Upgrade Progress 35%, 50% Soul Fragment

"Ugh—"

Seeing that Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King had already left, Liu Yuan felt a wave of dizziness and pressed a hand to his forehead.

He had never expected that Electrolux's displayed aura would be enough to force them back.

Yet before leaving, Three-Eyed Golden Lion had pulled something like that—she had actually initiated Attribute Guidance with him.

Wasn't Attribute Guidance supposed to be extremely precious?

"Thank you very much, old sir."

After recovering, Liu Yuan sank his consciousness into his Spirit Sea and thanked Electrolux in person.

Just as he was about to take out the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife and hand it over, Electrolux stopped him.

"Actually, I didn't make a move either. That Beast of Fate was simply too precious, which made those three little dogs wary. Therefore, I didn't consume much power."

"So, this Gold of Life..."

"The Gold of Life will still have a share for you, old sir." Liu Yuan interrupted Electrolux. "And since the Gold of Life is covered in dust, perhaps we'll still need your power."

"How thoughtful..."

After pondering for a moment,

Electrolux did not refuse again. He then pointed out that this forest was filled with danger and that they should leave as soon as possible. As for the Gold of Life, they could discuss it once they reached a safe place.

"Of course." Liu Yuan nodded, then turned and glanced at the three unconscious people lying on the ground.

After thinking for a moment, he used willow branches to bind the three of them into cocoons. He then used the branches to suspend them behind him before leaving the forest with them.

Meanwhile,

"Emperor Auspicious Beast, that was far too dangerous! You..." Scarlet King walked through the Mixed Zone with Three-Eyed Golden Lion, each of his three heads chattering away, trying to make the Auspicious Beast understand the gravity of the situation.

But Three-Eyed Golden Lion treated Scarlet King's words as though they were blowing past her ears, focusing most of her attention on Liu Yuan instead.

However, at that moment, a deep voice rang out from the Star Dou Forest like rolling thunder. An incomparably powerful pressure descended, instantly darkening the sky by several shades.

"Scarlet King!"

The moment he heard the voice, Scarlet King immediately cowered.

"Di, Di Tian..."

"You failed to carry out the task I assigned you!"

Before Scarlet King was even given a chance to explain, the space ahead was suddenly torn apart.

The next second, the rift swallowed both Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King, and they vanished without a trace.

"What happened?"

At the edge of the Star Dou Forest, Huo Yuhao, who had Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by his side, and the more highly cultivated Bei Bei were the first to awaken, rubbing their still-dazed heads.

Once he came to his senses, Bei Bei suddenly jolted awake!

"Wait! Where's that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?!"

He looked around in every direction,

only to discover that they had already left the Star Dou Forest, leaving him even more confused.

"What exactly happened just now?"

Bei Bei looked at Liu Yuan beside him.

Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, remained silent. Brother Sky Dream had already told him the whole story.

"I don't know either."

Facing Bei Bei's question, Liu Yuan lied without batting an eye. "I was the same as you. I only found that Soul Beast had already left after waking up first. Realizing that place wasn't somewhere we could stay for long, I hurriedly brought you all out."

"So that's what happened."

Bei Bei believed Liu Yuan's words.

Under such terrifying spiritual fluctuations, all of them had passed out. It was impossible for Liu Yuan alone not to have fainted.

"Ahh—what a perilous trip this was."

"Tell me about it."

Liu Yuan casually agreed,

but he had indeed gained quite a few benefits.

The first was the improvement to his attributes.

As a Soul Beast with the Ultimate Light attribute, Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Attribute Guidance had undoubtedly given the Light Bloodline within Liu Yuan a certain boost. The light attribute originating from Luo Sanpao had completely transformed after the Attribute Guidance, becoming as powerful as the light attribute possessed by a Radiant Sacred Dragon of the same level.

It was not Ultimate,

but it was still among the very best below Ultimate.

The second was the Power of Fate.

Though the power of fate could neither be explained nor understood clearly, it would undoubtedly benefit Liu Yuan immensely in the future.

And neither of those was the most important thing.

At that moment,

Liu Yuan focused his consciousness on the platform.

With a thought,

an illusory interface appeared before him.

During the Attribute Guidance process just now, he had vaguely heard two notifications from the platform.

When Liu Yuan clicked into it, two important notifications had indeed appeared in the [Message Zone].

[Important Notification 1: A massive amount of Power of Luck has been received. The platform upgrade module has been activated. Upon completing the upgrade, the task publishing module can be unlocked. Current platform upgrade progress: 35% (Emperor Auspicious Beast: 25%↑; Child of Luck: 10%↑)]

[Important Notification 2: During the reception of Power of Luck, impurities were detected. Please claim them as soon as possible. Impurities: 50% of a soul fragment (Claim)]

"This is..."

As the two messages entered his field of vision,

Liu Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Yet what concerned him most was not the first notification, but the second one. Or rather, the "impurities" within it.

Fifty percent of a soul fragment?

What kind of concept was that?!

There was hardly any need to think about where this fifty percent of a soul fragment had come from.

Tang Wutong, or rather, Wang Dong'er...

So Tang Buddha Ancestor had set his sights on him?

A chaotic flood of thoughts exploded in Liu Yuan's mind!

Because the moment the Attribute Guidance had been completed, the Power of Fate had linked him and Three-Eyed Golden Lion together.

In other words, he had switched roles with the original Huo Yuhao.

If Tang Buddha Ancestor had only been watching Huo Yuhao, there would have been no need to split a soul in two and place one part inside Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

But with things as they were now...

Liu Yuan calmed himself and sorted through his thoughts.

[Son of Nature]

That nickname entered his sight once more.

Actually, if that title was true, then it would not be difficult to understand why Tang Buddha Ancestor had set his sights on him.

Unfortunately, there were too few clues at present to confirm anything.

Thus,

Liu Yuan could only shift his attention to the first notification for now.

The platform module upgrade, the task publishing module...

In fact, he had realized years ago that his platform differed greatly from those in other universes.

His platform could only accept orders, while platforms in other universes could only publish tasks. This gave Liu Yuan the illusion that the other universes in the Multiverse were "supporting" him.

He had not expected that, after completing the upgrade, his platform would also be able to publish tasks, though the requirement was the Power of Luck.

As he thought, he clicked on [25%↑].

[Ding!]

[Insufficient Power of Luck acquired. Unable to increase.]

Liu Yuan then turned and clicked on [10%↑].

The next second,

[10%↑] changed to [10.1↑].

This change made Liu Yuan subconsciously look toward Huo Yuhao.

Sensing Liu Yuan's gaze, Huo Yuhao was puzzled.

"Brother, is something wrong?"

"Nothing. Get some rest first."

Liu Yuan waved a hand and continued looking at the interface. Yet the corners of his mouth could not help rising. "Interesting..."