[You used Charybdis’s Devouring Vortex (immortal grade item)!]

[You gained 1 point of Divinity!]

Lin Xun opened the panel. After Chaos Authority reached +9, a familiar little plus sign appeared.

“So I can finally truly forge immortality…”

He took a deep breath and pressed the upgrade button.

When his soul talent had upgraded to +7 and transformed on its own into Soul Authority, his original talent, Thousand Faces, Ten Thousand Forms, had been replaced by the new authority.

Under the effect of Chaos Authority, the compatibility increase of all Shells in his Shell Slots had changed from the +6 level (+75%) to the current +9 (+100%).

This was not quite what Lin Xun had imagined beforehand. He had originally thought that once compatibility broke through 150%, it could bring an improvement to mythic+ grade Shells and raise Shell Quality to the immortal realm.

But in reality, even Chaos Authority could not break through the grade level of the authority itself and forcibly elevate a Shell to the immortal level.

[You consumed 1 point of Divinity. Soul Authority level +1!]

[Soul authority – Chaos Authority +10: Your soul possesses an unprecedented unique authority. It cannot be defined, cannot be observed, cannot be described, and presents an initial superimposed state in which chaos, disorder, confusion, and all things may be transformed.]

[…]

[You have forged immortality!]

[Your soul has advanced from a powerful wandering soul to an immortal soul!]

[Due to the effect of Chaos Authority, your compatibility enhancement has risen from +100% to +∞!]

[Due to the effect of Chaos Authority, your Shell Slots have advanced from +46 to +∞!]

[Your Shell, Polar Star Society Executor Who Gazes Upward, has been restored to immortal grade quality!]

[Your Shell, Knowledge-Seeking Primordial Ancient Dragon, has been restored to immortal grade quality!]

[Your Shell, Knowledge-Seeking Direct Vision Branch Association Great Sage, has met the prerequisite of Shell Level 180. Under compatibility enhancement, its Shell Quality has risen to immortal grade!]

[Your Shell, Knowledge-Seeking Multivision Branch Association Great Sage, has met the prerequisite of Shell Level 180. Under compatibility enhancement, its Shell Quality has risen to immortal grade!]

[Your Shell…]

A long series of game prompt texts rapidly leapt across the screen.

But Lin Xun had no time at all to look at the game text. That familiar feeling of forging immortality under the blessing of Beginning of the Holy Spirit surged into his heart again.

That lofty feeling of looking down upon all living beings as ants once more filled his heart!

Amid the unseen, he sensed that his soul consciousness had already broken free from the constraints of the flesh and could leave his body at any time to roam the mortal world.

This was not an illusion. It was something he truly could do, and in fact something that was effortless to accomplish!

With a single thought, Lin Xun felt himself float up from the ground.

Looking down, he saw that his body sat properly on the sofa with its eyes shut.

And he himself was floating in midair in a translucent soul state.

His soul was no longer weak, no longer like the wandering souls in the game that shattered at a touch. He could even easily move heavy objects and display combat power far beyond that of ordinary people.

Of course, a soul’s combat strength did not come from that, but from the powerful authorities and powers contained within the soul!

In his soul state, he could not use any Shell skills, yet he could still activate his three authority powers.

After Soul Authority had advanced to the immortal realm at +10, those Shells whose quality had reached mythic+ grade and also met the requirement of Shell Level 180 all obtained a quality increase under compatibility enhancement and reached the immortal realm.

The Executor’s Shell had finally been restored to immortal grade as well. Lin Xun suspected that under infinite compatibility, its Shell Quality might even be able to rise another grade because of compatibility enhancement.

It was just that perhaps because its Shell Level had not met the hard requirement of 250, or perhaps because even if its Shell Quality rose to immortal+ grade, it would still fall back to immortal grade due to its authority power not reaching the standard, just like the Little Dragonkin.

After the Little Dragonkin unlocked the ancient dragon bloodline and received the blessing of Ancient Dragon Will, its Shell Quality had risen directly to eternal+ grade, but because its authority power did not meet the standard, it could now only display immortal-level strength.

“Now that I have Chaos Authority plus Omniscience as a cheat, obtaining Divine items won’t be as difficult as before. As long as I can kill enemies of the corresponding grade, I can bypass the hellish game’s skimming and obtain the corresponding Divine rewards.”

“In that case, my leveling speed will increase greatly. Even restoring Little Dragonkin to eternal+ grade won’t be too difficult!”

Lin Xun controlled his soul and flew into each room. Very quickly, he found the Nine-Tailed Fox soaking in a hot spring in the basement of the villa.

The completely naked Nine-Tailed Fox was enjoying the bath with her eyes closed. Suddenly, she seemed to sense something, abruptly opened her eyes, and stood up. Lightning serpents coiled around her pale hand as she prepared to blast the sneaky peeper to death on the spot.

But when she clearly saw that the nearly tangible soul was actually the Dragonborn Lord, she blurted out, “Dragonborn Lord, have you achieved spirit departure from the body?”

Lin Xun froze. Coming from the mouth of the Nine-Tailed Fox, a great yokai of Sakura Falls, the phrase spirit departure from the body somehow felt incredibly out of place.

Once the Nine-Tailed Fox saw that it was the Dragonborn Lord, she relaxed and gracefully settled back into the hot spring. She even pulled the Dragonborn Lord’s spirit together with her to enjoy the bath.

“Dragonborn Lord, spirit departure from the body is a term passed down from the Vermilion Empire. The records of the Nine-Tailed lineage also contain some related accounts.”

“It is said that after Ancient Heavenly Enma descended into the world, not only did He give mortals a chance to purify their sins, He also bestowed upon the world qi cultivation arts for cultivating the Dao and becoming immortals.”

“The entire Vermilion Empire is made up of devout believers of Ancient Heavenly Enma. The emperor of the empire even venerates the Fire-Worship Church as the state religion…” 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

“Those qi cultivators can separate their souls from their bodies while still very weak, but that is still far from being called spirit departure from the body. It can only be called yin spirit separation. A strong gust of wind could scatter their souls.”

“As for true spirit departure from the body, condensing one’s yin spirit into a primordial spirit, only those Vermilion immortals who have attained the Dao and become immortals can achieve it.”

Lin Xun frowned. Based on the intelligence he had previously obtained in the Evil God world, were Vermilion immortals not beings at the demigod level?

What he had currently achieved, spirit departure from the body, was something only immortal gods could do.

The Nine-Tailed Fox covered her mouth and smiled. Her beautiful eyes were full of charm. “Dragonborn Lord, those qi cultivators are divided into stronger and weaker ranks. Naturally, Vermilion immortals are as well…”

“The lowest immortals are called earth immortals or ghost immortals. They cannot truly achieve spirit departure from the body. Only true heavenly immortals, those who have truly attained the Dao, can preserve their primordial spirit after the destruction of the fleshly body and possess great divine powers similar to body seizure and reincarnation without the confusion of the womb.”

Lin Xun twitched the corner of his mouth. So the true power system of the Evil God world was all concentrated in the Vermilion Empire?

No wonder Sakura Falls, such a tiny place, could only serve as the stage for Chapter Five.

According to the Nine-Tailed Fox’s description, earth immortals and ghost immortals were the Vermilion immortals spoken of by the Great General, demigod-level Vermilion immortals, while immortals who forged immortality and became gods were called heavenly immortals.

Lin Xun stroked that mischievous fox tail poking out of the water and continued asking, “Then are there any even stronger immortals, mm… immortals above heavenly immortals?”

The Nine-Tailed Fox closed her eyes and answered with an expression of enjoyment, “According to the records of my clan, there seem to be things called Golden Immortals, and among Golden Immortals, the most outstanding are the Great Luo Golden Immortals or something like that…”

“Dragonborn Lord, you aren’t thinking of descending into that world again, are you?!”