"Was this why massive earthquakes happened when I was fifty-two in both previous simulations?"
"I never imagined the truth would be so cruel and terrifying!"
"A miraculous Pillar Reaching Heaven fell, and Tianjian Sect, the hegemonic sect of Qixia Island, simply vanished."
"Because my status had been too low in my previous two simulations, I hadn't even learned a scrap of news."
"Otherwise, I should have been somewhat prepared!"
Su Yang's heart still trembled with lingering fear. Even though he had only witnessed the scene through an image, he had felt the overwhelming shock and terror.
Tianjian Island, tens of thousands of miles long and wide, was as tiny as a sesame seed on a flatbread beneath that Pillar Reaching Heaven.
Even the full-force resistance of a Deity Transformation Venerable had failed to stir the slightest ripple.
And thirty-six years later, the Pillar Reaching Heaven would descend upon Qixia Island. By then, would he have the ability to stop it?
"I definitely will!" Su Yang's gaze hardened.
With a system like the simulator, coupled with his own efforts, what was a mere Pillar Reaching Heaven worth?
[You personally witnessed the sky darken and collapse. Even the resistance of the Spirit Transformation patriarch was futile; even the eruption of the blazing sun was helpless.] [You understood that you were about to die.] [The Pillar Reaching Heaven fell. Everything you saw, including yourself, vaporized in an instant. You died.] [This simulation has ended.] [Generating evaluation.] [Settling Simulation Points.] [Evaluation: Your identity and talents this time were exceptionally good. At such a young age, you became a Foundation Establishment expert. Several years of travel and experience greatly improved your state of mind. If you could have continued cultivating, perhaps you might have forged a story of your own on Qixia Island. Unfortunately, a terrifying existence happened to pass by and brought everything to a complete end.]
"What... does that evaluation mean?"
"Could it be that an incomparably powerful existence passed by Qixia Island, found Tianjian Sect unpleasant to look at, and casually struck it once?"
"No, no..."
"The evaluation said that terrifying existence had done it unintentionally. Then it couldn't have been because it found them unpleasant to look at and gave them a blow. So what exactly happened?"
Su Yang could not figure it out, nor did he continue dwelling on it.
In any case, as the number of future simulations increased, he would definitely learn the truth.
There were still thirty-six years before that terrifying existence passed by—four hundred and thirty-two months.
With so much time, even if he did not absorb energy for simulations, the system's free simulation attempts alone would give him four hundred and thirty-two chances.
He would surely get to the bottom of it somehow.
Su Yang looked at the settlement interface.
[Simulation rewards have been settled.] [1. Foundation Establishment Layer 3. You reached Foundation Establishment Layer 3 and obtained (20×3) Simulation Points.] [2. Lifespan: 36 years. You survived for 36 years in the simulated world and obtained 4 Simulation Points.] [3. You had a certain degree of influence among Tianjian Sect disciples. At the same time, you saved a nation and left behind your legends in many places across the Central Plains. You obtained (180+300+66) Simulation Points.] [Total: You obtained 610 Simulation Points.] [Please select the items you wish to exchange.] [1. Identity: Tianjian Sect True Disciple, 798 points. Selecting this allows you to inherit your initial talents and the Tianjian Sect True Disciple token.] [2. Cultivation: Ordinary Foundation Establishment Layer 3, 200 points. This is Foundation Establishment achieved by breaking through from Qi Refinement Layer 10. To achieve Perfect Foundation Establishment, eight first-order Spell Seeds are required.] [3. Talents: Clear Sword Heart (positive green), 460 points; Genuine Yang Spiritual Root (positive green), 300 points; Outstanding Perception (positive white), 38 points.] [4. Simulation memories: 20 points.] [5. State-of-mind improvement: 130 points.] [6. Spell experience: Eight first-order limit-breaking spells, 400 points. Details can be viewed and purchased separately. Second-Order Spell Gift Package, 120 points.] [7. Simulated items: Tianjian Sect True Disciple token, 199 points; third-order power Talisman Treasure, 128 points; High-grade Magic Tool Gift Package, 168 points; evil cultivator loot pack, 98 points...]
"This identity costs a full 798 Simulation Points. It should be extremely close to blue quality, right? Then using a voucher to exchange for it won't be a waste."
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"System, use a voucher to exchange for the Tianjian Sect True Disciple identity."
[Exchanging.] [Exchange complete.] [Your identity has been updated to Tianjian Sect True Disciple.] [Loading the corresponding talents for you.]
In an instant, Su Yang felt a strange power pour into his body.
This power did not strengthen his spiritual power or physical strength like magic power would. Instead, it continuously nurtured and transformed his body from deep within.
It made his body more natural and translucent, more aligned with the laws of heaven and earth.
The changes were especially obvious around his heart.
His originally blood-red heart actually became slightly translucent. Through that translucent portion, he could see a tiny sword-heart mark deep within it. This was the Clear Sword Heart.
Besides his heart, the second greatest change occurred in his dantian.
Above his dantian, a tiny illusory rootstock appeared out of thin air. It looked only nine inches tall, yet seemed connected to the heaven and earth around him.
With a thought from Su Yang, he could draw in an unending stream of spiritual energy through that rootstock.
It could also refine all spiritual energy that did not match his own attributes. This was the Genuine Yang Spiritual Root.
The third change took place in the Sea of Consciousness between his brows. The soul coiled within suddenly gave birth to a faint glasslike radiance and abruptly grew a small amount larger.
Su Yang immediately felt his perception of his surroundings improve.
Even while still inside the coffin, he could faintly sense the scene outside the grave. This was the Outstanding Perception talent.
"Phew..."
Lying down, Su Yang slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. His body felt far more clear and comfortable than before, as though part of the heavy armor he had worn all his life had been removed.
"So this is what being a cultivation genius feels like? It really is amazing."
[Issuing the Tianjian Sect True Disciple token.] [Issuance complete.]
Su Yang felt an extra token appear in his clothes. It was neither metal, jade, wood, nor stone; he had no idea what material it was made from.
When he carefully sensed it, he could also feel the profound sword intent contained within.
He took it out and examined it closely. On the two sides of the token, the front bore the words "Tianjian," while the back bore four words: "True Disciple Su Yang."
"Now I can be considered someone with status."
Su Yang stroked the token, his heart surging.
Remembering the scene in the simulation where he had slaughtered his way through Qingye Market, he desperately wanted to experience it in reality as well.
"No, I can't rush!"
"I still have more than six hundred Simulation Points. I should exchange for a few suitable items first."
Just as Su Yang was considering which items to exchange for—
Far away at Qijian Lake, within Tianjian Sect.
At the summit of Tianjian Peak, inside the Ancestral Hall.
The spirit tablets of every Spirit Transformation patriarch Tianjian Sect had ever produced were enshrined there.
Yet the object occupying the highest position was neither the founding patriarch of Tianjian Sect nor the seventh-generation patriarch, who had once left Qixia Island, become renowned throughout the surrounding seas, and even carved out some fame within the Seven Islands Alliance.
It was instead a painted scroll record.
Tianjian Sect's supreme treasure: the Heavenly Sword Record.
This was an innate spiritual treasure nurtured by Qijian Lake. Not only could it detect sword-dao geniuses throughout Qixia Island, it was also a terrifying treasure of slaughter.
It could bear four divine swords and evolve the Heavenly Sword Formation. Unless four cultivators of the same realm joined forces, it could not be broken.
One corner of the Heavenly Sword Record recorded names large and small.
There were peak masters and patriarchs of Tianjian Sect, as well as sect elders and True Disciples.
At this moment, another row of tiny words silently appeared in the True Disciple registry.
[In the 176,448th year of the Tianjian Calendar, near the border between Red Mist and Green Mist in the Seven Mist Mountain Range, Su Yang was born with the talent of a sword cultivator. He may become a sect's True Disciple. A True Disciple token has been issued.]
[After entering the sect, it is recommended that he join Sun Sword Peak.] ```
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