All-Heavens Game, the Strongest Player

Chapter 253 The Big Boss Left Behind by Red Star!
Hui Wannian seemed to have anticipated Chu Xiu's visit and had already prepared a pot of tea, which he placed in the living room in advance.

Chu Xiu took a look and exclaimed, "Good heavens, it's actually Enlightenment Tea, the one from Shrouding the Heavens!"

This suggests that the other party may have entered the "Covering the Sky" world. Even if they haven't, they must have interacted with players who have entered the "Covering the Sky" world, otherwise they wouldn't have such a thing.

For a thousand years, no one on Earth has opened the world of "Covering the Sky".

At most, you can visit the supplementary book "Biographies of Knights-Errant" to see Gu Tianshu.

The identity of that "player from the previous dynasty" is now confirmed!
"While there's still some time before the tide rises, feel free to ask me anything you want to know, and I'll tell you everything I know!"

After gesturing for Chu Xiu to sit down, Hui Wannian spoke.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu glanced at him, but even with his current seventh rank and six marks, plus various divine bodies, which were comparable to top-tier ninth-rank players, he still couldn't see through Hui Wannian.

This greatly surprised him.

He asked in confusion, "When the system ranks the players, it can't calculate your full strength?"

Although the panel is not very accurate nowadays, the ranking list is still very accurate, taking into account things like mental power, celestial marks, and talents.

Ke Hui is only eighth on the Heavenly Ranking after ten thousand years.

They were really not worthy of his hidden big shot identity. In any case, Chu Xiu felt that the five eighth-level beings other than Zhou Wudao were all quite weak and unlikely to be able to compare with a big shot who had survived a tide of time.

Even Zhou Wudao is likely far inferior to Hui Wannian.

"I can even crash the system, what do you think?" Hui Wannian chuckled and said, "The so-called system is actually just a part of the rules of the heavens. Since it is a rule, it has strengths and weaknesses. The system of the Millennium Server is only above the seventh mark and below the eighth mark. It cannot sense the 'mind mark', so it cannot calculate my full strength!"

These words confirm without a doubt that he is indeed a "Eight Marks" player.

“Actually, I’m a little disappointed in Zhou Wudao,” Hui Wannian added.

"Because he crashed once?"

"Hmm!" Hui Wannian nodded and said, "I originally thought that he could obtain his seventh mark in the first Tier 7 dungeon on Blue Star. Then, I would guide him to find the overlord dungeon left behind by Red Star, obtain the opportunity to contact the Ten Thousand Servers, and thus obtain the eighth 'Mind Mark' before the tide of time rises, become the Lord of Blue Star, and lead Blue Star to become a Ten Thousand Year Server!"

It turns out that he knew about the Overlord Forum all along, and even Zhou Wudao was secretly cultivated by him.

The so-called rivalry and targeting are all forms of tempering.

This includes having someone intercept Chu Xiu in the One Piece world.

The real Hui Wannian had been cultivating people who had the potential to break through the "mind imprint." Zhou Wudao in the beginning and Qin Tianze later both received his help.

Helping Zhou Wudao was done covertly, while helping Qin Tianze was done openly.

He also offered some assistance to others, to varying degrees.

If there's one person he didn't mentor, it would probably be Chu Xiu, because his rise was too rapid, and he didn't have a chance. But the "overlord instance" in the river of time was the one he threw to Zhou Wudao.

By a twist of fate, it actually helped Chu Xiu!

"Then why did you stubbornly resist the tide of time?" After learning the whole story, Chu Xiu was even more puzzled and asked, "What exactly is your identity? Are you just a player from the previous thousand-year server, or... an existence from even more ancient times?"

This made Hui Wannian fall into deep thought.

After a moment, he said, "Let me tell you a story!"

"Ok!"

"A long, long time ago, I don't know how long ago, back then Blue Star wasn't called Blue Star. It had a rather beautiful name, 'Red Star'," Hui Wannian said with a nostalgic expression.

This made Chu Xiu's expression hard. Blue Star, really was the "Red Star" from back then?
The message in the Overlord Dungeon Vault that Red Star would later change its name and mentioned Blue Star was indeed true.
"I was born very late and never saw the Crimson Star during the 'Millennium Server' period. When I had memories, the Crimson Star was already the Ten Thousand Year Server and was at its zenith. The Great Star Lord had a basic cultivation level of fifteenth rank, plus eight Heavenly Marks, making him one of the top experts in the entire lower reaches of the River of Time!"

Hui Wannian's face was filled with reverence.

He said, "I am an orphan. My parents never returned after exploring the River of Time. Later, because of my extraordinary talent, the Great Star Lord took me in as his disciple and devoted himself to training me, hoping that I would surpass him and reach the 'Nine Marks' level, which he could never reach in his lifetime!"

It turns out that the Great Star Lord of Red Star had entered the "Ninth Mark" instance.

Unfortunately, it failed.

I will never have the chance to obtain the mark again in this lifetime, I will never reach the maximum level, and I will never be able to enter the final dungeon.

Therefore, after careful selection, he accepted Hui Wannian as his disciple. Hui Wannian lived up to expectations, effortlessly becoming a ninth-tier, eighth-mark disciple.

We're just waiting for the Primordial Era dungeon to open so we can go in and get the last mark.

But just then, the Red Star's ten-thousand-year lifespan came to an end.

Even a powerful star lord like himself could not protect others during his lifespan. In the end, he sacrificed himself to force Hui Wannian to pass through his lifespan.

Then everything started over.

Hui Wannian fell into a deep sleep, and no one knew how much time had passed.

He didn't awaken until the end of the previous era on Earth, after the tide of time had risen. Upon waking, he was forced to use his mark to withstand the river of time; by the time he survived, the server had already restarted.

This place was renamed once again, becoming Blue Star.

"The Mind Imprint has a 'cross-server matchmaking' function. If I want, I can start a match at any time and advance to the tenth rank with almost no possibility of failure. At that time, with the Mind Imprint, I will have the authority of the eighteenth rank!" Hui Wannian continued, "But I don't want to! I don't know what the meaning of other people's long lives is, but the meaning of my life is to obtain the Transcendence Imprint. It's not to continue my master's dream, nor to make up for his regrets, but because I want it—I must obtain that thing, or I would rather die!"

Chu Xiu didn't know how to describe this persistence.

They're not qualified to comment.

"But if Blue Star wants to continue, it cannot be without a Star Lord, or more precisely, it cannot be without a Star Lord with the 'Eight Marks'!" Hui Wannian said. "Therefore, I have been cultivating new talents and nurturing mark holders! Blue Star possesses no fewer Heavenly Marks than ordinary Wannian servers, and this is my achievement! But because of this, Blue Star has too many brilliant talents trapped in dungeons, clinging to an obsession that can never be fulfilled, decaying along with the dungeons!"

This is also why there are too few people on Earth to produce high-level players.

When Li Changhe heard that Chu Xiu had become a hegemon at the sixth level, what surprised him most was not that he could challenge someone two levels higher, but that no one was competing with him for the hegemony.

In some servers, there are many players who, even at the ninth rank, cannot become overlords.

There are also players at level 10 without any markings.

If they can't take down the Star Lord, they'll go after the Overlord.

"So, Zhou Wudao later deleted everything related to the Heavenly Marks, which is why you were outwardly 'at odds' with him?" Chu Xiu asked.

As for strength, he has now determined that Zhou Wudao is just a junior.

The power of the mental imprint may even surpass the transformation a player undergoes upon reaching the tenth rank. If Hui Wannian were willing, taking the position of Star Lord would not be difficult at all!
"Correct!"

Hui Wannian said, "Zhou Wudao's actions cost Blue Star more than just Qin Tiance, and almost cost you as well. But the only gain is a bunch of useless seventh-tier heroes, forcing Zhou Wudao to hold another match, and giving Blue Star three more eighth-tier heroes. Is that useful?"

Chu Xiu had no answer to this question.

Different people have different opinions. Quantity and quality must be weighed, and who knows which is right or wrong?
"So, what are your plans for dealing with this high tide?" Chu Xiu asked.

Unexpectedly, Hui Wannian said upon hearing this, "It's not me, it's you! I still have six ordinary marks, and I can withstand six high tides without dying! As long as I'm not facing life or death, I can't give up on continuing matchmaking, so I can't do anything else and can't help you merge servers and create the Wannian server!"

(End of this chapter)