Mystical Mechanism Continent doesn't stop turning just because Liang Yi entered seclusion, and of course, the players wouldn't stop their activities just because Liang Yi disappeared.

Now, without Liang Yi's knowledge, players have once again welcomed a long-awaited version update!

"Looking at the game announcement, it seems to be a major version update this time!"

"It really does! It's been eight hundred years since the last major update; I almost thought the game company took the money and ran."

"No way, no way!"

The major game version update still requires players to log off collectively, so right now, before the server shuts down, players discussing the new version can be seen everywhere.

"The Devouring Spirit Sect is nearly extinct as we keep hunting them, it's a shame we never found where the big BOSS, the Sect Hierarch of the Devouring Spirit Sect, is."

A player addicted to the task of pursuing the Devouring Spirit Sect said with regret.

"Right now, the strongest BOSS killed by the players is just a Level 57 elder of the Devouring Spirit Sect. From this perspective, the Sect Hierarch of the Devouring Spirit Sect is probably at around Level 70 or 80, this version definitely won't let us lay hands on him."

An analysis emperor methodically analyzed on the player forum, bringing nods of agreement from a large number of players.

"Speaking of which, the highest-leveled players among us are probably Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei from the Purple Cloud Sect, right? I heard they're the first two players who reached the level cap at 51."

"Of course, think about the statuses of those two in the Purple Cloud Sect? Endless rare quests to complete, and they've got their hands full of various Taoist magical treasures."

Speaking of Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei, the players directly picked up lemons and started to eat, completely foregoing the process.

On the other hand, after submitting a task to kill an early-stage Fifth Realm demon beast in a certain Secret Realm, Ju Xiaobei and Bai Xiaomo also discussed the version update.

"I wonder what level the next version will open up to…" Ju Xiaobei said casually.

"It'll probably be Level 71?"

Bai Xiaomo speculated, after all, this level is considered as officially entering the later stage of cultivation in the eyes of the natives.

"Level 71, huh? With the way Experience increases in this game, doesn't that mean we'll have to grind again?"

Thinking back to the beginning of this version when they crazily completed quests to level up, Ju Xiaobei covered his liver area again—it was starting to ache.

"Leveling up is a minor issue, but I think there might be a major event in the next version, even bigger than the Devouring Spirit Sect event this version."

Bai Xiaomo mysteriously whispered, his gaming sense far sharper than Ju Xiaobei's.

"Oh?"

Ju Xiaobei's eyes lit up. What players feared the most is the thrill and joy of the game gradually becoming boring routine actions, so they're not afraid of the complexity and difficulty of game events, only afraid events aren't interesting enough.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not too sure about the specifics, but I've noticed that Elder Zi seems to have a worried look lately." Bai Xiaomo had already observed a few days before that Elder Zi occasionally had a heavy-hearted expression, and his sharp senses as a high-level player made him realize there might be a big task hidden here.

"Later I inquired about it, and Elder Zi only told me to quickly improve my strength, he didn't say anything else."

"It seems we'll have to wait until after leveling up in the next version to take on the task…"

Ju Xiaobei immediately knew that their current levels were still not enough to meet the prerequisite conditions for this task.

"It's time, let's log off."

As a bell chime that only the players could hear rang out, billions of players on Mystical Mechanism Continent simultaneously froze at that moment and then turned into numerous pillars of white light ascending into the Heavenly Vault above.

Even the tense war in the Desert North paused for a moment at this grand scene.

"What is that?"

An Abyss Envoy, standing above the sky commanding the Abyss Cultivators, stared with puzzlement at the countless streaks of white light shooting skyward.

He wanted to capture a streak of it for research, but his expression suddenly changed drastically as an overwhelming power impossible to resist came directly from the white light across the space.

Ash Spirit had a premonition that if he didn't dodge this strike, he might have to return to the embrace of the Abyss.

At the critical moment, streams of gray-black dust surged in Ashes' hand, being shot directly towards that invisible, intangible, and extremely hard to detect mysterious force.

The moment the dust, comprised of countless particles, was about to touch that power, it exploded violently, creating a crack in the void in the sky that wouldn't heal easily for a short while.

But that mysterious force didn't disappear, still tightly targeting Ash Spirit, striking towards him.

The large-framed Ash Spirit's complexion was somber, deep like water, as he had no choice but to withstand the force.

"Ha!"

With a shout, Ash Spirit's controlled power was fully stimulated, and the originally bright sky turned pitch black in an instant.

If one were to look closely, the entire sky was covered with gray particles just like the ones before, so numerous that no one could count them.

It was known that the fine ash, now enough to cover the entire sky, would be unimaginable in its power if it were to explode.

"Should we stop him?"

Far away in the clouds, Qinglian stood side by side with Chen Hua, pointing at Ash Spirit and speaking.

"No need, he's already a dead man."

Chen Hua was currently surrounded by blood-colored mist, emerging invisibly and then disappearing into nothingness again, with an aura of violence around him so dense it was nearly tangible.

Hearing Qinglian's words, he just shook his head, his eyes showing schadenfreude while looking at Ash Spirit.

"What kind of power is that? It feels a bit like the World Power, doesn't it?"

Qinglian was curious; were there now forces in the world that even he couldn't identify?

"I'm not sure either. It should be a type of World Power, but as to which world it belongs to, I have no idea."

Chen Hua held the Taoist Collection in his hand, his expression somewhat puzzled.

"Anyway, I knew not to provoke it the first time it appeared. Didn't expect there really are those who are not afraid of death, heh."

Chen Hua laughed joyfully. He could kill an important opponent without even taking action. How nice!

Behind Ash Spirit, thousands of miles away, a Sky-reaching Formation connecting heaven and earth emerged. The formation was extremely complicated and ancient, appearing as one entity but, in fact, was set up by two epoch's Array Masters at the cost of their lives.

And at the core, it was a roll of books, a shadow of a sword, and a movement of a fist!

These three integrally formed one array, which also comprised the core of the Array, spinning slowly in the center of the Heavenly Connection Formation.

As long as this core was not destroyed, no matter the damage to other parts of the formation, the seal on the Abyss could never be broken.

However, at this moment, with the core Array of the Daoist Immortal's books, Sword Immortal's shadow, and Physical Immortal's fist movement, only the book was left struggling to support it.

If one were to look closely, the shadow of the book was extremely faint and should have dissipated along with the other two things.

But within the shadow, there was a page flickering with divine light, desperately supporting the existence of the book's shadow.

This page was brought by the Wind God Commerce and also was the Wind God Sect's heirloom!

The first Sect Master of the Wind God Sect established the sect only after comprehensively understanding a single word on this page of paper.

And the only remaining divine charm on this paper was the word "Speed".

"Don't try to be brave; come back quickly!"

Just as Ash Spirit was stubbornly preparing to withstand this wave, an urgent cry came from within the Great Formation, attempting to stop Ash Spirit from his reckless actions.

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