Enhancing the Heart of the Thunder Emperor, the Godhood Stairway

Completing the Tarnished milestone was not actually difficult. One only needed to join the Golden Order, receive the Golden Blessing, and first become a member of the Golden Dynasty. Then, whether the blessing was reclaimed by an agent of the Greater Will or the Golden Blessing was removed by the Goddess after returning to the Space, the Tarnished milestone would be completed, granting that special enhancement ability.

Bai Cangshu was not surprised to learn that none of the trio had chosen to become an agent of the Greater Will. After all, in the Naruto World, that woman had also beguiled Hiranaka Minoru into becoming that so-called divine being.

After "plundering" a round of information and receiving Heaven’s Will’s promise to complete the Tarnished milestone for him within three worlds, he left the trio’s Team Space.

Bai Cangshu did not particularly care whether that promise could be fulfilled. The Tarnished milestone looked powerful, but Runes themselves were products of the Golden Blessing. If not for their special situation of possessing multiple Erdtree saplings—

—enhancing attributes was actually quite difficult. The Golden Rune in Bai Cangshu’s possession could at most grant him one or two free attribute points. Its value was not as high as imagined.

That woman’s intelligence, on the other hand, was quite valuable.

Through her own experiences, she had practically proven to Bai Cangshu just how powerful talent could be. She had also proven that abilities, talents, bloodlines, and rank advancement could all bring tremendous changes.

Bai Cangshu had quite a few good things on him at the moment, but none had been raised to a particularly high level. Their enhancement potential was enormous, and as it happened, his resources were plentiful enough to make even some large teams jealous.

Since Moon Demon Li Qingzi had become his slave after returning from the One Piece World, he had gained the ability to control Li Qingzi’s resources.

During the previous Bloodline Refinement, he had paid one B-rank Singularity from Li Qingzi’s account.

After returning from the Naruto World, his personal Singularity holdings had reached an astonishing one A-rank, six B-rank, three C-rank, three D-rank, and one E-rank.

Li Qingzi’s assets also included one B-rank, four C-rank, and eight E-rank Singularities.

Her Dimensional Points even exceeded seventy thousand.

Resources on this scale were enough for him to squander freely.

Li Qingzi followed behind Bai Cangshu as the two appeared in the Slum Area. She wanted to purchase a sufficiently powerful weapon, and Bai Cangshu’s attitude had made her nervous once again, driving her to increase her strength as quickly as possible.

However, she no longer held out hope for buying a bloodline. That guy would definitely not allow it. Still, her entry into that Demon-Derived World of Claymore had not been entirely without gains. Given enough time, she might have a chance to acquire a bloodline herself.

"Go to the stalls and list this Drop Card. Set it to accept offers."

Bai Cangshu took out the Drop Card: Uchiha Obito. It was the same kind of item as the Drop Card: Nakime that had been gathering dust in his Backpack for so long.

Both Drop Cards contained special abilities with excellent effects, but there was no guarantee of obtaining them. If something else was drawn instead, the Drop Card’s value would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Bai Cangshu had been searching for an ability or item that could guarantee a specific drop from a Drop Card, but had gained little. Now, he could use Uchiha Obito’s Drop Card to draw some attention and see whether any reincarnators possessing such abilities would reveal themselves.

Because he had successfully assimilated Satoru Gojo, the Limitless Cursed Technique within him had become increasingly clear. He no longer craved Nakime’s and Uchiha Obito’s abilities as much as before. If he could trade them for an item or ability that allowed him to specify the rewards obtained from a Drop Card, he could accept that.

As he spoke, another Purple Drop Card appeared in Bai Cangshu’s hand, and he crushed it directly.

Purple radiance fell through his fingers, immediately drawing the attention of many people around him.

Bai Cangshu’s distinctive bizarre Avatar and that pink robe unmistakably revealed his identity.

You have opened Purple Drop Card: Onoki of the Two Scales

You have obtained 4000 Dimensional Points

You have obtained item: Scroll: Dust Release Training Secret Manual (Extremely Rare)

"Mercenary Tao, did you pull something good again?!"

Someone gathered the courage to ask Bai Cangshu. Ever since Bai Cangshu had sat directly at a stall and opened a Scarlet Drop Card last time, his Fierce Reputation needed no further explanation.

Yet reincarnators were creatures who could perish at any moment. Many still did not fear death, relying on the safety of the public Space to eagerly strike up conversations with powerful people they encountered, sometimes even speaking disrespectfully.

Bai Cangshu was in a good mood. He took out the scroll and waved it at the crowd. Its purple sheen was exceptionally obvious, prompting a small wave of startled cries.

"Here, list this together with it. This is a hot commodity."

Bai Cangshu handed the scroll and the Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode Training Method to his servant, telling her to list them at the stall. Chakra was one of the more popular enhancement systems in the Infinite Dimensional Space.

Training manuals for Kekkei Tōta and Sage Mode like these had a huge audience.

Moreover, a special bloodline like Dust Release, which did not rely on blood and could be inherited through an "ability," had its own advantages compared to the Sharingan.

Reincarnators could possess multiple bloodlines. Combined with Sage Mode, they could gain combat power surpassing that of ordinary Kage-level Ninja.

Quite a few Information Brokers who had come rushing over immediately followed Li Qingzi toward Mercenary Tao’s stall. They did not even have the mind to care who the woman beside Mercenary Tao was.

They all wanted to be the first to spread news of the precious items.

Bai Cangshu, meanwhile, headed alone to the Rank Management Office.

Knight Sister rested one hand on the desk, seemingly taking a nap. Sensing someone enter, she opened her eyes and then revealed an energetic smile.

"Congratulations on returning victorious once more."

"Let me see… Ah, such intense golden radiance. As expected, you received that kind of evaluation again. Impressive."

This female knight, whose true strength was likely greater than that of most reincarnators, still spared no effort in providing plenty of "emotional value."

Bai Cangshu took out the heart that seemed to be infused with lightning. The moment it emerged from his Backpack, it crackled loudly, and electrical charges in the air began to gather.

"Are you sure you want to use this heart as the final material for your tier merge enhancement?"

Bai Cangshu recalled that he still had a Dragon Transformation Serpent Head in his Backpack, so he took it out as well for Knight Sister to appraise.

But regardless of the result, he had already decided to use the Heart of the Thunder Emperor as the final material for the tier merge.

Because his Satsui no Hado had reached LV4, he could already accept the task to advance to Strong-tier. Thus, even if the Dragon Transformation Serpent Head had excellent effects, it would only mean using it one world later.

He now possessed Ororchi Yashiro’s Inherited Title, and he also had the Imperial Ultimate World-Shaking Tome in his Backpack. Nothing suited him better than the Heart of the Thunder Emperor.

"Yes, enhance it for me. I’ll choose option C."

C: Thunder Emperor (Extremely Rare), Spirit +2. Gain the power to control lightning. Every heartbeat accumulates a minute amount of thunder power. The upper limit of accumulated lightning power is linked to the Spirit attribute (conversion ratio: 3.0). The user may actively enter the Thunder Emperor state and draw upon the accumulated thunder power. Note: This ability places an additional burden on Constitution. If the Constitution attribute is too low, the user will be unable to negate the damage lightning power causes to the body.

This was the choice Bai Cangshu had prepared long ago.

Knight Sister saw Bai Cangshu’s resolve. With a raised hand, Enel’s heart quickly melted into pure lightning, which entered Bai Cangshu’s body with Knight Sister’s gesture.

Crack!

Thunder exploded from nowhere. Intense lightning almost burst from every aperture of Bai Cangshu’s body. Bai Cangshu’s base Spirit attribute was 30, but under the extraordinary trait conversion of Active Spirit, his actual Spirit attribute was 51. With every heartbeat, the upper limit of thunder power accumulated within him was terrifyingly high.

You have obtained Trait: Thunder Emperor (Extremely Rare)

Bai Cangshu suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his right wrist. Looking down, he saw three runes appear: the crimson Solitary Jealousy Flame, the silver Instant, and the blue-white Thunder Emperor he had just obtained.

The three powers transformed into fine patterns, linking together into a complete ring around Bai Cangshu’s wrist before slowly fading away.

Knight Sister watched this unfold and smiled again.

"Congratulations, reincarnator. You are now one of those who have perfectly crossed the first step of the Godhood Stairway."

As she spoke, Knight Sister raised her own right hand. A clear ring appeared on her wrist, likewise formed from three power runes. Like Bai Cangshu’s, purple radiance flickered around the outer edge of every rune.

The Godhood Stairway… us…

Bai Cangshu gleaned more information from Knight Sister’s words, but she gave him no chance to ask. She simply picked up the enormous serpent head as purple radiance began to emerge.