Waves rolled across the East Sea.
On the high cliff outside Biyou Palace, the sea breeze stirred Qin Mu's blue-green robe.
Sect Master Tongtian had just left with a wine flask to seclude himself on the rear mountain and stabilize his sword Dao.
Qin Mu was about to circulate the profound art within him and fully refine the Epoch Crystal Core he had taken from the Dark Night Monarch.
Without warning, a crisp mechanical chime rang through his Primordial Spirit.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, host! You have triggered a Special Red Packet mission: the Investiture Platform!"
"Please proceed to Mount Qi in the Mortal Realm as soon as possible to begin the ultimate Investiture Path!"
Qin Mu's right hand froze on his knee.
A Special Red Packet!
Those were exceedingly rare in the system.
Ordinary Small Red Packets, Medium Red Packets, and even Great Red Packets yielded only incomplete cultivation manuals, rare treasures, or million-year mana.
Qin Mu had even opened Extra Large Red Packets, made by combining ten Great Red Packets, many times before.
The Hongmeng Purple Qi, Great Dao Seeds, and even the three Innate Supreme Treasures had mostly come from Extra Large Red Packets.
But Special Red Packets were entirely different.
One could only trigger a Special Red Packet when a major event in the Primordial Wilderness overturned karma.
He had obtained his first Special Red Packet at the Slaughtering Saints Ground after killing the Primordial Heavenly Venerate nine times in succession at Kunlun by the West Sea.
Later, outside Chaoge City, he had intercepted Jiang Ziya, taken the young Di Xin as his disciple, and changed the course of the Investiture of the Gods. That had earned him a second Special Red Packet.
By the system's rules, he had to collect three Special Red Packets before he could