553. Chapter 537: Ghost King's Dream Journey to Samsara Palace
Wanrenwang stared intently at Tang Song. Never before had he felt so nervous; he was deeply afraid of receiving a negative answer from this Immortal before him.
"It's not difficult," Tang Song said with a casual tone, as if it were as easy as eating or drinking. "This World's reincarnation hasn't opened yet, so Yin Spirits gather in the Netherworld Realm and haven't been reborn. Just find your wife's Three Souls and Seven Spirits and rebuild her a Physical Body!"
Wanrenwang and Qinglong were both profoundly shaken by what they heard.
They knew very well how difficult it would be to accurately find one person's Three Souls and Seven Spirits among the countless Yin Spirits in the legendary Underworld Administration Netherworld Realm.
Leaving aside whether they even possessed such Cultivation Base, back then, Biyao had only two souls and six spirits leave her body, with the Joyful Union Bell preserving her One Soul and One Spirit. There was a faint connection between her Three Souls and Seven Spirits, yet despite searching for various Soul Summoning Spells, they still couldn't revive Biyao.
Furthermore, Xiao Chi had passed away decades ago, and her Physical Body had long since ceased to exist.
"I beg the Immortal to grant my wish!" Wanrenwang, his expression agitated, was about to perform a kowtow ritual towards Tang Song again. "This humble one is willing to lead the Immortal's horse and hold his stirrup, to die ten thousand deaths without regret!"
In Wanrenwang's view, attaching himself to this Immortal, even as a slave or servant, was a tremendous Immortal Destiny and an opportunity for him.
Tang Song glanced at him, instantly seeing through the Ghost King Sect Sect Master's little scheme. He said indifferently, "Lead my horse and hold my stirrup? You wouldn't be able to lead my horse!"
Though his thoughts were seen through, Wanrenwang's complexion remained unchanged as he deeply kowtowed to Tang Song.
"Forget it, meeting is fate. I shall grant you a Method!"
Saying this, Tang Song waved the folding fan in his hand, and a Reincarnation Jade Tablet engraved with a Golden Lotus Flower appeared out of thin air in Wanrenwang's hand.
Wanrenwang lowered his head and looked at the Jade Tablet in his hand, subconsciously injecting his True Essence into it.
A solemn and majestic voice, tinged with a hint of the Divine Being and a certain mechanical resonance, boomed in his mind:
"Do you wish to Achieve Immortality and Godhood? Do you wish for Immortality? Do you... wish to see the more beautiful and magnificent scenery beyond the Space?
Choose 'Yes', and you will enter the Samsara Palace. Now... make your choice!"
Hearing the words that boomed in his mind, Wanrenwang couldn't help but fall into a daze for a moment.
"...Samsara Palace... Reincarnator, what is this? Achieving Immortality and Godhood?"
With his Cultivation Base, it was impossible for anyone in this World to so miraculously tamper with his mind, let alone with this Jade Tablet granted by an Immortal.
Could this be the legendary Immortal Destiny! But wasn't Immortal Destiny usually bestowed by Immortals in the form of Scriptures or Medicinal Pills? What was the Samsara Palace, and Reincarnator sounded like a Soldier.
Could they be Heavenly Soldiers! Wanrenwang replayed the Samsara Palace's Recruitment Message, feeling that these words were full of Temptation.
However...
This Temptation was something he simply couldn't refuse!
Achieving Immortality and Godhood, Immortality... if he became a Reincarnator, would he be able to revive Xiao Chi!
Wanrenwang took a deep breath. He responded to the voice in his mind, "I agree!"
"Samsara Palace Waist Token self-check beginning...
Recommender detected, Level: Highest!
Clearance confirmed!
"Soul matching...
"Binding... Binding successful..."
[Congratulations on becoming the 36481st Reincarnator. Do you wish to begin your Journey Through the Heavens?]
"Yes!" Wanrenwang answered instinctively. He felt a flash of White Light, and a Virtual Screen page appeared in his Consciousness.
Host: Wanrenwang Level: One Star (Due to Recommender Privilege, Four-Star Reincarnator Privilege unlocked) Ding! Private Exchange Hall unlocked, Mission Hall unlocked, Teleportation Hall unlocked, Free Trading Hall unlocked! Four different options appeared on the page: Exchange Hall, Mission Hall, Teleportation Hall, Free Trading Hall!
Before each option, a Golden Light flashing Gate materialized. Wanrenwang was a formidable figure, his Mind and cunning were naturally exceptional. He looked at the four Gates representing the four options and tried reaching out to touch the Gate representing the Exchange Hall.
The moment he formed the intention to push the door, a burst of Golden Light enveloped him. The next moment, he found himself inside a Great Hall approximately ten thousand feet high, surrounded by a vast Sea of Clouds. Beneath his feet was a White Jade Plaza.
This White Jade Plaza was about a hundred meters across, with twelve Jade Pillars standing around it. The pillars were adorned with Relief Carvings of Auspicious Birds and Propitious Beasts like Qilin, Phoenix, Heavenly Dragon, and Xuanwu, all lifelike and vivid.
In the center of the plaza stood a giant Jade Stele, three zhang high and smooth as a mirror.
"Welcome to the Private Exchange Hall. To exchange, please place your hand on the Exchange Jade Stele. What would you like to exchange?"
Just as Wanrenwang was at a loss, a cold, emotionless mechanical voice sounded in his ear.
"Can I exchange for anything? I want to revive my wife!" Wanrenwang looked around but couldn't find anyone speaking.
"Clearance checking... Five-Star Clearance passed. Resurrection options have been listed for you! Please view them!"
As the cold mechanical voice sounded, Wanrenwang walked to the Jade Stele and placed his hand on it. Rows of Information instantly refreshed on the Jade Stele.
"Undying Soul Return Grass, Effect: Consuming this grass allows those who died no more than seven days ago to Return to Life! Requires 20000 Contribution Points for exchange! C-Level Clearance."
"Sun Bible, Effect: Chanting the Resurrection Spell in ancient Egyptian allows the deceased to be resurrected! Requires 10000 Contribution Points for exchange! C-Level Clearance.
(Note: Usage Condition: The Sun Bible can only be used in a World where the God of Death Anubis exists.)"
"Soul Return Pill, Effect: This pill allows those whose Physical Body is well-preserved to Return to Life! Requires 50000 Contribution Points for exchange! C-Level Clearance."
"Anubis, Effect: As the former God of the Underworld in Ancient Greece, now the Enforcement God of the Netherworld, 100000 Contribution Points, A-Level Clearance, you can request him to act for you once! Emperor of Fengdu, Effect: The highest Ruler of the Netherworld Realm, holding the highest position among the Deities of the Underworld Administration. He is in charge of the Underworld Administration and is the Lord of all Ghosts in The World.
All living beings, after death, enter Hell. Their souls are all under the jurisdiction of the Emperor of Fengdu, who judges and punishes Ghosts based on the Sins committed during their life.
S-Level Clearance, you can request him to act for you once!"
Wanrenwang looked at the various resurrection options on the Screen. Upon seeing the Soul Return Pill option, he pressed the exchange button on it without thinking.
"Ding! Insufficient Contribution Points, please top up!" A cold voice came, instantly cooling Wanrenwang's heated heart.
Contribution Points! Wanrenwang repeated the phrase. He realized that Contribution Points must be the Currency of this Mysterious Space.
"How do I obtain Contribution Points!" Wanrenwang asked.
"Method One: Complete missions in the Mission Hall to obtain Contribution Points! Method Two: Sell Spiritual Materials, Weapons, Cultivation Methods to the Samsara Palace, or go to the Free Trading Hall to sell your gains! Do you wish to enable the Contribution Point exchange function?"
"Enable!" Wanrenwang clicked on the Contribution Point exchange function.
"Please select items to sell?" The cold voice sounded in Wanrenwang's Consciousness.
Wanrenwang felt his entire Body and found that besides the Ancient Sword he carried with him, he only had some Silver Fragments and a few Tortoise Shells.
He tried taking out a bag of Silver Fragments and holding it in his Palm.
A Golden Light instantly enveloped the bag of Silver Fragments in his hand.
"Ordinary Metal Silver, small quantity, no Recycling Value!" The cold voice sounded in Wanrenwang's ear.
The Golden Light covering his Palm also disappeared.
Wanrenwang put the bag of Silver back. He touched the sword he carried with him but ultimately gave up on exchanging it. Instead, he took out the few Tortoise Shells.
As a Golden Light cast down again, enveloping the Tortoise Shells.
"Thousand-Year Spiritual Tortoise Back Shell, inscribed with Shamanistic Path Ghost God Soul Summoning Technique Fragment, Appraisal Result: Value 100 Contribution Points. Exchange?"
"Yes!" Wanrenwang didn't hesitate. These Tortoise Shells were something he accidentally found when he went to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains Seven Mile Valley to search for the Taotie. He had already made a copy of the contents inscribed on them, so keeping them was useless.
"Ding! 100 Contribution Points credited!"
Wanrenwang quickly figured out the rules of this Exchange Hall. He tried closing the current interface and pressed his hand on the Jade Stele in front of him. Several lines of text quickly appeared on the Jade Stele.
Exchange List: Weapons, Skills, Bloodlines, Other!
The characters on the Jade Stele were very different from Shenzhou Script, but Wanrenwang understood their meaning at a glance, as if he was born knowing them.
Wanrenwang tried clicking on the word "Weapons". The options for Skills and Other on the Jade Stele disappeared, leaving only the Golden Light shining word "Weapons". Below it appeared two options: Cold Weapons and Firearms.
Next, Wanrenwang clicked on the Cold Weapons option.
The Jade Stele screen flickered, and soon displayed rows of Weapon introductions.
"Dagger that cuts iron like mud: 1 Contribution Point."
"Treasured Sword that cuts iron like mud: 1 Contribution Point."
"Precious Saber that cuts iron like mud: 1 Contribution Point."
"Great Quick Blade Flowing Cloud: 2 Contribution Points!"
The Jade Stele kept changing according to Wanrenwang's gaze. Rows of Weapon lists, pictures, and descriptions flashed quickly before his eyes. Some strange Things also appeared during this process.
"Batarang: A box of ten. Genuine Batarangs personally used by Batman. 10 Contribution Points (Fan exclusive, do you worship him? Do you like him? Spend Money! How else can you prove your worship!)"
"Hawkeye Barton's Bow and Arrow set: 10 Contribution Points (Fan exclusive)"
"Wolverine Logan's Adamantium Alloy Claw Gloves, one pair: 100 Contribution Points! (Fan exclusive)"
"Asgardian Berserker Standard Battle Axe: Forged by top Asgardian Craftsmen, Enchanted with Rune Script, allows the User to exert two hundred percent of their Strength, 100 Contribution Points."
"Soul Annihilation Gun: The Weapon of an unknown Ghost Messenger, increases Damage to Spirit bodies by three hundred percent! 150 Contribution Points!"
"Golden Light Barrier: Created by a Heavenly Court Craftsman based on Flashbang and Mimic Cloak, can create illusions to confuse eyes and emit Golden radiance to sting the enemy's eyes. 300 Contribution Points (Friendship of an unknown Craftsman)"
"Dragon Whisker Needle: Refined from the Bone of an Exotic Dragon Beast, a total of three thousand six hundred and fifty-nine needles. Once shot into a person's Body, they follow the Bloodline and pierce directly into the Heart Aperture, incredibly Formidable! 1000 Contribution Points, D-Level Clearance."
"Ice Soul Cold Light Sword: Condensed from Western Extreme Mysterious Ice Essence, can transform into billions, with infinite wondrous uses! 1500 Contribution Points! D-Level Clearance."
"Heavenly Demon Executing Immortal Sword: Refined using nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Demon Souls as Spiritual Materials! 1500 Contribution Points! D-Level Clearance!"
"Fragrant Cloud Treasure Canopy: Body Protecting Supreme Treasure, shaped like a canopy, when sacrificed above the head, can resist all Attacks below the Nascent Divinity stage! 2000 Contribution Points! C-Level Clearance."
Looking at the densely listed Magic Treasures on page after page, and the 3D Holographic Projection of the Magic Treasures' True Appearance, Wanrenwang, as the Ghost King Sect Sect Master, felt truly Poor for the first time.
His 100 Contribution Points were only enough to exchange for a pair of those so-called Adamantium Alloy Claw Gloves.
Looking at the silver claw gloves displayed in 3D on the Jade Stele, he didn't even know what use this thing could have!
He exhaled a long breath. Wanrenwang closed the Cold Weapons exchange option and clicked on the Firearms exchange list.
In the Firearms exchange options, everything from small Firearms and Ammunition to Helicarriers, Gauss Pistols, Rifles, Spaceships, Black Hole Weapons, and Death Star Weapons was available.
Wanrenwang was not familiar with these Firearms, but from the Value of these Weapons, he could guess that their power was probably astonishingly great.
Wanrenwang checked the other lists: Skills, Bloodlines, Other. The dazzling array of lists made him feel like a Country bumpkin who had just arrived in the City.
He had to ask the Steward here, which was the cold voice, to understand what some of these Things were for.
Things like the Heavenly Court Combat Division Cultivation Method: Qi Condensation Chapter, Foundation Establishment Chapter, Navy Six Styles Cultivation Method, Armament Haki Cultivation Method, Dark Magic Caster Introductory Meditation Method - these were obvious to him, clearly some kind of Cultivation Method.
But Four Military Branches Weapon Operation Crash Course, General-Purpose Mech Operation Crash Course and Advanced Mech Martial Arts 108 Forms, Computer Knowledge Crash Course...
What were these Things? And the Bloodline list.
Beginner Hulk Bloodline, Beginner Spider-Man Bloodline, Beginner Wolverine Bloodline, Elf Bloodline, Dragon Bloodline... Time passed bit by bit. The cold voice sounded in Wanrenwang's ear again. Wanrenwang looked at the 100 Contribution Points displayed on his Reincarnation Jade Tablet and ultimately didn't exchange for anything.
With a thought, he left the Exchange Hall and arrived before the door representing the Mission Hall. Then, without hesitation, he walked in.
A Hall of the same specifications, the same Jade Stele. Various missions were constantly refreshing on the Jade Stele.
"One-Star Welfare Mission: Collecting Spiritual Materials. Heavenly Craft Hall requires large quantities of Corpse Soul and Unjustly Dead Corpse Bones to Refine Magic Treasures. Reincarnators can choose from the following Worlds to collect the Materials needed by the Heavenly Craft Hall.
The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, World War Z, Train to Busan, Highschool of the Dead... Reward: For every thousand Corpses and Corpse Soul exchanged, you receive one Contribution Point. Limited to 500 Contribution Points per Reincarnator. Can go to the Exchange Hall to exchange for Contribution Points!"
"Two-Star Mission: Punish Evil and Eliminate Wickedness. Go to Gotham City, the City of Sin in Universe 23, Arrest Criminals and bring them back to the Samsara Palace to be dealt with by the Heavenly Medicine Hall!
Reward: Based on the Criminal Apprehension Evaluation, receive 10-100000 Contribution Points, D-Level to A-Level Clearance once."
"Two-Star Mission: Demon Slaying."
"A Chinese Ghost Story World is about to be destroyed, Demon Monsters are rampant. Assist the Heavenly Court in Refugee Transfer Work and eliminate interfering Demon Monsters!"
"Reward: Can bring Demon Monster Demon Cores and Spiritual Materials to the Exchange Hall to exchange for Contribution Points!"
"Three-Star Mission: Guard the Frontier."
"The Heavenly Court Military Edge spans the Myriad Worlds. Assist the Heavenly Court frontier Army in guarding the Territory!"
"Note: Optional World: Star Wars! Assist the Heavenly Court Vajra Division in resisting the Zerg, Protoss, and Human Race Military. Annual Salary: 300 Contribution Points! Reward for ten full years: C-Level Clearance once."
"Note: Optional World: Naruto! Assist the Heavenly Court Thunder Department in eliminating the Otsutsuki Clan. Reward Contribution Points based on the number of Otsutsuki Clan members killed. Unlock: Thunder Division True God Adam Favorability. Reward D-Level Clearance based on completion."
"Note: Optional World: Assault Fire! Assist the Heavenly Soldiers of the Plague Department, a subordinate of the Heavenly Medicine Hall, in eliminating the hostile Konpany Company. Collect Pathogens and Experiment Subjects. Reward Contribution Points based on the quantity of Experiment Subjects collected! Unlock: Heavenly Medicine Hall Favorability * 1, Bloodline Exchange Discount Card * 1."
"Five-Star Mission: Explore New World."
"The Sea God's Fiancée has mysteriously disappeared. After his investigation, he discovered a New World adjacent to the Sea God World. Gather intelligence about that World!"
"Reward: Sea God Ao Qin Friendship, obtain Contribution Points based on investigation progress, unlock C-Level Clearance."
"Five-Star Mission: Explore New World."
"Go to the Journey to the West: Conquering Demons World, Demon Slaying. For every Demon Monster killed, bring back its Corpses and Bones and Demon Core, reward 500 Contribution Points."
(Note: This World has an extremely high Danger Coefficient. Reincarnators who complete the exploration can unlock B-Level Clearance and get one opportunity to be listed in the Heavenly Immortal Register.)
In the Mission Hall, Wanrenwang consulted about several missions. The responder was still the cold mechanical voice.
Then he planned to go and see the Free Trading Hall.
He had just consulted the existence that called itself the Reincarnation Butler about returning to his own World. He only needed to silently repeat it in his mind.
What startled Wanrenwang was that he only needed to pay 1000 Contribution Points to specify the return Time, but it could not be earlier than the Time he entered this Samsara Palace.
Confucius said: "The deceased are like this, flowing away day and night"! Yet here, it seemed as if even Time stood still.
It seemed that behind this Samsara Palace was truly the legendary Heavenly Court! Then who was Mr. Tang who gave him the Reincarnation Jade Tablet?
Silently speculating for a while, Wanrenwang quietly pushed open the Gate representing the Trading Square.
A square more prosperous than the streets and alleys of the largest City he had ever seen suddenly appeared before Wanrenwang.
On the main avenue of the square, people of different races and different attires came and went.
Along the sides of the road, peddlers were shouting loudly.
Along both sides of the avenue, there were even shops, displaying various Signs, selling Medicinal Pills, Materials, or Weapons and Equipment.
Although Wanrenwang was completely shocked by the scene before him, he maintained an unperturbed expression and imitated the other pedestrians, strolling leisurely on the Samsara Square avenue with his hands behind his back. He occasionally stopped at the street Stalls, calmly examining the Things being sold on the Stalls on both sides.
Most of the Things sold at these Stalls he had seen on the Contribution Point Ranking.
Most of what was sold at the Stalls were ordinary Firearms and Weapons. Firearms and Ammunition on the Firearms Ranking were surprisingly cheap here; one Contribution Point could exchange for a large pile.
(end of chapter)