Summoning the system, Chu Ge looked at the panel where a staggering 50,500 villain points were displayed and fell into thought.
"System, if I upgrade the system interface again, will it unlock new functions?"
At present, Chu Ge had no intention of saving villain points to unlock new modules. The diary, sign-in, and check-in functions were already more than sufficient.
[Ding. No. The next new function will only be unlocked when the diary module is upgraded to Level 4. The host's current level is Level 2.]
Somewhat disappointed, though it was within Chu Ge's expectations.
"How many villain points are required to upgrade the diary module to Level 3?"
Chu Ge asked.
[It requires 40,000 villain points.]
"Hiss!"
Chu Ge sucked in a breath of cold air—this upgrade cost actually increased by multiples.
It seemed the villain points he had only just obtained were about to be spent again.
"System, spend 50,000 villain points to upgrade the diary module and the sign-in module."
Although no new functions would be unlocked, Chu Ge still decided to upgrade the diary module, as well as the sign-in module, which had never been upgraded before.
[Ding. 50,000 villain points consumed. Upgrade in progress. Remaining villain points: 500. Please wait patiently, host…]
While Chu Ge waited for the system to complete its upgrade, he had no idea that on the other side, several diary copy holders were experiencing great emotional turbulence.
...
Su Lingyuan had originally been cultivating. She had just broken through not long ago, a critical period for consolidating her realm.
The system's sudden notification jolted her out of her cultivation state. Fortunately, the diary copy's method was very gentle and caused her no harm.
Opening her lively eyes, Su Lingyuan was initially a little annoyed—anyone would be displeased at being interrupted during cultivation.
But when she carefully read the content of the system's notification, her spirits instantly lifted. The trace of displeasure vanished in an instant, replaced by deep gratitude toward the diary copy—and toward Chu Ge himself.
[Ding. Detected that the diary owner Chu Ge's daily diary-record cultivation reward has been settled.
Copy holder Su Lingyuan receives: one strand of Sacred Body Origin (one percent of Chu Ge's origin).]
"Sacred Body Origin! Even a reward like this exists?!"
Although it was merely a single strand, Su Lingyuan was still overjoyed!
Any increase, even the slightest, in one's origin brought remarkably significant benefits!
Without hesitation, Su Lingyuan immediately claimed it.
In the very next moment, a dense surge of origin power rushed violently into her body—so fierce that it directly filled her to the brim!
This completely exceeded her expectations. She had thought that a mere strand of origin would not be much.
After all, it was only equivalent to one percent of Chu Ge's origin. Yet she had never expected that even just one percent could be so vast and surging!
When this wave finally subsided, Su Lingyuan discovered that her entire origin had doubled!
She was so stunned that she widened her beautiful eyes, her red lips parting in shock.
Even though the absorption was already complete, the sensation of being filled to the brim still surged throughout her entire body.
This kind of improvement was simply too terrifying!
Only after a long while did Su Lingyuan finally calm down, yet a trace of lingering shock still remained on her face.
She arrived at a horrifying conclusion.
Chu Ge's origin was actually a hundred times greater than what hers had been before!
It was not that her own origin was thin—on the contrary, her Sacred Body origin was already considered fairly rich.
Her background was extraordinary. Within her clan, she was a treasured jewel in the palm of their hands, naturally enjoying all kinds of support and resources.
Although she had never obtained a supreme treasure like a Sacred Origin Stone over the years, through various other means she had, more or less, strengthened her own origin.
After accumulating several such enhancements, she had only reached her current level of origin.
Thinking back carefully—from when she first stepped onto the path of cultivation to the multiple times her clan had helped her improve her origin—that entire span also amounted to roughly a doubling.
Seen in this light, Chu Ge's origin was actually equivalent to two hundred times what hers had been at the very beginning!
Terrifying!
Unbelievable!