[Iron Blood Fiendish Qi] End

"Roar!"

The shattered iron armor completely disintegrated, revealing the livid skin beneath.

The severed fourth arm had fully regrown, with no sign that it was newly formed.

The faceplate fell away, revealing the ugly visage beneath. Its head resembled a horse's face, its lower jaw jutting slightly forward. Foul-smelling drool dripped down, while its four red-glowing eyes brimmed with chaos and malice.

The monster had completely given itself over to its beastly nature. It threw back its head and roared, the fiendish qi around it growing ever more powerful.

The surrounding monster army continuously gathered fiendish qi toward it, mixed with an aura Jiang Yuan found intensely repulsive.

On the other side, more and more Golden Court monsters pounced on Master Cai, and the sounds of battle steadily weakened.

Instead, Jiang Yuan's expression turned calm. He slowly rose to his feet.

He looked at the monster advancing toward him.

So be it. So be it. This time, I'll fail again...

Jiang Yuan sighed inwardly as he looked at the monster army slowly closing in around him, his face utterly composed.

He recited, "Since ancient times, who among men has not died? Go..."

Before Jiang Yuan could finish speaking—

The brilliance of the great sun hanging in the sky suddenly vanished.

The stars blazed brightly. Though it was clearly daytime, the Starry Sky that appeared only at night could be seen overhead.

Beneath the Starry Sky and above the earth, a vast formation slowly emerged from the void.

In a place mortals could not perceive, two mists of different colors drifted in from opposite directions, condensing into two figures.

One radiated soaring divine splendor, surrounded by pure qi.

The other was shrouded in faint black mist.

"Zhuge, you bastard, I never expected you to find a suitable Star Fate Master again—nor did I expect you to draw down Star Power..."

"I also never expected Your Excellency to take the initiative to come into contact with karmic qi."

"Hmph! I did this only to leave a single spark for my Golden Court. But karmic qi was born in this world—how could the stars choose a Star Master in this world?"

"What if it is Sha Po Lang?"

"What!? Damn it! Stop! Zhuge, you bastard! Do you no longer want the nation's fate?" An exasperated voice rang out, yet it failed to stop the other party.

Within the Starry Sky, countless stars shone with incomparable brilliance. Among them, three blood-tinged stars flared, their radiance instantly eclipsing all the others.

These three stars were the three great ominous stars—Sha Po Lang!

Seven Killings was the thief who threw the world into chaos; Breaking Army was the general who roamed unchecked beneath heaven; Greedy Wolf was the treacherous and cunning man. These were the three great ominous stars, the masters of countless baleful stars.

Once they converged, the world would surely descend into great chaos.

At the least, an imperial dynasty would fall into turmoil; at the most, an entire continent—or even this very world.

The black qi dispersed, revealing a shriveled old man beneath, as though he had no flesh or skin at all. If anyone who knew him were present, they would surely address him respectfully as Lord Barbarian Witch.

This man was the Great Barbarian Witch of Golden Court, a figure comparable to the Imperial Preceptor of Xuanshang.

Just as the Great Barbarian Witch was about to strike, the two streams of pure qi before him transformed into a cage and imprisoned him. For the moment, he could not break free.

The three great ominous stars blazed, seeming ready to send down starlight.

Yet in the end, two of the ominous stars hesitated, gradually dimming away. Only the brightest one cast down a beam of starlight.

The starlight became a meteor, streaking across the sky before crashing down upon the earth.

Jiang Yuan stared blankly at the sky. For some reason, the surrounding monster army seemed to have been cowed into submission, making no further move.

Jiang Yuan watched dumbly as the starlight descended upon him.

The starlight crashed down, precisely merging into Jiang Yuan's body.

Jiang Yuan felt immense power flooding every inch of him.

It was completely different from qi and blood, even different from internal force. Yet within it, he could vaguely sense certain similarities to fiendish qi.

This power coursed through Jiang Yuan's entire body. He only felt an overwhelming sense of clarity, as though his Ren and Du meridians had been opened. His entire body was instantly filled with tremendous strength. At this moment, Jiang Yuan felt like a god.

Beyond its power, this force also carried an air of slaughter and desolation. It reminded Jiang Yuan of the feeling of fighting and killing on the battlefield.

A sudden stabbing pain came from the back of his right hand. Jiang Yuan looked down to see two starlight-emitting patterns etched there.

The patterns were not ugly. On the contrary, they possessed a strange beauty. Though Jiang Yuan did not recognize them, he instinctively read them aloud with familiarity.

"Breaking Army..."

Immense power filled him. Jiang Yuan clenched his hand, and a spear formed from starlight appeared in his grasp.

A dragon's roar rang out as immense power poured forth.

Whether it was the fiendish-qi-infused monster before him or the surrounding monster army, all were reduced to powder and vanished between heaven and earth.

Jiang Yuan's body, meanwhile, developed crack after crack like shattered porcelain.

High in the sky, the Great Barbarian Witch suddenly stopped trying to break the cage and began to laugh. "Zhuge, you bastard—aren't you supposed to be an Imperial Preceptor? Have you lost your mind? I thought the Star Fate Master you chose had some hidden trump card. Turns out he simply can't withstand Star Power entering his body. A mere qi-and-blood ant... is he worthy?"

Imperial Tutor Zhuge merely smiled and said nothing more.

He slowly raised his head and looked toward the sky.

The light of the Army Breaker Star suddenly dimmed, then vanished from the heavens.

The sky gradually returned to normal.

Jiang Yuan looked at the cracks continuously spreading across his hand, yet he let out a sigh of relief.

Because the simulator's notification sounded by his ear.

[You shattered Golden Court's plot in the north. The northern border will welcome a brief peace. Though dead, your glory remains.]

[Age 28: As the vanguard camp of the Black Profound Army, you bravely charged into battle and unexpectedly awakened the talent of a general star, allowing you to control fiendish qi. You rescued three Transformation Force experts sent by the Xuan Shang Empire to carry out a mission, and helped them slaughter demons and monsters.

In the end, you encountered Golden Court's bizarre army. Outmatched, you were on the verge of death. At the critical moment, you gained the recognition of the stars. Star Power descended upon you, and you perished together with the enemy. Though you died, you brought a brief peace to the Xuan Shang Empire's northern border.]

[Congratulations on completing Simulated Life: Iron Blood Fiendish Qi.]

[You have obtained 2500 Points, Martial Arts Enlightenment Card*3, Po Jun Destiny.]

[Exchange rewards have been updated. Please check them yourself.]

When Jiang Yuan opened his eyes again, he was already back in the familiar room.

The cracks on his hand had all disappeared, as had the immense power within his body. What remained instead was the power of his strange bones, his vast reserves of blood and qi, and his sturdy physique.

A faint killing aura still lingered in Jiang Yuan's eyes. He slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his gaze returned to a calm as still as water.

Jiang Yuan opened the simulator and examined this round's gains.

Two thousand five hundred Points—quite a bit more than Great Emperor's. This mission could not be exploited like the First Life, so such a reward was only natural.

Three Martial Arts Enlightenment Cards were not bad either.

Po Jun Destiny?

Jiang Yuan froze. Po Jun?

That strange power that had appeared out of nowhere just now? The power brought by the Army Breaker Star?

After hesitating slightly, Jiang Yuan claimed the Po Jun Destiny.

What was a destiny? Jiang Yuan had no idea. But he knew that, as a reward, it surely would not put his life in danger...

Probably not...