Zhang Yue created a miracle in the World 16.
In just one morning, he broke through the ten great empires.
And during this half-day, Zhang Yue spent most of his time on the road, with very little actual time spent sieging cities.
If the capitals of the ten empires were gathered in one area and the ten quests could be accepted and completed simultaneously, Zhang Yue would need at most an hour.
When the tenth empire's capital was breached, Zhang Yue let out a relieved sigh.
The regret of his past life, which he had been unable to complete, had finally been fulfilled in this one.
Upon hearing the news that Zhang Yue had successfully conquered the ten great empires of the World 16, Ice Emperor, Moon Mark, and Seraph all sighed in amazement.
"This kid is truly extraordinary."
"Clearing the ten great empires in just half a day, all on his own? That makes us old veterans feel ashamed."
"Yeah, back then, the three of us teamed up and still took two days and two nights to barely complete this challenge."
Ice Emperor said, "The reward I got back then was an evolution of my epic-class profession into a legendary-class. I'm curious what this kid will get."
Following Ice Emperor's words, Moon Mark said, "That reward was indeed significant. I received a Hell-class title at the time."
Meanwhile, Zhang Yue returned to the capital of the Gana Empire once again to find King Garuru.
At this moment, Garuru was looking at Zhang Yue as if he were gazing upon a god.
Because in just one morning, he had already met Zhang Yue ten times.
After submitting the quest and receiving the base rewards,
Garuru took out a golden scroll and handed it to Zhang Yue, "This is a special commendation for breaking through the ten great empires and making an immense contribution to our Gana Empire."
Having worked hard for half a day for this moment, Zhang Yue didn't hesitate.
"As it should be," After speaking, Zhang Yue reached out and took the scroll.
He opened it on the spot.
Immediately, the scroll turned into golden rain-like light, cascading over Zhang Yue's entire body.
[Ding~ Congratulations! You have received a special reward: [Transcendent Set] evolution limit has been lifted—can now be infinitely upgraded!]
What does this mean?
A pillow when you're sleepy, and food when you're hungry?
Just moments ago, Zhang Yue had been thinking: The Transcendent Set had already reached its 15-star growth cap. What method could he use in the future to break this limit and continue upgrading?
And now, the reward just conveniently lifted that very restriction?
Even novels wouldn't dare write something so absurd.
It seemed that Zhang Yue's efforts in completing this challenge were well worth it.
He opened his equipment tab.
Sure enough, under the star-level section of the Transcendent Set, the familiar [Upgradeable] three words had reappeared.
And this time, it could be upgraded infinitely.
This meant that Zhang Yue could use this set all the way until level 500.
Its base stats were already much stronger than normal equipment, and it could devour other set skills while enhancing them with each star upgrade. Using it indefinitely was obviously the best choice.
However, Zhang Yue noticed that the difficulty of upgrading the Transcendent Set had increased compared to before.
Previously, from 10 to 15 stars, he could obtain growth points by devouring equal or adjacent star-level gear. Once growth points reached 100%, he could evolve the set.
But now, he could only gain growth points by devouring gear with a star level higher than his current Transcendent Set.
This meant that only 16-star or higher equipment, specifically gear that Zhang Yue personally obtained, could serve as feed for his Legendary Transcendent Set.
The increased evolution difficulty also meant the upgrade gains would be far superior to before.
Luckily, he had just defeated ten level 95, 16-star bosses during his siege of the ten empires, netting over twenty pieces of equipment.
Among them, twelve were 16-star items.
Zhang Yue used his SS-rank [Midas Touch] skill to appraise all of them.
One 15-star item and a 16-star item both triggered a rare appraisal effect, increasing their quality to 16-star and 17-star.
Then, Zhang Yue used Infinite Energy + Evolution Power to refine all twenty-plus pieces into Flowgold-grade equipment with one click.
Originally, a 16-star gold-grade item could provide 8% growth value.
But a Flowgold-grade 16-star item could provide 10% growth value.
A Flowgold-grade 17-star item could provide 20% growth value.
Zhang Yue fed all his 16-star and 17-star gear to the Transcendent Set.
The remaining 15-star equipment was fed to the Armageddon Black Dragon's growth-type Sovereign Set.
Every unused piece of gear could be used for upgrading, nothing went to waste.
The World 16 challenge had come to a perfect conclusion.
At the same time, Zhang Yue had another major gain.
He opened his inventory and took out a scroll.
Through his previous endless grinding, he had collected enough Source of Life to fill the scroll's progress bar to 100.
And now, the bar wouldn't decrease nor increase any further.
As Zhang Yue once again took out the scroll, Golden light burst forth from it, scattering into the sky.
At the same time—
BOOM! BOOM!
The earth suddenly shook violently.
Not just in the World 16—all other realms began trembling as well.
High above the sky, a massive blood-red spatial rift suddenly opened.
On the ground, an identical spatial rift appeared.
Gradually, the scroll in Zhang Yue's hands fully disintegrated into golden light, forming a gigantic golden pillar between heaven and earth.
That golden pillar bridged the two rifts—
As if connecting them.
Dragon Nation! Lighthouse Nation! Eastern Nation! Frost Nation…
Fifth Realm! World 16! Twenty-Eighth Realm! Eightieth Realm…
Across the entire world, across all realms, the same phenomenon was occurring.
Professional players in every realm stood in shock.
And before they could even process what was happening—
Suddenly.
A worldwide notification panel popped up in front of every online player—
[Ding~ Attention: A great upheaval has struck the Otherworld! In ten seconds, all players will be forcibly logged out!]
As the countdown reached zero—
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Countless beams of white light shot into the sky.
No matter if someone was fighting a Wild Boar Boss, about to submit a quest, or in the middle of a dungeon, everyone vanished from the Otherworld.
In an instant, the entire Otherworld became siilent—a silence that hadn't been seen in over a hundred years.
This event sent shockwaves across the entire world.
"Damn it! My Wild Boar King Boss was one hit away from dying! Who the hell unplugged my internet?"
"WHAT? Someone tell me WHY? WHAT just happened?"
"Why was I forcibly logged out? And why can't I log back in?"
"I thought it was just me, but no one can access the Otherworld anymore?"
"The Otherworld… is closed?"
"Impossible! The Otherworld has existed for over a hundred years! How could it just shut down?"
The world fell into chaos.
Only Ice Emperor, Moon Madk, and a select few, including Zhang Yue, understood.
"Because of this man—"
"The Otherworld, silent for over a hundred years, is finally about to change!"
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