242: Demon Star Empire, Mission

Two months later,

Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and a two-turn Undergoing Tribulation aura emanated from his body.

Because his Dantian was 9 inches larger than that of an ordinary Cultivator, storing over 700 times the Spiritual Qi.

This time, Chen Yuan consumed a total of 14,000 Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills.

Normally, a one-turn Cultivator breaking through to two-turn only requires 20 Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills.

A two-turn Undergoing Tribulation Cultivator breaking through to three-turn normally only requires over 200 Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills.

However, Chen Yuan needed over 140,000 Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills.

Normally, a three-turn Cultivator breaking through to four-turn requires 2,000 Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills.

But Chen Yuan needed 1,400,000. A full 1.4 million.

Normally, a four-turn Cultivator breaking through to five-turn requires 20,000 Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills.

Chen Yuan needed 14,000,000, fourteen million.

Therefore, when Chen Yuan broke through to two-turn, the Spiritual Qi in his body was comparable to a four-turn Middle Stage.

Breaking through to three-turn, the Spiritual Qi in his body was comparable to a six-turn Middle Stage.

Chen Yuan did not hesitate and continued to take Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills to Cultivate.

Three months later, Chen Yuan slowly awoke.

He consumed 140,000 Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills and broke through to three-turn.

Now, he didn't have enough Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills, with less than 50,000 remaining, making further advancement difficult.

Over five months passed in the Cultivation chamber, but only a day and a half passed in the outside world.

As soon as Chen Yuan stepped out of the room, he saw the Dao Court Mirror in the corner of the courtyard emitting a faint purple glow.

"A mission?" Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly and walked to the Dao Court Mirror.

The mirror surface, smooth as black jade, sensing the aura of his 'Yellow' character token, its light receded, revealing lines of cold and clear text:

[Mandatory Assignment Mission (Yellow Grade · First Class)]

Mission Codename: "Yao Star"

Mission Objective: Travel to Beiman Continent, a territory of the Northern Barbarian Yao Race, to the Imperial Capital "Myriad Yao City" of the first-rank power "Yao Star Empire," and deliver the "Doomsday Dao Court · Provisional Member Invitation" to the Yao Star Empire's Goddess "Xingli."

Target Information: Xingli, possessing the pure Bloodline of the Ancient Yao Emperor "Starfall Yao Emperor," with talent unprecedented throughout history. At merely a thousand years old, she has already reached one-turn Undergoing Tribulation and is regarded by the Yao Star Empire and the entire Northern Barbarian Yao Race as a future leader, the most powerful contender for the next Yao Emperor.

She is arrogant, supremely intelligent, heavily guarded, and often resides deep within the Forbidden Palace of Myriad Yao City.

Mission Duration: Within thirty days, as per Xuantian Calendar.

Failure to complete within the time limit or if the invitation is not delivered will be considered a mission failure.

Failure Punishment: Ten years of solitary confinement in the "Eternal Night Cold Prison."

Mission Support: With the token, claim one "Illusory Yao Transformation Pill" (Eighth-rank supreme grade) from the "Eternal Night Hall Secret Treasure Pavilion." After consumption, it can disguise the Yao Race aura, with effects lasting thirty days.

Also attached are a simplified map of the Northern Barbarian Yao Race territory and a layout map of the outer areas of Myriad Yao City.

Special Note: This mission is highly dangerous, and the Yao Star Empire is heavily guarded.

The Dao Court will not provide any direct support; all actions must be self-planned, with stealth being paramount.

During the mission, core secrets of Doomsday Dao Court and the coordinates of the Eternal Night Hall must not be exposed.

After reading the mission content, even with Chen Yuan's composure, his eyes twitched slightly, and he muttered to himself, "Good heavens!"

They were sending him, a newcomer who had just joined and was still at the 'Yellow' level, to infiltrate the core hinterland of the Yao Race alone.

To deliver an invitation to a Goddess who possessed the Bloodline of a Yao Emperor and whose status was comparable to a Human Race Imperial Dynasty's Crown Prince?

How was this different from the two black-clothed individuals who caused havoc in the Eastern Market of Qitian Imperial City and still wanted to escape unscathed?

No, this difficulty was probably even greater!

How was this a mission? This was practically a death sentence!

The time limit was only thirty days.

Ten years of solitary confinement in the Eternal Night Cold Prison—just by the name, one knew it was no benevolent place.

And the so-called support was merely a Medicinal Pill to change one's aura and a basic map.

Chen Yuan stood silently before the Dao Court Mirror, its cold surface reflecting his slightly solemn face at this moment.

Doomsday Dao Court was indeed no charity.

"I must raise my strength, raise it to a level where no organization would dare to easily treat me as a pawn or a disposable piece!"

This thought in Chen Yuan's heart was stronger than ever before.

But this thought could only be suppressed for now.

For now, he had to complete this insane mission.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Yuan's eyes became calm again.

Since he couldn't avoid it, he would face the challenge head-on!

Following the mission instructions, he held the 'Yellow' character token and left the D-District.

According to the newly added internal navigation map of the Eternal Night Hall in the token, he headed to the so-called Secret Treasure Pavilion.

The Secret Treasure Pavilion was located at the junction of the B-District and C-District of the Eternal Night Hall, an inconspicuous black square tower.

After presenting his token and mission information, a deacon wearing a bronze mask retrieved a dark Jade Box from the tower and handed it to Chen Yuan.

Opening the Jade Box, a strange Medicinal Pill, constantly changing in color, lay quietly inside—it was precisely the "Illusory Yao Transformation Pill."

Next to the Medicinal Pill was a Jade Slip, containing basic information about the Northern Barbarian Yao Race and Myriad Yao City.

Chen Yuan put away the Jade Box and Jade Slip, not returning to the D-District, but heading directly to the area within the Eternal Night Hall specifically used for inter-continent teleportation.

"The Dao Court seems stronger than I imagined, actually having secret strongholds and teleportation arrays in every continent."

After paying ten Undergoing Tribulation Medicinal Pills, the teleportation array glowed with a hazy light.

The dizziness of spatial transition came, and once he stabilized himself, a completely different scene appeared before his eyes.

Northern Barbarian,

The howling gale continuously lashed at his face.

The land was desolate, and in the distance, the outlines of continuous black mountain ranges were faintly visible.

The air was filled with dense Demonic Qi, completely different from the Spiritual Qi atmosphere of the Human Race territories in Shenzhou.

This was the edge of the Northern Barbarian Yao Race territory—Black Wind Gobi.

According to the map, even at the speed of an Undergoing Tribulation Cultivator, it would take nearly ten days to travel from here to Myriad Yao City of the Yao Star Empire.

Time was pressing.

Chen Yuan did not delay, discerning the direction, and was about to set off when a thought suddenly struck him.

He first found a hidden rock crevice, set up a simple Restriction, and then took out the "Illusory Yao Transformation Pill."

He first entered the Great World and gave the Medicinal Pill to Ye Baixi.

The System directly returned a ninth-rank "Thousand Illusions Transformation Pill," which had a longer duration and could not only disguise Yao Race aura but also simulate the auras of all other races.

Chen Yuan took the Medicinal Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

The Medicinal Pill melted upon entering his mouth, and a warm current instantly flowed through his limbs and bones.

It wasn't painful; instead, there was a tingling sensation of flesh, blood, and bones subtly adjusting and reshaping.

His appearance did not undergo a drastic change, but the aura emanating from his body completely transformed within a few breaths!

The Spiritual Qi fluctuations belonging to a Human Race Cultivator completely retracted and disappeared, replaced by a pure Demonic Qi!

Even the color of his pupils faintly took on a hint of dark green.

At this moment, whether by Divine Sense detection or close-range sensing, he was indistinguishable from a true Great Yao.

The Yao Race territory was fraught with danger.

The Yao Star Empire was a den of Dragons and a lair of tigers.

And his mission had just begun.

Chen Yuan sighed and, following the map's guidance, tore through space towards the Yao Star Empire.