Su Yang opened the simulation screen.
Over the boundless sea.
An enormous eight-tentacled octopus, radiating a terrifying aura, rapidly rose from the seabed.
The moment it emerged, it swung a tentacle toward Simulated Su Yang, shattering even the surface-level space.
In an instant, a towering female figure appeared before Simulated Su Yang.
Simulated Su Yang activated the divine ability talisman left behind by Venerable Moon Sword—the Moonlight Dharma Body.
With a thunderous boom.
The Moonlight Dharma Body barely blocked the strike.
But its body also became far more illusory.
Simulated Su Yang seized the opportunity as well.
Another sword light dazzling enough to illuminate heaven and earth appeared.
It was the divine ability talisman left behind by Venerable Blazing Sun—the Extreme Sun Fiery Transformation Sword.
Yet this sword, capable of slaying a Spirit Transformation Venerable, was wrapped around by the tentacles of the Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King. With a slight exertion of force, it was extinguished.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King moved again, several tentacles acting at once as they tore through space.
The Moonlight Dharma Body could no longer hold out. It withstood only a few blows before completely dispersing.
Simulated Su Yang had also reached his most perilous moment.
He had already foreseen that he would not be able to escape.
So he first placed his Natal Magic Treasure into the ring containing Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable, then removed the ring and used the Mustard Seed Technique to shrink it thousands of times over, until it was like a speck of dust.
He plunged toward the seawater.
But before he could touch the sea, his body was blasted apart by the Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King, even his Nascent Soul annihilated.
However, he successfully concealed the ring.
The instant Simulated Su Yang was blown apart.
Su Yang's vision went black. The image vanished and returned to the text simulation.
[Your main body has died.]
"So that was it? One life, gone just like that!"
Su Yang felt somewhat dejected.
He felt that Simulated Su Yang had done fairly well.
Unfortunately, the gap had still been far too great. No matter how he struggled, it had been of no use.
Even the trump cards that had always carried him through every battle were no longer enough.
"Strength... in the end, it was still all about strength!" Su Yang let out a long sigh and continued reading the simulation text.
[Your teacher, Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable, has been lost.] [Your treasures—the Heaven and Earth Profound Origin Sword, Yin Yang Wind Cloud Armor, and twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones... have been lost.] [Your Natal Magic Treasure has been lost.] [Your consciousness has been reborn in the avatar within Tianjian Sect.] [Your cultivation has fallen to the third level of Nascent Soul.]
"Overnight, I was back to square one."
Seeing this, Su Yang's heart ached even more. His cultivation had fallen, his treasures were gone, and even the old grandpa had been lost.
Had Simulated Su Yang not left some spirit stones and treasures on the avatar before departing, he would likely have had no resources left at all.
The simulation continued.
[You leave the secret chamber, deeply worried about the safety of Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable.] [After giving it much thought, you decide to tell your master, Venerable Blazing Sun, and Sect Master Venerable Moon Sword about this matter, to see whether they have any solution.] [You go to see Venerable Blazing Sun.] [You go to see Venerable Moon Sword.] [They are both greatly surprised to see you suddenly appear.] [Because the sect's grand formation contains no record of you returning to the sect.] [After explaining the matter of the avatar to them, you tell them everything that has happened during this period.] [You also ask them to think of a way to see whether Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable can be rescued.]
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[Unexpectedly, after hearing this, they exchange a glance.] [They actually become exceptionally excited.] [They ask you to confirm whether the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow really covers several li.] [You nod.] [They tell you to wait a moment. You only need to lead the way later.] [After a while, Venerable Moon Sword, Venerable Blazing Sun, and all the venerables within Tianjian Sect whose strength is above high-level Spirit Transformation appear.] [They also deploy a peak fifth-grade warship and have you lead the way.] [You do not understand. There is a Void Returning King among the Sea Beasts—wouldn't this lineup be walking straight into death?] [Venerable Moon Sword tells you that the sect has some foundation. Suppressing an ordinary Void Returning being that cannot destroy the Moonlight Dharma Body in one strike is no problem.] [You indicate that you understand.] [At the same time, you also understand why the sect did not do the same when facing the Strange Lifeform on Fenghua Island.] [Using the sect's foundation consumes it, and that Strange Lifeform clearly could not bring benefits sufficient to make up for the expenditure.] [Therefore, handing it over to the Seven Islands Alliance, which pursues Strange Lifeforms, is the most correct choice.] [Half a year later, you arrive at the sea region where you died.] [The iceberg of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow is still there, but only two-thirds of its original size remains. Clearly, the Sea Beasts have chiseled away a great deal.] [Upon seeing humans appear again, the Sea Beasts surround and besiege you once more.] [But this time, the Spirit Transformation Venerables of Tianjian Sect strike one after another.] [In an instant, a large number of Sea Beasts are severely wounded or killed.] [Even those fifth-grade Tuxu Eight-tentacled Octopuses are not spared.] [Three are severely wounded, while one is directly slain by Venerable Blazing Sun with a single sword strike.] [The enormous Tuxu Eight-tentacled Octopus becomes enraged and fiercely pounces at you, drawing your attention.] [Beneath the sea, the Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King quietly emerges.] [Suddenly, it bursts out of the sea. All eight tentacles move at once, about to destroy the peak fifth-grade warship you are aboard.] [At this moment, an array diagram flies from Venerable Moon Sword's hand. It is the Heavenly Sword Record.] [Four more sixth-grade Spiritual Treasure flying swords shoot forth, suppressing the eastern, western, southern, and northern extremities of the sword diagram.] [The Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King is trapped within the Heavenly Sword Record.] [The Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King lets out a terrified cry.] [The Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King dies.] [By then, the Sea Beasts have also been almost entirely slaughtered by Tianjian Sect's Spirit Transformation Venerables.] [Venerable Moon Sword retrieves the array diagram and the four sixth-grade spirit swords. Looking at the dim spiritual light upon them, he feels a slight pang of heartache.] [However, upon seeing the mountain of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow, that heartache instantly vanishes, replaced by boundless excitement.] [This alone is comparable to Tianjian Sect's accumulation over tens of thousands of years.] [You recover your Natal Magic Treasure, the Fire Yang Sword.] [You recover your teacher, Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable.] [Venerable Moon Sword discovers your treasures on the corpse of the Tenta-Snatching Eight-Clawed Octopus King and returns them to you.] [Two years later, the mountain of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow is completely excavated.] [You receive one hundred cubic meters of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow.] [You return to Tianjian Sect.] [You begin cultivating diligently.] [The outside world is too dangerous. You decide that unless you possess Spirit Transformation strength, you will not leave the sect.] [Through the sect, you exchange one fifth-grade Origin Qi Crystal for a large number of fourth-grade Origin Qi Crystals.] [Through the sect, you refine a large number of top-grade fourth-grade Vitality Pills.] [At 388 years old, you recover to the fourth level of Nascent Soul.] [At 425 years old, you recover to the fifth level of Nascent Soul.] [At 478 years old, you recover to the sixth level of Nascent Soul.] [At 588 years old, after arduous cultivation, you break through the bottleneck and reach the seventh level of Nascent Soul.] [At 650 years old, you break through to the eighth level of Nascent Soul.] [At 733 years old, you break through to the ninth level of Nascent Soul.] [At 767 years old, you break through to the peak of Nascent Soul, but you do not sense the opportunity to attain Spirit Transformation.]
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