In Tokyo, the dungeon master

Wan Hua's astonishing statement even caught the attention of General Gu Meng, a five-star general.

Damn it, you little rascal, you really make me happy!

It's a real shame she didn't become a comedian and instead became the next Nami Mori.

Gu Meng herself wasn't even sure about it, yet she dared to say it. Hahaha, I'm delighted by your courage!

Old Deng was getting a bit stressed. His daughter was always like this, making him worry. If things continued like this, he wouldn't be able to die in peace, and he wouldn't have the face to see his mother, who had died a little earlier.

However, now that the ancestor has reappeared, and I have gained his favor, I suppose I won't have to worry about Wan Hua anymore, nor will I have to force her to go on blind dates.

Chiyana also felt that her mother was a bit too confident and naive, but Kyoka had the opposite reaction:

"Young Miss, she's so cool! She's so handsome, so handsome, I can't take it anymore..."

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"Jingzhi, do you have any other questions? Now that the Shirakawa family has chosen this path, we'll probably be working together for a long time. We might need your help with logistics in the future. Of course, I never treat my own people unfairly, and I'll give you some benefits."

Shirakawa Keiji was still considering whether to make a symbolic refusal, mainly because the book said that Nascent Soul level old monsters—no, mainly because the family book said that these magical ancestors were generally unpredictable and their temperaments were hard to fathom.

While he hesitated, Gu Meng saw that he was also a delusional old man and definitely wanted it. He waved his hand and a black aura enveloped him, branding a degraded mark on his abdomen.

Since there are no seeds, and it's impossible to waste precious seeds on this person, the mark on Shirakawa Keiji's body is naturally not the same as the true seed evolution of Shirakawa and her mother.

Gu Meng didn't use her brain at all, nor did she optimize it. It was just a transformation mark after the deterioration of the magical girl template. It was no longer a contracted familiar, but a magical derivative.

Even after transforming into a magical grandfather, he only has the level zero effect of the Mangekyou transformation. Without transformation, he has no special abilities and almost no extra combat power without training, but he can slightly enhance his body.

That should be enough for him.

Shirakawa Keiji felt a surge of power within his body, as if he had become more than ten years younger, and he couldn't help but get excited. Who could resist such power?

Grandpa is so cool! Now I'm a magic grandpa too!

"Ancestor... I am extremely grateful. If there is anything I can do to help, please feel free to ask."

"Yes, I will."

Gu Meng nodded and continued:

"Our top priority is to improve our strength as soon as possible. To put it bluntly, my recovery should be a higher priority than your progress. After all, recovering is faster than climbing back up. And I happen to have a fragment of the Shikon Jewel here..."

Qian Yuna noticed the word instantly and became restless. It turned out that the ancestor had this thing in his possession. If it could make the evil god covet it, it must be a first-class treasure.

Yes, that's exactly what Gu Meng needs. The more she believes the Shikon Jewel is important, the stronger the power of this fragment becomes.

Gu Meng's extraordinary rank is bound to the various abilities of the Book of Ancestors. Currently, there are four Dark True Seeds among the three major abilities. Creating a dungeon usually only creates a temporary second-tier one. Muzan's strength of 2.5 is already the upper limit of normal summoning.

The same applies to the limit of the power of the universe that can anchor the transformation of the false into the real; it cannot directly create third-tier treasures.

The original form of the Separation of Karma was a mid-tier treasure of the distant level in ancient times. With the support of the power of the universe accumulated after this dungeon, it is only at the second tier. Although the fragments of the Shikon Jewel are the more important treasures in this dungeon, they are not enough to directly reach the third tier. They need to be further nurtured.

However, in the original setting, this jewel was a fragment of a distant-level treasure. It was downgraded because it was incomplete. After the dungeon was cleared and its history was integrated into the real world timeline, the legend of the Shikon Jewel came into being.

Even in other parts of Japan, there may be fragments of the Shikon Jewel passed down from ancient times. Collecting more fragments will allow you to easily restore yourself to the third rank.

If Gu Meng wants to reach the second tier, he already has enough magic power and experience, and he can achieve it now; it's as easy as having hands.

If he wants to jump from two to three levels, he can prepare for the advancement ceremony now. After all, having distinguished between the Tree of Good and Evil, it is easier for him to climb the Path of the Fire Sword than for a normal extraordinary person, and he also has enough knowledge and experience.

The experience of slaying Muzan was witnessed in the dungeon, which can be considered a remarkable feat. It can help with rank advancement, but at most it will make you less powerful when you first reach rank 3. The current Shikon Jewel fragments are enough.

However, if you want to ascend to the fourth rank in one step, that's simply not enough right now.

But Gu Meng insisted on advancing directly to the fourth tier, [Victory], using forbidden power and dark magic that only those in the middle tier were qualified to access to reshape a perfect physical body.

The sooner you recover to full strength on the way up, the better. If Gu Meng wins directly, it is equivalent to only the original essence walking in the kingdom with a pure true spirit. This essence is the beginning, is one, and the lowest point corresponds to the highest point - "My kingdom has come, and its will is done on earth as it is in heaven."

For Gu Meng, who had only recently escaped the tenth-level "final full human state," the absence of a physical body didn't matter much.

After he reconstructed his body at the fourth level, he completed the second and third stages of his transformation using a true human body.

However, if you advance to the next level in the order of 1, 3, 2, 4, the second and third primordial substances, especially the second primordial substance [foundation] that you missed, will not be easy to make up for, and will inevitably be incomplete.

Reaching the top in one step may seem difficult, but it's not out of reach for Gu Meng right now. Once the Shikon Jewel reaches level three as a basic guarantee, and there are enough spectators, and a grand stage is set up... it should be soon.

In this magic-free world where he is the only extraordinary being, the difficulty of achieving great things for humanity is greatly reduced for Gu Meng.

Because his great achievements can be distorted into success that breaks through the limitations of the world, or distorted into reaching a realm that only extraordinary power can reach with a mortal body.

For example, it's normal for an extraordinary being in a supernatural world to kill 10,000 ordinary people; it's nothing special. But for an ordinary person in a world without magic to kill 10,000 people, it's outrageous, a great feat worthy of being remembered, and worthy of being enshrined in the Throne of Heroes.

In the current version of the world where the Great Source is dormant, Gu Meng enjoys the treatment of an ordinary person despite his extraordinary body.

In this way, only geniuses who are overly ambitious, get stuck on details, and are too perfectionistic will attempt to directly advance to the fourth tier.

But for Gu Meng, not taking on higher challenges would be a sign of being unable to think straight.

In his previous life, Gu Meng made the choice to climb to the third primordial substance first, based on realistic conditions, without indulging in fantasies of instant success. In this life, he made an even more suitable choice based on the existing conditions.

We could go to extremes and start something big on the next stage, like overthrowing the Japanese government in a week and starting a war to steal the country, all in one take. Wouldn't that be incredibly daring?

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