Rewards: The Source of the Dark Night's Three Abilities

[System task activated: Change Qian Renxue's fate, end the Infiltration Plan, and prevent Qian Renxue from infiltrating Heaven Dou Palace. Completed. Reward: Source of the Dark Night.]

[Source of the Dark Night's first ability: Dark Night Body. At night, you can absorb the power of darkness and the night, accelerating your cultivation speed and Soul Power growth. Your physical body and realm will no longer be suppressed by the plane. You can surpass the limits of mortal planes and attempt breakthroughs to Level 100, 110, 120, and even above 130, with no upper limit.]

"What! No longer suppressed by the plane, and I can break through levels without limit?!" Qian Xunye was utterly stunned.

Indeed, in the later installments of Douluo Continent—

The Douluo God Realm was swept away by a spacetime tempest, leaving the mortal Douluo world without its Divine Realm. Later, the Abyss Plane invaded, and the Douluo Plane devoured it, allowing the Douluo Plane to advance.

Humans could then break through Level 100 without inheriting a godhood or becoming gods.

By the Ultimate Douluo Era, the Douluo Plane evolved even further.

Human Soul Masters could already break through Level 110 and beyond. Even mortal Soul Masters could cultivate to Level 120!

They were not true gods, possessed no godhood, and did not have the eternal lives of deities.

Yet mortal Soul Masters could possess the power of gods, becoming existences akin to gods.

In later generations, Levels 100 to 109 were known as the god-tier, equivalent to the combat strength of third-class gods in the Divine Realm.

Levels 110 to 119 were known as True Gods, equivalent to the combat strength of second-class gods in the Divine Realm.

Levels 120 to 129 were known as the Super God-tier, equivalent to the combat strength of first-class main gods in the Divine Realm.

Levels 130 to 149 corresponded to half-step God Kings and prospective God Kings.

Level 150! The Supreme God King.

If Qian Xunye could remain free from the plane's suppression and break through endlessly, then as long as he cultivated fast enough, he could charge beyond Level 150 without obtaining a godhood and directly crush God Kings!

Qian Xunye exclaimed in admiration, "A system really is a system. It truly is ridiculously overpowered."

[Source of the Dark Night's second ability: Dark Night Power. At night, your strength will greatly increase, your spiritual power will increase tenfold, and you will be able to conceal your aura, making it difficult for enemies to detect you.]

"Dark Night Power... this is basically a buffing skill. I just wonder how much this so-called great increase can enhance me." Qian Xunye pondered.

[Dark Night Mark: You may plant a Dark Night Mark upon others. Those bearing the mark will obtain the power of darkness and the night.]

[Those planted with the mark possess two layers of seals.]

[Unlock the first layer of the Dark Night Seal: the martial soul darkens, strength noticeably rises, and even abilities may change.]

[Unlock the second layer of the Dark Night Seal: strength greatly surges, complete darkening. Side effect: easily loses rationality and cannot remain activated for long periods.]

[For every level gained by someone planted with a Dark Night Mark, they will feed back a trace of Soul Power energy to you, helping raise your Soul Power Level. At the same time, those with Dark Night Marks will also no longer be suppressed by the plane.]

Qian Xunye drew in a sharp breath. "In that case, the Dark Night Mark is enough for me to create a large group of powerhouses who can break through Level 100. When they break through and grow stronger, they can bring me energy and help me accelerate my Soul Power Level breakthroughs."

"Then everyone I plant with a Dark Night Mark will become my nourishment, continuously providing me with power!"

Qian Xunye was thrilled.

If godhood did not grant eternal life, he would not even care much about obtaining one now.

Although the Dark Night Body allowed him to escape the plane's suppression and continuously break through levels, his talent was not exceptionally heaven-defying. Breaking through Level 100 might be easy, but how could cultivating to Levels 110 or 120 be so simple?

But with the Dark Night Mark, reaching above Level 150 was no dream at all!

"Ha ha! Good! Excellent! This is ridiculously heaven-defying!"

[Current Dark Night Mark slots: 92. One additional slot is gained for every level breakthrough.]

Qian Xunye frowned. "Only ninety-two slots? Looks like I celebrated too early..."

"Then the slots are limited! In that case, only using Dark Night Marks on people with outstanding talent will bring the best returns."

"Should I give one to my dear niece first?"

"Forget it, forget it. If I plant a Dark Night Mark on Xiaoxue, that old bastard will probably lose his temper with me again." After thinking it over, Qian Xunye temporarily dismissed the idea.

[Good Big-Uncle System officially activated.]

[Whenever your niece Qian Renxue gains one additional ring's worth of cultivation, your Soul Power will rise by 1 level, and the age of all Soul Rings will increase by ten thousand years.]

[Next-stage mission: Nurture Qian Renxue until she breaks through Level 70 and begins Angel's Nine Trials. Reward: one god-tier martial soul.]

[Ultimate mission: Help Qian Renxue kill Sea God Tang San and help Spirit Hall rule Douluo Continent.]

"What the hell? Kill Sea God Tang San? Sea God?"

"Going by the wording, do I have to wait until Tang San becomes the Sea God before I can kill him?"

"Whatever. With me around in this life, Tang San won't be able to stir up much trouble. I'll keep him around and play with him slowly." Qian Xunye shrugged indifferently.

"My strength is still far too weak. That old bastard Qian Daoliu may not have liked me back then and barely paid me any attention, but his desire to control me was extremely strong. He wanted me to obey every arrangement he made."

"Thirty-seven years have passed, and he is still the same." Qian Xunye clenched his fists.

It was precisely because Qian Daoliu wanted to control him, to make him obedient as though he were being controlled, that Qian Xunye had faked his death to escape back then. Otherwise, even if he had left, he would have been dragged back.

Now that he had returned, Qian Xunye would absolutely not allow himself to be controlled by Qian Daoliu as he had been back then.

Therefore, he had to grow stronger quickly, at least until he possessed the strength to contend with Qian Daoliu.

"For now, the fastest way for my strength to surge is to help Xiaoxue break through Level 70, have her begin the Angel God's trials, and then obtain the reward of a god-tier martial soul."

"This is simple. I'll help her break through to her fourth ring first."

Qian Xunye quickly made up his mind. "As a good big uncle, it's about time I prepared a meeting gift for my dear niece."

"Once my injuries fully heal, I'll make a trip to Sunset Forest."

Qian Xunye had visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest once more than ten years ago.

At that time, Dugu Bo had not yet occupied the place. Qian Xunye had successfully obtained the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, two top-tier immortal herbs for body refinement.

He had also absorbed an immortal herb that could greatly increase Soul Power and improve his physique, talent, and aptitude.

Otherwise, Qian Xunye would not have broken through to the Titled Douluo realm at the age of fifty-two.

"If I go again this time, Dugu Bo should have already occupied the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, right?" Qian Xunye pondered as he continued recuperating.

Time passed swiftly. One week later.

Qian Xunye's injuries had mostly recovered.

Meanwhile, word that Bibi Dong had been beaten to death in public at the Pope's Palace was gradually spreading. Although Qian Daoliu had intentionally tried to suppress the matter, there were no walls that could keep out all news.