Clan Cultivation: Starting from Foundation Establishment on Mount Luoxia

He opened the online store and began to carefully select items.

In terms of skills, he needs some abilities that seem "fitting a mental mage," but not too strong, lest it arouse suspicion.

He chose three B-level skills:

[Mental Storm] (Rank B): Area-of-effect mental attack, dealing mental damage to surrounding enemies. High cost, long cooldown. Price: 2500 points.

[Mind Link] (Rank B): Allows you to establish a mental link with teammates, enabling silent communication. The range increases with your mental attribute. Price: 2000 points.

[Mental Shield - Group] (Tier B): Provides a mental shield to nearby teammates, capable of blocking one mental attack or reducing physical damage. Price: 2200 points.

The three skills cost a total of 6,700.

For equipment, he chose a [Mental Resonance Robe] (Grade B), which increases the effect of mental skills by 15% and also comes with a [Mental Recovery] passive skill, accelerating the recovery speed of mental energy. It's priced at 2500 points.

I bought another [Spirit Amplification Ring] (Grade B), which, when combined with the headband's effect, will bring the total amplification to 35%. Priced at 2000 points.

It cost a total of 11,200.

Li Xiaoyao checked his balance: 6,600 left.

Next, we'll upgrade your personal space.

Li Xiaoyao opened the space management interface, looked at the simple single room of a dozen square meters, and clicked "upgrade" without hesitation.

Upgrading your personal space to intermediate level requires 1000 points. Confirm?

"confirm."

A flash of light, and the room instantly expanded.

The space has expanded from a dozen square meters to over fifty square meters, and the furniture has been upgraded—a comfortable double bed, a set of desks and chairs, a wardrobe, and even a separate bathroom and shower room.

Li Xiaoyao nodded and then clicked on the "Training Room" option.

[Personal Training Room (Beginner) requires 500 points. Activate now?]

"confirm."

A door of light appeared in one corner of the room. Pushing it open, one entered a separate space about 100 meters square, where various environments could be simulated for skill practice.

I spent a total of 1,500, and I have 5,100 left.

That's enough.

For the next three days, Li Xiaoyao did not accept any more missions.

He spends every day in the training room, familiarizing himself with the newly purchased skills.

The power of the mental storm needs to be controlled—it can't be too strong, but it still needs to look "realistic".

Mind linking is simple, but maintaining stable communication in battle requires practice. The timing and range of group shield releases also need to be carefully considered.

Three days later, he was able to use these skills skillfully and perfectly control their power at the level that a "fourth-order mental system" should have.

On the fourth day, he brought up the system panel and clicked "Advance to the fourth tier".

[Advancement to Tier 4 requires 5000 points. Confirm?]

"confirm."

A golden light descended from the sky, enveloping his entire body.

Li Xiaoyao felt a slight warmth in his body—of course, this was just a disguise; his true strength was already above the fourth rank.

However, the promotion feedback given by the system still made him feel a strange fluctuation in the rules.

Promotion Completed

Current Level: Tier 4

[Attribute points +20, skill points +10]

[In-game store access has been upgraded; A-grade items can now be purchased.]

He added the 20 attribute points he had just gained from the disguise panel to his Spirit.

【Spirit】: 1070

Fourth tier, Spirit 1070.

This panel is considered to be just starting out among fourth-tier mental-type players.

On the fifth day, Li Xiaoyao stepped out of his personal space and headed towards the Gate of the World.

People were still coming and going in front of the mission screen. He switched directly to the "Tier 4 Missions" page and glanced at the scrolling information.

Suddenly, his gaze froze.

[Special Mission: Guild Raiding (Non-Paradise System Mission)]

[Organizer: Starry Night Guild]

【Mission Name: The Tragedy of Fate】

[Mission Description: A cultivation world has been detected at a critical juncture, transitioning from a primary to an intermediate plane. The chosen one of this world (peak fourth rank) is about to break through to the fifth rank, driving the plane's level up.]

[Mission Objective: Prevent the Chosen One from ascending to immortality and seize their Heavenly Fortune. Assist Paradise in refining this world, making it a plane controlled by Paradise.]

[Mission Objective: Enter this world, eliminate all living beings in the plane (including but not limited to cultivators, mortals, and demonic beasts), weaken the will of Heaven, and ultimately seize its destiny.]

Number of participants: 100

[Among them: 50 core members of the Starry Sky Guild (elite members of tiers 3 to 5), and the remaining 50 spots are open for recruitment (requirements: tier 4 or above, with combat experience)]

All participants must wear guild badges for battlefield coordination.

Li Xiaoyao's gaze shifted downwards, landing on the row of rankings on the team roster—

Starry Sky Iron Dragon (Tier 6)

Starry Sky Frost (Tier 6)

Starry Sky and Blazing Fire (Tier 5)

Starry Night Shadow (Tier 5)

……

Each name is preceded by the word "star".

They are the elite group of the same guild.

[Mission Rewards: Base score of 50000, with additional bonuses based on performance. Kill rewards are separate.]

[Special Reward: The one who successfully seizes the destiny will receive one Heavenly Dao Fragment (which can be exchanged for an A-grade item or skill)]

[Mission Risk: Extremely High. The Chosen One is protected by the Heavenly Dao during their breakthrough; unpredictable variables may arise during the battle.]

Registration deadline: three days from now

Status: Recruiting

Li Xiaoyao's eyes narrowed slightly.

A world of cultivation.

Advancement from the primary to the intermediate level.

The chosen one.

Seize destiny, slaughter living beings, and help Paradise refine this world...

His fingers tapped lightly on the light screen.

This task wasn't issued by the Paradise system, but by the guild. This indicates that this dimension is not under the Paradise's control and is a newly discovered "wild world."

It is not under the control of the park.

In other words, he has the opportunity to contact the Immortal Sect from here.

There is an opportunity to spread the news.

Li Xiaoyao took a deep breath and clicked the "Register" button.

A moment later, a system notification sounded:

[Application submitted, please wait for review...]

[Approved. You have joined the special mission "The Tragedy of Fate".]

[Task Organizer: Starry Night Guild]

[Mission Start Time: Seven days later]

[Meeting Point: World Gate - Special Teleportation Point]

Please be on time.

Li Xiaoyao withdrew his hand, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Seven days.

That's enough for him to prepare some more.

He sat down at his newly upgraded desk and brought up the amusement park's system interface.

He had 100 points left, not enough to buy anything decent. He didn't plan to buy anything either.

His gaze fell on the icon in the corner of the interface that he had never clicked before—

"Paradise Forum".

He's been here for so long, but he's never gone inside to take a look.

Li Xiaoyao raised his hand and tapped the screen.

In an instant, countless posts flooded my eyes.

[Help Needed] How do I get through the fourth-tier world "Death Maze"? I've been stuck for three days!

[Transaction] Selling a Tier 3 top-grade dagger. DM me if interested.

[Team Formation] We need a healer for the Tier 5 world "Abyss Nest". Looking for female players.

[Gossip] I heard that Starry Night Guild is planning something big recently?

[Newbie Question] How should I allocate attribute points for Tier 1?

Li Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow slightly; this forum was quite lively.

He casually flipped through the posts, and most of them were just low-quality posts asking for help, trading, or forming teams, with no valuable information.

But he didn't give up. Instead, he opened the search function and entered a few keywords—

"paradise"

"history"

"era"

The search results popped up, and most of them were irrelevant posts. But one post was highly upvoted, with an astonishing 100,000+ replies.

The title of the post is:

[A Senior Citizen's Casual Chat] This is the best of times, this is the worst of times.

Posted by: Sasaki (Level 8)

Li Xiaoyao's eyes narrowed, and he clicked on it.