As for obtaining titles, Nolan could easily gain them while farming Adventure EXP in Stellaron-corrupted zones across the galaxy, since that also counted as acts of chivalry.

He then turned his attention to the Affection Skills granted by Fu Xuan and Qingque after reaching max affection:

[Comprehension of All Phenomena: Manifest the "Omniscient Array" through mental power, possessing computational capacity equal to the power of "the sum of both parties’ levels" raised to an exponent. Capable of calculating all things and predicting the future, deducing countless possibilities.]

[A Moment of Leisure Amidst Life: Set a work task according to your own will. While slacking off during work, you may enter a time-frozen parallel space. As long as you do not engage in anything related to the assigned work, you will not exit this state. If you engage in activities such as studying or cultivation while in this state, you gain an efficiency increase of "the sum of both parties’ levels" percent.]

The former was Fu Xuan’s Affection Skill, granting Nolan nearly limitless computational power, even allowing him to simulate the future. It was extremely terrifying.

Qingque’s Affection Skill was also quite interesting. It allowed entry into a time-stopped parallel space. In other words, while unable to interfere with the outside world, he could effectively enjoy unlimited time stop.

Whether it was cultivation or studying, both would benefit from increased efficiency within this time-stopped state. When combined with Fu Xuan’s Affection Skill, Nolan could perform endless simulations, effectively completing them instantaneously.

As for the usage condition of Qingque’s skill, it was practically negligible.

After all, the work task was self-defined, and it could be anything. For example, he could define his work as cultivating together with Qingque, but deliberately delay completing it and instead do other things.

In that case, even while "slacking off during work," he could freely enter the time-stop state at any time.

In the following period, Nolan continued increasing the girls’ affection on the Luofu.

Through his previous interactions with Yukong, Fu Xuan, and the others, he had already become quite familiar with the various departments of the Luofu.

Then, within the Ten-Lords Commission, a department similar to a prison, he discovered a Miss Hanya who possessed golden-tier affection potential and was also quite beautiful.

Her hair was gray, and perhaps due to frequent overtime work, her pale and cold face bore faint dark circles under her eyes.

She often wore a dark blue, chest-wrapped slit cheongsam.

The fair skin exposed at her chest pressed against semi-transparent black stockings, and the same could be seen at the slit near her upper thighs.

Further down were her jade-like legs, which easily drew attention.

In addition, she had an older sister, Xueyi. Unlike her younger sister Hanya, Xueyi had black hair and wine-red eyes.

Her body was that of a puppet. Presumably, if Nolan could help her reconstruct a perfect physical body, he would be able to gain a significant amount of her affection.

Hanya would likely develop considerable affection for him as well.

Nolan first gathered some information and learned that if there were an opportunity to restore her body, Xueyi would be willing. It was not that she truly wished to remain in this puppet form. Only then did he begin approaching them.

Since they both had their own duties, Nolan could not meet them whenever he wanted, as that would interfere with their work.

Moreover, the Ten-Lords Commission was not a place one could enter freely.

Thus, maxing out their affection took quite a few days. However, during that time, Nolan met another beautiful girl. Whenever he couldn’t spend time with Hanya and Xueyi, he would go to find her.

She was Jingliu, who, together with Blade, the Luofu’s general Jing Yuan, Dan Heng’s previous incarnation, and Baiheng, whom he had summoned as a Heroic Spirit, was once known as one of the "High-Cloud Quintet."

Due to the onset of Mara, she had committed grave crimes on the Xianzhou and was subsequently wanted. Her return this time was to be captured so that the Luofu could send her and her companion to meet the Xianzhou Marshal.

After all, her status required personal judgment by the Marshal.

Through his Affection Skills, Nolan also learned that her purpose in meeting the Marshal was to present a plan capable of bringing about the fall of "Abundance."

The key lay in the contents of the coffin carried by her companion, Luocha, which contained a fragment of the Aeon of "Propagation"!

Although Nolan knew all this, he did not use it as a reason to approach Jingliu.

Instead, he created a chance "encounter," releasing his powerful sword intent to attract her attention, and then remarked that he could sense she was a formidable swordswoman.

After that, he invited her to spar.

As a swordswoman, Jingliu naturally did not refuse a challenge from another swordsman and casually agreed.

Nolan controlled his strength to remain on par with hers, neither overwhelming her nor falling behind.

His goal was to build more affection and also leave himself a reason to continue sparring with her in the future.

The first one or two times, Jingliu found it hard to refuse. As her affection grew, she became even less likely to decline. In this way, while raising Hanya and Xueyi’s affection, Nolan also maxed out Jingliu’s affection.

Among them, from Hanya he obtained the Affection Skill "Judge of the Underworld":

[Judge of the Underworld: The skill user can judge deceased beings (including oneself). Based on their deeds in life, rules can be set to allow them to retain their memories and reincarnate. After reincarnation, they may obtain up to "the sum of both parties’ levels" innate blessings (abilities derived from their previous life).]

Clearly, this was a skill that invested in the next life. It had little use in the present, especially since Nolan himself was already immortal. Compared to himself, it would be far more useful for others.

It could even be developed into a unique business of his own.

After all, aside from a few supreme experts, who wouldn’t accept the chance to reincarnate with memories intact and convert their abilities from this life into innate talents in the next?

People would likely be willing to offer all their wealth in exchange for such an opportunity.

This completely broke the rule that nothing in life could be carried into the next. Being able to convert one’s wealth into memories and innate abilities for the next life was something most people could only dream of.

Next was Xueyi’s Affection Skill:

[Puppet Rebirth: Gain the ability to create puppets. Using various materials, puppets can be produced anytime, anywhere, with a maximum of "the sum of both parties’ levels" existing simultaneously. When receiving a fatal attack, a puppet can take the hit in place of the user, transferring the user’s body to the puppet’s location. This can also be activated manually.]

Simply put, this was an extremely powerful survival ability.

With instant generation, hundreds of puppets existing at once, and manual activation, unless Nolan could be annihilated hundreds of times in an instant, these substitute puppets were practically no different from having infinite lives.

After using one, he could immediately create another to replace it, which made it effectively endless.

(End of Chapter)

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