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Xuanlan Big Brother’s mood at this moment was wilder than a roller coaster, no, even more thrilling than a drop tower.

Seeing that familiar face, cold sweat broke out on him. He forced several words from his throat and eyes with great difficulty.

“Came... came, came here, the Real Realm is great, came here, especially you, you’re here too... uh? Why are you here?”

You said calmly.

“That one in the human world is my doppelganger.”

All doppelgangers have Extreme Terrain Realm cultivation?

Xuanlan Big Brother felt his worldview shatter all over again.

“Also, remember, my name now is Chen Dong, not Chen Yi. Don’t call me the wrong name.”

As he spoke, you used the Who Am I? trait tag to change your appearance back to the Chen Dong look you had edited earlier.

Seeing your face change and your hair turn red, Xuanlan Big Brother was no longer surprised. “You worry too much. How dare I call your proper name directly.”

“Come on, I’ll get you settled. Once your brothers all arrive, we’ll carry out the next step.”

You arranged for Xuanlan Big Brother to live inside White Porridge City.

This guy was, after all, a member of the Winged Clan.

His presence here drew many curious glances from the Rebel Army members.

After all, the only place in the city that housed Winged Clan members was the prison holding the Archpriest and the others.

For Xuanlan Big Brother to be able to live in the city as an ordinary resident was rare indeed.

Even the current Rebel Army training instructors—the Three-Eyed Clan, the Scale Clan and other alien races—were only allowed to live in firewood sheds, abandoned warehouses, and the like.

Xuanlan Big Brother quickly noticed the strange looks people were giving him, so he learned about the environment he was in and what had happened earlier.

His mood dropped on the drop tower again.

What did it mean that Winged Clan members were lofty and untouchable in this stellar system, born superior, enjoying all resources?

What did it mean that the savior of the human race on Fortune Star, the Red-Hair Grand Marshal of the Rebel Army, had appeared, destroyed the main headquarters of the Winged God Church in the first battle, sparked the rebellion, and toppled the Winged God Church from its altar?

Xuanlan Big Brother exclaimed that he had come too late.

But he could only accept reality.

He knew he would still have to help you, continue to fight the Winged God Church.

Just thinking about that made him even more depressed.

Year six, thirty-two years old.

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“Ancillary Spirit Detective” (Purple Epic): By touching a deceased person’s belongings, you can sense fragmented information about their final moments, provided the deceased wanted someone to know their cause of death (for example, if they were murdered).

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Xuanlan Second Brother arrived at Fortune Star.

He was basically the same as Xuanlan Big Brother.

At first he was extremely excited, spouting off wildly.

Then he saw his eldest brother, got even more excited, and kept spouting off.

After learning the before-and-after from Xuanlan Big Brother, he stood frozen in place for a full ten minutes.

“Sigh, Second Brother, accept reality. We can’t escape his grasp.”

Xuanlan Second Brother cried out in anger.

In the same year, the Voyager returned, bringing back Black Wind, your doppelganger, and the Old Hag’s apprentices.

The Old Hag’s skill in artifact forging was not inferior to yours, and she was also excellent at teaching, so each of her apprentices was highly skilled.

With the people persuaded to come, you had the Old Hag tell them the truth directly.

“Master, do we really have to stay here, with you, mass-producing magical artifacts or spiritual treasures for that Chen Dong?”

At this moment, dozens of this master-and-disciple group were inside the city’s artifact factory.

Myriad Treasures Child Goddess was comparing a production line blueprint you had given her while tinkering with the prototype machine.

You intended to use magical artifacts to forge magical artifacts, rather than have artifact forgers make them.

Artifact forgers only needed to create the devices on the production line that would be used to produce magical artifacts or spiritual treasures, combine these devices, and automate production.

Artifact forgers would merely cast spells to keep the magical artifacts and spiritual treasures running without error, then assemble, test, and correct the finished products.

This would dramatically increase batch production speed.

Of course, this was to massively arm the army.

Your inspiration for this came from the Dragon-Man Realm.

“Not bad. Right now we can only follow his orders.”

The Old Hag’s chief indoor disciple was greatly puzzled.

“Master, I checked with spiritual treasure detection. That Chen Dong is also Extreme Terrain Realm, same as you, isn’t he? He’s not as formidable as you say, right? There are so many of us disciples. Can’t we find a chance to leave this star?”

Myriad Treasures Child Goddess didn’t lift her head, continuing to adjust the artifact.

“You can try. Master won’t stop you.”

“Master, why have you become so timid and cowardly? Fine, I’ll go try right now!”

A few days later.

The chief indoor disciple returned battered, leaning on a cane.

“Master, which part do we start with?”

Myriad Treasures Child Goddess stopped her work and said to her other disciples.

“Everyone hold on. At least Chen Dong isn’t one of those barbaric alien races. As long as we still have use value, our lives aren’t at risk. As for escaping...”

She looked at her chief disciple as she spoke.

“We can’t get out of his grasp. Give up that thought.”

Year seven, thirty-three years old.

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“The Emperor’s New Weapon” (Green Rare): The weapon in your hand can become invisible to the naked eye only; abilities that sense divine sense can detect it.

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Near the Path to Immortality exit on Fortune Star.

Xuanlan Big Brother and Xuanlan Second Brother waited here for more than half a year, unable to wait for Third Brother to appear.

They had to return to White Porridge City to tell you that Third Brother might not have ascended.

“No way. My doppelganger would definitely have urged him to enter the Path to Immortality.”

Xuanlan Big Brother awkwardly scratched his head.

“Uh... he might have...”

“He didn’t take the nine hundred ninety-nine Death Path routes; he chose another fork in the road.”

“I guess so. Third Brother has always had the most unrestrained personality among the five of us. He never follows rules.”

“He’s dead for sure.”

“Yeah. We don’t know the situation on other planets. He went alone, which is indeed dangerous. What if he offended some bigshot or something...”

“I mean if he disobeyed my orders—if I find him he’s dead.”

“...”

That was really a problem.

How could they ensure that people coming up from the human world would follow their instructions and not, on a sudden inspiration, take another fork?

“Leave someone at every fork to watch? But only one person can ascend each time... If I had over a thousand doppelgangers then sure, problem solved, but...”