The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Song Gua saw that a transparent, fist-sized red stone slowly emerged from the chest of the Drunken Sword Immortal.

The redstone seemed to gradually take on a physical form and become less transparent.

Finally, it turned into an ordinary red stone and fell into the hands of the Drunken Sword Immortal.

"This is a stone of resentment."

"A resentful stone?"

"It is the embodiment of the resentment in our hearts."

"Even people in illusions exist?"

"Our world has long been destroyed."

All living beings lost hope of reproduction, and the earth lost all vitality.

The world has turned into dust in the universe, drifting aimlessly without belonging.

The resentment born of destruction still lingers somewhere.

Someone brought this resentment into the afterimage world, which is what you call the illusion.

The resentment combined with the remaining source of Dao in the afterimages gave birth to vengeful spirits like us, who are what you call illusion beings.

Source energy became our source of power.

The resentment then transforms into these resentful stones, and it is because of these resentful stones that we, the vengeful spirits, possess a physical form.

So yes, all the people in the illusion realm have such resentful stones.

"Resentment, grudges, vengeful spirits..."

Suddenly, Song Gua thought of something.

Glory City, the Dark Emperor's Hand, that snap of the fingers!

Do you remember the ten minutes after the snap, when the whole world was in a state of irritability and resentment?

It turns out that the Dark Emperor didn't want humanity to be filled with resentment; he wanted to create illusionary beings!

The value of the Dark Emperor is still rising.

With a snap of his fingers, all the resentment wandering in various worlds was gathered together and concentrated on Earth, causing all the illusions to turn into illusion beings, bringing a great trouble to humanity!

Song Gua did not have much doubt about what the Sword Immortal said.

The A-level illusionary beings were already that strong; even a master like Zhang Erhe, a god-level professional, needed several hours to completely annihilate them.

Although Zhang Erhe is the youngest Shenzhuan (a type of Chinese acrobatic technique), he cannot fully represent Shenzhuan.

However, it's not hard to imagine just how exaggerated the power of this S-rank illusionist, who also possesses the power of the cultivation system, must be.

So if he wanted to harm himself, there was absolutely no need for him to tell stories.

If he wants to take advantage of me, then Song Gua can see if he can profit from it.

"I have a question. We've also experienced resentment, and that feeling is awful. Aside from those with Source Power and Divine Transformation, everyone else would lose control of their emotions. Why are you so calm and composed, not like someone harboring resentment?"

"I have extracted the resentment from my body and am no longer under its control. As you can see, I can take out the Resentment Stone at will, but I cannot take out the Resentment Stones of other vengeful spirits. Taking their Resentment Stones is like taking their hearts out of an ordinary person's body."

"So when you said before that you didn't want to be someone else's tool, you knew that someone was deliberately turning you from the illusion into illusion beings, so that this world could be harmed."

"Well, other people in the illusion may not think so. Many of them believe this is an opportunity to revive their own world and are fighting each other for it, or stealing source power from your people. They believe that as long as there is enough source power, their world can be recreated."

This matches what the fleshy woman said earlier.

She did say something about reviving her own world.

According to intelligence provided by undercover agents such as Edison Chen and Daniel Wu, who have infiltrated official agencies.

Large-scale disasters caused by illusions have occurred around the world.

The authorities still believe that the people of the illusion are simply trying to cause destruction.

Now, Song Gua speculates that those so-called disasters caused by the illusionary beings are probably the aftermath of battles between them.

"So, if there's enough Source Power, can your world really be revived?"

The Sword Immortal of Wine was filled with a sense of loss.

"If the dead cannot be brought back to life, how much more so a vast and complex world?"

"Senior, you wouldn't know that. In our world, people can be resurrected even if they're blown to bits, as long as they have the skills."

Are you sure?

"Of course I'm sure, I've used it."

"What I mean is, are the living people you see truly living people? And what you perceive as death, is it truly death?"

"What?"

Song Gua was a little confused.

What, am I living in hell?

The Way of the Sword and the Wine.

"I've done some research on your powers. Do you consider digitized people to be living people?"

The clones chattered away.

"Damn! That's terrifying to think about!"

"My God, does this mean that when the light of the Job Change Stone shines on us, we're no longer living beings in the usual sense??"

"Because they weren't originally alive, they can be brought back to life, since the concept of death doesn't even exist for them!"

"No wonder the health bar was empty, but the body was intact. Even professionals can die. A professional's life and death are defined by data, unlike normal living beings!"

"Oh—I'm starting to understand everything!"

"So, becoming a Transcendent Being is actually a kind of 'resurrection'? Because the data aspect no longer affects life and death!"

"Oh—I understand all of this better now!"

He had a conversation with the Sword Immortal.

This gives Song Gua a deeper understanding of the power system of professionals.

Fortunately, even if what he said is true, he doesn't need to be afraid, because he has already become a Transcendent and can control his own life.

"In other words, all the efforts of the people in the illusion world are futile; your world cannot be revived."

"Yes, but don't try to persuade them with this reasoning. Most of them have been influenced by resentment and will only go down a dark path."

"Were you vengeful spirits all real people who existed in your original world?"

"Yes, in my observation, they are people who are very attached to their own world in each world."

It's clear that the fleshy female alien is very attached to her world.

After all, only in her own world is she the most beautiful woman in the world.

"Senior, let's get back to the main topic. I want to know how to seize the source energy from other people's bodies."

"The resentment stone is attached to the body, and the source is carried by the illusory divine stele. The resentment stone and the divine stele must correspond one to one. For example, the resentment stone in my body must be together with my illusory divine stele in order to draw out the source power from other people's bodies and store it in the divine stele."

If you're trying to seize someone else's source power this way, it might be a bit troublesome; you'll need to be in sync with the Resentful Stone first.

What exactly constitutes a good match?

"I have not yet figured out the mystery, but I do know that when a vengeful spirit is killed and dissipates, the vengeful stone can be transferred to another person."

"If the transfer is successful, will the individual's consciousness be affected by the resentful stone? Like possession?"

"No, once the vengeful spirit dissipates, there is no longer any situation where consciousness takes over the body. The vengeful stone becomes a simple power medium. It will inject source power into the corresponding illusory divine stele, thereby allowing the person who merges with the vengeful stone to use the power within the divine stele."

and many more……

Can a single person use the power system within the Divine Stele?

Isn't this a phantom?!

Holy crap...

If you or your clone can fuse with a certain resentful stone, it's equivalent to creating a pseudo-spirit illusionist!

One step to the sky!

Upon hearing this, Song Gua, based in New Washington City, immediately shouted on the regional network, "Brother Gui! Don't hide! Merge with her!!!"

Ghost Bro: "Ah!! I'm not clean anymore!!"