Three months passed, and Jiang Yuan had essentially completed all his coursework at university. He no longer needed to attend classes—only his graduation thesis remained. Once he submitted it to his advisor, he could prepare for graduation!
As a result, Jiang Yuan spent almost all his time in the dormitory, either hunched over his computer writing his thesis or diving headfirst into the game world of *Wanjie*, unable to tear himself away.
By the afternoon, he had finally squeezed out a few hundred words for his thesis. Saving the document, he put on his gaming helmet, logged into his account, and entered the game world.
"Still 20% away from reaching level 150. I wonder if I can manage it in a single day!"
After logging in, he checked his cultivation progress. Last night, after completing four rounds of the Star Constellation event, he had gained three and a half levels. Now, he was just 20% experience away from level 150!
With excitement and anticipation, Jiang Yuan went to the NPC at the Hall of Eternal Life sect and began his daily Golden Core quests.
About an hour later, he finished the day's Golden Core quests, consumed all the Taiji Golden Cores awarded as rewards, and saw his cultivation pool increase by 3%.
Next, Jiang Yuan started his daily twenty rounds of sect quests.
The sect quests were simple: based on the sect envoy's instructions, he either had to go to a specific location to kill monsters or collect a certain material. The tasks weren't difficult, but they required a lot of map traversal, making them time-consuming.
For each completed sect quest, Jiang Yuan received 50 Taiji Golden Cores. After spending over an hour running through the celestial map, he finished all twenty rounds, earning a total of 1,000 Taiji Golden Cores. Using them, his cultivation increased by another 3% or so.
"Two thousand Taiji Golden Cores only give me about 6% experience now. Leveling is getting harder and harder!"
Jiang Yuan sighed, recalling that when he was around level 130, two thousand Taiji Golden Cores could boost his cultivation by at least 50%. But as his level rose, the cultivation required for each level increased significantly.
With the daily Golden Core and sect quests done, the only thing left for Jiang Yuan was to grind the battlefield.
He went to the NPC "Wanjie War God" and signed up for the level 135 Ascension Battlefield. He was joined by two other players at level 136. After one round, the three of them split the experience, and Jiang Yuan's cultivation increased by less than 1%.
More and more players were ascending to the celestial realm, making solo battlefield runs a luxury. On average, each round would randomly assign two or three teammates, and once, all five slots were filled!
Still, having more people had its advantages: each battlefield round took less than five minutes, greatly improving efficiency.
After nearly another hour, Jiang Yuan completed ten rounds of the Ascension Battlefield. Checking his cultivation pool, he saw he was still 7% away from reaching level 150.
"That's 420 million cultivation points. Where the hell am I supposed to get that?"
Jiang Yuan did a rough calculation: 1% of cultivation was about 60 million points. He still needed over 400 million to reach level 150. Frowning, he muttered to himself.
He had already completed every available quest. Dungeons could only be done once a week, and he had already cleared them a few days ago. The weekly Star Constellation event was also done. There was no way to get more Taiji Golden Cores now. His only option was to hunt field bosses or regular monsters.
So, Jiang Yuan summoned his flying sword, "Cloud Shuttle." His previous free sword, Clear Frost, had vanished after its one-month period ended, forcing him to spend 100 celestial crystals on a new one.
He flew around the celestial realm on his sword, hoping to spot a few roaming field bosses, but after wandering for a while, he found nothing.
"Forget it, I'll just kill some high-experience mobs."
Reluctantly, Jiang Yuan descended to the ground and started looking for monsters around level 150.
Soon, he found a type of monster called "Mirror Immortal," exactly level 150. Killing one gave 256,000 cultivation points, equivalent to 0.1 Taiji Golden Core.
He summoned the three sacred beasts—Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger—and began clearing the group of Mirror Immortals in front of him.
After one round of Mirror Immortals, Jiang Yuan's cultivation increased by about 0.1%. He would need to grind nearly 70 rounds to reach level 150.
He spent two or three hours, grinding until evening, before finally completing 70 rounds. A white light burst from within him, and his level jumped from 149 to 150!
"Finally leveled up! Now I can go back and change my class!"
Jiang Yuan let out a deep breath, stepped onto his flying sword, and flew toward the Hall of Eternal Life sect.
Finding the sect envoy for his class, Jiang Yuan took out the hidden class [Spirit Master] transfer scroll from his inventory and handed it over, requesting a class change.
[Ding! Received the Spirit Master class change quest. Do you wish to accept?]
Jiang Yuan hadn't expected that changing classes would require a quest. When he had first become a Nine Spirit Summoner, the NPC had simply tapped him, and it was done.
"Accept!"
Jiang Yuan muttered to himself, accepting the quest. Opening the quest panel, he saw that the first stage required killing 999 quest monsters.
Following the coordinates provided by the system, he arrived at the quest monster location. Summoning the four sacred beasts—Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Azure Dragon—he began the first stage of the class change.
The last sacred beast of the Nine Spirit Summoner's "Four Sacred Beasts," the Azure Dragon, was incredibly flashy. Its body stretched over ten meters long, and its attack power was formidable. It almost made Jiang Yuan reluctant to give up his Nine Spirit Summoner class.
But in the end, he couldn't resist the allure of the hidden class [Spirit Master]. After all, it was a super-mythical hidden class!
Soon, all 999 quest monsters were killed. Jiang Yuan returned to the Hall of Eternal Life, found the NPC, and turned in the quest. Then, he received a second quest: collect five different class-change materials.
Spending over half an hour traveling to five different locations, Jiang Yuan gathered the required materials and handed them to the NPC.
The final quest instructed him to kill an ancient beast named "Qiongqi." Following the coordinates, he found the beast and spent over ten minutes defeating it. Then, stepping onto his "Cloud Shuttle" flying sword, he returned to the Hall of Eternal Life.
[Ding! After changing to Spirit Master, all skills from your previous class will be lost. Do you wish to proceed?]
Hearing this prompt, Jiang Yuan was torn. To become the hidden class Spirit Master, he would have to give up all his previous skills, including his super-mythical passive skill!
"Damn it! Do I change or not?"
A fierce internal struggle raged within Jiang Yuan. Without that super-mythical passive skill, he would never have achieved what he had today. If he lost the skill that had made him famous, he would regret it for the rest of his life!
"Change!"
After intense deliberation, Jiang Yuan chose to trust the super-mythical class, Spirit Master. Closing his eyes, he shouted loudly!
[Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully changed to the hidden class Spirit Master!]
A white light burst from Jiang Yuan's body, and a feeling of rebirth surged through him. In the end, he chose to become the super-mythical hidden class—Spirit Master!