I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely

After a Tier Sixteen Daoist Soldier was successfully refined, its body contained only a single Six Realms of Dao, making it equivalent to only the most ordinary Extraordinary Extreme.

But after fusing it with a Level 10, Level Three True Spirit Talisman…

The Tier Sixteen Daoist Soldier was refined by Xu Qing into a Clone Daoist Soldier. It absorbed the Level 10, Level Three True Spirit Talisman, and layer after layer of Dao Realms began to evolve within its body.

Finally.

It could master nine types of the Six Realms of Dao, making it comparable to an ’Elite Extraordinary Extreme’.

Of course.

This was only the weakest form of an Elite Extraordinary Extreme.

Silence.

Desolation.

Not a single sound.

Xu Qing maneuvered the Clone Daoist Soldier out of the room, but he heard nothing. It was as if the entire Moon River Prefecture City had become a city of the dead.

“This…”

However, when Xu Qing looked up, he saw streaks of blood-red Law Text in the sky above Moon River Prefecture City. These texts had combined to form an immense, blood-red array that already enveloped the entire city.

In fact.

After Xu Qing had left the Prefecture City earlier today, an army of the Deceitful had descended without warning as dusk approached, surrounding the entire Moon River Prefecture City.

At the same time.

A Deceitful Qi resembling a gray fog began to spread from outside the walls, creeping into the city. At first, it was held back by the city’s National Fortune and the vitality of its people.

However.

This resistance didn’t last long. The Deceitful Qi soon broke through into the city, spreading rapidly to cover it entirely. The city’s inhabitants immediately began to suffer.

Of course.

The major powers within Moon River Prefecture City reacted swiftly. They organized their forces in the shortest possible time to confront the army of the Deceitful.

At the same time.

The Yuehe Prefecture Magistrate’s Office, the Ninefold Immortal Sect, Jixia Academy, and the Moon River Martial Sect—the four most powerful factions in Moon River Prefecture City—formed an allied army to resist the sudden invasion.

Unfortunately.

Their resistance lasted for only an hour.

Li Shang then revealed himself. Alongside him was a Consort of the Fengdu Deceitful King, none other than the ’Deceptive Bride: Thousand Maidens’ Consort’.

A great battle erupted.

The Sect Leader of the Ninefold Immortal Sect, the Master’s Courtyard of Jixia Academy, Sect Leader Yu Pengfei of the Moon River Martial Sect, and Mansion Master ’Duan Minggong’ of the Yuehe Prefecture Magistrate’s Office.

All four of them fell in battle one after another.

All of them died.

Not one was spared.

Of the four.

Duan Minggong, in his final moments, burned his entire Lifespan to obtain the Power of the Ultimate Extraordinary Extreme, manifesting a National Destiny Flood Dragon.

Alas.

This final, ultimate ascension was nothing more than a brilliant firework in the night sky. Although Li Shang had yet to fully recover his strength—his current Cultivation Realm being only at the ’Great Success Extraordinary Extreme’—he was, after all, a being who had reached the very end of ’Law’ and mastered exceedingly powerful ’Divine Techniques’. He unleashed ’Divine Technique: Life and Death Talisman’ and annihilated Duan Minggong with a single blow.

With Duan Minggong’s death.

The resistance forces of Moon River Prefecture City were all but annihilated.

It was now the dead of night.

Li Shang’s ’Blood Sacrifice Array’ was complete, and every person, every living being in the entire Prefecture City, was now contained within it.

Outside Moon River Prefecture City.

Deceitful Qi permeated the air, forming a dense fog. Within this thick miasma, the flickering shadows of evil spirits and strange entities could be seen.

Their numbers were immense.

Tens of thousands of them.

At the very top of the ’Reincarnation Blood Sacrifice Array’.

Right in the center.

Stood two figures.

As the view drew closer.

One of the figures, standing to the left, had the appearance of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy. With rosy lips and pearly teeth, he was quite adorable.

However.

This fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was none other than the Master of Reincarnation Ruins, ’Li Shang’.

The other figure.

Was a bride wearing a red bridal veil. Her fingers were slender and as fair as jade, yet she exuded a terrifying, uncanny aura thick with suppressed rage.

“Hm?”

Li Shang glanced at the Thousand Maidens’ Consort and asked, “Still haven’t found the person you’re looking for?”

“I haven’t.”

The Thousand Maidens’ Consort replied, her tone icy.

“Wu Dao Ming.”

Li Shang called out.

“Master.”

SWOOSH!

Wu Dao Ming, now completely under the control of the ’Reincarnation Heart Demon’, hurried over. He stood respectfully before Li Shang and bowed.

“I ask you, is Xu Qing truly in Moon River Prefecture City?”

Li Shang asked, his voice low.

“Master.”

Wu Dao Ming began, thinking carefully. “Yes, I have made no mistake. It was precisely because Xu Qing was carrying Zhou Yi’s Dapeng Order that I had the great fortune and opportunity to become your servant.”

“Therefore.”

“I could not possibly forget or misremember this. Xu Qing did come to Moon River Prefecture City. I just don’t know if he left afterward.”

“And you, Thousand Maidens’ Consort?”

Li Shang asked, turning to her.

“Mm.”

The Thousand Maidens’ Consort grunted, her tone still frigid.

Indeed.

Wu Dao Ming wasn’t lying. After conquering Moon River Prefecture City, they had captured everyone from the Dapeng Martial Arts Hall, as well as anyone else connected to Xu Qing, and performed corresponding ’Soul Searches’.

Ultimately.

The Thousand Maidens’ Consort had discovered one thing.

And that was…

Xu Qing had hidden himself completely. She had performed a Soul Search on numerous people and confirmed that Xu Qing had indeed come to Moon River Prefecture City. However, he had since been operating under various disguised identities, making it impossible to pinpoint his exact location.

Furthermore.

Xu Qing had used many different identities and disguises.

“Hm?”

Suddenly.

Li Shang’s brow furrowed. He looked in the direction of Xu Qing’s Clone Daoist Soldier and said in a low voice, “Thousand Maidens’ Consort, I think something’s happening.”

“What is it?”

The Thousand Maidens’ Consort asked.

SWOOSH!

The next moment.

Li Shang shot through the air, his figure vanishing in an instant. With the Blood Sacrifice Array in place, the entirety of Moon River Prefecture City was within his perception and control.

Therefore.

Even though Xu Qing had awakened the Clone Daoist Soldier from a great distance, Li Shang had detected its presence immediately.

HUM!

In an instant.

Just as Xu Qing’s Clone Daoist Soldier stepped out of the bedroom to survey its surroundings—before it had even left the courtyard—he sensed a terrifying aura descend.

WHOOSH!

His vision blurred, and Xu Qing saw a boy of fifteen or sixteen standing before him. The boy floated in the air, his feet off the ground, like a specter.

Moreover.

Xu Qing sensed a familiar aura coming from the boy.

“A Daoist Soldier!”

The moment Li Shang saw Xu Qing’s Clone Daoist Soldier, he recognized it. A look of extreme fury and terrifying killing intent appeared on his face.

“You dare show your face again!!!”

Rage.

Utter rage.

After all.

Although this wasn’t one of Xu Qing’s Vajra or Ice Daoist Soldiers, his Daoist Soldier Skill was so extraordinary that it carried its own unique aura and signature.

Therefore.

Li Shang was able to recognize it as one of Xu Qing’s creations at first glance.

After all.

In the entire world.

Only Xu Qing could refine Daoist Soldiers that surpassed Tier Ten.

“Ahem…”

Xu Qing gave a light cough. Between Li Shang’s words, the familiar aura he emanated, and the current situation, Xu Qing had already guessed it.

The boy before him was none other than the Master of Reincarnation Ruins, ’Li Shang’.

“So, you’ve conquered Moon River Prefecture City,” Xu Qing said, his tone calm. “And the whole city has fallen silent. I imagine you’ve performed a blood sacrifice on all its living beings.”

“That’s right,” Li Shang nodded. “I don’t know who you are, but I imagine someone like you, who only ever hides and never dares to show their true face, is nothing but a coward.”

“I have no need to know your name.”

“But.”

“I can tell you this: according to my original plan, I only needed to perform a blood sacrifice on the experts from Moon River Prefecture City’s major powers. Using their Origin to refine my own being would have been enough to restore me to my peak state.”

“And yet.”

“It was because of you that my plan failed. I was unable to achieve a Perfect revival, so I was forced to find another path. This new path, however, requires a blood sacrifice of the entire Moon River Prefecture City.”

“Therefore.”

“The people of Moon River Prefecture City—the commoners, the innocents—the reason they will die, the reason they will suffer this fate, is all because of you. You are the one who has damned them.”

“You are the real culprit.”

“That’s quite a novel point of view,” Xu Qing replied, his tone calm and completely unaffected by Li Shang’s words. “You’re the one who wants to kill and devour people, yet you shift the blame onto someone else.”

“From the very beginning.”

“Li Shang.”

“This was always about what you wanted. You wanted to kill. You wanted to devour.”

“At first.”

“You wanted to sacrifice the major powers of Moon River Prefecture City—Humans, Demons, Demons, the Deceitful, and Buddhists alike. My appearance stopped your evil act.”

“Now.”

“Not only have you shown no remorse, you’ve doubled down. You even made a deal with the ’Fengdu Deceitful King’, transitioning from ’Demon’ to ’Deceit’. Everything you’ve done has been for your own sake. To push yourself further, you escalated your plans to include a blood sacrifice of the entire Moon River Prefecture City.”

“So.”

“You’re the one who wants to kill. You’re the one who wants to devour. Look back at everything that has happened, everything that you’ve done. It was all you.”

“Hahaha…”

Li Shang threw his head back and laughed. “That’s right! So what if it was me? You may have stopped me before, but this time, you can’t stop me anymore.”

“The Blood Sacrifice Array has been Refined! I am about to recover my peak strength! And I will find your true body, grind your bones to dust, and use your soul to light a lantern!!!”

“And another thing.”

“I might as well tell you the truth. From the very beginning, my plan was to recover my peak strength, take control of Moon River Prefecture City, and then offer the entire city as a blood sacrifice to ’Reincarnation’ to evolve the ’Reincarnation Law’.”

“Too bad.”

“You can’t stop me anymore. You simply don’t have the power.”

“You’re too weak.”

“Besides.”

Li Shang continued, “It’s because you’re so weak that you don’t dare reveal your true form. That’s why you have to resort to these Clone Daoist Soldier tricks.”