I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

Within minutes, the demons and monsters in the mountains were attracted by the alluring spiritual power and aura emanating from Uesugi Tetsuya.

Yet, they also sensed, deep down, that this alluring human seemed to possess a certain degree of danger.

As a result, more and more ghosts and spirits are paying attention to Uesugi Tetsuya, but all the ghosts are hesitant and waiting for other ghosts to take the lead and test the waters for them.

Uesugi Tetsu ignored them.

Lift your leg, lower it, lift your leg, lower it.

In less than half an hour, he had reached the halfway point of the mountain and met a man and a woman who were also climbing, but with very simple equipment.

Judging from their clothes, appearance, and height, they are probably two high school students, perhaps a couple.

Several ghosts, around half a star in rank, had already approached the two high school students from behind, but because of Uesugi Tetsu's appearance, they all retreated in fear and began to observe.

The mountains are very quiet, so if a third person makes an undisguised sound, it's easy to hear it.

The high school boy turned around in surprise: "Hey bro! Are you here to hike too?"

The high school girl next to him noticed that apart from a cosplay outfit hanging from his waist, he wasn't wearing any hiking gear.

She found it strange.

"He doesn't even bring a flashlight, how can he see where he's going?"

Uesugi Tetsu ignored the two and walked slowly past them.

She merely glanced at the high school boy as they passed each other.

The latter immediately flew into a rage.

He grabbed the high school girl's hand: "Fujita-san! This guy definitely wants to race us. Come on, let's follow him!"

"Huh?! Isn't that dangerous?"

Fujita hesitated.

The male voice estimated Uesugi Tetsuya's climbing speed and patted his chest to assure him, "What's there to be afraid of? He's not walking fast, only a tiny bit faster than the two of us."

"Well, that's fine..."

The two held hands and quickened their pace slightly, using cheap hiking poles to support themselves, which made the ghosts staring at their backs in the distance reveal their resentful eyes.

Another half hour passed, and Uesugi Tetsuya, without even breaking a sweat, passed the last rest pavilion and easily arrived at the summit of the small mountain.

Dozens of meters away on the steps, two high school students, already drenched in sweat and panting heavily, lifted their legs, which felt like they were filled with lead, and took another difficult step.

The boy stammered, "Is this...is this guy a robot? He doesn't need to rest while climbing mountains!"

Fujita rolled his eyes: "Otomo-kun...it's all your fault. He was climbing by himself and you had to go after him..."

Da You's voice was hoarse, and his breathing sounded like an old bellows.

"Fujita, you don't understand! He glanced at me as he passed by; it was practically a challenge to me!"

"—In short, I'd be a complete idiot if I got up early again next time to go hiking with you, Otomo!"

They ignored the flirting between the two high school students.

Uesugi Tetsu pulled his gaze away from the sky, which had changed color, and lowered his eyes to stare at the progress bar that was struggling to move forward by the last bit.

[“White Prajna (Adult Form)” is upgrading: 100%!]

[Your demon avatar, White Prajna (adult form), has been upgraded!]

[You have obtained the Demon Incarnation - White Prajna (Complete Form)!]

Twenty days in the present world, and nearly a hundred days in Uesugi Tetsuya's subjective time, the demon incarnation Haku Hannya has finally advanced from two stars to two and a half stars!

"A lot has really happened these past few days."

He sighed slightly, then looked at the brand-new White Prajna panel that popped up—

【Demon Incarnation - White Prajna (Complete Form)】

[Quality: Epic]

[Rank: Two and a half stars]

[Level Cap: Three and a Half Stars]

[Talents: Demonic Spirit, Greed, Anger, Ignorance, Berserker, White Fear]

This time, Bai Banruo's advancement did not bring about significant changes. Apart from a sharp increase in physical attributes, it did not bring any new talents.

Of course, the key lies in—

"His talent for being a ghost or god has changed."

It changed from the original "weak ghosts and spirits" to "ghosts and spirits".

If you click on it, you'll find a more accurate explanation: only the power of the demons (weak) has become the complete form.

The other two remained unchanged.

[Ghosts and spirits: The power, strength (weak), and appearance (weak) of ghosts and spirits.]

reasonable.

Ghosts and spirits...

The current Uesugi Tetsuya is different from before. He already knows what the word "demon god" represents, and he has also seen more than a dozen different demon god-level powerhouses.

The weight and value of these two words are absolutely beyond doubt.

A leap of half a star level can change its rank by one-third, which is already a significant improvement.

—The moment Bai Banruo completed her ascension, Uesugi Tetsuya, standing atop the mountain, suddenly changed his demeanor.

From being a highly sought-after ordinary person, he transformed into a terrifying demon, a ghost, or a god!

The numerous demons and monsters of varying strengths that had followed them up from the foot of the mountain all instantly realized...

What is power?

The weak trembled with fear and knelt in submission.

The powerful figure was filled with horror and immediately retreated.

All ghosts will be frightened!

In the blink of an eye, only Uesugi Tetsuya and the two high school students who had finally climbed the last few dozen steps to the top of the hill remained.

“Fujita, I feel like this guy’s demeanor has changed.” Otomo wiped the sweat from his face. “It feels like he’s become the focus of the entire mountain.”

"It seems...that's how it is."

Fujita stared at Uesugi Tetsu's back for a while, then noticed the force from his palm increase.

The girl blushed and spat, "Now that we've reached the top, it's time to let go!"

Otomo immediately let go, touched his hair, and said, "Haha, sorry..."

The two were laughing and joking, completely unaware that the young man standing in front of them had saved their lives.

Uesugi Tetsu heard the noise behind him but didn't pay much attention to it.

The first thing to do is to immediately promote Bai Banruo to three stars.

Having learned from the previous experience, Uesugi Tetsuya will not waste a single moment this time.

"We need 400 portions of soothing incense ash, and do we also need one portion of [Soothing Incense Ash (Large)]?"

Coincidentally, he had a portion of the large incense ash for calming the soul in his pocket.

As for the remaining 150 portions of soothing incense ash, they can be easily dealt with using three portions of soothing incense ash (medium).

Uesugi Tetsu spent over two hundred soul ash to extract the required soul-soothing incense ash, and then immediately put Haku Banra into the state of advancing to the third level.

The prompt pops up.

[“White Prajna (Complete Form)” Advancement in progress: 0% (30 days remaining)]

"A month... I don't know if I can make it before the seeding tournament starts."

The fact that the time didn't double directly relieved Uesugi Tetsuya. If the upgrade time was only 40 days this time, then the next one would probably be an absurd 80 days.

Uesugi Tetsu waved away the notification and turned his gaze.

Then, there's my personal attribute panel, which has changed as a result—

【Uesugi Tetsu】

[Physique: 59→62]

[Willpower: 41 → 43]

【Charm: 12】

[Spiritual Arts: 44 → 46]

The improvement in three-dimensional attributes is minimal... but this is an effect that is weakened several times over when the demon is transformed.

Uesugi Tetsu looked inward at the white avatar card that rose from his dantian, hovering in mid-air and radiating black and red light, and grinned.

In reality, the attribute changes of demonic incarnations are quite significant!

But before that, there seems to be some new changes.

Uesugi Tetsu put away the panel, his pupils shrinking slightly in surprise.

[Attention! Your Demonic Incarnation: White Prajna has reached two and a half stars, and your special equipment, Prajna Mask, has changed!]

Originally, Uesugi Tetsu thought that as long as the quality of the White Prajna incarnation remained unchanged, the special equipment would not change.

But now the facts tell him that this is not the case.

【Prajna Mask】

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Stores two "Demon Incarnation - Laughing Prajna" talents, retaining 60% of their effect. No equipment slot is consumed when equipped.]

[—The perfectly crafted demon mask has now evolved once again due to changes in its original form!]

The changes made by the mask of Prajna are simply outrageous!

The retention rate has been increased from 50% to 60%, which is decent. What's outrageous is that the talent that could originally only be stored once has been doubled!

It should be noted that the White Prajna incarnation itself only has four talents, and now it can acquire two of them with just a mask.

Playing with the white Hannya mask in his hand, which now had a brighter sheen, Uesugi Tetsu limited the talents he stored to the more versatile "Demon God" and "Berserker".

Just as he was about to put on the mask, Uesugi Tetsu remembered that there was a bunch of high school couples behind him.

That's easy.

He first transformed into a four-tailed fox and used his "Mirage" talent slightly to distort the two people's perception of him, then put the mask on his face.

In an instant, an unprecedented explosive force filled every corner of Uesugi Tetsuya's body!

【Uesugi Tetsu (Four-tailed Fox Incarnation)】

[Physique: 62→95]

[Willpower: 43 → 55]

【Charm: 21】

[Spiritual Skills: 78]

As he exhaled a pure white sword of energy that stretched for dozens of meters, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but chuckle to himself, "Just wearing a mask, and my physical attributes are already approaching 100."

Furthermore, a willpower of 55 points... allows one to surpass most cultivators who are not yet at the late stage of "Hundred Refinements" in terms of mental state, even with the "Mirror of Clarity" state.

All I can say is that there is a pure beauty in the numbers.

Uesugi Tetsu lowered his head and stared at the arm that appeared unchanged on the surface, but whose strength had actually increased several times over.

With his fingers moving freely, easily stirring up the surrounding air, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but wonder what kind of delightful effect would trigger Berserk if he were to stab himself now.

But forget it.

We're not at home now, and it's not very convenient to suffer a serious injury in the real world.

The Sword Saint in the projection realm tomorrow should be able to answer this question for me.

After thinking for a moment, Uesugi Tetsuya deactivated his four-tailed fox form and transformed back into his simple white Hannya form.