Multiverse Skill System

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He glanced indifferently at the Desolate Evil Emperor, then without saying a word, went straight up and started fighting.

He summoned countless Dao Shadows to hold back the Desolate Evil Emperor's desolate army, while his true self launched a brutal beating on the Desolate Evil Emperor.

The Desolate Evil Emperor was completely stunned. Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do? He was caught in three major philosophical questions.

He had become even stronger than in his prime, yet his opponent was still covered in wounds. The prey that should have been easily dealt with had suddenly become the hunter, while he himself had become a powerless lamb, a fish on a chopping board, only able to wait for death. This contrast caused the Desolate Evil Emperor to completely lose his mind and be dominated by his instincts.

Driven by instinct, the Desolate Evil Emperor launched a desperate counterattack, entering a state of relentless struggle. His Demonic Burning State erupted instantly, even more thoroughly and fiercely than the controllable Demonic Burning State of the Five Leaves. This unstoppable burning would continue until the very end of his life.

Realizing this, Yi Shuihan stopped attacking and adopted a defensive, mobile approach. Half an hour later, the Desolate Evil Emperor launched his final attack in his demonic career and died.

Chapter 1512, Turning Point

"You're going to die now?"

Looking at the empty void before him, Yi Shuihan felt a sense of loss. Before coming to find the Desolate Evil Emperor, he had envisioned a fierce and earth-shattering battle with him, not the kind of battle where he could just circle around and wear down his opponent through defense.

For Yi Shuihan, this kind of victory by wandering around and stalling for time doesn't even qualify as a battle. If he hadn't analyzed the Infinite Dao Shadow from the Desolate Evil Emperor, he would have really lost out.

Furthermore, Yi Shuihan was extremely surprised that Wu Ye was ambushed and killed by the Desolate Evil Emperor. He had planned to have some fun with Wu Ye, but before he could even begin, Wu Ye had already killed himself.

He shook his head. Since he was dead, he was dead. One should always look forward.

After resting for a while, Yi Shuihan returned home to hand in his mission.

"Have you heard? That Infinite Emperor killed Wuye and the Desolate Evil Emperor, and he did it in a one-against-two situation."

"Impossible, right? Forget about the Desolate Evil Emperor, the Five Leaves are a troublesome existence that only the top five Emperors have the ability to kill. Add to that the Desolate Evil Emperor, who is not much weaker than the Five Leaves, and even the Creation Emperor, the master of the Infinite Emperor, could not kill them."

"How could this be false? The mission has been confirmed. It is said that some emperors did not believe it at first, but they believed it completely after they went to the Black Abyss."

"That's incredible! So, does that mean the Infinite Emperor is even stronger than his master? He only became a Great Dao Emperor a few years ago! If this continues, won't he become the strongest Great Dao Emperor in just a few years?"

The "Frontline" headquarters was abuzz with excitement over Yi Shuihan's killing of the Desolate Evil Emperor and the Five Leaves. Everyone was talking about it, and Yi Shuihan, who was already famous, became even more renowned, reaching a point where everyone in the world knew him.

Some busybodies shared Yi Shuihan's legendary past experiences, leaving those who were previously unaware of his rise to power in awe.

The fastest student in history to break through to the Chaos Emperor realm at the All-Worlds United High School! The fastest Chaos Emperor in history to break through to the Creation Dao realm, the most powerful Creation Dao realm in history, killing Emperor-level demons with the Creation Dao realm, breaking through to the Great Dao Emperor realm on the battlefield, easily killing ordinary Emperor-level demons upon breakthrough, and surviving at the hands of Wu Ye. A few years later, even Wu Ye and the Desolate Evil Emperor together failed to kill him, and were instead killed by him.

These facts, even more exaggerated than those of the protagonist, made the Great Dao Emperors exclaim that Yi Shuihan was a monster. The Great Dao Emperors were all said to have boundless luck, and that only one such being could be born in countless worlds. However, faced with Yi Shuihan's experiences, they could only admit their admiration.

Yi Shuihan's fame and influence were growing at an astonishing rate. If Yi Shuihan were to create a force, he could easily build a first-class force that was only slightly inferior to the forces that existed. Unfortunately, his ambitions lay elsewhere.

Several years passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Yi Shuihan took on many missions, rescued hundreds of Great Dao Emperors, and killed hundreds of demons, becoming a shining star on the "front line".

The demons put in a lot of effort to kill Yi Shuihan, organizing multiple attacks and even sending several demons stronger than Wu Ye to deal with him. However, in the end, Yi Shuihan survived.

Of course, Yi Shuihan's life wasn't easy either. He almost perished the last time because the demons sent out their strongest demon at the Emperor level. This demon was known as the Heavenly Evil Emperor, and his strength was incomparably powerful. Yi Shuihan was seriously injured in almost a single exchange.

They managed to stay afloat for a short while thanks to the remaining life essence before rescue arrived, but even then, they almost didn't make it back.

It should be noted that the rescue team consisted of seven Great Dao Emperors, including Yuanfo Emperor, Jikong Emperor, and Zaohua Emperor. It took the combined efforts of these seven Great Dao Emperors to drive away the Heavenly Extreme Evil Emperor, demonstrating his formidable strength.

The injuries Yi Shuihan sustained in that battle took him a full six months to recover from. Keep in mind that he possessed an infinite regenerative body, allowing him to heal from injuries that would normally inflict severe damage on a Great Dao Emperor in just a few minutes. The fact that it took him six months to recover under these circumstances shows just how bad the situation was. Of course, if Yi Shuihan had accepted the Life Emperor's help and used the Life Source Liquid, he would have recovered much faster. However, he ultimately refused, since the Life Emperor had long since run out of Life Source Liquid, and forcing him to use it would have required him to sever his own cultivation.

"It ended so abruptly, like that?"

Yi Shuihan had just recovered from his injuries and was about to go to the "front line" again when he received news that the demons had retreated and the two sides had reached an agreement that demons of the Chaos Emperor level or above would not be allowed to set foot in the myriad realms for hundreds of billions of years.

To be honest, Yi Shuihan was somewhat disappointed by this news. How could a contract have been reached so inexplicably? We've suffered such heavy losses, why don't we counterattack the demons? This is unacceptable!

Yi Shuihan dared not venture alone into the area inhabited by the demons. That Heavenly Evil Emperor was not someone to be trifled with; the difference in strength was too great. Without a major breakthrough, Yi Shuihan would be courting death, and he would not do anything that would lead to his demise.

Without any battles to fight, the system couldn't collect data, so Yi Shuihan's progress slowed down considerably. As a result, Yi Shuihan turned his attention to the Great Dao Emperors of all the heavens and myriad worlds.

At first, the Great Dao Emperors were very welcoming to Yi Shuihan. They warmly received him whenever he visited, and readily agreed to his requests for excision. However, after Yi Shuihan came to spar with them time and time again, he became unpopular. Everything else was fine, but sparring was a matter of face-to-face discussion.

Over a full millennium, Yi Shuihan sparred with virtually 99% of the Great Dao Emperors, resulting in a significant and lasting improvement in his strength.

A thousand years later, the Great Dao Emperors completely shut their doors to Yi Shuihan, treating his arrival as if it were a plague. In the end, Yi Shuihan had no choice but to give up and go off to cultivate in solitude.

And so, hundreds of millions of years passed.

"I should have reached the level of the Supreme Void Emperor now. Although I am not as good as that old monster Tianji, at least I can run away."

Chapter 1513, Ye Dongsheng's Breakthrough

Yi Shuihan stood atop the mountain, looking down at the world below. This was the highest mountain in the infinite world, stretching for tens of millions of miles, many times higher than Mount Everest, which was only a few thousand meters high. At such a height, the temperature could reach tens of thousands of degrees below zero, which was simply insane.

When he was an ordinary person, Yi Shuihan knew that absolute zero was -273.15 degrees Celsius, which was the theoretical lower limit of temperature. However, he only realized how ridiculous absolute zero was when he embarked on the path of cultivation. Temperature has no lower limit; the lower limit is infinite, just like cultivation, which has no limit.

For ordinary people, becoming an immortal is the limit; for immortals, becoming a saint is the limit; for true saints, becoming a Chaos Emperor or even a Great Dao Emperor is the limit; for Great Dao Emperors, becoming a mere mortal is the limit. So, what about a mere mortal? Is the limit the mere mortal? Yi Shuihan doesn't think so.

The existence of limits is merely due to the shallowness of current knowledge. As knowledge broadens, the so-called limits will expand again and again, which is exactly in line with Yi Shuihan's infinite way.

The Infinite World is a world he created that belongs exclusively to him. It has already survived seven immeasurable eons with his help. Although he has a better personal world, it is also a great secret of his. He will not tell ordinary friends about it. Friends who are not close to him can only come to the Infinite World to find him.

As a Great Dao Emperor, it is customary to have a world of one's own creation as a gateway. Dongming is no exception, except that he created his world very close to the Creation World, and spends most of his time in the Creation World.

"My husband, it's almost time."

"Okay, coming right away."

With a genuine smile on his face, Yi Shuihan suddenly froze, and then after several tens of seconds, his figure slowly faded and disappeared like a phantom. His speed was too fast; even a casual movement could leave behind an afterimage that lasted for tens of seconds.

The person accompanying him was not Baihuaxiang, but Cai Yan. Baihuaxiang had become familiar with her sisters over the past hundreds of millions of years and preferred to stay in her personal world, so she generally wouldn't come out. Yi Shuihan, now a Great Dao Emperor, had the strength to protect his women, so even if he released them all, there would be no problem. He had the power to protect their safety.

Accompanied by Yi Shuihan, they had a great time exploring the myriad worlds. In the end, they all chose to return to their personal worlds and set a rule that every hundred years, one of them would come out to accompany him, taking turns. Of course, when they were in their personal worlds, they would accompany each other together. Now it was Cai Yan's turn.

Now, Yi Shuihan and Cai Yan are heading to the World of Creation because Yi Shuihan's second senior brother, Ye Dongsheng, is about to break through—yes, he's going to become a Great Dao Emperor.

To become a Great Dao Emperor in just a few hundred million years is something that was unimaginable in the past. Moreover, with Ye Dongsheng's talent, it was practically impossible for him to become a Great Dao Emperor. It was a one in a billion chance. He was not like Yi Shuihan, nor did he have the long accumulation of foundation that Dongming had.

Ye Dongsheng's ability to break through to the Great Dao Emperor realm so quickly was also due to luck. Because of the invasion of evil spirits, the myriad realms lost many Great Dao Emperors and Dao Creators. Under these circumstances, the number of Great Dao Emperors that Ye Dongsheng could be allocated increased significantly. The will of the myriad realms was also willing to allow the myriad realms to gain more Great Dao Emperors. It can be said that breaking through to the Great Dao Emperor realm in this recent period is much easier than before.

Ye Dongsheng has a master who is a Great Dao Emperor, a senior brother who is a Great Dao Emperor, and a junior brother who is a Great Dao Emperor, Yi Shuihan. It is only right that he will receive such an opportunity.

Even so, there is still a chance that Ye Dongsheng will fail in his breakthrough; it can only be said that the probability of him succeeding is very high.

……

“My good disciple, and Xiao Yan, come here, I’ve saved you seats.”

Upon arriving outside the World of Creation, they heard the call of the Emperor of Life. As the Emperor of the Great Dao, the Emperor of Life naturally occupied a very good location. There were hardly any people for several kilometers around. They could leave a spot for everyone, and even if hundreds more people came, it wouldn't be crowded.

Not far from the Emperor of Life, Yi Shuihan's master Salama and Dongming, along with a group of fellow disciples, stood together, all nervously watching the void.

Breaking through to the Great Dao Emperor level is impossible in the Creation World; it must be done in the Chaotic Void. However, Ye Dongsheng chose the Chaotic Void outside the Creation World, so everyone was watching from the main gate.

As Salama's disciple, Yi Shuihan should have been with his sect. However, since the Life Emperor was also his master, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to be alone there. After thinking about it, Yi Shuihan brought Cai Yan to the Life Emperor's side, which made the Life Emperor smile with delight.

"As for the other master, I can only apologize. Anyway, you have so many disciples to keep you company."

Yi Shuihan's actions were met with an understanding look from Salama, who clearly believed that Yi Shuihan had done the right thing.

As the first person to break through to the Great Dao Emperor level after the Great War of Demons, Ye Dongsheng attracted the attention of many forces. There were already many Great Dao Emperors and Dao Creators around him, but they were all far away because Yi Shuihan and the others were too far away.

"Master, do you think Senior Brother Ye can succeed?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, with us old guys watching over her, Sayoko's breakthrough is a sure thing, absolutely guaranteed."

The Emperor of Life spoke with great confidence, as if he himself were about to break through. However, the next moment, as if he had thought of something, his brows furrowed again.

"Now that old dragon is going to be smug again. Three disciples of the Great Dao Emperors! Hmph, it's all thanks to you, Yi boy. If it weren't for you, Xiao Yezi would still be a long way from breaking through!"

"Even ten Xiaoyezi are no match for one Xiaoyi. No matter how many disciples he has who are Great Dao Emperors, it's useless."

These childish words left Yi Shuihan speechless, and he could only awkwardly laugh. Xiao Yezi's nickname was really something else. Fortunately, everyone's attention was soon drawn to the void, and the breakthrough began.

Chapter 1514, The Method of Repeated Refinement

A purple sun slowly rose in the void, and at its center was Ye Dongsheng, the protagonist of this breakthrough. The purple sun emitted a dazzling light, but strangely it could only illuminate a very small area around it, and the feeling it gave people was not light and heat, but cold.

"Senior brother is taking the darker path!"

There are countless paths to enlightenment, and it is said that as long as you dare to dream, there is a possibility of achieving it. Generally speaking, the feeling that a path to enlightenment gives people is several kinds: it makes people feel light, full of hope, positive energy, or impartial, like an ancient scale, balancing in the middle. Finally, it gives people a feeling of darkness. This darkness is just a metaphor, such as simply cold temperature or dim light.

There are other interpretations, such as leaning towards order, chaos, or a mixture of both. Of course, this cannot be used to determine the nature of things entirely. For example, Yi Shuihan's Infinite Path can be described as either light or darkness.

The rise of the purple sun was merely the prelude to the breakthrough. After the purple sun grew to a certain size, it began to slowly shrink and become solid.

The Purple Sun originally spanned hundreds of millions of miles, but when shrunk to its smallest size, it was still several hundred meters in size, which is simply unimaginable. However, the smaller it shrunk, the more solid the Purple Sun became, giving everyone an unparalleled sense of solidity.

After shrinking for the first time, the purple sun began to expand again. The expansion was slow, but the solidity did not decrease. After several days, the purple sun once again reached a size that spanned hundreds of millions of miles.

"This method of breakthrough is a process of repeated tempering, and it is also the most challenging method, because without a large number of living beings to provide the breakthrough power, it is impossible to persist for long."

One of the cultivators, speaking with envy, said, "The repeated tempering method is much more reliable than the usual breakthrough methods. However, most cultivators are not qualified to use this method when they break through because it is too good. To use the repeated tempering method, the minimum requirement is to temper more than five times, but most cultivators who break through don't even have enough time for one tempering. Even Yi Shuihan's other senior brother, Dongming, did not use this method. Despite receiving great training at the time, he could only temper four times, which was not enough to use the repeated tempering method."

It is precisely because of the invasion of evil spirits that so many places in the myriad realms have become available. Coupled with the existence of two super experts, Yi Shuihan and Salama, Ye Dongsheng has the opportunity to occupy so many places.

"The repeated tempering method increases the chance of breakthrough by one percent with each additional tempering. The limit is fifty temperings, which theoretically increases the success rate of breakthrough by fifty percent. In fact, according to records, if the method can be tempered more than twenty times, half of the breakthroughs will be successful. If it can be tempered up to thirty times, eight or nine out of ten will be successful. The most temperings ever used in history were thirty-three times."

Under the watchful eyes of billions of living beings, Ye Dongsheng began his rigorous training.

"Compared to me and Senior Brother Dongming, Senior Brother Ye is truly blessed!"

Yi Shuihan couldn't help but recall his own breakthrough. In that life-or-death battlefield, not only were there distractions around him, but he also had to succeed in the shortest amount of time. So he could only use the most brutal breakthrough method and didn't prepare at all. Unlike Ye Dongsheng, who had prepared for millions of years and had three Great Dao Emperors protecting him, his master, junior brother, and senior brother, he didn't have to worry about being disturbed at all.

"This is the fifth time. He has reached the minimum limit. I wonder how many more times he can be trained."

"Quickly inform the younger generation to be on the lookout for opportunities!"

"Brother Dao, I don't know what you mean by 'opportunity'. There are no opportunities here! With the strength of us juniors, it's all the same no matter where we are."

"You don't know this, the repeated tempering method is not simple. It is about removing the dross and keeping the essence. It is not obvious in the first five times, but after five times, it begins to change. During the tempering process, the dross will not dissipate, but will turn into various things and scatter. These things are naturally useless to us, but for ordinary Chaos Emperors, even those who have created the Dao, they can be considered treasures and can be used. In the past, every time I broke through using the repeated tempering method, it was a feast!"

"I came to the right place today. Not only can I witness such a grand scene of breaking through to the Great Dao Emperor, but I can also seize opportunities."

Soon, news of the opportunity spread to those around them. It wasn't that no one wanted to keep it a secret, but it was impossible to keep it a secret anyway. After all, once the sixth tempering began, the opportunity would naturally be discovered. Also, if more people knew about it and tried to seize the opportunity, Salama and the others couldn't really say anything because of the sheer number of people involved.

And that was indeed the case. Salama didn't care about such a small matter. Although this opportunity could have belonged entirely to their faction, Salama was magnanimous and didn't mind sharing it. Compared to these opportunities, Ye Dongsheng's breakthrough was the most important thing.

Salama and the others' attitude gradually emboldened the surrounding audience. Those who seized the opportunity were extremely grateful to Ye Dongsheng and his sect. It was estimated that it would be much easier for Yi Shuihan's fellow disciples and juniors to go out in the future. The good deeds they had done through this opportunity would naturally yield good results in the future.

Salama and the other Great Dao Emperors wouldn't scramble for opportunities, nor would Yi Shuihan's fellow disciples. Some of their disciples and grand-disciples would try to seize them, but they wouldn't use the name of their sect to bully the weak. Opportunities depended entirely on one's own abilities. Of course, in such situations, others would usually give way.

With each refinement, the "dross" transformed into opportunities that fell like shooting stars, creating a beautiful spectacle. Ye Dongsheng's aura was also gradually becoming "essence," bringing him closer and closer to a successful breakthrough.

"It has already been condensed twenty-seven times. My goodness, how much does this cost? So much, enough to cultivate several Dao Creators."

"Twenty-eight times already, could it be going to reach thirty and break the record?!"

"Thirty-two times now, and they'll tie the record on the second try. And after tying it, they still want to keep going."

"My goodness, this is too extravagant!"

Chapter 1515, The Opportunity for Breakthrough Arrives

Ye Dongsheng's "foundation" not only shocked those Chaos Emperors, but even some Great Dao Emperors were taken aback and secretly clicked their tongues in amazement. Ye Dongsheng was truly blessed with great fortune.

By the thirty-sixth time, Ye Dongsheng's training had noticeably slowed down, and everyone knew that Ye Dongsheng had entered the final stage.

"It seems like it can only be tempered one or two more times at most, maybe thirty-seven or thirty-eight times?"

"If these were not supplied to one person, they would be enough to give dozens of Dao Creators the opportunity to challenge the Great Dao Emperor."

The thirty-seventh time, the speed had slowed down several times. When the purple sun shrank to its limit, it did not immediately expand again.

The purple light began to dim, and within seconds it transformed from a light source into a light absorber.

"Success or failure hinges on this moment."

The audience held their breath, staring intently at the void, afraid of missing a single detail. Even the younger generation vying for the opportunity unconsciously stopped and looked up at Ye Dongsheng.

With the sound of a drop of water falling into the sea, the purple sun, which had become a light absorber, began to change. It solidified and turned into a liquid, flowing and changing its shape from a circle to a river.

"If we succeed, that will be Daohe."

The purple river rose slowly, and the extraordinary phenomenon of the river and the road shining together began to appear.

"As expected of the repeated tempering method, this river is much larger than that of a newly broken Great Dao Emperor, saving him hundreds of millions of years of arduous cultivation!"

"Is this considered big? It's far inferior to his monstrous junior brother. That guy didn't use the repeated tempering method, and he was even ambushed when condensing his Dao River. Under those circumstances, the Dao River he finally condensed was much larger than this."

"Why compare yourself to that monster? He's usually excluded, isn't he? Comparing yourself to him is just asking for trouble."

From the very beginning to the final breakthrough, Ye Dongsheng spent a total of ten days, finally bringing it to a successful conclusion.

After successfully breaking through, Ye Dongsheng went to consolidate his cultivation. After all, he had just broken through to the Great Dao Emperor level and needed to adapt to his new state. Not everyone is like Yi Shuihan, who immediately went into battle after breaking through.

The forces and individuals who came to witness the breakthrough did not leave, but instead came to offer their congratulations. Salama naturally did not turn them away, and simply hosted a banquet in the Creation World to entertain them, with Yi Shuihan also helping out from the side.

As a Great Dao Emperor, Yi Shuihan was responsible for some of the visiting Great Dao Emperors.

"Crazy Zhan, let's get this straight first, a contest is absolutely out of the question. If you dare to even mention a contest, I'm leaving immediately."

"Not bad, War Maniac. I'm still recovering from the injuries I sustained in our last match!"