'Correspondingly, the Undying will face death once every sixty years, then be reborn from their dead body, as if newly born.'
'Sequence Four: Undying. A certain amount of weak spiritual imprints has been detected in the extraordinary characteristic. Confirm destruction?'
"Yes."
The hazy, distorted light and shadow suddenly shattered and disintegrated. Before Tang, the beating heart gradually emerged, then was filled with various mystical symbols.
'Purifying the spiritual imprints of the former high-sequence being within the extraordinary characteristic. Remaining time: 3:59:52.'
Closing the craftsman interface, the spiritual light around him suddenly weakened and dissipated, then returned to nothingness, returning to normal.
"Four hours."
Tang muttered softly, deciding to wait until he woke up before processing the extraordinary characteristic after the spiritual imprints were shattered.
High-sequence beings, as demigod-level powerhouses, always contained some spiritual thoughts unique to the original extraordinary being in their remaining extraordinary characteristics. This was also one of the reasons why those who later wanted to use similar extraordinary characteristics as the main material for potions to advance to demigod were prone to losing control.
For such items, the system could spend a certain amount of time to clear the residual spiritual imprints in the extraordinary characteristics.
His father had already processed it beforehand, but the system's 'disinfection' was obviously more thorough and could eliminate all remaining potential hidden dangers.
"Let's talk about it after it's done."
Yawning, Tang peacefully lay down on the bed, closing his eyes and sinking into darkness.
'Okay, host.'
A dreamless night.
Early the next morning, Tang got up and looked at the system's processing results.
The extraordinary characteristic, having completely cleared the internal residual spiritual imprints, was quietly staying in the 'Craftsman Module', fixed in the void, still vigorously beating, but without the internal impurities.
'Spiritual imprints have been confirmed removed.'
Patting his head, Tang got up and drew back the curtains, looking at the rising sun outside. The warm sunlight洒满了大地, adding a golden edge to the surrounding scenery.
'Host, the current time is six twenty-one AM standard time.'
'According to the schedule, today requires performing the 'Marionettist' acting.'
'New tasks have been updated.'
'Task: [Marionettist Acting]'
'Having advanced to 'Marionettist', you have summarized certain acting principles. Please follow the acting principles and gradually improve the content of the acting method to increase the degree of potion digestion.'
'Task Completion: 3%.'
'Task: [Red Light, Green Light].'
'How can a Marionettist not have their own marionettes? Please hurry and find sentient beings that can be made into marionettes. Remember, the quality of the marionette is equally important.'
'Create your own marionettes.'
'Task Completion: 1/3'
Main Quest:
'Main Quest One: [Advance to Sequence 4, Occultist].'
'Main Quest Two: [Retrieve the Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics and Uniqueness of the 'Hermit' and 'Perfectionist' pathways].'
'Task: [A Small Experiment for the Marionettist].'
'Now that you have advanced from 'Faceless' to 'Marionettist', as one of the most bizarre abilities below the level of a demigod, the Marionettist's extraordinary powers can become a formidable force in your hands.'
'Please attempt to control the spirit threads of any sentient being.'
'Task Completion: 100%, completed.'
'Congratulations, host, Identification Attempts +5, remaining Identification Attempts: 144.'
''Craftsman' usage times +1, remaining forging times: 13.'
'Knowledge Fragment quantity +100, remaining Knowledge Fragment quantity: 10025.'
'P.S., Do you need to switch to the Mystic/Alchemist pathway for Sequence Four? YES/NO.'
"No... don't you have a 'don't remind me again' function?"
'Nope, host.'
Tang yawned, entered the washroom, washed up, sat cross-legged on the bed, and opened the 'Craftsman Module'.
"Alright, what kind of item should it be made into?"
He thought carefully for a moment. "A weapon? But the Undying's extraordinary characteristics don't seem suitable for Owen's fighting style."
"Charms, defensive gear, armor, or other portable things... forget it, I'll ask him later. Judging from the previous speed of 'Craftsman' production, demigod-level extraordinary characteristics will take six to eight days."
"As for the constant extraordinary abilities."
Tang's gaze fell on the options provided by the system.
'Host, the constant extraordinary abilities available are as follows:'
'Option A: Constantly maintain the 'Undying's abilities regarding the spirit world and the underworld.'
'By constantly maintaining this extraordinary ability, the user will be able to freely enter and exit the spirit world, open doors to the underworld, and quickly release a large number of soul bodies and undead accumulated within the 'underworld'. The speed will be much faster than that of a Sequence Five Gatekeeper. At the same time, the controlled soul bodies and undead will be eroded by the power of the underworld, receiving a significant increase in power.'
'Option B: Constantly maintain the 'Undying's control over 'death'.'
'By constantly maintaining this extraordinary ability, any living being that sees the item made from this extraordinary characteristic will suffer a mental shock equivalent to seeing the incomplete mythical creature form of an Undying. Low-sequence beings will die directly.'
'Mid-sequence beings will suffer varying degrees of 'deathly stillness' contamination depending on their spiritual resistance. The maximum effect can cause a considerable period of deep sleep, while the minimum will be at least one minute of bodily stiffness, during which there will be no thoughts, like a dead corpse.'
'High-sequence beings will be affected by things like bodily stagnation. Sequence Three and below will be controlled for at least five seconds, while angel-level beings will be reduced to less than one second.'
'Option C: Obtain the 'Undying's power of 'immortality'.'
'By constantly maintaining this extraordinary ability, the user will not die easily, and the body's resistance to external damage will be greatly increased. Even if the body is damaged, it will slowly recover through the power of the spirit world and the underworld.'
'The negative influences that can be constantly maintained are as follows:'
'Option A: Constantly maintain the 'Undying's negative influence regarding 'death'.'
'By constantly maintaining this negative influence, the user will be eroded by a certain degree of 'death', their body will gradually move towards death, and their spirit body will continuously dissipate. Even sealing this item will make it difficult to easily recover in a short period.'
'Option B: Constantly maintain the 'Undying's negative influence regarding 'memory'.'
'By constantly maintaining this negative influence, the user will always involuntarily forget some things. Of course, these things can be retrieved through certain means, but as the user's usage time increases, the forgotten memories will become more and more numerous.'
'Note: The maximum number of constantly maintained extraordinary abilities provided by the 'Craftsman Module' is three, and the minimum number of constantly maintained negative effects is one.'
'When the number of constantly maintained extraordinary abilities is three, the maximum power of each extraordinary ability is 70%. When the number of constantly maintained extraordinary abilities is two, the maximum power of each extraordinary ability is 80%. When the number of constantly maintained extraordinary abilities is one, the maximum power of each extraordinary ability is 100%.'
'When the number of constantly maintained negative effects is two, the maximum power of each negative effect is 67%. When the number of constantly maintained negative effects is one, the maximum power of each negative effect is 100%.'
(End of this chapter)