William didn't know what to think. The Quest rewards were incredibly tempting, but the consequences of failure were just as high, if not higher.
He knew more than anyone else that he could just sit and wait for the Potential Points to rack up over time, especially with the Beast Tides that already existed, but then he would find himself missing so many details about the World.
While he wasn't always very enthusiastic about returning to his old World, William didn't want to forgo it, either. Reius was his childhood, and it was where his sister and adopted family lived. He hoped that one day he would learn how to return at will, so he could tie up some loose ends.
I wish I could see my sister again too, I wonder if time flows the same from here to there. What if I go back and over a hundred years already passed?
William didn't want to waste time worrying about the state of Reius. Instead, he carefully considered what the System Quest entailed.
I have a ten-year time limit but thousands of Veins to absorb, which means I will need to be as fast as possible the moment I absorb the first Vein. Not only that, but the Beast Tides will need to be dealt with, and who's to say I can even find them all in so much time?
Rather than the first Impossible Quest that William still hadn't finished, this one seemed truly impossible! For the former, he only needed to figure out where two more Disc Fragments were, having already sensed one in the Hillvire Empire, but the latter Quest would need much more than that.
He needed to be fast, powerful, and to be in many places at the same time. The only consolation was that the level of Beast Tides for the Impossible Quest wouldn't be nearly as difficult to deal with.
Considering the current level of Cultivators, they would probably be able to manage on their own against the weaker Beast Tides.
That still didn't help William when it came to the time limit. He would need to locate and absorb around 2 Lesser Veins a day, and one Standard Vein every five days. If the Lesser Veins came in groups of three to five, that wouldn't be a huge issue, but Standard Veins were much rarer.
It would be a miracle if William managed to take less than ten years to locate all the Veins, especially considering how many were concealed underground. He'd have to inspect every nook and cranny of the World, dealing with the Heavens and other Cultivators at each turn.
And if I fail... instant death. This was the first time William's penalty was so severe. It was obvious that he shouldn't take this Quest lightly.
He spent two more days perfectly refining unique lower Tier Pills, starting at Tier 1. After the first Tier of Pills were completely refined, William moved on to Tier 2, then Tier 3, taking on each Tribulation one by one until he reached the Celestial Rank of his Alchemist Title.
--Title upgraded to Legendary: +50 PP
--Title upgraded to Mythic: +500 PP
--Title upgraded to Celestial: 5000 PP
-Alchemist (Epic --> Celestial): You have perfectly refined one hundred unique pills, making a name for yourself across the World. Pills of all Ranks will be 50% easier to refine.
As a consequence, however, William had to undergo an additional eighty-nine Heavenly Tribulations before achieving the desired result, but the Trial Taker Title was also upgraded.
Each Heavenly Tribulation was a Superior Tribulation, but since the Pills he refined were all of low level, the highest difficulty was from a Tier 3 Pill, which triggered a Superior Tribulation that peaked at the beginning of the Soul Formation Realm.
He didn't see Golden Girl this time, but the aura of the Heavenly Tribulation was the same, so he guessed that she was still there, watching from somewhere. He tried to call out to her, but there was no answer, so he continued with the Tribulations one by one.
--Title upgraded to Legendary: +50 PP
--Title upgraded to Mythic: +500 PP
-Trial Taker (Epic --> Mythic): You have transcended at least 100 Heavenly Tribulations. With great risk comes great reward. 25% resistance to Heavenly Lightning, +10 Attention. Experience exclusive tales on mvl
To reach the Celestial Rank for the Trial Taker Title, William would need to undergo a total of 250 Heavenly Tribulations, which he was quite far away from. His Attention had reached a value of 23, but there were no additional messages to suggest a change in the Heavens' attitude towards him.