Chapter Thirty-Nine: Suggestions for an In-Person Meetup

[Xiao Yan: "When you have time, let us exchange our alchemy techniques to see how they differ between our two worlds!"]

Xiao Yan quickly cheered up. The fact that Fang Han’s world had such advanced alchemy was a good thing for him. The collision of alchemy from two different worlds would surely yield him significant benefits.

[Fang Han: "Agreed!"]

[Meng Qi: "My cultivation has been going quite smoothly recently, but I estimate that I will have to enter the Reincarnation Space before long."]

[Lin Dong: "My cultivation is advancing by leaps and bounds—it feels great!"]

The others in the group also reported on their recent progress. At present, everyone was doing well. After some thought, Shi Jian proposed an offline meeting in the group.

[Shi Jian: "If everyone is not too busy, why don't we meet up in person? You can also try out the group's world-travel feature."]

In the Dou Qi world, Xiao Yan’s eyes lit up when he saw Shi Jian’s message. He had been looking forward to traveling to other worlds for a long time.

[Xiao Yan: "That works. We’ve all gotten to know each other in the chat group, but we’ve never met in person. It’s time we did, and we can familiarize ourselves with the group’s functions while we’re at it!"]

Xiao Yan quickly typed his response and shared the news with Yao Lao. Yao Lao was also stirred with excitement. Traveling to another world—how thrilling! In all his years, he had never encountered such a thing. Furthermore, he was filled with curiosity about the alchemy of other worlds.

...

[Fang Han: "That is possible, but whose world shall we go to?"]

Fang Han was also slightly excited. The concept of traveling between worlds was too profound, and he was full of curiosity about it. He shared the news of the gathering with Yan.

Yan laughed, "Hahaha! Traveling between worlds—this is an experience even the ancient Great Emperors never had!"

[Meng Qi: "A party, a party! Let’s eat meat, let’s eat meat... I’ve been so bored at the Shaolin Temple I could die!"]

Meng Qi responded with equal excitement.

[Lin Dong: "I’ve long wanted to experience the chat group’s world-travel feature!"]

Lin Dong had no objections either. Seeing that everyone was in agreement, Shi Jian continued in the group.

[Shi Jian: "Since everyone has the time, come gather in my world!"]

[Shi Jian: "I have a place here called the Void God Realm, where one can project their consciousness to train, much like a virtual network world. I’ll take you all there to hang out later!"]

[Shi Jian: "Get ready; I’m opening the portal!"]

After sending his message, Shi Jian looked toward the distance. Not far away stood a ferocious beast resembling a white tiger with a pair of Qilin horns on its head; it had been drawn there by the commotion caused by his breakthrough. Runes flickered across the beast’s body, clearly marking it as the overlord of this mountain range.

"Just right for hosting everyone..." A thought flashed through Shi Jian’s mind. He leapt into the air, covering dozens of yards in the blink of an eye, and struck down with his left hand.

The beast let out a roar, pulverized a boulder weighing tens of thousands of pounds beneath its feet with one claw, and launched itself at Shi Jian. It opened its mouth and spat out a sheet of white light. The beast understood the mysteries of runes and possessed the strength of the Cave Heaven realm.

However, it was of little use before Shi Jian. With a light slap, Shi Jian knocked it to the ground, extinguishing its consciousness. He grabbed a snow-white, crystalline bone spur from its body and hoisted the carcass onto his shoulders.

Just then, voices echoed in his ears.

[Fang Han requests to teleport to your world.]
[Xiao Yan requests to teleport to your world.]
...
A series of notifications sounded.

Shi Jian did not hesitate to grant permission, and a familiar portal of light appeared once more. As the portal opened, a profound tunnel manifested before him. One figure after another stepped out.

"Is this another world? It doesn’t feel any different from the Dou Qi Continent..." Xiao Yan looked around with curiosity, feeling that the environment was no different from the Magical Beast Mountain Range in his own world.

"What difference do you expect to see in the wilderness? Isn't the wilderness the same in every world?" Lin Dong stepped out of the portal as well, his eyes filled with exploration and curiosity.

"So this is what it feels like to cross worlds..." Another person emerged—Fang Han. Behind him floated a scroll, and within the painting, a great river seemed to churn, with a dragon dormant beneath the currents. Suddenly, the dragon manifested from the painting, as if breaking through from a two-dimensional plane into the third.

"Roar! So this is another world? To be able to travel across worlds—what kind of power is this?" The dragon was, naturally, Yan. It scanned the surroundings, sensing the differences in the environment.

A spirit also manifested from the ring at Xiao Yan's side: Yao Lao.

Yao Lao stared at the surroundings in shock. "Traveling to other worlds... Little Yan-zi, this chat group of yours is truly extraordinary!"

Following closely behind, a bald man appeared. It was Meng Qi!

"I’ve finally left the Shaolin Temple..." Tears welled up in his eyes.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Shi Jian welcomed them: "Everyone, welcome to the Perfect World!"