“Reporting, Host! The path of cultivation naturally involves greater improvements the further one progresses. With the Pure Yang Immortal Body, your combat power at the same cultivation level will be unrivaled, and your success rate for Undergoing Tribulation and Ascension will greatly increase.”
“Alright, System, how much Luck Value does the Extreme Overlord Body need to Breakthrough to the next stage?”
“Reporting, Host! Advancing the Extreme Overlord Body (Advanced Stage) requires 1,000,000 Luck Value.”
“1 million?”
“Yes, Host. The Advanced Stage of the Extreme Overlord Body can influence intelligent beings below the Immortal Realm, and its effects are even more domineering.”
“At the same time, the Extreme Overlord Body (Advanced Stage) can stack with the Pure Yang Immortal Body. With these two powerful Physiques, your success rate for Ascension is practically foolproof.”
Zhou Fan looked at his remaining 15,800 Luck Value and remained silent for a while before speaking.
“...Forget it, we’ll talk about exchanging for a Physique later.”
“System, my Body Refinement cultivation is currently increasing from the fifth stage to the sixth stage, only needing 15,000 Luck Value, right?”
“Yes, Host.”
“If I become Dao Companion with another important female lead of Jiang Yan, will the Luck Value consumption be reduced by three times, requiring only 5,000 Luck Value?”
After receiving an affirmative answer, Zhou Fan continued to ask, “Then who is Jiang Yan's other important female lead? System, can you tell me Jiang Yan's original plotline? I can buy it with Luck Value.”
“Reporting, Host! Cannot disclose. Moreover, the current development of events has deviated significantly from the original plotline. The other important female lead of the Son of Destiny, Jiang Yan, may not be the one from the original plotline.”
“This System cannot explain it clearly to the Host right now. Contacting changes in the destiny line is still too early for the current Host.”
“This System can only offer some suggestions to the Host. The Host can send more people to track the Son of Destiny. As long as you find a stunning woman who has come into contact with the Son of Destiny, it's always a good idea to get to know her.”
Zhou Fan half-understood, and after a few more conversations with the System, he confirmed one thing.
That is, the other important female lead of the Son of Destiny, Jiang Yan, had to be found by him personally; the System could not help.
A few days later, Chitu, who was responsible for watching Jiang Yan, sent a voice transmission to Zhou Fan.
She had lost him. Jiang Yan's last appearance was in the Tarkgan Great Desert in the western part of Qingyun State.
After Jiang Yan entered a small town outside the Tarkgan Great Desert, Chitu waited for him outside the town, constantly observing his every move with her Divine Sense.
However, when Jiang Yan walked into a secluded alley, he suddenly disappeared. Chitu's Divine Sense could not detect Jiang Yan's trace, and upon entering the alley, she found nothing.
Upon receiving the voice transmission, Zhou Fan immediately told Chitu to wait for him outside the town, then set off for the Tarkgan Great Desert.
Xuanyuan Qingyu had already completed her Breakthrough three months ago and was currently consolidating her cultivation in a secluded chamber.
As for Huan Cai, Zhou Fan had given her a vacation after the beast tide in Nightless City ended.
She likely wouldn't be needed this time, so Zhou Fan did not summon her back.
The Tarkgan Great Desert was tens of millions of li away from the Xuanyuan Dynasty. Zhou Fan flew for several million li, reaching the state teleportation array that led to the western region of Qingyun State.
He paid ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, took the teleportation array to the western part of Qingyun State, and then flew another two million li, taking a total of one month to rendezvous with Chitu outside the town.
As soon as they met, Chitu proactively admitted her mistake.
“I apologize, it was my dereliction of duty. I didn't expect that Jiang Yan, with only a third-stage cultivation, could evade my Divine Sense detection and suddenly disappear.”
Zhou Fan waved his hand and said, “Jiang Yan has at least a fifth-stage remnant soul on him. It's normal that you couldn't track him.”
“Since they only now hid their figures and evaded tracking, it means Jiang Yan already has a next objective, and he cannot be disturbed by others.”
Zhou Fan and Chitu walked into the small town together. Zhou Fan checked several map shops, but found no Cultivators hiding their strength inside.
Then, after purchasing two maps of the Tarkgan Great Desert, Zhou Fan and Chitu entered this boundless desert, where the scorching sun hung high in the sky.
To deal with someone, one must first know their information and be clear about one's own capabilities; only then can one win every battle.
No matter how things developed, Jiang Yan's core objective was singular—Spirit Fire.
There was Spirit Fire in the Tarkgan Great Desert, and Jiang Yan's other important female lead would most likely appear on his path to pursuing the Spirit Fire.
After conversing with the town residents, Zhou Fan learned that there was a tribe of Lizardmen in the Tarkgan Great Desert, and this Lizardmen tribe had a notorious fourth-stage queen—Shalan.
Based on Jiang Yan's previous ten-year original plotline, this Lizard Queen Shalan should be Jiang Yan's other important female lead.
But Zhou Fan did not go looking for Shalan.
He took Chitu and flew over the vast and boundless sea of sand for three months, during which they passed through the territory of the Lizardmen tribe.
Zhou Fan did not stop. His Zhiyang Holy Body could detect Yang-type substances and energy within a radius of 100,000 li.
For semi-substances like Spirit Fire, which contain extreme Yang energy, as long as they appeared within 100,000 li of Zhou Fan, he could immediately sense them.
There was no Spirit Fire in the territory of the Lizardmen tribe, and Zhou Fan also sensed that their Queen Shalan was not within the tribe either.
Continuing to search elsewhere, another three months passed, and Zhou Fan finally sensed the aura of Spirit Fire 50,000 li beneath a sand dune.
However, this aura was very faint. When Zhou Fan delved deep underground, he indeed found that the Spirit Fire had already been taken, and even the accompanying material that nurtured the Spirit Fire had been taken along with it, leaving nothing behind.
Seeing this, Zhou Fan knew there were still three methods.
One was to continue searching in the Tarkgan Great Desert. The Spirit Fire had clearly just been taken not long ago. Even if Jiang Yan had taken it, he couldn't completely refine it in a short period.
Zhou Fan had already memorized the aura of the Spirit Fire. As long as the person who took the Spirit Fire appeared within 100,000 li of Zhou Fan, he could snatch the Spirit Fire from that person's hands.
The second was to wait in the territory of the Lizardmen tribe. This was essentially a gamble, betting that Jiang Yan would come to the Lizardmen tribe and establish contact with the Lizard Queen Shalan.
The third was to go to Yunxiu Sect and wait for Jiang Yan to finish subduing the Spirit Fire, greatly increasing his strength, and then come to Yunxiu Sect to fulfill the ten-year agreement.
This method was the most stable, but it also carried some risks.
Zhou Fan's main goal was Jiang Yan's other important female lead, and going to Yunxiu Sect to wait now would undoubtedly mean giving up the opportunity to interact with that female lead during this time.
After careful consideration, Zhou Fan decided to adopt the second method first.
If he waited in the Lizardmen tribe for a year and still couldn't wait for Jiang Yan, Zhou Fan would only be able to adopt the third method, going to Yunxiu Sect to wait.
Returning to the territory of the Lizardmen tribe, Zhou Fan sent Chitu to wait for news in the small town outside the desert.
He, on the other hand, used a Magic Treasure to disguise himself as a Lizardman with scales covering his body, revealed a second-stage strength, and successfully joined the Lizardmen tribe.