Escape from Qingyun Sect!

[Ye Chuxue invited you inside to continue talking, and you gladly agreed.]

[Just as you headed toward the wooden cabin nearby, Luo Xiaoyu's terrified voice rang out behind you.]

["Su Ming! Get out of the way!"]

[While you were still wondering why Luo Xiaoyu was telling you to dodge, a hand pierced through your chest, clutching your beating heart.]

[You turned around with difficulty and saw a strange smile appear on Ye Chuxue's face.]

["I've finally been waiting for you! Su Ming!"]

[You died...]

"Holy shit?"

"Ye Chuxue got eaten too???"

Su Ming was somewhat surprised when he saw that he had ultimately died at Ye Chuxue's hands.

Why had she, with her Taiyin Body, been consumed by the Sinister Worm before breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm?

From what he knew, Sinister Worms generally only emerged to devour Primordial Spirits when one broke through a major realm.

"Could there be something I've overlooked?"

Su Ming could not figure out the reason behind it.

[Ding! The simulation has ended. Choose from the following rewards.]

[1: Core Formation Great Perfection cultivation from this simulation]

[2: Third-grade Alchemist cultivation]

[3: All remaining spirit stones from this simulation]

[4: All true insights from this simulation]

[5: Talent from this simulation: Business Prodigy!]

[6: Inheritance obtained from the Bronze Divine Hall]

[7: Great Void Sword!]

[Ding! Activate talent: I Want It All?]

"Activate!"

[Ding! Talent activated: I Want It All!]

In an instant, he obtained every reward from the simulation.

His cultivation surged in a heartbeat to Core Formation Great Perfection.

Su Ming inwardly cried that things were bad.

He had not yet fully prepared a means to suppress the Sinister Worm. In the simulation, he had only managed to break through after entering the Immortal Falling Secret Realm.

Sure enough, in the next second, the Sinister Worm lunged at his Primordial Spirit again.

Su Ming did not dare let his guard down and directly mobilized the True Meaning of Lightning to strike at the Sinister Worm.

Pfft!

The True Meaning of Lightning pierced straight through the Sinister Worm's body, and its aura vanished once more.

"Hm?"

"Why is it so weak?"

Su Ming sensed everything that had just happened with some confusion.

At that moment, he could clearly sense that the Sinister Worm was no different at all from when he had broken through Foundation Establishment.

This was completely unlike the scene when he broke through during the simulation.

"Could it be that the cultivation the Simulator instills in me is pure spiritual energy?"

After a long while, this was the only possibility Su Ming could think of.

Only when breaking through with pure spiritual energy would the Sinister Worm's strength remain unchanged.

Without contaminated spiritual energy, the Sinister Worm could not grow stronger and would remain as it had been at Foundation Establishment.

At this thought, an excited expression appeared on Su Ming's face.

[Simulation cooldown: 72 hours!]

After breaking through to Core Formation, the Simulator's cooldown had grown longer again.

Just as you were still considering what to do next, a voice suddenly rang out.

[Ding! A random mission has been issued!]

[Mission: Slaughter all Foundation Establishment Realm disciples within Qingyun Sect!]

[Reward: Simulation attempts *1]

"System bro! You really understand me. This is like sending charcoal in the snow!"

Su Ming looked at the prompt window that had appeared before him, the corners of his lips unable to stop from rising.

He had done this more than once in simulations. Now that he was doing it for the first time in reality, the thought of it made him somewhat excited.

But before killing these Sinister Worms, there was something important he had to do—find Ye Chuxue!

Using his Spiritual Sense, Su Ming quickly found Ye Chuxue's whereabouts in the Qingyun Sect's Outer Sect.

The next second, he cast the Great Void Technique.

A void gate opened behind Su Ming, and in the next moment, an identical void gate appeared inside Ye Chuxue's Cave Mansion.

Su Ming stepped out from it.

The instant he appeared, Ye Chuxue, who had been cultivating in seclusion, abruptly opened her eyes.

"Who's there?!"

Looking at Su Ming before her, she could not sense any aura from him, nor could she understand how he had entered her Cave Mansion without making a sound.

Su Ming looked at her expressionlessly and spoke in an icy voice.

"Stop talking nonsense. Come with me!"

Yet Ye Chuxue did not move. She continued to watch him warily, prepared to fight at any moment.

"I advise you to give up on the idea of fighting me. I'll give you two choices: come with me, or die!"

Su Ming did not have much time to explain too much to Ye Chuxue.

For Ye Chuxue, who was still in the Qi Refining Stage, she would not believe the truth even if he told her.

Otherwise, the countless Qi Refining cultivators of the Canglan Realm would not have regarded them as the demonic path.

Feeling the faint pressure emanating from Su Ming, Ye Chuxue felt a trace of despair in her heart.

She knew she was utterly no match for Su Ming. Rather than follow him and be humiliated, she might as well kill herself.

Seeing through Ye Chuxue's eyes as though he had seen her thoughts, Su Ming sighed.

"I advise you not to think about suicide. I know you possess a Taiyin Body. Come with me, and I'll let you see the truth of this world!"

Upon hearing "Taiyin Body," Ye Chuxue's body trembled slightly.

But she quickly regained her composure and considered what Su Ming had just said.

See the truth of this world?

She vaguely sensed that something was amiss, yet as someone still in the Qi Refining Stage, she could not figure out where that faint abnormality came from.

"Fine! I'll go with you!"

In the end, Ye Chuxue chose to go with Su Ming. She could sense that he had no killing intent toward her.

"Very good! You made the right choice!"

The next moment, Su Ming used the Great Void Technique to take Ye Chuxue through the Cave Mansions of every Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Qingyun Sect.

At each Cave Mansion, Su Ming directly killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a single sword strike.

In less than an hour, he had slaughtered all several thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Qingyun Sect.

Ye Chuxue, who had followed Su Ming the entire way, was now so shocked that she could not utter a word.

She could not understand why he had killed every Foundation Establishment disciple of the Qingyun Sect. Was he not afraid of being hunted down by the Qingyun Sect?!

Su Ming offered no further explanation. He continuously used the Great Void Technique along the way, bringing Ye Chuxue to Desolate Village.

Once they arrived at Desolate Village, Ye Chuxue could no longer suppress the curiosity in her heart.

"Y-you... why did you kill them?"

Su Ming gave her a faint glance, then tossed her some resources he had just looted from the Qingyun Sect disciples.

"Want to know the truth? Hurry up and break through to Foundation Establishment! Once you do, you'll naturally learn the truth of everything!"

After saying that, Su Ming left Ye Chuxue's room and went alone to his own.

Ye Chuxue was left standing there in bewilderment, staring at the large amount of cultivation resources Su Ming had given her.

"Foundation Establishment?"

"If I cultivate to Foundation Establishment, I'll learn the truth?"

At that moment, it was as if she had grasped something. She felt that a heaven-shaking truth was about to surface.

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host, on completing the mission! ]

[ Distributing rewards! ]

[ Obtained Simulation Attempts *1! ]

"Begin simulation!"

[ Simulation begins! ]

[ Drawing random talent! ]

[ Congratulations, you have obtained the Red Talent: Sword Dao Supreme! ]