Leaving the Flying God Platform, Ian Song headed straight for the Yushan Branch of the God-Demon Corps.
He planned to get promoted to Two-Star God-Demon as soon as possible.
This time, Ian Song didn’t see Jade Shaw, so he went directly to the Quest Hall.
Inside the Quest Hall, quite a few One-Star God-Demons and a handful of Two-Star God-Demons were checking out missions.
"Ian, you're here!"
"Hey, Wu!"
"Haha, Ian, are you here to pick up a mission?"
"Yeah!"
With Ian Song’s arrival, quite a few One-Star God-Demons came over to greet him—they were the same group who'd done missions with him last time.
While chatting, Ian Song scanned the mission wall. To accept a mission, you just needed to grab one of the crystal spheres floating on the wall.
Suddenly, Ian Song stopped in front of one of the mission walls.
This mission was to scout the perimeter of the Primordial Forbidden Zone, and the reward was much higher than usual—five hundred god-crystals. Up to three people could accept it, but all three crystal spheres were still floating, meaning no one had taken it yet despite the tempting reward.
"Ian, you’re not thinking of taking this mission, are you?"
A One-Star God-Demon walked over and asked.
"Still thinking about it," Ian Song replied.
The other lowered his voice. "The Primordial Forbidden Zone is really unstable. The eruption period is only a few decades away, so even the outer edge is dangerous. If you run into a taboo beast, you’ll be dead for sure. Don’t risk your life for five hundred god-crystals!"
"Thanks for the heads-up, Wu. I’ll think it over!"
Ian Song thanked him sincerely.
Afterward, Ian Song browsed the nearby mission walls before finally deciding to take the Primordial Forbidden Zone mission. It wasn’t about the five hundred god-crystals—he was just genuinely curious about the place.
Seeing Ian Song accept the mission, the One-Star God-Demon who’d warned him could only shake his head in secret. The few Two-Star God-Demons on this floor just sneered, thinking this One-Star was crazy for god-crystals—the Primordial Forbidden Zone wasn’t somewhere you could just waltz into.
Once he took the crystal sphere, Ian Song unlocked the mission details.
The mission deadline was half a month.
He just needed to get within ten li of the Forbidden Zone to complete the task. Before heading out, he could pick up a recording stone.
The recording stone worked like a camera—just infuse a bit of divine power and it would record the surrounding scene.
"May I ask how I should address you, sir?"
"Old Wyatt."
Song Yan casually made up a name.
Soon, the young god brought over herbs worth a hundred thousand god-crystals. After storing the herbs away, Song Yan left directly.
Song Yan wandered all over the city before finally returning to his courtyard.
With these six hundred thousand god-crystals, he no longer needed to worry about money.
"Ding! System Task One: Within a hundred years, advance to Seven-Star Divine Demon. Success: one lucky draw. Failure: cultivation falls one realm!"
Upon hearing the System notification, Song Yan immediately realized the System had finished upgrading.
He then pulled up the System interface.
Not much else had changed, except the Prestige column had turned into a Slaughter Value column.
How does one gain Slaughter Value?
Killing a Lower-Rank God grants one point of Slaughter Value.
Killing a Middle-Rank God grants ten points of Slaughter Value.
Killing an Upper-Rank God grants a hundred points of Slaughter Value.
Killing a Lower-Tier Celestial God grants a thousand points of Slaughter Value.
Killing a Middle-Tier Celestial God grants ten thousand points of Slaughter Value.
Killing an Upper-Tier Celestial God grants a hundred thousand points of Slaughter Value.
Killing a God-King grants one million points; killing a God Emperor grants ten million points.
So, what is Slaughter Value used for?
Drawing lots!
There are three tiers of lottery draws: small, medium, and large. A small draw costs 10 points of Slaughter Value, medium costs 100, and large costs 10,000.
Currently, Song Yan's Slaughter Value is zero.
Closing the System interface, Song Yan began to ponder the possibility of completing the task.
Seven-Star Divine Demon requires at least early-stage Mid-Tier Celestial God cultivation. In other words, he must reach Mid-Tier Celestial God within a hundred years to have a chance to complete the task.
Right now, he is still a Mid-Rank God, and he still needs to break through Upper-Rank God and Lower-Tier Celestial God.
That's two major realms and seven minor stages.
Although it's difficult, Song Yan was still fairly confident—his cultivation speed had always been fast.
He just didn't know when the Divine Temple would open.
Also, now that he's in the God Realm, he had to consider the Star King's enemies.
His enemies were God-Kings—and not just one.
It was certainly a challenge.
Afterward, Song Yan cultivated in his courtyard for over a month, raising his strength to late-stage Mid-Rank God. This was thanks to the Perfect-grade True God Pill; otherwise, his progress wouldn't have been so fast.
However, he deliberately concealed his true cultivation, only displaying mid-stage Mid-Rank God.
His soul had undergone ten metamorphoses. As long as he wished to hide, even most Lower-Tier Celestial Gods couldn't see through his true realm.
After that, he made a trip to the Flying God Platform and gave the Hu Family steward another hundred god-crystals.
Unfortunately, Hannah Murong still hadn't ascended.