"Ding! Congratulations on triggering the mission [The Shattering of the Abyss Seal]!"
[Task Prompt: Led by Master Bodhi, the Zen Sect temporarily repelled the ambush led by Tian Anyu of the Devouring Spirit Sect with the help of the Banished Immortal who had just broken through to the Ninth Realm. However, the Abyss Seal has been successfully destroyed by Gao Wojiu. The seal of the Abyss is now significantly weakened, and some remnants from the Abyss have emerged and are attacking the Zen Sect en masse, putting the safety of the Mystical Mechanism Continent in grave danger.]
[Task Requirement: While the Banished Immortal and the Zen Sect are resisting the attack from the Abyss, please ask for help from all the super forces to eliminate the remnants of the Devouring Spirit Sect within the Mystical Mechanism Continent.]
[Task Completion: 0%]
[Task Reward: 800w Experience points, Cultivation Technique [Endless Dao] improved by one level, damage inflicted by one’s own force on hostile forces increases by 10%, and sect declaration of war and alliance features are unlocked!]
Liang Yi was stunned, not because the task reward was the highest he had ever seen, but also because the facts mentioned in the task introduction were too shocking, making it difficult for him to accept for a moment.
"However, not many people should know about this news yet." Liang Yi pondered secretly.
"And the task of eradicating the remnants of the Devouring Spirit Sect within the Mystical Mechanism Continent seems a bit too large in scale, doesn’t it?"
"Liang Yi!" Old Man Jute’s body was trembling slightly, and his beard was quivering.
"What’s wrong?" Liang Yi, lost in thought, snapped back to reality.
"There’s been a change in the Abyss, meow!" Old Man Jute looked toward the northwest direction, where an aura made him very uncomfortable. If before it was as if he could smell that disgusting scent even through a wall, now that wall had been broken.
"Don’t panic, I have an idea." Liang Yi gently stroked Old Man Jute a few times to soothe him.
"Senior brother, are you okay?" Su Youyi noticed a change in Liang Yi’s expression.
"I’m fine, but we need to speed up our actions from now on." Liang Yi shook his head, not planning to tell his junior sister the truth about the situation just yet to avoid causing her panic.
Before Liang Yi and Su Youyi used the Transmission Array to head to Qingliang City, Liang Yi first sent a request for [Alliance] back to the Complete Heaven Sect through a Communication Talisman, asking his senior brother to deliver it to Elder Fang.
He had just researched the [Declaration of War] and [Alliance] and found that these were two features that had appeared in his previous life.
Declaration of War means that you can declare war on a certain force. Successful declarations of war turn the personnel relationships of both forces instantly into enemies, meaning upon encounter, they engage in combat.
The [Alliance], as the name implies, is forming an alliance with other forces to transform relationships into friendly green names, sharing common enemies.
In the previous life, players could only form alliances with other players, but they could declare war on any force, though not many players were bold enough to declare war on a super force.
Now Liang Yi, as the Sect Master of the Purple Cloud Sect, interestingly, can form alliances or declare wars with other forces.
Liang Yi naturally chose the [Abyss] as the hostile target, and as for the Devouring Spirit Sect, being the lackey of the Abyss, it was naturally included within the hostile Abyss force.
The instant Liang Yi chose to declare war, a message simultaneously appeared on the panels of all players who had joined the Purple Cloud Sect:
"Ding! The Sect Master of the Purple Cloud Sect, Liang Yi, has chosen to declare war on the [Abyss] force!"
Following that came a dense list of tasks and a reward list which drove the players crazy when they saw the Golden Skills highly placed on the list; as long as they had sufficient contribution points, they could exchange for all sorts of great items.
The news spread to the ears of all players like a hurricane; not one player was without envy for those in the Purple Cloud Sect.
Moreover, the experience given for the task of killing Abyss forces was outrageously high, almost like a leveling event.
And the moment Liang Yi and his junior sister arrived in Qingliang City, he received news that the Complete Heaven Sect had agreed to an alliance.
When the alliance was successfully formed, players from the Complete Heaven Sect immediately received a notice of the alliance’s success on their panels, along with similar task events. Participation was voluntary, but the rewards were the same.
"Looks like it’s an event sweeping through the entire server."
"So this is what top players do, huh? Giving out benefits across different forces, love it!"
This news made players from other factions full of expectations, eagerly awaiting the day when the Purple Cloud Sect would form an alliance with their own forces.
Liang Yi had already anticipated this outcome, having fully detailed the benefits of an alliance in that communication; there was no way Senior Fang Zhi could fail to see the advantages, so agreeing to an alliance was only natural.
"Qingliang City has changed so much..."
Looking at Qingliang City, which was so different from his last visit, Su Youyi expressed her genuine surprise. Compared to Taibai City, where she hadn’t stayed for long, the changes in Qingliang City struck an even stronger contrast for Su Youyi.
The arrival of players truly brought a whole new set of changes to various aspects of Qingliang City, whether it was people’s eating habits, conversation habits, or other behaviors all completely different from just over a month ago.
"So much delicious food, meow!" Old Master Orange merely sniffed lightly and already identified many delicious foods on the streets of Qingliang City that did not exist in this world.
Players also felt excited about this phenomenon, realizing that they could actually have an impact on changes within the game. Whoa, this real-time evolution was quite something, indeed unprecedented.
Upon knowing this, players from other regions became even more exuberant in their activities, wildly exporting their culture and subtly transforming the Mystical Mechanism Continent.
However, Liang Yi had no leisure to slowly observe the changes in Qingliang City.
After taking a brief detour to visit his home in Qingliang City, and missing Yue Bai for a moment, Liang Yi, along with his junior sister and Old Master Orange, made a beeline for the Qingliang Imperial Palace.
"Isn’t that Senior Ying Xi?" Liang Yi unexpectedly ran into Ying Xi right at the entrance of the Imperial Palace.
"Hm? Liang, little friend, and Fairy Su, as well as... a young master of the Demon Clan, right?" Ying Xi first looked at Liang Yi and Su Youyi in surprise, then turned his gaze to Old Master Orange, who was perched on Liang Yi’s shoulder, with astonishment.
"You’ve got quite the eye, meow!" Old Master Orange hadn’t expected to be recognized without actively guarding his identity; he was somewhat surprised and proud.
"Haha, now who doesn’t know that the Demon Clan’s Young Master has made a dramatic appearance? The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits even entrusted you to Liang Yi of the Taoist Sect." Ying Xi laughed heartily, seemingly having recovered from the grief of losing his son. But he immediately asked about the purpose of Liang Yi and the others’ visit. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⸺fire.net
"My brother and I are here on behalf of Master, to pay a visit to the Prince." On Su Youyi’s previous visit, she had entered the Purple Cloud Phoenix Extreme Secret Realm with Zhou Wudao, only to have the Abyss Envoy severely injure Zhou Wudao and, in order to delay time, even erased Zhou Wudao from their minds directly.