Two days later.
In front of Ten Thousand Beast City.
"Holy shit! Th-this… isn't this way too damn insane?"
"My god! Such a huge dungeon?!"
"Damn, is this for real? Is this storyline really this hype?"
"I'm fired up!"
"Holy hell, isn't this the City of Sen?"
"Fake Ten Thousand Beast City ×, real Dark Souls Ancient City √!"
...
More than ten thousand players had all arrived. As they looked at the distant Ten Thousand Beast City, every single one of them was stunned. All the players—especially the Dark Souls veterans from the guild Dark Souls Guild founded by Undomitable Bear Is Strong were boiling with excitement!
The current Ten Thousand Beast City had become incredibly strange and unpredictable!
For tens of thousands of li around it, everything was swallowed by dense black fog. The entire Ten Thousand Beast City looked as if it had fallen into a world of darkness!
Moreover, this black fog felt like a living creature, as if it were waiting for prey to walk right into its trap!
It looked as though it didn't even exist in the same world as other human cities!
A trace of fear appeared in the eyes of many no-human warriors—clearly, this bizarrely transformed Ten Thousand Beast City was truly terrifying!
But in the players' eyes…
This was just an insanely awesome, insanely replayable high-level mega dungeon!
"Disciples!"
At this moment, He Yiming suddenly appeared.
"Brother Ming is here!" The players surged forward, instantly gathering around He Yiming.
"In this battle, the enemy will be extremely powerful! Pig Wolong will continue to be responsible for overall command and coordination!"
"King Lufei and other disciples will serve as elite combat forces, responsible for shock assaults! Your target will be the enemy's top-tier experts!"
"Undomitable Bear Is Strong has already spoken with this Sect Master. Members of his Dark Souls Guild will be responsible for scouting and mapping the terrain, and through the command center, producing real-time maps to be distributed to every disciple!"
"The enemy's methods may exceed your imagination. Disciples, the moment that tests you has arrived!"
...
He Yiming spoke slowly.
"Roarrr!" The players all let out wild howls.
But an even more shocking scene appeared!
"To ensure that all disciples can successfully carry out combat, this Sect Master has refined many of the spiritual materials brought back by Beef Noodles into pills! Moreover, they have been infused with the power of life unending! If any disciple is injured or encounters dangerous situations, you may take the pills to rapidly recover!"
...
He Yiming raised his hand and revealed tens of thousands of sixth-grade pills!
On one hand, this was because He Yiming possessed the Azure Emperor Longevity Body and Heavenly Fire; on the other hand, the quality of these spiritual materials was simply far too high! Refining sixth-grade pills—equivalent to pills used by Nascent Soul–realm experts—was effortless.
"Whoa, that's basically a miracle pill!"
"Insane, absolutely insane!"
"Brother Ming, are there any more supplies?"
...
Many players grew excited, happily accepting the pills, then all looked toward He Yiming again.
"After working tirelessly all night, this Sect Master has finally refined another batch of Heaven-Mending Pills! However, because they were made using spiritual materials from the Primordial and Ancient eras, their medicinal effects are extremely overbearing! But disciples need not worry—this Sect Master will personally protect you and help you break through!!!"
With a flip of his palm, a batch of newly refined Heaven-Mending Pills appeared in his hand!
"King Lufei, Emperor Zoro, Undomitable Bear Is Strong…" He Yiming first called out the players who, during the battle against the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Dao, had stood up against the Calamity of Famine and sacrificed their cultivation.
These players had, at that time, forcibly fallen in cultivation, dropping all the way back to the Sea Wheel Realm.
Now that Heaven-Mending Pills had once again been refined, it was only natural to first restore the realms of these players who had fallen back.
In addition to that, there were still some Heaven-Mending Pills left. Naturally, they couldn't just be left unused, but would instead be used to further increase the players' strength!
"Star, Modest Gentleman, Little Li's Flying Dagger, Myth…" He Yiming called out several more names and bestowed Heaven-Mending Pills upon them as well.
"Hahahaha, I can turn back into the Heavenly Pill Realm again! So happy!" King Lufei chuckled smugly.
"The current me has already grasped brand-new power! Returning to the Heavenly Pill Realm—not bad!" Emperor Zoro gently stroked the demonic Sword Blood Grudge as he spoke calmly.
"Hahaha, I've finally reached the Heavenly Pill Realm too! Later I'll let you all see just how awesome I, Star, really am!" Star laughed so hard he was practically flying.
...
The players who received Heaven-Mending Pills were all grinning from ear to ear. Soon after, they swallowed the pills together, sat down cross-legged, and began breaking through!
It had to be said—this batch of Heaven-Mending Pills was truly heaven-defying in medicinal power. The moment King Lufei and the others swallowed them, they felt the pill energy rampaging violently within their bodies, almost to the point of bursting them apart!
If not for possessing the Azure Emperor Longevity Body, ordinary cultivators of the future era would be completely unable to withstand these Heaven-Mending Pills. Eating them wouldn't allow a breakthrough at all—instead, their bodies would explode and they would die on the spot!
"Rise!"
He Yiming pointed lightly into the void!
A towering ancient tree burst forth, transforming into countless roots that shielded and protected King Lufei and the others!
Behind King Lufei and the other players, towering ancient trees also appeared, resonating with one another, jointly sharing and balancing the pill's power!
So very soon…
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Accompanied by pillars of light shooting into the sky, King Lufei and the others all broke through successfully, returning to the Heavenly Pill Realm!
But that wasn't all—the medicinal effects of this batch of Heaven-Mending Pills were simply too astonishing!
After breaking through to the Heavenly Pill Realm, the pill energy inside King Lufei and the others hadn't even been fully consumed. As it circulated back, it surged forward once more!
"Break for me!!!"
With a thought, He Yiming injected the power of his own Azure Emperor Longevity Body directly into King Lufei and the others, helping them ride the momentum and break through!
"Boom!"
In the next instant, King Lufei and the others' cultivation erupted once again, breaking through consecutively and directly entering the mid-stage Heavenly Pill Realm as a group!
"Holy crap, consecutive breakthroughs?"
"My god, this is straight-up cheating!"
"What are you yelling for? Brother Ming made his move—what's weird about consecutive breakthroughs? Totally normal, okay?"
"So jealous, so envious, but I dare not hate~"
"I just wanna ask, when are we opening a shop? Damn it, I'm still a Sea Wheel trash even now. Can't even whale properly. It hurts. I wanna cry!"
"Aren't those first beta test big shots also stuck in the Sea Wheel Realm? What are you panicking for! If we miss this batch, we can just wait for the next batch of Heaven-Mending Pills!"
...
Most of the players were insanely jealous, but no one was really anxious.
After all, the next batch of Heaven-Mending Pills would definitely include their share—after all, they were so handsome and so strong!
However, what He Yiming said next made all the players completely unable to sit still!
"During the journey, after much hardship, this Sect Master finally lived up to expectations and successfully refined a total of twenty-two Divine Artifacts! They will be distributed to disciples who performed outstandingly when facing the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Dao!"
"Among them, two Divine Artifacts will be awarded to Beef Noodles!"
"Now…"
"Divine Artifacts—appear!!!"
...
As He Yiming murmured softly, he flicked his finger.
Twenty-two streaks of light flashed!
In the next moment, twenty-two Divine Artifacts—refined according to the players' requests and tailored to their needs—appeared simultaneously in midair!
All the players instantly couldn't help but look over together, erupting into an uproar!