She started consuming them one by one.

After eating 25, she gained 1 level and reached level 82! Then she continued to devour the essence stones.

The mountain shrank more and more until only a small bump remained. However, Hao Gongming's eyes were shining with excitement.

"I'm at level 90 now! And this new skill is incredible!" she exclaimed.

Her new stats were as follows:

* Physical Power: 140

* Magical Power: 95.9

* Soul Power: 113.9

* Free Stat Points: 0

* Level: 90 (155,422/309,485,009,821,345,068,724,781,056,000)

* Talent: Low-Level Dragon Blood

Under the category of Physical Power Skills, she possessed an array of abilities:

* Administrator - Absolute Defense: Allows blocking one attack from a 13th layer detachment opponent once per day.

* Administrator - Overwhelming Strength: Temporarily increases strength by 100,000 for one day, followed by a subsequent 100-point decrease for a day.

* Administrator - Breaking the Void: Enables the host to break through the void and enter the endless, with precise control over the landing location. Additionally, the host can break through the unknown far away multiverse clusters with precision.

* Administrator - Ultimate Attack: Allows the host to use one attack per day capable of injuring a normal 13th layer detachment realm cultivator.

* Administrator - Domain Mastery: In the domain, everything is under the host's control. The host is invulnerable as long as the domain is not broken.

* Administrator - Near Immortal: The host can resurrect at full power anytime, anywhere, as long as there is any trace of the host's existence in space-time or as long as any other person remembers the host.

* Administrator - Clone: Creation of 10,000,000 clones with cultivation base far surpassing the reality transformation realm, but below the 3rd step.

* Administrator - Free Body: The host's body is unrestricted in all situations and can unleash power up to 1 billion times normal when self-explodes.

* Administrator - Slave Master: The host can enslave anything. Success requires the host to be a quarter as strong as the target, and once the slavery mark is applied, it is unbreakable.

* Administrator - Hidden: The host can remain hidden from anyone who is not more than 200 times stronger in physical strength.

* Administrator - Cloner: The host can clone the target an unlimited number of times as long as the source power doesn't run out. the strength of the clone depends on the source power used.

Regarding her Magical Power Skills, Hao Gongming had developed proficiency in various areas:

* Semi-sage Level Spell Improvement: Can create spells on a whim.

* Semi-sage Spell Strengthening: Enhances the power of each cast spell without additional cost.

* Semi-sage Spell Resistance: Resists spells below the 3rd step level.

* Semi-sage Magical Sense: The host can learn any spell below the 3rd step by looking at them once.

* Semi-sage Millennia Genius: Possesses an affinity for all kinds of magic, including racial magic.

* Semi-sage Master of All: The host can learn the strongest spell from an opponent bellow 3th step without seeing it.

* Semi-sage Natural Mage: The host doesn't need any spell construct to cast spells, although the power would decrease.

* Semi-sage Magical Body: The host can transform into a pure magic form that is invulnerable to anyone below the 3rd step.

* Semi-sage Curse Breaker: The host can break any curse not exceeding the 3nd step.

* Semi-sage Creature: The host can create intelligent magical creatures.

Soul Power Skills:

* Divine Spiritual Sense: Enables sensing within a 1 billion-kilometer radius using spiritual sense.

* Divine Sixth Sense: Allows perception of potential dangers below the 3rd layer detachment realm.

* Divine Soul Out of the Body: Allows the soul to leave the body for an extended period.

* Divine Soul Transplant: Enables the host's soul to possess another body for a long period.

* Divine Soul Clone: The host can create 100 additional soul clones of herself.

* Divine Soul Eater: The soul can consume other souls to strengthen itself.

* Divine Soul master: mysteries of other people's souls are within the host's reach as long as they don't exceed the 3rd level.

* Divine Soul creator: host can create souls as long as they don't exceed the 2nd level.

* Divine Soul shield: The host's soul is protected by a shield that defends against any soul attack.

* Divine Life giver: host can imbue souls into inanimate objects, making them living things.

* Divine Soul charm: host can charm anything with lower soul power.

* Divine Soul tracer: host has the power to trace anything with a soul as long as they don't move to another world.

Divine Achievements:

* Glutton: The host's stomach has limitless space and can perfectly absorb everything consumed.

* Core Master (Deactivated-Activate Y/N): The host possesses a monster core.

* Harem Master: As the number of harem members increases, the host's physical power and cultivation level improve.

* Monster Killer: Enhances all attacks against monsters.

Hao Gongming was extremely delighted with her new skills!

Now she can definitely fight against 3rd step cultivators.

Her skill, Cloner, would solve the problem of artists not having children. Of course, she wouldn't clone herself, as that would lead to incest and get her banned. Instead, she plans to find a willing person to be cloned multiple times.

As for how her other magical power and soul power progressed so much, she obtained many resources and used the best ones on herself. Interestingly, mages are very focused on soul cultivation.

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She put these thoughts aside and summoned a clone to open a portal. She wanted to see if she could finally defeat a 3rd step cultivator.

...

This world is ruled by Master Steven White. It's a unique world that she discovered during her adventures.

Steve White is a third step cultivator in the 1st layer of detachment, controlling this unique world.

It is divided into two parts: one resembling a medieval setting with knights and nobles, and the other showcasing advanced technology.

Interestingly, despite modern weapons usually overpowering knights, the knights in this world are incredibly formidable. They can dodge bullets, and a single slash from them can bring down a building.

Steve White plays the role of a peacekeeper in this world.

No one can openly attack the other side, as violating this rule would result in an attack from Steve White.

However, Hao Gongming is well aware of the true intentions behind Steve White's actions. He is harvesting the blood essence of mortals in this world, and he specifically needs the power of the knights because their blood essence is of superior quality.

In a full-on war scenario, the knights would be at a disadvantage, considering the advanced military technology and the prevalence of laser guns in this world.

As for why Steve White doesn't just destroy the technology side of the world, Hao Gongming speculates that he wants to utilize the threat posed by the knights to encourage innovation and the development of better weapons, reaping the benefits of their work.

But enough speculation—whatever Steve White is doing, he will soon meet his end.

…

Hao Gongming roared and rushed towards Steve White with lightning speed, leaving destruction in her wake as she pays no attention to obstacles in her path.

Steve White immediately noticed her approach and hastily cast a spell.

Typically, when someone reaches the 3rd step, they rely heavily on spells, and very few engage in hand-to-hand combat. However, Hao Gongming is an exception.

Steve White cast the "blood shield," but with Hao Gongming's overwhelming strength and her temporary power increase of 100,000, she fearlessly punched the shield.

The shield shattered immediately!

Steve White looked at Hao Gongming with fear in his eyes. "This person is clearly in the second step, so why is she so strong?" he wondered.

The impact of their clash is incredibly powerful, and if Steve didn't suppress the aftermath, it could have resulted in the destruction of the entire world.

"This battle can't be fought here as many innocents would die. How about we go to the void and fight?" Steve said.

Hao Gongming smiled and scoffed, "Are you insane? This situation is favorable for me as you have to protect other people! I don't have the luxury of helping others."

Steve gritted his teeth and cast "Blood: Divert."

This spell would divert the current or future disaster to only loss of blood from all the people under Steve's control.

Steve then went on the offensive, casting "Blood: Selling Future for a Wish."

This was a unique spell that he inherited early in his cultivation. It allowed him to invite disaster and bad luck in the future in exchange for a wish.

Steve's wish was specific: "This person who is attacking me dies." The wish had certain conditions to be met, hence he limited it to Hao Gongming only.

Immediately, a mysterious energy followed, and Hao Gongming tried to escape, but her body disintegrated, and she died.

Steve White sighed in relief, but his face also showed concern for the future bad luck he had invited.

…

Hao Gongming sighed as well. How could she lose? She wasn't reconciled to her defeat.

Immediately, she opened another portal and returned to that world.

…

Meanwhile, Steve was contemplating the future disaster when his face changed drastically. The woman he had killed was back!

"How can it be possible..." he started to say, but before he could finish speaking, he was punched in the face. He was sent flying at a speed countless times faster than light, causing the space around him to distort as he moved.

This time, Steve couldn't protect anything, and the entire world shook and melted from the immense energy. Steve White finally hit the edge of the world and came to a stop, bleeding from his mouth.

"Damn you, demon... You destroyed everything! Now I'll kill you without holding back!"

Steve cast "Blood: Boil," causing his blood to reach an unimaginable degree of heat, making him as hot as the core of a big star.

"Blood: World Sacrifice," he exclaimed, sacrificing all the blood ever shed in this world for a massive power boost.

"Blood: Help of Ancestors," he invoked, combining the power of all his ancestors. However, there were certain restrictions to consider, such as the diminishing boost when the blood connection was weaker.

Hao Gongming deliberately waited for him to get ready. With her understanding, he shouldn't be that strong.

Then, Hao Gongming threw a punch.

Similarly, Steve unleashed an unbelievable speed and countered with a punch, and the two punches connected.

The energy generated was enough to completely destroy the world, and the void appeared outside. But it didn't stop there; the impact was like a million supernovas, damaging neighboring worlds.

Worlds are incredibly distant from each other. In fact, they are so far apart that anyone below the 3nd step could run for their entire life with all their power and not cover even 1% of the distance.

But at this moment, the explosion was so strong that nearby worlds were affected.

In this altercation, Hao Gongming emerged as the victor, and Steve was thrown into a nearby lower-level world, completely breaking through the protective formation and entering, attempting to escape.

Hao Gongming followed and realized that if it continued like this, Steve might really be able to get away.

For the first time, she decided to utilize her cloning power in battle.

With her administrative-level clone ability, she could summon 10 million clones, all below the 3rd step. With a single thought, she summoned almost 10 million clones simultaneously, sparing only the clones in critical positions that were necessary.

She summoned them while she was in the world that Steve had entered.

Then all her clones began ravaging, searching everywhere. After a while, a few of her clones were killed.

It served as a signal to Steve's location.

Many other clones moved in that direction, and without exception, they died.

In the face of a 3rd step cultivator, her clones were as fragile as paper. But even paper, when in sufficient quantity, can suffocate a 3rd step cultivator.

After more than 5 million clones gathered, Steve was struggling and screamed, "Damn you!"

He then exploded himself, causing a massive explosion that tore apart the local group of universes. Many worlds were destroyed in the aftermath.

…

Following this incident, various forces sent people to investigate, and higher-level forces more or less understood what had happened.

However, the universe was so vast that even after over 100 worlds were destroyed, it was like a grain of sand in the desert, of little importance to anyone.

…

Hao Gongming appeared in the Hao Harem Sect and smiled bitterly.

She didn't gain a single experience point. It seemed like all of that effort had been in vain.

But then, a smile crossed her face.

"I can finally defeat a 3rd step cultivator without being in the third step myself," she said, laughing wildly. She had worked so hard for this moment.

She called for Su.

He arrived with a serious expression and asked, "Gongming, you look happy."

She replied, "Of course, I'm happy! Tonight, I want a celebration throughout the entire sect. Prepare all the art teams we have. I want everyone in the sect to do their best to please me."

Su looked very serious and called his assistants to make the preparations.

As the Hao Harem Sect consisted of over 1 billion people, preparing for a celebration in just a few hours was a significant challenge.