All-Heavens Game, the Strongest Player

Chapter 247 The Ninth Mark, Extremely Difficult to Obtain

"Region transfer privileges?" Chu Xiu couldn't help but look puzzled and asked, "What exactly are those?"

He knew about region transfers; he could transfer between the four regions of Blue Star: East, West, South, and North.

But what Zhang Xian was talking about was definitely not that.

"It's a privilege that allows me to switch servers once. With the help of the Time-Space Divine Body, I can even avoid the limit of the 'Eternal Server' by switching servers before reaching the tenth rank!" Zhang Xian said. "That way, the time I can stay at the ninth rank will become the maximum '20,000 years,' and the chance of obtaining the 'Transcendence Mark' will double!"

It turns out that the so-called "region transfer privilege" is actually cross-server play.

Replace the server.

Since the tides of time do not rise at the same time, the lifespan limits of different perpetual servers will not arrive simultaneously. If you transfer to a newly created perpetual server at this time, you can live for another ten thousand years.

There is no need to be forced to advance ten levels.

"Does one have to reach the ninth rank to obtain the ninth Heavenly Mark?" Chu Xiu asked in confusion.

He remembered that the overlord he had defeated a few days ago was stuck at the ninth rank. Otherwise, if he had been willing to break through, with that person's development at the ninth rank and eight marks, it wouldn't have been difficult for him to reach the tenth rank!

Does this mean that it's impossible to obtain a mark beyond the tenth rank?
“It’s not necessarily the ninth rank, but above the tenth rank, there’s almost no chance of obtaining the mark!” Zhang Xian said. “You also know that to obtain the Heavenly Mark, you need to achieve ‘World Ascension’, right?”

Chu Xiu nodded.

"But dungeons above level ten are not standalone dungeons, like the 'Covering the Sky' dungeon! If you don't acquire the Heavenly Marks, its storyline is limited to the 'Covering the Sky World,' and your combat power will not exceed level fifteen. But if you try to acquire the marks, you will find that the combat power in that world will continuously increase, from Immortal King to Immortal Emperor, to Sacrificial Dao, and beyond..."

That's all there is to it.

In the complete system of Shrouding the Heavens, the highest level of martial prowess is the 18th rank. To become an "ascension fulcrum," one must surpass the "above the sacrificial path."

Asking a level 10 player to help an 18th-level native break through to the 19th level, which is impossible to reach without the mark permission, is like asking Qin Shi Huang, who has already unified China, to rule the universe.

What about dreams?

"What about below the tenth level?" Chu Xiu asked.

“For players who haven’t transcended the river of time, when they try to obtain the ‘Ninth Mark,’ there will be a selection page where they can choose whether to acquire the mark,” Zhang Xian said. “If you choose yes, the instance you enter will be fixed as ‘Primordial World,’ and you cannot bring any attributes or skills in or out, but you will have a chance to obtain the ‘Mark of the Heavens.’”

At this point, he paused.

He added, "Each player has only one chance to enter. If they fail, they will never be able to obtain the Mark of the Heavens again, no matter what world they are in!"

This made Chu Xiu, who was hearing about it for the first time, think about many things.

What tier of dungeon is the Primordial Era?

The lower limit might be below rank six, the highest combat power is "Nuclear Saint," while the upper limit could be higher than any instance. Within the game's hierarchy, it is outside the established order and has no rank.

One can only enter when seeking the mark of transcendence.

You cannot bring attributes in, and you cannot bring attributes out.

"However, the real challenge lies in the rules for opening the Primordial Era instance!" Zhang Xian added, "It's not a normal instance. While players at level nine with eight marks can enter, they need to be matched. The number of players and the matching time are unknown. In any case, many people have waited for an entire ten-thousand-year server without getting a turn, and those below level ten won't survive the ten-thousand-year limit!"

This is where the importance of transfer privileges becomes apparent.

Others have a matchmaking wait time of only 10,000 years, while those who can transfer servers have a wait time of 20,000 years.

"By the way, to obtain the ninth mark, you don't need eight marks. As long as you have the 'Mind Mark,' you can enter even if the other seven marks have disappeared!" Zhang Xian added.

These words made Chu Xiu's expression hard.

He suddenly thought of something.

"As far as I know, the eighth mark of the heavens has the characteristic of 'never dissipating.' If the millennium limit comes, and a player with eight marks tries to withstand it, will their knowledge be reset to zero?" This question touched on Zhang Xian's blind spot.

He looked bewildered and said, "It seems like it will also reset to zero, but leveling up for an eight-mark player is so easy, it's like anyone can do it. Why is that?"

At this point, he suddenly paused.

"Could it be?"

"What if it's for the ninth mark?" Chu Xiu said, "The mental mark itself won't dissipate, so if we withstand it, will there be a 'one mark per tier' existence when the new server opens? Or, will that existence only need to pay the price of one mark to withstand it, and only drop to the eighth tier after the server opens?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xian shook his head and said, "Seventh Rank!"

"Why?"

“Disappearing one mark means dropping one rank! The mental mark is eternal, but the eighth mark world is not eternal, and it will drop another rank, so that person will be at rank seven!” Zhang Xian said, “A rank seven person who can’t enter the map and can only wait for the ‘Primordial Dungeon’ to open!”

This made Chu Xiu look enlightened.

That strange "Hui Wannian" in the East District.

Could he have been a top player with "Nine-Tier Eight Marks"? He endured the server restart and dropped in level to Seven-Tier, and hasn't leveled up since, waiting for the Primordial Dungeon to open so he can obtain the Ninth Mark?

After all, you can't bring anything into the Primordial World dungeon, nor can you take anything out.

Even the marks of the heavens become ineffective within it.

Upgrading or not doesn't matter.

“But with the eighth mark, you can create an ‘eternal garment’. There are plenty of star lords of the tenth rank or above who are willing to help. Why pay such a high price to resist? I certainly won’t do that!” Zhang Xian said.

But Chu Xiu wasn't surprised.

Because there's no internet in the village on Earth, I don't know!

There have been quite a few embarrassing incidents on Earth.

Zhou Wudao and the overlords of the other three districts thought they had a chance to take down the Star Lord's dungeon by joining forces, right? They later found out that the one guarding the Star Lord's dungeon was a "Great Emperor," and even the tenth-ranked players who had climbed up the ranks by grinding points couldn't beat him!
Furthermore, they envisioned a path for Zhou Wushang to reach "Level 10 full authority".

Combine the number of marks between the two using talents.

By using the 1+8 method, you can reach nine.

That's just wishful thinking.

The first seven Heavenly Marks serve only one purpose: to act as a "threshold for obtaining the eighth mark." Once you have the "Mind Mark," it makes no difference whether you have seven Heavenly Marks, a hundred, or none at all.

The mental imprint is the only condition for unlocking the Primordial Realm.

Therefore, in reality, there are only two kinds of marks: "Mind Mark" and "Transcendence Mark". Only by possessing the Mind Mark can one be comparable to the 18th level of authority. Otherwise, 17th level + 7 marks is still 17th level!
Even with 18 levels and 8 marks, it's still less than 19 levels!

As for why Hui Wannian, who was once a ninth-ranked being, didn't know about it, Chu Xiu thought of a possibility: he had never been a "hegemon" before, so he didn't know about the "Hegemon Forum".

I'm not interested in purely cross-server communication either.

"So, working in isolation really doesn't work; people need to communicate more!" Thinking this, Chu Xiu said to Zhang Xian, "Alright! Tell me all the information you've gathered about the 'Space-Time Divine Body,' and I'll reserve the 'Region Transfer Privilege' for you. As long as you can offer me something that can impress me, I'll sell it to you!"

As for what could move him, that's another matter.

“Okay!” Zhang Xian nodded, then said, “Based on the information I obtained from the Overlord Forum and from the Time God Kilan, the Spacetime Divine Body may not have anything to do with spacetime itself—its characteristic is that it has extremely high spacetime resistance, but the high-temperature resistant materials are not directly related to temperature itself, right?”

(End of this chapter)