A meteor tore through the dark universe and fell toward a dark brown planet, landing on a bare and steep mountain peak.
The flowing flame-like sparks scattered, revealing Han Xiao's figure. He looked down at the endless dark brown land, then looked up at the brilliant and mysterious aurora in the sky and nodded.
"Let's level up here."
Han Xiao focused, opened the interface, and poured all the experience he had painstakingly accumulated into leveling up. His level, which had not changed for a long time, finally shot up like a rocket again. The interface notifications kept popping up like water.
[Divine Throne Mechanic] leveled up to Lv.41. + 500 Energy, + 5 STR, + 5 DEX, + 18 END, + 25 INT. You have received 20 Free Attribute Points and + 1 Awakening Point.
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[Divine Throne Mechanic] leveled up to Lv.60 (max). + 2,000 Energy, + 5 STR, + 5 DEX, + 18 END, + 25 INT. You have received 20 Free Attribute Points and + 1 Awakening Point.
You have reached the upper limit of your main class. You have triggered Class Advancement Mission: [Divine Craftsman].
[Divine Craftsman]: More than 10000 blueprints and skills. You have built 100 different Universal Treasure mechanical equipment.
You have reached level 360. You have triggered the Promotion Mission: [God Slaying Trial].
[God Slaying Trial]: Completely kill five Beyond Grade As with God's Trait Transformation. Requires one from each of the five classes: Pugilist, Esper, Mechanic, Mage, and Psychic.
"Wow, so ruthless."
Han Xiao's eyes moved, and he clicked his tongue.
The difficulty of this mission was countless times more difficult than the previous Promotion and Class Advancement. The difficulty was on a completely different level. Just the requirement of [Divine Craftsman] to build 100 different Universal Treasures was enough to stun a normal Mechanic. Even Han Xiao himself was still some distance away from this number. Although the Sanctum had provided enough blueprints, he had not built all of them yet.
In addition, there was also the [God Slaying Trial] to kill five peak Beyond Grade As, which was even more dangerous. Furthermore, there was the word 'complete' in it. Han Xiao estimated that the World Tree and the Underworld experts' shortcuts would not count. It was most likely that they would not die if they did not enter the Sanctum, so the targets would probably be chosen from normal people.
Unfortunately … no matter how harsh the mission is, I have the Completion Card!
Han Xiao had been hoarding some Mission Completion Cards over the years in order to avoid this kind of Advancement Mission. Although these two missions were difficult, he would at most be surprised, but he wouldn't find it difficult at all.
"These two quests are too much of a scam. Fortunately, I can skip them."
Han Xiao heaved a sigh of relief and solemnly used the Mission Completion Card. The names of the two missions instantly turned into a golden 'completed' symbol.
He thought that it would be the same as before. Once he completed the advancement mission, he would be considered to have successfully advanced. However, the situation this time seemed to be different. A message popped up on the interface that surprised him.
Level 360 Promotion Mission completed!
You can choose to advance at any time.
Note: This advancement is extremely risky. There is a 90% -96% chance of failure. Once you fail, you will need to complete a new advancement mission before you can advance again. At the same time, there is a chance of unknown mutations during the advancement, which is life-threatening.
It is recommended that you complete the following conditions before choosing to advance.
During this advancement, your life form will be extremely unstable and prone to mutations. Possibilities include, but are not limited to, unlimited proliferation, gene collapse, cell independence, universe assimilation, and so on. Therefore, you will need to use certain special items to stabilize your life form. This condition will be triggered during the advancement. Advancement success rate + 33.3%, malignant mutation rate -33.3%.
You will need some external help for this advancement. The strength of a single person will always be limited and one-sided. You will need four Supers of different elements as assistants, and you must activate the God's Trait Transformation of the Super system. The higher the level of the God's Trait Transformation, the better the assistance effect. This condition will be triggered during the advancement. Advancement success rate + 33.3%, malignant mutation rate -33.3%.
You will need a Beyonder's Vestige as a catalyst for this advancement. When Supers who have completed the God's Trait Transformation attempt to break through to a higher level, they might die due to malignant mutations. The life essence, soul consciousness, and core energy that are emitted during the advancement will condense into the Beyonder's Vestige, which cannot be observed by normal life forms. Only Supers in this state will obtain the relevant perception. This condition will be triggered during the advancement. Advancement success rate + 33.3%, malignant mutation rate -33.3%.
Note: If all the conditions are not met, even if the advancement is successful, the grade will not change. If all three conditions are triggered during the advancement, the Apotheosis Advancement will be activated.
"So, it's actually this mode …"
Han Xiao finished reading the message on the interface, and his eyes flickered.
Before today, he wasn't sure if the Level 360 Promotion would allow him to reach a new grade. Everything was just a guess. But now, he finally confirmed that the Promotion this time could indeed allow him to reach a new grade. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many changes.
This made him a little excited.
Han Xiaoxin's mind sank into his body and clearly sensed that every cell was in a 'critical' state. As long as he was willing, he could activate his Promotion at any time.
However, looking at the warning on the interface, Han Xiao was also afraid that something would happen during his Promotion. He looked down at the contents of the three conditions, which were all in a gray 'not triggered' state.
He tried to use the Mission Completion Card on these three conditions, but it did not complete like the Promotion Mission. The notification was that the Mission Completion Card was ineffective on the target.
"As expected, it doesn't work. Looks like there's no way to cheat this time."
Han Xiao frowned and then relaxed. He was not surprised. When he saw the three conditions, he had vaguely guessed that the Mission Completion Card might be useless against them.
The Mission Completion Card was a special item used on the interface. It did not have a physical body, and its function was to skip the mission content to obtain the most basic reward on the interface. It would not actually change the external environment, nor would it create a physical object out of thin air.
These three prerequisites required physical objects to assist in the Promotion. The Mission Completion Card could not create them, and these three prerequisites did not exist in the form of a mission.
However, the Mission Completion Card skipped the previous Promotion Mission, which had already saved him a lot of time. Furthermore, if the Promotion failed and triggered a new Promotion Mission, he could still use the Mission Completion Card to pass it without spending any effort.
Of course, it was best to succeed in one go. Han Xiao naturally did not want to fail. Since there was no shortcut to breaking through a new grade, he could only focus on studying the three conditions in order to increase the safety of the Promotion. Soon, he had some ideas.
The first condition required some kind of special 'stabilizer'. It was probably because the Promotion this time would have a situation where life form would be reorganized and more intense than previous Promotions. That was why it was' extremely unstable '. It was like melting a piece of steel and casting it into another shape. A mold was needed.
Han Xiao had a few ideas about this. Special items in the Information Form could be used as such a 'mold', but there was a high chance that it would require a Universal Treasure. Ordinary Information Form devices might be ineffective.
Another option was to obtain the support of some Universal Treasure with 'stabilizing' characteristics. Han Xiao knew of a ready-made one. It was the Ethereal Country Weapon with the 'indestructible' characteristic. It should be able to achieve a similar effect.
"However, this thing is with Wuornos, and it's a treasure of the Arcane Church. I wonder if they're willing to borrow it temporarily."
Han Xiao shook his head.
The second condition was that he needed the other four peak Beyond Grade As to assist him in his Promotion.
If he was in a civilization where individual strength was not developed enough, he would not even be able to gather enough people. However, the three Universal Civilizations should be considered prosperous in the universe, so they had enough experts to choose from.
With his connections and the cohesion of the Sanctum, it would not be difficult to find four assistants. This should be the simplest of the three conditions.
However, the intention of cooperation revealed by this condition made Han Xiao sigh.
Being able to grow to such a level all by himself seemed to be the limit. Leveling up was no longer a personal matter. If one wanted to become an even more powerful individual, they would need more external help. The development of a civilization would also affect whether or not an individual could improve further.
In the vast universe, a person's strength was ultimately limited. Without external help, it would be difficult to continue moving forward at a certain point.
"Is there a limit to a single life form …"
Han Xiao shook his head.
In addition, the requirement to gather the other four classes reminded Han Xiao of a saying that had been passed down in his previous life. The five Super systems represented the five aspects of a true 'God'.
The Pugilist class represented the 'Divine Body', the Psychic class represented the 'Divine Soul', the Mage class represented the 'Divine Right', the Esper class represented the 'Mystical Power', and the Mechanic class represented the 'Divine Artifact'!
This saying was widely circulated, but there was no actual evidence. However, looking at this condition, Han Xiao felt that this saying might not be completely false. At the very least, there was some connection.
"Could it be that the new level is really the combination of all five classes?"
This thought subconsciously flashed through Han Xiao's mind, but he quickly shook his head and denied it. He felt that he was thinking too much.
The difference between the energy attributes of the five major systems was not likely to be broken. Even if he broke through to the level of a 'true God', he would probably only specialize in one aspect and would not be able to do everything.
Compared to the other four classes, he felt that the Mechanic class, which represented the 'Divine Artifact', seemed to be the special one.
Basically, the history of the development of every civilization was the history of the evolution of tools. This represented the fire of wisdom and the budding of civilization. Knowing how to use tools was, to a certain extent, the biggest difference between an intelligent life form and a wild beast. For the so-called 'Gods', it probably had a similar meaning.
If the 'Gods' only used the power of the other four classes to fight, without the fancy clothes, it was actually not much different from fighting bare-handed. At most, the moves would be different, and only magic and Esper Abilities would have some special effects. However, using the so-called 'Divine Artifact' was equivalent to an ordinary person picking up a sword or a gun. The danger was completely different.
It was like two max leveled heroes. One was a blank slate, while the other had six godly equipment. Even if their skills were different, their strength was not on the same level at all. In the many Xianxia myths that Han Xiao had read in his previous life, the status of 'magical equipment' was extremely important. It even represented strength, especially in the primordial setting that he had read about.
In his opinion, the 'Divine Artifact' represented by the Mechanic class was most likely such a concept. Otherwise, the advantage of late-stage Mechanics would not be so obvious in front of the other four classes.
Han Xiao calmed himself down and put away these thoughts. His expression turned serious.
He had some ideas about the first two conditions, but the last one gave him a headache.
The Beyonder's Vestige came from a peak Beyond Grade A who had failed to break through to a new level and died. In the explored universe where the three Universal Civilizations were located, as far as he knew, the only Beyond Grade As who had similar experiences were the Life and Death sisters.
However, Onicelu said that the two sisters of the previous generation were pursuing the true meaning of death, so they took the initiative to die. Han Xiao did not know if that was an act of trying to break through to a new level.
Even if it was true, the bodies of the two sisters of the previous generation had already been burned by Onicelu like firewood, and the two Esper Abilities that intercepted their Information Forms had also been inherited by Hella and Aurora. He did not know if this was the so-called 'Beyonder's Vestige'. Even if it was, how should he use it? Could it be that he had to extract their Esper Abilities?
… Wait a minute, if Hella and Aurora grew to this level in the future, wouldn't they have triggered the third condition?
"Tsk, comparing yourself to others is infuriating."
Han Xiao's eyelids twitched.
He had once tried to use the Mark of the Underworld as a medium to use the Sanctum to revive the two sisters of the previous generation, but he failed in the end. Maybe they were still alive, or maybe they had intercepted the Information Forms and integrated them with their Esper Abilities, so they lost the Sanctum Revival. Now, Han Xiao had another guess, which was that if a peak Beyond Grade A failed to break through and died, would they not be able to accept the Sanctum Revival?
Perhaps the Information Form records in the Sanctum had changed because of this, or perhaps the failed breakthrough had survived in another unknown way, such as this so-called Beyonder's Vestige …
No one had stepped into the higher levels, and everything was filled with mystery. Han Xiao could only guess blindly.
"However, the introduction said that only peak Beyond Grade As in my current state can sense the Beyonder's Vestige. I'll go to the Underworld to verify it later. If it's not, I'm afraid I'll have to search the entire universe. If the worst-case scenario … "
Han Xiao's eyes darkened.
The worst-case scenario was that the so-called Beyonder's Vestige did not exist in the current Iteration, and no one died after failing to break through to a new level. If that was the case, he would have to think of another way.
In any case, he had already decided to trigger all the conditions as much as possible. He had to overcome all difficulties.
After all, the remarks indicated that as long as one condition was missing, it would only be a normal Promotion, and he would not be able to break through. According to his understanding, this meant that he would not be able to obtain the bonuses of a new level. He would not be able to open the gap between a Beyond Grade A and a Calamity Grade.
All sorts of thoughts flashed through his mind. Han Xiao calmed himself down and exhaled.
"No matter what, let's test my perception of the Beyonder's Vestige first."
With that said, he calmed down and searched for the Beyonder's Vestige through the throbbing of the critical state.
Very soon, Han Xiao felt his consciousness fall into an indescribable mystery. There seemed to be layers of fog in front of his eyes, and blurry shadows flashed past in the fog. He could not see them clearly.
After an unknown period of time, Han Xiao suddenly caught a flash of light. His eyes widened as he finally found this perception. The fog dissipated, and he suddenly saw the light.
Originally, he thought that his perception would be barren and that he would not be able to sense much of the Beyonder's Vestige. However, the moment he entered this field of vision, Han Xiao was shocked and knew that he was ridiculously wrong.
Buzz!
In an instant, dozens of sensing sources appeared in his perception, distributed in various directions. However, he only knew the direction and not the distance. They were all Beyonder's Vestige!
Han Xiao's eyes widened in surprise. A lot of thoughts flashed through his mind.
Did this mean that in the entire universe, there were at least dozens of peak Beyond Grade As from unknown regions who had reached his level and died because of breaking through to a new level?!
Han Xiao had mixed feelings.
The center of the story I knew in my previous life was the three Universal Civilizations, but it did not mean that this was the center of the universe.
There was always someone stronger. In places that could not be seen, how many powerful civilizations were still thriving in the universe, and how many things were happening?
No one in the explored universe had broken through to a new level. Was the vast unexplored universe really the same?
Was this Iteration … really only in the early stages?
After a long time, he let out an inexplicable sigh.
"… The universe is really big."
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