Of course, many mages hold multiple positions, but those are secondary roles or side hustles. Failing at them doesn’t impact their reputation or status, and there’s no need to fear being constrained by others.
Moreover, Song Lin possessed Taoist Skills from story worlds, which made becoming a mage relatively promising.
Mages are evaluated based on their Taoist Skill level. Ordinary Masters of Departnts consider strength and contributions, but they also look at the Heavenly Master’s favor. Song Lin had offended the Heavenly Master’s son and, in public, had thoroughly embarrassed the Heavenly Master himself.
Song Lin didn’t believe he could expect the Heavenly Master to set aside their grudge.
"It’s decided then—I’ll follow the path of a mage!"
Being accepted by the Taoist Alliance as a mage is comparatively easier.
"Ti to open a new world..."
Song Lin thought to himself.
This ti, there was only one goal:
Take it slow...
His focused research in the previous world had yielded fruitful results.
It would be best to find a world where he could calmly dive into academic pursuits or one with a slower pace.
Moreover, it must have plenty of Taoist Skills.
Many previous story worlds lacked sufficient Taoist Skills, slowing his research. Hundreds of years had mostly gone to waste.
He thought of worlds like the Golden Demon World, which contained diverse thods for proving the Dao.
With a few hundred years of focused study, there would undoubtedly be rewarding outcos.
Having reached this conclusion, Song Lin forced out essence blood.
The blood flowed into the void, forming a crimson rune.
Whoosh!
"Gu God World? Xiangxi Gu Technique? No... unacceptable!"
Song Lin committed suicide on the spot.
He returned to reality.
Song Lin’s face was ashen, drained from excessive consumption of essence blood.
As the upper limits of worlds increased, the consumption of essence blood would also grow.
"Strange... what’s going on?"
Song Lin had no mory of it but suddenly felt his essence blood had significantly diminished.
Oh well, it’s ti to open another world instead.
Once again, he slit his finger, forcing out essence blood.
He began a new world.
No, unacceptable! Commit suicide!
"Hmm? What’s happening?"
Open another.
Incense Fire Divine Tao type—Southern Ghost God System—too chaotic, it didn’t align with his current path. Moreover, it lacked noteworthy ghosts and gods.
Commit suicide!
Oddly enough, worlds related to Taiyi and the Penglai Myth rarely appeared. These myths, it seed, were scarce.
Though it made sense upon reflection. The Monster Chronicles contained few Taiyi myths—those that existed were at the level of creation myths that split heaven and earth.
The Penglai Myth was overly fragnted and obscure, mostly anecdotal accounts of Abnormal Soldiers. It didn’t even form a complete system.
Five tis in a row.
In the sealed chamber, Song Lin’s face was pale as a ghost.
He seed to have realized sothing.
"I was just thinking about opening worlds and committing suicide to return if they didn’t work out. My essence blood is inexplicably reduced and I have no mories... could it be I’ve already committed suicide?"
Excessive essence blood consumption risked damaging his Primordial Energy.
Essence blood wasn’t ordinary blood.
"I’ll try one last ti. If this doesn’t work, I’ll take ti to recuperate."
Song Lin thought to himself.
Whoosh!
He opened a new world again.
This ti, Song Lin saw a vault of divine beings and Buddhas, Heavenly Masters and Taoists, the Heavenly Court and Buddha Realm.
A grand world!
[Since the start of days, the Two Forms are born of my essence; with one golden staff, I trouble ghosts and gods; free from the bindings of regulations; among the gods, I hold my rank; before the Jade Emperor, I’m called Old Sun]
[World]: Mixed Play Journey to the West
[Thirty-Six Heavens]: Mortal World, Heavenly Realm.
[Ti Flow Speed]: One to one year.
[Descent]: Soul.
[Type]: Near Ancient Myths, Taoist Myth, Buddhist Myth.
[System]: Three Pure Ones and Four Imperial Gods, Jade Emperor God System.
[Karma Effect Cycle]: None.
"Hmm? Mixed Play Journey to the West? Not Journey to the West?"
...
(Finally, the world selection is complete. Does anyone here know this world? It’s the one where that monkey keeps bragging about his brass muscles and iron bones, and his Bai Xijier stuff.)
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