160: Ultimate System Upgrade

"Warning! The host's current plane Rank is too high! System functions will be... extremely suppressed!"

"[Cultivation Technique Fusion] function... frozen!"

"[Law Comprehension Acceleration] function... frozen!"

"System... urgently needs... ultimate upgrade!!!"

"System Ultimate Upgrade Conditions:"

"One: Requires absorption of massive 'World Origin' power, or, 'Origin Crystal' of the same Rank!"

"Two: Requires... (Insufficient permissions, unable to detect!)"

Lin Ye's heart sank again as he looked at the lines of crimson warnings filled with a sense of oppression.

God Emperor was only the starting point, Dominator was the ultimate goal.

However, his hanging System, which he relied on to be Heaven-Defying and change his fate, was now... stuck in this broader world!

"Origin Crystal..."

Lin Ye silently chewed on this word in his heart.

He didn't even know what this so-called "Origin Crystal" was, or... where to find it?

"Hehehe..."

Just then, the chilling, hoarse laughter of the withered old man beside him, who was completely enveloped in a gray cloak, rang out again.

His turbid eyes, which seemed to have experienced countless Reincarnations, looked at Lin Ye's changing face with interest, as if he had long seen through all the shock and... confusion in his heart.

"What? Little fellow," he chuckled hoarsely, "do you feel... that your 'Divine Cultivation Technique' that you were so proud of, suddenly... isn't working?"

Lin Ye's heart suddenly tightened! His dark eyes instantly transformed into two sharp swords capable of tearing apart the heavens and earth, locking onto the old man!

"To be able to condense such a... domineering 'divine spark' with the Cultivation of a God Emperor (World Lord) at the initial stage, and even vaguely touch the threshold of 'Origin'..."

He clicked his tongue in wonder, and a hint of imperceptible... envy flashed in his turbid eyes?

"What a pity, what a pity..." He slowly shook his head, his pitying gaze falling on Lin Ye again, "The plane you are in, after all, is... too weak."

"You simply don't know what kind of... desperate world you are facing."

"Under the Law suppression of this 'Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain', how much power can your so-called 'Divine Cultivation Technique' still exert?"

"How many tens of thousands of years will your proud 'divine spark' need to... advance again in this world filled with 'Origin' Qi?"

His repeated questions were like heavy hammers, striking Lin Ye's heart forcefully!

"Senior," Lin Ye forcibly suppressed the surging waves in his heart and respectfully bowed to the withered old man, "May I ask... what is an 'Origin Crystal'?"

He nodded and explained hoarsely: "The so-called 'Origin Crystal' is the most core... energy cornerstone that constitutes the center of this God Domain! It is also the only 'currency' that we World Lords, and even those high and mighty Dominators, rely on to Cultivate!"

"Whether it's Cultivating Cultivation Techniques, buying Divine Artifacts, or... comprehending Laws, you need... it!"

"Then... how do I obtain it?" Lin Ye asked.

"Obtain it?" He pointed to the towering divine temple standing at the end of the continent, seemingly integrated with the entire Universe galaxy, and chuckled hoarsely, "Do you see that 'Myriad God Palace'?"

"There, every hundred years, a 'God Domain Mission' will be issued. Completing the mission will earn you... a meager reward."

"Or..." He changed the subject, a cold killing intent flashing in his turbid eyes, "...go to the 'Desolate God Domain' and hunt those 'Origin Vicious Beasts' born from Chaos!"

"Or..."

His pitying gaze slowly swept over the thousands of 'new recruits' present, each with different auras.

"...go hunt... your own kind!"

"Seize all their divine sparks, Cultivation Techniques, and Divine Artifacts! Then, sell them to those 'scavengers' who need 'junk'!"

"Little fellow," the old man seemed to see through his unwillingness and chuckled hoarsely, "What? Despairing?"

"No."

Lin Ye slowly raised his head.

On his handsome face, a smile slowly bloomed, filled with endless confidence and... fanaticism!

"I'm just... more excited!"

"Hm?!" The smile on the old man's face suddenly froze!

And at this moment!

Without any warning!

In Lin Ye's mind, the System panel, which had been silent and filled with crimson warnings, suddenly trembled violently!

As if it was... infected by his indomitable Battle Intent!

"Ding!"

"Detected that the host's Divine Soul and 'World Origin' Law... have a strong resonance!"

"Detected that the host's will has touched the threshold of 'transcendence'..."

"Warning! The host's 'prison suppressing divine spark' has automatically begun... forcibly parsing 'World Origin'!"

"System... about to... overload!!!"

"'Ultimate Adaptation'... forced activation!!!"

Boom————!!!!!!!!!!

At that moment!

A terrifying storm, as if from the primordial Universe, from the very beginning of heaven and earth, suddenly erupted with Lin Ye's Divine Soul as its center!

His dark eyes suddenly closed! His entire body, as if under a freezing spell, stiffened in place!

And in the depths of his consciousness, the System panel, which had only been dim, instantly... shattered like ice thrown into a star!

Those cold lines of text, those familiar icons... "God-Demon Prison Suppressing Body", "Nine Heavens Star Array", "Myriad Law Source Exegesis"... everything, at this moment, was completely... crushed by an invisible, irresistible terrifying force!

Turning into... billions of data streams!

"This... what is this?!"

Beside him, the withered old man, who had been watching with a playful expression, had his smile instantly freeze!

In his turbid old eyes, for the first time, an uncontrollable... horror appeared!

He was horrified to discover that from this "Lower Realm" youth, two completely opposite, yet equally terrifying... auras erupted!

One was a Divine Might filled with endless holiness and suppression! The other was a demonic intent filled with endless destruction and Devour!

God! Demon! These two extreme powers, which should have been incompatible and irreconcilable, were at this moment perfectly... fused in the same person in an extremely strange way?!

He... what in the world... did he Cultivate?!

Before he could recover from this terrifying fact that was enough to overturn his tens of thousands of years of perception!

"Om—"

In the depths of Lin Ye's consciousness, the chaotic data stream, which had already turned into Chaos, began to... frantically spin, converge, and reshape, as if guided by some mysterious force!

Finally, it transformed into a huge furnace... dark golden in color, as if cast from the remains of billions of stars and the withered bones of gods and demons!

The furnace was ancient and vast, as if it had existed since time immemorial!

On its body, billions of mysterious divine patterns, filled with endless profoundness and the aura of the Great Dao, were inscribed! The mouth of the furnace was like a black hole capable of devouring all heavens, emitting a terrifying suction force that could make even a Dominator tremble!

"Ding!"

"Ultimate Adaptation... successful!"

"System has been upgraded to... final form!"

"Congratulations, host! Unlocked ultimate function—"

"—[Myriad Realms Furnace]!"

"Function description: Can smelt all things, returning them to their Origin! The host can throw anything containing 'Law' or 'Origin' (such as Cultivation Techniques, Divine Artifacts, Bloodlines, divine spark fragments, law crystal stones, and even... the world itself!) into the furnace!"

"Output: 'Origin Points'!"

"('Origin Points': Can be used to accelerate all hanging missions, deduce unknown Cultivation Techniques, repair damaged Divine Artifacts, and even... reshape the Divine Soul!)"

"Ding! Detected that the Cultivation Technique currently Cultivated by the host is of too low a Rank and can no longer adapt to the current world's Laws..."

"System has automatically deduced, fused, and completed for the host..."

"'God-Demon Prison Suppressing Body' has automatically advanced to... [Dominator Rank] Cultivation Technique—'God-Demon Prison Suppressing Sutra'!"

"'Heaven Burning Heart Sutra' has automatically advanced to... [God Emperor Rank] Cultivation Technique—'Heaven Burning Divine Art'!"

"'Nine Heavens Star Array' has automatically advanced to... [God Emperor Rank] Formation—'Great Zhou Heavenly Star Formation'!"

"..."

Lin Ye's heart pounded violently from this unprecedented great surprise as he looked at the lines of new information filled with endless domineering and profound aura!

This, was the System's... true face?!

This, was his true confidence to survive in this cruel Divine Realm!

"Little... little monster..."

Beside him, the withered old man looked at the youth who slowly opened his eyes, and in his turbid old eyes, only endless... fear remained!

He could clearly feel that in just these few breaths, although the youth's Cultivation Realm had not improved at all, the aura emanating from his Soul Origin... had become more than ten times more terrifying than before!