357: EXS-level reward! Final Weakness Report!

That ominous dark-gold negative status was like a poisonous thorn branded deep within the Soul.

“Status: Heavenly Dao Mark (Immortal Realm Grade)”

“Description: Your existence has been locked onto by the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao as a ‘Highest Priority Anomaly Target’. Once you enter the Immortal Realm’s range, an unceasing, ultimate annihilation program will be immediately triggered.”

Lin Fan’s smile froze slightly.

His gaze instantly sharpened.

This was equivalent to his name being put on the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao’s number one blacklist.

As long as he dared to Ascend, what awaited him would not be some Immortal light reception, but an opening kill ten thousand times more terrifying than the “Myriad Dao Annihilation Immortal Tribulation”.

Inside the command hall, the atmosphere became solemn again with the change in his expression.

Li Hanyue’s heart, which had just calmed, once again tensed up.

Although she couldn’t see Lin Fan’s System panel, she could clearly feel that the Aura of Lin Fan, which had just been overwhelmingly powerful across the Star Domain, instantly retracted, turning into an extremely restrained vigilance.

“What’s wrong?”

Her voice carried a hint of hoarse concern.

Lin Fan looked up, meeting her worried gaze, but the solemnity on his face vanished the next second.

He leaned back lazily into the chair again, a playful curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.

“Nothing.”

“Just found out that it seems I’ve been targeted by a higher-dimensional guy.”

He spoke with an air of nonchalance, but to Li Hanyue’s ears, it was nothing less than a thunderclap.

“Higher-dimensional?”

Li Hanyue’s heart sank.

What existence, besides the legendary Immortal Realm, could Lin Fan refer to with such a tone?

“Don’t panic.”

Lin Fan waved his hand at her, his smile becoming brilliant again.

“When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. A small fry like me will first check out the spoils of war.”

He chuckled, refocusing his attention on the dazzling reward list on the System panel.

Since the risk was already locked, the next step was to evaluate the benefits.

As long as the benefits were great enough, risk was just another form of benefit.

His mind completely immersed itself in that golden, radiant settlement page.

“Final Rating: EXS!”

“Divine-Grade Death Event ‘Devouring Tribulation to Prove the Dao’ is settling…”

“Reward 1: Cultivation Technique [Undying Heavenly Art (Incomplete)] has been automatically completed and promoted to [Undying Heavenly Art (True Immortal Chapter)] based on Host’s actions!”

Lin Fan introspected, and the Cultivation Technique that had just been frantically circulating within his body was undergoing earth-shattering transformations in its meridians and runes.

The originally obscure and incomplete parts were forcibly filled by a supreme rule power, becoming perfectly complete, and its operational efficiency increased by more than a hundredfold.

“Not bad, not bad. My appetite can grow quite a bit now.”

Lin Fan nodded in satisfaction, his gaze continuing downwards.

“Reward 2: Special Item [Heaven Concealing Dao Robe (Pseudo)] x 1.”

His gaze lingered on this reward for a full three seconds.

A thought flashed, and a transparent Magic Treasure, thin as a cicada’s wing, seemingly woven from moonlight and shadows, appeared out of thin air in his hand.

It had no weight, and felt cold to the touch, as if touching nothingness.

“Heaven Concealing Dao Robe (Pseudo)”

“Type: Special Functional Magic Treasure (Disposable Consumable)”

“Effect: After activation, can enter ‘Pseudo · Myriad Realms Unique’ state. Within twelve hours, slightly obscures one’s Heavenly Secrets, weakening and deflecting all lock-ons and probes below the ‘Dao Master’ level.”

“Note: Has a certain deceptive effect on [Heavenly Dao Mark (Immortal Realm Grade)], but cannot eradicate it. Please plan usage timing carefully.”

Lin Fan’s eyes lit up.

This was simply like someone bringing a pillow when one was sleepy.

Although it was disposable and only lasted twelve hours, it meant that he had a full day of “absolute safety” time.

During this day, he could do some extremely high-yield things that he would never dare to do normally.

He carefully put away this life-saving trump card, feeling a little more confident.

His gaze continued to move.

“Reward 3: Special Item [Karma Grafting Puppet] x 1.”

Another item.

Lin Fan’s heart stirred, and a small doll, palm-sized, woven from unknown withered grass, appeared in his palm.

The doll’s craftsmanship was very crude, its features blurry, but on its chest, a crimson thread embroidered a strange rune.

An ominous Aura emanated from the doll.

“Karma Grafting Puppet”

“Type: Karmic Law Magic Treasure”

“Effect: Can be bound by engraving the target’s ‘True Name’ and ‘Aura’. Once bound, any ‘fatal attack’ or ‘malicious Karma’ suffered by the Host can be 100% grafted onto the bound target.”

“Note: Each Puppet can only bind one person and becomes ineffective after one use.”

Hiss.

Lin Fan looked at the doll in his hand, the smile at the corner of his mouth gradually becoming sinister.

This thing was much more insidious than the [Heaven Concealing Dao Robe].

It was simply an essential Divine Artifact for home travel, tricking people, and stealing treasures.

In his mind, almost subconsciously, a handsome, almost unreal face appeared, which should now be filled with jealousy and unwillingness.

Xiao Chen.

That poor fellow who believed himself to be the Son of Destiny, yet had his Dao Heart shattered again and again by him, this “anomaly”.

There seemed to be no more suitable target than him.

“This… what is this?”

Li Hanyue looked at the straw man emanating an ominous Aura in Lin Fan’s hand, instinctively feeling a pang of fear.

Lin Fan chuckled, without explaining, merely put away the Puppet, with a hint of pleasure in his movements.

Li Hanyue’s mouth twitched slightly.

She felt that her understanding of Cultivation had been completely shattered into powder today, after being repeatedly rubbed on the ground by Lin Fan.

Where did he get these unheard-of treasures, some of which even defied the common sense of the Great Dao?

Lin Fan didn’t mind her shock, because his gaze had already fallen on the last and most significant reward.

It was a line of text rendered in supreme Chaos color.

“Special Reward: Based on Host’s EXS-grade action of ‘Devouring Heavenly Dao Clone’, hereby awarded — [Heavenly Dao Weakness Analysis Report (Immortal Realm Chapter)]!”

Boom!

An indescribable torrent of information instantly rushed into Lin Fan’s Soul.

It wasn’t text, nor was it images.

Instead, it was line after line, Dao after Dao, of cold, precise, core-pointing underlying rules.

They constructed a vast, backend operating logic map of the “Immortal Realm Heavenly Dao” in Lin Fan’s consciousness.

“Report Excerpt”

“1. Permission Differences: The Immortal Realm Heavenly Dao has clear permission differences and monitoring priorities for ‘local life forms’ and ‘Lower Realm Ascendants’. Ascendants are defaulted as ‘external variables’ and are monitored with much higher intensity than local beings.”

“2. Computing Power Bottleneck: Although the Immortal Realm Heavenly Dao is vast and boundless, its ‘central processor’ is not infinite. To maintain the stable operation of the entire Immortal Realm, its will projection and absolute surveillance have a ‘sector rotation’ mechanism. That is, at a certain period, there will inevitably be ‘blind spots’ with extremely low monitoring intensity. (Attached: Blind spot rotation cycle and algorithm prediction model…)”

“3. Logical Vulnerability: The ‘annihilation program’ has a priority judgment. When a higher-priority ‘stability maintenance instruction’ appears, the annihilation program for ‘anomaly targets’ will be temporarily suspended. For example: Realm wars, Origin tides, Dao Master-level existences’ Breakthroughs, etc…”

“4. …”

Line by line, item by item.

What kind of weakness report was this?

This was clearly an incredibly detailed ultimate guide on how to exploit loopholes and fleece the Immortal Realm!

Lin Fan’s breathing, for the first time, became somewhat rapid.

The light in his eyes was more fervent than when he had seen any previous reward.

Madness.

An incredibly mad thought uncontrollably grew and spread in his heart.

If before, during his Undergoing Tribulation, he was merely passively “eating a buffet”.

Then with this report, after he Ascended to the Immortal Realm, he could completely… actively create a “buffet”!

Looking at Lin Fan’s expression, like a glutton who had been hungry for three days and three nights suddenly seeing a whole roasted Dragon, a strong sense of unease surged in Li Hanyue’s heart.

She took a deep breath, unable to resist speaking up to remind him.

“Lin Fan, sober up.”

“You just caused a monstrous disaster. Now, the entire Tian Yuan Realm, and even more distant Star Domains, have countless sleeping old monsters awakened by you, all eyeing this place covetously.”

“You still want to go to the Immortal Realm to seek death?”

Li Hanyue’s voice pulled Lin Fan back from his boundless fantasies of the future.

He blinked, the fanaticism on his face rapidly fading, replaced by his usual lazy smile.

“What’s there to be afraid of?”

He wiggled his finger, saying in a relaxed tone.

“If they want to find me, they’ll have to ask my new clothes if they agree first.”

“The immediate priority is to find an absolutely safe place to ‘hide’… cough, no, to ‘solidify’ my Cultivation.”

As he spoke, he stood up from the commander’s chair, stretched with a big yawn, and his whole body’s bones crackled loudly.

The power of True Immortal Great Perfection was still surging within his body, needing time to settle and be controlled.

Li Hanyue looked at his carefree appearance, feeling both exasperated and amused, yet her worries inexplicably dissipated by more than half.

It was as if, as long as this man was present, even the greatest trouble would eventually become his “spoils of war”.

Lin Fan paced to a corner of the hall, seemingly planning his next move.

His gaze seemingly casually swept over the Cultivators in the hall who were still in a petrified state.

Suddenly, his footsteps paused.

With a thought, the [Karma Grafting Puppet] emanating an ominous Aura appeared in his palm again.

Lin Fan looked down at the crude straw man, his fingertips gently caressing the crimson thread on its chest.

His eyes deepened.

This disposable, top-tier protective amulet, whoever it was bound to, was essentially given a death notice that was sure to take effect.

He had to choose an enemy of sufficient value.

A scapegoat who would die most meaningfully when he encountered a fatal situation.

In his mind, that handsome yet distorted face clearly reappeared.

At the corner of his mouth, an almost imperceptible curve slowly formed.

Xiao Chen.

It was about time to let you, this “Son of Destiny,” make a small, insignificant “contribution” to this world.