January 20th.

It was Wei Zhi’s promotion feast, and also his nephew’s tenth birthday.

Lin Qianxuan gifted him two Nine Revolutions Thunder Spirit Pills that he had crafted himself.

As the name suggests, the elixir is made using Thunder Lingzhi as the main ingredient.

After consumption, there is a certain chance to gain the talent of Thunder Mastery.

“You came, so why bring gifts?” Wei Zhi said while taking the jade pill box from Lin Qianxuan’s hand.

“Then give it back to me.” Lin Qianxuan pretended to snatch it back.

“What reason is there to take back a gift once given? Come on in!”

Wei Zhi quickly put the gift aside, then guided Lin Qianxuan inside by the shoulder.

“You’re going to be the Deputy Director of the Otherworld Bureau soon, right?” Lin Qianxuan asked.

“It’s all superficial; the greater the power, the greater the responsibility,” Wei Zhi said seriously.

“Isn’t it the lesser the responsibility?” Lin Qianxuan teased.

“Comrade Lin Qianxuan, your awareness needs improvement,” Wei Zhi said, feigning authority.

“The leader is right, I’ll reflect on it when I get back,” Lin Qianxuan laughed.

The two bantered back and forth, soon taking their seats.

Though Wei Zhi claimed to sidestep the rules, the feast didn’t overstep norms; he only invited those he knew within his core circle.

Wei Zhi’s more distant relatives didn’t attend.

He was a bit generous, arranging some Spirit Plants and Spirit Beast meat, and there were some Spirit Fruits after the meal.

The few dishes weren’t numerous, but for the ordinary folks present, eating just a little was enough to fill up.

In this bustling scene, Lin Qianxuan didn’t know how long it had been since he last participated in such an event.

When he first entered society, he attended colleagues’ feasts, but after becoming a freelancer, with no family or friends, he would just visit the welfare center during holidays to accompany the old director.

Now experiencing it again, he couldn’t help but feel slightly more connected to the world.

….

Days passed, and the time for the crossing grew ever closer.

There were only two more simulation attempts left in Lin Qianxuan’s playthrough of “String of Destiny”.

In his later attempts, he felt something was missing.

He even wasted one chance, choosing to develop for thirty days before participating in the Supreme Battle.

Then he made the game character absorb the Supreme Crystal Stone from the planet spirit, enraging the entity into a battle.

With the power of True Flame unified with everything under the support of the Sound of Destiny, even with just over ten thousand trillion of Interference Value, he managed to destroy the planet spirit and then refined it.

As it turned out, as long as he found the right method, he had many ways to clear it.

But Lin Qianxuan still did not find a Superpower he was satisfied with.

He felt if it really came down to it, he’d just pick any Superpower to clear it and slowly refresh the Superpowers later.

…

January 23rd.

Lin Qianxuan received a notification from Zhang Heng, asking him to go to the frontline to confront the battle.

Normally, Zhang Heng wouldn’t have contacted Lin Qianxuan.

But Lin Qianxuan had previously taken the Town Guardian authority from Jiang Mengli, indicating that if there were any battles on the frontlines, he must be informed, so he could earn some merit points.

Thus, Zhang Heng notified Lin Qianxuan.

However, notification aside, he repeatedly admonished Lin Qianxuan to act cautiously.

“Be careful, there’s a presence from the Dao Realm involved this time. You should be extra cautious…” Zhang Heng advised.

Lin Qianxuan listened to Zhang Heng’s advice and expressed that he understood the gravity of the situation.

In fact, he had heard detailed descriptions of this event in the game numerous times.

He was almost fully aware of the details.

This time, a batch of Otherworldly intelligent beings calling themselves the Divine Race invaded.

Among them were three experts of the Dao Realm, and over a dozen Celestial Rank level powerhouses.

The invasion location was the Wu’ermu Desert battle zone.

Among our defenders was Li Xi, a Dao Realm expert, along with another Dao Realm expert hired from the Spirit Qi World.

Additionally, there were two Spirit Qi World Dao Body Peakers, equivalent to Celestial Rank level nine.

The battle outcome was that our side repelled the enemy’s three Dao Realm experts, and he killed five of their Celestial Rank experts.

This time, Lin Qianxuan didn’t wear Zhang Heng’s Battle Armor; instead, he flew on his own.

Yet his speed was still fast.

The True Flame burned fiercely, enveloping Lin Qianxuan, dispelling anything that could form resistance into nothingness.

Compared to using the Holy Spear for flight, he was not much slower.

In just two minutes, Lin Qianxuan reached the Wu’ermu Desert, penetrating through a spatial barrier, instantly entering the battlefield.

Before him lay a scene of fully constructed military facilities, missiles flying across the sky, and opposite them, countless enormous insect-like creatures, one to two meters tall.

These large insects were the so-called Divine Race.

They were naturally bloodthirsty, with a well-defined internal societal hierarchy, each performing their own role, much like an ant colony.

These insects before him were the combat-oriented Divine Race.

Upon arriving at the battlefield, Lin Qianxuan immediately heard the human Dao transmission from Li Xi.

“Clear the western side of the battlefield first, they’re building an Insect Nest stronghold there. If successful, it could be troublesome.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Qianxuan moved, transforming into a crimson streak heading toward the west.

The True Flame surged, and Lin Qianxuan moved swiftly. Any insects that blocked his way were immediately ignited and refined by his True Flame.

Before long, Lin Qianxuan saw the insects constructing the Insect Nest, protected by a vast swarm of insects.

They spewed sticky liquid from their mouths, casting walls which would solidify within a second or two after formation.

These walls were highly strong and smooth. Lin Qianxuan saw bullets glide off them.

While missiles could blow a large hole, it would quickly be repaired. Only Spiritual Weapons could easily obliterate vast sections of the structure.

“Swipe swipe swipe swipe swipe~!”

Lin Qianxuan did not hesitate much; with a thought, millions of True Flame Spirit Swords emerged from within him.

The True Flame in terms of control and shaping far surpasses the original divine energy.

When Lin Qianxuan uses it to craft spirit swords, it becomes much easier.

This is how he managed to condense a million True Flame Spirit Swords in such a short time.

These million True Flame Spirit Swords flew out, swirling and entangling, rapidly obliterating a large swath of insects.

But it didn’t end with just the slaughter; the True Flame also ignited the corpses of those insects. The flame spread through the air and, in just a few breaths, turned the area into a sea of fire. The defensive structures built by the insects were instantly set ablaze by the True Flame, unable to withstand even a single breath before being refined.

Lin Qianxuan single-handedly cleared a vast battlefield.

Everything within a ten-mile radius in front of him was set aflame, and the fire continued to spread rapidly.

Seeing this, the enemy’s experts could no longer hold back.

Those celestial rank experts took action ahead of time.

“Buzz~!”

An insect took flight, flapping its wings, producing a piercing sonic attack while releasing a foul stench that covered the area.

However, Lin Qianxuan was not affected in the slightest.

The sonic attack was also obstructed and refined by the True Flame, and the foul poisonous gas was entirely consumed by the True Flame, spreading back toward the insect.

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz~!”

Simultaneously, several more insects flew out.

These insects, like their predecessors, moved with lightning speed and had potent sonic attack capabilities.

One of the insects opened its mouth from a distance, spraying a high-temperature toxic liquid shimmering with a gray light at Lin Qianxuan.

However, the toxic liquid still couldn’t breach the True Flame’s defense.

Between the Dao Realm and below it, there lies an unimaginable chasm.

Crossing this step leads to a complete evolution of life.

A slight smirk appeared on Lin Qianxuan’s lips; this was different from the simulated future in the previous game.

In the game’s simulation, he hadn’t reached the half-step Dao Realm, nor did he possess the True Flame.

This battle relied on the Holy Spear, forged from the Myriad Phases, to kill five rapidly flying insects.

“Buzz buzz buzz~!”

Before and after, eight celestial rank insects appeared here, attacking Lin Qianxuan.

Their flying speed was extraordinarily fast, capable of spraying toxin and using sonic attacks from a distance.

If it were the Lin Qianxuan from before, he might have to put in some effort, but now it’s different.

The opponents couldn’t break through his True Flame Shield, but he could easily break through theirs.

“Swish swish swish swish~!”

The True Flame Spirit Sword somehow passed through the burning True Flame, instantly reaching one of the insects.

“Pfft~!”

The spirit sword pierced through its abdomen, then the True Flame ignited its body, instantly refining it to ashes.

The remaining seven insects, seeing the situation was not in their favor, immediately scattered to retreat.

They really flew at a fast pace, and Lin Qianxuan’s spirit sword only managed to kill three insects, while the remaining four had already escaped beyond his divine sense’s probing range.

Nevertheless, Lin Qianxuan didn’t intend to let them escape so easily. With a gesture, a red spear materialized in his hand.

This was the Holy Spear, already refined by True Flame, transformed from the Myriad Phases.

Lin Qianxuan raised his hand and threw the spear; it vanished from sight in an instant, and in the next moment, the four insects that had fled nearly a hundred miles away were almost simultaneously pierced, their bodies ablaze with True Flame, turning to dust in an instant.

After finishing this, Lin Qianxuan wielded the True Flame to traverse the battlefield directly. Wherever he went, the flames followed, even those seemingly endless insects, now reduced to large gaps under his burning assault.

He even burned his way right to the enemy’s spring gate, that massive twisted spatial gateway.

The True Flame blocked the gate, and anyone who attempted to come out met their demise.

“Hmph!”

Suddenly, Lin Qianxuan sensed a slight crisis. Amongst the striations of destiny glimpsed through the Eyes of the Muddled Heaven, a fleeting scene flashed.

In the next instant, a thick, gray-yellow beam of light descended from the sky, landing directly on his True Flame Shield.

The True Flame Shield was instantly breached, but Lin Qianxuan had already responded in advance, grasping the Holy Spear and throwing it, appearing hundreds of miles away in a blink.

As he looked back, that gray-yellow beam of light followed in pursuit, fast approaching, almost upon him, its speed causing a subtle change in his expression.

[Retreat to the position!]

Heeding the advice, Lin Qianxuan flew back to the base using the spear.

The gray-yellow beam swept across all in its path, destroying everything, even the insects were doomed.

As the beam reached the frontline of the base, a suddenly appeared blue transparent shield easily blocked it.

Li Xi’s figure materialized in the void, blue light also emanating from him, harmonizing with the shield.

Simultaneously, three other figures appeared beside him.

These were the guest elders hired by the Otherworld Bureau from the Spirit Qi World.

The three consisted of two men and one woman; the leader was an elderly man with white hair and youthful features, wearing a white robe with black edges, embroidered with a Mountain and River Map, holding a Jade Ruyi, with a calm demeanor.

The other two were relatively young middle-aged men and women, adorned in a traditional style. The man wielded a sword, and the woman held a treasure bottle with a lotus inserted.

Opposite them, three other figures appeared, each insect taking a different form.

One resembled a mountain, with a thousand legs on its abdomen, its appearance akin to a magnified cockroach or turtle from afar.

Another had a long, slender body, all green, with six arms, resembling a bee.

The last had a huge head resting on the mountain-like insect, with a semi-transparent, segmented body that was fat and ugly, like an undeveloped larva.

“Humans, enjoy your last moments of peace. The filter barrier your supreme ones have constructed won’t hold for long!”

The ugly insect delivered a threat, transmitting the message telepathically, reaching everyone on the battlefield, and then the swarm began to retreat, the ugly insect also departing. However, before it left, it spat a mouthful of venom at Lin Qianxuan.

The venom rushed swiftly, but halfway through, it was blocked by a blue shield formed by Li Xi using spirit arts.

“I will remember you, ugly thing!” the ugly insect spoke to Lin Qianxuan.

After it finished, it was carried away by the giant cockroach beneath it.

Lin Qianxuan raised an eyebrow; it was the first time he had been called ugly. It was a comment he’d never heard in his life!

This insect clearly lacked appreciation; likely a racial difference led to varied perceptions.

Understandable, understandable, not angry, not angry!!

Once powerful enough, just go and burn down its home!!!

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