I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early

Seeing Lu Yuan sprinting wildly across the mountains, the Undying Giant Turtle also became excited and stretched its four long legs to give chase: "Mr. Turtle is coming!"

This turtle could actually run quite fast, its speed comparable to Bolt.

On the volcanic terrain, riddled with pits and bumps, three crazed figures appeared, occasionally accompanied by sharp howls.

Only the orange cat had no intention to move; its physical abilities were limited, making it impossible to catch up even if it wanted to.

Moreover, it did not feel pleasure in exercising.

Unbeknownst to them, a dark cloud had formed overhead, growing denser and denser until, as it looked up, rain poured down, connecting the sky and the earth.

Lu Yuan, who had been running, stopped and looked up at the gloomy sky, his face undergoing severe changes.

From initial joy, he shifted to a restless confusion, which then turned into deep regret, eventually leading to thick despair.

It was hard to imagine a person’s face showing so many emotions.

"Comrade, I feel so terrible, there’s a big problem," Lu Yuan shouted in the drizzle, his voice hoarse and filled with misery.

"This time I might be beyond saving!"

"What, could there be a trap?" Old Cat said, alert.

This plan was, after all, provided by the mirror.

If unimaginable risks truly emerged, even committing suicide and being reborn would be pointless.

Because such a change in abilities was based on the soul.

"You’re not wrong! The worst thing has happened to me," Lu Yuan said frantically, spinning in circles, "Murphy’s Law is just like this."

Old Cat, after a rational analysis, found there was nothing it could do and patted Lu Yuan’s head quietly: "Comrade, go in peace."

It said with utter determination, "I will find human civilization and bring your ashes back to see the Holy King."

"Bro, are you going to die?" the Undying Giant Turtle thought it finally understood and hurriedly said, "I’ll take care of your sister!"

Lu Yuan’s face twisted as he yelled loudly, "I’ve achieved another Milestone within civilization! What should I do, I’ve gained a new ability! I’m going to turn into a big tree again! What should I do?"

He was waving his hands in the rain.

"Meow~!" Orange Cat suddenly cried out, quite loudly, "Mr. Turtle, bite him to death!"

...

This was probably an unprecedented problem.

Your next journey awaits at empire

Too many abilities, and the soul couldn’t bear it. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Lu Yuan was truly bothered to the max.

[Congratulations to your civilization, which has achieved the Unique Milestone, Ninth Epoch·Idealist Discoverer.]

[Condition met: among all civilizations, the first to complete the evolution, fusion, or splitting of Mind Abilities.]

[We spent a lot of time contemplating what Mind means, what the real world is. Amidst all sorts of brutality, cruelty, obsession, and destruction, we finally carved out paths, but who knows towards what these paths lead? We passed this road on to future generations, perhaps, they can have some understanding.]

[Your civilization has obtained the Unique Milestone reward: Complete Spiritification (awarded to a random individual within the civilization).]

[Your civilization has earned Unique Milestone Points reward: 5000 points. (This feature has not yet been activated)]

A familiar white light struck Lu Yuan’s mind.

Alright, Lu Yuan had already transferred his soul to the tree in advance, giving up on treatment.

Although the transformation this time was rather gentle, when he regained consciousness, he found the "Complete Spiritification" ability to be somewhat odd.

[Complete Spiritification: Slightly enhances your soul strength, slightly raises the upper limit of your Divine Attribute, allows your soul to have an out-of-body experience under mild conditions. Also, it breaks the racial upper limit, increasing the number of Extraordinary Abilities you can possess by one.]

This ability was a bit strange, as it occupied one of the Extraordinary Ability slots by itself.

"Increases the number of abilities you can hold by one" basically means it took up its own slot.

Meaning, its real effect is only "slightly enhances your soul strength, slightly raises the upper limit of your Divine Attribute, allows soul out-of-body experience" after all.

It doesn’t increase combat power, only potential.

In the context of "Divine Skills," this would be considered rather weak.

"An ability that’s just hot air?"

Lu Yuan transferred his body back into a human form to feel the difference.

The state of "Soul Full" did not occur.

He was puzzled, "So now, I can hold up to 10 abilities."

"I wonder why such an ability would be rewarded..."

No matter how you looked at it, it seemed to be the weakest among all Divine Skills obtained from Milestones.

But after some careful thought, Lu Yuan realized there might be some hidden benefits.

The first was, the more abilities one had when the soul solidified, the greater the benefits received.

"Ability to hold +1" is actually a hidden blessing.

Even if "Complete Spiritification" was just to make up the numbers, 10 abilities are definitely better than 9.

For Lu Yuan, his own limit was the limit of the Tree of Life.

Nevertheless, the Tree of Life surely has a limit, and "+1" is a good outcome.

Sometime or another, he would have to solidify his soul.

Lu Yuan estimated it wouldn’t be much, probably around a dozen—because the value brought by Divine Attributes was growing exponentially.

And Divine Attributes are closely linked to soul strength and the number of abilities; even if the Tree of Life could have 20 abilities, its Racial Value would be tens of thousands of times that of a human, and Pangu Continent might not be able to accommodate a god of such a level.

There was also a second benefit; this could be the fusion medium for some powerful ability!

Just like the Eternal Spark needed the Eternal Body as a medium.