I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely

Then,

Xu Qing’s consciousness connected with the Encyclopedia of All Things.

SWISH!

Information about the Carefree Sword Dao appeared in his mind.

...

[Carefree Sword Dao Level 18: 3,747/20,000 True Points (...)]

...

’As my Cultivation and Realm have improved, the Carefree Sword Dao has risen to Level 18. The number of True Points needed to upgrade it has changed accordingly.’

Xu Qing nodded slightly. ’This is a good thing.’

Indeed.

If he had relied on True Points to raise his Carefree Sword Dao to Level 18, it would have cost him at least sixty to seventy thousand.

Moreover,

if he wanted to upgrade the Carefree Sword Dao beyond Level 18, it would definitely cost more than the current twenty thousand True Points.

’Not bad, not bad at all.’

Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction.

’My Cultivation has more or less stabilized.’

Xu Qing assessed his condition. ’I’ve reached the True Seal Realm Ninth Layer Heaven. To continue advancing, I must step into the third and final stage of the Eighth Realm: Dao Realm.’

’This stage is called the Dominator Realm.’

’Its meaning: Master of the Great Dao.’

To reach this Realm,

one must fuse the nine Dao True Seals, further comprehending the essence and origin of the Great Dao. Only after fully understanding it can one condense the Dao Root Seal.

If he succeeded,

Xu Qing could break through and advance further, stepping into the third stage of the Eighth Realm: Dao Realm—the Dominator Realm.

Similarly,

the Dominator Realm is also divided into Nine Layers of Heaven.

’Is this the permit for the second station of the Only True Path?’

At that moment,

Xu Qing looked up. Before his very eyes, a purple Token slowly materialized, descended from the air, and hovered in front of him.

"Good!"

Xu Qing nodded slightly, a satisfied smile on his face. He raised his right hand, and the purple Token landed in his palm.

BUZZ!

The next moment,

a stream of information flooded into Xu Qing’s mind out of thin air.

"This..."

A look of surprise crossed Xu Qing’s face. "I didn’t expect to be given a choice after passing the first station."

Indeed.

This purple Token was called the Second Station Pass Order.

Now,

nine choices lay before Xu Qing.

The first choice.

Xu Qing could choose to give up. If he did, he would be teleported away from here directly, and his memories and information about the Only True Path would not be erased.

That way,

Xu Qing wouldn’t have to continue taking risks.

After all,

the first station was already so terrifying; the journey ahead would only be more dangerous and horrifying.

’Give up? Leave?’

Xu Qing shook his head. ’That’s impossible.’

Then,

there were the next eight choices.

They were: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Ice, Wind, and Lightning.

The eight great elements.

Representing the Eight Great Worlds.

Xu Qing could choose to go to any one of these Eight Great Worlds. Within them, he had to find the Tokens for Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Ice, Wind, and Lightning, respectively.

A total of eight Tokens.

As long as he collected all eight Tokens, he could summon the entrance to the third station and earn the right to proceed.

’This...’

Xu Qing mused, ’It’s called a choice, but in reality, I have to visit all Eight Great Elemental Worlds. And as for the first option... anyone who passed the Endless Altar at the first station would never choose to give up.’

[DING!]

[True Points discovered. Absorb? (Y/N)]

Just then,

a prompt from the Encyclopedia of All Things appeared.

"Oh."

Xu Qing glanced at the purple Token in his hand, a hint of surprise on his face. "I didn’t expect this! This Token actually contains True Points."

"Absorb,"

Xu Qing said.

BUZZ!

The Encyclopedia of All Things glowed, its effect acting upon the purple Token. The Token also began to shine as an invisible wave was absorbed by the Encyclopedia.

[DING!]

[Absorption successful.]

[Obtained: 10,000 True Points.]

’This...’

Xu Qing shook his head. ’It’s too little. Only ten thousand True Points. Even adding the three thousand or so I already have, it’s not enough to reach twenty thousand. I still can’t upgrade the Carefree Sword Dao.’

"Take me to the Golden Root Source World."

Immediately after,

Xu Qing made his decision. He would go to one of the Eight Great Root Worlds: the Golden Root Source World. The purple Token radiated a brilliant light that enveloped his entire body.

BUZZ!

With a flash of purple light,

both Xu Qing and the purple Token vanished, leaving the Endless Altar and disappearing into thin air.

CRACK! CRACK!

The next moment,

as Xu Qing departed, the entire Endless Altar began to crumble. Everything around it turned to nothingness, as if it had never existed.

HUM! HUM!

「The scene changed.」

When Xu Qing opened his eyes again, his senses returned to normal. He found that he had left the Endless Altar and arrived in another world.

"Here..."

HUM! HUM!

All around him,

Xu Qing saw countless streams of Gold Root, which presented as a platinum color. The entire Golden Root Source World was endless. When he tried to extend his senses, they couldn’t spread too far before being obliterated by the Gold Root.

CRACK! CRACK!

The purple Token hovered above Xu Qing’s head, casting down a purple mist that formed a protective barrier, shielding him in the center.

SWISH!

The next moment,

the purple Token flashed and vanished into thin air.

"This..."

Xu Qing’s pupils contracted. The instant the purple Token disappeared, he felt an exceedingly terrifying Mighty Power surging toward him from all directions.

CRACK! CRACK!

SPLAT!

Blood splattered.

Countless streams of Gold Root, each one like an impossibly sharp blade containing unparalleled Mighty Power, struck Xu Qing’s body directly.

In an instant,

the terrifying Gold Root shattered Xu Qing’s defenses, carving one wound after another into his body.

Terrifying.

Truly terrifying.

It could be said that,

if caught unprepared, even a being in the Dao Realm would be instantly annihilated into ash by such terrifying Gold Root.

Even

an Undying Immortal existence could be severely injured.

"Suppress!"

BOOM!

Fortunately,

Xu Qing’s reaction was extremely fast. The moment the purple Token vanished, he had already summoned the Time Treasure Tower, swiftly deploying it to hover above his head.

HUM! HUM!

The Time Treasure Tower cast down countless streams of immortal light of time, like a waterfall, shielding Xu Qing in the center and blocking all the Gold Root.

’That was close!’

Xu Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at the wounds on his body—countless bloody gashes. With his powerful regenerative abilities, they healed quickly, but traces of blood remained on his skin’s surface.

Furthermore,

Xu Qing’s clothes had been shredded into strips.

SWISH!

With a single thought,

Xu Qing changed into a new set of clothes.

"Hmm."

Xu Qing surveyed his surroundings. He could see the ubiquitous Gold Root, which, like air, filled every corner of the Golden Root Source World.

Moreover,

Xu Qing discovered that the things existing in this world were, in essence, formed from the condensation of countless streams of Gold Root, evolving into innumerable creatures and beings.

ROAR!!!

The next moment,

Xu Qing’s mind jolted. His arrival had alerted a nearby Gold Root Beast, which let out a series of roars. It was a lion, platinum-colored from head to tail.

It was enormous, standing a hundred meters tall.

BOOM!

The platinum lion lunged at Xu Qing, ready to kill.

!!!

Xu Qing’s pupils contracted.

CRACK!

CLANG!

Xu Qing retaliated with a backhanded sword strike. Dao Sword Qi surged, hacking into the Gold Root Beast’s body, but the result was unexpected.

With a BANG,

the Gold Root Beast was sent flying by Xu Qing’s strike, but it wasn’t dead. That single sword strike from Xu Qing was powerful enough to annihilate tens of billions of Dragon-Tiger-Lion Monsters.

And yet,

it couldn’t even finish off this one Gold Root Beast.

This just went to show

that the Gold Root Beast was anything but simple.