[System mission 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.] [First ability of the Source of the Dark Night: Dark Night Body. At night, you can absorb the power of darkness and the night, accelerating your cultivation speed and the growth of your Soul Power. Your physical body and realm will no longer be suppressed by the plane. You may surpass the limits of the mortal plane and advance to Level 100, Level 110, Level 120, or even above level 130, with no upper limit.]
"What?! No longer suppressed by the plane, and I can break through levels without limit?!" Qian Xunye was shocked.
Indeed, in the later installments of Douluo Continent...
The Douluo God Realm was swept away by a spacetime turbulence, leaving the Douluo Mortal Realm without the Divine Realm. Later, the Abyss Plane invaded, and the Douluo Plane devoured the Abyss Plane, allowing it to evolve.
Humans could then break through Level 100 without inheriting a Divine Position or becoming gods.
By the Ultimate Douluo Era, the Douluo Plane had evolved even further.
Human Soul Masters could break through Level 110 and beyond. Even mortal Soul Masters could cultivate to Level 120!
They were not true gods, possessed no Divine Positions, and did not have the eternal lives of deities.
Yet mortal Soul Masters could possess the power of gods, existing almost like gods themselves.
In later generations, Levels 100 through 109 were known as God Rank, corresponding to the combat power of third-class gods in the Divine Realm.
Levels 110 through 119 were called True God, corresponding to the combat power of second-class gods in the Divine Realm.
Levels 120 through 129 were called Transcendent God Level, corresponding to the combat power of first-class main gods in the Divine Realm.
Levels 130 through 149 corresponded to the combat power of Half-Step God Kings and Quasi-God Kings.
Rank 150! Supreme God King.
And if Qian Xunye could avoid the plane's suppression and break through levels without limit, then as long as he cultivated quickly enough, he could charge past level 150 without a Divine Position and directly crush God Kings!
Qian Xunye praised, "A system really is a system. It truly is absurdly overpowered."
[Second ability of the Source of the Dark Night: Dark Night Power. At night, your strength will increase greatly, your spiritual power will increase tenfold, and you can conceal your aura, making it difficult for enemies to detect you.]
"Dark Night Power... this is basically a buff 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 on others. Those bearing this mark will gain the power of darkness and the night.] [Those branded with the mark possess two layers of seals.] [Unlock the first layer of the Dark Night Seal: the martial soul will darken, strength will increase noticeably, and even abilities may change.] [Unlock the second layer of the Dark Night Seal: strength will surge dramatically, resulting in complete darkening. Side effect: one may easily lose reason and cannot keep it activated for long.] [For every level gained by someone branded with the 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 the Dark Night Mark will also no longer be suppressed by the plane.]
Qian Xunye sucked in a breath. "In that case, the Dark Night Mark is enough for me to create a large number of experts who can break through Level 100. When they break through and grow stronger, they can bring me energy and help me raise my Soul Power Level faster."
"Then everyone I plant with a Dark Night Mark will become my nourishment, continuously providing me with power!"
Qian Xunye was thrilled.
If not for the eternal life granted by Divine Positions, he was almost no longer interested in obtaining one.
Although the Dark Night Body allowed him to escape the plane's suppression and continuously break through levels, his talent was not particularly heaven-defying. Breaking through Level 100 might be easy, but how could cultivating to Level 110 or Level 120 possibly be so easy?
But with the Dark Night Mark, reaching above level 150 was no longer a dream!
"Haha! Good! Excellent! This is ridiculously heaven-defying!"
[Current Dark Night Mark slots: 92. One additional slot will be gained for every level you break through.]
Qian Xunye frowned. "Only 92 slots? Sure enough, I celebrated too soon..."
"It seems the slots are limited! In that case, only by using the Dark Night Marks on those with exceptional talent can I gain the greatest returns."
"How about planting one on my dear niece first?"
"Forget it, forget it. If I plant a Dark Night Mark on Xiaoxue, that old bastard will probably get angry with me again." After thinking it over, Qian Xunye temporarily dismissed the idea.
[The Good Big-Uncle System has officially activated.] [Each time your niece Qian Renxue breaks through and gains one additional ring of cultivation, you will gain 1 level of Soul Power, and the age of all your 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 Rank 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?"
"Judging by the wording, do I have to wait until Tang San becomes the Sea God before killing him?"
"Whatever. With me around in this life, Tang San won't be able to stir up much trouble. I'll leave him alive and play with him slowly." Qian Xunye shrugged indifferently.
"My strength is still far too weak right now. Although that old bastard Qian Daoliu never liked me back then and was always cold toward me, 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 and make him obedient, as though he were under his command, 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 never allow himself to be controlled by Qian Daoliu as he had been in the past.
So he had to become stronger quickly, at least strong enough to contend with Qian Daoliu.
"From the looks of it, the fastest way for my strength to soar is to help Xiaoxue break through Level 70, let her begin the Angel God Trials, and then obtain the reward of a God Rank martial soul."
"That's simple. I'll help her break through her fourth ring first."
Qian Xunye quickly made up his mind. "As a good big uncle, I should prepare a meeting gift for my dear niece."
"Once my injuries have healed, 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. He had successfully obtained the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, two top-tier Immortal Grasses for tempering the body.
He had also absorbed an Immortal Grass that could drastically increase Soul Power and improve his physique, talent, and aptitude.
Otherwise, Qian Xunye would not have broken through to the Title 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 quickly. One week later.
Qian Xunye's injuries had mostly recovered.
Meanwhile, news that Bibi Dong had been beaten to death in public at Pope's Palace was gradually spreading. Although Qian Daoliu had deliberately tried to suppress the matter, there was no wall in the world that could keep out the wind.
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