Multiverse Skill System

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As he murmured the name, Di Jun's expression became somewhat complicated. He didn't know when it started, but he had gradually forgotten his own brother and no longer thought about him every day like he did at the beginning.

“That’s good. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen him. Let’s bring his nephews over to show him as well.”

Ten little golden crows have been born, but the demon race is not as powerful as it used to be, and these ten little guys are not as arrogant as they used to be. They are much more low-key. Perhaps they still have a chance to survive, instead of being shot down by Hou Yi who shot down nine of them.

Nowadays, the saints don't put much thought into vying for destiny, and Zhunti doesn't have much interest in scheming against the demon race either. Regardless of whether they scheme or not, the decline of the witch and demon races is inevitable.

Di Jun brought his whole family to Donghuang Taiyi's residence and met Donghuang Taiyi, who was cuddling with his wife.

That's right, Donghuang Taiyi is no longer a lone wolf; he has a wife. This wife was strongly recommended by Yi Shuihan. She is a nine-tailed fox from the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan named Meiji. She is incredibly beautiful and naturally skilled in matters of love. She always serves Donghuang Taiyi very well and is deeply loved by him.

Most importantly, Meiji is extremely loyal and devoted to Donghuang Taiyi. She passed the 16 tests arranged by Yi Shuihan without betraying Donghuang Taiyi. According to scientific calculations, her divorce rate is as low as one in a billion.

"Brother, you are here."

Seeing Di Jun, Donghuang Taiyi was still very happy. In his heart, Di Jun still held a certain position. Although he wouldn't do whatever Di Jun said like he did at the beginning, he was still comparable to an ordinary brother.

In Donghuang Taiyi's current ranking of important figures, Yi Shuihan is number one, followed by Meiji in second place, and Dijun in third.

Chapter 1229, The Rift Between Brothers

"Come on, call him uncle."

"Hello, uncle."

The ten little golden crows were quite affectionate towards their uncle, Donghuang Taiyi, calling him "Uncle" affectionately, perhaps because they were all golden crows and connected by blood.

Upon seeing his nephews, Donghuang Taiyi was overjoyed. He hugged each of them and then presented them with numerous treasures, all of which were innate spiritual treasures. He displayed great generosity, which surprised Dijun. Even as the Demon Emperor, he dared not accept such a generous gift without batting an eye. Of course, it wasn't that he didn't have enough, but rather that he had many subordinates and needed to reward them, leaving him with relatively few treasures to give away.

"Sister, let's go over there and have a chat, let the brothers catch up."

Xihe spoke to Meiji on her own initiative.

Meiji glanced at Donghuang Taiyi, and seeing him nod, she then spoke to Xihe.

"Okay, sister, please come with me. I'd like to ask you some questions too!"

As a character who did not originally appear in the mythology, Mei Ji's strength and background were inferior to Xi He's. When she was first chosen by Yi Shui Han as a candidate for his employee's wife, she was only a Golden Immortal, not even a Great Luo Golden Immortal. In an era when Quasi-Saints were as common as dogs and Great Luo Golden Immortals were everywhere, she was indeed very inconspicuous.

From the perspective of the people of the prehistoric world, Meiji and Donghuang Taiyi were completely mismatched. Their union was like Meiji, an ordinary girl, marrying the richest man in the country. At that time, most people in the prehistoric world could not understand it.

But since it was Yi Shuihan who made the choice, his views were completely different from these guys. A wife? As long as he liked her and she was loyal, that was fine. As for cultivation level and talent, those were irrelevant; a system could easily solve that, or if all else failed, he could just pile them up.

Influenced by Yi Shuihan's mindset, Donghuang Taiyi spent a large portion of his income to help Meiji. Now, Meiji is a genuine Quasi-Saint, having risen from Golden Immortal to Quasi-Saint in just a few hundred years. This speed is extremely fast even in the current prehistoric world. It should be noted that Meiji is not human; she was born with an innate Dao body and is a demon whose cultivation grows slowly.

With Xihe and Meiji gone, only the brothers Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi remained in the room.

Di Jun looked at Donghuang Taiyi with some hesitation, still feeling a bit embarrassed to ask Donghuang Taiyi for help.

Upon seeing this, Donghuang Taiyi seemed to be deep in thought. Having worked as a shop assistant in the store for so long, Donghuang Taiyi had become a master at reading people's expressions and guessing Dijun's thoughts was not difficult for him.

"Brother, just tell me what's wrong! If it's something I can help with, I definitely will. We're brothers, aren't we?"

This statement comforted Di Jun and made him determined to tell the truth.

"It's like this. As you probably know, the situation in the prehistoric world recently is very tense. The human race is pressing our demon race step by step and has already swallowed up too much of our demon race's territory. For the sake of the overall situation, I have repeatedly made concessions, but they are not grateful and keep demanding more territory. Not long ago, our demon race's territory shrank by one-tenth."

After a pause, Di Jun continued...

"You know my strength; it's somewhat related to the system. If this continues, even with the system's help, my strength will fall below that of a saint. At that point, the demon race will be completely powerless to fight against the human race, and as the Demon Emperor, I will be powerless to do anything about it. I..."

Di Jun clenched his fists, making a grating sound as his muscles rubbed together, his face contorted with rage.

"If that's the case, then all you need to do is switch to a different system, right? I can help you switch to a better system. I believe that with your strength, you are definitely capable of becoming a saint."

Donghuang Taiyi knew Yi Shuihan's attitude. Yi Shuihan supported the human race, so he did not want to see Dijun and the human race clash. In addition, the human race was the destined protagonist, and the will of heaven could not be defied.

"Is the demon race truly destined to be nothing more than vassals?"

Di Jun said loudly that he was ambitious and did not want to give up his position.

"What else can we do?"

Donghuang Taiyi replied helplessly.

"Taiyi, you've changed. Ever since you became that guy's employee, you've changed. You need to know that you're also a member of the demon race!"

Di Jun looked at Donghuang Taiyi with a face full of disappointment.

“Brother, is becoming an emperor really that important? In the end, this world is all about strength. As long as you become stronger, you will have everything you need. In the beginning, my purpose in establishing the demon race was simply to give the demon race a better living environment. As long as we give up the status of the demon race, the human race will agree to coexist peacefully with the demon race. If it were the old me, I wouldn’t care so much about the position of the demon emperor.”

These words startled Di Jun. A series of hazy images flashed through his mind. At that time, there was no demon race. He and Donghuang Taiyi depended on each other for survival. Their strength was only average in the prehistoric world. Hongjun had not yet become a saint. Neither of them dared to go out and explore.

They were weak back then, relying on each other for survival. They longed to become strong, and their lives were much easier than they are now. The relationship between the two brothers was also at its best. However, I don't know when it started. Perhaps he became stronger and stronger and gained more and more things, and eventually forgot his original intention. What he wanted was not to dominate, but simply to live a good life.

"We can't go back to the past!"

Di Jun muttered to himself, even though he was aware of it, he couldn't give up his current status.

The room remained silent for a long time, the two brothers looking at each other without saying a word.

After a long while, Donghuang Taiyi sighed.

"Brother, I understand what you mean. I will talk to the human race. They have indeed been too aggressive lately and should stabilize their development for a while."

"Ah! Well... thank you very much."

Di Jun stood there with his mouth agape, unsure of what to say next. From that moment on, an irreparable rift appeared between the two brothers.

"Husband, what's wrong? Why the expression? Did Taiyi not agree to help?"

No, he agreed.

"Then how..."

Di Jun did not answer Xi He, but his eyes made Xi He vaguely understand what had happened.

Not long after, Donghuang Taiyi had a conversation with the high-ranking members of the human race. The human race then suspended its expansion and focused on developing its existing territory, giving the demon race a chance to catch its breath.

Chapter 1230, A New Track

"It has recovered in just three hundred years? It seems I underestimated the Heavenly Dao."

In the chaos, Yi Shuihan, whose eyes were tightly closed, suddenly opened them. Just now, he sensed the aura of the Primordial Heavenly Dao, an aura even stronger than that of the Three Realms War. Clearly, the damage suffered by the Heavenly Dao in that war had been completely recovered, and it had even taken another step forward.

Few people like war, but it must be admitted that war is a catalyst for evolution. Because of war, various war technologies and supernatural arts are developed. Under the immense pressure of war, all participants will do everything they can to push themselves to become stronger and survive the war.

Although the war between the three realms caused heavy losses to the prehistoric world, it also accelerated its development. If it had followed the original course of development, it would have taken at least tens of thousands of years to reach its current state.

Because of the appearance of people from both realms in the prehistoric world, the things they brought also accelerated the evolution of the prehistoric world's Heavenly Dao. As the Heavenly Dao, anything that appears in the prehistoric world can be transformed into its own resources. The power used by the Yu Emperor and the Wizard in the prehistoric world can also be analyzed, gradually making the prehistoric world more perfect.

In fact, the Primordial World has gained too many intangible things due to the invasion of the two realms. As long as it can be fully digested, it is not impossible to directly invade the two realms. Even now, the Primordial World barely has the qualifications to step out of the Primordial World and can conduct a probing invasion of the two realms.

Just as he was about to close his eyes to continue condensing the Chaos Body, he had already condensed 4% of the Chaos Body. It would take about a thousand years to completely succeed. Because his world had become stronger, he was able to control the Chaos Qi more easily, and the time required had been shortened considerably from five thousand years.

He opened his eyes halfway through closing them, a look of surprise in them. Because of the actions of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao Merit Ranking had issued a new mission: to invade the technological world.

Of course, the so-called invasion is not a full-scale invasion, but a slow erosion. The Heavenly Dao establishes a channel to send the people of the prehistoric world there. The people of the prehistoric world complete certain tasks assigned by the Heavenly Dao, disrupting the technological world. Then, the Heavenly Dao of the prehistoric world uses this opportunity to plunder the origin.

"This model is somewhat similar to the Main God Space! The Primordial Heavenly Dao is truly unfathomable. It's obvious that the Heavenly Daos of the other two realms don't understand this method."

The more Yi Shuihan thought about it, the more shrouded in mystery he felt.

"Never mind, it's more important to condense the Chaos Dao Body. With strength, I can easily deal with whatever happens. The Multiverse United Academy is still waiting for me!"

With no intention of getting involved, Yi Shuihan slowly closed his eyes, and the surrounding chaotic energy rapidly converged towards him.

Invading the world is naturally fraught with difficulties and extremely dangerous. Once the technological world learns of the Primordial World's purpose, it will do everything in its power to stop it and will call on the entire world to surround and kill the people of the Primordial World. Without a certain level of strength and corresponding wisdom, going there is practically a death sentence.

Even knowing this, many people will still go, because the rewards from Heaven are too generous, promising five sainthoods. As long as enough tasks are completed, one can become a saint on the spot.

Although saints are not as rare as they were originally due to the emergence of the two realms, they are still unattainable for the billions of beings in the primordial world, enough to make them rush towards them like moths to a flame.

Besides these people, there are others who will likely participate in this mission: those who are forced into a corner, and whose only option is to complete the mission if they are certain to die, such as those who choose to complete the mission to escape being hunted down.

Of course, not everyone is qualified to complete the mission. This qualification is determined by the Heavenly Dao itself. If the Heavenly Dao does not approve, this matter will have virtually no impact on them, and it will be a pipe dream to escape at a critical moment.

All of this had little to do with Yi Shuihan. As the Heavenly Dao slowly invaded, Yi Shuihan maintained a stable daily routine. Apart from cultivation, he would take care of things at the shop and occasionally visit friends to discuss the Dao. He lived a very relaxed life.

"Have you heard? It is said that someone caused a major incident in the Qian Yuan Empire. A month ago, they disrupted a region of the Qian Yuan Empire, causing countless deaths and injuries. Tens of the Zhou Emperors died, and countless others below the Zhou Emperor level."

"Who is so powerful? The entire Qian Yuan Empire only has sixteen domains, yet they were able to disrupt one of them. How did they manage to do that?"

"I don't know the specifics, but I've heard it's about sowing discord, creating chaos, making the major powers suspicious of each other, and eventually leading to armed conflict that gets out of control."

"Then why wasn't Emperor Yu suppressing it? If Emperor Yu were there, such heavy casualties would have been impossible, right?"

"The Yu Emperor? The Yu Emperor is useless, because the two major warring forces are the direct subordinates of the two Yu Emperors, and the Yu Emperors also check and balance each other."

In a restaurant within the Anti-Intrusion Alliance, everyone was engaged in lively conversation, mostly about news from the technological world. Yi Shuihan sat quietly in a corner, eating side dishes and listening to these rumors with great interest, which was one of Yi Shuihan's daily pastimes.

Most of the people here are at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, high and mighty immortals, yet their appearance is like that of adventurers in a fantasy world, which seems very discordant. The only reason for this is the Heavenly Merit Ranking. The entire prehistoric world is an adventure guild, and the Heavenly Merit Ranking is the guild's mission posting point.

In the current prehistoric world, it is rare for someone to go into seclusion. For these Great Luo Golden Immortals, a few thousand or a few hundred years of seclusion is just a blink of an eye. However, not many people go into seclusion unless absolutely necessary. Given the current situation in the prehistoric world, a few hundred years of seclusion would probably mean the world has changed beyond recognition.

Rather than going into seclusion, it would be better to gather a few fellow cultivators, complete some tasks, and receive rewards from the Heavenly Dao. That would be a much faster way to improve one's cultivation.

"There are quite a few talented people in the primordial world!"

Yi Shuihan sighed inwardly. He had never known the person who was stirring up trouble that these people were talking about before. He was probably just an unknown guy, but because he happened to be caught up in the invasion of the world, he accomplished something great by chance. If he could come back alive, he would be a top power in the prehistoric world, and his reputation would probably be no less than that of Di Jun.

"If a few more saints were to be born, the prehistoric world would be completely different from what I remember, and would embark on a new path, although it has already deviated quite a bit by now."

Chapter 1231, Breaking Through to True Sainthood, and Then Breaking Through to the Chaotic Body

In less than three hundred years, the Primordial World had already occupied nearly a quarter of the territory of the Technological World. If another thousand years or so were to pass, it would not be impossible for the Technological World to be completely eroded. During this period, the Technological World did not retaliate; on the contrary, their retaliatory actions were quite powerful. Unfortunately, the Primordial Heavenly Dao was still one step ahead.

The Wizarding World has been recuperating and has not participated in the events, otherwise everything would not have gone so smoothly. Now, even if the Wizarding World were to participate, the Primordial World would not be afraid at all, as the Primordial Heavenly Dao has grown to the point where it can fight two against one.

As the Primordial Heavenly Dao grew, Yi Shuihan could feel the pressure on him increasing. His true self in the chaos could occasionally sense the gaze of that enormous consciousness.

Although he didn't show any obvious malice, Yi Shuihan was also very annoyed, after all, not everyone can tolerate this feeling of being monitored.

Yi Shuihan himself knew that the reason why the Primordial Heavenly Dao had not attacked him was entirely because it was wary of his strength. If his strength were any lower, the Heavenly Dao would probably have a plan waiting for him.

With this judgment, Yi Shuihan became even more eager to leave the prehistoric world and explore its wider expanse.

Being in a near-invincible place for a long time didn't feel good for Yi Shuihan; it wasn't exciting enough, and he lacked motivation.

Fortunately, such days are coming to an end. At this time, Yi Shuihan has already condensed the Chaos Dao Body to 99%, and is just one step away from a complete transformation.

"It's time to start the assault."

With everything prepared, Yi Shuihan began his breakthrough. This time, the breakthrough was not to completely condense the Chaos Body, but to challenge a Saint, no, a True Saint, a Primordial Golden Immortal.

Originally, Yi Shuihan wanted to use the complete condensation of the Chaotic Body to advance his cultivation to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. However, plans can't keep up with changes. For Yi Shuihan now, the difficulty of completely condensing the Chaotic Body is greater than that of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Therefore, he chose to attempt to break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm first.

For Yi Shuihan, the Chaotic Body represents a leap of two major realms, making it naturally difficult to achieve. However, the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm is only one major realm away. Once he becomes a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, a true saint of all the heavens and myriad realms, the difficulty of condensing the Chaotic Body will decrease significantly, and he might even be able to achieve a series of breakthroughs in one go.

The saints of the primordial world all rose to their positions through accumulating merit, which is completely different from Yi Shuihan's approach. It was easier for Yi Shuihan, but his strength was also weaker after his breakthrough.

Yi Shuihan felt as if his consciousness had transcended his body, moving swiftly throughout the entire prehistoric world at an unimaginable speed, almost the speed of his consciousness; he could arrive wherever he wanted to go.

Yi Shuihan surveyed every corner of the primordial world. Then, his consciousness touched a barrier. Relying on his intuition, Yi Shuihan gently bumped against the barrier, again and again. After countless attempts, he finally broke through and arrived in a much wider area.

At this moment, Yi Shuihan's consciousness accelerated again, and he lost himself in this boundless area. Yi Shuihan felt as if he had transformed into everything and was omnipotent here. He began to be somewhat engrossed and gradually forgot what he was doing.

As Yi Shuihan's physical aura gradually weakened amidst the chaos outside, he gave off a sense of decaying wood.

Time was distorted; only a short time had passed in the outside world, but countless tens of thousands, millions, tens of millions, and hundreds of millions of years had passed in Yi Shuihan's consciousness.

Becoming a True Saint is not easy. Even with Yi Shuihan's current foundation, if he cannot break through within the stipulated time, his consciousness will forever sink into oblivion, ultimately leading to his death.

The path to sainthood is a crucial hurdle even across all the heavens and myriad realms, its difficulty beyond imagination. Generally, those who aspire to become true saints will prepare for the breakthrough for millions of years, or even longer.

Even a True Saint who is several million years old is considered young. Those who achieve True Sainthood within a million years are considered geniuses. Those who achieve Sainthood within 10 years are considered prodigies. These geniuses and prodigies do not refer to a single world, but to all worlds in the myriad realms.

Just as Yi Shuihan's body was about to completely lose its life force, Yi Shuihan's eyes suddenly opened, and a beam of azure light shot out from his eyes, directly piercing through the chaos for an endless distance, visible even outside the primordial world.

As he opened his eyes, Yi Shuihan's vitality surged, instantly restoring him to the peak of Quasi-Saint, and then he broke through to the Saint level without any hindrance.

Unlike false saints like Laozi, Yi Shuihan, as a true saint, possesses an inexplicable Dao essence, which is what makes a true saint. This Dao essence allows them to exert their full combat power in any world without being bound by it.

Yi Shuihan was, after all, someone with combat power beyond his realm. When his cultivation broke through and his strength surged, it was still not as great as when the world blessed him. Naturally, he could control his power at will, and he completely took control of his own power almost the instant he broke through.

"We almost failed, that was really close!"

Recalling the previous scene, Yi Shuihan was still shaken. If it weren't for the warning from his personal world at the last moment, he would probably have been forever lost, failing not only to break through but also to die.

It should be noted that Yi Shuihan's foundation was so profound that the difficulty of his breakthrough was less than that of ordinary people breaking through to the True Saint realm. After all, others need to sever their connection with the original world to break through, and he almost failed under such circumstances, which shows how difficult it was.

Actually, Yi Shuihan misunderstood. His breakthrough was not less difficult than that of ordinary people because he stayed at the peak of the Quasi-Saint level for far too short a time. Others stayed at that level for tens or hundreds of thousands of years, but he only stayed for a few thousand years.

After resting for a while, Yi Shuihan sat down cross-legged again. He wanted to continue his breakthrough to the Chaotic Body. With his cultivation reaching the True Saint level, the difficulty of condensing the Chaotic Body had decreased several times. Moreover, he had also taken advantage of this breakthrough to find the opportunity to break through to the Chaotic Body. If he didn't strike while the iron was hot, he didn't know when he would encounter such an opportunity again.

"Gather the chaotic energy, condense the chaotic body."

With a loud shout in his heart, the surrounding chaotic energy surged wildly towards Yi Shuihan, who seemed to have transformed into a bottomless pit, constantly devouring the chaotic energy.