Volume 1, Chapter 204 – The System Shop Has Been Updated

At a thought from Gu Han, the familiar System notification sounded in her mind:

[Ding! Calculating rewards for disciples’ breakthroughs…]

[Calculation complete!]

[First disciple A-Yao: Broke through to the Golden Core stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 50,000]

[Second disciple Liu Ruyan: Broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 80,000]

[Third disciple Gu Luoli: Broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 80,000]

[Fourth disciple Ye Ling’er: Broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 80,000]

[Core disciple Xiao Ya: Broke through to the Golden Core stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 30,000]

[Core disciple Wang Zhaojun: Broke through to the Golden Core stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 30,000]

[Inner disciple Li Zhiwei: Broke through to the Golden Core stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 15,000]

[Inner disciple Murong Xue: Broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 30,000]

[Twenty-two disciples, including inner disciples Zhao Ling’er and Wang Teng, broke through to the Golden Core stage. Total reward: 330,000 Master Dao Points]

[The remaining sixty-four disciples broke through to the Golden Core stage. Master Dao Points awarded: 640,000]

[Total Master Dao Points obtained this time: 1,365,000!]

[Current Master Dao Points: 1,649,350!]

Staring at the staggering number on the System panel, Gu Han drew a deep breath and suppressed her shock.

One million, six hundred and forty-nine thousand Master Dao Points!

That was far more than everything she had accumulated before combined!

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Thanks to the Myriad-Phenomena Tower’s time acceleration, only a year had passed in the outside world, but twenty or thirty years had elapsed inside the tower.

She wasn’t surprised that her disciples had made such tremendous progress.

Gu Han composed herself and began planning how to use this enormous sum of Master Dao Points.

Her first thought was the current shortage of high-level combat power in Yaochi Immortal Palace.

Although Yun Yun and Li Hanyi, two elders at the ninth heaven of Tribulation Transcendence, held down the fort, and Fushan, Mo Lin, Die Wu, and the others had all reached the Mahayana realm, their strength was clearly insufficient compared to the ancient major factions of the Xuanhuang Continent they might face in the future.

It was time to bolster their ranks with some top-tier combat power.

“System, open the character summoning shop.”

Gu Han issued the command inwardly.

[Ding! Opening the character summoning shop for the Host…]

As the System notification faded, the familiar translucent screen unfolded before Gu Han.

Yet the moment her gaze landed on the shop interface, she froze.

It had changed!

It was completely different from what she had seen before!

All the character summoning cards based on the Canglan Continent’s cultivation system, from Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment to Golden Core and Tribulation Transcendence, had vanished.

In their place was an entirely different system of cultivation realms.

On the left side of the screen was a simple branching diagram.

At the very top was a phrase glowing with hazy golden light: [Xuanhuang Continent · Cultivation System].

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Several branches extended beneath it.

[Mortal Realm]: Body Tempering, Meridian Opening, Qi Gathering, Spirit Sea, Divine Platform, Dharma Manifestation, Divine Ability.

[Saint Realm]: Half-Saint, Saint, Great Saint, Saint King, Quasi-Emperor.

[Emperor Realm]: Great Emperor, First to Ninth Levels (equivalent to early-stage through peak Immortal Ascension on the Canglan Continent).

Beside each realm was an icon of a different color, along with its corresponding price in Master Dao Points.

Gu Han’s gaze was instinctively drawn to the [Emperor Realm] section.

Several cards hovered silently there, their designs ancient and understated, their edges shimmering with a faint violet-gold luster.

Shadowy silhouettes were barely visible on the cards. Some sat cross-legged in contemplation of the Dao, some stood with swords in hand, and others gazed up at the heavens with their hands clasped behind their backs…

Though they were only indistinct projections, they exuded a supreme majesty that seemed to command the world and look down upon all living beings.

The prices listed beneath them made Gu Han’s heart jolt.

[Random Great Emperor Summoning Card: 50,000 Master Dao Points (Randomly summons a one- to nine-star Great Emperor expert)]

[Special Great Emperor Summoning Card: 100,000 Master Dao Points (The Host must provide the character’s basic information)]

Fifty thousand! One hundred thousand!

The prices made Gu Han draw a sharp breath.

Her gaze quickly moved downward.

[Quasi-Emperor Summoning Card]: Price: 10,000 Master Dao Points.

[Saint King Summoning Card]: Price: 5,000 Master Dao Points.

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[Great Saint Summoning Card]: Price: 3,000 Master Dao Points.

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The prices continued to fall, all the way down to the most basic [Body Tempering Cultivator Summoning Card], which cost only 100 Master Dao Points.

A Quasi-Emperor on the Xuanhuang Continent corresponded to the ninth heaven of Tribulation Transcendence on Canglan, while a Great Emperor corresponded to Immortal Ascension!

No. Judging by Qingxuan’s description and the power of the Red Emperor Heaven-Scorching Lotus, a Great Emperor of the Xuanhuang Continent who possessed an Imperial Armament exceptionally well suited to them might be even stronger!

“System, why did the shop suddenly update?”

Gu Han asked inwardly, her brows knitting slightly.

[Ding! It has been detected that the Host personally saw the Xuanhuang Continent and participated in establishing an interworld passage!]

[Naturally, this System’s database must keep up with the times and provide the Host with services suited to the current stage!]

Gu Han immediately seized on the key point.

“In other words, because I saw the Xuanhuang Continent in the star sea, the shop updated automatically?”

[Bingo! The Host is so clever! You understood immediately!]

[This System is very considerate, you know. I prepared everything for the Host in advance! Well? Aren’t you moved?]

“I am. I’m deeply moved.”

Gu Han replied expressionlessly, though her gaze remained fixed on the [Random Great Emperor Summoning Card].

“System, since the shop has updated, can I summon a Great Emperor right now and see what happens?”

Anticipation stirred within her.

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If she could have a Great Emperor by her side now, it would be an enormous boon, whether for safeguarding Yaochi Immortal Palace or preparing for her eventual journey to the Xuanhuang Continent.

[Theoretically, yes! However…]

The System drew out the last word.

[Summoning a Great Emperor on the Canglan Continent may attract the Heavenly Dao’s attention and provoke rejection from the laws of heaven and earth～]

[Friendly reminder: It is recommended that the Host wait until reaching the Xuanhuang Continent before summoning. The experience will be better and the risk lower!]

Gu Han: “…”

She stared at the tantalizing Great Emperor Summoning Card, then recalled the System’s warning and found herself momentarily speechless.

She could easily afford fifty thousand Master Dao Points now.

But the System had a point. Summoning a Great Emperor from the Xuanhuang Continent here on the Canglan Continent would probably cause quite a commotion.

“Forget it. There’s no rush.”

Gu Han suppressed the impulse to try it immediately and instead raised another crucial question.

“System, do I really have to wait fifty years, or even a hundred years, until that void node opens again before I can go to the Xuanhuang Continent?”

That was her greatest concern at present.

Qingxuan had already crossed over, while Lingshuang had returned to the Northern Region.

Yaochi Immortal Palace was wonderful, but her yearning for that vaster world, together with her promise to Qingxuan, left her unwilling to wait so long.