Worldwide Class Change: Minimal Effort, Maximum Reward!

The Greater Qilin moved through the upper atmospheric layers of the Allheaven Expanse, while Lin Yi sat on its back and watched the terrain below.

The expanse spread across the visible range in the layered complexity he had learned over weeks of operation. Mid-tier island clusters in the lower atmospheric band, the formations he had been working through since level 163.

From what he observed, the upper-tier formations occupied the higher elevations, where the island structures were larger, more stable, and far less fragmented than those below. The overall monster population density dropped in these layers, but the trade-off was immediate and obvious. Each individual entity carried a significantly higher classification, shifting the threat profile from quantity to quality.

The astral rivers flowed through the space between these layers in slow cycles, governing the broader distribution of energy across the expanse.

Their movement wasn’t random.

It followed a pattern, one that shaped everything beneath it. Wherever those rivers ran thickest, the island formations below absorbed that density, their environments becoming saturated with higher concentrations of spiritual energy. And with that saturation came consistency. Higher energy meant stronger inhabitants, and those zones reliably produced monsters of a correspondingly higher grade.

He was not rushing to find the thunder dragon. He had located its approximate territory through the three weeks of observation he had accumulated since entering the expanse, the creature’s movement pattern visible at distance whenever it traversed the upper atmospheric layers. Finding it was a matter of moving in the direction he had identified as its primary range and making efficient use of the traversal time.

The efficient use was apparent before they had covered the first significant stretch. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

A cluster below. The system scan registered the population as he passed overhead, Predatory Instinct’s passive range extending downward through the atmospheric layers.

"Hold," Lin Yi said.

The Greater Qilin adjusted its trajectory without requiring additional instruction, the spatial transition carrying both of them downward to the cluster’s entry point in two Heaven Steps that covered the vertical distance in under three seconds.

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[Crimson Tide Drake ×11]

Level 161

HP: 148,200 / 148,200 each

Physical Attack: 2,680–3,080

Physical Defense: 2,360–2,720

Magic Resistance: 1,860–2,180

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Eleven Crimson Tide Drakes arranged across a wide island surface, the spacing between them consistent with territorial distribution rather than pack formation. He released Celestial Sword Qi in wide arc mode. All eleven in range.

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[Crimson Tide Drake ×11 Defeated]

[EXP Gained: +42,600 × 11 = +468,600]

[Reward Amplification Triggered — ×10,000]

[New EXP Gained: +4,686,000,000]

[Level Up! — Level 220 → Level 221]

[Level Up! — Level 221 → Level 222]

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Two levels from eleven drakes.

He mounted the qilin before the drop notifications finished processing and they were moving upward again toward the thunder dragon’s range before the cleared island had settled into the ambient sound of the expanse.

The route to the upper atmospheric layers carried him across two additional cluster zones that registered as having significant monster populations. He did not deviate toward them. There was no need. They fell well within Celestial Sword Qi’s effective range from his current traversal altitude, and that alone was the only threshold that mattered.

As he passed overhead, he released a wide arc without breaking momentum. The strike descended cleanly through the atmospheric layers, cutting down toward the cluster surfaces below. Each release was timed with precision, calculated to overlap with the densest concentrations detected within range. From this height, a single arc was enough to blanket everything beneath it, ensuring that whatever population occupied those zones was caught within the reach of the descending strike.

[Void Stalker ×18]

[EXP Gained: +26,400 × 18 = +475,200]

[Amplification: ×10,000]

[New EXP Gained: +4,752,000,000]

[Level Up! — Level 222 → Level 223]

[Level Up! — Level 223 → Level 224]

He was moving while the notifications arrived, the qilin maintaining traversal altitude as he tracked the second cluster through Predatory Instinct’s range and released as they crossed above it.

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[Nebula Titan ×7

[Level 164]

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[Nebula Titan ×7 Defeated]

[EXP Gained: +48,200 × 7 = +337,400]

[Amplification: ×10,000]

[New EXP Gained: +3,374,000,000]

[Level Up! — Level 224 → Level 225]

He stopped the qilin mid-traversal and they descended to a cluster that Predatory Instinct had flagged as containing a higher-than-standard population density. The island was wider than most, the monster distribution across its surface running into the hundreds rather than the typical cluster count of ten to thirty.

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[Ashenveil Predator ×34]

[Level 155]

HP: 112,400 / 112,400 each

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He released Celestial Sword Qi at maximum radius, the All-Points configuration he had developed for high-density clearances, covering the full three-hundred-sixty-degree range simultaneously.

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[Ashenveil Predator ×34 Defeated]

[EXP Gained: +32,600 × 34 = +1,108,400]

[Amplification: ×10,000]

[New EXP Gained: +11,084,000,000]

[Level Up! — Level 225 → Level 226]

[Level Up! — Level 226 → Level 227]

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The wider island also had a second population zone on its interior section, separated from the outer ring by a ridge formation that had contained both groups in their respective territories. He crossed the ridge with Phantom Void Step and found the interior population.

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[Celestial Dreadhorn ×16 | Level 158 — Rare Elite]

HP: 168,400 / 168,400 each

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Sixteen rare elites in the interior zone. He activated Absolute Domain and released Celestial Sword Qi in concentration mode, then immediately widened the arc to catch the full group in one release.

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[Celestial Dreadhorn ×16 Defeated — Rare Elite Bonus ×16]

[EXP Gained: +54,800 × 16 = +876,800]

[Amplification: ×10,000]

[New EXP Gained: +8,768,000,000]

[Level Up! — Level 227 → Level 228]

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The Cluster Guardian was waiting at the interior zone’s deepest point, the formation’s standard placement. Level 174 this time, the highest he had encountered in a standard cluster position.

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[Heaven’s Warden | Level 174 — Cluster Guardian]

HP: 402,000 / 402,000

Physical Attack: 5,480–6,200

Physical Defense: 5,240–5,920

Magic Resistance: 4,680–5,280

[Guardian-tier monster. Layered celestial stone construction. Weak point: central dao core.]

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Absolute Domain. Concentration mode. One exchange. The dao core at the chest’s geometric center received the full stacked output.

[Heaven’s Warden Defeated — Cluster Guardian]

[EXP Gained: +162,000 — All Bonuses Applied]

[Amplification: ×10,000]

[New EXP Gained: +1,620,000,000]

[Cluster Reward — Celestial Jade ×1000]