Chapter 629: Permission Upgrade

Seeing no one around, Ye Feng stepped into the Void Realm and took out all the fragments of Virtual Treasures from his storage ring. “Void Realm, absorb them all.”
The Void Realm trembled violently. Its projection reappeared and immediately took the fragments from Ye Feng’s hands, eagerly beginning to absorb them.
Several hours passed, and all 273 fragments were absorbed. In an instant, Ye Feng felt that the Void Realm seemed different from before, though he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what had changed.
“How is it? These fragments should be enough for you to reach 30% recovery, right?” Ye Feng asked proudly.
“Not yet. But 25% is already quite good,” the Void Realm’s projection replied, shaking its head, though it seemed satisfied. “I still can’t figure out where you are. How could you provide me with so many Virtual Treasure fragments in such a short time?”
“I’m currently in the First Perilous Region of the Primary Main Plane—the Chaotic Star Sea. I also don’t understand why there are so many Virtual Treasure fragments here.” Ye Feng was also stumped by the Void Realm’s question. He only knew that Virtual Treasure fragments appeared in this area; he had never really thought about why.
“From your description, it sounds like a junkyard,” the Void Realm’s projection said, its expression while pondering identical to Ye Feng’s. “However, I estimate that peak-level Virtual Treasures or even stronger fragments won’t appear here. The raw materials for peak-level Virtual Treasures are extremely rare. If that’s the case, these fragments can at most help me reach 39% recovery—never allowing me to exceed 40%. To reach over 40% recovery, I need a large amount of peak-level and top-tier Virtual Treasure fragments.”
“Uh, if that’s the case, it seems difficult for you to recover to 40% in the short term,” Ye Feng said. He also knew how powerful peak-level and top-tier Virtual Treasures were. He wondered what kind of cultivation level would be required to shatter such treasures into fragments.
“It’s still too early to reach 40% recovery. Let me reward you first,” the Void Realm’s projection said, seemingly unhurried. “From 18% to 25%—a full seven percentage points. Do you want the Supreme Privilege or the Ultimate Enlightenment Privilege?”
“I still want the Enlightenment Privilege!” Ye Feng replied without hesitation.

“Seven percentage points, granting you the Insight Privilege fourteen times!” The Virtual Realm projection waved its hand, and the number “17” next to the Supreme Insight Privilege in Ye Feng’s privilege column instantly changed to “31”.
“I mentioned a few days ago that for every ten percentage points gained, I would reward you accordingly,” the Virtual Realm projection said, instantly making Ye Feng feel hopeful.
“What is it?” Ye Feng asked.
“Firstly, your Domain Lord privileges have been upgraded again. The benefits are as follows: 1. You can obtain all items from all domains under your domain for free, with no limits on frequency, type, or quantity. 2. The number of free items in your domain increases to three per day. 3. Once every ten thousand years, you can obtain one item that is one rank higher than your current privileges. In other words, in your current sixth domain, you can get one item from the seventh domain for free every ten thousand years. Time flow is based on the realm where the Domain Lord resides; time acceleration is not taken into account.”
Ye Feng also knew that time acceleration wasn’t included. Earlier, under the one-million-fold time acceleration in the Absolute Martial Ark, even if he wanted to obtain items for free, he could only receive them once every three days in the outside world.
“Do you accept these privileges?” the Virtual Realm projection asked.
“I accept!” Ye Feng shouted immediately, fearing the projection might change its mind. After all, these privileges were far more powerful than before.
The moment he agreed, the patterns on the gold coin formed from the Virtual Realm within Ye Feng’s body seemed to become even more intricate. Ye Feng also felt a stronger connection to the Virtual Realm.
“There’s one more reward. I can refine all your pseudo-Virtual Treasures into mid-grade Virtual Treasures,” the Virtual Realm projection said, leaving Ye Feng stunned.
“Weren’t you saying that only treasures over 20% could be refined into lower-grade Virtual Treasures?” Ye Feng couldn’t help but ask.
“Over 25% can be refined into mid-grade, over 30% into high-grade, and 35% into top-grade. So, you’ll have to work hard yourself,” the Virtual Realm projection said with a smile.
Ye Feng took out all his pseudo-Virtual Treasures, including the Great Clumsy Bell that protected his soul, the Heavy Mysterious Tower that enhanced his earth-based powers, the Nine Directions Cauldron that helped him refine pills and weapons, and the White Ocean that nurtured plants in his mental sea…
As each item was taken over by the Virtual Realm projection, it turned into a mid-grade Virtual Treasure in just a few moments. When refining the White Ocean, Ye Feng removed all the plants from it. The Virtual Realm projection noticed the imperial-grade demonic plant. “Is that an imperial-grade demonic plant?”
“Yes,” Ye Feng nodded.

“It can also be refined into a mid-grade Void Treasure, as it possesses both plant and weapon attributes, allowing for two ways of upgrading,” said the Virtual Realm projection.
“Oh, in that case, please refine one for me too!” Ye Feng thought that if he were to cultivate swordsmanship, weapons would definitely be necessary. To some extent, the magical plants could also be used as weapons.
After refining all the items, Ye Feng looked at the other plants. “How can these plants be upgraded?”
“It’s simple. There are two ways: one is to directly improve their quality using the Ultimate Upgrade Privilege, and the other is to enhance their evolutionary potential using the Ultimate Repair Right. The first method is faster, while the second opens up infinite possibilities for evolution,” the Virtual Realm projection advised. “As for which to choose, it’s up to you. I’ll vanish now. Looking forward to meeting again soon.”
“Don’t worry. I’m confident I can raise your level to 39% now,” Ye Feng said confidently.
Stepping out of the Virtual Realm, Ye Feng instantly located Yu Hong. He had already marked Yu Hong earlier and used a space teleportation technique to appear right beside him in an instant.
Yu Hong was startled by Ye Feng’s sudden appearance. “It’s you!”
“What’s wrong?” Although Ye Feng asked this, he had already learned from Ye Lei that the two of them had been attacked by another group, but fortunately, they had dealt with those people.
“Nothing much. We were attacked just now. It’s good you have your clone; otherwise, I would really have perished here.” Yu Hong was quite frustrated. “Now these guys appear in groups, completely different from before when my cultivation level was lower. Back then, with my peak Star Universe-level cultivation, I could already explore the Inner Realm. Now that my cultivation has improved, I almost got killed at the border between the Inner and Outer Realms.”
“You’ve been in seclusion for too long. The outside world has changed a long time ago…” Ye Feng sighed, handing Yu Hong his storage ring back. “Here, your storage ring.”
Yu Hong took the storage ring and, after checking it, excitedly raised his head. “Why are there so many things here?”
“You also get a share of the spoils. Without your help, I wouldn’t have been able to defeat those people,” Ye Feng said with a smile, then turned to Ye Lei. “Were there any Void Treasure fragments in the rings of those who attacked you before?”

“There are some.” Ye Lei handed all the rings to Ye Feng—eight storage rings in total. “Among the four rings I have, there are also five fragments of Virtual Treasures. Since I can’t use them anyway, I’ll give them all to you!” Yu Hong said as he tossed all the fragments to Ye Feng. “I’ll go back and continue my cultivation. Call us if you need anything,” Ye Lei said, and before long, he disappeared. Ye Feng examined the eight rings in his hands; together, they contained ten fragments of Virtual Treasures. Adding the five given by Yu Hong, the total was still too small and not very useful. He put everything back into his own storage ring before saying to Yu Hong, “Let’s keep moving!”