"Ding-dong! Spiritual Energy detected. System activating!"
Just then, a mechanical notification rang out in Deng Jiugong's mind.
My cheat has finally arrived!
Deng Jiugong was overwhelmed with excitement.
"Ding-dong! System activation successful. Binding to host in progress!"
"Ding-dong! Binding successful. God-Tier Selection System online!"
"Ding-dong! Newbie gift pack issued. Please claim it immediately!"
A string of system notifications rang out in Deng Jiugong's mind, leaving him stunned.
It was a God-Tier Selection System!
Whenever the system presented him with a choice, he could select an option and receive a reward.
Did this mean he was about to take off?
"Open the newbie gift pack!"
Deng Jiugong said.
"Ding-dong! Newbie gift pack opened. Host receives Pangu Divine Art Mortal Scroll!"
"Ding-dong! Newbie gift pack opened. Host receives Dragon Subduing Tiger Subduing Divine Ability Jade Slip!"
"Ding-dong! Newbie gift pack opened. Host receives Time Dao Disk!"
"Ding-dong! Newbie gift pack opened. Host receives one million points of Great Dao Merit!"
After the string of system notifications, Deng Jiugong grew excited.
First was the Pangu Divine Art, the cultivation method of Great God Pangu. It included the Nine Revolutions Profound Art and the Nine Revolutions Origin Art.
Very few in the Primordial World had ever managed to master it. Only the Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan had mastered Great God Pangu's body-tempering method, the Nine Revolutions Profound Art.
Even the Three Pure Ones had never completely mastered Great God Pangu's primordial spirit method, the Nine Revolutions Origin Art.
The Supreme Clarity Art, Jade Clarity Art, and Upper Clarity Art cultivated by the Three Pure Ones were all derived from the Nine Revolutions Origin Art.
As for the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, by the time of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, the Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan had long since fallen in the Primordial World during the Witch-Demon Calamity. The Nine Revolutions Profound Art had all but vanished, while the Eight-Nine Arcane Art cultivated in the Three Pure Ones' sects was a derived body-tempering method.
The Pangu Divine Art Mortal Scroll Deng Jiugong had obtained included both the primordial spirit method and the body-tempering method, even if it was only the Mortal Scroll.
When he probed it with his mind, Deng Jiugong discovered that the Pangu Divine Art Mortal Scroll could only let him cultivate as far as the Mystic Immortal Realm.
Even a cultivation method that only reached the Mystic Immortal Realm was incredibly powerful to Deng Jiugong.
Perhaps the system was giving him special treatment. Knowing that the Pangu Divine Art was too difficult to master, it had broken off a Mortal Scroll for him.
During the Investiture of the Gods era, cultivation realms were divided into Refining Essence into Qi, Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation, Refining Spirit Returning to Void, Refining Void and Merging with Dao, Earth Immortal Realm, Heavenly Immortal Realm, True Immortal Realm, Mystic Immortal Realm, Golden Immortal Realm, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint, and Saint!
Among mortals, Deng Jiugong was a being of immense strength, capable of contending with immortals and gods.
His cultivation had already reached the Refining Void and Merging with Dao realm. Among mortals, he was already among the most powerful.
That was right!
Though he was mortal, Deng Jiugong had a cultivation base.
During the Investiture of the Gods era, there were only a few mortals whose strength came close to his, Huang Feihu among them.
In fact, Deng Jiugong was even slightly stronger than Huang Feihu!
Deng Jiugong could contend with immortals because he had reached the Refining Void and Merging with Dao realm. He was only one step away from becoming an immortal, and his cultivation was not far off theirs. That was why he could resist them.
But if he failed to cross that final step, he would remain a mortal general. Without immortal spells, he would be at a disadvantage when facing immortals.
Now that Deng Jiugong had obtained the Pangu Divine Art Mortal Scroll, even if it was only the Mortal Scroll, it was enough to let him join the ranks of immortals.
Next was the Dragon Subduing Tiger Subduing Divine Ability Jade Slip from the newbie gift pack!
Dragon Subduing Tiger Subduing was one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Arts, a divine ability.
Once mastered, it could subdue dragons and use magical power to overpower tigers.
Of course, this divine ability wasn't only for subduing dragons and tigers. Once mastered, it greatly increased one's strength. With the power to subdue dragons and tigers, one could naturally easily overpower anything weaker than them.
However, to master a divine ability, he first needed to cultivate magical power. In other words, his cultivation had to reach the Earth Immortal Realm!
Deng Jiugong had reached the Refining Void and Merging with Dao realm. The next realm was the Earth Immortal Realm!
Then there was the Time Dao Disk!
With a lift of his hand, the Time Dao Disk appeared in Deng Jiugong's palm.
When he probed it with his mind, Deng Jiugong was astonished to discover that once activated, the Time Dao Disk would produce a hundredfold time effect.
"This!!!"
Deng Jiugong was stunned.
To be honest, he had crossed over too late. What he lacked most was time.
After all, Grand Tutor Wen Zhong of Great Shang had already fallen in battle. With Wen Zhong's death, Great Shang's fortune had begun to plummet, and the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation was already nearing its end.
Deng Jiugong had very little time left.
That was why the Time Dao Disk would be so useful to him.
It wasn't that he expected to change the outcome of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. At the very least, he could make it through safely instead of meeting the same miserable end as in the original history.
The final reward was Great Dao Merit!
Merit was like a universal cure in the Primordial World. It could be used to improve one's root and cultivation alike.
Strictly speaking, all six Saints of the Primordial World had used merit to attain sainthood—and the merit they used had been Heavenly Dao Merit.
Deng Jiugong had just received one million points of Great Dao Merit from the newbie gift pack. That was a real treat.
Personal Panel!
Name: Deng Jiugong
Cultivation Method: Pangu Divine Art (Mortal Scroll)
Root: Top-Tier Acquired Root
Weapon: Crimson Copper Saber
Treasured Item: Time Dao Disk
Divine Ability: Dragon Subduing Tiger Subduing (Unlearned)
Great Dao Merit: 1,000,000 points!
Looking at his personal panel, Deng Jiugong was stunned.
In the original history, Deng Jiugong had been unable to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm for so long because his root was too weak.
Without an improvement to his root, he might not break through to the Earth Immortal Realm even after cultivating for another hundred years.
Though Deng Jiugong had a Top-Tier Acquired Root, it was still a mortal root. If he didn't improve it, he might never reach the immortal realm in his lifetime.
"I'll use Great Dao Merit to improve my root first!"
Deng Jiugong murmured.
He immediately activated the Time Dao Disk, giving himself a hundredfold time flow, then expended Great Dao Merit to improve his root.
Hum!
Great Dao Merit entered his body and rapidly merged with him, all of it being used to improve his root.
Deng Jiugong could feel his root improving rapidly.
Top-Tier Acquired Root!
Beginner Innate Root!
Intermediate Innate Root!
Advanced Innate Root!
Top-Tier Innate Root!
Only after reaching the Top-Tier Innate Root did Deng Jiugong's progress finally slow.
In the Primordial World, roots were divided into acquired roots, innate roots, Innate Demon God Roots, and Chaos Demon God Roots.
Each rank was further divided into beginner, intermediate, advanced, and top-tier!
The higher the rank, the harder it was to improve one's root.
Moreover, neither roots nor cultivation could be raised without limit all at once. Deng Jiugong had only used up one hundred thousand points of Great Dao Merit, yet he had already raised his root to the Top-Tier Innate Root level.
Hum!
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