System Upgrade

Of course, Lin Xuan could have left Lin Chou and the other three women here, then gone to set traps for Xiao Yan himself. Once the plot of Legend of Yao Lao had progressed far enough, Lin Xuan could simply return here.

After all, Lin Xuan possessed the Space Ancestral Talisman. As long as he had been somewhere before, he could travel back and forth there in an instant.

However, Lin Xuan had no plans to set traps for Xiao Yan for the time being. There was no need for it now.

Not to mention that the Oba Family in Wutan City was constantly dealing blows to the Xiao Clan, even the "inheritance" Lin Xuan had left Xiao Yan was enough to thoroughly screw him over. Then there was the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in the Magical Beast Forest, as well as the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in the Tagor Desert...

Lin Xuan planned to first cultivate a force of his own in the Central Continent before making further plans. As for the Ancient Clan, he had no intention of going there for now.

As Lin Xuan watched Zi Yan and Chun Bao chatting, he gave Lin Chou a look before heading into the house.

Lin Chou rose from her chair and followed in the direction Lin Xuan had gone. Once inside, she saw Lin Xuan standing by the door, holding the Mind Stone and the Reality Gem as he waited for her.

Lin Xuan then returned the two Infinity Stones to Lin Chou. After all, he would not need the Infinity Stones for a while.

After accepting the Infinity Stones, Lin Chou fused them into her body. Then she heard Lin Xuan say to her,

"From here on, I'll have to trouble you and Yao Cang. First, establish a force of our own in the Central Continent, along with organizations that can secretly gather intelligence."

After hearing Lin Xuan's words, Lin Chou nodded. She knew that Lin Xuan's understanding of the Dou Qi Continent came solely from a "book."

But now, the Dou Qi Continent truly existed. Lin Xuan could not be sure what might happen here; he only knew the general direction in which the Dou Qi Continent would develop. (PS: Remember this part. It will be useful later. Also, the reason the protagonist is not allowed to break through to Dou Di will be useful later as well.)

Lin Xuan then used his Spiritual Sense to communicate with Yao Cang, who was cultivating in his room. He told him that after some time, he should go out with Lin Chou to seek out promising talents in the Central Continent and find a way to recruit them. No matter what methods they used, as long as they subdued them, that was enough.

Lin Xuan was about to return to his room when the system's cold voice rang out beside his ear.

"Ding. The system will begin upgrading in ten minutes. The upgrade will take one day. During the upgrade, the host will lose all consciousness. Please choose a safe place as soon as possible and wait for the system upgrade to be completed."

Upon hearing the system's words, Lin Xuan's expression immediately turned ugly. If he merely lost consciousness in a safe place, that would be fine.

But if he were fighting someone of equal cultivation and the system suddenly began upgrading, causing him to lose consciousness as well, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Lin Xuan then spoke to the system in his heart. After all, he and the system were symbiotic; if Lin Xuan died, the system would be gone too.

Because Lin Xuan and the system were symbiotic, the Time Stone was completely useless to him. Otherwise, he would have had Lin Chou use the Time Stone's power to turn him into an adult long ago. Why would he need to use the Reality Gem's power to disguise himself?

"Big Brother System... um, could you please notify me a day before you upgrade in the future? Otherwise, if something like this happens in the middle of a battle, we'll both be finished."

The system fell silent after hearing Lin Xuan's words, then replied,

"That is possible. However, the timing of system upgrades is not fixed and is completely random. I can only notify the host five hours before an upgrade."

Hearing this, Lin Xuan could only nod. He then looked at Lin Chou. After exchanging a glance, Lin Xuan headed toward his room.

Lin Chou's expression also turned solemn as she closely followed behind Lin Xuan.

Soon, the two arrived outside Lin Xuan's room. Lin Xuan pushed open the door and walked inside.

But the moment Lin Xuan entered the room, the Reality Gem's energy around him vanished. His appearance reverted to that of a child, and Lin Chou hurriedly shut the door.

Lin Xuan did not care that he had turned back into a child. He only wanted to lie down on the bed before losing consciousness.

Yet before he could even reach the bedside, he had already lost consciousness and collapsed headfirst onto the floor.

Lin Chou had just shut and locked the door when she heard Lin Xuan fall to the ground, leaving her somewhat helpless.

She walked over to Lin Xuan, picked him up from the floor, and placed him on the bed.

When Lin Chou and Lin Xuan had exchanged that glance earlier, she had already understood that Lin Xuan would lose consciousness for an entire day. During that day, someone needed to protect him.

After placing Lin Xuan on the bed and covering him with a blanket, Lin Chou sat by the bedside. Looking at his childish face, she could not help smiling and murmuring softly,

"Your little face still looks better. After all, I've looked at it for more than seven years. If you hadn't summoned me back then, I probably really would never have been able to revive..."

After saying that, Lin Chou could not help recalling her past.

In Lin Chou's memories, three people wearing Infinity Gauntlets stood on an island. Two of them, battered and disheveled, had used twelve Infinity Stones and their own lives as the price to summon her, so she could fight a man who wielded lightning and a woman with messy hair.

The man who wielded lightning condensed five Infinity Stones in his hand, but Lin Chou did not care. She knew that parallel universes existed in this universe.

What Lin Chou had not expected was that the five Infinity Stones condensed by the lightning-wielding man were all incredibly powerful. Moreover, that man was stronger than she was. At the cost of those five Infinity Stones, he completely destroyed her—and along with her, every Infinity Stone across all parallel universes...