But this was no time to admire the spirit sword. Four phantom figures were still watching him from across the way.
Although they were only phantoms, Tongtian could clearly feel their gazes.
The four phantoms—two on the left and two on the right—had clearly formed two opposing factions, glaring daggers at each other.
Yet none of them made a move. They were all watching Tongtian, seemingly wary of his presence.
One of the phantoms spoke: "Who are you?"
Tongtian glanced at the four phantoms and replied indifferently, "I am Tongtian."
"Another Heaven?" one of the phantoms said in a deep, hostile voice.
Tongtian raised an eyebrow and said coldly, "What do you mean, another Heaven? I am Tongtian, not whatever Heaven you're talking about!"
Another phantom said icily, "Since you are not Heaven, then join us in slaying Heaven!"
Tongtian looked at the phantom and asked, "I can sense your aura now. You should be that Dugu Baitian, right?"
The phantom fell silent for a moment before saying with slight surprise, "Hm? The aura of that little fellow from the Chen family!"
"Stop right there! I'm not Chen Nan!"
Tongtian raised a hand to interrupt him and said, "Let me ask you this: what is your objective?"
By approaching this from Chen Nan's identity, the incident Chen Nan had been caught up in was most likely the objective of the Simulator's trial!
"Battle Heaven!"
"Slay Heaven!"
Dugu Baitian spoke in a deep voice, turning to face the other two phantoms.
After hearing this, Tongtian thought for a moment. So the objective of the trial was to battle Heaven and slay Heaven?
At that thought, Tongtian pointed at the two phantoms and asked Dugu Baitian's phantom, "Are they Heaven?"
"Azure Heaven and Chaos King are both Heaven's lackeys!" Dugu Baitian's phantom replied.
Tongtian nodded, drew his sword, and charged at the two of them, shouting, "Then I'll kill these two remnant souls first, and go slay their true bodies afterward!"
Before he even arrived, sword light had already descended.
The phantoms of Chaos King and Azure Heaven both retreated rapidly.
Chaos King roared, "What's going on? Where did this lunatic come from?"
Azure Heaven, however, said indifferently, "No matter how strong he is, he is still only an ant. How ridiculous and pathetic that he dares contend with Heaven!"
"Let's send him into the Space-Time Turbulence for a while first, lest another Demon Lord or Dugu Baitian appear in this world!"
As soon as Azure Heaven finished speaking, Dugu Baitian shouted, "Be careful! Damn it, these two remnant souls can activate the Heart of Space-Time!"
Tongtian swept his sword down, already cleaving the two phantoms apart. But at that very moment, a strange force enveloped his entire body.
The next instant, Tongtian's figure vanished from the mortal world!
When Tongtian came to his senses, he found himself in a chaotic expanse of void.
"The flow of time here is so fast!"
Tongtian keenly sensed time rushing by at incredible speed. His expression changed slightly, and he raised his sword to slash at the turbulence.
But just as the sword light reached the barrier of the Space-Time Turbulence, darkness filled Tongtian's vision.
[Please send flowers! Only three thousand more are needed to break ten thousand. Please help!]
Chapter Fifty-Five: Reward Settlement! I'll Wait Another Ten Thousand Years!
Outside the Primordial World, within the primordial chaos—
The image of the Myriad Worlds Simulator had frozen at the moment Tongtian cleaved into the Space-Time Turbulence.
The next moment, the screen transformed into a series of notification messages.
[Player Tongtian has survived for 1,000 years in God's Tomb World. This simulation has ended!] [The rewards for this simulation are being calculated. Please wait!]
Shen Lang was speechless. He had just been getting into it, so how had it ended all of a sudden?
Shen Lang had originally thought that Tongtian would be able to clear God's Tomb World in this second simulation.
After all, Tongtian's strength had recovered to the Golden Immortal Realm, making him comparable to a Heaven-Defying Level existence. He only needed to advance one step further to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm!
Given more time, Tongtian might even have been able to break straight into the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm!
Yet it had ended for no apparent reason. There should still have been several hundred years left in this simulation.
Shen Lang opened Tongtian's Simulation Diary and looked at the final entry.
[Player Tongtian fought three great evil items alone, forged the peerless vicious sword Tongtian's Sword, and confirmed the objective of slaying Heaven after conversing with Dugu Baitian. He then turned around and killed the phantoms of Azure Heaven and Chaos King. Just as the remnants of Azure Heaven and Chaos King were destroyed, they activated the Heart of Space-Time and sent Player Tongtian into the Space-Time Turbulence. Player Tongtian discovered that time flowed rapidly within the Space-Time Turbulence, but it was already too late to break out.] [In the time it took for a single breath, several hundred years had passed. The time limit set by the Simulator was reached, and Player Tongtian exited the Simulator!]
After reading the Simulation Diary, Shen Lang finally understood. The flow of time had accelerated within the Space-Time Turbulence, causing Tongtian to exit the Simulator ahead of schedule.
In other words, although Tongtian had only spent a short time inside the Space-Time Turbulence, several hundred years had already passed!
"What a pity."
Shen Lang sighed quietly. If not for this interruption, Tongtian might really have fought all the way to the end.
After a moment, Shen Lang thought of a problem.
Tongtian's current simulation would surely have been saved at the point after he entered the Space-Time Turbulence.
Once the ten-thousand-year cooldown ended, wouldn't Tongtian still be inside the Space-Time Turbulence, passing through another thousand years at lightning speed?
If so, wouldn't he enter and come right back out??
Of course, that wasn't necessarily the case. With a single strike from Tongtian's sword, he might be able to cleave through the Space-Time Turbulence.
But then another problem arose. The flow of time could move forward, but it could also move backward.
So when Tongtian cleaved through the Space-Time Turbulence and reappeared in the outside world, would he be in the past or the future?
This sudden change had made Tongtian's next simulation full of uncertainty.
But an ending was an ending. Next came the exciting moment: reward settlement!
The settlement did not take long. It arrived soon after.
[The rewards Player Tongtian obtained in this simulation have been successfully calculated!] [As the host of the Myriad Worlds Simulator, you will receive the following rewards—] [1. Golden Dragon (A member of the Dragon Clan subdued by Player Tongtian. After the host obtains it, it will adapt to and survive under the Primordial World's fundamental laws.)] [2. 1,000 Years of Insights (The cultivation insights Player Tongtian gained over 1,000 years)] [3. Tongtian's Sword (The forging method used by Player Tongtian in the Simulator. After the host obtains it, it will be enhanced to adapt to the Primordial World's fundamental laws.)] [Please choose one of the three rewards above!]
After scanning the three rewards, Shen Lang's gaze locked onto the final option.
Tongtian's Sword!
It had really become a reward!
There was no need to consider the others. Shen Lang immediately chose Tongtian's Sword.
"Hmm? Where's the sword?"
After Shen Lang made his choice, Tongtian's Sword did not appear.
Shen Lang looked around, but still saw no sign of Tongtian's Sword. However, some information had appeared in his mind.
It was the method for forging Tongtian's Sword, the forging process, and its design concepts!
After digesting this memory, Shen Lang looked darkly at the reward options that were disappearing.
Damn, I was too hasty!
The words in parentheses really did mean the forging method, not the actual sword!
"Forget it, forget it. Tongtian forged it according to his own circumstances. It suits him, but it might not suit me."
"Now that I've obtained the forging method, I can forge a Divine Treasure for myself later!"
"There are far more treasures in the Primordial World than in the Simulator. With my strength, the Divine Treasure I forge will only be stronger!"
"By then, it might even become my Dao-Proving Treasure!"
"Besides, my True Body will be the Chaos Green Lotus by then. It is already the most powerful supreme treasure in existence!"
Having failed to obtain Tongtian's Sword, Shen Lang could only console himself inwardly.
The more he thought about it, the less upset he became. Once he grew into the Chaos Green Lotus, he would truly become unimaginably powerful.
Primordial World, Buzhou Mountain—
[Player Tongtian has survived for 1,000 years in God's Tomb World. This simulation has ended!] [The rewards for this simulation are being calculated. Please wait!]
Tongtian returned to his battered former Daoist temple, his expression slightly dazed. Was it really over?
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