Fallen Child of Destiny!

Not long after you entered, you felt the vibrations of battle coming from the outskirts of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

An hour later, you followed the coordinates Gu Xinyue had given you and found the Spiritual Herb.

But to your surprise, an Illusion Formation had been laid here.

Your Great Void Technique was not very effective against Illusion Formations, but fortunately, you had True Sight.

You activated True Sight and quickly found the Spiritual Herb's true location. After gathering it, you rushed toward Sword Pavilion with all your might.

This illusion was centered on the Spiritual Herb. Once you took it, the patrols would soon discover what had happened here.

Meanwhile, the Three Great Sects were locked in fierce competition when an urgent voice rang out from Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

"Something's wrong, Sect Master! The Spiritual Herb has vanished!"

Watching the competition, Gu Xinyue realized you had succeeded, so she decided to add fuel to the fire.

With a flash, she appeared beside an elder of Feather Ascension Sect. A streak of Sword Qi pierced through the elder's dantian, and then she vanished before everyone's eyes.

Only a few people saw what Gu Xinyue had done. Most were focused on the matter of the Spiritual Herb.

But news of the Feather Ascension Sect elder's murder soon spread, throwing everything into even greater chaos.

By then, you and Gu Xinyue, the real culprits, were already on your way back to Sword Pavilion.

Three days later, you returned to Sword Pavilion. You had barely arrived when Gu Xinyue came back as well.

"Not bad, junior brother! You work pretty fast!"

After you handed over the Spiritual Herb, Gu Xinyue told you she was going into seclusion to break through to become a fifth-grade alchemist and refine a Void Breaking Pill.

Two years later, Gu Xinyue emerged from seclusion, having successfully refined a Void Breaking Pill.

"Junior brother, I'm going to the Immortal Falling Secret Realm!"

Hearing she was heading to the Immortal Falling Secret Realm, you calculated that this was the fifth year, and Lin Qi would soon be reaching the time to break through to Foundation Establishment.

You told Gu Xinyue that you were also planning to return to Green Prefecture, so you could travel together.

The next day, you and Gu Xinyue flew toward the secret realm on your swords. You did not use the Great Void Technique to speed up your journey.

When you reached Sky Abyss, you and Gu Xinyue parted ways, and you continued flying toward Desolate Village.

Three months after leaving Sword Pavilion, you finally returned to Desolate Village.

The moment you landed, Ye Chuxue sensed your arrival and came out to greet you.

"Su Ming? You're finally back!"

Looking at Ye Chuxue, you suddenly remembered that you had been in such a hurry when you left that you had never used True Sight to examine her.

You knew that there was something wrong with her and Lin Qi, but you did not know whether one of them was the problem or both.

Ye Chuxue: Human Race

Talent: Taiyin Body

Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Great Perfection

Spiritual Root: Superior-grade Water Spiritual Root

After using True Sight to examine Ye Chuxue, you discovered that there was nothing wrong with her.

So you instinctively concluded that the problem must lie with Lin Qi, though you did not rule out the possibility that True Sight itself could not detect the anomaly.

At first, you had planned to return and kill Ye Chuxue and Lin Qi right away, but after using True Sight, you suddenly changed your mind.

Back at Pill Sect, you had used True Sight to clearly distinguish humans from Sinister Worms.

You and Ye Chuxue stayed in Desolate Village for half a year before finally hearing news about Lin Qi.

This time, you took Ye Chuxue straight to the Qin Kingdom prison.

When you reached the cell where Lin Qi was being held, Ye Chuxue prepared to free him immediately.

You stepped forward and stopped her.

The moment you saw Lin Qi, you used True Sight to examine him. At last, you understood what was going on.

Lin Qi: Human Race

Talent: Fallen Child of Destiny

Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Early Stage

Spiritual Root: Top-grade Fire Spirit Root

Fallen: Tainted by a trace of the Cunning Insect Progenitor's aura.

Note: Even the Heavenly Dao of this world has been corrupted. How could a Child of Destiny born of its power possibly escape corruption?

"Holy crap! So Lin Qi really is the problem!"

Su Ming couldn't help jumping to his feet when he read this.

"Tainted by the Cunning Insect Progenitor's aura? What is that?"

"Could that thing be what corrupted the secret realm?"

The more Su Ming thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed. Then he recalled the simulation's mention of the Heavenly Dao being corrupted.

This made him even more certain of his earlier guess: the reason the spiritual energy in the Canglan Realm had gone wrong was that something had happened to the Heavenly Dao.

"I have to kill Lin Qi!"

As soon as Su Ming said this, he turned his attention back to the Simulator.

After reading all this, your gaze turned utterly cold.

While Ye Chuxue watched in shock, you raised your hand and killed Lin Qi with a streak of Great Void Sword Qi.

"Su Ming! Why did you kill him? Wasn't he an Awakened One?"

Now that Ye Chuxue was no longer a suspect, your attitude toward her had softened somewhat. The secret realm had fallen several times before, all because Lin Qi had been there.

Even though he himself had no idea why, you would not let such a hidden danger live.

Faced with Ye Chuxue's doubts, you simply told her that there was something wrong with Lin Qi's identity, and that if you did not kill him, he would cause trouble down the road.

Seeing your serious expression, Ye Chuxue glanced at Lin Qi's corpse and chose to believe you.

After leaving the Qin Kingdom, Ye Chuxue told you she was going to the Immortal Falling Secret Realm to break through to the Core Formation stage.

After thinking it over, you decided to go with her. This time, you mainly wanted to investigate the Immortal Falling Secret Realm again.

Because Lin Qi had caused the secret realm to be corrupted in your previous visits, you had only learned about the Bronze Divine Hall inside it.

As the largest secret realm between Green Prefecture and You Prefecture, you knew it held far more secrets than just the Bronze Divine Hall.

After half a month of travel, you arrived at the Immortal Falling Secret Realm.

After entering the secret realm, Ye Chuxue found a place to prepare for her breakthrough, while you headed deeper inside.

You did not see anyone else along the way. You wondered where Gu Xinyue was now, and whether she had broken through to Void Refining.

Soon, you arrived at a familiar valley. Looking at the Bronze Divine Hall before you, you had no intention of entering.

On your first two visits, you had learned some ancient truths and obtained a cultivation technique inside, but found nothing else.

You crossed the valley and continued deeper inside.

After passing across a plain, a great mountain came into view. Faint traces of Sword Qi drifted down from its summit.

Looking at Sword Mountain, a daring thought suddenly surfaced in your mind.

You already had a broken Great Void Sword. If you went up there, could you obtain two Great Void Swords at once?

Thinking this over, you decided to give it a try.