System Glitch, New Mission

After arranging matters for Dugu Bo and his grandson, Bai Shu was led by a servant to an elegant side room.

After shooing away Xiao Wu, who had tried to squeeze in, Bai Shu closed the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, and sank his consciousness into his sea of consciousness, opening the system panel that he hadn't used in a long time.

He had many ideas that urgently needed verification, which concerned his future path.

Taking a deep breath, Bai Shu issued a command to the system in his heart:

"System, set the mission reward: a bidirectional portal that can travel to other worlds."

[Ding, reward confirmed, generating mission...]

Bai Shu's breathing involuntarily slowed, and he nervously watched the constantly flashing system interface, hoping for a surprise from the system.

The generation speed of this mission was much slower than the previous two. The light on the panel even carried a hint of chaotic color, as if undergoing some unimaginably complex calculation, causing Bai Shu's sea of consciousness to tremble slightly.

Finally, after a full few minutes of agonizing wait, the light on the system panel subsided, and lines of golden text exuding a sacred aura slowly appeared.

[Mission generation complete]

[Reward: Myriad World Portal (Unique)]

[Mission: Host, please collect the five divine-level origin powers of Chaos, Space-Time, Five Elements, Life, and Destruction.]

"..."

Silence, silence is the bridge tonight...

Good news: his idea had come true, and the system could indeed provide such an outrageous reward.

Bad news: the difficulty of this mission was equally outrageous, almost impossible to complete.

Life, Destruction: he could think of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction in the God Realm.

Five Elements: perhaps he could obtain them from some elemental deities or the Silver Dragon King. Although these were distant, they at least had a traceable path.

But Space-Time and Chaos... did these two heaven-defying rules truly exist in the Douluo Continent?

He pondered for a long time and could only think of the mysterious Dark Demon Evil God Tiger hidden in the Star Dou Forest. It might have been tainted by both time and space attributes, but that was just a taint, and it was still worlds away from "divine-level origin."

"It seems I have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time."

Bai Shu forced himself to calm down and abandoned his unrealistic fantasies.

System missions could be roughly divided into two types: one was extremely difficult but could be completed quickly if one had enough strength, like his previous mission to summon a Guardian; the other was less difficult but required a long time and painstaking effort, like when he obtained his spirit.

This mission, however, clearly belonged to a third type: impossible to complete no matter what.

"I was too greedy," Bai Shu chuckled self-deprecatingly, temporarily suppressing his unrealistic ambitions. "The most important thing right now is to improve my own strength. A top-tier cultivation technique is the foundation of my standing."

He adjusted his train of thought and issued another command to the system.

"System, set the mission reward to: a random Heavenly-tier or above cultivation technique."

[Ding, reward confirmed, generating mission...]

[Mission generation complete]

[Reward: A random cultivation technique of Heavenly-tier or above]

[Mission: Kill any Level Three God.]

"Tsk, it's that kind of abstract mission again," Bai Shu rubbed his temples. As expected, once anything related to the divine level of the Douluo Continent was involved, the mission was highly likely to be related to gods. Fortunately, this was just a test.

There was a reason for setting the reward as a Heavenly-tier cultivation technique.

Because the Douluo Continent had no concept of cultivation technique levels, Bai Shu could only refer to the level classifications of other worlds.

According to his estimation, the most common meditation techniques in this world should be Yellow-tier, and through generations of improvement by major sects and long-standing forces like Spirit Hall, their meditation techniques could likely reach the Black-tier.

As for Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill, considering its endless vitality, healing properties, and many other miraculous uses, as well as being a genuine Daoist heart technique, its level would certainly not be lower than Earth-tier.

That was why Bai Shu had thought of obtaining a Heavenly-tier cultivation technique. However, it seemed he had overthought it, and this was clearly another difficult target.

For the next two hours, Bai Shu patiently adjusted the reward description, like the most precise craftsman, trying to find the perfect balance between difficulty and value.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind like lightning. He thought of a brilliant way to verify the system's judgment logic.

He entered the name of a cultivation technique that was thunderous in his past life's memory.

"System, set the reward to: cultivation technique Burning Technique."

[Reward: Cultivation Technique: Burning Technique]

[Mission: Absorb a fire-attribute spiritual plant of Immortal-grade quality.]

Bai Shu's breathing suddenly hitched!

The Blazing Apricot in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the perfect mission item, wasn't it? This mission was practically a freebie for him!

But his ecstasy wasn't because of Burning Technique itself. Even if he obtained this cultivation technique, it would be useless without an exotic flame. He couldn't spend all his subsequent missions hunting for exotic flames.

What thrilled him was that he had discovered another loophole in the system. Burning Technique could grow to the Sovereign realm, so the mission should have been incredibly difficult. Yet, in reality, this mission was as easy as giving it away.

Clearly, in the system's judgment logic, the initial level of this cultivation technique greatly reduced the mission's difficulty.

Although it was indeed difficult for others in the Douluo Continent.

With this astonishing discovery, Bai Shu suppressed his inner ecstasy and immediately changed the mission reward again, his wording becoming extremely cautious and clever.

"System, set the reward to a cultivation technique that perfectly suits my own spirit's attributes and has extremely high growth potential."

He deliberately emphasized "suits me" and "growth potential," while avoiding any words that would determine the initial rank.

A moment later, Bai Shu fell into thought as he looked at the task given by the system.

How to put it, Bai Shu was a little inclined to accept this task, but he was also a bit worried about not being able to complete it.

[Reward: A cultivation technique that suits the host and has growth potential.]

[Task: Reach five Title Douluo under your command (2/5)]

After pondering for a long time, a decisive glint flashed in Bai Shu's eyes, and he gritted his teeth, making a decision. Risks and opportunities coexist; although this task is difficult, it is not out of reach and is worth a shot!

"Accept current task."

[Task accepted. Other tasks cannot be edited until this task is completed.]

The system's cold prompt sounded like the symphony of fate at this moment.

Bai Shu let out a long breath, and the turmoil in his chest slowly subsided. The system's usage opportunities were limited, and every choice he made had to be extremely cautious.

As for the three Title Douluo who didn't know where they were, the corner of his mouth curved into an arc.

This world never lacked strong individuals who were unrecognized.

Familiar with the plot, Bai Shu knew very well that there were only a handful of wild Title Douluo on the Douluo Continent. Besides Dugu Bo, Tang Hao, whom he had killed, could barely count as half.

Therefore, his gaze had been fixed on those massive forces from the very beginning.

And when it came to which force had the most Title Douluo, it was undoubtedly Spirit Hall!

One name almost instantly leaped into Bai Shu's mind—Dugu Bo's old rival, Moonlight!