Demonic Cultivators Refine Pills, Simulation Ends

You no longer wish to dwell on the question of justice and evil. As the Grand Elder of Sky Domain Sect, Zhang Quanjian, once said, it is merely the law of the jungle—the strong prey on the weak. If you had lost today, the Ye Family would already be gone.

Though you do not seek to make enemies, some people leave you no choice. It is not about whether you want to fight them, but whether they are willing to spare you. Since that is the case, you will beat them until they submit, until they dare not lay a hand on your family and friends.

Before long, you had taken all the Earth-grade treasures and above from Sky Domain Sect, along with the original copies of Yellow and Profound Grade martial skills. As for the countless Heaven-grade and below materials and wealth, you could not carry them all. You had no choice but to notify Ye Ping'an, letting the Ye Family clansmen transport them back to the family treasury to bolster their foundation.

Though the treasury seemed vast, truly valuable items were scarce. You did not find a single Heaven-grade treasure, far inferior to what you had gained from the ruins. Most of the Earth-grade treasures were pills to improve Bone Structure, lifespan, or cultivation speed, along with materials for crafting Earth-grade artifacts.

Pills of that grade could no longer enhance your Bone Structure. You also had no intention of taking Earth-grade Lifespan Pills. If you ever truly needed to extend your life, you would only take Heaven-grade Lifespan Pills or above to maximize the effect. After all, a person can only benefit from five Lifespan Pills in their lifetime.

Earth-grade Lifespan Pills were decent, but not particularly rare. If you wanted them, you could find them at auctions. Still, they were not entirely useless—you could give them to your parents. They needed the extra years more, to strive for breakthroughs to higher realms.

As for the pills that boosted cultivation speed, there were only five Earth Origin Pills and two Heavenly Origin Pills worth mentioning. These could be given to your great-grandson. Such pills were versatile and widely applicable, suitable as rewards for descendants.

In the year 1132, you simply could not merge Mountain Shaking Fist with Thousand Mountains Twilight Snow. However, all the Yellow Grade martial skills you had obtained were elevated to the Peak Attainment realm. You then deduced each one, integrating their traits into Thousand Mountains Twilight Snow, finally raising it to a Profound Grade High Rank martial skill.

In the year 1147, the only remaining Third Ancestor of the Ye Family broke through to the Void God Realm. The Second Ancestor had passed away in 1006 due to depleted lifespan.

In the year 1163, your father, Ye Changming, broke through to the Void God Realm.

In the year 1165, while cultivating as usual, you suddenly felt a sharp pang in your heart—inexplicable and unclear. You sensed that some important relative had left you, and at the same time, a danger was creeping toward you, like a drowning man's suffocation.

Though the heart palpitations were brief, you caught them keenly. As someone in the Spirit Condensation Realm, your body was in excellent condition; such emotions should not arise unless something truly significant was happening, some warning being sent your way. You dared not take it lightly.

Quickly, you took out the Half-Saint Artifact, the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard, to divine the cause of this heart palpitation. The chessboard predicted that danger was indeed approaching, but due to the enemy's great strength, it could not reveal the specifics or a path of escape. Your current strength was too weak—you had not yet reached the Half-Saint Realm—so you could only use a fraction of the chessboard's power. The divination involved an enemy of likely immense cultivation, and the portion of the chessboard's power you had unlocked was insufficient to fully grasp the situation.

Unless you were willing to sacrifice your lifespan to fully activate the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard, unleashing its true Half-Saint Artifact power for the divination, you might find a sliver of hope. Learning that even the chessboard could not immediately predict a way out, you realized this crisis might not be easy to escape.

You then took out an Earth-grade Longevity Pill and a Heavenly Lifespan Pill, pouring your lifespan into the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard as fuel. Soon, the chessboard blazed with brilliant light, dazzling and resplendent, revealing its true Saint Artifact form.

At the same time, the scene before you shifted. Your room vanished, replaced by a distant location. You saw a dignified middle-aged man wearing a deep red Daoist robe embroidered with a blazing sun. You recognized him as an Elder of Blazing Sun Holy Land—which elder, you could not tell. You tried to see his face clearly, but the more you focused, the faster your lifespan drained. You immediately cut off that thought and turned to other scenes.

Soon, a young man appeared in the Great Hall, also in a red Daoist robe, but a lighter shade, embroidered with a golden flame that seemed noble. You could see his face clearly—it bore a seven-tenths resemblance to your own. It was your youngest son, Ye Chen. From his words, you deduced that the middle-aged man was the Third Elder Ye Chen had mentioned, his master.

The scene shifted again to another place. Twelve people lay on the ground, including Ye Chen. Beside the Third Elder stood five others, all wearing the same Elder robes of Blazing Sun Holy Land.

The Third Elder spoke first: "This is my fifth disciple, Ye Chen. He inherited the legacy of the Water Attribute Great Saint. Over the years, I have been feeding him according to the prescription. Though he seemed to notice something, he obediently followed my instructions. Now he is ripe and can serve as the main Water Attribute ingredient for this alchemy."

After the Third Elder finished, the person opposite him did not speak, only nodded slightly, as if in agreement. A young man beside the Third Elder, wearing the same robe, said, "This is my third disciple, named... Though he was uncooperative, he can still serve as a substitute medicinal ingredient."

Listening to these words, you realized that the Holy Land might not be as righteous as it appeared. The people opposite the Blazing Sun Holy Land Elders were clearly not orthodox cultivators from the Eastern Alliance Kingdom. From the aura they exuded, they were likely Demonic Cultivators. Yet the Blazing Sun Holy Land had no qualms about trading with them, treating their own disciples as goods. And from the Demonic Cultivators' words, it seemed they intended to refine the twelve people, including your son Ye Chen, into "Pills"—using humans as medicine!

At the same time, as you took another look at that demon, he seemed to sense something and turned his gaze toward you. Until then, his face had been as blurred as the Third Elder's. But as he looked at you, the mosaic-like veil over his face vanished, and you saw his true appearance—it was a woman!

You have died. Simulation ended.