"Congratulations, Host, on completing your first Legendary Mission! You have received an additional reward!"
"Evaluation: SSS!"
"Mission Reward: Azure Emperor Longevity Body · Earth Chapter"
"Mission Reward: Purgatory True Demon Physique · True Demon Chapter"
"Mission Reward: Artifact Tome · Human Chapter"
"Additional Mission Reward: Peak Nascent Soul Transformation Pill"
…
Seeing the mission rewards, He Yiming was completely stunned.
Heavens above!
Four rewards!
And each one was more astonishing than the last!
The Earth Chapter of the Azure Emperor Longevity Body contained cultivation methods spanning from Nascent Soul Realm all the way to the Great Emperor Realm!
It could be said that all cultivation techniques prior to becoming an Immortal were fully contained within it!
Moreover, starting from the Nascent Soul Realm, the power of the Azure Emperor Longevity Body rose like a mountain with every realm—its strength was simply unimaginable!
As for the True Demon Chapter of the Purgatory True Demon Physique, it included all cultivation methods from Sixth order up to the True Demon Realm!
It was equally terrifying in power!
In fact, the Purgatory True Demon Physique only truly became monstrous after reaching Sixth order!
This was comparable to the Azure Emperor Longevity Body entering the Heavenly Pill Realm and awakening divine abilities—a heaven-defying leap in strength!
Before Sixth order, the Purgatory True Demon Physique possessed only passive abilities.
Though powerful, that was all it amounted to.
But once Sixth order was reached…
The true meaning of the first word in "Purgatory True Demon Physique" finally erupted!
One word—
Refine!
All things in heaven and earth could be refined and transformed into one's own power!
In other words, once the Purgatory True Demon Physique reached Sixth order, it was no longer limited to killing living beings to absorb soul energy.
As long as one's strength was sufficient, anything could be refined!
Heaven and earth!
Enemy power!
Enemy bloodlines!
Enemy cultivation realms!
Even everything the enemy possessed could be forcibly refined and converted into one's own strength!
Upon reaching the True Demon Realm, even heavenly lightning, floods, or mountains and rivers could be refined at will!
Invincibly strong!
These words that said it all!
"Heh… Artifact Tome?" He Yiming's gaze shifted to the third reward.
The Artifact Tome!
The origin of all artifact-forging methods—an existence akin to a primordial ancestor of refinement!
And this Artifact Tome was bestowed directly by the system.
Although it was only the Human Chapter, He Yiming could fully comprehend and master it in the shortest possible time!
For ordinary cultivators, even tens of thousands of years of study might not be enough to truly understand and control it!
As for the final reward—there was no need to ask!
For the current He Yiming, it was simply the most precious treasure among treasures!
"I have already completely mastered my Intent and can freely merge my Sevenfold Intent into a single Dao Pattern!"
"And now I've obtained the Nascent Soul Transformation Pill!"
"That means… it's finally time to consider breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm!"
"However, in past eras, such a breakthrough would trigger a Heavenly Tribulation…"
"But in this Ancient Era?"
…
He Yiming's thoughts raced endlessly.
There was no information at all about whether breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm in the Ancient Era would trigger a tribulation—or what such a tribulation would even look like.
"Right—I can ask Mu Xueying!" He Yiming made his decision instantly.
But before that, there was something even more important to deal with…
"Hahahaha, we won!!!"
"This Five Calamities storyline was absolutely insane—so damn satisfying!"
"Yeah! Especially that final battle! The design was perfect, alright? Every single one of us had real participation!"
"Exactly! And that last fight—holy crap! I'm almost forty, and I was still boiling with excitement, can you believe it? All players transforming into Super Saiyan 1 together and firing a combined blast to kill the final boss!"
"Damn it! That scene was my childhood dream! And this game actually made it come true!"
"I get it now! Show Off Vegeta messed up on purpose—he was giving us the chance to join the final battle and finish off the final boss ourselves! So that's how it is! I get it, I totally get it now!"
"This—this is what a truly top-tier story-driven game looks like! Positional warfare, base-building, shelter upgrades, construction-focused gameplay, rap battles, infinite tower defense—and then topping it all off with ten thousand players transforming into Super Saiyans and beam-clashing the final boss to death! Holy crap! This design is insane! Unprecedented! Unmatched! This game—I dare say it's the greatest of all time!"
…
All the players were beyond excited at this point. Many of them were still so fired up that even if they went out and slaughtered ten little Black Tortoises, they still wouldn't be able to calm down.
Most of these players had played countless games before!
But compared to this Heaven-Defying Demon Immortal game, all those others were complete trash—trash among trash, alright?
This Five Calamities of the Heavenly Dao storyline was nothing short of godlike!
It crushed the entire gaming industry for the next million years!
During the Primordial Flood Calamity, King Lufei dragged everyone into danger just to save a child and an elderly man!
Yet all the players fought together, and the ultimate defensive formation finally crushed the Primordial Flood!
Then came the Famine Calamity, the Cambrian Ice Calamity, and the Plague Calamity.
Step by step, the players fought their way through, personally constructing a hundreds-li-wide Ancient Shelter, reclaiming tens of millions of mu of farmland, building the Rotating Hotpot City, and even taking part in the legendary showdown of Big-Head Son vs. Small-Head Dad!
And in this final Demonic Death Calamity—
Every single player's long-frozen blood ignited completely!
Even the scummiest of the scummy third beta test human players, who had been fighting each other since launch, and the grind-worker demon-race players, actually managed—for the first time ever—to put aside their hatred under the protection of the Ancient People's human wall, choosing to fight side by side and transform into their strongest forms!
And that final moment—
Ten thousand Super Saiyans unleashing a combined beam attack to instantly obliterate the final boss—
Was the perfect finishing touch!
"I've already uploaded the full Five Calamities storyline video!"
"Hahaha! I took over three thousand screenshots—uploaded all of them to the forum!"
"Sure, the first and second beta test veterans had insane experiences back then—but this Five Calamities arc is absolutely the peak experience for us third beta test players! And given how insane this game is, it's also a one-time-only experience! Fourth beta test players will never get to experience the Five Calamities! Just thinking about it feels amazing!"
…
Quite a few players were so excited that they immediately began uploading videos and screenshots.
At that moment—
"Disciples!" He Yiming stepped forward, standing before all the players.
"You all did extremely well—truly outstanding! This Sect Master is proud of every one of you!" He Yiming praised them loudly, before his gaze finally shifted to Super Vegeta and If You Don't Show Off at the Beginning, You Lose Half the Game, who had already separated after ending their fusion.
"Bang!"
He Yiming threw a punch, smashing both of them flat onto the ground.
"Brother Ming, why'd you hit me?!"
"What the hell! I was one of the heroes of this battle!"
…
Both Super Vegeta and If You Don't Show Off at the Beginning, You Lose Half the Game spat out blood.
Damn it!
They had just turned the tide and saved the situation—why was Brother Ming beating them up instead?
"What should've been a guaranteed victory nearly turned into a total wipe because you two decided to show off like idiots!"
"If you mess up even once more, everyone will die because of you!"
"Therefore—each of you is fined one million contribution points!"
…
He Yiming didn't hesitate in the slightest—strict punishment was handed down on the spot!
"Holy crap… one million contribution points deducted? That punishment is terrifying—wait, something feels off?"
"My god, a million contribution points gone, that's inhumane—hold on…"
"Brother Ming is evil! This is supposed to be punishment? These two are whale kings—the thing they lack the least is contribution points! This is clearly a punishment on the surface but a reward in disguise!"
…
The players felt a bit sympathetic at first—but quickly realized how naïve they were.
And soon, everyone became excited again!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As He Yiming pointed into the void, the massive Ancient Heaven-Defying Monument slammed down from the sky, with one hundred names shining brilliantly upon it!
"Is it finally time to announce the mission rewards?! Hell yeah!!!"
All players erupted with excitement!
Almost everyone's gaze instinctively locked onto—
The top ten rankings on the Ancient Heaven-Defying Monument!