My Crazy Upgrade System

Yi Tianyun’s words left them all dumbfounded. They had thought he was asking them to destroy the place together, but who would have thought he meant to stay behind and do it himself? ’Is he suicidal?’

"When you unleash your full power, you risk exposing your identities, but I don’t have that worry. The Celestial Nether Divine Kingdom has plenty of human enemies, right? So no matter what moves I use, I won’t have to worry about being exposed."

With or without this plan, he was going to the Celestial Nether Altar anyway. The reason was simple: it was marked on the Netherworld Treasure Map, so he had to make the trip. A place marked like that was bound to have something good. How could he possibly miss out?

What he lacked right now was power and extremely potent Treasures. The Celestial Nether Altar happened to be Celestial Nether Divine Kingdom territory. He could seize Treasure and cause massive destruction at the same time. Why wouldn’t he do it?

"Are you saying that after we’ve finished plundering, we retreat first, and then you stay behind to cause destruction...?" Elder Luo asked again after a moment of stunned silence.

"That’s right. Is there a problem?" Yi Tianyun nodded in confirmation.

"Well... we know you’re strong, but your cultivation is only at the Void Spirit Stage, isn’t it? If you run into a Spirit King Stage expert, even with your two types of flames, it’ll be useless." Shopkeeper Ye advised kindly, "We also want to wreak havoc on this Celestial Nether Altar, but completely destroying it is too difficult. Killing a few of their experts is manageable. However, for the sake of safety, we can’t go too far. A little cleanup and interference is enough."

Once discovered, it would mean war. The Phoenix Race feared no one, but a perfect plan could significantly reduce casualties, and that was the most important thing. Rushing in head-first was easy—anyone understood that—but once a battle began against a well-matched opponent, the losses would be devastating.

The Celestial Nether Divine Kingdom had strength in numbers, and many of their forces were Cultivators recruited from the outside who couldn’t care less if they lived or died. For the Phoenix Race, however, every loss was a permanent one. Their reproductive rate was already low, which was why they were so cautious.

Of course, members of the Phoenix Race weren’t usually killed. Their enemies would capture them if possible to extract their Essence Blood for cultivation—an absolute treasure.

"Since he’s confident enough to say so, it means he has his own assurances," Bai Shuihuang interjected. "The three of you, after you’ve seized the resources, return immediately. As for the Divine Envoy, let him act as he pleases. Pay it no mind."

"But..." They were all worried about Yi Tianyun. If he died, how would they deal with the Evil Souls? Besides, for a newly joined Divine Envoy to die so soon was just too strange; it would be a blow to morale.

"No ’buts’. Just do as I say!" Bai Shuihuang looked at Yi Tianyun and said, "You were never one of the Phoenix Race to begin with, so we have no right to stop you. Just know that if you get caught, I expect you to have the necessary resolve!"

Bai Shuihuang’s gaze was sharp. Her words were blunt: if Yi Tianyun were truly captured, he should end his own life. The bottom line was not to reveal that the Phoenix Race was involved. Anything else was acceptable.

After all, it wasn’t that they were abandoning Yi Tianyun; he was acting on his own, and they would be unable to help him.

"Of course. This is my own affair. I understand." Yi Tianyun smiled. He was naturally happy that Bai Shuihuang was willing to support him.

The three elders exchanged glances, then sighed. It seemed they had no choice but to listen to Bai Shuihuang for now.

After the details were settled, the four of them moved out quickly. The three elders began to disguise themselves, even altering their appearances so that they wouldn’t be recognized as members of the Phoenix Race. Unless they unleashed their full power and released their Phoenix Fire, their identities would remain hidden.

Yi Tianyun’s approach was the most direct. He just changed his face; nothing else needed much alteration.

"Let’s go!"

Once they were ready, they immediately flew toward the Celestial Nether Altar. At first, they planned to slow down for Yi Tianyun, but they soon discovered he kept up with ease. When they increased their speed, Yi Tianyun matched it, following closely behind them.

"You’re so fast. Is your cultivation really only at the Void Spirit Stage?" They could sense Yi Tianyun’s cultivation level. It might not be perfectly accurate, but they could faintly perceive it was around the Void Spirit Stage.

The aura of a Spirit King Stage expert was completely different. After all, there was a major realm separating the two stages, so the difference in their auras would be immense.

"Yes." Yi Tianyun smiled faintly. With the boost from his Phoenix Wings, his speed was naturally not far behind. At full throttle, he didn’t fall behind in the slightest.

"Ding! Celestial Cloud Mansion has successfully eradicated a top evil faction. Obtained 80,000,000 Experience Value, 60,000 Madness Value, 30,000 Sin Value..."

"Ding! Congratulations to Player ’Yi Tianyun’ for successfully breaking through to the Seventh Level of the Void Spirit Stage!"

He hadn’t even done anything and had leveled up so easily. During his time preparing for this mission, the Celestial Cloud Mansion had been relentlessly expanding its influence, and with increasing ferocity. He had thought they might slow down a bit, but they had been in a constant state of expansion, suppressing any and all unstable forces.

He knew his own Empire would be established soon. That day was not far off!

After flying at top speed for several days, they finally slowed down. Elder Luo, who was flying in front, gave a hand signal, and they all came to a halt before descending to the ground below.

"The Celestial Nether Altar is just ahead..." Elder Luo led them forward. After passing through a forest, what came into view was a colossal Celestial Altar!

It was enormous, truly like a great city, except this great city wasn’t a real city but a Celestial Altar. The immense altar seemed to connect with the heavens, truly docking with the sky itself. It was a magnificent sight! Despite its size, it wasn’t a solid structure; one could enter and exit freely, and it could be inhabited like a massive city.

When Yi Tianyun saw it, he was stunned. "So this is the Celestial Nether Altar... It’s basically a giant Divine Hall..."

"It is, in fact, a giant Divine Hall. It was just occupied by the Celestial Nether Divine Kingdom. We don’t know what era it’s from. In any case, it already existed when we came to live here." Elder Luo and the others couldn’t help but sigh in awe at the sight of such a magnificent Celestial Altar.

"Yes, it’s truly astonishing. To think such a treasure was occupied by the Celestial Nether Divine Kingdom." Shopkeeper Ye shook his head, finding it a great pity.

Yi Tianyun shook his head and said, "It seems I won’t be able to destroy this Celestial Nether Altar. I’ll just have to fight my way out..."

The moment he saw this magnificent Divine Hall, he knew that at his current level, he had no way of destroying it. He would probably need to become much stronger before he could even think about breaking the Celestial Nether Altar.

The Divine Runes on the outermost layer alone were terrifyingly abstruse; he feared they were already at the Creator level... If that was the case, how could he possibly destroy it?

He was completely incapable of breaking Creator-level Divine Runes right now.