Absolute Destiny Game.

Chapter 609 Max Level, True Immortal Realm
[Hidden Moon with the Wind: Brother Heavenly Demon, the three-day deadline has passed. Where is the head I requested? Will you deliver it to me personally, or do I need to come and collect it myself?]

A moment later, a system notification popped up:
[System notification: The player you are trying to contact is offline and cannot be reached.]

He then sent a similar private message to both One-Punch Man and Bad-Taste Old Cat.

The result was unsurprising—they were all offline.

Xiao Jie sneered inwardly, "Heh, they're actually resorting to the 'disappearing and running away' trick." It seemed the other party was determined to delay or even renege on their debt.

"Thinking you can escape the pursuit of an immortal by hiding in the real world? You're being far too naive." A cold glint flashed in Xiao Jie's eyes. With the incredible supernatural abilities he had gained since ascending to immortality, even if the other party hid in the vast sea of ​​people in the real world, he had plenty of ways to find them. It would simply require him to expend more immortal energy and mental focus, and use some tracking and tracing immortal techniques.

"Do you really think I'm just ignoring your words or making a joke? Since you don't give me any face and don't follow the rules, then don't blame me for using some extreme measures."

Since ascending to the Immortal rank and acquiring abilities that are considered extraordinary both inside and outside the game, Xiao Jie has never actually used them in the real world. Firstly, he has been busy with in-game affairs and his own cultivation; secondly, he has not encountered any targets in reality worthy of his use of immortal techniques.

It's somewhat of a shame that I was wearing fine clothes in the dark.

"Now that we finally have a suitable testing ground, don't blame me." He muttered to himself, a faint wisp of celestial light flowing between his fingertips, as if he were brewing something.

However, after hesitating for a moment, Xiao Jie did not act immediately. He forcibly suppressed the urge to immediately attack the Pantheon's stronghold.

“There’s no rush to teach the Pantheon a lesson.” He calmly analyzed the situation. “Since that Celestial Venerable became an immortal before me, his cultivation foundation is probably no less than mine. He may have already advanced to the True Immortal level, or even reached the Earth Immortal realm. If we rashly confront him now, the chances of winning are not high if a conflict breaks out.”

Although he did not intend to fight the Celestial Venerable, even if they only made contact, if the difference in strength was too great, then there was no point in talking.

After all, at their level, laws and rules no longer apply; they are only governed by their own strength.

"Moreover, with the decisive battle in Canglin Prefecture imminent, the biggest threat, the master of the Demon Star Tower, has not yet been eliminated. I myself am only two levels away from reaching the maximum level of 50, so I should take this opportunity to quickly level up and break through to the True Immortal rank in one fell swoop. At that time, it would be best if I could also obtain some powerful immortal techniques or treasures from the master of the Demon Star Tower... In this way, I can ensure that I will be absolutely safe when I go to cause trouble for the Pantheon."

Even if they encountered a celestial being, they would have the confidence to engage in equal dialogue.

"Even if the Celestial Venerable really takes action in person, as a True Immortal at that time, I will still have the power to fight back and will not be completely helpless."

Of course, Xiao Jie speculated that the Celestial Venerable would most likely not easily start a war with him, an immortal, for the sake of a subordinate named "Weiyang." Otherwise, the legends about the Celestial Venerable would have been rampant in reality long ago, instead of being as mysterious and low-key as they are now.

He didn't necessarily want to destroy the Pantheon, but since they had provoked him, he needed to give them a clear explanation. If the Heavenly Venerable wanted to protect his subordinates, he should at least offer a reasonable explanation, instead of hiding and creating ambiguity like this.

With this in mind, Xiao Jie temporarily set aside his pursuit of revenge in the real world. He turned his gaze to the still dense demonic energy on the Canglin Prefecture below, and with a flicker, transformed into a majestic and holy white dragon god!
"Level up first, and then we'll talk about True Immortal!"

Although the remaining five demon masters have mysteriously disappeared, their subordinate demon legions still remain entrenched in their respective lairs. These elite demons are generally around level 40, with some leaders even approaching level 50. For Xiao Jie, who is currently level 48, the experience points are quite substantial.

Normally, to farm monsters of this level and density, you have to painstakingly search through various remote and dangerous high-level maps. But now, this activity area is practically a goldmine, making it the perfect time to grind monsters and level up.

Moreover, in the past two days, in order to improve his cultivation through visualization of demonic beings, he had practically traveled to every demonic gathering point in Canglin Prefecture, and had long since figured out the spawn areas of various high-level demons and the distribution of monsters. Now that he was taking action, he was naturally very skilled and efficient.

He first transformed into a white dragon and flew to the swampy area occupied by the Abyss Clan, summoning thunderclouds. With a move called [Dragon Thunder Control - Thunderous Might], countless blazing white lightning bolts rained down on the aquatic monsters below, turning the entire swamp into a pool of lightning. Large numbers of monsters were reduced to charred remains in the lightning, and his experience points increased rapidly.

Then, it transformed into a golden crow and came to the isolated peak nest occupied by the Rift Feather Clan. It unfolded its dazzling golden crow form, and the [Sunfire Heavenly Fire] poured down like a golden meteor shower, burning those flying demons that tried to take flight to resist, along with their nests, to ashes.

After several large-scale cleanup operations, the experience bar increased at a visible rate. Salvation merit also increased further, leaving the second-place player far behind with a huge lead.

Before noon (in-game time), a flash of white light appeared around Xiao Jie, and he successfully leveled up to level 49. His cultivation level as Wan Huaxian also increased, reaching 97.5%.

"Keep it up!" Xiao Jie didn't let up, changing areas and continuing his relentless clearing of the Ape Clan's strongholds. After another two hours of efficient and brutal clearing, an even more dazzling golden beam of light descended from the sky—

[System notification: Congratulations 'Hidden Moon Follows the Wind', you have reached level 50! You have reached the current version's level cap.]

[System notification: You have unlocked a new career advancement option. Please choose from the following three careers.]

Xiao Jie's spirits lifted, and he immediately opened the career advancement interface and stared intently at it.

The first profession was still [Eight Desolate Wanderer]. This conventional physical-type advanced profession held no appeal for Xiao Jie, who had already embarked on the path of immortality, and was therefore ignored.

The second profession, however, is not the previously mentioned Immortal Without Dust, but rather a completely new immortal advancement—

【Career Option 2: Blood Annihilation Immortal (Immortal Exclusive Class/Scattered Immortal Realm)】

Core Skill: Bloodlust Power

The Blood Annihilation Immortals uphold the way of slaughter, nourishing themselves through war and refining their spirit with blood. By killing living beings, they can absorb their life essence and blood energy, condensing "Blood Fiend Power." Blood Fiend Power can temporarily and significantly increase your various attributes, and can also be used to enhance skills. The enhanced skills are greatly increased in power and gain the [Blood Fiend True Qi] effect.

The more powerful the target of the killing, the more bloodthirsty power one obtains.

Talent 1: Blood Sacrifice of All Spirits (Epic). Fragments of the soul and life essence of powerful creatures (elite and above) slain by your own hand will be permanently imprisoned within your "Blood Fiend Soul Domain." You can consume this soul essence to instantly restore a large amount of health and spirit, or summon their blood spirit phantoms to fight for you for a short period.

Talent 2: Soaring Aura of Bloodlust (Excellent). The dense aura of bloodlust surrounding you inflicts continuous fear and suppression on enemies with weak minds, significantly reducing their attack desire and hit rate. Your attacks have a chance to directly detonate the target's blood energy, dealing additional damage based on a percentage of their maximum health.

Talent 3: Bloodthirsty Eater (Normal). You can quickly restore your own condition by directly consuming the heart or blood essence of a powerful creature, and have a low probability of permanently acquiring one of that creature's passive traits or a slight bloodline ability.

The third career path is the one that Xiao Jie has always adhered to—

【Career Option 3: Myriad Transformations Immortal/True Immortal Realm (Immortal-Exclusive Career/True Immortal Realm)】

Core Skill: Visualizing All Things (Advanced)
Having built upon your foundation at the Myriad Transformations Immortal and Loose Immortal realms, you have gained a deeper understanding of the Dao of "Transformation." Your visualization efficiency has increased; reaching 50% visualization progress allows you to simulate major skills, and 75% allows for perfect transformation. A new "Law Resonance" effect has been added: when visualizing certain special entities containing the laws of heaven and earth, there is a certain chance to directly comprehend related law fragments, enhancing your control over the corresponding attribute power.

Talent 1: Return to the True Nature (Legendary). Your transformation skills have reached perfection, no longer limited to form imitation. Upon perfect incarnation, you can simulate and briefly utilize the "Law Domain" that corresponds to that form. Within this domain, your control over that type of law is greatly enhanced, and you can alter the local environmental rules to a limited extent. Talent 2: Celestial Dharma Form - Fusion (Excellent). You can attempt to "fuse" two or more transformation skills of the same type into a Dharma Form of the same type, creating a "fused Dharma Form" with multiple characteristics and greater power.

Talent 3: Following the Way of Nature (Epic). Your understanding of the universe and all things is more profound. When in a natural environment, the speed at which you automatically absorb surrounding spiritual energy increases slightly. The process of observing and understanding anything (including but not limited to living things, natural phenomena, and energy flows) can bring you a slight increase in cultivation and understanding of the laws.

Xiao Jie watched in amazement.

The Eight Desolate Traveler is unoriginal, so I'll skip it. The Blood Annihilation Immortal, however, is somewhat interesting. Judging from its description and the conditions for its appearance, it's clearly a special killing-oriented immortal position that appeared recently because the user slaughtered countless demons in order to level up and obtain visualization targets, resulting in a sky-high murderous aura. Its abilities are simple and direct, with considerable power, especially adept at prolonged battles and using battle to sustain itself. Unfortunately, it's merely an advancement of the Loose Immortal realm.

In comparison, the Myriad Transformations Immortal/True Immortal Realm is not only a continuation of the fundamental path of cultivation that one has always followed, but also a direct path to the True Immortal rank! Its advanced abilities, whether it is the improved visualization efficiency or the newly added "Law Resonance", "Return of All Things to Truth", and "Merger of Dharma Forms", are clearly a level higher than the Loose Immortal stage, with infinite potential.

"It seems that this immortal profession system, like regular professions, has a design for profession advancement and even later profession fusion." Xiao Jie pondered. "Does that mean that if you advance through multiple related scattered immortal professions in the early stages, you can also fuse them into a higher-level and more powerful exclusive immortal profession later?"

"Perhaps that's possible... but that's a matter for later." He quickly collected his thoughts. "Now that we can directly advance to the True Immortal Realm and become a Myriad Transformation Immortal in one step, there's naturally no need to consider anything else."

Without hesitation, Xiao Jie focused his mind and decisively chose [Career Option 3: Myriad Transformations Immortal/True Immortal Realm]!
The moment he made his choice, his aura suddenly changed drastically!

A surge of celestial energy, far more vast, pure, and closer to the origin than before, poured down from the void, flowing into his limbs and bones, cleansing his immortal body and primordial spirit.

In his mind, all the images he had previously contemplated—the golden crow spreading its wings and burning the sky, the giant Kun soaring through the starry sea, the white dragon riding the clouds and mist, and the countless monstrous forms that had flashed by in the past two days—flashed, reorganized, and deepened rapidly like a revolving lantern, and were finally engraved more clearly in the depths of his perception as if branded.

He felt his connection with the entire universe and nature become even closer, as if he could hear the breath of the mountains and feel the pulse of the rivers. The somewhat weak, newly generated immortal power within his body rapidly solidified and strengthened, giving rise to a feeling of "perfection." The range of his divine sense expanded several times over, allowing him to see even the slightest energy flow in the surrounding environment.

Xiao Jie could clearly feel that his own life level had undergone a crucial leap, as if he had broken free from some invisible shackles and seen a broader landscape of the Great Dao. His understanding of the Dao of "change" was no longer limited to the transformation of form, but touched upon deeper "laws" and "concepts".

All of this felt mysterious and difficult to describe in words, yet it actually happened. Fortunately, the system's prompts were quite clear.

[System Notification: Congratulations! You have successfully advanced to the [Myriad Transformations Immortal/True Immortal Realm]! Your immortal spiritual foundation has been strengthened and elevated.]

[System Notification: Your spiritual energy cultivation has greatly increased. From now on, for each level you gain, the amount of spiritual energy you receive will increase to 10000 points.]

[System Notification: You have unlocked True Immortal-level Immortal Technique learning privileges. You can travel to your sect's sacred grounds or search for Immortal Realm texts to learn even more powerful and profound Immortal Arts.]

[System Prompt: You may attempt to initially draw upon and harness a trace of the power of the laws of heaven and earth, integrating it into your immortal techniques and transformations.]

"Haha, awesome!" Xiao Jie felt the surging, powerful immortal energy within him, far surpassing anything he had ever possessed before, and couldn't help but laugh heartily. He looked around, and his already transcendent immortal aura now carried an added layer of unfathomable majesty and weight.

Just then, a swarm of rotten insect demons, oblivious to their impending doom and drawn by the rich spiritual energy of the place, roared as they emerged from the decaying swamp and pounced on him. They exuded a nauseating aura of plague and decay.

Xiao Jie didn't even transform into an avatar; he simply raised his hand casually, visualized the vitality of the forest, and softly exhaled:

Immortal Technique - Thorn Dance!
In an instant, the ground trembled violently, and countless enormous vines, thick and covered with sharp wooden spikes and shimmering with emerald green runes, burst forth from the earth like living pythons! These vines were not only incredibly tough, but also possessed powerful binding and life-draining forces, precisely entangled each of the dozens of decaying insect demons that pounced upon them, leaving them no chance to break free no matter how much they struggled and bit. Within moments, these demons were strangled and drained dry by the vines, reduced to shriveled shells, utterly dead.

Xiao Jie could clearly feel that when casting the same type of immortal technique with the same energy consumption, its power, range, and control had increased by at least 50% compared to his time as a loose immortal! Moreover, the casting process was smoother, and his control over immortal power was more precise and nuanced.

He could even make microscopic alterations to the effects of immortal magic. Originally, this spell was only meant to bind and restrain enemies, but when he visualized it while casting the spell, the summoned vines suddenly gained the effect of absorbing blood energy.

At this moment, the life essence extracted from those dozens of demons, along with the withering and disappearance of the vines, flowed into his hand, transforming into a ball of green energy that shimmered with the light of life in his hand.

He suddenly blasted the light into an ordinary willow tree, and the tree began to grow wildly in the next second, sprouting facial features and limbs in the blink of an eye, and turned into a tree spirit.

Mutated Tree Spirit (Hidden Moon Follows the Wind's Servant): Level 52 Spirit. 2400 HP.

The tree spirit, newly awakened to consciousness, was bewildered and helpless, but it clearly recognized that Xiao Jie had created it. So it stood obediently in front of Xiao Jie, seemingly waiting for his command.

Xiao Jie looked at his hands and nodded in satisfaction. "The power of the True Immortal realm is truly formidable!" he exclaimed sincerely.

In the future, not only will they be able to transform themselves in countless ways, but they can also create spirits and monsters at will, transforming their life forms. The power they wield will become even stronger, and they may even have mastered a trace of the power of 'laws'.

It can be said that the biggest difference between a true immortal and a wandering immortal lies in the fact that the power of 'law' truly understands the essence of power.

The name "True Immortal" is actually explained in this way.

He waved to the tree spirit, letting it leave on its own.

Xiao Jie did not linger there any longer. With a thought, auspicious clouds appeared beneath his feet, lifting him into the air and transforming him into a streak of light, flying straight back to the safe zone—Ginkgo Village.

Outside the village, in the familiar bamboo forest clearing, the nine "returning home" disciples, including Hao Mie and Xia Yi Wushuang, were nowhere to be seen. They must have taken advantage of the start of the event to go to various places in Canglin Prefecture for training or to participate in the allied forces' operations.

Only Lin Xuance, Wu Qingyue, and Su Zhiqing remained seated around the Xuan Guang Ying Ying Pool, closely observing the battle situation in various locations. Seeing Xiao Jie descend on auspicious clouds and sensing the distinctly different, harmonious, and profound aura of a true immortal emanating from him, the three immortals simultaneously revealed expressions of surprise and relief.

Lin Xuance stroked his beard and laughed heartily, Wu Qingyue praised loudly, and Su Zhiqing smiled. The three of them clasped their hands in unison and said:

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Suifeng, on your advancement in the path of immortality and your promotion to True Immortal. From now on, your carefree life will be even greater. This is truly a cause for celebration!"

Xiao Jie returned the greeting with a respectful bow, feeling quite satisfied and moved. Although he had been an immortal in the past, he always felt subtly inferior to these three veteran immortals in terms of foundation and bearing. Now, having finally ascended to True Immortal, standing on the same level, although his overall strength and experience were still far behind theirs, at least he was now a fellow immortal in the same category. This feeling of "equality" quietly settled the last trace of unease he had felt due to his rapid increase in strength.

Next comes the final battle to completely destroy the Demon Star Tower.

Once this matter is settled, we can go to the Heavenly Venerable and ask him what exactly the 'Great Thousand World' in this expansion pack looks like.

(End of this chapter)