intelligence, and the power of the Six Pillars worth tens of millions."

Whether it's a profit or a loss is hard to weigh, and Xia Lin doesn't bother to think about it too much.

After scanning his profession, talents, skills, and everything else once again, Xia Lin forcefully crushed the cosmic bug. As a result, amidst the spatial tremors, the vast yet illusory will of the universe vaguely cast its gaze upon him.

The next second, a mysterious light descended from the sky, bathing Xia Lin's entire body.

Promotion begins!
(End of this chapter)