[Side Quest: Mass Ascension]

[Quest 2: Within a month, uncover the full story of the mass ascension plan. Completed. Reward: Universal Divine Artifact Upgrade Card +1 distributed]

[Quest 3: See the Power of the Celestial Dao’s Remnant with your own eyes. Reward: Farmland Upgrade Card +100]

What the heck?!

Jiang Yuan thought he was seeing things. He closed his eyes and opened them again, but indeed, the new task rewards in his sight offered 100 Farmland Upgrade Cards!

Struck it rich, hahaha!

He was secretly delighted, unable to hide the loose expression management on his face.

Du Li misunderstood and quickly explained, "We’ve already considered that the mass ascension will surely drain all energy from the Wilderness World, causing its collapse when the world falls apart.

Therefore, before the mass ascension, the Demon Realm Alliance will spare no effort to assist other demon cultivators, human cultivators, demon beasts, and all other living beings to go to other worlds, so they won’t be dragged down by the mass ascension.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Demon Realm Alliance previously cooperated with the Demon King, migrating all living beings from this world is difficult even for the alliance’s full efforts. Back then, the Demon King promised to inject resources and help find a suitable, barren world for migration, but unexpectedly he reneged and stalled for years."

Jiang Yuan took a sip of tea to suppress his inner excitement.

Just getting this batch of rewards would mean the main quest is within reach! With the main quest rewards, I’ll have two hundred Level Ten Spirit Fields! Two hundred Level Ten Spirit Fields, for planting how many advanced crops!

"What Alliance Leader Du just said is indeed heart-stirring." He stabilized his mind, eager to complete the quest quickly, so he feigned disbelief and asked, "May I have the honor to see this so-called Power of the Celestial Dao’s Remnant?"

Still need to see it?

Is it possible? Or not?

Du Li was in a dilemma, really worried he’d go straight for it, so he reluctantly replied, "This is beyond my authority, I need to confer with the Alliance Leader before I can give you an answer."

After the excitement, Jiang Yuan also felt something was off. Why would the system issue such a task, just to see it, and be so generous as to give 100 Farmland Upgrade Cards? That’s too generous!

Though the system has never been stingy with rewards it promises, it’s also never been this generous!

Could it be... that its goal is also the Power of the Celestial Dao’s Remnant?

Thinking more about it, it still didn’t feel right.

Could the Demon Realm Alliance hide that treasure so securely that they could evade the system? If it really wanted it, it wouldn’t need to go through all this trouble, it would have just swallowed it up whole!

Strange, what’s really going on here?

Worried, Du Li returned to the alliance headquarters and truthfully informed Alliance Leader Lan Shanying of the situation. The other party also furrowed his brows, lost in thought.

"The Power of the Celestial Dao’s Remnant can’t be moved, and it’s beyond what one or two cultivators can bear to refine. I think there’s no harm in letting him see it." After a moment, Lan Shanying sighed softly, "Perhaps he has some doubts and wants to witness it himself to truly believe."

Du Li hesitated, "He comes from the Celestial Realm, with treasures appearing one after another. What if he harbors great treasures, capable of directly taking away the supreme treasure we’ve guarded for years? Wouldn’t it all be for nothing then?"

The other party ran a finger through his snow-white eyebrows and glanced at him, "If he truly had such a treasure, taking it by force would be easy. Would refusing to let him see it truly keep it safe?

Not to mention, as Qu Luming mentioned, that Great Demon Beast Yan Xuan by his side, if it made a move, how many within the alliance could resist?

If it came to a direct confrontation, even if we joined forces, we could only barely hold it at bay. Don’t forget, he also has a Tribulation Crossing Realm Great Demon Beast adept at space techniques, called..."

"Ling Di." Du Li replied in a muffled voice, "Unable to trace its origins, it’s as if it just appeared in the Wilderness out of nowhere, likely brought over from another otherworld.

And we still don’t know if Mr. Jiang has any other cards up his sleeve; if we really fight, we’d be hard to withstand. So... should we let him see it?"

Lan Shanying nodded in agreement, "What’s to be will be; disaster cannot be avoided. Moreover, though I haven’t met Mr. Jiang, from the rumors, he should be a righteous cultivator, and theoretically, he wouldn’t overstep boundaries.

You should take him to see it, and when you have time another day, you can bring him to the headquarters, and I’ll meet him personally."

No time to lose, after being beaten again at midnight, Du Li invited him to go together to the Wanmang Mountain Secret Realm to see that mysterious Power of the Celestial Dao’s Remnant.

"Crack!"

Jiang Yuan readily agreed, and as he was about to leave, the lightning and thunder above the already torrentially raining clouds became even more intense, almost striking directly into the small courtyard.

"Thunder Tribulation?!" Sensing the unusual aura, Du Li looked up at the dark clouds with surprise, "This Thunder Tribulation seems rather different."

Scanning the small courtyard, Jiang Yuan was puzzled, thinking, who’s crossing the tribulation? 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Xiaobai and Xie Chenyuan, Jiu Qing went to scout the route but haven’t returned;

He Miancun, Leng Yutang, Yun Ying, Yun Shu and the others are in East Lake Port;

Qing Niao and the little cloud sparrow are still battling in the Mizhang Ridge dungeon;

Hu Zhile, in haste, brought Du Li back and then returned to Yun Mo to head to Cloud Prairie. City Lord Yuan said that since she built the teleportation array, many high-value demon beasts are ripe for the slaying, inviting them for training;

Yan Xuan and Ling Di have no possibility of advancing their realm, at home there doesn’t seem to be any other...

Oh no! There’s still Miss Jiu Mu!

These days, haven’t seen her, almost forgot about her.

Sure enough, Jiu Mu drifted gracefully down from the world within the scroll, facing her thunder tribulation with a face full of battle readiness.

Just about to charge forward, the corner of her eye caught sight of Mr. Jiang, and she hurriedly turned to bow, "Thank you, sir, for your gift; my long-stalled realm can finally advance!"

Du Li: ???

A demon cultivator? No wonder this Thunder Tribulation looks different from usual.

"I’ll be your protector." Jiang Yuan thought, no wonder Jiu Mu was so absorbed in ’gaming’ recently, rarely coming out.

It seems the single-player mini-game provided by the system directly rewards experience points, far more efficient than the usual unseen experience bar of hard cultivation.

With this scroll for just half a month, she’s leaped from the Fourth Layer of the Demon Spirit Realm to cross the tribulation and ascend the Soul Emergence Realm; once successful, she’ll not be in the intermediate monster category but the advanced one.

"Thank you for your kind offer, sir, but please continue with your tasks, I can handle this." Jiu Mu replied with confidence; she’s still thinking about the puzzle-solving Mecanics in the scroll world’s tasks, crucial pieces missing, eager to finish her trial and return to complete the quest for rewards.

Such thunder tribulations are commonplace in the scroll world, no need to waste the gentleman’s time.

Du Li thought, this demon cultivator girl is truly overconfident, what cultivator facing a tribulation wouldn’t hope to have a crowd of seniors for protection, fearing a mishap during the tribulation? Yet she turned down Mr. Jiang’s offer to protect.

"Woof! Master, carry on with your business; I’ve got this." Ling Di lay atop the Menghua Treasure Ship’s deck, waving a soft puppy paw at him, woofing, "If things don’t look good, I’ll help scatter those thunderclouds."

Yan Xuan, having consumed the Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice, was in slumber aboard the ship, refining it amidst a swirl of dense spiritual energy clouds. Hearing the conversation, he woke and took over the protection duties.

"Very well, then I’ll leave it to you. I have to head out with Alliance Leader Du." Jiang Yuan felt at ease; having a Tribulation Crossing Realm guardian dog is quite handy.

Jiu Mu once again bowed, "Thank you, esteemed senior, for your protection!"

Before the words finished, she soared into the skies, battling the lightning of the clouds; Old Dog poked his head out, lying on the ship’s side, wagging his tail leisurely watching the lively spectacle.

With pressing matters at hand, Jiang Yuan and Du Li promptly teleported to Wanmang Mountain.

There it wasn’t raining, but the sky was cloudy, fierce winds roaring through the forests. A quick glance, every three steps a post, every five steps an outpost, all guarded by demon cultivators with respectable realms and rich battle experience.

In the distance, a stone mountain resembling countless thorns was cordoned off, layered with array protections, more tightly guarded than the Demon Realm Alliance headquarters. Many were busy around, apparently trying to hide this mountain range once again.

"Mr. Jiang, please follow me." Du Li led him forward a few steps; formally entering the Wanmang Mountain region, he solemnly warned, "Every step from now on must follow my directions; even a slight misstep will trigger the defense array, leading to complications."

Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement; he followed precisely, step by step, even matching the footprints to avoid the array’s activation.

Soon, they would see the Power of the Celestial Dao’s Remnant, and he was also curious what it was and why the system specifically issued this task

. Seeing it just once would net 100 Farmland Upgrade Cards, indicating that what the Demon Realm Alliance considered as the hope for ascension, this supreme treasure, is also of significant interest to the system!