Chapter 576 - The Six Major Sects Besiege the Undead Cult (Part 1)

In the blink of an eye, another month passed by. While preparing for the new ascension realm, with ample resources, Captain Doofus and the others’ level easily increased to 90.

For familiars, the level range from 1 to 100 had no real bottlenecks, disregarding the influence of Limitless City. As long as nutrition was sufficient, leveling up was as natural as a human child growing up.

Lu Ran possessed resources from two worlds and had time acceleration abilities to aid digestion. Raising his familiars’ level was far easier than raising their species rank. However, relatively speaking, the crystal coins on the Blue Planet were almost squeezed dry by Lu Ran.

Orders for young familiars from beastmasters across various nations had plummeted significantly, and the market was becoming depressed. Ultimately, the reserve of crystal coins among Blue Planet beastmasters was too low. Nobody had the habit of saving crystal coins, as they used them immediately to strengthen themselves.

If Lu Ran wanted to harvest crystal coins on a large scale again, he might need to give the Blue Planet beastmasters some breathing room. Alternatively, he could quickly establish himself in the Stellar Moon World and harvest crystal coins from Stellar Moon beastmasters.

During this period, Lu Ran acquired a large number of Epic amplification cards. Not only did Captain Doofus and the others level up rapidly, but Lu Ran also reaped substantial rewards.

Super Beast Mimicry allowed Lu Ran’s sword intent, Sword Domain proficiency, physique, Eye of Detection, soul power, life force, and energy control to all reach Legendary standards. Coupled with the Legendary Flame Spirit, Lu Ran could currently be considered a humanoid Legendary divine beast.

Furthermore, because Super Beast Mimicry perfectly inherited #18’s enhanced research capabilities, combined with Epic Soul Cleansing Fruit, Lu Ran also made significant progress in researching the exclusive soul evolution paths for Sudden Death King and Dark Crow.

In space, Lu Ran sat cross-legged on a dragon’s back, holding a tablet. Sudden Death King rapidly descended towards Blue Planet. Lu Ran gazed thoughtfully at two images on the screen.

One was a dragonman standing upright, covered in black-red Star Iron scales. The other was a sinister crowman shrouded in shadow-like clothing, covered in black feathers with golden patterns.

“Due to compatibility issues, the soul evolution I developed for Sudden Death King and Dark Crow doesn’t have as high a bonus range as Captain Doofus’.

“Ignoring kinship and legion-type skills, I can boost the Low-Legendary Sudden Death King and Dark Crow to Intermediate-Legendary combat power instantly. However, even with their own full-power bursts, they should only reach the peak of Intermediate Legendary, unable to attain Superior Legendary combat power.

“

Hmm,

this must be enough. This range is already quite good, no less than Peanut’s or Hel’s divine beastmaster skills. It’s just a bit costly on soul clones. It’s about time to go to the Evil God Era.”

Just before fully entering the Blue Planet, Lu Ran looked back at the distant Golden Toad and Lunar Rabbit working, ripples stirring in his heart.

The Evil God’s seal in the Stellar Moon World was about to break. Lu Ran had to fully understand the Evil God before it completely broke free. The best method was to enter a time before the Evil God was sealed by the Ghost Mother and challenge the Evil God at its peak to gauge its strengths.

And during this process, he had to attempt to have Dark Crow devour the Evil God’s authority to upgrade it. Having practiced with an Evil God projection, facing the real Evil God later would be much easier.

Crackle.

Sudden Death King’s body crackled with lightning, finally bringing Lu Ran back to Blue Planet. After seeing Lu Ran leave, the Golden Toad and Lunar Rabbit beat gongs and drums in a festive mood.

“Time for celebration!”

They hugged each other and wept, having long let go of their prejudices.

***

Blue Planet.

After Lu Ran secluded himself for over a month and returned to the palace, he found the spiritual energy concentration on Blue Planet had risen considerably again.

“Perhaps the Nine-Colored Meteorite is the stellar core of another planet. That Nine-Colored Meteorite was so huge, yet we only found a few dozen small fragments. I thought most of it had evaporated into spiritual energy, but now it seems the main body might have completely fused with Blue Planet, becoming its new stellar core.

“Blue Planet is also gradually restoring the spiritual energy concentration of the ancient era during the fusion process with the new stellar core.”

Even if that were the case, Lu Ran certainly couldn’t covet Blue Planet’s current stellar core, unless he wanted Blue Planet’s spiritual energy to fade again.

Lu Ran smiled slightly and silently summoned all his familiars. He left a message for Manager Ying and entered Limitless City again. He went to the secret realm system platform and initiated this ascension realm challenge, which he was bound to forfeit.

[Secret Realm Level: 8]

[Difficulty: Unknown]

[Entry Fee: 0]

[Introduction: You will enter an unknown world and undergo an ascension trial.]

[Detected that you possess super admin privilege. Customize ascension realm worldview and timeline?]

Lu Ran nodded. “Yes. Stellar Moon World. After the fall of the empire, before the Ghost Mother sealed the Evil God, and before the death of Los, founder of the Undead Cult, and the destruction of the cult. No problem, right?”

Setting the timeline after the fall of the empire ensured the Ghost Mother already held a grudge against the Evil God at this point.

If he couldn’t defeat the Evil God, he could seek help from the Ghost Mother.

Setting it before the death of his necromancer master meant that if he could complete the Legendary mission, Lu Ran planned to use this resurrection chance for his old master.

[Confirmation complete.]

[Generating corresponding ascension realm...]

[Please wait...]

[Generation successful.]

[Secret Realm Type: Solo.]

[Destination: Stellar Moon Continent, former Imperial Beast City of the Beastmaster Empire]

[Teleportation countdown 10...9...8...]

As Lu Ran expected, it was still a solo realm.

[Era Introduction: 10 years after the fall of the Beastmaster Empire, the continent was in chaos. The empire that had lasted thousands of years collapsed and eventually split into numerous beastmaster factions.

[These factions used force to occupy various regions, existing in the forms of sects, schools, families, and tribes. However, without the protection of a unified empire, the living conditions for most humans were not optimistic. Fierce beasts devoured people as evil gods and ghosts deceived and misled the masses.

[The remaining human factions could not effectively save all of humanity from suffering. This was until Beastmaster Ji Yuan obtained the legacy of the ancient divine beast, the Superior-Legendary Whale God. He proved his path to Mythical and vowed to purge the world of evil heretics, re-establishing humanity at the continent’s peak.

[Currently, humanity faces internal strife and external threats. Outside, foreign tribes watched greedily while inside, demonic factions like the Undead Cult exist.

[The Mythical beastmaster Ji Yuan decided to secure the interior before expelling the invaders. He intended to crusade against the Undead Cult as a catalyst to gather and unite the five top beastmaster factions active on the continent and numerous Legendary combatants, establishing the Beastmaster Alliance.

[This campaign was historically called the Six Major Sects Besieging the Undead Cult. Through this campaign, Ji Yuan’s strength gained recognition from multiple parties, and he was acknowledged as the human leader.

[Under the leadership of the Beastmaster Lodge, humanity launched the final counterattack against external forces like the Evil God faction...]

[Ascension mission: Cooperate with Mythical beastmaster Ji Yuan to destroy the Undead Cult, counterattack the foreign tribes eyeing humanity hungrily, and slay at least 1 Legendary divine beast, leaving behind your own legacy.]

[Tip 1: A temporary identity has been generated for you: a reclusive genius who responded to Mythical beastmaster Ji Yuan’s call to participate in the crusade against the Death God Cult. Your strength remains a mystery to the major sects...]

[Tip 2: The more Legendary lives slain, and the less external assistance received, the higher the score.]

[Tip 3: Mission time limit is 21 days.]

[Tip 4: This realm is a historical proj...]

“

Hmm?

I see...”

As the ascension mission refreshed, Lu Ran still wasn’t surprised because the major events in the timeline he chose were limited. If Limitless City wanted to find a suitable mission event for an Epic-Legendary beastmaster, this was probably the only one.

“The ascension mission is for me to participate in besieging the Undead Cult? Impossible, absolutely impossible. How could I, Lu Ran, betray my master and ancestors? This is where I started. This simplifies things. As long as I ensure the Undead Cult isn’t destroyed, the ascension mission fails, right?”

[Detected that you possess super admin privilege.]

[Hidden Legendary mission triggered: Legendary Battle (Please defeat Mythical beastmaster Ji Yuan head-on and make him concede defeat wholeheartedly.)]

[Mission reward: Resurrect one historical projection contacted within this realm.]

Lu Ran fell silent. He suspected Limitless City could even detect his thoughts. Right after seeing the ascension mission, he immediately had the idea to temporarily defect to the enemy, give the Mythical beastmaster a good beating, and protect the Undead Cult. As a result, the Legendary mission promptly refreshed with the target being Mythical Ji Yuan.

“This mission feels much easier than last time. Last time I had to provoke a Primary-Divine level being, but this time, the opponent is just a Mythical beastmaster?” Lu Ran rubbed his chin, but he couldn’t underestimate this Ji Yuan either.

Hel and Peanut at full power had combat strength that could briefly rival Superior Legendary beings. Ji Yuan, who was also Mythical, probably wasn’t far off. Defeating him head-on and making him concede wholeheartedly did befit a Legendary mission.

As Lu Ran pondered, his surroundings began to shift, time and space transforming. When Lu Ran regained awareness, he found himself sitting in a large hall. Hundreds of people sat in the hall. Lu Ran was startled because, judging by their auras, more than half were at least Legendary level or above. There were even six Epic-Legendary beastmasters.

“I have gathered everyone here today to discuss dealing with the Undead Cult!”