I Save The World In A Doomsday Text Game

Chapter 258-1: Spirit Tablet of the Yokai, Easter Egg Chapter – Seven-Star Guardians (1)

After successfully unlocking the hidden storyline allowing Tsukishiro Murasakiyo to infiltrate Kyoto’s Tenmei Grand Shrine as an undercover agent, Lin Xun left the travel inn and teleported back to Dharma-Aspect Temple.

Having used several incense burner items, his Incense Power had increased to 2,200 points, enough to splurge a bit.

He had originally planned to check whether the Dignitary Bull Demon had any new yokai arts to learn, after all, the little dragonkin only had a single offensive skill, Dark Dragonfire Breath, which was quite pitiful.

[T/N: Calamity mage -> Sea Calamity Mage.]

However, the list of yokai arts with the Bull Demon hadn’t refreshed. Instead, the Sea Calamity Mage had something new…

[Seated in a wooden tub, the Sea Calamity Mage coughed repeatedly, his complexion pale. After the battle at Iya Palace, he had sustained serious injuries and had yet to recover.]

[The Sea Calamity Mage was deeply ashamed and remorseful, as his wounds were too severe to heal in a short time, leaving him unable to continue assisting the Dragonborn Lord in battle.]

The Sea Calamity Mage had already done all he could during the battle at Iya Palace. As a spellcasting yokai, he had even stepped forward to act as a living shield to protect Lin Xun.

If not for the Sea Calamity Mage absorbing the brunt of the attacks and drawing enemy fire, the battle at Iya Palace would surely have ended in a disastrous defeat.

[You shook your head to indicate it was no matter. The task of heading to Sakura Falls to locate the Great General could be completed by you alone.][The Sea Calamity Mage pondered for a moment, then led you into a side hall you had never entered before…]

[Inside the side hall were many spirit tablets placed in offering, curling incense smoke drifting through the air.]

[The Sea Calamity Mage took down the spirit tablet set in the very center and handed it to you.]

[You have obtained Dragon Marsh Temple Yokai Spirit Tablet (Special Item)!]

[The Sea Calamity Mage explained that although he could not assist the Dragonborn Lord for the time being, this yokai spirit tablet could!]

[The side hall enshrined the spirit tablets of the successive Temple Masters of Dragon Marsh Temple. Surrounded by incense offerings, the yokai spirits of these Temple Masters remained undispersed, their legacy preserved through the ages.]

[The Dragonborn Lord’s journey to Sakura Falls and Kyoto would be fraught with danger. Should you encounter an opponent beyond your strength, you could use the Yokai Spirit Tablet to awaken a slumbering Temple Master spirit to fight on your behalf.]

[Dragon Marsh Temple Yokai Spirit Tablet (Special Item): When a Temple Master of Dragon Marsh Temple passes away within the temple, the successor creates a spirit tablet as a resting place for the soul, allowing them to continue protecting Dragon Marsh Temple.]

[By using this item, you will expend Incense Power to summon the yokai spirit of a Temple Master of Dragon Marsh Temple to briefly fight for you.]

[Using this item requires at least 1,000 Incense Power. For every additional 1,000 Incense Power consumed, the responding yokai spirit will be correspondingly stronger.]

Lin Xun currently had 2,200 Incense Power, enough to summon two weaker yokai spirits or one stronger yokai spirit.

Although he didn’t know exactly how powerful the Temple Masters of past generations were, judging by the Sea Calamity Mage’s strength, they probably wouldn’t be weak, perhaps they would even surpass him.

With this item in hand, the difficulty of clearing bosses would drop considerably.

[The Sea Calamity Mage warned you that the Dragonborn Lord should use the Yokai Spirit Tablet with caution. The yokai spirits of successive Temple Masters could not remain in the world once separated from the Incense Power. Thus, whether they won or lost, once summoned, their ultimate fate was to be annihilated body and soul, never to attain reincarnation.]

[You nodded and agreed, carefully putting the Dragon Marsh Temple Yokai Spirit Tablet away…]

[…]

After acquiring the new summoning item, there were no further storyline events in Dragon Marsh Temple for the time being.

Next, the plans to subdue the Juvenile Nurarihyon and infiltrate the Tenshukaku would have to wait until nightfall to execute.

For the moment, Lin Xun found himself with nothing to do.

He opened his inventory and sat staring blankly for a while, then suddenly noticed the bookmark item he’d obtained from the Librarian last time.

[Easter Egg Bookmark (Item): An extremely rare special bookmark. By using this bookmark, you can unlock and enter a certain Easter Egg Chapter!]

[Using the Easter Egg Bookmark will randomly unlock an Easter Egg Chapter. You may use the teleportation function of the Resting Page to enter the Easter Egg Chapter at any time.]

[While inside an Easter Egg Chapter, you can also teleport back to the current chapter or the library.]

“Since I have nothing better to do, I might as well try out this Easter Egg Bookmark.”

Thinking this, Lin Xun selected the item and clicked to use it.

[You have used the Easter Egg Bookmark!]

[Randomly unlocking…]

[…]

[You have successfully unlocked Easter Egg Chapter 8715!]

[…]

“That’s it?”

Lin Xun felt a bit bewildered. According to the bookmark’s instructions, he returned to the guesthouse of Dragon Marsh Temple and touched the Resting Page.

A new option had appeared at the bottom of the teleportation menu, Easter Egg Chapter 8715, Seven-Star Guardians.

“Seven-Star Guardians… what does that mean?”

Full of curiosity, he pressed the teleport button.

[Teleporting…]

[…]

[Teleportation successful!]

[You have entered the Easter Egg Chapter.]

[Chapter 8715, Seven-Star Guardians!]

[A powerful wandering soul awakens beside the enormous Demon-Subduing Stele…]

[Beneath your feet stretched a floor paved with pure white stone. As you looked around, you realized you were standing on a vast ancient altar.]

[At the edge of the circular altar, long bridges of cloud and mist connected to several palaces wreathed in immortal aura. Beyond the palaces stretched the boundless firmament.]

[Raising your head, you saw that the colossal stone stele beside you was engraved with unfamiliar script…]