System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

As the ancient ship slowly rose, the surrounding seawater seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, surging into the huge bronze column and forming a spectacular vortex of water.

Driven by this force, the ancient ship gradually broke free from the constraints of the bronze room and headed towards the unknown horizon.

Zhang Hao stood on the deck, feeling the ship gently rocking with the surging of the seawater.

He looked around and saw that the inner wall of the bronze pillar shimmered with a faint light, as if countless stars were twinkling, guiding them to a brand new world.

Yi Sa stood beside Zhang Hao, her gaze firm and calm. She gripped the compass tightly, ensuring that every subtle adjustment would allow the ancient ship to ascend more smoothly.

"Everyone hold on, we're about to get out!"

Yi Sa's voice echoed throughout the entire ancient ship, reminding every member.

As time passed, the ancient ship finally broke through the top of the bronze column, emerged from the water, and was once again bathed in sunlight.

At that moment, everyone on the ship couldn't help but cheer, embracing each other to celebrate this moment of victory and freedom.

Looking at the vast and boundless sea before him, Zhang Hao was filled with emotion.

From their initial foray into this mysterious underwater world to their successful escape, they have faced countless challenges and trials along the way. If they hadn't experienced it firsthand, who could imagine that there was such a mysterious bronze world beneath the surface of the water?

As the ancient ship stabilized on the sea, Zhang Hao began to think about his next plan.

He knew that although they had successfully escaped the mysterious underwater world, their adventure was far from over.

There are many special items in the storage space waiting for him to fuse and recombine. The new function of the All Things Fusion System—the fusion and recombination of rare items—fills him with anticipation.

"Yi Sa, I have some things to take care of in the cabin. None of you should go in and disturb me."

Seeing that things were almost settled and he was just waiting to return, Zhang Hao planned to use the few days he had left the ship to quickly merge the rare items in his storage space and, incidentally, reassemble the 2000 special items in his storage space.

He estimated that once he finished all this, his Qilin bloodline should be able to advance to level 9, which would be enough to open that mysterious bronze box.

"Okay, I understand. I won't let anyone near your room."

Yi Sa nodded in agreement and relayed Zhang Hao's instructions.

Zhang Hao entered the cabin, returned to his room, locked the door, and then took out five rare items from his storage space: the heart of the divine tree, meteorite copper, the corpse of a dragon, the Chencang stone drum, and the shell of a fleshy fungus.

There were originally six rare items in total, but the mountain gall is a key item for restraining gods, so it is still useful for the time being.

Therefore, Zhang Hao plans to first fuse these five rare items to see if he can upgrade the Qilin bloodline to level 9.

Zhang Hao first picked up the heartwood of the sacred tree, which he had obtained from under the sacred tree in the Qinling Mountains. It was the core of the sacred tree.

All the abilities of the Qinling Divine Tree originate from it, so merging with it should also grant the same abilities as the Qinling Divine Tree.

Zhang Hao commanded the system: "System, merge with the heart of the divine tree."

[Ding! Congratulations, host, your 111th fusion is complete. Fusion item: Divine Tree Heart.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing with the rare item, the Heart of the Divine Tree. You have gained the item's property: Materialization Ability (by consuming existing memories, you can materialize anything you desire).]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing a rare item. Your Qilin bloodline evolution progress has increased by 100.]

"Uh……"

Zhang Hao was completely speechless when he heard the system notification.

The ability to materialize is indeed incredibly powerful, but using it consumes memory, which is unbearable for anyone. Unless there is something that can enhance memory, wouldn't using the ability to materialize a few times result in the loss of all memories?

While the abilities gained from fusing with the heart of the divine tree were somewhat underwhelming, the additional attributes were a pleasant surprise.

Just as expected, rare items are ten times more effective than special items, and uncommon items are ten times more effective than special items.

Fusing a rare item only increases system experience by 10 points and Qilin bloodline evolution progress by 10 points.

Fusing a rare item can increase system experience by 100 points and Qilin bloodline evolution progress by 100 points.

张浩打开属性面板查看麒麟血脉进化进度，当前麒麟血脉已经7阶（832/960），还需要128点进化进度就可以提升到8阶。

"System, fuse with meteorite copper."

[Ding, congratulations host, 112th fusion completed. Fusion item: Meteorite Copper.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing with the rare item Meteorite Copper. You have gained the item's trait: Enter the world of the dead.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing a rare item. Your Qilin bloodline evolution progress has increased by 100.]

"System, merge with the dragon."

[Ding! Congratulations, host, your 112th fusion is complete. Fusion item: Flood Dragon.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing with the rare item "Flood Dragon," gaining the item's properties: Defense and Resilience increased by 500%.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing a rare item. Your Qilin bloodline evolution progress has increased by 100.]

[Ding, congratulations host, your Qilin bloodline has successfully evolved to rank 8 (72/1920).]

[Ding! The Qilin bloodline level has been upgraded, and all associated attributes have been doubled.]

[Ding! The Qilin bloodline has successfully evolved to level 8, increasing insect-repelling ability by 25600%, evil-repelling ability by 25600%, and lifespan by 102400 years.]

By fusing three rare items, the Qilin bloodline successfully evolved to level 8. To evolve to level 9, it will require 1920 bloodline evolution points.

Currently, only two rare items remain usable. If all goes well, they can add another 200 Qilin Bloodline Evolution Points. It will take about 1600 more Bloodline Evolution Points to upgrade to Tier 9.

Fortunately, there are still 2000 special items. If they are recombined, there will be at least 200 rare items, which can get 2000 bloodline evolution points. If you are lucky, you may also get rare items.

So no matter what, there's definitely no problem raising the Qilin bloodline to level 9.

However, the key issue is that there are only thirty or forty fusion attempts left. If all rare items are fused, it would take more than 100 fusion attempts to upgrade the Qilin bloodline to level 9, which is simply not enough.

Therefore, the best way to upgrade the Qilin bloodline to level 9 in a short time is to obtain as many rare items as possible. This way, the number of fusion attempts required is only 1/10 of that required to fuse all rare items.

With a thought, Zhang Hao took out all 2000 special items from his storage space, preparing to begin reassembling them.