Chapter 1922 - 1921: 17th Official Copy World Settlement

Standing amidst the drifting snow and wind, He Ao lifted his gaze, looking at the card gradually emerging within his view.

First to appear was the base of the card glowing in a purple hue, dense purple mist nearly enveloped the entire card face, and within this thick mist, a purple figure opened its arms, faintly visible.

That figure appeared thin and simple, yet merely gazing upon her could stir tantalizing associations in one’s mind. Even with He Ao’s current soul strength, emotions subtly emerged beyond his control.

The longer the figure was gazed upon, the more solid it seemed, until He Ao’s entire field of vision gradually filled with that graceful body.

Meanwhile, beyond the infinite space and time, there seemed to be some vast and magnificent being establishing contact with He Ao through this gaze.

Do not gaze at God.

He Ao immediately lowered his head, withdrawing his gaze.

Once his thoughts calmed down, that invisible connection spanning time and space gradually dimmed. Only then did he lift his gaze again, looking at the card face in front of him.

This time, his gaze did not linger on the figure within the purple mist but shifted to other areas.

On the right side of the card, there was a cluster of purple light distinct from the main body, shrouded subtly in a haze, sketching a kind of inverted triangular symbol. Although similar in color to the purple mist, it presented a stark contrast.

This light covered about one-tenth of the card’s area, interweaving with the purple mist. Gazing upon this light, a faint chill seemed to emanate from it.

He Ao immediately withdrew his gaze, looking to the other side.

On the left side of the card was a cluster of blurred gray-white light, occupying about one-fifth of the card’s area, the third most prominent color on this card.

Compared to the purple mist, this gray-white light was more blurred, as if sinking into the background of the card.

Behind this gray-white light, there were faint interwoven streaks of orange-yellow light.

These lights were very subtle and could not compare to other elements on the card.

Without careful observation, it’s difficult to distinguish them from the purple mist.

He Ao’s gaze swept across the card again, carefully searching around the card face.

Soon, in the bottom right corner of the card, he found a cluster of faintly discernible gray light. The proportion of this gray light was actually considerable, yet it almost completely blended into the purple mist. Without careful searching, it was impossible to discover its presence.

Then He Ao withdrew his gaze, looking towards the entire card face once more.

The purple mist along with the blurred figure likely referred to the Witch of Desire.

The purple triangular light referred to the Grim Reaper.

The gray-white light referred to a good friend.

The orange light was Eternal Light, the yellow light was the Lord of Hell, all of which made sense.

The hidden gray light in the bottom right was the Holy Master.

All of this seemed correct.

But as for the person?

Where has the core ’person’ of the Character Card gone?

He Ao scratched his head.

In past Character Cards, there would always be a humanoid figure, whether abstractly outlined or realistically painted, there would always be a person there, which constituted the primary character, symbolizing the role in that instance.

So where has that ’person’ gone this time?

He Ao lifted his gaze, looking at the name of the Character Card.

[Incarnation]

Incarnation, whose incarnation?

Is the name related to the existence of Denos?

After a brief silence, He Ao lowered his head again, directing his gaze back to the card face.

In the bottom right corner of the card, the dim gray light gradually spread, extending behind the purple figure in the center of the card.

Because gazing at this purple figure earlier would draw attention from beyond time and space, He Ao hadn’t watched closely.

Now, following that spread of gray light, He Ao faintly saw behind that purple figure, an extremely subtle black outline.

It was as if the purple figure overlapped with some black figure.

And as He Ao once again gazed upon the purple figure, the connection to the infinite beyond slowly re-established.

He Ao immediately withdrew his gaze.

Then he glanced at the card in his view, taking a subtle breath.

Seems like he’s gotten into something big.

This card seems to point directly to the Witch of Desire.

Is that what incarnation means? A divine incarnation?

Does Big Sister’s anger run this high, even not hesitating to overhaul her residual body?

He Ao subtly inhaled, rubbing his brows.

Originally, he thought Denos wouldn’t form any particularly strong Character Card this time, at most reaching his own Angel Tier, mixed with some divine power, probably comparable to Paxiu’s [Night Peeping].

But now it seems, reality deviated a bit from his expectations.

The Witch of Desire descended upon the ritual territory with unprecedented wrath, perhaps even ’dominantly’ shaping this Character Card.

She preserved Denos’s body yet transformed it in a way He Ao couldn’t comprehend, into some type of ’incarnation’.

Moreover, this ’incarnation’ differs from past ’Saints’.

The Life Goddess didn’t harbor such intense malice, and when the [Saint] card formed, it was more due to serendipitous factors.

After He Ao redeemed the Saint, he could still arrange terms through simple negotiation with the Life Goddess.

However, Big Sister differed; she was purely malicious, authentic malice.

Perhaps this card by now was infused with Big Sister’s will, merely biding for He Ao’s inherent vulnerability.

He Ao harbored no doubt that should he use this card, Big Sister would swallow his soul instantly.

Nevertheless, this card also contains the powers of the Grim Reaper and a good friend, with the Holy Master partaking too, none of them might merely spectate and let He Ao be devoured.

Yet, the residual powers left by them may be inadequate to thwart Big Sister.

This card could quite possibly be the most hazardous among the current Character Cards.

It appears the Dreamer Talent Sequence truly carries significant weight for Big Sister.

Feeling the floating essence within his soul, He Ao pondered in silence momentarily.

He hadn’t chosen to directly consume the Dreamer Talent Sequence back then, that would have likely resulted in his instantaneous detonation, transforming into a monstrosity.

But to bring this Talent Sequence back, he had to subsume it into his soul.

He merely attempted to enwrap the Dreamer Talent Sequence using void consciousness, eventually succeeding in assimilating it into his soul.

The Holy Master’s secretive approach was undoubtedly aimed at taking advantage after He Ao’s demise, expecting the Dreamer might be exposed.

Yet, He Ao contrarily escaped with the Dreamer Talent Sequence.

Of course, the cost implied even when He Ao’s integrated void consciousness enveloped the Talent Sequence, the consumption rate of the consciousness was exceedingly rapid.

Just as He Ao ’returned’, his Divine Sense was almost completely depleted.

However, with his feet touching the ground, the power of the Main World continually surged into his body, transforming into new Void Consciousness and replenishing his consumption.

He Ao turned his gaze towards the notification that appeared in his field of view.

[Do you wish to use 32 Exchange Stars to exchange for ’Incarnation’? (Your current available Exchange Stars: 5)]

32, which is 8 more than the ’Deceased’.

This means that the system believes the power contained within this card far exceeds that of the deceased.

The Witch of Desire prepared an unknown amount of power to consume him.

The affection of the elder sister felt a bit heavy.

However, the good news is that He Ao probably won’t be able to exchange for this card in the short term.

His gaze swept over the ’available Exchange Star: 5’, which almost entirely drained his savings this time.

He exchanged [Night Peeping] and [Deceased], and also used other Character Cards like [Eternal Obsession], [Whispering Lock].

However, the good news is, the cards he hasn’t exchanged now are only [Abnormal] from Loren and the newly obtained [Incarnation].

Of course, even if He Ao had the strength, before he had the ability to confront the Witch of Desire, he wouldn’t dare exchange this [Incarnation] card.

The risk of this card greatly outweighs the benefits, at least for the time being.

He Ao took a deep breath, watching as the card gradually disappeared from his field of view.

Lines of text appeared in his view.

[Evaluating Main Quest Rating···]

[Main Quest Rating: Legend (9.5)]

[Congratulations on completing the Main Quest]

[Starting evaluation of other quest ratings, please stand by···]

The Main Quest rating remained unchanged.

This Main Quest involved investigating the cause of Kovotra’s destruction.

In fact, the entire task was quite straightforward, and He Ao had a specific hypothesis early on.

Once Sulan appeared, most of the issues were no longer issues, leaving just some unresolved details.

For instance, why the Grim Reaper helped Sulan, why the Grim Reaper wanted to destroy Kovotra.

The final key point was revealed the moment the War God’s Tomb came into play.

Thus, to complete this task, even without sufficient key information, He Ao only needed to persist until the final ritual phase.

Of course, this wasn’t easy, especially since the initial phase required Denos to be used as a sacrifice.

He had to avoid this death sacrifice and disrupt Sulan’s ritual for the Grim Reaper to intervene personally.

If the first death trap was breached, completing the task was out of the question; they’d be dead.

The system’s task difficulty indeed increased.

However, this level of difficulty was manageable for He Ao.

In fact, he consistently controlled himself not to reveal the truth or confirm it.

Because he needed to stall for time, giving himself more preparation time.

Simply completing the task doesn’t yield a high score; he must tackle the ’thing’ behind the truth and some additional ’setup’.

So far, He Ao has touched upon the system’s scoring criteria; achieving a high score requires doing ’more’ things.

Standing from Denos’s perspective, not only must the truth behind Kovotra’s destruction be uncovered, but vengeance for Kovotra must be enacted.

Thus, Sulan must die, and the Grim Reaper’s plans must be utterly thwarted.

Things that began with Kovotra must end with Kovotra.

The system awarding a 9.5 rating was no surprise to He Ao, as last time was also 9.5, and although he didn’t create such a grand scene last time, he did foil the Grim Reaper’s plot and established the New Netherworld.

Strictly speaking, the importance of creating the New Netherworld outweighed this divine conflict.

He Ao thought the last rating would be higher and this one would decrease a bit.

Yet the system maintained a stable rating, indicating that the core relationship in the Main Quest rating remained tied to the Main Quest itself.

[Evaluating Side Quest Rating···]

[Side Quest Rating: Perfect (10)]

He Ao stared at the ’Perfect’ rating, silent for a moment.

Unexpected, yet within expectations.

He was somewhat surprised, but not beyond anticipated, feeling rather natural instead.

Strictly speaking, in this Copy World, the most he did was related to the side quests.

The side quests in the Copy World are basically associated with opposing factions.

And the opposing factions in this Copy World evidently included the Church of the Grim Reaper and the Federation Alliance allied with them.

Regarding the Church of the Grim Reaper, He Ao severely injured it, killed the new leader Sulan, and disrupted the Grim Reaper’s ritual and plan.

This was done well enough but insufficient for a perfect rating.

He Ao knew early on that the system’s standards for a perfect rating were stringent. A single church of the Grim Reaper, a single angel slain, defying divine beings wasn’t enough.

Therefore, He Ao achieving the rating hinged on the other side—the Federation and the Consortium Alliance.

Previously, perhaps the Federal Central and Consortium Alliance could be viewed separately; now, with Kemingda’s assassination and Skewis’s ascension, these two are binding together.

Strictly speaking, they became a new force centered around the Consortium Alliance.

Earlier, He Ao’s opposition to the Consortium Alliance mainly involved public opinion impacts or disrupting some of their plans in reality.

This time, with the formal onset of civil war within the Federation.

This opposition manifested on the other side, reflected in the alliance of Dawn City, Yilan City, and the Nolanka Group.

He Ao utilized Vian’s Character Card as a base to catalyze the unification of the entire opposition alliance.

He Ao hadn’t seen the final conclusion, but based on the rating, the ’New Federation’ likely did establish on schedule.

Moreover, this ’New Federation’ posed a significant threat to the Consortium Alliance, potentially overturning the entire Consortium Alliance’s rule.

Hence, the system awarded such a high score to the side quests this time.

Of course, the opportunity to establish a new Federation wasn’t common; this was a turning point amid historical upheaval, and grasping this point granted He Ao the chance to obtain a ’Perfect’ score.

He Ao took a deep breath, pulling back his gaze, and shifted his attention to the continuing change of subtitles in his field of view.

[Evaluating Hidden Task Rating···]

[Hidden Task Rating: Perfect (10)]

[Generating comprehensive evaluation interface for you, please stand by···]