Chen Tian sat in the cave, waved his hands, and several black crystal balls appeared before him. A smile flickered across Chen Tian's lips as he connected with his consciousness. On the first floor of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, Chen Tian awoke from his healing. A smile then spread across his face, his clone had indeed been a great help to him!
With a thought from Chen Tian, a vortex appeared behind him. In the cave, Chen Tian threw the black crystal balls into the vortex. The vortex closed, and his clone began to cultivate. On the first floor of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, Chen Tian looked at the black crystal balls in his hand and smiled, "System, can these crystal balls allow me to enter the game?"
"Ding, yes, host. This energy is currently suitable for compensating for the side effects the host previously experienced. Do you wish to absorb it?"
"Yes!"
Chen Tian, as the main body, was in this world. The game world and the system were already integrated with Chen Tian; no signal was needed. With just a thought from Chen Tian, he could enter the game. Soon, the system responded: "Ding, congratulations to the player for being able to enter the game. Side effect influence removed."
Chen Tian never imagined his clone would give him such a great gift. It seemed the Sand Shadow Pavilion was no ordinary place to possess such an item. This unknown energy was a fortunate boon for Chen Tian. Chen Tian closed his eyes, his consciousness entering the Epoch of Time and Space. Chen Tian's character stood at the teleportation array in Dragon City. Chen Tian looked at his surroundings, then at the deserted city, and became confused. What was happening? Not a single player? This area shouldn't be like this!
"Kid, why are you still standing here? Hurry, hurry, the event is about to start."
A young player approached Chen Tian and, without a word, pulled him away. Chen Tian didn't resist. This player likely knew something. Chen Tian was forcibly dragged by the player towards the edge of the Fourth Layer world. Chen Tian was very curious, as all players from the Fourth Layer, including guilds, were gathered here. All guilds and players were assembled. The light pillar at the edge disappeared, revealing a vast world before Chen Tian's eyes. Beside the Fourth Layer ocean was a continent; it was unbelievable.
All players erupted in excitement and moved towards the land. Chen Tian stood still, watching it all. Such a change in just a few days, what was happening?
Chen Tian opened his friend interface. Numbers and others were in the game. Chen Tian directly sent messages to inquire about the situation and quickly understood.
Because Chen Tian had collected the event boss as a summonable creature, and the entire event duration could not be measured, the officials ended the event early. A full month had passed since the last event. Chen Tian had been outside for over two days, which was a month in the game due to the different time flow. The officials had updated the content. The original hundred-layer world had merged into eleven layers. It could be said that each layer of the world would undergo immense changes. All players were interconnected, levels were no longer restricted, and the breakthrough quest mechanism was removed.
Upon hearing this, Chen Tai pulled up his panel and immediately leveled up. Experience points continuously surged towards one hundred. After hundreds of attempts, Chen Tian's level reached the ninety-eighth level of the God Monarch rank, and his experience points were reset.
Do not underestimate the experience Chen Tian had accumulated. All enemies killed in the game would yield experience, including the Evil Spirit race. This was a rule of the Heavenly Dao, a rule set by Chen Tian and Heavenly Blade thousands of years ago to facilitate Chen Tian's growth. Since killing bosses, every boss had been of the Monarch or Emperor rank. The experience gained from these bosses was immeasurable.
"Ding, congratulations to the player for leveling up to the ninety-eighth level of the God Monarch rank."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for elevating their strength to the third echelon of the Holy God Realm."
"Ding, player panel updated. It is now in the strongest state and cannot be changed."
"Integrating all player abilities, skills, and learned skills..."
"Congratulations, player attribute panel integration complete."
"Do you wish to view the attribute panel?"
Chen Tian pulled up his panel. This was already the strongest panel in the game; it could not be improved further.
Player: Deen Ailiya
Class: God of Games (Sealed)
Level: God Monarch Rank 98
Lifespan: 9,953 Years
Abilities: Conceal Heaven and Cross the Sea (Max Level), Modify Data (Max Level), Energy Mastery (Max Level)
Skills: Dragon and Phoenix Annihilation Slash, Heaven Collapsing Primordial Blaze, Stellar Rain, Sharpness Annihilation, Elemental Burst. (All skills sealed)
Indestructible Divine Weapon: Ever-Changing!
Summoned Creatures: Ghost God, Fire Primordial Spirit, Spirit God, God of Life, Goddess Mechanical God (Sealed)
Origins: Chaos Origin, Immortal Martial Origin!
Bloodline: Cosmic Bloodline.
Physique: Body of All Cosmic Things.
(Note: All player attributes are unrestricted. Currently, the player can only unleash two percent of their power. Exceeding this will cause the world to collapse!)
To prevent Chen Tian from collapsing the entire world with a single move, the system had sealed his strength, not allowing him to exceed two percent of his power. Some of his abilities were sealed. Chen Tian understood; after all, even at his peak strength thousands of years ago, he hadn't possessed this much power. As long as the hidden dangers within the game were resolved, Chen Tian could return to reality, and then all three worlds would be at peace. He hadn't expected this action from the officials to advance his plans.
Chen Tian had recovered his full strength ahead of schedule, even surpassing his power from thousands of years ago.
Chen Tian adjusted to his power. He hadn't even fully adapted to two percent of his strength. He merely lifted his foot, and the ground around him was swallowed by nothingness. Chen Tian waved his arm, and the ground was restored. This was power akin to a creator, according to the system's evaluation of Chen Tian.
Chen Tian's in-game profession had changed from All-Class Player to God of Games. It could be said that Chen Tian was the most powerful individual in this game. Chen Tian had many questions, all of which the system answered.
The system integrated all of Chen Tian's abilities, skills, and other attributes, creating the strongest status bar. The summoned creatures had also merged to form new summoned beings. All those who had previously signed contracts with Chen Tian became part of these new beings.
Conceal Heaven and Cross the Sea: This ability is a passive skill, always active. No method or detection technique can detect the host. Everyone will be unable to see the host.
Modify Data: One can directly reduce or increase their own data.
Energy Mastery: Master all cosmic energies and matter, controlling them at will.
Chen Tian looked at the descriptions of these three abilities. The first, Conceal Heaven and Cross the Sea, at max level, was no different from invisibility. Even if Chen Tian attacked, no one would be able to detect that it was Chen Tian who attacked. However, this energy was only within the game world; it would surely be weakened in the real world due to the different worlds and rules.
The second ability was akin to cheating. He could directly increase his level to the highest, max level, and could also appropriately reduce or enhance his attributes and aura, not in a superficial way, but genuinely.
This meant Chen Tian could increase a player's level and attributes, making him a perfect cheating tool.
However, Chen Tian had no intention of using this ability. Games should have challenges. As for Chen Tian, he no longer needed to play games. The time for the Evil Spirit race to break through their seal had arrived early, and Chen Tian had no interest in wasting time in the game anymore.
Now that he had regained his strength from thousands of years ago, even surpassing any previous era, Chen Tian was confident in expelling all the Evil Spirit race. Chen Tian sensed it, his expression saddened, "It seems the outcome hasn't changed."
Chen Tian looked at the topmost world. The world had completely merged, with the hundred-layer world becoming an eleven-layer world. All players could search within a single world. It could be said that the Epoch of Time and Space had undergone a tremendous change. Chen Tian understood that the higher powers must have sensed something, leading them to make such a decision.
Chen Tian stepped out of the undersea world. After the world merger, the undersea world was connected to the Elven World, the domain of the elven players. Now, players could freely explore any world, disregarding racial rules. Originally, in the Epoch of Time and Space, there was one race per world, and other races could not enter. This presented many challenges and gameplay limitations for players when choosing their race.
In the Elven World, as soon as Chen Tian entered, he felt different from when he was in the human race's world. He felt a sense of comfort, and the natural world was becoming more amicable towards him. It seemed the officials had done a decent job. Chen Tian was looking forward to the Elven World; he wondered if there were any remnants of the Evil Spirit race here.
Chen Tian didn't want to play the game, but the Evil Spirit race within the game needed to be eliminated. As for the world's seal, he would completely seal it at the final decisive battle. Walking through the Elf Forest, Chen Tian sensed a strong elemental wood energy from his surroundings, indicating this was the dwelling of wood elves.
Elves had many branches. In the game's settings, there were elemental elves, ferocious elves, and other classes. Elemental elves mastered elements, and there were also many elemental professions, such as fire elf professions, wood elf professions, and water elf professions.
These could be offered to players. As Chen Tian was admiring his surroundings, he sensed a familiar aura. His expression immediately turned serious, his eyes glowed, and the surrounding trees were instantly frozen into ice-wood.
Chen Tian stepped forward slowly, and everywhere he walked, the ground was frozen into ice. This was a result of Chen Tian not yet mastering the power within him. If Chen Tian couldn't control the power he possessed, it would lead to world-shattering destruction. The system had no choice but to seal Chen Tian's strength.
Chen Tian headed towards the eastern part of the forest. He clearly smelled the aura of the Evil Spirit race. These guys were appearing in other races as well. It seemed the game world was fast approaching a situation similar to the real world.
Chen Tian headed east. In the east, countless players were围剿ing a group of elven players. They were vastly outnumbered. Even though this was the Elven World, the elves' home ground, the black aura on their opponents rendered their attacks ineffective. It was an impossible fight.
"Stop struggling. Hurry and come back with us. This world will become the world of our Cloud Water Guild. You elves will then be one of us."
Laughter echoed from the group encircling the elven players. As they laughed, an elven player noticed something was amiss and said faintly, "You, you, you're not right? What's wrong with you?"
The black aura on the opponents grew stronger and deeper. Various unpleasant emotions filled the surroundings, and it soon became apparent that these players were not right, for their eyes were black. Uniformly black. How could players share the same eye color and body?
Indeed, their bodies were all transforming, appearing identical at first glance. The elven players had never heard of such a thing.
"Heh heh, as expected, a bunch of filthy individuals. Die!"
A furious roar erupted, and a nine-colored light blade descended from the sky. With a thunderous boom, the entire Elf Forest was split in half from top to bottom. The cut was very clean. With this strike, all the Evil Spirit race players were annihilated. Chen Tian, holding over a dozen elven players, flicked his hand, and these players reappeared outside the Elf Forest. Chen Tian drew his arm, pulled up an interface, and clicked a few times. The Elf Forest instantly restored itself.
"No wonder the system gave me this ability."
Chen Tian understood the system's intention. The Modify Data ability was for restoring the game world. The strike Chen Tian had just unleashed was an application of his abilities.
Energy Mastery. Elements are also energy. The nine-colored light blade Chen Tian had just unleashed was a fusion of nine elements. He hadn't expected its power to be so immense.
"Cloud Water Guild, huh? It seems I need to eliminate you all ahead of schedule."
A cold glint flashed across Chen Tian's face. His figure flickered, and he vanished into the sky.
"Gulp, gulp!"
"Sister, is that really the power a player can achieve?"
A young boy looked in the direction Chen Tian had vanished with astonishment. Beside the boy stood a delicate young girl. The girl remained silent. That kind of power, that kind of skill, even a God Monarch rank player couldn't achieve it. To split the entire Elf Forest in half with one blow.
One must remember that the maps in the Epoch of Time and Space had a setting of being largely indestructible. For someone to disregard this setting, unless their level had reached the highest, which was impossible in the three years of the game, as no one had ever reached that level.
Chen Tian had interacted with these people, so Chen Tian's figure appeared in everyone's sight. As long as he didn't interact with others, Chen Tian's figure was equivalent to invisibility.
The Conceal Heaven and Cross the Sea ability could only be applied to oneself. Once physical contact was made, Chen Tian's figure would appear. It could be said that this ability was not suitable for combat.
It was only for concealing his existence. The system had considered all aspects thoroughly. The Conceal Heaven and Cross the Sea ability allowed Chen Tian to evade attacks, while the Modify Data ability allowed him to repair the world after combat.
After all, the game world was the Divine Spirit Realm. It had not yet fully merged into the Divine Spirit Realm. When the hundred-layer world merged, it would be the true form of the Divine Spirit Realm.
The decision made back then was to split the Divine Spirit Realm into ninety-nine parts, with a main center. Humans studied it and turned it into a game of another world to help themselves increase their strength.
"There may be no hope now, but that doesn't mean there won't be hope in the future. I am willing to sacrifice the present for a sliver of hope in the future. Everyone, are you willing? This may lead to your complete disappearance, but it will protect the entire world. Tell me your decision!"
These were the words spoken by the Divine Lord Chen Tian thousands of years ago when he made his decision. There was no hope now, but the future was uncertain. In another world, Chen Tian believed that humanity would surely win in the future. He entrusted his hope to the future.
Now, Chen Tian finally understood the meaning of his existence, why he had appeared here, and his mission. As the Origins completely merged, Chen Tian's memories of the three worlds naturally returned. Chen Tian roared to the sky, "Your hope is me. I will not let your world fall into the same state as before. I will definitely protect this world."
Chen Tian was not the Chen Tian of the Divine Spirit Realm, nor the Chen Tian of the cultivation world. He had no obligation to undertake this responsibility.
To be human is to do what one can.
To be human is to understand one's responsibilities and missions. The greater the responsibility, the greater the mission.
As a human, there is nothing to fear. Move forward bravely, break through this cage, break through this conflict and world, and create a world you imagine.
These were Chen Tian's inner thoughts. Chen Tian's eyes glowed, and he looked far into the distance, finding the headquarters of the Cloud Water Guild. With the world merger, the guild headquarters would be located according to the guild's rank.
Just as Chen Tai was about to act, an interface popped up. He glanced at the information and immediately logged off.