Chapter 991: New Main Quest Unlocked: World-Ending Crisis

After leaving the Yuan Realm, Qi Yuan did not choose to head to the Immortal Realm, but instead teleported directly back to the Yunmeng Great World.

Although he had already ascended to the True Immortal Realm and could fully establish an Immortal Cave in the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Realm was currently a chaotic mess of demons, making it by no means a stable location.

For some reason, ever since he faced that Heavenly Dao Stone Tablet on the Heaven Worship Platform, his cultivation had begun to advance by leaps and bounds without warning, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, growing rapidly every single moment.

By now, he had not only completely stabilized his current Realm, but had even taken several steps forward.

Although he was still far from the Middle Stage of the True Immortal Realm, among Immortals, this speed of progress could already be described as world-shaking.

An entire day had passed, and there was no sign of this bizarre state ending; even if Qi Yuan did not perform any Cultivation, his cultivation continued to rise steadily in some inconceivable manner.

Facing such a strange situation, Qi Yuan was initially a bit flustered, thinking something had gone wrong with his body.

But he soon discovered that the cultivation soaring speed of a certain Child of Destiny was even more ridiculous than his own, which allowed him to relax slightly, attributing the matter to the benefits bestowed by the Heavenly Dao's will after the worship.

Compared to the Lower Realm, the greatest advantage of the Immortal Realm was its abundant spiritual energy and rich resources.

However, with a fortuitous encounter currently upon him, Qi Yuan's cultivation growth would not be hindered even if he returned to the Lower Realm; as for resources, he lacked for nothing, so there was clearly no need to stay in the Immortal Realm for a long time.

More importantly, although he himself had already ascended to become an Immortal, the dog system's Main Quest progress was still stuck in the Lower Realm, which was quite a pain…

If it could be said that in the past, This person Qi had done things like bullying the weak or crushing noobs under the System's instigation, then fine, but he was a goddamn Immortal now, and he still had to run to the Lower Realm to bully Mortals—was that even right?

Thinking of this, the corner of Qi Yuan's mouth twitched slightly as he silently summoned the System's quest list:

“New Main Quest Unlocked: World-Ending Crisis”

“Due to the Demon Ancestor leading a group of Cultivators from beyond the Realm to invade the Yunmeng Great World, the war between the Human and Yao Races has come to an abrupt halt. Under the attack of the extra-realm cultivators, the three lineages of the Yao Race, which were previously pressing forward step by step, suffered heavy losses and were forced to retreat in disgrace back to Yao territory.”

“Leveraging his status as the Founding Ancestor, the Demon Ancestor quickly and completely subdued the Demonic Sect and the Wangu Holy Land of the Righteous Path, turning these two powers into vassals of the extra-realm cultivators.”

“Compared to the Yao Race, this group of extra-realm cultivators is clearly more brutal and greedy, burning, killing, and looting wherever they go, committing every evil imaginable and once again stirring up a bloodbath in the Cultivation World.”

“As the Holy Son of the Demonic Sect, you went through immense hardships to finally earn the Demon Ancestor's trust. You have not only uncovered the secret of his Reincarnation but also inadvertently learned of a shocking secret…”

“Quest Objective: Host must Breakthrough to the Hedao Realm within three months, while simultaneously raising your subordinate forces to Bronze Grade and investigating the Demon Ancestor's true objective for returning to this Realm.”

“Quest Difficulty: Four Stars (Hard)”

“Quest Rewards: 120,000 counterattack points, a brand new free teleportation anchor, the lower half of the Creation-grade Cultivation Technique 'Great Luo Jade Palace Scripture', and the cost of the Enlightenment function permanently halved.”

“This is a Main Quest and cannot be abandoned midway. If the quest deadline is exceeded or the quest fails, subsequent quests will no longer refresh.”

Looking at the new quest in the System list, Qi Yuan surprisingly did not burst out in curses, but instead wore an expression that said 'just as I thought'.

Just as he had predicted before, this new Main Quest was about the Demon Ancestor Mo Wentian.

Having gone through this so many times, Qi Yuan had long since grown accustomed to his own retarded System's various nonsensical descriptions; by comparison, this quest actually made a modicum of sense.

After all, in the dog system's script, there was no such thing as peaceful times in the Yunmeng Great World; it had already turned into a goddamn mess.

First it was the Yao Race invasion, then it was the Demon Ancestor leading extra-realm cultivators to wreak havoc on the world—it was all about being disaster-ridden.

According to normal logic, he was currently just a 'Void Refining Realm Cultivator', an ant-like existence before the Demon Ancestor, making it absolutely impossible to obtain the secret of the Demon Ancestor's Reincarnation through his own strength, let alone get the Reincarnation Compass.

To complete the five-star difficulty quest [Advent of the Demon Ancestor], there was absolutely no second possibility other than 'joining them if you can't beat them' and 'saving the nation through a curved path'…

Looking at it now, his previous decision to kidnap Mo Wentian into his own hands was incredibly wise; otherwise, he'd be at a total loss right now.

Perhaps because the quest objectives were so tedious, the rewards this time were sufficiently generous, completely exceeding a normal four-star quest.

Setting everything else aside, just the lower half of the 'Great Luo Jade Palace Scripture' was the thing Qi Yuan currently needed most urgently, bar none.

A Creation-grade Cultivation Technique meant that the 'Great Luo Jade Palace Scripture' was a top-tier technique that pointed directly to the Immortal Emperor Realm.

Furthermore, this technique was produced by the System, so its effects were absolutely outstanding; not to mention the various spells and methods, the numerous buffs it gave to the practitioner were already Heaven-Defying.

Now that he had the complete 'Great Luo Jade Palace Scripture', combined with ample resources, Qi Yuan was confident he could steadily Breakthrough to the Golden Immortal Realm, or even the Daluo Realm, in a short period of time…

The 'Enlightenment function cost permanently halved' reward was even more self-explanatory—it was a total trump card benefit that he wouldn't trade for even a million counterattack points.

If it were the Original Owner, completing this quest would naturally be as difficult as reaching the heavens, but since Qi Yuan had already thoroughly subdued the quest target, the Demon Ancestor, the so-called quest held no difficulty at all.

He only needed to do a round of recruitment for the Heaven and Earth Society to reach the number of members required for a Bronze Grade force.

As for the shocking secret mentioned in the quest, Qi Yuan had already squeezed the truth out of Mo Wentian's mouth.

In the end, it was that this Demon Ancestor intended to take advantage of the damaged rules and weakened Origin of the Yunmeng Great World to refine this world alive, helping himself soar to the top…

This was the source of the world-ending crisis in the System's words; of course, now that this 'monstrously fierce' Demon Ancestor had been suppressed in advance, the so-called great crisis had completely become empty talk.

Although the process was slightly anticlimactic, Qi Yuan had to admit that as the evil thought of Immortal Emperor Donghua, the Demon Ancestor Mo Wentian was indeed bold and daring, a man of action.

If not for his bad luck in encountering a certain unreasonable Dao Seed, someone like the Demon Ancestor might have truly been able to accomplish a great undertaking.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan couldn't help but feel a bit sentimental; if he hadn't saved the Cultivation World from fire and water time and time again, who knew what a mess the fine Yunmeng Great World would have been turned into.

It couldn't be helped; who told this bro to be so kind-hearted…

As his thoughts flowed, his figure had already appeared in his Immortal Cave located within the Demonic Sect.

The spatial rules of the Lower Realm were practically non-existent to a True Immortal at full power; in just a single breath, Qi Yuan crossed hundreds of thousands of miles and arrived at the Ji Clan Ancestral Land.

At this moment, Ji Chaner, who was already the esteemed Saintess of the Demonic Sect, was writing and drawing at her desk when her heart suddenly stirred, and she subconsciously looked up.

Seeing that familiar figure that had appeared so abruptly before her, her delicate body trembled instantly, and a look of mixed surprise and joy appeared on her jade-like face.

“You're back?!”