After successfully repairing one large Spirit Gathering Array, Yi Tianyun continued to repair the others. This time, however, he no longer needed to keep his Celestial Eye constantly active. Having reached Intermediate Divine Rune Mastery, his skill level had improved dramatically, making the repairs quite simple.

He then continued to repair the large Spirit Gathering Arrays, fixing all of them within the Celestial Sinking Ruins without any difficulty. As long as the Divine Runes were within his skill range, the success rate was essentially one hundred percent, so there was no need to worry about failure.

"He really succeeded..."

Elder Xuan, standing nearby, was dumbfounded. Yi Tianyun had actually managed to repair the large Spirit Gathering Array—it was simply incredible!

After all the arrays were repaired, their overall effect improved dramatically. The Spiritual Power was far stronger than before. One didn’t even need to actively absorb it; the surrounding Spiritual Power would flow into their body on its own. To put it bluntly, one could even increase their cultivation while sleeping!

Of course, this was an exaggeration. It was still not as fast as active cultivation.

’It’s so much denser than the normal Spiritual Power on the Celestial Realm Continent. Before, it was just slightly more concentrated...’

It was truly ironic. Normally, the Spiritual Power of the Celestial Realm Continent was only slightly weaker than in the Celestial Sinking Ruins with its Spirit Gathering Arrays. But now, it was completely different; the concentration was several levels higher than on the Celestial Realm Continent. This was a true Cultivation Holy Land. What they had before couldn’t be called that.

By that logic, the Celestial Realm Continent itself would be considered Holy Land Level.

"Now, I’ll try a higher-level grand array and see if I can repair it."

Going one step further meant Fifth Grade Divine Runes, and the difficulty was even more terrifying.

Elder Xuan, who was beside him, was stunned. He couldn’t help but say, "You’re really going to continue? That’s the level of Fifth Grade Divine Runes..."

"I’ll go take a look at the situation first, then I’ll make a plan," Yi Tianyun said with a smile.

"Alright then. The defensive grand arrays are this way." Elder Xuan led Yi Tianyun outside the main gate. This area was covered with Fifth Grade grand arrays, all of them defensive. The arrays that had previously withstood the attacks of so many experts were all thanks to these formations.

’Fifth Grade grand arrays...’ Yi Tianyun sized them up and down, examining the formation. Under his Eye of Investigation, the status of the grand arrays appeared before him—Repair Success Rate: 10%!

’A 10% success rate?’

Yi Tianyun was taken aback. He thought he would have at least a 20% or 30% success rate, but it seemed he had overestimated himself.

’Activate Celestial Eye!’

After activating his Celestial Eye, the grand array before him became perfectly clear, its every detail exposed. The success rate immediately increased by 20%, reaching a level of 30%!

This success rate was still too low. It was basically no different from failure.

He immediately deactivated his Celestial Eye Talent and shook his head. It seemed he wouldn’t be able to repair it for now. If he failed the repair and damaged the grand array, that would be troublesome. The Defense Power would drop significantly, and it would undoubtedly be dangerous if someone came to attack.

Although they had no enemies at the moment, it was still a major problem.

"Elder Yi, Elder Yi..."

At that moment, the other elders came running over, exclaiming in pleasant surprise, "The Spiritual Power concentration here has increased so much! What on earth happened?"

"I repaired the Spirit Gathering Arrays here, so of course the effect is enhanced," Yi Tianyun said casually.

"Y-You repaired them? You... you also know how to repair these arrays?" Like Shi Xueyun, they were stunned by his words.

This was all too profound for them; they didn’t understand it at all. By this logic, Yi Tianyun not only knew Artifact Refining and Alchemy, but now he also knew how to Engrave Divine Patterns—he was completely omni-talented! How in the world did he cultivate? Even if he had started training in his mother’s womb, he couldn’t have reached such an omnipotent level!

"Yes, but there are some that I can’t repair." Yi Tianyun looked at their shocked expressions and gave a knowing smile. "But this is enough. You can all cultivate properly now. Your cultivation speed will be much faster than before. Combined with Elixir Pills, our Merak Palace will definitely be able to greatly increase its strength!"

"That’s right! We’ll definitely be able to reach the level of a second-grade faction soon!" Each and every one of them was thrilled.

Afterward, they all went to attend to their own business. Yi Tianyun studied the arrays alone for a bit before returning to his room to cultivate. However, it wasn’t normal cultivation. He began Alchemy and Artifact Refining. Having plundered a large pile of materials from Cyan Profound Mansion, he could now refine them to his heart’s content.

He decided to put Divine Runes aside for the time being, as he had far too few materials on hand. Even at Cyan Profound Mansion, materials used by Fourth Grade Divine Rune Masters were pitifully scarce. After all, Cyan Profound Mansion had very few Fourth Grade Divine Rune Masters, basically none; they were all Third Grade or below.

Therefore, he could only focus on refining Elixir Pills and other things first, as those were more practical. As for leveling up to Advanced Divine Rune Mastery, that was still a long road ahead...

Unwittingly, more than half a month passed. He continued to refine Elixir Pills and Soul Artifacts, all of which could earn him experience and Skill Level points. Most importantly, these items would be a great help in strengthening the sect.

"DING! Congratulations, Player ’Yi Tianyun’, for completing the main quest ’Strengthen Merak Palace, upgrade Merak Palace to the second-grade faction, Merak Sect.’ You have received 1,000,000 experience points, a Lottery Wheel enhancement, one spin on the Enhanced Lottery Wheel, and 100,000 Madness Value!"

He was stunned for a moment, then immediately overjoyed. He had finally completed this quest! It had taken a long time, but he had finally done it. He could have finished this quest much sooner; if Cyan Profound Mansion hadn’t attacked, he would have completed it long ago.

"DING! You have successfully accepted the main quest: ’Strengthen the Sect, upgrade Merak Sect to Merak Mansion, and relocate to the Celestial Realm Continent’! Completion Rewards: 100,000,000 experience, 1,000,000 Madness Value, 100,000 Skill Level points (can be freely allocated to Martial Arts and Masteries), 100,000 Sin Value, and Life x1."

"DING! Main Quest Step 1: Repair all arrays in the Celestial Sinking Ruins. Completion Rewards: 1,000,000 experience points, +10,000 Divine Rune Mastery Proficiency. (This quest must be completed by yourself; you cannot hire others to repair them.)"

A brand new main quest had appeared, with extremely savage rewards. One hundred million experience points, one million Madness Value, plus the Skill Level points and so on—it was all very simple and brutal. Much more brutal than being given a weapon or some other item.

Especially the 100,000 Sin Value and an extra life—these were astonishing rewards. One had to know that an item like ’Life’ cost over a hundred million Madness Value in the shop, yet now it was a main quest reward.

However, the corresponding difficulty was off the charts. Upgrading Merak Palace—which should now be called Merak Sect—to Merak Mansion required Spirit Pill Stage experts and many Core Formation Stage experts. The difficulty was undoubtedly much, much higher!

’I wonder if I can just recruit people?’

Yi Tianyun thought of a cunning plan. If he recruited enough ready-made Spirit Pill Stage and Core Formation Stage experts, would he be able to complete the main quest?

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed a line of rather small text next to the main quest: All members must have 200+ Favorability!

Seeing this, he almost coughed up blood. To reach over 200 Favorability... people he recruited directly would definitely not have 200 Favorability towards him. Even if he showered them with a mountain of Treasures, it would be impossible to raise their Favorability to 200 just like that.

To put it bluntly, reaching that level of Favorability meant they were the type of person who would lay down their life for him. Could a randomly recruited expert reach that level of Favorability? Of course not.

So, it was impossible to complete the quest by simply recruiting strong experts. Just finding them wasn’t enough; he also needed to increase their Favorability so they would be loyal to Merak Sect. Otherwise, they wouldn’t count and would just be considered newly joined ordinary disciples, which was meaningless.