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Chapter 230: A Review of the Gains, Preview of All Events in the Chinese Server, and the Half-Year Anniversary Celebration is Coming! (6K)

A small loss in the first stage doesn't count as a complete defeat.

The second phase ended in a major defeat.

The third stage victory was achieved thanks to Jiang Liu's unleashed burst of power.

Overall, in this cross-regional event, they had one win, one loss, and one draw across the three regions.

One win, one loss, and one draw – you've got me all to admire you?

The Poison King snorted coldly and did not respond to Jiang Liu. He thought to himself that he would only be able to take Jiang Liu's medicine for two months at most. Within two months, Jiang Liu would definitely reach the Nascent Soul stage. At that time, he would beat Jiang Liu into submission!

Seeing that the Poison King and the others did not reply, Jiang Liu understood what they meant, shrugged, and didn't care too much.

It doesn't matter if you're not convinced; we'll find another opportunity to fight until you're convinced.

If he can't even defeat the third server, how can he talk about conquering the first and second servers, or conquering foreign servers?
In the third phase, the players in the third region performed very well, fighting continuously for 6 days without stopping, and reducing the health of the Overturning Sea Dragon by 71%.

It's safe to say that without players from the third region, even if they worked themselves to death, they still couldn't defeat the Overturning Sea Dragon.

So, let's give the veteran players in Zone 3 some face and let's call it a day for now.

Just as Jiang Liu dispelled his true phoenix form, the system's announcement of the event's end resounded through the sky.

The third phase of the cross-regional event "Battle for Natural Treasures," titled "Sea Dragon," has ended.

[Congratulations to all players for successfully defeating the world-class boss, the Overturning Sea Dragon, and protecting their loot!]

During this phase, players from all three zones collectively reduced the Overturning Sea Dragon's health by 71%, earning 71 event points.

During this phase, players from all four regions collectively reduced the Overturning Sea Dragon's health by 29%, earning 29 event points.

[Overall Event Points Summary]

[Three Zones: Phase 1: 18 points; Phase 2: 0 points; Phase 3: 71 points; Total: 88 activity points]

[Four Zones: Phase 1: 22 points; Phase 2: 40 points; Phase 3: 29 points; Total: 89 activity points]

In this cross-regional event, Region 4 emerged victorious.

[The winning team—all players in Zone 4 receive 100 Equipment Attribute Enhancement Stones]

[The losing team—all players in Zone 3 receive 20 Equipment Attribute Enhancement Stones]

In this cross-regional event, the player who earned the most event points was Jiang Liu from Region 4, with a total of 74 event points.

[In this cross-server event, Jiang Liu, a player from server 4, will receive the MVP reward—a superior-grade spirit-level item.]

This cross-server event has ended. Please look forward to the next cross-server event.

[Next Cross-Server Event Preview: Chaotic Battle Across the Four Servers of the Chinese Server]

This cross-server event has ended. The Overlord of the Sea will now be the world boss in the weekly dungeon. All players are welcome to challenge it.

The rewards for the third phase of the event are currently being distributed and will be sent out along with other rewards. Please be patient.

[Due to the great distance between this event map and the Crimson Flame Divine Continent/Gengjin Divine Continent, the server signal is unstable. It will take 1 hour to teleport back to the map. Please be patient.]

This was the longest system announcement Jiang Liu had heard since the opening of the fourth server of the Immortal Cultivation Era; it played in the sky for more than a minute before disappearing.

The content shown caused an uproar among players in Zone 3.

Player from Zone 3: "??????"

You asked how many activity points our district has, and how many activity points the fourth district has?
Zone 3: 88 points; Zone 4: 89 points.

They lost by just one point!

This is unacceptable! Players in Zone 3 are furious!
"Aaaaaaah, just one point short!"

"It hurts so much, I've never felt this bad in my life!"

"If it were more than 10 points short, I wouldn't say anything, but it's only 1 point!"

"What's going on in the second stage? How come we didn't even get a single point?! Holy crap!"

"Damn it, the second phase of the event makes everyone shave their heads! What are the big shots doing?!"

A chorus of wails and curses erupted from the players in the third region, echoing for hundreds of miles around and reaching the ears of the eight sect leaders without restraint.

The eight sect leaders: "."

What are we doing in the second phase?
They led more than two thousand Golden Core players to surround and kill Jiang Liu, a single player.

Hearing the insults ringing in their ears, the eight sect leaders couldn't help but feel embarrassed and ashamed. The harsh insults were like sharp arrows piercing their hearts.

One point difference!
They can't accept it either!
If, in the second phase, they hadn't tried to ambush Jiang Liu, but instead had instead searched for and seized rare and precious materials, they might have been the victors!

The more the Poison King and his men thought about it, the more upset they became. If they had known this would happen, they wouldn't have gone to all that trouble to kill Jiang Liu. Winning the event with the Third District would have been the most important thing!

That's what they thought, but unfortunately they couldn't win it over.

Because while they were still watching the ads in the second stage, Jiang Liu had already completed the second stage by himself, but no one knew it.

Unlike the widespread lamentation in Zone 3, Zone 4 erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Yay! We won again! I'm so happy! I'm so excited! I'm going to have a massage tonight!"

"Although all the players in our fourth region only obtained 15 event points, and although all the players in our fourth region only reduced the Overturning Sea Dragon's health by 3%, we still won."

"One person got 74 event points, and another person reduced the Overturning Sea Dragon's health by 26%. Jiang Dashen is terrifying!"

"I personally feel that he is ready to become an Emperor."

"Another game I won by doing nothing, damn it, I really wanted to contribute to the fourth district too!"

"With the expert's help, ascension is guaranteed!"

Just as the surroundings were in chaos and the players from the fourth district were celebrating, Jiang Liu's attention was drawn to the system announcement.

After this cross-regional event concluded, the system issued a notification announcing the next cross-regional event.

Chaotic battle across the four servers of the Chinese server!

This short sentence made Jiang Liu's heart tighten. The joy of victory vanished instantly, replaced by a solemn expression.

After two cross-regional events involving three or four districts, the next one will be a cross-regional event involving all four districts!
What the hell!

Are you planning to die young, planner? Why are you rushing things like this?
This short announcement completely overturned his plans.

In his plan, the fourth district would have to fight at least three to five cross-district events with the third district before engaging in cross-district battles with the districts in front of it.

The normal order is to play three to five events against the third server, three to five events against the second server, and finally challenge the strongest server that opened earliest.

But now?

After only two cross-region events with the third region and not a single battle with the second region, they are now facing the strongest region, the first region!

You planner, you're not playing by the rules!

The first server has been open for two and a half years, and the fourth server has been open for half a year. How are we supposed to compete with that?
The difference between Zone 1 and Zones 3 and 4 is not just the difference in the length of time the zone has been open, but also the difference in economy and population.

Zone 1 and Zone 3 are completely different; those are zones where super-rich players are everywhere.

The third server is stingy and only knows how to level up and advance their realm, but the first server is different. Just by looking at the number of VIP3 customer service representatives, you can tell how many super-rich players there are in the first server.

He's a player who only pays 0.1% off; he's a fake super-rich player.

The big shot in Zone 1 is a true super-rich player!
He is a fully-fledged player who has maxed out all the in-game purchase items, while the top spender in the first server is a fully-fledged player who has maxed out all the in-game purchase items for two and a half years!
Their realm, combat power, equipment, and pay-to-win items are all on different levels. What a joke!

Planner, are you really not going to live to see tomorrow?

Jiang Liu couldn't help but curse inwardly. He had thought that the two servers would be facing off two years after the server opened, but he didn't expect that they would be facing off after only half a year. Wasn't this just a joke?
If you throw players from Zones 1, 2, 3, and 4 into the same event map to fight, then players from Zone 4 will definitely be cannon fodder!

Can I take them off all by myself?
This time, it might really be too much to handle.

Can't carry it?
That won't do. I'm invincible in the countryside, but if I go to a big city, I'll just become a nobody on the roadside. That would be too pathetic.

I'm a young man, and young people care a lot about their reputation. I can't accept being humiliated by the big shots from Zone 1 and Zone 2. It would easily destroy my invincible Dao heart.

"I need to hurry up and level up."

Jiang Liu was getting anxious. He had originally planned to go back to reality and take a good rest for ten days or half a month after this cross-regional event.

But it seems there's no way to take a break now.

Still thinking about sleeping?

Are you even a cultivator?

Get up and level up like crazy!

"Let's go to that sect again, steal the water droplets that can give Yu Zetian a huge boost, and then go and grind the Myriad Transformations Demon Palace like crazy."

"By the way, isn't the Yin Bird bloodline I gave to Senior Sister Qiluo capable of dual cultivation? She's accumulated so many cultivation points, shouldn't she give them back to me?"

"So, where did you go, Senior Sister Qiluo?!"

Jiang Liu was anxious, and so were the eight sect leaders of the three districts.

"According to the system announcement, the next cross-regional event will be held in all four regions together."

Lu Hejin frowned, his face grave, and asked, "Can this even fight?"

After their two encounters with District Four and Jiang Liu, they have become acutely aware of their own lack of combat strength.

It's terrible, all that level and no use.

However, they still have no intention of changing, focusing on a promising future.

"Don't worry, we'll face them sooner or later."

The Poison King sneered, his face full of disdain: "A server that opened a year and a half earlier than us only had Nascent Soul players in the last two months. What's there to be afraid of?"

"In a few months, we'll also reach the Nascent Soul stage, and we might even have more Nascent Soul cultivators than them. It's hard to say who will win!"

"Even if we lose in the first event in the fourth district, it's okay. We can treat it as a scouting mission. Anyway, we level up quickly, and we'll win back eventually!"

He couldn't even beat the fourth district, so he never expected to be able to beat the first and second districts.

But that doesn't matter. A temporary setback is nothing; the final victory is what matters most.

He believed that the first ascended player would definitely appear in their third district. They abandoned combat power and focused on cultivation level. The advantage of crushing the fallen demon players with a higher cultivation level was their ability to do so!

"You mean, before the next four-zone event, all we need to do is level up?"

The Flame King frowned at the Poison King: "Are you really not making any preparations for battle at all?"

"Do not."

The Poison King shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Upgrading is important, but we also need more powerful equipment to arm ourselves."

"After the event ends, we'll wage war against all the righteous NPC factions in Gengjin Shenzhou and farm for equipment like crazy!"

"The vast world is where you can obtain the most game resources!"

Upon hearing the Poison King's suggestion, the others' eyes lit up, and they all nodded in agreement, revealing wicked smiles on their faces.

Hehehe, grinding monsters, following the righteous path, they like it.

It's time to let the cultivation world experience the power of the Fourth Calamity!
Hundreds of millions of demonic cultivators are attacking the righteous path of the cultivation world!
The land of Gengjin is about to be engulfed in bloodshed!
To restore the glory of the demonic path, the Third District has an inescapable duty!
An announcement of a cross-regional event has fully mobilized the enthusiasm of Jiang Liu and the eight sect leaders. Their burning fighting spirit is bursting forth in their chests, like a volcano about to erupt, which is being suppressed. Once it erupts, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Kill monsters! Level up! Get loot!

At this time.

The rewards for this cross-regional event have begun to be distributed.

[The rewards for the third phase of the event, the 'Dragon Corpse,' have been dismembered. They will now be distributed based on the damage each player inflicted on the Overturning Sea Dragon.] [You dealt a total of 26% of the Overturning Sea Dragon's health, making you the MVP of the boss battle and earning a large amount of Dragon Corpse rewards.]

You have obtained 1 unique Spirit-Rank Dragon Core, 500 Spirit-Rank Dragon Blood, 500 Spirit-Rank Dragon Bones, and 500 Spirit-Rank Dragon Scales.

You are the MVP of this event and will receive a special mystery reward.

You have obtained 100 Equipment Attribute Enhancement Stones.

[You have received a special reward—the List of Earthly Treasure Immortals]

Jiang Liu: “.”

A huge pile of dragon corpse materials—the reward looks incredibly generous—but the problem is, he doesn't know how to use them.

Giving rewards but not blueprints, you're really something, planners.

100 equipment attribute-adding stones, not bad, right? Enough to add one attribute to all my equipment. I'll save the rest for the Azure Blood Hundred Slaughter Sword.

And what about MVP rewards, etc.?

List of Earthly Treasures and Immortals?
Why does this name sound so familiar?
Upon hearing the system's final voice, Jiang Liu paused for a moment, then, as if remembering something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he instinctively uttered a curse: "Holy crap! Isn't this the immortal array from the encyclopedia?!"

He suddenly remembered that the reward for collecting all the treasure illustrations was the list of immortal treasures.

This list is a celestial-level array!
What's going on?
Did they send the wrong reward?
I don't care, it's not my fault, you sent it to the wrong person, so I'll just accept it.

If you dare to recycle it, I'll verbally abuse the customer service lady.

Jiang Liu's heart suddenly pounded. He hurriedly opened his backpack, ignoring the row of dragon corpse materials and equipment attribute-adding stones, and stared intently at the list of Earthly Treasure Immortals. His fingers trembled as he clicked on it.

With this divine array, I can annihilate Zone 1 and Zone 2!
[List of Earthly Treasure Immortals (Minor, Incomplete, and Unavailable)]

[Category: Backpack Props]

[Grade: High Grade Spiritual Array]

[Effect 1: Increases the attribute bonus of all local treasures in the encyclopedia by 30%]

[Effect 2: After being activated, it can activate all owned Earth Treasures to fight for it.]

[Effect 3: Human and Formation as One, increases all attributes by 1 times the number of Earth Treasures held (up to 100%)]

Jiang Liu: “!!!!”

That was a damn feint!
Bai was excited!

Upon seeing the small "incomplete" in parentheses after the list of Earthly Treasure Immortals, Jiang Liu's excited expression instantly froze, and his disappointment visibly faded.

Haha, I knew it! No matter who loses, the planner won't lose.

You even accidentally triggered a magical array! Jiang Liu, you really dare to dream big.

Although he was a little shaken, he was still satisfied with the attributes of the Earthly Treasure Immortal List (minor flaw).

Each Earth Treasure can activate attribute bonuses in the encyclopedia. Although the bonus from a single item is not much, when there are many Earth Treasures, it becomes an extremely powerful bonus.

He obtained a total of 44 Earth Treasures in this event. Combined with the 2 Earth Treasures he had before, he already had a large number of Earth Treasures in his possession. Moreover, this list can also add 30% to the Earth Treasure Compendium's attributes. It can be said that he has made a huge profit just from this attribute alone.

The second attribute is to drive the Earth Treasure to attack.
With the Five Elements Sword Formation, the Bloodthirsty Sword Formation, and forty-four earthly treasures, his speed in mobbing monsters is definitely very fast.

The third attribute, Human-Formation Integration, is also very powerful. As long as you collect 100 Earth Treasures, you can have a 100% boost to all attributes.

Most importantly, it has no duration and no cooldown!
In other words, the unity of human and formation can continue indefinitely, permanently increasing all attributes by 100%, which is quite terrifying.

If even the list of high-grade spiritual-level earth treasure immortals is this powerful, he can't even imagine how amazing the list of immortal-grade earth treasure immortals must be.

After admiring the items for a while, Jiang Liu turned his attention to the 100 equipment attribute-adding stones.

After a grueling 15-day battle, all for the sake of adding stones to these 100 entries.

If this doesn't satisfy me, then I'll write another part of this plan in my Death Note.

[Equipment Attribute Addition Stone]

[Rank: Special Item]

[Effect: Randomly adds a fixed attribute to equipment, with a small chance of adding a top-tier attribute]

Random, low probability
Those five simple words made Jiang Liu take several deep breaths.

The Heavenly Robe starts with you!
[Should I use an equipment attribute enhancement stone on the Heavenly Gang Robe?]

【Yes】

[The attribute has been successfully added. This equipment now has the fixed attribute: +10% Attack]

Hmm, clothes plus attack, that's reasonable, not off-target.

Next one.

[Should I add an equipment attribute stone to the Rainbow Flying Flower Jade?]

【Yes】

[The attribute has been successfully added. This equipment now has the fixed attribute: +10% Defense]

It's not crooked, it's not crooked.

Next one.

[Should I add a gem to the Night Boots entry?]

【Yes】

This equipment has the fixed attribute: +10% Maximum Spirit Energy.

I knock!

These are boots, why did you add blue to them?
My mana bar is overflowing!

[Should I add a stone to the Ghost Face Bracelet (left)?]

【Yes】

This equipment has the fixed attribute: +10% Defense.

Haha, a damage bracelet that also increases defense, you've got some serious skills.

Jiang Liu sneered, no longer expecting anything from the equipment attribute-adding stones. Dingdang added an attribute to all eighteen pieces of equipment.

He wanted all kinds of entries, and he never used them to add them again.

It consumed 18 enhancement stones, but didn't get a single top-tier attribute. The rest will be reserved for the Azure Blood Hundred Slaughter Sword.

A superior spirit sword, I hope you won't disappoint me!
At last.

He then looked at the dragon materials given by the dismembered dragon that had slain the sea-overturning dragon.

[Spirit-Rank Dragon Pill: A special material that can be added when refining pills to raise their grade by one level and greatly increase their effects (the highest grade is Low-Grade Dao Pill)]

Ok?
The joy of accident!

Upon seeing the introduction of Long Dan, Jiang Liu's eyes suddenly lit up, and his mood, which had been dampened by the equipment attribute enhancement stone, instantly rebounded.

He originally thought this thing was just a material for alchemy, but he never expected it to have such powerful effects!
Adding a minor grade to a pill can significantly increase its effectiveness!

The most amazing thing is that he can upgrade a high-grade spiritual pill to a low-grade Dao pill!

What the hell!

He felt that this spirit-grade dragon pill was his biggest gain from this event.

Damn it, only one! How come you only have one Dragon Pill, you Overturning Sea Dragon? You're unworthy of being a World Boss!

"If Dragon Pills have this effect, then what about other dragon-related materials?"

Jiang Liu immediately became interested and turned to examine the other materials one by one.

[Spirit-Rank Dragon Blood: A special material. Adding this material when refining pills can moderately increase the pill's effect. A maximum of 10 drops can be added to a single pill (the highest enhancement is for superior-grade spirit pills)]

[Spirit-Rank Dragon Bone: A special material. Adding this material during weapon crafting can moderately increase the equipment's attributes. A maximum of 10 bones can be added to a single piece of equipment (the highest enhancement level is for superior-grade spirit weapons)]

[Spirit-Rank Dragon Hide: A special material. Adding this material when crafting talismans can moderately increase the effect of the talisman. A maximum of 10 pieces can be added to a single talisman (the highest enhancement talisman is a Superior Spirit Talisman)]

Alchemy! Weapon crafting! Talisman making!

Each type of dragon material has its unique function, which makes Jiang Liu smile with delight.

We'll use the dragon pills and dragon blood after we get the blueprints for high-grade elixirs. The dragon bones will be a perfect addition to the Azure Blood Hundred Slaughter Sword.

As for dragon skin, that explains why the talisman-making function isn't available yet!

"Dragons are treasures from head to toe!"

Jiang Liu couldn't help but let out a heartfelt sigh.

No wonder dragons are so powerful, yet some people are still willing to take the risk of slaying them. With just these few materials, he would slay one too!
Hmm, I now have the bloodline of a golden dragon, so I should be able to attract dragon-type monsters, right?
Hehe, please welcome the next victim of the dragon race.

Although this cross-regional event was exhausting, with 15 consecutive days of intense battles leaving him physically and mentally drained, the rewards were undeniably generous, even surpassing those of the first cross-regional event, which greatly satisfied Jiang Liu.

The first cross-server event will reward a mythical beast?

He spent hundreds of millions of spirit stones to raise it, what does that have to do with cross-regional activities!
"44 local treasures, 23 rare materials, 100 equipment attribute-adding stones, 1 spirit-grade dragon pill, 500 drops of spirit-grade dragon blood, 500 spirit-grade dragon bones, 500 spirit-grade dragon blood tablets, and a high-grade spirit array. This is awesome! 15 days of hard work were worth it."

Jiang Liu's face lit up with joy as he looked at the long row of new items in his backpack.

At the same time, it strengthened my resolve to level up quickly.

If the rewards for cross-regional activities involving two regions are so generous, what about activities involving four regions?
Don't dare to think. Don't dare to think.

But one thing he knew for sure was that the losers weren't entitled to the event rewards!
After taking stock of his gains, he rested on the event map for a while until an hour later when a notification popped up in front of him.

[You can now leave the event map. Do you wish to leave?]

【Yes】

Exit the event map and return to the main game interface.

The moment he returned to the main interface of the Immortal Cultivation Era, he was stunned. He couldn't help but rub his eyes as he stared at the drastically changed interface, thinking he was seeing things.

The original elegant white and blue background of the main interface suddenly changed color drastically, with the entire screen filled with festive red. All the functions were painted with red borders, making them extremely eye-catching.

Moreover, bright red lanterns are hung all around the main interface.

With lanterns and decorations everywhere, what's going on?

Just as Jiang Liu was puzzled and stunned by the bright red scene, a festive interface suddenly popped up in front of him.

[To celebrate the 6-month anniversary of the opening of the Heavenly Dynasty server 4 of the Immortal Cultivation Era, a special half-year anniversary celebration event is now open.]

[Surprise Celebration for the Fourth District is Coming!]

[Numerous celebration props are being given away for free!]

Limited-time gacha items are back! Max-tier limited-time items can be upgraded one level!

Double monster drop rates! Double cultivation points gained!

[Event dungeons and the event shop are open for a limited time! Exchange for top-tier items for free!]

Jiang Liu: “????”

The amount of information was so overwhelming that he was momentarily stunned.

(End of this chapter)